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Yes, Willie got a vote. This just in: That voter is now under a Doctor's care and is being heavily sedated. We fervently hope that by next year, the voter will be well enough to actually watch a Mets game that Willie manages. Later

AL- Guillen NL - Cox No surprises. No disagreement here. Considering what Cox had to work with - an injury depleted team - he did a masterful job. Later

Looks like he found better control. Later

Edgy DC wrote: Somewhere on the internet, I'm sure there's a calculator to convert Japan League production into its Major League equivelent. . I saw one a few years ago. It may have been a Baseball Prospectus premium piece. IIRC the factor they mentioned for projecting major league performance from Japanses league data was either 83 or 86%. It may be adequate for projecting batting average. But after seeing what some imports have done, especially Hidecki Matsui, I wouldn't trust it in projecting home run numbers. Later

That was beautiful. written like a CPF veteran, rather than a newbie. Who you be? Later

Bill Pulsipher also wore fatigues. Later

metirish wrote:My people are telling me .Gee, that's impressive.Do you have a team of scouts, like Joel Sherman (or was it Jon Heyman?), too?:)Later

Edgy DC wrote:So, Kaz can veto deals?I believe I've read that his contract contains a list of three cities to which he would accept a trade. Two were Seattle and SF. Don't recall the third, but from the first two I'd guess LA, another city with a large Japanese-American population.But I'd guess clauses like that can be overcome if some additional money were offered. No examples immediately come to mind.Later

The Many rumor came up again this morning, along with my breakfast, when I was listening to the 20-20 update on ESPN Radio. The announcer said there is talk about a "3 team deal that would bring Manny to the Mets". But then he gave no details. Has anyone else heard or read the details of this rumored deal? Later

Detroit apparently has their own version of John Heyman and Joel Sherman when it comes to talkin' trades.http://www.detnews.com/2005/tigers/0511/09/D01-376808.htmPudge for Kaz?I can just see Kaz approving a trade to the Motor City. and Pudge has a no-trade clause in his contract. Then why bother writing it?Later

My wife went to James Monroe High School with Ed. I'll let her know. She may want to have a special celebration in his honor. Later

Give your first baseball match to the following: Red Barber Blue Vida Yellow Roger Clemens Green Sal Bando Orange Mets unis trim Purple D'Backs Brown Gates White Roy Black Sox Gray Homestead Tan Don Drysdale Pink Higgins Pastel Derek Jeter's underwear Gold Rings Silver Dike Snider (The "Silver Fox") Bronze Plaques in Cooperstown

So he's learning English? So what if he doesn't speak it well? Neither did Casey Stengel and Yogi Berra. How many words does he have to learn? one -fastball two - curve three - slider four - change brushback cut (the ball off on a throw coming home) mine (on a bunt or popup) and get the ball over the #%&% plate. He should be able to get those down by spring training I'm more concerned on reports in some recent stories about him that he was injured last year. I haven't been able to find out the nature of those injuries. If they were the kind that indicate "wear and tear" on a catcher I'd be wary. But if they were accident related (plate collision or off field) that can heal well, he's worth a shot. Later

Give your first baseball match to the following: Red Blue Yellow Green Orange Purple Brown White Black Gray Tan Pink Pastel Gold Silver Bronze

metsmarathon wrote: is it fair to say that anybody who would vote for francis should have their voting rights immediately stripped? Its more than fair. I would consider it mandatory. Later

1 A.J. Burnett - SP - MFYs.... 2 Kevin Millwood - SP - Cards 3 Jarrod Washburn - SP - Philly 4 Billy Wagner - RP - Mets (with my heart instead of my head) 5 B.J. Ryan - RP - Boston... 6 Trevor Hoffman - RP - White Sox.... 7 Bengie Molina - C - Mets (bad signing) 8 Ramon Hernandez - C - LA 9 Brad Ausmus - C - St. Louis.... 10 Paul Konerko - 1b - White Sox... 11 J.T. Snow - 1b - Giants... 12 Kevin Millar - 1b - Baltimore.... 13 Mark Grudzielanek - 2b - Cubs... 14 Tony Graffanino - 2b - Mets 15 Bill Mueller - 3b - Washington 16 Jose Valentin - 3b - out of baseball as a player....to the White Sox as a minor league manager..... 17 Joe Randa - 3b - San Diego.... 18 Rafael Furcal - SS - Cubs.... 19 Nomar Garciaparra - SS - Cubs....in left field.... 20 Alex Gonzalez - SS - Tampa Bay.... 21 Johnny Damon - OF - Boston.... 22 Hideki Matsui - OF - MFYs.... 23 Brian Giles - OF - Baltimore 24 Carl Everett - DH - Twins 25 Ruben Sierra - DH - Texas 26 Erubiel Durazo - DH - Tampa Bay... 27 Mike Piazza - U (sigh) - Toronto 28 Bernie Williams--Tokyo... 29 Sammy Sosa....Carracas.... 30 Raphael Palmiero....Washington, DC....to be closer to Congress....

Elster88 wrote: Feelings don't mean shit 95% of the time. Sorry. I once read that 78.4% of all statistics are meaningless. Later

Zvon wrote: You guys can use all the math and strut all the stats you want. What Im saying is we need a 'pitchers' catcher as opposed to a slugging catcher, and that Jacobs should play first base. I agree with your last statement. And I find it refreshing that you consider me a "numbers guy" because I usually am not. But I provided some numbers I remembered to the discussion just because I happened to recall them. Later

="Edgy DC"]The Mets could just dig up some corpse parts out at Calvary Cemetary and build their own Joey Eischen. Igor just informed me that even he wouldn't want to dig up something that looks like that. Later

Edgy DC wrote: I'd like to see a non-MLB governing body. An International body? Wouldn't that be like Sweden (pointing to ABBA and) wanting to control the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? B'sides, I'm not sure the MLBPA would be too thrilled about it, considering the way those international sports governing bodies impose tough testing and penalties for substance abuse. Later

I remember when the incident was first reported. I also remember when there were stories about the Mets being interested in acquiring UUU. They said he was a flamethrower, but I don't think this was what they meant. Later

Edgy DC wrote: 1) It's not important. Just worthy of note in passing. Because much is publicized about the changing demographics of the league and it's stars. This is one unscientific way of observing which way the league is going demographically. I won year one on the considerable high heels of Donna Summer, and the flat heels of Suzanne Vega and Patty Smith. 1) That's what I thought. The change in demographics is interesting, isn't it? 2) Nice imagery. Thanks, Later

Edgy, why do you think the number (or percentage) of Latin American players was important? Is this from the other thread where it was brought out that 9% of major leaguers are African-American? Or is it just an observation? On quick inspection, it seems that most of the songs parodied in our contests over the years were based on songs originally recorded by White Males. Do you think it make a difference in the way the CPF-ers voted when those songs were up against songs originally recorded by African-Americans or women? Later

If they're that anxious to rid themselves of him and his big salary, if I were Omar I'd start the negotiations by offering Prentice Redman, Craig Brazell and Heredia. When you have them by the,er, wallets, their hearts and minds will follow. Later

RMPL I should have posted this in this thread instead of starting a new one. Later ***************************************************************************** Maybe Omar can get Billy Wagner�s soul, and keep him from the Damn Yankees Whomever Omar wants, Omar gets And Billy Wags, our man Omar wants you Make up your mind to have (Make up you mind to have) No regrets (no regrets) Recline yourself And sign yourself, Orange and Blue He always gets, who he aims for And your great left arm Is what he came for Whomever Omar wants (Omar wants) Omar gets (Omar gets) Take off your coat You know we need you to win You're no exception to the rule Tell your Stringbean agent �Mets rule� .. give in (Give in, you'll never win) Whomever Omar wants Omar wants ---- Instrumental Interlude ---- He always gets, who he aims for And your great left arm Is what he came for Whomever Omar wants (Omar wants) Omar gets (Omar gets) Take off your coat You know we need you to win You're got those lefty closer tools That make those hitters look like fools... give in (Give in, you'll never win) Give in