batmagadanleadoff

Nothing to do with anything here. It has everything to do with everything. You're defending Wright batting 6th and 7th on grounds that it was reasonable for Randolph to use 74 games to asses the third baseman's skills. I'm saying that the better managers have better eyeballs.

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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'm all in favor of a gently-ribbing "What Were We Thinking" section. It would be very much in the spirit of the thing. I'm also fairly certain that such a thing will never exist in a Wilpon-run Metland. I agree. The Wilpons don't strike me as the type that can laugh at themselves. But just for fun, what would be the litmus test here? A Mercury Mets jersey? Steve Chilcott's first pro contract?* A Willie Randolph display? *Clearly, a "What Were We Thinking" moment, though not exactly on Wilpon's watch

SteveJRogers wrote: SteveJRogers wrote: SteveJRogers wrote: My understanding is that the busts will be added to the Museum at a later date. I also heard that the Mets might add other artifacts in the future. Why? Wouldn't that be a bit redundant? Wouldn't what be redundant? They have plaques of all the inductees, which includes info about WHY said person is in the Mets Hall of Fame (something I hated about the old Diamond Club Lobby setup). Do they really have any need for those old busts to be on display now? Aren't those busts a part of the Mets, you know, history? I'll have a stronger opinion after I've seen the museum first-hand, and have had an opportunity to judge the place, the spacing, how open or cluttered it is, etc., etc. So was Met-tle The Mule and Homer The Dog, but I really would rather them stay in the dustbin of history. While I wouldn't go so far as to exhume the presumably dead beasts in order to display them at the museum, I'm all for representing them in some other manner. A true fan would embrace all of the Mets history, whether good, bad, ugly or comical.

SteveJRogers wrote: SteveJRogers wrote: My understanding is that the busts will be added to the Museum at a later date. I also heard that the Mets might add other artifacts in the future. Why? Wouldn't that be a bit redundant? Wouldn't what be redundant? They have plaques of all the inductees, which includes info about WHY said person is in the Mets Hall of Fame (something I hated about the old Diamond Club Lobby setup). Do they really have any need for those old busts to be on display now? Aren't those busts a part of the Mets, you know, history? I'll have a stronger opinion after I've seen the museum first-hand, and have had an opportunity to judge the place, the spacing, how open or cluttered it is, etc., etc.

SteveJRogers wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: My understanding is that the busts will be added to the Museum at a later date. I also heard that the Mets might add other artifacts in the future. Why? Wouldn't that be a bit redundant? Wouldn't what be redundant?

Fman99 wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: My understanding is that the busts will be added to the Museum at a later date. I also heard that the Mets might add other artifacts in the future. Good, I've been wondering what Julio Franco was doing these days. Like I'm supposed to believe that Julio Franco is on your mind when you think of the word "busts".

How awesome is this...? You already said that: They did this part right at Target - Wish the Mets had something Metly like that in the outfield. They should have taken the skyline from Shea and put it atop the new scoreboard rather than on top of the Shake Shack. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13210&p=325056&hilit=scoreboard#p325056

My understanding is that the busts will be added to the Museum at a later date. I also heard that the Mets might add other artifacts in the future.

Searching "Mets" in Flickr and setting that search to "most recent" will yield over one hundred photographs (most of them, metfairy's) of the new Mets Museum/HOF and other new Metsy elements displayed throughout Citi Field. It looks like the Mets did a terrific job with their new museum. I can't wait to see it in person. How many calories are in those Supersized Topps? Original Mr. Met A toned down monotoned down Lindsey? Who would've thunk it?

I've been waiting years to say this: The Mets Hall of Fame and Museum is awesome. I concur. I'll post some pix later. But they actually got it right. I see you. Great pic. Too bad about that dumb #42, though.

1. First hit: Pagan 2. First double: Pagan 3. First triple: Wright 4. First home run: Bay 5. First stolen base: Wright 6. First baserunner caught stealing/picked off: Castillo 7. First guy to hit into a double-play: Francouer 8. First batter to strike out: Bay 9. First fielder to commit an error: Castillo 10. First guy to score a run: Castillo 11. First guy to drive in a run: Bay 12. First Met player to field a batted ball: Castillo 13. First Met to draw a walk: Wright 14. First Met relief pitcher to make an appearance: Takahashi 15. First Met to reach base on an error: Francouer 16. First winning Met pitcher: Santana 17. First losing Met pitcher: Santana 18. First Met to throw a wild pitch: Santana 19. First Met to be hit by a pitch: Bay 20. First Met pitcher to plunk an opposing batter: Santana Tiebreaker bonus (if necessary): Date of Jerry Manuel's first ejection: April 26

I am presently conflating Bobby Tolan and Bernie Carbo, although I didn't always conflate the two.

I know I'm gonna regret this post and the ensuing exchange about 20 seconds after I send this off but what does promoting Mejia today have to do with the fact that six years ago, Clemens, Johnson and Leiter each turned in more than respectable seasons in the twilight of their respective careers? I'm more confused than critical here. Really. By the way, I'm on board with every single point LWFS has been raising in this thread. So I'll just concur instead of repeating the same ideas in a different way. I've also got another rant about deciding today that Mejia, or any specific relief pitcher -really- is going to pitch the 8th inning, before the actual game is at hand ... before even knowing who the hell is due up in the eighth inning .. before knowing the game situation ... which way the wind is blowing ... where the coolest Baseball Annies are sitting in that particular game. I guess this is really a rant about relief pitcher usage in general and not necessarily limited to Mejia. Or relief usage in general but not including the Red Sox, or some of the other, you know, smart franchises.

If the Mets trained in Port St. Lucie back when Dock Ellis was on the team, Noble would've named the camp Port St. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.* *Retroactively. Dock joined the Mets in mid-Summer 1979, and didn't last the end of his lone season as a Met. Thus, he never participated in a Mets Spring Training camp.