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Frayed Knot wrote: You keep discussing this as if there aren't players involved, you did the same w/Realmuto over the past two years. No one is disputing that Lindor would be an upgrade or that our new friend Stevie won't be able to afford him. The issues are: because he's only signed thru 2021, and because there are bigger weaknesses with less depth than SS, is this the best place to spend the chips it would take to get him?? In my fantasy world, Lindnor signs with the Mets. That's a no-brainer. I'm not talking risk of a one-year rental.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Quick, before the mojo wears off... Is there anything else on our wishlist? That the political party I currently identify with sheds the label that we're the party that doesn't care and wants to kill anyone that isn't a non-straight, ultra rich caucasian male. That'd be a nice thing since I really don't actually know or associate with any of us conservative republicans or libertarians that really are that hateful with lack of empathy! They won't shed that richly deserved label because they are what they are -- fucking monsters. They're not your grandfather's Republican party. And because of shit like this: At This Point, the Republican Obsession With Overturning Obamacare Is Simple Sadism As yet another case comes before the Supreme Court—during a pandemic—even the insurance companies must not want this level of chaos. The Republican Party, committed now for 11 years to the proposition that people should be allowed to die based on their net worth, as a truly pro-life party would be, took its last whack at the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday, taking its brand-new, shiny semi-permanent 6-3 Supreme Court majority out for its first spin. This effort is as meritless as all the other ones have been, but the calculus changed utterly when the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett was bum-rushed through the Senate. As Jonathan Cohn, who has been a stalwart on this front from longer than anyone should be, put it in HuffPost: The merits of the case are notoriously weak. Even conservative and libertarian lawyers who supported past challenges to Obamacare have filed friend-of-the-court briefs urging the justices to reject this one. For that reason, many legal observers think the chances of this lawsuit succeeding are relatively small. But the lawsuit has already gotten favorable rulings from three lower court judges. All three were Republican appointees, just like the Supreme Court majority, which now numbers six conservatives, with Amy Coney Barrett recently placed on the bench. Tuesday's oral arguments will offer the first hints of how she and the rest of the justices view this case, although an actual ruling will likely wait several months, maybe even until the spring. [***] But, in a long view, the best explanation for the Republican obsession with destroying the ACA remains simple sadism. It can't entirely be donors; the insurance industry surely doesn't want the chaos that would ensue. Republican governors turning down FREE MONEY! has now morphed into a party-wide idea fixe on the level of the party's more self-destructive modern episodes. And now, it gets another hearing before a changed Supreme Court. The smart money says that the Court won't go near overturning the law. The smart money should shut up. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a34629692/supreme-court-obamacare-case-republican-sadism/https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a34629692/supreme-court-obamacare-case-republican-sadism/

Steve Cohen is baseball's wealthiest owner and I now expect the Mets to be run like a powerhouse. And let's not mince any more words about Amed Rosario and act like he's the second coming of Godot. He fucking sucks. He's a .250 hitter -- at best -- who never walks and doesn't hit nearly enough homers to make up for his crappiness. And that's all he's ever been after, now, four years of MLB experience. He has a clueless command of the strike zone and is always swinging at terrible pitches. And then, when he's inevitably down two strikes, has to swing at even more crappy pitches to protect the plate. This, as you would expect, leads to terrible contact, if he even makes contact and an awful at-bat. And Rosario has at least one at bat like that almost every game he plays. So let's let those other poor teams who don't have an owner as rich as Steve Cohen waste two or three more years of giving Rosario 500+ plate appearances a year while they wait to see if Rosario develops into the next Honus Wagner. Let them watch and hope for a miracle while the world passes them by.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=50311 time=1604982195 user_id=68] =nymr83 post_id=50310 time=1604981925 user_id=54] I'd rather give up Smith than BOTH Rosario and Giminez - If they both hit, one could slide to 2B at some point even with Lindor here.

=nymr83 post_id=50312 time=1604983964 user_id=54] fine, but can we still take Carrasco's contract off their hands? its nice have an owner whose money we can pretend to spend!

=nymr83 post_id=50310 time=1604981925 user_id=54] I'd rather give up Smith than BOTH Rosario and Giminez - If they both hit, one could slide to 2B at some point even with Lindor here.

Do the Mets really need Gimenez and Rosario if they're signing Lindnor?

Has a card in a 1983 hobby set called One Year Winnerso dedicated to players that never had a Topps card https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/125596/cid/8456519/1983-Fritsch-One-Year-Winners-105-Ray-Daviault https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/125596/cid/8456519/1983-Fritsch-One-Year-Winners-105-Ray-Daviault ... that never had a Topps card ... and whose MLB careers consisted of no more than one season. Hence "One Year ...".

Edgy MD wrote: Well, I'd argue rebuilding the bridge with Nancy Seaver is more of a priority, but Beltran was on the menu. From what little I know about this falling out, and I do mean "little, this should be the easiest bridge to repair now that the Wilpons are out. I'm sure Cohen'll have some big event to mark Seaver's death as soon as the fans can attend again. With Nancy there, of course. Cohen will even pay for Nancy's hotel room. And let her bring guests. And then a statue unveiling. That'll be another day. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that hardly anything's been done on that statue front other than the big splashy announcements about the project. I wouldn't be surprised that once it sank into the Wilpons heads that they were really about to lose ownership of the team, that statue project went into some four corners offense-like stall. Jeez, the guy was elected to the HOF almost 30 years ago, ferchrissakes. I wouldn't be surprised if the Mets wear a commemorative patch to mark Seaver's death in 2021, as well. And it'll be a Cohen patch. Not this unimaginative mail-it-in 41 in a circle.

=kcmets post_id=50238 time=1604880521 user_id=53] b> catcher catches a pitch out of the horizontal strike zone and moves his mitt behind home plate.

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=LWFS post_id=50093 time=1604695441 user_id=84] I think I trust Sandy to rebuild a team from scratch more than I trust BVW to half-heartedly implement Cohen/Sandy's thing

This is strange, but when I was young and in my earliest days of baseball fandom, I liked Deron Johnson. He was one of my favorite non-Mets players. I don't remember why, though I still, to this day, remember him hitting a home run against the Mets. I also liked that 1971 Topps card a lot.

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Keith Hernandez wrote: "That's as tough a pick as I'll ever have. But I'll make that more than anybody else." and Keith Hernandez wrote: "He's the only guy I would run on, the only guy I would attempt to score on in the whole league" _____________ I'll say this much: Keith told the truth here.

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Edgy MD wrote: =batmagadanleadoff post_id=49505 time=1604260015 user_id=68] That Keith Hernandez quote is something else. Players don't go around publicly saying stuff like. That stays in the locker room. Yeah, but Keef.

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The other owners are gonna hate Cohen if he does that, for showing state and local governments that baseball teams can build new stadiums without getting handouts. On the other hand, there are hardly any old baseball stadiums left to tear down and the ones that are still here are probably never gonna get torn down so long as they're not ever damaged beyond repair.

That Keith Hernandez quote is something else. Players don't go around publicly saying stuff like. That stays in the locker room. Even today, with the internet and all of the social media that didn't exist during Keith's playing days.

=G-Fafif post_id=49503 time=1604259417 user_id=55] It feels unlikely BVW gets more than the most cursory consideration. I think we're in a new ballpark before the decade is out.

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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I didn't really pick up on subtleties like that when I was a kid. I know Max's arm wasn't exactly subtle, but if the announcers weren't telling that I might not have noticed I feel like my aesthetic sense as a fan is only coming out in these last 10 years. To an extent, watching how guys do what they do replaced whatever died in me when they destroyed Shea From the SABR Bio Project: There was some irony in the fact that the Most Valuable Player Award in the [1979 All-Star] game went not to Mazzilli but to Dave Parker, whose powerful arm in right field gunned down AL rivals at third base and home during the contest. It underscored the one major flaw in Mazzilli's game. The joke with Mazzilli – one repeated by the Mets' former chairman M. Donald Grant in a 1979 Sports Illustrated article – was that he could throw with either arm but neither one was strong enough for the major leagues. Although Mazzilli worked hard to overcome this weakness – he eschewed the basket catch with men on base, and took to charging fly balls to get in good throwing position – opponents were never afraid to take an extra base and test his arm. After Keith Hernandez tagged up to score the winning run on a shallow fly ball to Mazzilli in center field in a 1983 game, the slow-footed Cardinals player remarked that Mazzilli was “the only guy I would attempt to score against [on such a play] in the big leagues.” Mazzilli's throwing woes, along with a trade of Willie Montanez to Texas, had the Mets begin experimenting with playing Mazzilli at first base late in the 1979 season – the one place where throwing left-handed would have been an advantage. The organization also knew the day was coming when it would have to make room for a young center fielder then at Triple-A Tidewater, Mookie Wilson. Mazzilli, who once said he was “born to play center field,” framed his willingness to make the move as a sign of his respect for Torre. “If Torre stays as manager, I'm willing to make the change,” he said. “If he wants it and he's here, I'll go to [instructional League in] Florida and work out there for as long as he wants me to.” This article was written by Jon Springer https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/lee-mazzilli/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/lee-mazzilli/