Chad ochoseis

Jim Fregosi, right in there with the Hall of Famers.

Gary Gentry

If I were by myself, I would probably try to push through headache and push through nausea and maybe get some kind of altitude pulmonary enema and croak As unpleasant as a pulmonary enema would be, it's the edema that kills you. I've got friends who've hiked Kilimanjaro who are fifteen years older than R.A. and who aren't professional athletes (OK, knuckleball pitchers aren't exactly athletes, either). According to them, it's really no big deal.

Mets � Willets Point wrote: I concede to sharpie because I had four hours sleep last night and thus I am mentally unable to compose a parody that was due yesterday. The world will have to live without "Wild Card," my tribute to the 1999 New York Mets set to the tune of Tone-Loc's "Wild Thing." Good luck sharpie. I'm off to take a nap. Daddy don't write those New York Mets parodies No more He don't get no sleep on a Monday night No more Daddy can�t think about lyrics and key He�s got a cute little girl In the nursery Daddy don't write those New York Mets parodies No more Daddy don't think about the �99 Mets no more No more It�s just like Kenny F. Rogers never threw Ball four Cincy still lost game 163 But nothing is said 'Cause daddy�s not free Daddy don't think about the �99 Mets no more No more Googly eyes at the baby and that�s a fact Feeding her some dinner, hope she doesn�t gack He says I gotta change a diaper And I'll be right back Daddy don�t write those New York Mets parodies no more No more He can't post songs every night All about George Theodore Daddy�s gonna smoke a fine cigar In the loser�s lounge Have a drink at the bar Daddy don't write those New York Mets parodies no more No more Xa9iPivw0fw

That catfight he had with Jerry early in - I think - the 08 season. Jerry yanked him for loafing, and then referred to him as "she" in the press. I think that was when I stopped caring that much if either of them stayed Metly. Had a godawful September 2007 at bat and in the field. It's usually referred to as a team collapse, but mostly it was the pitching and Reyes. Beltran and Wright were spectacular, Alou had his 30 game hitting streak, and the other position players played as expected. I still enjoyed watching him play, and I don't hold it against him for going with the highest bidder.

G-Fafif wrote: The Florida Marlins are now the Miami Marlins. The New York Mets are now the Florida Marlins. On the bright side, the Miami Marlins are now the New York Mets. I would have liked Jose to be a career Met, but 6 years @ 17-18 million is positively Omaresque.

Rotoworld, quoting someone from the Palm Beach Post wrote: Jose Reyes and the Marlins have not agreed to contact terms, according to Joe Capozzi of The Palm Beach Post.Capozzi cited a Marlins team source. Dino Costa of SiriusXM reported Sunday evening that Reyes had agreed to terms with the Marlins and Jorge Sedano of 790 AM The Ticket in Miami followed with a report that a deal was almost completed. But Capozzi is a far more reliable source. We'd expect Reyes to visit more teams before agreeing to a contract. Sounds like the news is that the Marlins think Jose is a good shortstop and would really like to have him on their team.

My avatar. From a building behind the Trastevere train station in Rome.

Frayed Knot wrote: I could swear we've had this thread before. Yes, definitely. Benjamin Grimm wrote: I was gonna put Ken Singleton in the outfield, but SINGLETON wasn't deemed to be a word by the online Scrabble dictionary. I think the official dictionary goes up to eight letters and then says "go ahead and use Webster's", or something to that effect. Joe Foy Jerry Cram Terry Leach [crossout]Mike Piazza would have to be the starting catcher.[/crossout] Already noted by Ben Grimm as DH. I block DHs out of my view.

The Karate Kid was on last night, so I watched that instead. Same basic plot, but Pat Morita was even cooler than Jim Leyland.

It's a team game - individual records are interesting only when they're earned in the course of playing the game in a way that helps the team win. Reyes pulling out after the bunt single was cheap because there was no strategic reason to quit - if his hamstring was acting up, he could have sat out the game. Or he could have announced before the game started that he was going to come to bat once and call it a season, whether he got a hit or not. But it sure looks like Reyes' main goal was to inflate his average. Yeah, it's been done plenty of times before. And, sure, the Mets in general are easy targets and get far more abuse than they deserve, and way too much has been made out of this by the media. It still sucked.

I didn't actually see this - was at my GFs apartment and following on Gameday because she doesn't get SNY - but Jason Bay breaking the no-grand-slam streak in the 14-3 Tigers game is the 2011 Metly moment that sticks in my mind.

Edgy DC wrote: Relief Assignment Dickey came out of the pen to pitch an innnng in Game 161 last year. I don't quite remember why but I seem to recall it being pre-planned. I remember it as just a chance to have him finish the season with an appearance at home so he could get a nice hand from the fans.

A friend of mine has an extra ticket somewhere in the Promenade Club on the first base side, so I'm on my way.

But as nobody really has shown much interest in participating except to comment on how they wouldn't have included what I included, feh. Whoa....deep cleansing breaths. It's a fine idea. We're just in lazy late-season mode here. Nickname: The Grand Canyon State License Plate Color: Maroon First Met from There: Gary Gentry, Phoenix Greatest Met from there: Gentry Current Mets from There: Jason Pridie (Phx), Nick Evans (Glendale) Mets Minor Leaguers in the Pipeline Who Are from There: Not gonna happen while I'm trying to meet a deadline at work Greatest Ballplayer from There: There's a distinct lack of greatness in Arizona, probably because it's pre-1975 population consisted of a million Saguaro cacti and Gary Gentry. Phoenix's own Andre Ethier is the best of a weakish lot. Greatest Ballplayer Name from There: Steve Phoenix of - yes - Phoenix pitched a total of six unimpressive innings for the Athletics in 1994 and 1995. Biggest Male Bigshot from There: Mo Udall Biggest Female Bigshot from There: I dunno. I vote for my Aunt Rachel. She's a sweetheart. Greatest Band from There: Machines of Loving Grace (Tucson). XEt86vB1seU

bmfc1 wrote: I will be at Nationals Park on Friday and Saturday (seating TBD) to watch the Mets battle for 3d place. Saturday's game, I'll be in section 204.

First Met from There: Cleon Jones (Plateau, 1963). I was thinking Vinegar Bend Mizell (R-NC). BBRef has him as born in Leakesville, Mississippi, but Wikipedia says Vinegar Bend, Alabama. The Times obit goes with Leakesville.

Carlos Zambrano probably hits better than Bay at this point. Bay's OPS as a Met: .697 Zambrano's OPS, same period: .682.

metirish wrote: Rhode Island I have vague Boys Of Summer-fueled memories of Clem Labine being from there. I'll guess Nevada.

Frayed Knot wrote: Nuthin' else to say but, WOW! The kind of game where you figure your PotG voting by asking; 'OK, who gets the other 4 points?' And except for Pagan running to 2nd when he shouldn't have, or Pagan forgetting the number of outs at one point (not a factor as it turned out) it was virtually a perfect game all around. Couple of two-out hits, two nice plays by Turner, and a whole lotta Cappy. Good to know Capuano can do more than pinch run. Howie seemed to think that Pagan's attempt to get to second was the right move - it was just luck and perfect Brave execution after the wild throw that got him.

metirish wrote: Play Bay in LF to see if he can be an everyday outfielder. Love it. Give Beato and Parnell some save opportunities.

I'll go for weird here. Izzy?

batmagadanleadoff wrote: For sure. He'll be the one to run straight through a fence to catch a ball. The catch'll cost him his life. Didn't I see this in a a baseball movie? But I hope that the Mets find a way to keep him around. I love that guy. M2dR36mTkyo Not quite through the fence, but close enough.

The ace of an NL East team's pitching staff, who is coming off surgery and hasn't pitched an inning in 2011, is looking good in simulated games and may be coming back in September. Hint - his uni number ends in 7. http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2011-07-30/nationals-strasburg-getting-closer-to-rehab-assignment

So, let me get this straight. Pittsburgh is five games ahead of Cincinnati, but Cincinnati is more likely to win the wild card. Arizona is only 3 1/2 games behind Atlanta and has no other team to catch, but has a less than 1-in-20 chance of winning the wild card. I'm sure the calculations consider things like schedule, player quality, run differentials, etc., etc., etc. in addition to the win-loss record. And, of course, they should. But it's going to take some convincing to make me believe there isn't a healthy dose of bullshit included in their math as well. OE - some of the Arizona story is probably that if they catch the Braves, they've got a good chance of catching the Giants and making the playoffs as a division winner. But that doesn't explain the Pittsburgh/Cincinnati difference.