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Obviously.

http://mets.lohudblogs.com/2013/09/18/the-harvey-decision-why-not/ Megdal sez Harvey did the right thing, and sez so without mentioning the you know, the $320M debt looming soon for the Mets owners.

Matt Harvey's Interview With Dan Patrick Got Real Awkward Real Fast Mets phenom Matt Harvey was a guest on the Dan Patrick Show this morning, and he was not the ideal interview subject. Patrick wanted to talk about Harvey's elbow injury and the looming possibility of Tommy John surgery�you know, baseball stuff�but all Harvey wanted to do was be a pitchman for some dumb phone thing called Qualcomm. I mean, he really wanted [to] be a good pitchman. Either Qualcomm is paying Harvey $10 billion to be their spokesman, or he just doesn't realize that "pitchman" and "shill" don't mean the same thing. This gives us a good idea for a new Jimmy Fallon bit, though: Matt Harvey stopping people on the street and explaining to them the wisdom of investing in gold. link to video Matt sure does say the word "obviously" a lot.

You probably wouldn't be able to guess who this former Met is even if I gave you his name.

Zvon wrote: Zvon wrote: Zvon wrote: Johnny Stephenson? Boy, these quizzes don't stay unsolved for more than a few minutes. Lucky. I was just working with the '66 cards. Ha! Great b&w of Clendenon up above. That's the widest angle we've seen of that practice field. Now we know that there's no outfield beyond the first infield -- just another infield. I ran into two in the same slide show. Not positive about this one tho. It's hard to tell but I wouldn't rule it out. What about the tree on the extreme left side of the photo -- to the right of Torre's wife? How does that tree compare with the trees in the other shots?

Zvon wrote: Zvon wrote: Johnny Stephenson? Boy, these quizzes don't stay unsolved for more than a few minutes. Lucky. I was just working with the '66 cards. Ha! Great b&w of Clendenon up above. That's the widest angle we've seen of that practice field. Now we know that there's no outfield beyond the first infield -- just another infield.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I met Hondo too one time. He ... [o]pined that the difference between the best and worst teams in the league was "2 or 3 players." In baseball especially, I always believed this to be true. And that's comparing the best to worst -- teams that might be separated by as many as 30-35 games in the final standings. I secretly believe (not so secret anymore, I guess) that the difference between two teams 10 or even 15 games apart in the standings is very negligible, with sheer random luck usually accounting for most of the gap.

Zvon wrote: Johnny Stephenson? Boy, these quizzes don't stay unsolved for more than a few minutes.

Who am I? This Giant is not pictured in the original post to this thread because he never played for the Mets. Never appeared in a Mets game. Was never on the Mets 25 man roster. But he did get his own Topps Baseball card in a Mets uniform. Don't tell Davey Schneck.

Another shot of the Toppless Giant pictured above.

Who Am I? A special They Might've Been Giants edition quiz. This Met/Giant is not pictured in the original post to this thread.

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Nobody's automatically disqualifying Helton. And it's not arbitrary either. It's adjusting for the Coors Effect. It would be just as unfair not to adjust -- to take Helton's numbers at face value. What if Helton hit 1,200 lifetime HR's because he played in a Little League stadium, where the outfield fence was 300 feet from home plate -- 1,050 HR's at home and 150 on the road? How would you interpret those stats?

Mets � Willets Point wrote: What is a Sadecki Spot and can we discuss it in mixed company? Start reading beginning on page four of this thread.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm hoping to hear that he's not getting the surgery. But I suppose that what I'm really hoping is that Harvey's decision, whichever way he goes, is ultimately the right one. But we may never know for sure. This. We'll never know. All we can hope for is that ultimately, he can continue to pitch effectively, dominantly even.

"With these powerful eyeglasses, I can see that one day, I'll be a furshlugginer NY Met".

This former Met was a Tiger for a blink of an eye. So where did The Man From Topps find the time to shoot him in a Detroit uniform?

This former and Toppless Met seems to pique Edgy's interest every coupl'a months.

G-Fafif wrote: [youtube]leohcvmf8kM[/youtube] If you see a made-up card In the midst of this thread That has a lefty veteran Holdin' a pose Sadecki's Spot Yeah, yeah! The best way to read this post is with the music playing.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: I saw some of the comments about the Hall of Fame. Keep in mind that the vice president of tradition and fan experience has broad powers, he can't go back in time. While I haven't seen the hall -- my visit to Citi was in its first year -- the photos look pretty neat. I don't know too many teams with better halls. The Reds have an entire building that is incredible. But many of the others -- Indians, Phillies -- have the basic plaque on the wall thing working, and no museum. I know the Braves have a wonderful museum, and the Rangers have something that is basically Cooperstown south. I like the tailgating thing. The Brewers have a permanent concession and restroom building in the parking lot to assist with such things. Since the Mets lack a neighborhood for fans to hang out it, it would be nice to assist with the tailgating to make a party atmosphere. From what I've seen and read on the web, the Royals HOF is also among the best.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Doubleday was a little like Mrs. Payson- he thought of the team as a rich man's toy. Not that he didn't want them to win, but he didn't like getting his hands dirty in the day-to-day. This was probably what made the Mets the powerhouse organization they became by the mid-1980's. Doubleday hired great baseball people, and then got the fuck out of the way.

Ceetar wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: Cut ticket prices in half. You'll make it up in concessions and parking. Full up those seats behind home plate every game by selecting people from the upper deck to come down in the third inning. Have GOOD giveaways, not crap. Everything's an ad for someone anyway, so the only cost incurred is extra personnel to reach into a box and hand it to people when they come in. Have a contest for a fan age 12-18 to wear a uniform, take batting and fielding practice and sit in the dugout for a game. Yeah, I know it's technically against league rules, but work it out. I'm positive they've run the numbers for these things, and have priced the tickets at close to the highest revenue price point. They have all sorts of algorithms for these things. Most of what's keeping people away is not the price..... It might be. Isn't this your basic Supply and Demand Economics 101? I'd bet anything that if they sold field level seats for $4.00 say -- what they cost when I was a kid -- the price reduction alone would attract many customers.

Zvon wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: You could see the white clubhouse structure in this photo that ran alongside today's NYT piece on the Mets clipboard giveaway. Is that the Sadecki spot behind Maz? It must have been Millers '65 card. I was making '65s last week and googling the set. I do think Mazz can be considered a member of the SS club. SS behind and to his left. To his right, the clubhouse and some kids. Mazz with the bird bomb. Show me a non Met who infiltrated that spot somehow. That be something. Close, but not really. St. Louis Cardinal Ken Boyer with Bob L. Miller, in his brand new Mets uniform (Feb. 25, 1962) Boyer wasn't exactly a visitor -- the Cards shared the facility with the Mets. And that's the clubhouse, not the Sadecki Spot.

Before Doubleheader, Debating Wright�s Return By TIM ROHAN Published: September 14, 2013 Hours before the Mets played the Miami Marlins in a doubleheader Saturday, David Wright played a simulated game in an empty Citi Field. He took grounders. He ran the bases. He batted against Ricky Bones, the Mets� bullpen coach. A group that included Travis d�Arnaud gathered to watch. Manager Terry Collins looked on, arms crossed. Bats These practice at-bats, these grounders, were arguably more important than any taken in the two games later. The health of Wright, who is recovering from a strained right hamstring, would seem to supersede anything the Mets do in games that are essentially auditions for spots on the 2014 team. Then why bring Wright back this season, Collins was asked. �Why not?� Collins answered. Reporters then peppered him with questions about whether he was unnecessarily risking the health of Wright, who is not yet ready to play but could be soon. (A meeting will be held Tuesday to evaluate his progress.) Facing the barrage of questions, Collins became defensive. He said he would not put Wright in Bubble Wrap. He said injuries were a part of the game. He said: �Hey, look, we�re trying to win baseball games here. And our fans deserve that.� At his locker, after spending a few hours on the field, Wright insisted he wanted to return this season, for himself, his teammates and the fans. Wright said about the fans, �I want to go out there and try to put on a good show for them.� But even if the Mets had Wright on Saturday, what kind of show would it be? The Mets entered the doubleheader 65-81 and in fourth place in the National League East. Their ace, Matt Harvey, was contemplating having an operation that would keep him out for about a year. They were a few weeks removed from trading away two key veterans, Marlon Byrd and John Buck. And the Marlins were supposed to be the worse team. Considering all that, some might wonder who would attend a doubleheader between these two teams. About an hour before the first game started, David Dec and his girlfriend, Corrine Cecala, bought matching hats and shirts in the concourse. Dec had surprised Cecala with tickets. �It�s a great price for two games,� Dec said. Dec, who said he was a Yankees fan, continued: �It�s not going to be good baseball. It�s the Marlins and the Mets.� Cecala said, �He�s being a trouper.� Further down the concourse, Colin Harrison and his son Mark admired the field. They were in New York on a vacation from Bexley, England, and they wanted to experience an American baseball game. �If the Yankees had been in town, we would have seen the Yankees,� the elder Harrison said. He and his son planned to leave after the first game of the doubleheader, he added. They had other sights to see. Over at the food court beyond center field, three old friends drank beers and ate food from Shake Shack. Each year, the three, Joe Devine, Mike Simone, and Darren Gutowski, try to get together for an outing. �We still love our Mets, even though they�ve struggled,� Devine said. Yet they were still debating whether to stay for the second game, when Daisuke Matsuzaka would be on the mound. �We�ll see how the first one goes,� Simone said. The day�s festivities began soon thereafter. It was the final Bark in the Park day of the season, so hundreds of fans paraded their dogs around the warning track and then found their seats. The park was not full, but plenty of spectators dotted the stands. As the Mets lost the first game, 3-0, some fans had their picture taken with SpongeBob SquarePants, others watched the Texas A&M-Alabama football game on TV in the Caesars Club lounge, and many sat and watched a well-pitched game. Even though the Mets went on to win the second game, 3-1, the early loss confirmed that they would finish with a losing record for the fifth straight season. By the time Game 2 began, about 40 minutes after the end of the first, the park had mostly emptied. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/sports/baseball/wright-eyes-comeback-making-mets-doubleheader-an-afterthought.html