MFS62

He's the ex-college catcher who was turned into a reliever. His fastball has been clocked around 100 MPH and he began to develop a breaking ball and splitter last year. He also has a deceptive delivery. He could be on the fast track to the majors. How can you not like a kid who was Pre-Med in school? Later

He's fighting hard to win a spot on the 25 man roster as the every day second baseman. He got off to a good start in ST but has cooled off.Later

He has been rated as high as the top 5 Mets prospects coming into 2006. BA said he has better tools than Milledge.Later

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/03/06/news.excerpt/index.html?cnn=yes Later

metirish wrote: Yeah I can see him sitting at a game with Jeff Foxworthy. But you would expect to see Jimmy Carter and RuPaul together? Later

Sent to me by a friend: "I thought if you were good, you'd be on the Yankees." - 8-year-old Colby Byrd to his dad Paul. Later

Ex-Met Jose Oquendo is managing the Puerto Rican team in the WBC. Later

Heard this morning that he is in critical condition. Later

Chase drove in the only two Met runs in yesterday's loss to LA. Go Chase. Later

While we were watching this one, the rest of the Mets split squad lost 16-2 to LA. Soler (4 runs allowed) and Jason Scobie (8) got pureed. The two Met runs were driven in by Chase Lambin. Edit: Anderson Hernandez had an o-fer. The only Met error was by Corey Ragsdale. He's in mid-season form already. Later

Were you trying to be funny, sarcastic or insulting?I'm not a Knicks fan, so I don't follow the team's specific record and how it stacks up against other bad teams in the NBA as to who would get the first pick. But I do know that Red Holtzman must be hitting some real high RPMs in his grave.My point was, the article was published in a NY newspaper. But fans of ANY pro team would like to know if the player mentioned would fit in with the needs of their team. For example, the Knicks don't need another shooting guard. But the article didn't tell me if the kid was a 6'9" power forward. And that was the point of my rant.Later

Josh Gibson Al Moran Later

KC wrote: I couldn't tell where the highway shot landed but it was pretty damn im- pressive and had to at least dent something out there. That thing probably was reported as a meteorite. Impressive. Stargell kind of power. Later

I may have missed it and probably did. There are some great silent movies at the top of the list. But I didn't notice "Thunder Over Mexico" (directed by Sergei Eisenstein). The movie was in commissioned by the Mexican government to be an epic history of that country. IIRC it was started around 1928- 29 as a silent film, and was photographed in color. It was released after talkies had been introduced and didn't make much money. I saw it. What makes it stand out to me to this day was the fact that it was the most perfectly photographed movie I've ever seen. (And I've probably seen at least 700 of the films on that list). Every frame could stand on its own as something you could hang as art in your home. It would be interesting to know not only the person who made up that list , but the selection criteria as well. Later

Who is the ballplayer you never saw, but wish you had? And Who is the ballplayer you saw, and wish you hadn't? Later

The map on their website shows that I'm in the coverage area. And it showed my cable company (Charter Communications) as one of their carriers. So I called them. The customer service person I spoke with said they have no idea if they are going to carry the station. WTF? Later

Yancy, same complaint. Different reason. http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=1817 Later

Bret Sabermetric wrote: I think the part that always cracks me up about Widey's colorful image (I'm pretty sure Widey came up with it) is the necessary specificity that the moose cock is a hairy one, like a bald moose cock wouldn't be objectionable. Memo to self: Next time I run into Roger Clemens I'll ask him how different they taste. Later

Mark Carreon Lee May Jr. (minors) Brian Bannister Later

... because it involves minor leaguers as well as major leaguers. There was discussion in another thread this morning about Terry Francona and his dad Tito. It started me thinking about father-son baseball combos and led me to ask this question: How many sons of major leaguers have the Mets had in their organization? I know of at least one who never made it to the majors. Who do you recall? Later

I just had a flashback. I recall a conversation between Mel Allen and Red Barber about the Tino vs Patsy name for the dad. Later

MFS62 wrote:Is this thread limited to bad baseball reporting, or can I mention a really bad basketball article by a "well known" writer?I don't want to hijack the thread away from baseball, so please let me know.LaterOK, this has been out there for a while and nobody has said ,"no". So here's my rant:I like basketball, but don't follow it on the detailed level and interest that I do baseball. In last Sunday's NY Post, there was a full page article by Dick "Hoops" Weiss. For those of youwho haven't heard of him, he is as widely known and respected as a college basketball writer as Peter Gammons is on baseball. Sunday's article was about a player on the Gonzaga team who is leading the nation in scoring. IIRC his name is Morrison. The article went into detail about how good he is despite having had to overcome type I Diabetes. But there was enough basketball stuff in the article to make the reader hope that his favorite pro team would draft the kid. Unfortunately, Weiss forgot to include two things in that full page article - what position the kid plays and how tall he is. I thought I might have missed them, so I re-read the piece.Nope. Not in there.Since the article appeared in a New York paper and it looks like the Knicks will get the #1 draft pick it might have been some useful information. I doubt he was writing it for the seventeen Gonzaga alumni and fans in the NY area. They would most likely already know that information.Now you see why I felt this was appropriate for this thread. Would it have killed him to start off a sentence with something like "The 6''8" forward... (or whatever he is)?Later

Is this thread limited to bad baseball reporting, or can I mention a really bad basketball article by a "well known" writer?I don't want to hijack the thread away from baseball, so please let me know.Later

The major thing is that Willie had Beltran batting SECOND in the lineup. Wright was in the #4 hole. Maybe he is trainable. Later

But, do you believe in magic? (Cue the song) Later