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tell me about your feeeeeeelings
batmagadanleadoff replied to metsmarathon's topic in New York Mets Talk
metirish wrote: For going-forward comparisons, Cliff Lee's only half a year older than Johan Santana, and isn't coming off three straight seasons of surgery. Batmag, always available to brighten your day Just being honest. Bring back Johnny Olerud and I'll create for you, another Sun. -
tell me about your feeeeeeelings
batmagadanleadoff replied to metsmarathon's topic in New York Mets Talk
batmagadanleadoff wrote: For going-forward comparisons, Cliff Lee's only half a year older than Johan Santana, and isn't coming off three straight seasons of surgery. If you had to decide today, who would you rather have on your team for 2011 ... Lee or Santana? How about for the next two seasons? Lee or Santana? -
tell me about your feeeeeeelings
batmagadanleadoff replied to metsmarathon's topic in New York Mets Talk
For going-forward comparisons, Cliff Lee's only half a year older than Johan Santana, and isn't coming off three straight seasons of surgery. -
LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Adam Rubin frames it all a little differently. Hudgens on Citi Field's spaciousness and the Mets' recent lack of homers: "I don't think we need to worry about hitting home runs. That's something that comes with good swings." IOW, walks and home runs are the end result of good process, not the thing to necessarily take conscious aim of. But a player could generate a good swing, a desirable swing, ... the kind of good, desirable swing that would've sent the ball traveling over the Shea outfield fence for a HR ... and that same swing and contact will result in an out at Citi Field, a significant number of times.
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Edgy DC wrote: Or merely indifferently paraphrased by Cerrone. Yeah, I suppose. Unless that's what Hudgens meant to say.
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Matthew Cerrone reports on a conference call Mets coaches had with reporters. Regarding his hitting philosophy Hudgens said the key to winning games is getting on base. This is great to hear/read ... a welcome and stark contrast to Omar's: "On Base Percentage? We don't need to get on base to win any games. You know what I'm sayin?" quote and philosophy. Regarding Citi Field and the difficulty of hitting home runs in that ballpark, Hudgens said the ability to hit home runs has more to do with putting a good swing on the ball.be brought up. There will be no hard feelings, and the problem will be dealt with. Putting a good swing on the ball is one factor, for sure. But erecting outfield fences that are 10 or more feet farther from home plate and at least eight feet higher than the previous fences is also a factor. A significant other factor. If Hudgens thinks otherwise, he's either full of shit, or misinformed.
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These might be the kindest thoughts ever expressed by a Mets fan about Bobby Bonilla in almost 18 years. I dissent.
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metirish wrote: The vibe online seems to be that Lee will not be going to the yankees, and turns out that the mystery team with the seven year offer was Boston. batmagadanleadoff in the Crawford thread wrote: DocTee wrote: 20M [for Crawford]? sheesh. Makes me wonder just how much money the richest teams are actually earning. The Red Sox are a smart organization.
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And square Red Cross beads to indicate games spent on the disabled list. And the "career abacus" could be on the player's main page, instead of on a linked page. And the "string" on which the "beads" are strung could end when the player is traded or released. (and begin when he's acquired). The string need not automatically go from game 1 to game "last" in every player season. Frank Cattalanotto's 2010 string would be relatively short. I suppose that a player could then have several broken and distinct strings in the same season, depending on how often he was shuttled between the majors and the minors. This is probably a lot more work for you though, then simply setting up career abaci based on what you already developed and programmed. But I'm good at delegating. I'll stop now. If I should.
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It's refreshing-- not sweet. It's the extra dry treat. Won't you try extra dry Rheingold beeeeeeeeer! How 'bout them Casey's socks?
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But Casey liked it, even though he knows better than to play pepper. Someone could get hoit. I never did say where Casey got his non-standard Mets socks from. (I know we had a thread about that '62 Mets Rheingold ad --Edgy started it -- but I can't find it. So how does a thread that's less than a year old vanish? Ha! http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/12900/f1_t12962.shtml
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: But Casey liked it, even though he knows better than to play pepper. Someone could get hoit. I never did say where Casey got his non-standard Mets socks from. (I know we had a thread about that '62 Mets Rheingold ad --Edgy started it -- but I can't find it. So how does a thread that's less than a year old vanish?
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Here's another suggestion: From each player's main page, a link to his Mets "career abacus" Like this Matt Franco, sort of: but neater, and with the years listed instead of his name (or in addition to his name).
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Lefty Specialist wrote: But Casey liked it, even though he knows better than to play pepper. Someone could get hoit. I never did say where Casey got his non-standard Mets socks from. (I know we had a thread about that '62 Mets Rheingold ad --Edgy started it -- but I can't find it.
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Rheingold is Bob Murphy's beer. (Was). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnSa-aEOy5g&feature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfc4InJ7shk
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Rheingold used to be the beer of the Mets Now it looks like the beer of the D-Backs.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Or part of a three-headed part-time-2B-starter/infield-backup monster: Eamus covers 2B/3B, Murphy covers 2B/1B, and Tejada covers 2B/SS. (In this roster permutation, of course, Castillo covers his head with something other than a Mets cap.) This plan requires three backup infielders. Haven't the Mets been going with two backup infielders, two backup outfielders and one backup catcher (12 pitchers, 13 non-pitchers)? Also, and according to Alderson, isn't it unlikely that Tejada starts the 2011 season in the majors?
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I eyeballed these charts quickly and unscientifically, looking for individual seasons that combined the most orange beads with the least amount of white space. I was looking for the most often used Mets that were primarily back-ups. My quick and dirty (and perhaps, inaccurate) winner is Jeremy Reed, 2009. Reed managed (or was managed) to appear in almost every game in 2009, even though he was almost exclusively, a substitute. Honorable mentions go to: Eric Valent, 2004 Lenny Harris, 2001 Chico Walker, 1993 Rusty Staub, 1983 Mike Jorgensen, 1981 & 1982. And the career achievement award for this category goes to Matt Franco. I was thinking about what MetIrish wrote about having data appear as you hover over a particular bead. If the charts are to be modified to be able to link to a box score, perhaps some "hover data" might be in order so that the user has control over which specific box score he'd be linking to. Here's another suggestion: being able to link to the player's main page by clicking on his name.
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RealityChuck wrote: I was always curious about this: How is Joe Grzenda pronounced? Is the Z silent? (Grenda?) It was Gruh-ZEND-a. The "r" was used as a vowel (like in "Vrooman," a Dutch name). Thanks. So it's three syllables for the one-time Met. I knew Grzenda from my baseball cards and from the first Strat-O-Matic set I ever played (1971 season). Grzenda's '71 campaign with the old Senators was his career best season. He was one of the AL's premiere relievers (70.1 IP) that year and was drafted in any 1971 SOM All-Star league I was ever involved in (unless we played NL only). But because I rarely if ever, watched Yankee games, I never learned how to pronounce his name.
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DocTee wrote: 20M? sheesh. Makes me wonder just how much money the richest teams are actually earning. The Red Sox are a smart organization.
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I feel like I've been invited to a movie premiere! Shouldn't that chart read Frequency by games played instead of "started"?
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Look at Flynn81. How lucky was Doug Flynn to be traded to the worst team in baseball? Otherwise, he's selling insurance before Jimmy Carter's out.
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Can you click on a bead to link to the box score for the game represented by that bead? Also, I'd like it if the months were written on the bottom of the charts, as well.
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Edgy DC wrote: How do you like that one August 1 start for Rusty Staub? How can you tell from the chart that it's Aug. 1? It might be, but the Mets first August game might've fallen on the second of the month.
