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This guy's using Topps photography to sell his own large prints of Tom Terrific at The Sadecki Spot. http://www.ebay.com/itm/SV0131-Tom-Seaver-New-York-Mets-Classic-Baseball-Sport-24X18-POSTER-Print-/271416507456?pt=Art_Posters&hash=item3f31af3c40

Edgy MD wrote: This will also speak to hitting metrics, as it will reveal more clearly whether a guy got that double because he walloped the ball at a trajectory and to a place where 83% of balls fall for doubles, or it benevolently fell in at a spot where and with such a force whereas only a mere 14% of balls are so lucky. I'd like to see the technology developed where this data can even be retroactively calculated based on available video. Come on, NASA, get with the program. This is the future of batting analytics. I'd rather have this data over any other, because if I know how hard a player is hitting the baseball, and can account for trajectory, thus knowing how much time it takes for a batter's batted balls to reach their landing spots, I can formulate algorithms that should tell me what his batting average, his slugging percentage, his home run rate should be. These stats should correlate very positively with how hard the batter hits the ball. The harder the ball is hit, the faster it gets to its landing spot -- the less time a fielder has to generate an out. I''ll also know which batters are overly lucky or unlucky, and whether a batter's stats are sustainable and repeatable. And if a player's stats are significantly better than his hit tracking data suggests, well that player is either lucky, or he's got mad Ichiro/Rod Carew skills to aim or place the batted ball -- i.e., hit 'em where they ain't.

metirish wrote: The name didn't ring much of a bell for me and I was shocked to see she is 81..... You've got to watch the video to experience the essence of Novak's appearance. m1PP2wgc_pY#t=21&hd=1

Life of Pam and Danny Frisella March 03, 2014, 05:00 AM By Sue Lempert Everyone seems to know former Foster City councilwoman Pam Frisella. But there was a time when she was just known as Danny�s wife. Danny Frisella was a Major League pitcher who spent most of his career with the New York Mets. He was a graduate of Serra High and the school�s baseball stadium is named in his honor. The field is named after Barry Bonds, but that�s another story. Danny graduated from Serra in 1963. He was a star baseball player there. After a year at CSM and two years at Washington State, he was drafted by the Atlanta Braves but he opted to go with the Mets. His baseball career had its ups and downs (at one point he was cut by the Mets � his competition was Nolan Ryan), until he met Pam. Then, according to her, it was mostly up. They met on a blind date with her sister and her sister�s boyfriend, also a Serra grad. It was love at first sight but they barely had time to know each other before Danny went back to the Mets. The couple married in 1971. Pam was pregnant with their first child when Danny was traded to Atlanta in 1973. In two years, he was traded to San Diego. The baseball wives hung out together when their husbands were playing away games. But it was a frenetic life. Always on the move and little possibility for a baseball wife to hold a job because her husband was always being traded. Just before opening day, Danny was traded to St. Louis. He had to leave right away but Pam was left to do the packing. They were in St. Louis for two months before he was traded to Milwaukee. *** Danny Frisella was a player on and off the field. He had a positive and joyful attitude toward life. He explained the trades as someone wanting him rather than someone wanting to let him go. When Pam was pregnant with their second child, Danny decided he wanted to play just two more years. Then he and Pam would open a jewelry store in La Jolla. That was their plan, their dream. Danny went off with the store�s owner in the latter�s dune buggy. The buggy hit an obstacle in the sand and Danny was killed. They had been married just six years. Pam was seven months pregnant when she got the news. Fortunately, her parents were visiting at the time. Her wide network of family, baseball wives and Serra friends came to the rescue. And most important, the Major League Baseball Association took good care of her and her children. Pam found a place to live in Foster City. She moved in on Wednesday and her second child was born on Saturday. That was 37 years ago. *** The way Pam describes Danny is the way I think of Pam � full of life, always smiling, always doing something extraordinary. Before she met Danny, she played women�s professional football in Detroit. Position-defensive safety. She met Father John Kelly at her husband�s funeral. Friends said she had to meet Kelly because he was Danny�s favorite Serra teacher. Kelly became a close friend. Even though Pam was a Lutheran, she became a member of Kelly�s church. He left the church and the priesthood several years later and devoted his life to nonprofit work and helping others. He started Samaritan House. Pam was at his side, helping with fundraisers and organizing volunteers. Through Kelly�s influence and raising her two boys, she had a purpose in life � something for which to live. She realized she didn�t want to be a victim. She wanted to make sure that Danny made the right choice when he married her. Today, Pam is Kelly�s advocate. She makes sure he has the proper medical care, housing and other needs since he suffered a stroke last year. She is by his side as he was by hers after Danny died. *** When she decided to run for City Council in Foster City in 2005 (she has lived in the same house all these years), �I validated that I was Pam Frisella in my own right.� Occasionally, she runs into someone who says, Oh, you�re Danny wife.� But most people just say �Hi, Pam.� Frisella was termed out in 2013 but does not plan to run again. �Recycling should be left to Recology, not politics,� she explained. However, she is sharing her energy with several nonprofit boards, the Police Activities League and HEART (Housing Endowment And Regional Trust to create more affordable housing the in the county). Sue Lempert is the former mayor of San Mateo. Her column runs every Monday. She can be reached at sue@smdailyjournal.com [fimg=555]http://www.claremontshows.com/catalog/publications/tsn/1972/72-7-1.jpg[/fimg] http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/opinions/2014-03-03/life-of-pam-and-danny-frisella/1776425119032.html

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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Open subject pool? What's "open subject"? Like, no defined subject set? Assigned topics. Nothing anywhere near as tough as the Kranepool Cup semi-final basket of Espinosa, McAndrew, Claudell et. al. [fimg=666]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3819/12882678025_592b5e1098_o.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=844]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a43SLLIEKws/TbYUrfNFxwI/AAAAAAAAAZw/BkyIhne6Apk/s1600/New+York+Mets+1200.jpg[/fimg]

Last night's airing of The Graduate on TCM reminded me of this old thread about a month after Santana's no-hitter, when the Mets were battling the Nats for 1st place. http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/18200/f1_t18239.shtml

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Open subject pool? What's "open subject"?

How many votes do voters get each round? More than one. I'll have a better idea of how many first round votes each contestant gets when I know how many people entered the contest, and thus, how many contestants will advance to the next round. Get Beatley. TEDDY MARTINEZ (An Ode to Non-Starters) Ahh ... they are u-til-i-ty players Ahh ... ten-u-ous as roster stayers Teddy Martinez Picks up a glove To play short Or wherever's there's need He has some speed Pays close attention Plays now and then And again he will ride The Met pine Biding his time They're u-til-ity players They don't get much chance Rarely in the lineup Never to advance Hot Rod Ka-ne-ehl He would get nicked With a pitch At Casey's behest Withstood the test Like Joe McEwing Doing enough To maintain His Super sub role The one Woodward stole Dee-fensive replacements Who bunt or might pinch-run Used in case of inj'ry Or a long slump by someone Ahh ... they are cursed as vers-a-ti-le �hh ... la Bogar and Bobby Pfeil Teddy Martinez Fills in in left And in right And sometimes at third A real Relaford Yet after a while Swapped to the Cards For Jack Heidemann And for Mike Vail Please forward Ted's mail Scrubeen'es like Martinez They'll do anything Miller, Bailor, Newhan... Anticipating spring [youtube]k9Itt02QOO0&feature=related[/youtube] viewtopic.php?f=18&t=11089

Here's a sneak peek at some of the Liverpool to Crane Pool rules: It's a two round tournament, with no head to head matchups. In each of the two rounds, all of the song parodies will be placed in one thread. There will be one poll per round. The first round parodies receiving the most votes will advance to the second and final round. Almost half of the contestants will advance to the second and final round. The tournament championship will be awarded to the contestant whose second round parody receives the most votes. [fimg=777:13ew8o5h]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C33OS8t8g_s/Uti-X-j3NUI/AAAAAAAALb4/zeAK_MIPstA/s640/1967metsSGTPEPPERteamPIC-Z14.png[/fimg:13ew8o5h]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: most twitter clients support muting/blocking hashtags This kind of shit really makes me feel old. I mean, I kind of know what it means, but at the same time, it sounds like a lot of gibberish. Same here. There's an active thread in the non-baseball forum about this product Rdio -- some internet music thing. I have no idea what they're talking about. Is it internet radio? Internet for your car radio? Music from the internet through your PC speakers? Smartphone? I don't know anymore. I can't read those twitter messages either. It looks like secret code to me, with all the special characters. And when did the pound key tic tac toe symbol become known as a hash tag?

I bought this about 10 years ago. It works. http://www.interceptorid.com/

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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Yeah well fuck Fred anyway. Your point's still valid. He fucked up the franchise to the point where it was no longer profitable for the 25 year radio partner to keep the broadcasting rights. To the National League MLB franchise from New York City. It's Tidewater all over again. And a minor league team in the AAA shithole of Las Vegas. And now WFAN. And fuck Fredo, too. For that MetSPeak bullshit from last week about how the Mets have an $85M payroll because they're being fiscally prudent.

Well, yeah, I suppose WFAN woulda kept the Mets if they could get the broadcasting rights for free. But WFAN was losing money on the Mets -- their ad revenue was less than what WFAN was paying the Mets for the braodcasting rights.

Didn't WFAN dump the Mets? (I don't remember the Mets leaving WFAN).

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I sorta go along with the idea of raising expectations, which sort of goes hand in hand with the changing perception of the organization's depth and future potential. And Fred can go fuck himself. If he were actually all-in on this commitment to being the best they wouldn't have walked away from 660. I don't get this post but I'm lovin' it anyways. I'm a sucker for sentences with the phrase "go fuck himself" that reference a Wilpon.

metsmarathon wrote: The Current World Universe Coaches Poll Song Parody Rankings: 1 TransMonk 2 Edgy MD 3 sharpie 4 LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr 5 John Cougar Lunchbucket 6 G-Fafif 7 Lefty Specialist 8 Kong76 9 Zvon 10T Fman99 10T metirish 12 A Boy Named Seo 13T Ceetar 13T seawolf17 15 metsmarathon 16 Trachsel My Tears damn, that hurts. i'm ranked only ahead of the new guy. Then sign up for the Liverpool to Crane Pool. It's coming. Improve your ranking. And for those unranked shirkers, join the ranks of the ranked. This year's Liverpool will be hosted by New York Met Ambassador, Rickey Henderson, who will bring his third eye from the planet Mercury, all the better to identify John Olerud with. That's right -- one of the Hendersons will all be there. And of course, Doctor K will challenge the world. Sign up now. Details to follow. It's a condensed matchup free, free for all, two rounder. Just two rounds. Just two songs. Goo goo guh joob. [fimg=255]http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/logo.jpg[/fimg][fimg=255]http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/logo.jpg[/fimg][fimg=255]http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/logo.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=255]http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/logo.jpg[/fimg][fimg=255]http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/logo.jpg[/fimg][fimg=255]http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/logo.jpg[/fimg]

Rips of Mets' Ruben Tejada irk David Wright The anonymous comments painted Tejada as still seemingly out of shape after he spent much of his winter in Michigan working out to try to win back his job as the Mets� starting shortstop. By Kristie Ackert / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS PORT ST. LUCIE � Put a name on it. That is what Mets captain David Wright had to say to whoever was the anonymous source taking shots at Ruben Tejada in the press this week. �That�s one of my biggest pet peeves in all of baseball,� Wright said. �If you�re going to criticize the guy, put your name behind it.� The anonymous comments painted Tejada as still seemingly out of shape after he spent much of his winter in Michigan working out to try to win back his job as the Mets� starting shortstop. General manager Sandy Alderson said the organization had some reasonable options, but right now the 24-year-old is the Mets� No. 1 choice at short as they enter into Grapefruit League play. That, however, does not rule out the Mets making a move before Opening Day, Alderson has conceded. While the Mets have not made an offer to free-agent shortstop Stephen Drew, they are not opposed to making a deal if his demands come down considerably. Alderson said Wednesday, however, that he had not had any conversations with Drew�s representatives �recently.� The Mets are also watching Mariners infielder Nick Franklin �very closely� this spring, a team source confirmed. The Mets like Franklin�s power, but are concerned about his ability to play shortstop every day, according to the source. With the signing of Robinson Cano this offseason and with Brad Miller already established at shortstop, the Mariners are at least willing to talk about dealing Franklin. But Wednesday, with the criticism of Tejada still lingering, Alderson also said he was disappointed. �It is unfair that comments of that sort (were) made,� Alderson said. �It�s not something that I am proud of in terms how it necessarily represents the organization.� Alderson went on to say that even though he can not discern much of a difference from looking at Tejada, the organization was happy with his commitment and approach this spring. �I think we�re happy with the attitude he demonstrated in the offseason,� Alderson said of the embattled shortstop�s time training in Michigan. �I think we�ve seen greater enthusiasm. I�ve always felt from his standpoint it was more about his mental and emotional approach to the game than his capability. Taking all those things into account, we�re pleased.� While the Mets are pleased Tejada showed commitment in the offseason, Alderson said it has to translate to the field to make a difference. Wright seems to think is will. �This is the best shape I have seen him come into spring in,� the third baseman said, �and I can see he is moving around a lot better out there.� Tejada is trying to win back his job after a brutal 2013. He hit .202 in 57 games, and was demoted and twice injured. He showed up to spring training in 2013 heavy and slow. Terry Collins said Tejada will get plenty of chances to prove his critics wrong this spring. �At this moment, Ruben Tejada is the shortstop here,� he said. �We�ve got to be patient with him, get him a number of at-bats this spring. He�s been told that and we�ll see how he plays. We don�t have a lot of options. He�s the guy right now.� http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ain-wright-rips-ruben-irk-david-article-1.1703276 _____________________________ Carlos Beltran slams anonymous critics of former Mets teammate Ruben Tejada 'If you have something to say, come forward and say it,' Beltran defied those who have gone off the record with negative stories about Tejada, who played with Tejada in 2010 and 2011. By Andy Martino / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 9:45 PM BRADENTON, Fla. � Carlos Beltran�s Yankee experience began with Wednesday�s game, as he trotted from a dugout for the first time alongside new teammates such as Brian McCann and Jacoby Ellsbury. And while the longtime Met is enjoying his new job, he did spend a few moments wondering about the drama in Port St. Lucie. �What�s going on with (Ruben) Tejada?� Beltran asked in the Yankees clubhouse, referring to the extended cycle of negativity surrounding the young shortstop. Mets officials have long criticized Tejada, on the record and anonymously, for his work ethic and conditioning, and that pattern continued this week. This struck Beltran, who has endured similar experiences, as unfair. �Anonymous?� Beltran said. �Come on. Anonymous? Come forward, brother. If you have something to say, come forward and say it.� Beltran said that when a young player such as Tejada sees negative stories about him, he is affected. �Imagine,� he said. �Of course, it has to make you feel bad. Horrible. When you see all that coming out, you feel bad about yourself, and feel bad about the whole situation. The best way to solve that is by communicating. Not in the papers. You solve things by talking to the person. Person-to-person.� Beltran played with Tejada in 2010 and 2011, and was impressed. �Sometimes when you�re quiet and you don�t say much, and you respond back with a smile, some people misunderstand,� Beltran said. �Maybe they start putting a stamp on him, that he is that type of guy. But my experience with him is that he is a great kid, and I love him.� In Port St. Lucie on Wednesday, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson told MLB Network radio: �Look, we have probably 30 front office and coaching staff down here. There�s going to be a stray comment about players from time to time. That�s unfortunately the nature of the media in New York.� Over in Tampa, Beltran could only chuckle at the situation. �I�m not surprised,� he said, shaking his head and laughing. �No, I�m not surprised. By anything anymore.� http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/beltran-slams-anonymous-critics-ex-mets-mate-tejada-article-1.1703284#ixzz2uXZ8PG9u

I saw American Hustle in the movie theater last December. Wanna know why? OK. I'll tell you why. Because I saw the trailer for American Hustle on TV, featuring the opening track on Led Zeppelin's debut album -- Good Times, Bad Times -- and decided right then and there that I hadda hear that song on a big screen, coming out of gigantic movie theater speakers. Whatta gyp. The song wasn't even in the movie. Just the trailer. I hope they paid a fucking fortune to license that song. Talk about an american hustle. pRyb9wH91cs

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Wait a second. The Mets can afford to make cold calls?

From Grantland's NRI round-up: New York Mets: Noah Syndergaard, RHP Hey, look, it�s another really good, really big right-handed pitching prospect with star potential. Syndergaard, another casualty of Toronto�s cash-in-prospects-and-go-for-it-now spree last winter, is one of two starting pitching prospects snagged by GM Sandy Alderson in what now look like major heists. (Getting Syndergaard and catcher Travis d�Arnaud for R.A. Dickey was one, getting Zack Wheeler for a Carlos Beltran summer rental was the other.) Syndergaard is a 6-foot-6, 240-pound hoss of a Texan who fanned 133 batters (against just 28 walks) over 117? innings last year between the high Single-A and Double-A levels. The Mets added reinforcements over the winter by signing players like Bartolo Colon and Curtis Granderson, but they�re probably still not contenders � meaning they won�t have much incentive to rush Syndergaard. A 2015 rotation with a healthy Matt Harvey, Wheeler, and Syndergaard at the top could be big trouble for the rest of the NL East, though. Cleveland Indians: Jeff Francoeur, Designated Punim Look at this face and tell me you wouldn�t want this guy on your team. While Francoeur never quite became Roy Hobbs, he�s historically been a very playable outfielder when used in a platoon role; in 2011, he hit .302/.363/.570 against left-handed pitchers while showing off his always present rocket arm in right field. Francoeur was absolutely terrible offensively the last two years, and his speed and defensive range dipped as well. He�s still just 30 years old, though, and if he played in a platoon with David Murphy while making a maximum of $1 million, Francoeur could still prove to be a useful piece for a contending team.

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