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Ceetar wrote: But [Alderson's] grace period is over. If they let Reyes get away, especially if they don't then go out and add more pieces to compensate... What a load of shit Alderson'll turn out to be if Reyes leaves and the Mets can't then get 2012's batting champ on $40M less in overall payroll.

Ceetar wrote: wouldn't be Rubin if he didn't dampen hopes. Of course, Sandy says they have an uncomfortable range for Reyes. But that doesn't mean they won't do it, even if it makes them uncomfortable. He never says unreachable. He points out that Reyes doesn't affect the other signings. He mentions flexibility for mid-season acquisions (something you don't do when you're just planning on cutting payroll and riding it out) Yes, Virginia.....

TransMonk wrote: I have a feeling the Mets are going to shit in my shoe and call it a sundae. Why would you say that? It's not like Wilpon's Mets ever did that before.

Good that Jeff's on the "Blame Omar, he must've done it" bandwagon. I wonder how that quote was elicited. Press: Jeff, do you feel any personal regret over the re-design of Citi Field's walls, being that you implemented the original dimensions? JW: The original impetus to design such a big playing field came from the previous Mets regime headed by Omar Minaya, who was the general manager from the 2005 season through 2010. Press: But you owned the team in 2005. You owned the regime. Didn't you have final approval over the design? And Wasn't Minaya merely implementing your vision? JW: The original impetus to design such a big playing field came from the previous Mets regime headed by Omar Minaya, who was the general manager from the 2005 season through 2010. Press: Is today Monday? JW: The original impetus to design such a big playing field came from the previous Mets regime headed by Omar Minaya, who was the general manager from the 2005 season through 2010.

A blast from MLB's earliest days of free agency --- Wayne Garland, Indians.

Albert Belle -- Orioles. How 'bout Reggie/MFY's?

Jeff Wilpon ... also maintained that the original impetus to design such a big playing field came from the previous Mets regime headed by Omar Minaya, who was the general manager from the 2005 season through 2010, when he was dismissed. He said the decision to make the changes came from Alderson. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/sports/baseball/mets-to-alter-dimensions-of-citi-field.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/sports/baseball/mets-to-alter-dimensions-of-citi-field.html

Edgy DC wrote: Are you in favor of scrapping league and division play and just crowning the guys with the best record after 162 games the champs? To some degree. Not that what I'd like is ever gonna happen. I would've left it alone at two playoff teams per league. I'd love to see the pre-1969 no playoffs at all set-up. It's true that less teams would be in it in September but oh what sort of pennant races we would have. But I realize that this a pipe dream. All I said was that I don't consider the Cards triumph any sort of an upset. A seven game series is a highly effective method to determine the better of two good hockey or basketball teams. But baseball? That's a whole different animal.

I'm getting this vibe that the only way the Mets will keep Reyes is if he turns down some other team's big fat stacks: I don't see the Mets top offer for Reyes being even in the same time zone with competing offers. But we shall see. Me, I'm extremely doubtful about this -- I believe I've seen Reyes' last game in a Mets uni.

There's no upsets in MLB's post-season as far as I'm concerned. What with all the luck that exists in every baseball game, having two good MLB teams play against each other in a short series proves not a thing and is no way to determine the better team. I'd bet the Wild Card every single year. And if I did, I'd be ahead because in the wild card era, the wild card has now won five out of 17 World Series.

Tom Seaver's debut: white-green outfield walls in background:

I thought that this was sort of a national ad campaign, playing in every MLB city. The player in the foreground is Jeterish to my eyes; the other player is Wrightish.

If Ryan Braun had any honor, he woulda went six for six on the last day of the season. Jose Reyes may not be Ted Williams, but Ryan Braun definitely ain't.* *Neither is anybody else, as if it's all of a sudden some big shame not to be Ted Williams.

Source: Citi Field changes on tap By Adam Rubin ESPNNewYork.com "... Alderson added at the time that offense sells. And the Mets need to fill seats, having experienced three straight seasons of declining attendance. "We're not looking for an advantage with respect to home runs versus visitors' home runs," Alderson said last month. " I'm not buying into Alderson's publicly stated reasons for changing Citi Field's dimensions. The organization, most likely, will move the fences in because it now believes that the changes will provide the Mets with a tactical game advantage over the present dimensions. And good for them. They're supposed to be looking for whatever edge they can get. But this idea that they're moving in the fences for us --- the fans ---is classic corporate speak where the organization does something primarily for their own self-interest and then claims that it was done mainly for us. Ceetar wrote: the 'most power' to right center is the misrepresentation. most of his power is to left. all _people_'s power is mostly to pull. I don't know for sure where Wright presently hits most of his HR's, or what side of Citi Field is predominantly robbing Wright of HR's, but I wonder if you're confusing "power" with "tendencies". That a batter, all things being equal, can hit the ball farther when he pulls it, doesn't preclude that same batter from displaying the tendency to hit the ball to the opposite field with greater frequency than to the pull field. In any event, I'm positive that the Mets never specifically confirmed that they would move in their fences until the last day or two.

Re: Game 2 that Bucket mentions above. In the first inning, when the Mets scored 3 runs, Willie had LoDuca bunt after a Reyes leadoff double...he was already in scoring position. I know you can't predict future results, but the Mets gave up an out in an inning in which they would score three runs. Plus Lo Duca was an all-star that year and Reyes, in 2006, was probably the fastest base-runner in the majors. I don't know what was dumber: what you wrote or sac bunting Reyes from second to third with nobody out in the top of the first in a game in Denver? Denver -- where you probably need eight runs to win a game, or the NLCS? Either way, Jerry had nothing over Wee Willie when it came to moronic sac bunting. Wasn't even close.

HahnSolo wrote: Jonah Keri takes down Ron Washington. And there is little I disagree with. http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/7104/cardinals-win-the-battle-of-managers-game-1 Nice read. Jonah Keri for grantland.com wrote: Still, The Jazayerli Prophecy came true. Talk to anyone in the Rangers organization, from the players up to the front office, and they'll praise Ron Washington's ability to manage personalities and run a harmonious clubhouse. Those are difficult skills to quantify, but they exist, and teams certainly benefit from such skills. But Washington just isn't good at making in-game decisions, and the Cardinals can (and just did) eat his lunch when that happens. Swapping Terry Collins's name for Ron Washington's works just the same.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: All those "wait til next year" comments at the end of that thread are a bit more poignant now, given how 2007 ended. And what to say about Steve Rogers? Steve Rogers on 10/19/2006 wrote: I should be at the New York FUCKING TIMES right now, instead I'm pushing 30, I live with my parents and I can't barely pay for accounting courses and I can't spend a few hours a week on a blog so that its been updated once in 12 months I just finished reading that thread, which was before my time, and the off-topic Rogers quote you just posted is the most memorable one.

If Tug McGraw's worth 25 points, then Hoerner and Baldschun are worth 1,000, just for the naming. And another thing ... who the hell made this list? How the hell is Don Carman not in the top 25? Carman's numbers are at least as good as 15th ranked Baldschun's and 14th ranked Bottallico's (the only two Phils I compared Carman to) and probably better. This game is over. I'm declaring myself the winner of this stupid contest.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Remind me to never invite you to my self-serve smorgasbord buffet luncheon. What a hog. I thought I was doing it wrong and everyone would be guessing 25. So take 10 more guesses. All in the same post. From the leftovers, I go with my Phillie relievers from my kid Strat-O-Matic days, Dick Selma and Joe Hoerner, and throw in Don Carman, who was unhittable in '85. Selma's the Met, I suppose.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Yeah, this is too hard so I'm just trying to remember 25 Phillies relievers. Here are my top 16 1 Tug McGraw 2 Ron Reed 3 Ryan Madson 4 Gene Garber 5 Brad Lidge 6 Steve Bedrosian 7 Mitch Williams 8 Mike Jackson 9 Roger McDowell 10 Al Holland 11 Bruce Ruffin 12 Heathcliffe Slocumb 13 Ricky Bottalico 14 Alejandro Pena 15 Dennis Cook 16 Jeff Gray (I don't know why I'm remembering this guy but I am) Remind me to never invite you to my self-serve smorgasbord buffet luncheon. What a hog.

n my opinion [Rob Parker] generates the most unreadable junk of any media member writing on the Mets. I'll take [Rob Parker] over --under, really-- your Klapisches, Chass's and anybody else you might think is the media person writing the crappiest crap about the Mets. Rob Parker makes Joe Morgan sound like Bill James. June 22, 2011 viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16328&start=250

metsguyinmichigan wrote: I kinda like it. It's very Miami. If you're talking about the new Marlins logo, I like it, too. It really is very Miami. I also liked the Astros '70's rainbow unis. They were as loud and brash as the Astrodome, Judge Roy and a Texas oilman, and as futuristic as space travel -- a logical way to represent the franchise.

I'm rooting for the Cards. It would take more than 100 Yadier Molinas to outbad just one Bud Selig and this thing about St. Looey having the best fans in baseball is, to me, quaint; more rube than arrogance. Not that I'd know for sure having never been to the state of Missouri. The Brewers can go back to the American League, where they effin belong. Why does one decade in the NL carry more weight than almost three in the AL? Fuck the Brewers and fuck Bud Selig.

Does Ticket.com buy tickets from individual ticket holders for resale -- in addition to reselling directly for a team?

Gwreck wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Is this supposed to be condescending? Not at all. We simply disagree. I understand see your point, but I think it's overly technical.