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So youse might not believe this but I might have some supernatural psychic powers that brought about this development that the Wilpons are about to sell their majority interest in the Mets. I thought about telling this story yesterday but figured that nobody would believe it. But today, I'm suddenly in the mood to tell it so here goes: The last coupl'a weeks, I've been posting images of this baseball card set I made last year. These cards: [FIMG=363]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49096249647_d374abfa8c_c.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=363]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49095764133_6690413c57_c.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=363]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49095821518_df33219c68_c.jpg[/FIMG] when I realized that I didn't finish the set. I still needed to make a Steven Matz card. Which I finally did last week. Actually, I made several Matz cards. About a half a dozen. The Matz cards tell a story. And then I realized that I never made a manager card for the set. So a few days ago, I made a Mickey Callaway card. The Callaway card is the epilogue to the story told in the Matz cards. And yesterday, as I was putting the finishing touches on the Callaway card, the Wilpon story broke. Here's the Callaway card: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49173344498_a29e0877c7_c.jpg>

So youse might not believe this but I might have some supernatural psychic powers that brought about this development that the Wilpons are about to sell their majority interest in the Mets. I thought about telling this story yesterday but figured that nobody would believe it. But today, I'm suddenly in the mood to tell it so here goes: The last coupl'a weeks, I've been posting images of this baseball card set I made last year. These cards: [FIMG=363]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49096249647_d374abfa8c_c.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=363]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49095764133_6690413c57_c.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=363]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49095821518_df33219c68_c.jpg[/FIMG] when I realized that I didn't finish the set. I still needed to make a Steven Matz card. Which I finally did last week. Actually, I made several Matz cards. About a half a dozen. The Matz cards tell a story. And then I realized that I never made a manager card for the set. So a few days ago, I made a Mickey Callaway card. The Callaway card is the epilogue to the story told in the Matz cards. And yesterday, as I was putting the finishing touches on the Callaway card, the Wilpon story broke. Here's the Callaway card: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49173275498_427b2a580f_c.jpg>

Hey, it's business as usual in free agency for the BINO (Big Market team in Name Only). We get Marisnick, lose Wheeler and, of course, pass on Cole because we're not allowed to sign the very best players. And Michael Cohen might be, oh my, worse than the Wilpons.

And of course, there's no real reason to think Cohen would make things better. He does seem better at crime at least. Really? Two first place finishes in 31 seasons and willful indifference to investing in history's largest Ponzi scheme, thus miring the Mets in a decade long financial squeeze and you're skeptical about an ownership chqnge? You're fucking nuts. You know nothing about the guy expect he's not Wilpon. But I know the Wilpons and that's enough. You know what else? I'm running out of toilet paper. But because I might get struck by lightning, I won't risk going to the store. I'll just walk around with shit all over the outside of my ass until the invisible man in the sky answers my prayers and magically drops a pack of Charmin in my bathroom like he was TV Barbara Eden or something. It might get worse. Oh my. Ceetar wasn't saying this won't end well; he was just counseling some restraint in this here fist-pumping jamboree. Also, nothing he was saying was false; as FK detailed, Cohen is a pretty big piece of fraud-with-legs. Yes, yes and yes but my first reaction wouldn't be that Cohen might be worse than the Wilpons even though it's "technically" possible , because it can hardly get any worse. Two first place finishes yada yada yada. Meanwhile, I sure wish someone could flesh out this quote appearing in the NY Post: https://nypost.com/2019/12/04/steve-cohen-is-mets-godsend-that-should-bother-the-yankees/While denying it publicly, the Mets have spent at least the past year looking behind the scenes for a whale seeking to buy a majority stake. Saul Katz — Fred Wilpon's brother-in-law, real estate partner and part-owner of the Mets — has been wanting to divest, sources say. His children are said not to be gung-ho about having Jeff Wilpon lead the franchise into the future. It led to recognition that a messy succession was coming in which the family might splinter enough to lose control of the team. I always imagined that if the Wilpons were ever to sell their majority interest in the Mets it would come about because Saul Katz wanted to sell his share. But what I can't figure out is why wouldn't the Wilpons buy out Katz? I mean, they would have to anyways if they wanted to continue owning the Mets, unless they envisioned Katz's heirs staying on as co-owners in some joint arrangement with the Wilpons. Does this mean that perpetual ownership of the Mets by the Wilpons wasn't possible without Katz's kids holding on to their inherited interest in the Mets as well? Does this mean that the Wilpons don't have the resources to buy out Katz? The other take from this is that jeez, everybody thinks Jeff Wilpon's an asshole.

=Ceetar post_id=27628 time=1575498270 user_id=102] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=27626 time=1575497328 user_id=68] =Ceetar post_id=27599 time=1575493057 user_id=102] And of course, there's no real reason to think Cohen would make things better. He does seem better at crime at least.

=Ceetar post_id=27599 time=1575493057 user_id=102] And of course, there's no real reason to think Cohen would make things better. He does seem better at crime at least.

=Ceetar post_id=27604 time=1575494175 user_id=102] There's at least half a dozen worse owners in MLB already, to say that 'it could get worse' isn't a stretch. It absolutely sounds like that. The only thing they explicitly confirmed was literally that the Wilpons would retain control for 5 years. Also Sterling doesn't quite own 80% of it by themselves, so there's all sorts of other moving parts to ponder after.

2017 (Ltd.) Code Name: Potato Knish [fimg=444]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49169362688_e9cd790d7d_c.jpg[/fimg] 2017 Total Team Set - Code Name: Hoosier [fimg=444]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49169362763_694d52a3ec_c.jpg[/fimg] 2017 Total Team Set - Code: Ack [fimg=400]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49170070847_5a9f30a3f3_c.jpg[/fimg] 2018 (Ltd.) Code Name: A Doll's House [fimg=600]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49170070917_b56664ec66_c.jpg[/fimg] 2018 Total Team Set - Code: Puppet, Pauper, Pirate, Poet, Pawn and a King https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49171235618_fca9d49574_c.jpg> 2019 Total Team Set - Code Name: Holy Curt Gowdy! a/k/a Batman Mets https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49169841736_79813eb8f2_c.jpg>

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They said that Sandy was a genius when he traded for Zack.

Don Hahn was the" next Willie Mays" I don't recall anyone ever claiming this, let alone this having any kind of traction to qualify as "myth". And if I'm wrong about this, well then this "myth" doesn't need any busting.

Gary Carter was the last piece to the puzzle.

Edgy MD wrote: RIP to the original Stro-Man. John sort of foreshadowed Doug Sisk, wearing 39, with a big round face, throwing a heavy sinker. He is one of 93 pitchers to throw an immaculate inning, fanning Mike Ryan, Woodie Fryman, and Denny Doyle of the Phillies on nine pitches while pitching for the Expos in 1971. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81oNucqmPvL._SX425_.jpg> He last made the news in 2009 when he was principal of a high school and he and a bunch of the teachers shared in a lottery jackpot. The Strohmayer photo in Edgy's post above was generated from an internet image of a Strohmayer Topps Vault photo release -- instead of the actual physical Topps Vault photo itself. The internet image likely degraded during the process to create the bootleg photo as the internet image was "de-watermarked" and edited to remove the other player appearing right behind Stroh. Compare the bootleg autograph photo in Edgy's post with the Topps Vault photo in the side-by-side comparison below. You can see how in the original image below (left), Stroh himself appears slightly sharper, and there is much more detail in the Shea outfield fence -- by comparison, the outfield wall distance markers are barely visible in the bootleg image (right) and there is less detail in the outfield foliage. Also, there is barely any contrast between infield dirt and grass in the bootleg photo. And in the bootleg photo, it's almost impossible to tell where the outfield warning track ends and the outfield wall begins: in fact, you might not even know there's an outfield wall at all in the bootleg photo. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49164438107_14fcfced45_c.jpg> [FIMG=587]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81oNucqmPvL._SX425_.jpg[/FIMG]

=MFS62 post_id=27359 time=1575300307 user_id=60] Fun with a repetitive redundancy.

Vic Sage wrote: I give it two and one-half stars (Felix Millan) **1/2 Its like 5 movies crammed into one. But at least 3 of those movies are pretty good. Still, Marty and Thelma should've considered editing the film. Most directors try to do that. Jeez. And Millan's not even Irish. I'm guessing it was three and a half hours long because the movie's being marketed mainly to bring in new Netflix subscribers - not neccessarily to make the bucks at the box office. When you're watching at home, you can take as many bathroom or food breaks as you want without worrying about missing any of the movie.

And as a bonus, that 2018 Typewriter Chewing Gum (Code Name: Puppet, Pauper, Pirate, Poet, Pawn, King) of Amed Rosario, that I owe you from the 2020 Yoenis thread. [fimg=333]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49120205267_f8eed70e82_c.jpg[/fimg] We tinkered with the Rosario release and instead, decided to go with regional cards. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49156071151_9514fa7220_c.jpg> https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49155582178_24abf12309_c.jpg> https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49155582218_58df1591e1_c.jpg>

Saw The Irishman last week in a movie theater -- that was about 2/3 empty. So much for not wanting to see this on account of the crowds. The movie clocks in at just under three and a half hours -- and there's no intermission. No problem for me. This one was so good, I would've sat through it if it was six hours long. Cut from the same cloth as GoodFellas and Casino -- only the violence is understated: Doesn't have to be over the top because you know it's always lurking and might pop up at any time. This is the move De Niro should've been making instead of those trite comedies he's been dabbling in for the past few decades. But don't listen to me. Like youse ever do, anyways. Read one or two of the hundred or so reviews out there. I give it FOUR STARS (Bing Crosby) **** not THREE STARS (Daniel Murphy) *** or TWO STARS (Kevin McReynolds) ** or ONE STAR (Charlie O'Brien) * or ZERO STARS (Eric O'Flaherty)

Here's the top 10 in rank order:

=smg58 post_id=27211 time=1574776790 user_id=62]Bernard Gilkey.

One more to go.

That's nine. Two more to go. We're looking for the top 10 here, but there are 11 Mets in the top 10 because there's a two-way tie for 10th place.

Chad ochoseis wrote: Steve Henderson Hendu doesn't do.

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, I mentally gave him an extra season. Shmeddy Murray. Ranks 14th. You could be the champ of filling out the next 10 spots.

Edgy MD wrote: Mike Ka-Blammeron. Ranks 15th.