HahnSolo

Jeff on Citi Field dimensions (paraphrase): Dimensions were the idea of Omar and his people. We are not closed to the possibility of changing.

Next time, instead of saying "his son" say "you know, Mets Guy in Michigan." That'll work.

bmfc1 wrote: metsguyinmichigan wrote: Would help if they knew how to pronounce Ricco's name. They thought that they were being funny but it came across as ignorant. He's one of your top guys, you should know his name. This.

A "family" business, Fred? Are Jeff's siblings named Wednesday and Puggsley?

Jeff: "I've worked with Jerry for 4 years." Well, he was here for 6, Jeff.

RIP Bob Mandt.

I am not a fan of the Citi OOTS. Red/green dots...do the pitcher numbers on correlate to the diamond on the right or left? I loved the Shea OOTS...the thing I miss most about Shea, in fact.

metsmarathon wrote: how does the uniform selection correlate with the day's starting pitcher? I only started monitoring the starting pitcher with the uniform choice since the last PHillies series (and I can also throw in the games I saw live, and the first homestand). Here is what I got (VERY INCOMPLETE): Niese: Snow white blue cap: 2 starts Pinstripes: 3 starts All Black: 1 start Gee: Pinstripes 2 starts All black: 1 start Pelf: 1 of each of the four Santana: First two starts of the year were in pinstripes Dickey: Snow whites blue cap: 3 starts Pinstripes: 1 start Snow white black/blue cap: 1 start Mejia: Pinstripes: 1 start Misch: Pinstripes 1 start

David, in particular, considering his dad's background.

Edgy DC wrote: HahnSolo wrote: metsguyinmichigan wrote: Heyman saying Omar to say with some job other than GM. Just clean house, please. I can't get behind that. Clean house is the wrong phrase. I mean that if you are relieving Omar, just let him go. I just don't like having the ex-GM in another role

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Heyman saying Omar to say with some job other than GM. Just clean house, please.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: So they never wore the pinstripes with the black-and-blue caps this year? I know I've seen that combination in previous seasons. Nice to see that the blue cap was worn 41 times. (More than half of the home games and more than a quarter of the overall games.) Might have something to do with the tweak to the cream-color pinstripe jersey? They didn't think the black caps went with it?

bmfc1 wrote: April 6, 2007 http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL200704060.shtml I stand corrected. Willie still sucked though.

Lefty Specialist wrote: I always liked this shot of Turner Field's scoreboard. Crystal clear. The 11-1 lead made it more fun to watch. Of course if I'm reading that "result" column correctly, LoDuca, in the middle of a 6-run inning, when the team was already up 5-1, was sacrificing. C'mon, Willie.

It did seem odd about the pitchers making the choice, since ballplayers are usually such creatures of habit...if it were truly their choice I would figure that they would pick the same uni each time, but that's really not the case.

Damn, did all that work and all I really needed to do was click on that link all year.

Of course. I didn't bother to do road games, not sure why. I guess the black didn't bother me so much away from home.

As a bit of a Met uniform traditionalist who was about sick to death of seeing the Mets in black, I decided to track each Met home game this year, to see just how often they wore each uniform combination. In 2010, the Mets wore four standard uniforms: - Traditional pinstripes - Snow whites with blue caps - Snow whites with black caps and blue bills - Black jerseys and all-black caps It gives me some pleasure to say that black was not as prevalent this year as I had feared. Here is your breakdown: 28 games - Snow whites with blue caps. Mets went 14-14 in those games. 23 games - Traditional pinstripes. The Mets wore the pinstripes on Opening Day and in 10 of their last 17 Citi games (including the entire 4-game sweep of the Pirates) to pull them into second on the list. The Mets were 14-9 in the pinstripes. 21 games - Snow whites with black caps and blue bills. This combination was second in appearances for most of the season, but they were only worn for two of the final 17 Citi games. Metsies were 12-9 in this combination. 8 games - Black jerseys and all-black caps. Was pleasantly surprised how low this number was. After getting embarassed in the black on Hall of Fame day (Aug 1), the Mets only wore the blacks once in their final 29 Citi games. For the season, they were 8-2 in the blacks. The final game was September 11, in which the Mets wore special white caps (along with the snow white jerseys). The Mets did not wear any throwbacks this year--as they did with their NY Giants throwbacks from 2009). So what does it all mean? Heck if I know, but it seems like the black is being slightly de-emphasized. One final note: while taking the Citi Field tour in August, the guide mentioned that the starting pitcher each day chose the music in the clubhouse and which uniform would be worn. I don't know if this is true...have not heard it anywhere else, but did anyone else who took the tour hear that?

Didn' t see the doc, but on the Red Sox/White Sox thing: The Red Sox drought was amplified by: heartbreaking 7-game losses in 4 different World Series; a one-game playoff loss at home; Grady Little and Brett Boone; and the whole Bambino thing. Overhyped? Yes. But there's much more of a story there. This is not even considering the down 3-0 in the ALCS part of the story. The White Sox had feeble postseason performances in 59, 83, and 93, hence no real heartwrenching losses, plus it brought joy to Hawk Harrelson (though the beating Clemens part was nice). So yeah, if it were me doing the documentary, I'd pay more attention to the Red Sox.

Back to the original question...the team photo shoot included a video segment where the Mets thank their fans. Caught that at the game last night.

The bigger surprise is that he didn't do it to Jefferies. Oh, and those unis were hideous.

Reds at 88-69 are in mix to finish with second seed. Second seed would play WC if it's Atlanta, they'd play the west champs if the WC comes out of the West. If they fall to 3rd seed and WC is Atlanta, they play the Phillies. West champ would face Braves.

I let him go to sleep to Howie and Wayne. Last night he came running out of his room when Tejada got that hit. He had some spring in his step.

And I have tickets for Wednesday! Bonus baseball...if I can get out of work a little early.

I found that there's a hell of a value in my ability to cross the street when the sign flashes "Walk."