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="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":3hsu2bs4]One Pork Deal = Ed Kranepool (Also, I got Kern a Poodle. It was not Bret Saberhagen.)[/quote:3hsu2bs4] I got it. I didn't give you credit for Leek Pan Odor; Edgy got that one a few minutes before you. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 05:27 PM Okra Pole Den = Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 05:28 PM Ned: Laker Poo! = Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 05:28 PM No Poker Deal = Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 05:29 PM Nap Leek Door = the Shamwow! of Met anagram fodder, Mr. Ed Kranepool batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 05:34 PM Standings LWFS 21 Edgy 12 HahnSolo 8 TMF 1 (265 total points -- 223 remaining) LeiterWagner, the apparent Ed Kranepool expert, builds an early lead. Where'd the defending champ go? LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 05:36 PM Naked Ole Pro = Ed Kranepool, from long-distance! batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 05:42 PM Edited 4 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 06:38 PM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth one point: Park Moot Ice Kern Energy I Market Poco A Neo Clock Cloak Cone Coka Cleon Cock on Ale The following anagrams are worth three points: A Damaged Van A Hen Lathers A Neon Ill Wiz Met A Nerdy Ditz Met A Scrubbier Coil A Vile Jar, Lou! Acronym Mill Ann: Order Salmon Bench Button Bleak Wildlife Bombing Beth? Yes! Cartoon Arms Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision Cry Tear Rag Custard Kit Dig the Dog. Now! D�oh! Star Fucker. Dormant Gland Essay Neglect Ha! Police Lure I Mop a Rocket I Spy Ill Jammer In the Hard Boil Insane Dry Fall Lava Rat Pitcher Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Lone Sky Cajoler Met Partly Goner Mets Begin Hobby Mets Galling Slide Misfire Jog My! A Blank Claw Never Send Those No Darn Girl Or Velvet Ink Our Dead Lentil Probe Snorter Sad Relief Rod Gray Hornet Tricky Oreo Vomit and Trust Want to Malt For four points, the following anagram contains the names of two Mets: Losing? Join a Ferryman For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report For six points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Torn Forensic batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 05:50 PM Standings LWFS 24 Edgy 12 HahnSolo 8 TMF 1 (265 total points -- 220 remaining) LeiterWagner doubles his nearest competitor's point total. But can he maintain his leading pace now that Steady Eddie the Porno Leaker has left the building? Where'd the defending champ go? Centerfield Apr 05 2009 06:03 PM Naked Ole Pro= Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 06:06 PM Not a chance. But I'll keep shooting. Yale Murder = Dale Murray batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 06:12 PM ="Centerfield":1bpu14f9]Naked Ole Pro= Ed Kranepool[/quote:1bpu14f9] That one was already solved. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 06:14 PM Sheer Ron Cey Kind = Rickey Henderson LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 06:21 PM Met Bonanza Ride = a mildly-inappropriate Armando Benitez LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 06:22 PM Zenith, He Ranked = much-more-appropriately, Keith Hernandez batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 06:23 PM Standings LWFS 36 Edgy 12 HahnSolo 8 TMF 1 (265 total points -- 208 remaining) Plenty of points left. 208. Five sixths of the schedule remains to be played. themetfairy Apr 05 2009 06:30 PM Send Neon, Silly = Lindsey Nelson themetfairy Apr 05 2009 06:31 PM Shits Pee Ranch = Pete Harnisch batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 06:37 PM Standings LWFS 36 Edgy 12 HahnSolo 8 TMF 7 (265 total points -- 202 remaining) The Champ returns. The game is on! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 06:47 PM A Neon Ill Wiz Met = Willie Montanez batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 06:51 PM Edited 9 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 07:45 PM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth one point: I Market Poco The following anagrams are worth three points: A Hen Lathers A Nerdy Ditz Met A Scrubbier Coil Acronym Mill Ann: Order Salmon Bench Button Bleak Wildlife Bombing Beth? Yes! Cartoon Arms Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision Custard Kit D�oh! Star Fucker. Dormant Gland Essay Neglect Ha! Police Lure I Mop a Rocket In the Hard Boil Insane Dry Fall Lava Rat Pitcher Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Lone Sky Cajoler Met Partly Goner Mets Begin Hobby Mets Galling Slide My! A Blank Claw Never Send Those No Darn Girl Our Dead Lentil Probe Snorter Sad Relief Rod Gray Hornet Tricky Oreo Vomit and Trust Want to Malt For four points, the following anagram contains the names of two Mets: Losing? Join a Ferryman For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report For six points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Torn Forensic LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 06:55 PM Cry Tear Rag = Gary Carter Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 06:56 PM A Neo Clock - Cal Koonce Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 06:57 PM Coka Cleon - Cal Koonce Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 06:58 PM Cloak Cone - Cal Koonce Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 06:59 PM Cock on Ale - Cal Koonce LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 06:59 PM Misfire Jog = Jim Fregosi batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 07:01 PM Standings LWFS 45 Edgy 12 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 MendozaLine 4 (265 total points -- 189 remaining) Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 07:02 PM I Spy Ill Jammer - Jimmy Piersall Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 07:06 PM Dig the dog. Now! - Dwight Gooden batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 07:15 PM Standings LWFS 45 Edgy 12 MendozaLine 10 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 (265 total points -- 179 remaining) Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 07:24 PM Kern Energy - Kenny Greer Full disclosure...I've never heard of the guy. Just noticed that the words unscrambled to "Kenny Greer" and googled the name to find out that, yes, someone with that name pitched an inning for the Mets in 1993. Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 07:30 PM Park Moot Ice - Tom Paciorek LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 07:33 PM Or Velvet Ink = Kelvin Torve LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 07:38 PM A Damaged Van = Dave Magadan batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 07:42 PM Standings LWFS 51 Edgy 12 MendozaLine 12 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 (265 total points -- 171 remaining) This is beginning to look like the NL East, circa May, 1986. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 07:44 PM A Vile Jar Lou = Julio Valera batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 07:46 PM Edited 7 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 10:05 PM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth one point: I Market Poco The following anagrams are worth three points: A Hen Lathers A Scrubbier Coil Ann: Order Salmon Bleak Wildlife Bombing Beth? Yes! Cartoon Arms Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision Custard Kit D�oh! Star Fucker. Dormant Gland Essay Neglect Ha! Police Lure I Mop a Rocket In the Hard Boil Lava Rat Pitcher Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Lone Sky Cajoler Met Partly Goner Mets Begin Hobby Mets Galling Slide Never Send Those Our Dead Lentil Probe Snorter Sad Relief Rod For four points, the following anagram contains the names of two Mets: Losing? Join a Ferryman For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report For six points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Torn Forensic batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 08:00 PM Standings LWFS 54 Edgy 12 MendozaLine 12 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 (265 total points -- 168 remaining) . LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 08:00 PM Want to Malt = Matt Lawton Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 09:06 PM Acronym Mill - Roy McMillan Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 09:12 PM A Nerdy Ditz Met - Teddy Martinez DocTee Apr 05 2009 09:14 PM Bench Button= Butch Benton Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 09:21 PM My! A Blank Claw - Wally Backman batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 09:25 PM Standings LWFS 57 MendozaLine 21 Edgy 12 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 (265 total points -- 153 remaining) . Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 09:33 PM Vomit and Trust - Tom Sturdivant Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 09:37 PM Tricky Oreo Ricky Otero Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 09:37 PM Gray Hornet - Gary Thorne Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 09:37 PM Insane Dry Fall Danny Frisella Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 09:38 PM Gray Hornet Gary Tho... FUCK! batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 09:56 PM Standings LWFS 57 MendozaLine 27 Edgy 18 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 (265 total points -- 141 remaining) Plenty of points still on the board. Nobody's eliminated yet. . Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 10:03 PM No Darn Girl - Ron Darling Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 10:04 PM CUSTARD KIT DICK STUART batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 10:06 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 10:28 PM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth one point: I Market Poco The following anagrams are worth three points: A Scrubbier Coil Ann: Order Salmon Bombing Beth? Yes! Cartoon Arms Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision D�oh! Star Fucker. Dormant Gland Essay Neglect Ha! Police Lure I Mop a Rocket In the Hard Boil Lava Rat Pitcher Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Lone Sky Cajoler Met Partly Goner Mets Begin Hobby Mets Galling Slide Never Send Those Our Dead Lentil Probe Snorter Sad Relief Rod For four points, the following anagram contains the names of two Mets: Losing? Join a Ferryman For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report For six points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Torn Forensic LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 10:08 PM Custard Kit = Dick Stuart LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 10:14 PM A Hen Lathers = Shane Halter LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 10:20 PM No Darn Girl =Ron Darling LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 10:23 PM Bleak Wildlife = Bill Wakefield batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 10:37 PM Standings LWFS 63 MendozaLine 30 Edgy 21 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 (265 total points -- 129 remaining) Plenty of points still on the board. Nobody's eliminated yet. We're at the All-Star Break, with slightly less than half the board remaining. . Met Hunter Apr 05 2009 10:49 PM Mets Begin Hobby-Bobby Gene Smith Mets Galling Slide-Lastings Milledge batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 10:51 PM ="Met Hunter":31gnri90]Mets Begin Hobby-Bobby Gene Smith Mets Galling Slide-Lastings Milledge[/quote:31gnri90] Good ones. (One response per post) batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 10:53 PM Edited 9 time(s), most recently on Apr 06 2009 07:38 AM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth three points: A Scrubbier Coil Ann: Order Salmon Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision D�oh! Star Fucker. Essay Neglect In the Hard Boil Lava Rat Pitcher Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Met Partly Goner Our Dead Lentil Sad Relief Rod For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 10:54 PM Probe Snorter = Robert Person batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 11:02 PM Standings LWFS 66 MendozaLine 30 Edgy 21 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 MetHunter 6 DocTee 3 (265 total points -- 120 remaining) Plenty of points still on the board. Nobody's eliminated yet. We're at the All-Star Break, with slightly less than half the board remaining. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 11:12 PM Ha! Police Lure = Charlie Puleo LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 11:16 PM I Mop a Rocket = Tom Paciorek LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 11:18 PM I Market Poco = More-useful-in-anagram-form-than-in-real-life Tom Paciorek Met Hunter Apr 05 2009 11:20 PM Torn Forensic-Foster (George or Leo), Rincon (Ricardo) batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 11:25 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 11:39 PM Standings LWFS 73 MendozaLine 30 Edgy 21 MetHunter 12 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 (265 total points -- 107 remaining) LWFS can clinch with 60 33 more points. If he goes to sleep soon, the rest of you might catch up. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 11:32 PM Bombing Beth Yes = Bobby Gene Smith LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 11:39 PM Cartoon Arms = Ramon Castro batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 11:58 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 06 2009 07:13 AM Standings LWFS 79 MendozaLine 30 Mathematically Eliminated Edgy 21 MetHunter 12 HahnSolo 12 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 (217 total points -- 57 53 remaining) Mendoza Line and LeiterWagner are the only forum members with a mathematical chance of winning this thing. LWFS can clinch by either scoring five threemore points or if at least nine five of the remaining 57 53 points are credited to any combination of contestants other than MendozaLine. HahnSolo Apr 06 2009 06:28 AM Losing? Join a Ferryman Jim Fregosi Nolan Ryan HahnSolo Apr 06 2009 07:14 AM Never Send Those Steve Henderson HahnSolo Apr 06 2009 07:16 AM Dormant Gland M. Donald Grant HahnSolo Apr 06 2009 07:27 AM Lone Sky Cajoler Roy Lee Jackson Edgy DC Apr 06 2009 07:40 AM Lend Japan a Roe I don't know, but I see ol' reliable JOE PENDAL in here. batmagadanleadoff Apr 06 2009 07:45 AM Standings LWFS 79 The Battle for the Silver (and Bronze) MendozaLine 30 Edgy 21 HahnSolo 21 MetHunter 12 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 HahnSolo has eliminated Mendoza. We have a new anagrams champ -- Sworn Rearrange Letters Gift (anagram for LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr) Thank you for playing. HahnSolo Apr 06 2009 07:50 AM Lean? Corn Cob Sin Robinson Cancel batmagadanleadoff Apr 06 2009 07:56 AM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth three points: A Scrubbier Coil Ann: Order Salmon Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision D�oh! Star Fucker. Essay Neglect In the Hard Boil Lava Rat Pitcher Lend Japan a Roe Met Partly Goner Our Dead Lentil Sad Relief Rod For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report Mendoza Line Apr 06 2009 09:35 AM In The Hard Boil - Hobie Landrith Edgy DC Apr 06 2009 09:41 AM A Scrubbier Coil = Bruce Boisclair Met Hunter Apr 06 2009 09:51 AM D'oh! Star Fucker-Tucker Ashford Met Hunter Apr 06 2009 09:56 AM Uh, A Born Mets Report-Aspromonte, Bruhert HahnSolo Apr 06 2009 10:02 AM Essay Neglect Casey Stengel HahnSolo Apr 06 2009 10:04 AM Sad Relief Rod Desi Relaford Met Hunter Apr 06 2009 11:06 AM Cruel Derision-Reid Cornelius batmagadanleadoff Apr 06 2009 12:25 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Apr 06 2009 01:43 PM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth three points: Crane Irish Hub Lava Rat Pitcher Our Dead Lentil Standings LWFS 79 The Battle for the Silver (and Bronze) MendozaLine 33 HahnSolo 30 MetHunter 29 Edgy 24 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 JCLunchBucket 3 John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 06 2009 12:32 PM Ann: Order Salmon --Marlon Anderson Met Hunter Apr 06 2009 01:24 PM Lend Japan a Roe-Alejandro Pena Met Hunter Apr 06 2009 01:34 PM Met Partly Goner-Garry Templeton batmagadanleadoff Apr 06 2009 01:44 PM Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Apr 07 2009 11:16 AM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth three points: Crane Irish Hub Lava Rat Pitcher Our Dead Lentil Standings LWFS 79 The Battle for the Silver (and Bronze) MendozaLine 33 HahnSolo 30 MetHunter 29 Edgy 24 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 JCLunchBucket 3 Johnny Come LunchBucket is in the house batmagadanleadoff Apr 07 2009 11:04 AM ="batmagadanleadoff"]Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth three points: Crane Irish Hub Lava Rat Pitcher Our Dead Lentil I'll put up the remaining answers later today. Our Dead Lentil is Linda de Roulet, except that I just remembered that Linda is Lorinda. So -- Or Our Dead Lentil. For 80 points, who can solve Or Our Dead Lentil? John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 07 2009 11:05 AM Lorinda DeRoulet batmagadanleadoff Apr 07 2009 11:10 AM Standings JCLunchBucket 83 LWFS 79 MendozaLine 33 HahnSolo 30 MetHunter 29 Edgy 24 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 This is a stunning come-from-behind story. JCL can clinch so long as anybody but LWFS solves one of the two remaining anagrams. batmagadanleadoff Apr 07 2009 11:17 AM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]Lorinda DeRoulet I can't credit you because of a technicality. Read the rules. Standings LWFS 79 MendozaLine 33 HahnSolo 30 MetHunter 29 Edgy 24 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 JCLunchBucket 3 LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 07 2009 11:59 AM Or Our Dead Lentil = Lorinda DeRoulet (That'll teach me not to run up the score. Sportsmanship, ptui!) HahnSolo Apr 07 2009 02:19 PM LAVA RAT PITCHER Phil Cavaretta Met Hunter Apr 07 2009 03:34 PM And now for the steal... Lava Rat Pitcher-Phil Cavarretta batmagadanleadoff Apr 07 2009 07:24 PM ="batmagadanleadoff"]="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]Lorinda DeRoulet I can't credit you because of a technicality. Read the rules. Standings LWFS 79 MendozaLine 33 HahnSolo 30 MetHunter 29 Edgy 24 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 JCLunchBucket 3 Awwww! What Rules? If I can add an 80-pointer in mid stream, I might as well ignore a harmless lane-violation. Did I ever tell anyone that my uncle reffed the USA-Soviet Union '72 Olympic Medal Game? ="HahnSolo"]LAVA RAT PITCHER Phil Cavaretta "Cavarretta" is spelled with two "R's". Deduct two points. ="Met Hunter"]And now for the steal... Lava Rat Pitcher-Phil Cavarretta This is quite a steal. You've stolen your way right past your stealee and into 4th place. You eliminated LeiterWagner. And you clinched it for JCL. Be proud. The Final Standings Are .... JCLunchBucket 83 LWFS 79 MendozaLine 33 MetHunter 32 HahnSolo 28 Edgy 24 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 Crane Irish Hub is ....... Richie Ashburn. You were all great sports. I've got another batch of these. Maybe we'll do this again in a few weeks. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 08 2009 12:02 AM Injustice makes Mr. Met cry. batmagadanleadoff Apr 13 2009 09:39 AM Today's anagram is .... A Dame is Shut

Standings LWFS 15 Edgy 11 HahnSolo 8 TMF 1 (265 total points -- 230 remaining) Where'd the defending champ go?

Standings LWFS 15 Edgy 11 TMF 1 (Leiter solves the first three-pointer) (265 total points -- 238 remaining) Where'd the defending champ go?

Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth one point: Park Moot Ice Kern Energy I Market Poco A Neo Clock Cloak Cone Coka Cleon Cock on Ale The following anagrams are worth three points: A Damaged Van A Hen Lathers A Neon Ill Wiz Met A Nerdy Ditz Met A Scrubbier Coil A Vile Jar, Lou! Acronym Mill Ann: Order Salmon Bench Button Bleak Wildlife Bombing Beth? Yes! Cartoon Arms Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision Cry Tear Rag Custard Kit Dig the Dog. Now! D�oh! Star Fucker. Dormant Gland Essay Neglect Ha! Police Lure I Mop a Rocket I Spy Ill Jammer In the Hard Boil Insane Dry Fall Lava Rat Pitcher Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Lone Sky Cajoler Met Bonanza Ride Met Partly Goner Mets Begin Hobby Mets Galling Slide Misfire Jog My! A Blank Claw Naked Ole Pro Never Send Those No Darn Girl Or Velvet Ink Our Dead Lentil Probe Snorter Sad Relief Rod Send Neon, Silly Sheer Ron Cey Kind Shits Pee Ranch Gray Hornet Tricky Oreo Vomit and Trust Want to Malt Yale Murder Zenith, He Ranked For four points, the following anagram contains the names of two Mets: Losing? Join a Ferryman For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report For six points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Torn Forensic

Standings Edgy 11 LWFS 9 TMF 1 (Leiter solves the first three-pointer) (265 total points -- 244 remaining)

Standings Edgy 5 LWFS 4 TMF 1 (265 total points -- 255 remaining)

Standings LWFS 4 TMF 1 Edgy 1 (265 total points -- 259 remaining)

Standings TMF 1 (265 total points -- 264 remaining) TMF magic number - 132 ______ Didn't you win this thing last season?

Rules for Anagrams 2009 Contest 1. One response per post 2. Response must include both anagram and response, spelled correctly 3. Wrong or misspelled answer � deduct two points 4. Deduct two points for an edited post The following anagrams are worth one point: One Pale Dork Look! A Red Pen Ken: Rodeo Pal Do Ankle Rope Rooked Plane Eloped on Ark No Polar Deke Pander? OK! Ole! Leek Pan Odor One Lard Poke Look Ned: Rape Paned Looker Old Kaon Peer Alp Deer Nook One Dark Pole Park Moot Ice Do Leap, Renko One Pork Deal Ken: Do Parole Okra Pole Den Peek on a Lord Ned: Laker Poo! No Poker Deal Nap Leek Door Liter Ale Kern a Poodle Kern Energy I Market Poco Real Tile No Cal Coke A Neo Clock Cloak Cone Clean Cook Coka Cleon Cock on Ale Tire Ella Lei? Later. The following anagrams are worth three points: A Damaged Van A Hen Lathers A Neon Ill Wiz Met A Nerdy Ditz Met A Scrubbier Coil A Vile Jar, Lou! Acronym Mill Ann: Order Salmon Bench Button Bleak Wildlife Bombing Beth? Yes! Cartoon Arms Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision Cry Tear Rag Custard Kit Dig the Dog. Now! D�oh! Star Fucker. Dormant Gland Essay Neglect Futile Met Ha! Police Lure I Mop a Rocket I Spy Ill Jammer In the Hard Boil Insane Dry Fall Jam Loser Lava Rat Pitcher Leaked Porno Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Lone Sky Cajoler Make Asses Cry Met Bonanza Ride Met Partly Goner Mets Begin Hobby Mets Galling Slide Misfire Jog My! A Blank Claw Naked Ole Pro Never Send Those No Darn Girl Or Velvet Ink Our Dead Lentil Probe Snorter Sad Relief Rod Send Neon, Silly Sheer Ron Cey Kind Shits Pee Ranch Gray Hornet Tricky Oreo Vomit and Trust Want to Malt Yale Murder Zenith, He Ranked For four points, the following anagram contains the names of two Mets: Losing? Join a Ferryman For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report For six points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Torn Forensic

="Edgy DC":1zrawkoh]Post any time, though I have to run for a bit.[/quote:1zrawkoh] How's 6:00 o'clock? I'll post the rules and anagrams at 6:00 p.m. today. Did I say 6:00 o'clock? batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 04:09 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 05:58 PM Rules for Anagrams 2009 Contest 1. One response per post 2. Response must include both anagram and response, spelled correctly 3. Wrong or misspelled answer � deduct two points 4. Deduct two points for an edited post The following anagrams are worth one point: One Pale Dork Look! A Red Pen Ken: Rodeo Pal Do Ankle Rope Rooked Plane Eloped on Ark No Polar Deke Pander? OK! Ole! Leek Pan Odor One Lard Poke Look Ned: Rape Paned Looker Old Kaon Peer Alp Deer Nook One Dark Pole Park Moot Ice Do Leap, Renko One Pork Deal Ken: Do Parole Okra Pole Den Peek on a Lord Ned: Laker Poo! No Poker Deal Nap Leek Door Liter Ale Kern a Poodle Kern Energy I Market Poco Real Tile No Cal Coke A Neo Clock Cloak Cone Clean Cook Coka Cleon Cock on Ale Tire Ella Lei? Later. The following anagrams are worth three points: A Damaged Van A Hen Lathers A Neon Ill Wiz Met A Nerdy Ditz Met A Scrubbier Coil A Vile Jar, Lou! Acronym Mill Ann: Order Salmon Bench Button Bleak Wildlife Bombing Beth? Yes! Cartoon Arms Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision Cry Tear Rag Custard Kit Dig the Dog. Now! D�oh! Star Fucker. Dormant Gland Essay Neglect Futile Met Ha! Police Lure I Mop a Rocket I Spy Ill Jammer In the Hard Boil Insane Dry Fall Jam Loser Lava Rat Pitcher Leaked Porno Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Lone Sky Cajoler Make Asses Cry Met Bonanza Ride Met Partly Goner Mets Begin Hobby Mets Galling Slide Misfire Jog My! A Blank Claw Naked Ole Pro Never Send Those No Darn Girl Or Velvet Ink Our Dead Lentil Probe Snorter Sad Relief Rod Send Neon, Silly Sheer Ron Cey Kind Shits Pee Ranch Gray Hornet Tricky Oreo Vomit and Trust Want to Malt Yale Murder Zenith, He Ranked For four points, the following anagram contains the names of two Mets: Losing? Join a Ferryman For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report For six points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Torn Forensic themetfairy Apr 05 2009 04:12 PM Lei? Later. = Al Leiter batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 04:16 PM Standings TMF 1 (265 total points -- 264 remaining) TMF magic number - 132 ______ Didn't you win this thing last season? LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:29 PM One Pale Dork = Ed Kranepool (doy) LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:31 PM Look! A Red Pen = Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:31 PM Rooked Plane Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:32 PM Ken: Rodeo Pal = Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:33 PM Do Ankle Rope = Tsuyoshi Shin-- ahem, Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:37 PM Eloped on Ark Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:37 PM No Polar Deke Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:38 PM Pander? OK! Ole! Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:39 PM Leek Pan Odor Ed Kranepool batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 04:39 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 04:39 PM Standings LWFS 4 TMF 1 Edgy 1 (265 total points -- 259 remaining) LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:39 PM Peek on a Lord = Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:39 PM One Lard Poke Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:39 PM Leek Pan Odor = Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:40 PM Look Ned: Rape Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:40 PM Paned Looker Ed Kranepool batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 04:40 PM Standings Edgy 5 LWFS 4 TMF 1 (265 total points -- 255 remaining) Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:40 PM Old Kaon Peer Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:41 PM Leaked Porno (hee) = Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:41 PM Alp Deer Nook Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:41 PM One Dark Pole Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:43 PM Liter Ale = Al Leiter LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:43 PM Real Tile = Al Leiter LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:44 PM Kern a Poodle = Ed Kranepool batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 04:47 PM Standings Edgy 11 LWFS 9 TMF 1 (Leiter solves the first three-pointer) (265 total points -- 244 remaining) LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:48 PM Make Asses Cry = Mackey Sasser LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:49 PM Do Leap, Renko = Ed Kranepool batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 04:49 PM Edited 8 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 05:46 PM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth one point: Park Moot Ice Kern Energy I Market Poco A Neo Clock Cloak Cone Coka Cleon Cock on Ale The following anagrams are worth three points: A Damaged Van A Hen Lathers A Neon Ill Wiz Met A Nerdy Ditz Met A Scrubbier Coil A Vile Jar, Lou! Acronym Mill Ann: Order Salmon Bench Button Bleak Wildlife Bombing Beth? Yes! Cartoon Arms Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision Cry Tear Rag Custard Kit Dig the Dog. Now! D�oh! Star Fucker. Dormant Gland Essay Neglect Ha! Police Lure I Mop a Rocket I Spy Ill Jammer In the Hard Boil Insane Dry Fall Lava Rat Pitcher Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Lone Sky Cajoler Met Bonanza Ride Met Partly Goner Mets Begin Hobby Mets Galling Slide Misfire Jog My! A Blank Claw Naked Ole Pro Never Send Those No Darn Girl Or Velvet Ink Our Dead Lentil Probe Snorter Sad Relief Rod Send Neon, Silly Sheer Ron Cey Kind Shits Pee Ranch Gray Hornet Tricky Oreo Vomit and Trust Want to Malt Yale Murder Zenith, He Ranked For four points, the following anagram contains the names of two Mets: Losing? Join a Ferryman For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report For six points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Torn Forensic

="Edgy DC":3ns8skro]These contemporary guys, orMets from history?[/quote:3ns8skro] Everybody's fair game. Even Soil Sun. (Lou Niss) Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 01:18 PM Post any time, though I have to run for a bit. batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 01:20 PM ="Edgy DC":1zrawkoh]Post any time, though I have to run for a bit.[/quote:1zrawkoh] How's 6:00 o'clock? I'll post the rules and anagrams at 6:00 p.m. today. Did I say 6:00 o'clock? batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 04:09 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 05:58 PM Rules for Anagrams 2009 Contest 1. One response per post 2. Response must include both anagram and response, spelled correctly 3. Wrong or misspelled answer � deduct two points 4. Deduct two points for an edited post The following anagrams are worth one point: One Pale Dork Look! A Red Pen Ken: Rodeo Pal Do Ankle Rope Rooked Plane Eloped on Ark No Polar Deke Pander? OK! Ole! Leek Pan Odor One Lard Poke Look Ned: Rape Paned Looker Old Kaon Peer Alp Deer Nook One Dark Pole Park Moot Ice Do Leap, Renko One Pork Deal Ken: Do Parole Okra Pole Den Peek on a Lord Ned: Laker Poo! No Poker Deal Nap Leek Door Liter Ale Kern a Poodle Kern Energy I Market Poco Real Tile No Cal Coke A Neo Clock Cloak Cone Clean Cook Coka Cleon Cock on Ale Tire Ella Lei? Later. The following anagrams are worth three points: A Damaged Van A Hen Lathers A Neon Ill Wiz Met A Nerdy Ditz Met A Scrubbier Coil A Vile Jar, Lou! Acronym Mill Ann: Order Salmon Bench Button Bleak Wildlife Bombing Beth? Yes! Cartoon Arms Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision Cry Tear Rag Custard Kit Dig the Dog. Now! D�oh! Star Fucker. Dormant Gland Essay Neglect Futile Met Ha! Police Lure I Mop a Rocket I Spy Ill Jammer In the Hard Boil Insane Dry Fall Jam Loser Lava Rat Pitcher Leaked Porno Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Lone Sky Cajoler Make Asses Cry Met Bonanza Ride Met Partly Goner Mets Begin Hobby Mets Galling Slide Misfire Jog My! A Blank Claw Naked Ole Pro Never Send Those No Darn Girl Or Velvet Ink Our Dead Lentil Probe Snorter Sad Relief Rod Send Neon, Silly Sheer Ron Cey Kind Shits Pee Ranch Gray Hornet Tricky Oreo Vomit and Trust Want to Malt Yale Murder Zenith, He Ranked For four points, the following anagram contains the names of two Mets: Losing? Join a Ferryman For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report For six points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Torn Forensic themetfairy Apr 05 2009 04:12 PM Lei? Later. = Al Leiter batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 04:16 PM Standings TMF 1 (265 total points -- 264 remaining) TMF magic number - 132 ______ Didn't you win this thing last season? LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:29 PM One Pale Dork = Ed Kranepool (doy) LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:31 PM Look! A Red Pen = Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:31 PM Rooked Plane Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:32 PM Ken: Rodeo Pal = Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:33 PM Do Ankle Rope = Tsuyoshi Shin-- ahem, Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:37 PM Eloped on Ark Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:37 PM No Polar Deke Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:38 PM Pander? OK! Ole! Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:39 PM Leek Pan Odor Ed Kranepool batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 04:39 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 04:39 PM Standings LWFS 4 TMF 1 Edgy 1 (265 total points -- 259 remaining) LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:39 PM Peek on a Lord = Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:39 PM One Lard Poke Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:39 PM Leek Pan Odor = Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:40 PM Look Ned: Rape Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:40 PM Paned Looker Ed Kranepool batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 04:40 PM Standings Edgy 5 LWFS 4 TMF 1 (265 total points -- 255 remaining) Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:40 PM Old Kaon Peer Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:41 PM Leaked Porno (hee) = Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:41 PM Alp Deer Nook Ed Kranepool Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 04:41 PM One Dark Pole Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:43 PM Liter Ale = Al Leiter LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:43 PM Real Tile = Al Leiter LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:44 PM Kern a Poodle = Ed Kranepool batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 04:47 PM Standings Edgy 11 LWFS 9 TMF 1 (Leiter solves the first three-pointer) (265 total points -- 244 remaining) LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:48 PM Make Asses Cry = Mackey Sasser LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 04:49 PM Do Leap, Renko = Ed Kranepool batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 04:49 PM Edited 8 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 05:46 PM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth one point: Park Moot Ice Kern Energy I Market Poco A Neo Clock Cloak Cone Coka Cleon Cock on Ale The following anagrams are worth three points: A Damaged Van A Hen Lathers A Neon Ill Wiz Met A Nerdy Ditz Met A Scrubbier Coil A Vile Jar, Lou! Acronym Mill Ann: Order Salmon Bench Button Bleak Wildlife Bombing Beth? Yes! Cartoon Arms Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision Cry Tear Rag Custard Kit Dig the Dog. Now! D�oh! Star Fucker. Dormant Gland Essay Neglect Ha! Police Lure I Mop a Rocket I Spy Ill Jammer In the Hard Boil Insane Dry Fall Lava Rat Pitcher Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Lone Sky Cajoler Met Bonanza Ride Met Partly Goner Mets Begin Hobby Mets Galling Slide Misfire Jog My! A Blank Claw Naked Ole Pro Never Send Those No Darn Girl Or Velvet Ink Our Dead Lentil Probe Snorter Sad Relief Rod Send Neon, Silly Sheer Ron Cey Kind Shits Pee Ranch Gray Hornet Tricky Oreo Vomit and Trust Want to Malt Yale Murder Zenith, He Ranked For four points, the following anagram contains the names of two Mets: Losing? Join a Ferryman For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report For six points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Torn Forensic batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 04:53 PM Standings LWFS 15 Edgy 11 TMF 1 (Leiter solves the first three-pointer) (265 total points -- 238 remaining) Where'd the defending champ go? HahnSolo Apr 05 2009 05:04 PM No Cal Coke Cal Koonce HahnSolo Apr 05 2009 05:04 PM Clean Cook Cal Koonce HahnSolo Apr 05 2009 05:06 PM Jam Loser Mel Rojas HahnSolo Apr 05 2009 05:08 PM Futile Met Tim Teufel batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 05:11 PM Standings LWFS 15 Edgy 11 HahnSolo 8 TMF 1 (265 total points -- 230 remaining) Where'd the defending champ go? Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 05:15 PM Tire Ella Al Leiter LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 05:22 PM One Pork Deal = Ed Kranepool (Also, I got Kern a Poodle. It was not Bret Saberhagen.) LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 05:23 PM Ken: Do Parole = Ed Kranepool batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 05:25 PM ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":3hsu2bs4]One Pork Deal = Ed Kranepool (Also, I got Kern a Poodle. It was not Bret Saberhagen.)[/quote:3hsu2bs4] I got it. I didn't give you credit for Leek Pan Odor; Edgy got that one a few minutes before you. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 05:27 PM Okra Pole Den = Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 05:28 PM Ned: Laker Poo! = Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 05:28 PM No Poker Deal = Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 05:29 PM Nap Leek Door = the Shamwow! of Met anagram fodder, Mr. Ed Kranepool batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 05:34 PM Standings LWFS 21 Edgy 12 HahnSolo 8 TMF 1 (265 total points -- 223 remaining) LeiterWagner, the apparent Ed Kranepool expert, builds an early lead. Where'd the defending champ go? LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 05:36 PM Naked Ole Pro = Ed Kranepool, from long-distance! batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 05:42 PM Edited 4 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 06:38 PM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth one point: Park Moot Ice Kern Energy I Market Poco A Neo Clock Cloak Cone Coka Cleon Cock on Ale The following anagrams are worth three points: A Damaged Van A Hen Lathers A Neon Ill Wiz Met A Nerdy Ditz Met A Scrubbier Coil A Vile Jar, Lou! Acronym Mill Ann: Order Salmon Bench Button Bleak Wildlife Bombing Beth? Yes! Cartoon Arms Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision Cry Tear Rag Custard Kit Dig the Dog. Now! D�oh! Star Fucker. Dormant Gland Essay Neglect Ha! Police Lure I Mop a Rocket I Spy Ill Jammer In the Hard Boil Insane Dry Fall Lava Rat Pitcher Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Lone Sky Cajoler Met Partly Goner Mets Begin Hobby Mets Galling Slide Misfire Jog My! A Blank Claw Never Send Those No Darn Girl Or Velvet Ink Our Dead Lentil Probe Snorter Sad Relief Rod Gray Hornet Tricky Oreo Vomit and Trust Want to Malt For four points, the following anagram contains the names of two Mets: Losing? Join a Ferryman For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report For six points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Torn Forensic batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 05:50 PM Standings LWFS 24 Edgy 12 HahnSolo 8 TMF 1 (265 total points -- 220 remaining) LeiterWagner doubles his nearest competitor's point total. But can he maintain his leading pace now that Steady Eddie the Porno Leaker has left the building? Where'd the defending champ go? Centerfield Apr 05 2009 06:03 PM Naked Ole Pro= Ed Kranepool LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 06:06 PM Not a chance. But I'll keep shooting. Yale Murder = Dale Murray batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 06:12 PM ="Centerfield":1bpu14f9]Naked Ole Pro= Ed Kranepool[/quote:1bpu14f9] That one was already solved. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 06:14 PM Sheer Ron Cey Kind = Rickey Henderson LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 06:21 PM Met Bonanza Ride = a mildly-inappropriate Armando Benitez LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 06:22 PM Zenith, He Ranked = much-more-appropriately, Keith Hernandez batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 06:23 PM Standings LWFS 36 Edgy 12 HahnSolo 8 TMF 1 (265 total points -- 208 remaining) Plenty of points left. 208. Five sixths of the schedule remains to be played. themetfairy Apr 05 2009 06:30 PM Send Neon, Silly = Lindsey Nelson themetfairy Apr 05 2009 06:31 PM Shits Pee Ranch = Pete Harnisch batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 06:37 PM Standings LWFS 36 Edgy 12 HahnSolo 8 TMF 7 (265 total points -- 202 remaining) The Champ returns. The game is on! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 06:47 PM A Neon Ill Wiz Met = Willie Montanez batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 06:51 PM Edited 9 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 07:45 PM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth one point: I Market Poco The following anagrams are worth three points: A Hen Lathers A Nerdy Ditz Met A Scrubbier Coil Acronym Mill Ann: Order Salmon Bench Button Bleak Wildlife Bombing Beth? Yes! Cartoon Arms Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision Custard Kit D�oh! Star Fucker. Dormant Gland Essay Neglect Ha! Police Lure I Mop a Rocket In the Hard Boil Insane Dry Fall Lava Rat Pitcher Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Lone Sky Cajoler Met Partly Goner Mets Begin Hobby Mets Galling Slide My! A Blank Claw Never Send Those No Darn Girl Our Dead Lentil Probe Snorter Sad Relief Rod Gray Hornet Tricky Oreo Vomit and Trust Want to Malt For four points, the following anagram contains the names of two Mets: Losing? Join a Ferryman For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report For six points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Torn Forensic LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 06:55 PM Cry Tear Rag = Gary Carter Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 06:56 PM A Neo Clock - Cal Koonce Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 06:57 PM Coka Cleon - Cal Koonce Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 06:58 PM Cloak Cone - Cal Koonce Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 06:59 PM Cock on Ale - Cal Koonce LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 06:59 PM Misfire Jog = Jim Fregosi batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 07:01 PM Standings LWFS 45 Edgy 12 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 MendozaLine 4 (265 total points -- 189 remaining) Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 07:02 PM I Spy Ill Jammer - Jimmy Piersall Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 07:06 PM Dig the dog. Now! - Dwight Gooden batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 07:15 PM Standings LWFS 45 Edgy 12 MendozaLine 10 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 (265 total points -- 179 remaining) Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 07:24 PM Kern Energy - Kenny Greer Full disclosure...I've never heard of the guy. Just noticed that the words unscrambled to "Kenny Greer" and googled the name to find out that, yes, someone with that name pitched an inning for the Mets in 1993. Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 07:30 PM Park Moot Ice - Tom Paciorek LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 07:33 PM Or Velvet Ink = Kelvin Torve LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 07:38 PM A Damaged Van = Dave Magadan batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 07:42 PM Standings LWFS 51 Edgy 12 MendozaLine 12 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 (265 total points -- 171 remaining) This is beginning to look like the NL East, circa May, 1986. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 07:44 PM A Vile Jar Lou = Julio Valera batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 07:46 PM Edited 7 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 10:05 PM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth one point: I Market Poco The following anagrams are worth three points: A Hen Lathers A Scrubbier Coil Ann: Order Salmon Bleak Wildlife Bombing Beth? Yes! Cartoon Arms Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision Custard Kit D�oh! Star Fucker. Dormant Gland Essay Neglect Ha! Police Lure I Mop a Rocket In the Hard Boil Lava Rat Pitcher Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Lone Sky Cajoler Met Partly Goner Mets Begin Hobby Mets Galling Slide Never Send Those Our Dead Lentil Probe Snorter Sad Relief Rod For four points, the following anagram contains the names of two Mets: Losing? Join a Ferryman For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report For six points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Torn Forensic batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 08:00 PM Standings LWFS 54 Edgy 12 MendozaLine 12 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 (265 total points -- 168 remaining) . LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 08:00 PM Want to Malt = Matt Lawton Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 09:06 PM Acronym Mill - Roy McMillan Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 09:12 PM A Nerdy Ditz Met - Teddy Martinez DocTee Apr 05 2009 09:14 PM Bench Button= Butch Benton Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 09:21 PM My! A Blank Claw - Wally Backman batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 09:25 PM Standings LWFS 57 MendozaLine 21 Edgy 12 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 (265 total points -- 153 remaining) . Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 09:33 PM Vomit and Trust - Tom Sturdivant Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 09:37 PM Tricky Oreo Ricky Otero Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 09:37 PM Gray Hornet - Gary Thorne Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 09:37 PM Insane Dry Fall Danny Frisella Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 09:38 PM Gray Hornet Gary Tho... FUCK! batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 09:56 PM Standings LWFS 57 MendozaLine 27 Edgy 18 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 (265 total points -- 141 remaining) Plenty of points still on the board. Nobody's eliminated yet. . Mendoza Line Apr 05 2009 10:03 PM No Darn Girl - Ron Darling Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 10:04 PM CUSTARD KIT DICK STUART batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 10:06 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 10:28 PM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth one point: I Market Poco The following anagrams are worth three points: A Scrubbier Coil Ann: Order Salmon Bombing Beth? Yes! Cartoon Arms Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision D�oh! Star Fucker. Dormant Gland Essay Neglect Ha! Police Lure I Mop a Rocket In the Hard Boil Lava Rat Pitcher Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Lone Sky Cajoler Met Partly Goner Mets Begin Hobby Mets Galling Slide Never Send Those Our Dead Lentil Probe Snorter Sad Relief Rod For four points, the following anagram contains the names of two Mets: Losing? Join a Ferryman For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report For six points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Torn Forensic LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 10:08 PM Custard Kit = Dick Stuart LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 10:14 PM A Hen Lathers = Shane Halter LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 10:20 PM No Darn Girl =Ron Darling LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 10:23 PM Bleak Wildlife = Bill Wakefield batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 10:37 PM Standings LWFS 63 MendozaLine 30 Edgy 21 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 (265 total points -- 129 remaining) Plenty of points still on the board. Nobody's eliminated yet. We're at the All-Star Break, with slightly less than half the board remaining. . Met Hunter Apr 05 2009 10:49 PM Mets Begin Hobby-Bobby Gene Smith Mets Galling Slide-Lastings Milledge batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 10:51 PM ="Met Hunter":31gnri90]Mets Begin Hobby-Bobby Gene Smith Mets Galling Slide-Lastings Milledge[/quote:31gnri90] Good ones. (One response per post) batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 10:53 PM Edited 9 time(s), most recently on Apr 06 2009 07:38 AM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth three points: A Scrubbier Coil Ann: Order Salmon Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision D�oh! Star Fucker. Essay Neglect In the Hard Boil Lava Rat Pitcher Lean? Corn Cob Sin Lend Japan a Roe Met Partly Goner Our Dead Lentil Sad Relief Rod For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 10:54 PM Probe Snorter = Robert Person batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 11:02 PM Standings LWFS 66 MendozaLine 30 Edgy 21 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 MetHunter 6 DocTee 3 (265 total points -- 120 remaining) Plenty of points still on the board. Nobody's eliminated yet. We're at the All-Star Break, with slightly less than half the board remaining. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 11:12 PM Ha! Police Lure = Charlie Puleo LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 11:16 PM I Mop a Rocket = Tom Paciorek LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 11:18 PM I Market Poco = More-useful-in-anagram-form-than-in-real-life Tom Paciorek Met Hunter Apr 05 2009 11:20 PM Torn Forensic-Foster (George or Leo), Rincon (Ricardo) batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 11:25 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2009 11:39 PM Standings LWFS 73 MendozaLine 30 Edgy 21 MetHunter 12 HahnSolo 8 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 (265 total points -- 107 remaining) LWFS can clinch with 60 33 more points. If he goes to sleep soon, the rest of you might catch up. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 11:32 PM Bombing Beth Yes = Bobby Gene Smith LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 11:39 PM Cartoon Arms = Ramon Castro batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 11:58 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 06 2009 07:13 AM Standings LWFS 79 MendozaLine 30 Mathematically Eliminated Edgy 21 MetHunter 12 HahnSolo 12 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 (217 total points -- 57 53 remaining) Mendoza Line and LeiterWagner are the only forum members with a mathematical chance of winning this thing. LWFS can clinch by either scoring five threemore points or if at least nine five of the remaining 57 53 points are credited to any combination of contestants other than MendozaLine. HahnSolo Apr 06 2009 06:28 AM Losing? Join a Ferryman Jim Fregosi Nolan Ryan HahnSolo Apr 06 2009 07:14 AM Never Send Those Steve Henderson HahnSolo Apr 06 2009 07:16 AM Dormant Gland M. Donald Grant HahnSolo Apr 06 2009 07:27 AM Lone Sky Cajoler Roy Lee Jackson Edgy DC Apr 06 2009 07:40 AM Lend Japan a Roe I don't know, but I see ol' reliable JOE PENDAL in here. batmagadanleadoff Apr 06 2009 07:45 AM Standings LWFS 79 The Battle for the Silver (and Bronze) MendozaLine 30 Edgy 21 HahnSolo 21 MetHunter 12 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 HahnSolo has eliminated Mendoza. We have a new anagrams champ -- Sworn Rearrange Letters Gift (anagram for LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr) Thank you for playing. HahnSolo Apr 06 2009 07:50 AM Lean? Corn Cob Sin Robinson Cancel batmagadanleadoff Apr 06 2009 07:56 AM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth three points: A Scrubbier Coil Ann: Order Salmon Crane Irish Hub Cruel Derision D�oh! Star Fucker. Essay Neglect In the Hard Boil Lava Rat Pitcher Lend Japan a Roe Met Partly Goner Our Dead Lentil Sad Relief Rod For five points, the following anagram contains the last names only, of two Mets: Uh, A Born Mets Report Mendoza Line Apr 06 2009 09:35 AM In The Hard Boil - Hobie Landrith Edgy DC Apr 06 2009 09:41 AM A Scrubbier Coil = Bruce Boisclair Met Hunter Apr 06 2009 09:51 AM D'oh! Star Fucker-Tucker Ashford Met Hunter Apr 06 2009 09:56 AM Uh, A Born Mets Report-Aspromonte, Bruhert HahnSolo Apr 06 2009 10:02 AM Essay Neglect Casey Stengel HahnSolo Apr 06 2009 10:04 AM Sad Relief Rod Desi Relaford Met Hunter Apr 06 2009 11:06 AM Cruel Derision-Reid Cornelius batmagadanleadoff Apr 06 2009 12:25 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Apr 06 2009 01:43 PM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth three points: Crane Irish Hub Lava Rat Pitcher Our Dead Lentil Standings LWFS 79 The Battle for the Silver (and Bronze) MendozaLine 33 HahnSolo 30 MetHunter 29 Edgy 24 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 JCLunchBucket 3 John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 06 2009 12:32 PM Ann: Order Salmon --Marlon Anderson Met Hunter Apr 06 2009 01:24 PM Lend Japan a Roe-Alejandro Pena Met Hunter Apr 06 2009 01:34 PM Met Partly Goner-Garry Templeton batmagadanleadoff Apr 06 2009 01:44 PM Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Apr 07 2009 11:16 AM Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth three points: Crane Irish Hub Lava Rat Pitcher Our Dead Lentil Standings LWFS 79 The Battle for the Silver (and Bronze) MendozaLine 33 HahnSolo 30 MetHunter 29 Edgy 24 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 JCLunchBucket 3 Johnny Come LunchBucket is in the house batmagadanleadoff Apr 07 2009 11:04 AM ="batmagadanleadoff"]Still unsolved The following anagrams are worth three points: Crane Irish Hub Lava Rat Pitcher Our Dead Lentil I'll put up the remaining answers later today. Our Dead Lentil is Linda de Roulet, except that I just remembered that Linda is Lorinda. So -- Or Our Dead Lentil. For 80 points, who can solve Or Our Dead Lentil? John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 07 2009 11:05 AM Lorinda DeRoulet batmagadanleadoff Apr 07 2009 11:10 AM Standings JCLunchBucket 83 LWFS 79 MendozaLine 33 HahnSolo 30 MetHunter 29 Edgy 24 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 This is a stunning come-from-behind story. JCL can clinch so long as anybody but LWFS solves one of the two remaining anagrams. batmagadanleadoff Apr 07 2009 11:17 AM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]Lorinda DeRoulet I can't credit you because of a technicality. Read the rules. Standings LWFS 79 MendozaLine 33 HahnSolo 30 MetHunter 29 Edgy 24 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 JCLunchBucket 3 LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 07 2009 11:59 AM Or Our Dead Lentil = Lorinda DeRoulet (That'll teach me not to run up the score. Sportsmanship, ptui!) HahnSolo Apr 07 2009 02:19 PM LAVA RAT PITCHER Phil Cavaretta Met Hunter Apr 07 2009 03:34 PM And now for the steal... Lava Rat Pitcher-Phil Cavarretta batmagadanleadoff Apr 07 2009 07:24 PM ="batmagadanleadoff"]="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]Lorinda DeRoulet I can't credit you because of a technicality. Read the rules. Standings LWFS 79 MendozaLine 33 HahnSolo 30 MetHunter 29 Edgy 24 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 JCLunchBucket 3 Awwww! What Rules? If I can add an 80-pointer in mid stream, I might as well ignore a harmless lane-violation. Did I ever tell anyone that my uncle reffed the USA-Soviet Union '72 Olympic Medal Game? ="HahnSolo"]LAVA RAT PITCHER Phil Cavaretta "Cavarretta" is spelled with two "R's". Deduct two points. ="Met Hunter"]And now for the steal... Lava Rat Pitcher-Phil Cavarretta This is quite a steal. You've stolen your way right past your stealee and into 4th place. You eliminated LeiterWagner. And you clinched it for JCL. Be proud. The Final Standings Are .... JCLunchBucket 83 LWFS 79 MendozaLine 33 MetHunter 32 HahnSolo 28 Edgy 24 MetFairy 7 DocTee 3 Crane Irish Hub is ....... Richie Ashburn. You were all great sports. I've got another batch of these. Maybe we'll do this again in a few weeks. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 08 2009 12:02 AM Injustice makes Mr. Met cry. batmagadanleadoff Apr 13 2009 09:39 AM Today's anagram is .... A Dame is Shut

So when's a good time to post the anagrams? It's not much of a contest if no one's here to play.

="Edgy DC"]Did Wally make a not joke? Ummm .... yes. But maybe it was an editorial compromise between Wally and the superior who actually green-lighted the piece. Wally probably wanted to write Shitty Field.

Mets Fans Bask in History and Luxury at Citi Field By COREY KILGANNON Published: April 4, 2009 �We�re making history,� said Ryan Cabrera, as he hurried along Roosevelt Avenue on Friday afternoon with his father, David Cabrera, 57, of Yonkers. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image John Dunn for The New York Times Some Mets fans barely made it to their seats at Citi Field, choosing to wander the concourses and inspect the grounds. Here was father taking son to their first game at Citi Field. Of course, it was the Mets� first game at their new home, too. Mets games at Shea Stadium were a staple of David Cabrera�s childhood and of his relationship with his son, 10, but Shea was something the Cabreras were forced to love because it was their team�s home field. They came upon where Shea once stood, an expanse of dirt hills and tractors. Beyond that field of dirt was their new field of dreams, the smart new brick ballpark called Citi Field, with its handsome exterior of brick and smooth, tan concrete. Ryan�s eyes lit up. �It�s the new Mets mecca,� he said, trotting through the parking lot, with the smell of new asphalt mingling with whiffs of barbecue from fans tailgating in the new lot. One tailgating group was the Silver family � originally of New York City, now of Rockland County � who had arrived hours before the first pitch and laid claim to a parking stall near the ballpark. Mark Silver � with his wife, Marlene, and son, Scott � cooked burgers and hot dogs, and watched as fans were greeted by cheery parking-lot attendants and welcomed by official Citi Field greeters. The place had all the cheeriness associated with a team that had not yet lost a game. �First Met program at Citi Field � don�t get left out,� yelled a vendor. Inside, there was still that new stadium smell. A group of fans conveyed by escalator up from the spacious Jackie Robinson Rotunda and tested the ballpark�s acoustics with the first strains of �Let�s Go Mets.� In short, the new ballpark met with resounding approval. In fact, many fans offered the sentiment that the spiffy new stadium seemed like a makeup call for all the shortcomings of Shea. �It�s hard to believe the Mets are going to play here,� said Marc Samet, 29, who stood with Mike Petriano, 54, overlooking the outfield. Samet and Petriano, two schoolteachers from Westchester, were doing the calculus of the new field � with 408 feet to the center-field wall, they pronounced it a serious challenge to long-ball hitters. �And with a 24-foot-high wall, that�s tough,� Samet said. Mike Leggett, 54, from Brooklyn, inspected the seats closest to the infield and pronounced the ballpark �incredibly intimate.� �Shea did not have this intimacy,� he said. A ballpark organ jingled a Bruce Springsteen song, and the grounds crew peeled back the rain-soaked tarp from the infield. Even as the game got under way, crowds lingered in the thoroughfares, scouting the views and kicking various tires. Many seemed more engrossed in the amenities than the game. They looked around almost timidly, like partygoers invited to the home of a rich relative. Many seemed pleased � some almost bewildered � by the level of luxury. They could buy a quick seafood dinner or make restaurant reservations. On the Excelsior level, a young boy ate a hot dog on a leather couch. In the rest rooms, men stared at sleek, silent urinals and listened to a recorded welcome to a ballpark that was both �21st century� and �state of the art.� And get this: Many condiment stations were equipped with a pair of attendants, for fans seeking help dressing their hot dogs. �Come back in September and see if they have anyone manning the condiment table,� said Chris Glynn, 28, of Staten Island, who with Kevin Scott, 27, of Hoboken, N.J., was exploring the new ballpark before checking out their new season-ticket seats in the upper level behind home plate. There were reminders of Shea. Fans leaned out of open-air areas to smoke cigarettes. There was grousing over the news that the Mets had acquired the 40-year-old Gary Sheffield. Many fans compared the park to Ebbets Field, including an elderly man with a Brooklyn Dodgers jacket who availed himself of the condiment assistance and then took stock of the place � with its spacious souvenir stores, specialty food counters, and large, private �family� bathrooms. �One thing Ebbets Field did not have,� he said, �was all this merchandising.� Some Mets fans barely made it to their seats at Citi Field, choosing to wander the concourses and inspect the grounds. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/sports/baseball/04metsfans.html?ref=nyregion

Citi Field Unveils Comforts and Quirks John Dunn for The New York Times Bat met ball, sending it soaring to deep left-center field, and the crowd rose and unleashed a throaty yell. History � the Mets� first home run at Citi Field � seemed a few seconds away, and Fernando Tatis, the answer to that trivia question, tagged first base and followed the ball�s trajectory. Rather than landing in the seats, the ball ricocheted three-quarters of the way up the 15-foot wall, a good 400 feet away, and Tatis stopped at second. Nine outs into the Mets� inaugural game at Citi Field, a rain-delayed 4-3 victory against the Boston Red Sox, and a preliminary answer to their new ballpark�s most pressing riddle � how will it play? � had emerged. The definitive verdict will not come for at least another few months, after the temperature changes and wind patterns are tracked, but the learning process had begun for Tatis and the Mets. That process would have started much earlier Friday had a steady rain not forced batting practice indoors, preventing the outfielders from gauging caroms off the fences, the hitters from adjusting to a new batter�s eye and everyone from tracking balls in the angled light banks. The players� spare hours, then, were spent admiring the creature comforts � �I�m still trying to get the high score on the pinball machine,� Ryan Church said � and answering questions about their new acquisition, Gary Sheffield. Swiping their own headlines, the Mets added Sheffield to their lineup for little money � the major league minimum of $400,000 � in a move that generated plenty of questions. How useful can he be? Can Sheffield, 40, adequately play the outfield? What are the implications for Church, ostensibly the Mets� starting right fielder? Those answers, too, will come in due time. Sheffield was scheduled to be introduced Saturday. Church, wearing his blue �I ♥ NY� T-shirt, arrived at the stadium at 11:45 a.m. without a thought about Sheffield and with every notion of getting acclimated to the vast expanse of outfield green and the unique angles in right field. He wanted to throw balls off the fences to see how they react. Razor Shines, the Mets� third-base coach, wanted to pound fungoes for his outfielders. Then it started pouring. So, pinball it was. �I would have loved to get out on the field, for sure,� left fielder Daniel Murphy said. �I need to work the wall, get out there with Razor to get a feel for what the ball�s going to do when it caroms down the line. It looks like there�s not a lot of foul territory. A ball shot down the third-base line, it might ricochet off onto the playing field.� Murphy was correct; there is not much foul territory, especially in comparison with Shea Stadium. The reduced room seemed to catch Luis Castillo by surprise. The game�s second batter, Dustin Pedroia, lofted a pop-up to shallow right field, perhaps 10 feet behind the infield dirt. Castillo chased after it at full speed, and the ball deflected off his glove a few feet inside the foul line. Castillo�s momentum carried him forward and sent him tumbling over a concrete wall a couple of steps into foul territory. �That�s good,� Castillo said during the rain delay. �I now know how it feels. Next time I�ll be ready to catch that ball.� No other such mishaps happened, although Boston�s Jason Bay had to feel for the wall as he ranged beneath Jos� Reyes�s deep drive in the fourth. Carlos Beltr�n appeared to misread Chris Carter�s fourth-inning double, taking a step forward before watching the ball rocket over his head and land at the base of the center-field fence, beside the 408-foot marker. Afterward, Manager Jerry Manuel said the Mets would have to start paying more attention to their defensive alignments. �Here, it might be more beneficial, regardless of the hitter, to bunch and move everybody closer to the gaps than you normally would,� Manuel said of a strategy the Mets employed in San Francisco�s spacious AT&T Park. �Once that ball hits in that gap, that�s an automatic triple for almost anybody.� Some players wondered about the batter�s eye in center field, above the Home Run Apple, which in the afternoon showed rotating advertisements. The ads stopped once the game started, much to the relief of Red Sox outfielder Mark Kotsay, who was inspecting from the dugout. �It looks a little big,� Kotsay said. �It�s not the typical new ballpark � that small feeling when you walk into Cincinnati or Philadelphia. This park is well-represented in its dimensions. I love it. It�s a great setup the way the field�s laid out.� The Mets� introduction to Citi Field began late Thursday night when, fresh off their flight from Florida, they explored their new home. Once outside, everyone looked up, almost instinctively, and then out, toward the fences, scoping out the dimensions. A bunch of pitchers walked in the grass toward the bullpen, as quickly as their suits and dress shoes would allow them. Every few feet, J. J. Putz stopped, pointed the camera on his cellphone and snapped. On Friday, flashbulbs popped from all corners of Citi Field as fans � even those wearing Red Sox jerseys � captured the signature moments: the first pitch, thrown by Liv�n Hern�ndez (a ball), at 6:14 p.m.; Reyes�s first at-bat (pop-up); and the Mets� first run, scored in the fourth by Beltr�n on a Bobby Kielty single. �For sure, it�s big,� Hern�ndez said of the field. �You can see from the walk from the bullpen to the dugout.� Many among the 37,652 fans barely made it to their seats to watch the game. Instead, they wandered through the concourses, stood on the Pepsi Porch in right field and watched their children run the bases at the whiffle ball field. They also lined up to take their pictures in front of the old apple, which sat behind the center-field fence at Shea. They sampled the food, including the chili-marinated skirt steak at the El Verano restaurant in center field. Most of them liked the new stadium, particularly the seats, which they said were closer to the field than the ones at Shea. �It takes your breath away when the Mets are on the field,� said Chris Swann, 25. Some grumbled that their view was obscured. Will and Marlena Chang, from Woodbridge, N.J., said they missed plays in deep left field from their seats in the upper deck. Still, most fans � even Red Sox fans like Bill and Diane Anderson from Connecticut � appreciated the new stadium: �Everyone hates the Yankees here.� Alan Schwarz and Ken Belson contributed reporting. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/sports/baseball/04mets.html?em Flashbulbs popped from all corners of Citi Field as fans captured moments of the Mets� exhibition game against the Red Sox.

Mets' Citi Field and new Yankee Stadium step up to plate with unique eats BY Nicole Lyn Pesce DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Saturday, April 4th 2009, 2:31 AM Most Mets and Bombers fans filing into Citi Field and Yankee Stadium for the first time were hungry for baseball, but I was craving on the food courts. Luckily for me, I didn't have to miss much of either game Friday night as I satisfied my appetite with everything from tacos to sushi. At Citi Field's Taste of the World food court off the third base line, fans mobbed restaurant impresario Danny Meyer's venues, which include Blue Smoke for barbecue and the Shake Shack for burgers. I wanted something new, something that you wouldn't normally find in an American ballpark. I followed my nose to El Verano Taquer�a, where for $7.25 I got the tastiest tacos north of the border - or at least in Queens. Succulent pieces of chicken mole filled two soft corn tortillas and were topped with just enough chopped onions and cilantro to give the dish a picante kick. I was tempted to stuff myself at El Verano, but I held back in order to try the $17 lobster roll at the Seafood Catch of the Day. I sunk my choppers into a hearty garlic roll and for a moment dreamed of a Maine lobster shack. The roll was filled with a generous portion of half-dollar size chunks of crustacean meat. I noticed that even when I turned away from the field to order a $7.50, 16-ounce Stella beer, I could still watch the game on one of numerous video screens. The Acela Club overlooking the Citi Field home plate was filled with fine dining muckety-mucks eating $48 prix fixe, but I hadn't made a reservation. To work up another appetite, I took the No. 7 train to the No. 4 train to Yankee Stadium. The Bronx ballpark lacked a little of the diversity of Citi Field, but easily offered enough eclectic food to appease the picky. At the Soy Kitchen off the third base line, I ordered the $9.70 spicy tuna roll, which tasted as fresh and filling as any Manhattan sushi house. "It's not Nobu, but it's not bad," said Kelly Chin, 42, of Paramus, N.J., who was sitting near me. The Stadium also has a Hard Rock Cafe and a Johnny Rockets, but I decided to stick to an Asian-influenced theme, ordering an $8.50, hot noodle soup at Noodle Bar. The soup was the perfect dish for a drizzly spring night of baseball. Daily News reporter Nicole Lyn Pesce digs into a chicken mole taco at Citi Field's El Verano Taqueria. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/2009/04/04/2009-04-04_mets_citi_field_and_new_yankee_stadium_s.html

Stadium Food: Not Nouvelle, Not Nedick�s, Chow for Now By FLORENCE FABRICANT Published: April 2, 2009 A $5 hot dog was often the default meal at Shea Stadium and the old Yankee Stadium, since there were few better choices. But food is not an afterthought at their replacements. Skip to next paragraph Rebecca McAlpin for The New York Times A branch of the Blue Smoke barbecue restaurant will serve pulled pork sandwiches ($9). Rebecca McAlpin for The New York Times Citi Field�s El Verano Taquer�a has chili marinated skirt steak tacos, above, with pumpkin seed and chicken mole. Even the bleacher creatures at the new Yankee Stadium will be able to get steak sandwiches from a premium butcher. And at Citi Field there will be lobster rolls and barbecue, with beer and wine flowing more freely. Is that cheering we hear from the nosebleed seats? Of course, those with plush seats closer to the action will be able to dine on dishes like heritage pork porchetta over kielbasa sauerkraut, and crab cake with a cauliflower and tomato relish from the $48 prix fixe menu at the terraced tables of Citi Field�s Acela Club. The restaurant overlooks left field, where the chef is Michael Sobelman, formerly of Tribeca Grill. It is one of several high-end restaurants in the new ballpark. In Yankee Stadium�s high-priced sections, fans will have a chance occasionally to watch marquee chefs like Masaharu Morimoto and April Bloomfield, as well as Food Network personalities, serving their specialties at more than 15 cooking stations in several dining rooms. To pamper big spenders, food is included in the price of tickets to the club seats and suites at Yankee Stadium. This program, a sports arena trend, will not be offered at Citi Field, where top prices for seats are lower. Both new stadiums have elite Delta Sky 360 Clubs, with the one at Citi Field run by Danny Meyer�s Union Square Hospitality Group. But fans in the cheaper seats have not been forgotten. At Citi Field, an open-air food court called Taste of the City, with a dozen concession windows, sprawls along the concourse behind left-center field. With expansive views, it is quite a change from Shea Stadium�s back of the hand for hungry fans, the tunnel-like corridors where they were forced to grab a bite. Early in the season, at the Mexican stand, El Verano Taquer�a, Floyd Cardoz, the executive chef of Tabla in Manhattan, who said he is a �huge Mets fan,� expects to be on hand frequently, checking on his soft tacos, with pork carnitas, skirt steak or pumpkin seed and chicken mole ($7.25 each). He will also be serving Mexican-style corn on the cob dusted with cheese and mayo for $3.50. The Union Square group, which runs the taquer�a, has also brought a branch of Blue Smoke, its barbecue restaurant, which will serve Kansas City ribs ($10), pulled pork sandwiches ($9) and chicken wings ($8). Shake Shack, the company�s popular hamburger ($5.75 to $8.75) and milkshake stand, will also be at the food court, along with Box Frites, with fries ($6.50 and $7.50) and a choice of five dips, including smoky bacon. Nearby, Catch of the Day, run by Dave Pasternack of Esca, another Mets loyalist, will remind fans that Queens segues seamlessly into Long Island, with lobster rolls ($17), fried local flounder sandwiches ($8.25), blackened shrimp po� boys ($12.50), fried calamari ($9), and clam and corn chowder ($4.50). And those steak sandwiches ($15) at Yankee Stadium will be carved at a rotisserie cart on the main concourse, and at two Triple Play carts, from beef supplied by Lobel�s, the carriage trade butcher on Madison Avenue, which is also the meat purveyor for the restaurants serving the better seats. Legends Hospitality Management, the company the Yankees formed with the Dallas Cowboys and Goldman Sachs to run food services, hopes food lines will be shorter. The number of concessions will be about the same, but they will have about 50 percent more registers, all accepting credit cards. Aramark, which runs the concessions at Citi Field, has increased the number of stands to 66 from the 50 at Shea. Legends has doubled the number of food service employees, including vendors who sell in the seats, to about 2,500, up from about 1,200, and at Citi Field the number has gone to 1,700 from 1,200 at Shea. And more of what people will be waiting for will be freshly prepared. In the old Yankee Stadium, only 14 percent of the food carts and concessions could cook. But now about 70 percent of the food stands will be grilling, frying and baking, including places like Brother Jimmy�s barbecue, Johnny Rockets burgers and shakes, Latin Corner with pressed Cuban sandwiches, and Soy Kitchen, a Bronx purveyor of Asian food. At Citi Field, 23 stands will be cooking, up from 7 at Shea. Most of the food stands on the concourses, which circle each stadium, and in other areas, have been set up so the field is visible. Both stadiums also have market areas where prepared foods and even fresh produce can be purchased. Easing ticket-price pain, some concession-stand prices are lower at Citi Field than they were at Shea: $5.75 for a regular hamburger, down from $7.50, and $3.75 for a knish, instead of $5.25. Yankees fans will be given no such relief. Both teams have even paid attention to wine. Throughout Citi Field, there are wines by the glass from lists that Zachys Wine and Liquor, in Scarsdale, N.Y., has suggested. �For the first time, wine is available for those in general-admission seats,� said Andrew McMurray, the executive vice president of the store. A five-and-a-half-ounce pour costs $9. And, after a nine-year drought, fans in Yankee Stadium�s bleachers will be able to buy beer, as well as wine, which is completely new. Glatt kosher food is also available, from Ouri�s, a kosher caterer in Brooklyn, at various locations in Yankee Stadium, and from Kosher Sports of Englewood, N.J., at Citi Field. As for those hot dogs, at Citi Field, stands will be selling Nathan�s skinless and natural casing dogs, as well as corn dogs on a stick, plus, from Shake Shack, a Chicago dog ($5.75), a New York City dog ($5) or a smoked chicken bratwurst ($6). Nathan�s skinless franks will be hawked for $4.75 in the seats, $5 at Yankee Stadium. The Stadium will also have natural hot dogs and corn dogs, Hebrew National hot dogs, a glatt kosher hot dog and, for $3, a smaller frank. Many of them will be grilled. Also, for Yankees fans who want a sit-down meal without springing for the expensive seats, there is the NYY Steak House above the Hard Rock Cafe, with a street entrance open all year. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/dining/03food.html?ref=dining Citi Field�s El Verano Taquer�a has chili marinated skirt steak tacos, above, with pumpkin seed and chicken mole.

With Citi Field expected to be the focus of quite a few news articles in the coming days, I thought I'd start a thread dedicated to media coverage of our new stadium. It beats giving Wally Matthews his own thread. Here's the first: Ballpark Pioneers Witness Citi Field�s First Pitch By GEORGE VECSEY Published: March 29, 2009 No matter what comes later � say, in the last week of the season, that recent and ghastly Mets tradition � there could only be one first game, when the gates open and the people enter. Fans streaming into the rotunda at Citi Field, an architectural homage to the one at Ebbets Field. A loop of highlight videos plays on two large screens inside. This was not opening day, when the games count. This was not even the first Mets exhibition, which is Friday against the Red Sox. But it was the first real game of baseball, St. John�s against Georgetown, and the real star of the day was the new ballpark. It is handsome and functional and full of nooks and crannies to explore. The Wilpon family knew what it was doing. This is not the municipal dump that used to be next door. If anybody had dared to play �There Used to Be a Ballpark,� that Sinatra chestnut, I would have laughed out loud. The new place opened on a misty Sunday in very early spring. As damp as the weather was, it was hard to extricate the hope of spring from the rush of a new baseball season from the curiosity about a new ballpark, where many things will happen, some of them joyous, some of them dreadful. Suspend for a day the rightful thumb-sucking about whether any of this largesse is good for the general population. This is, after all, a project that cost approximately $800 million, not including the extras tossed in by the city and the tax breaks and all that murky stuff. Suspend for a day that the name of the field is currently Citi Field, named for a banking company that has pledged $400 million over 20 years in naming rights while pocketing a gigantic bailout from the government, that is to say, from us. While the economy and the future of Citigroup sort themselves out, a new ballpark is a different issue. Not having been on this site since the Florida Marlins put the Mets out of their considerable misery six months ago, I was eager to see the new place. Shea Stadium is gone, reduced to a pile of rubble. The venerable No. 7 elevated line has a covered promenade leading straight toward the ballpark. Traffic flows more freely. What�s to miss? I took a stroll around the ballpark, past young trees, pleasant benches, formidable walls and doors � not many opportunities for a kid from Corona, like Omar Minaya, to slip inside to watch a few innings after school, on his life�s path to becoming general manager. Behind closed gates was the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, built by the Wilpons in homage to the Italianate rotunda of Ebbets Field, where Brooklyn Dodgers fans used to meet. Under other circumstances, this ballpark could have been named for Robinson, despite the specious argument that pops up that Robinson never played for the Mets. And who knows, the stadium may yet be named for Robinson. With any luck, heroes outlast banks. In the endless video loop on two large screens in the rotunda, Robinson steals home in the 1955 World Series, and Yogi Berra hops up and down in dissension. When Yogi visits the rotunda sometime this season, he will surely hop up and down all over again. Near the rotunda, John Booth, a teacher from Greenwich, Conn., inspected the commemorative bricks with inscriptions like �Gets By Buckner� and �I Saw Todd Pratt�s Walkoff 1999.� Booth�s group had bought a brick that said �NY Mets = Life!� This early spring day seemed to reaffirm that sentiment. Inside the gift shop on the ground floor, the air smells like money, from the cushy Gooden and Carter jerseys on sale. In the food court out behind right field, the air smells like sauerkraut. I bought a hot dog, and a pleasant concessions worker actually doled out a generous helping of sauerkraut at the condiment stand. How thoughtful. In the broad corridors, where one can watch the game while noshing, Jim West was telling family members how he played hooky from Junior High School 16 in adjacent Corona on April 17, 1964, for the first home game in the Mets� new park. �It was a mess,� West said. �It was chaos.� The bathrooms didn�t work, and they never got any better in the 45 years of Shea. Things mostly worked on this day of discovery. The clunky press elevator, where I must have spent a year of my life waiting, has been replaced by a smooth, modern machine. Wearing a bright jacket that said Mets Construction Team was Mike Smith, a technology director for Hunt-Bovis, the company that built the new place. He was escorting his family to the game at the stadium he helped build. Smith�s father, John, was an usher in the Polo Grounds and Shea Stadium, and when the new place opens for the Red Sox on Friday, he will be working at his third Mets ballpark. Amid all the new touches, there was a familiar face. John Franco marched out to deliver the first pitch, peeling off his blue Mets warm-up jacket to reveal a bright red jersey from St. John�s, his alma mater. Franco promptly threw his pitch into the dirt, but the fans applauded him anyway. They were in a benign mood on this day of exploration, this day of hope. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/sports/baseball/30vecsey.html?em

Who wants to play Met anagrams? I've got a couple. I'll post them in an hour. If tush, win bell. (This will be fun).

="OlerudOwned":2bdu0hz3]Maybe I'm drinking the Mets.com flavor-aid, but I was really impressed with some of Sheffield's post-signing comments. He just sounds like he's reached a place of satisfaction, in terms of his career, where he'll go out there and not make trouble and play the best he can, and if it doesn't work, he'll have no qualms letting go.[/quote:2bdu0hz3] Fourteen Million dollars worth of guaranteed money to a 40 year old baseball player will do that. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 12:57 AM Having seen RF up close today... like rocking a rhyme that's right on time, it will indeed be tricky. I may have to start averting my eyes on flyballs to right all over again. bmfc1 Apr 05 2009 06:23 AM Sheffield was a big part of [u:1apxtlie]Game of Shadows[/u:1apxtlie] (if you get my drift) and he's been a jerk for a long time so I don't know why that will change (the Mets uni doesn't have transformation powers like the MFY uniform) but... he's here so I'm looking at it this way (if this happens): who would I rather have on the bench, Sheffield or Marlon Anderson? That's an easy one. smg58 Apr 05 2009 06:59 AM Aside from how I feel about him personally, I get the feeling that if he were actually a better player right now than either Nick Evans or Bobby Kielty, the Tigers wouldn't be paying him $14M to play for us. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 10:34 AM ="smg58"]Aside from how I feel about him personally, I get the feeling that if he were actually a better player right now than either Nick Evans or Bobby Kielty, the Tigers wouldn't be paying him $14M to play for us. It's a little bit less to do with ability, methinks... and more to do with the franchise's situation. The Tigers are loaded with contracts like his-- Bonderman for 4/38, Guillen for 4/48, Willis (signed after a down year) for 3/29, and Nate F-ing Robertson for 3/21-- mostly taken on in 2006's afterglow. Basically, they've got our payroll-- with, like, 7 Castillo contracts, no less-- without the income streams (no new stadium, much less recession-proof fanbase spending, no SNY). They need to shed payroll-- since Shef's more or less redundant, and blocking the development of younger, cheaper guys for what will likely be a mediocre club at best (and since he has little off-field value to the franchise), he's a painful first step in that direction (even if they're actually eating his sunk cost). But Sheffield's just the first. If Detroit's economy doesn't do a sudden, magical 180 this summer, it won't matter if the Tigers perform this year. MFS62 Apr 05 2009 11:13 AM I think this shirt says it all. http://www.metsrant.com/shirts.html Later RealityChuck Apr 05 2009 11:20 AM It's a reasonable gamble. He could add RH power, or he could just flop. But if the latter, the team can just cut him. (I think that will help ensure Sheffield works hard -- he could be fired at any time). cooby Apr 05 2009 03:03 PM For the first time in a good 10 or 12 years (since Rey-O) the Mets have a player I am totally hot for. Love it. A Boy Named Seo Apr 05 2009 03:05 PM Ooo-wee! You go, girl! cooby Apr 05 2009 03:07 PM lol... Really, maybe I'll even watch some games this year, just to see him MFS62 Apr 05 2009 03:58 PM ="cooby":15d810r7]For the first time in a good 10 or 12 years (since Rey-O) the Mets have a player I am totally hot for. [/quote:15d810r7] Cooby, I guess there is no greater compliment you can give to a player. Later Benjamin Grimm Apr 05 2009 04:02 PM Wait... what about Todd Zeile? Don't I remember you calling him TILF? OlerudOwned Apr 05 2009 04:06 PM Weird to think we'll have a guy who came up wearing powder blue ball-in-glove era Brewers pullovers. Weird to think of Sheff as a shortstop, too. Rickie Weeks could really be his reincarnation, right down to the active hands in their batting stances. cooby Apr 05 2009 05:07 PM ="Benjamin Grimm"]Wait... what about Todd Zeile? Don't I remember you calling him TILF? No, not so much zeal for Zeile for TILF. Rey or Carlos, remember!? ]Cooby, I guess there is no greater compliment you can give to a player. Yep, I pity you poor males, only watching for their playing abilities.... LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 05:32 PM Really, Cooby... REALLY? cooby Apr 05 2009 07:04 PM Well maybe not his 18 year old greasy self (though he did have lucious lips, no?) I don't think I spelled that right. Doc sure looks mean as hell there doesn't he? Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 07:52 PM Is that their court appearance for beating up the cop? Fman99 Apr 05 2009 07:59 PM ="Edgy DC":2pwmw3xs]Is that their court appearance for beating up the cop?[/quote:2pwmw3xs] Just let your Soul-Glo! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 08:12 PM ="Edgy DC":w001b2um]Is that their court appearance for beating up the cop?[/quote:w001b2um] I do believe t'is so. Off-topic: I love mid-80s pictures of stylish sports dudes. Between feathered hair and the Jheri-Curl, even tough guys have their edges softened (and sprayed wet/teased). A Boy Named Seo Apr 05 2009 08:13 PM You down wit' OPP? Yeah, you know me! metsguyinmichigan Apr 05 2009 11:37 PM Looks like Nick Evans, and not Marlon, is the casualty of the Sheffield signing. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 11:40 PM ="metsguyinmichigan":11zmbped]Looks like Nick Evans, and not Marlon, is the casualty of the Sheffield signing.[/quote:11zmbped] For now, yes. In a week, Marlon's likely gone, too (to make room for Livan). John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 06 2009 04:43 AM ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":2tp9i25a] If Detroit's economy doesn't do a sudden, magical 180 this summer, it won't matter if the Tigers perform this year.[/quote:2tp9i25a] I don't think Detroit's economy is ever going to recover. How could it? duan Apr 06 2009 09:18 AM ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":2dql048w]="metsguyinmichigan":2dql048w]Looks like Nick Evans, and not Marlon, is the casualty of the Sheffield signing.[/quote:2dql048w] For now, yes. In a week, Marlon's likely gone, too (to make room for Livan).[/quote:2dql048w] and therein's the point - that's all that he's taking a roster space from and I'd be very, very, very, surprised if he's not quite a bit more productive. Benjamin Grimm Apr 06 2009 09:50 AM I've been reading that it's Darren O'Day who's in jeopardy, not Anderson. And I'm less pleased about that, since if O'Day gets sent down the organization could lose him. And if he was good enough to make the team, I'd hate to see him casually discarded. gerrard00 Apr 06 2009 10:07 AM I voted "don't like it", because I don't want anything to prevent Church from getting a fair shot to shine. At least Willie isn't the one divvying out playing time or Sheff would wind up the every day right fielder. duan Apr 06 2009 10:18 AM i'm game for only having 11 pitchers. totally game. TransMonk Apr 06 2009 10:38 AM I like it. Cheap, proven and seems to know his role (for now). I was gone for the weekend and saw the signing on a TV crawl yesterday. I originally groaned, but with him getting the league minimum, why not? As far as dividing the playing time, I say the more options the better. Jerry seems to know how to play the hot hand. SteveJRogers Apr 17 2009 08:21 PM ="SteveJRogers":2xbk0gxs]While it means jack squat, it would be kind of nice to see someone trotting around the bases in a Met uni when montages of 500th homers is shown. [/quote:2xbk0gxs] But did it HAVE to be in the black uni? UGH! willpie Apr 18 2009 08:59 AM Didn't think I was going to like Sheff that quickly. #500 was pretty clutch, though, and a cooler moment than I was expecting. Ashie62 Apr 18 2009 02:54 PM Sheff seems to have mellowed..Seems like he can add a certain fear factor to opponents that was missing in 07-08 Elster88 Apr 19 2009 10:38 AM ="SteveJRogers":hu4dho3l]="SteveJRogers":hu4dho3l]While it means jack squat, it would be kind of nice to see someone trotting around the bases in a Met uni when montages of 500th homers is shown. [/quote:hu4dho3l] But did it HAVE to be in the black uni? UGH![/quote:hu4dho3l] Stop pandering. Elster88 Apr 19 2009 10:38 AM ="willpie":1i8rx6oj]Didn't think I was going to like Sheff that quickly. #500 was pretty clutch, though, and a cooler moment than I was expecting.[/quote:1i8rx6oj] Agree! Elster88 Apr 19 2009 10:39 AM ="Ashie62":16p1k8iu]Sheff seems to have mellowed..Seems like he can add a certain fear factor to opponents that was missing in 07-08[/quote:16p1k8iu] Agree on both counts. I just don't think I want him starting over Church when Church is OPSing over a thousand. That's on Jerry. Gwreck Apr 20 2009 11:59 AM ="Elster88":35zbx1nh]Stop pandering.[/quote:35zbx1nh] It's not pandering. The Mets desperately need to get rid of those uniforms.

="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":22nobi4x]="batmagadanleadoff":22nobi4x]I voted other (for now), because I don't know how the Mets intend to use him. I'll really have a good feel for this acquisition by Halloween, when I'll know what Sheffield did for the Mets in 2009.[/quote:22nobi4x] Ditto. Although I think we'll know a bit sooner-- say, 2 months in-- whether Shef's 2008 was born more of injury or time's toll... and whether he's more of an offensive force on-field or off. Scuttlebutt's that he has a clear shot at the RF start gig, though, no?[/quote:22nobi4x] Yeah. It's not as if the Mets had to give up a young Nolan Ryan or Amos Otis to get Sheff. And if Marlon is the odd man out, he's expendable and replaceable. After that, it's a meritocracy as to who gets the playing time, for the most part. But even if it does turn out that Sheff's recent diminished effectiveness was mainly due to injuries, that doesn't mean that age, inevitable age, won't catch up with Sheff this year. OlerudOwned Apr 05 2009 12:21 AM Maybe I'm drinking the Mets.com flavor-aid, but I was really impressed with some of Sheffield's post-signing comments. He just sounds like he's reached a place of satisfaction, in terms of his career, where he'll go out there and not make trouble and play the best he can, and if it doesn't work, he'll have no qualms letting go. batmagadanleadoff Apr 05 2009 12:34 AM ="OlerudOwned":2bdu0hz3]Maybe I'm drinking the Mets.com flavor-aid, but I was really impressed with some of Sheffield's post-signing comments. He just sounds like he's reached a place of satisfaction, in terms of his career, where he'll go out there and not make trouble and play the best he can, and if it doesn't work, he'll have no qualms letting go.[/quote:2bdu0hz3] Fourteen Million dollars worth of guaranteed money to a 40 year old baseball player will do that. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 12:57 AM Having seen RF up close today... like rocking a rhyme that's right on time, it will indeed be tricky. I may have to start averting my eyes on flyballs to right all over again. bmfc1 Apr 05 2009 06:23 AM Sheffield was a big part of [u:1apxtlie]Game of Shadows[/u:1apxtlie] (if you get my drift) and he's been a jerk for a long time so I don't know why that will change (the Mets uni doesn't have transformation powers like the MFY uniform) but... he's here so I'm looking at it this way (if this happens): who would I rather have on the bench, Sheffield or Marlon Anderson? That's an easy one. smg58 Apr 05 2009 06:59 AM Aside from how I feel about him personally, I get the feeling that if he were actually a better player right now than either Nick Evans or Bobby Kielty, the Tigers wouldn't be paying him $14M to play for us. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 10:34 AM ="smg58"]Aside from how I feel about him personally, I get the feeling that if he were actually a better player right now than either Nick Evans or Bobby Kielty, the Tigers wouldn't be paying him $14M to play for us. It's a little bit less to do with ability, methinks... and more to do with the franchise's situation. The Tigers are loaded with contracts like his-- Bonderman for 4/38, Guillen for 4/48, Willis (signed after a down year) for 3/29, and Nate F-ing Robertson for 3/21-- mostly taken on in 2006's afterglow. Basically, they've got our payroll-- with, like, 7 Castillo contracts, no less-- without the income streams (no new stadium, much less recession-proof fanbase spending, no SNY). They need to shed payroll-- since Shef's more or less redundant, and blocking the development of younger, cheaper guys for what will likely be a mediocre club at best (and since he has little off-field value to the franchise), he's a painful first step in that direction (even if they're actually eating his sunk cost). But Sheffield's just the first. If Detroit's economy doesn't do a sudden, magical 180 this summer, it won't matter if the Tigers perform this year. MFS62 Apr 05 2009 11:13 AM I think this shirt says it all. http://www.metsrant.com/shirts.html Later RealityChuck Apr 05 2009 11:20 AM It's a reasonable gamble. He could add RH power, or he could just flop. But if the latter, the team can just cut him. (I think that will help ensure Sheffield works hard -- he could be fired at any time). cooby Apr 05 2009 03:03 PM For the first time in a good 10 or 12 years (since Rey-O) the Mets have a player I am totally hot for. Love it. A Boy Named Seo Apr 05 2009 03:05 PM Ooo-wee! You go, girl! cooby Apr 05 2009 03:07 PM lol... Really, maybe I'll even watch some games this year, just to see him MFS62 Apr 05 2009 03:58 PM ="cooby":15d810r7]For the first time in a good 10 or 12 years (since Rey-O) the Mets have a player I am totally hot for. [/quote:15d810r7] Cooby, I guess there is no greater compliment you can give to a player. Later Benjamin Grimm Apr 05 2009 04:02 PM Wait... what about Todd Zeile? Don't I remember you calling him TILF? OlerudOwned Apr 05 2009 04:06 PM Weird to think we'll have a guy who came up wearing powder blue ball-in-glove era Brewers pullovers. Weird to think of Sheff as a shortstop, too. Rickie Weeks could really be his reincarnation, right down to the active hands in their batting stances. cooby Apr 05 2009 05:07 PM ="Benjamin Grimm"]Wait... what about Todd Zeile? Don't I remember you calling him TILF? No, not so much zeal for Zeile for TILF. Rey or Carlos, remember!? ]Cooby, I guess there is no greater compliment you can give to a player. Yep, I pity you poor males, only watching for their playing abilities.... LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 05:32 PM Really, Cooby... REALLY? cooby Apr 05 2009 07:04 PM Well maybe not his 18 year old greasy self (though he did have lucious lips, no?) I don't think I spelled that right. Doc sure looks mean as hell there doesn't he? Edgy DC Apr 05 2009 07:52 PM Is that their court appearance for beating up the cop? Fman99 Apr 05 2009 07:59 PM ="Edgy DC":2pwmw3xs]Is that their court appearance for beating up the cop?[/quote:2pwmw3xs] Just let your Soul-Glo! LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 08:12 PM ="Edgy DC":w001b2um]Is that their court appearance for beating up the cop?[/quote:w001b2um] I do believe t'is so. Off-topic: I love mid-80s pictures of stylish sports dudes. Between feathered hair and the Jheri-Curl, even tough guys have their edges softened (and sprayed wet/teased). A Boy Named Seo Apr 05 2009 08:13 PM You down wit' OPP? Yeah, you know me! metsguyinmichigan Apr 05 2009 11:37 PM Looks like Nick Evans, and not Marlon, is the casualty of the Sheffield signing. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 05 2009 11:40 PM ="metsguyinmichigan":11zmbped]Looks like Nick Evans, and not Marlon, is the casualty of the Sheffield signing.[/quote:11zmbped] For now, yes. In a week, Marlon's likely gone, too (to make room for Livan). John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 06 2009 04:43 AM ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":2tp9i25a] If Detroit's economy doesn't do a sudden, magical 180 this summer, it won't matter if the Tigers perform this year.[/quote:2tp9i25a] I don't think Detroit's economy is ever going to recover. How could it? duan Apr 06 2009 09:18 AM ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":2dql048w]="metsguyinmichigan":2dql048w]Looks like Nick Evans, and not Marlon, is the casualty of the Sheffield signing.[/quote:2dql048w] For now, yes. In a week, Marlon's likely gone, too (to make room for Livan).[/quote:2dql048w] and therein's the point - that's all that he's taking a roster space from and I'd be very, very, very, surprised if he's not quite a bit more productive. Benjamin Grimm Apr 06 2009 09:50 AM I've been reading that it's Darren O'Day who's in jeopardy, not Anderson. And I'm less pleased about that, since if O'Day gets sent down the organization could lose him. And if he was good enough to make the team, I'd hate to see him casually discarded. gerrard00 Apr 06 2009 10:07 AM I voted "don't like it", because I don't want anything to prevent Church from getting a fair shot to shine. At least Willie isn't the one divvying out playing time or Sheff would wind up the every day right fielder. duan Apr 06 2009 10:18 AM i'm game for only having 11 pitchers. totally game. TransMonk Apr 06 2009 10:38 AM I like it. Cheap, proven and seems to know his role (for now). I was gone for the weekend and saw the signing on a TV crawl yesterday. I originally groaned, but with him getting the league minimum, why not? As far as dividing the playing time, I say the more options the better. Jerry seems to know how to play the hot hand. SteveJRogers Apr 17 2009 08:21 PM ="SteveJRogers":2xbk0gxs]While it means jack squat, it would be kind of nice to see someone trotting around the bases in a Met uni when montages of 500th homers is shown. [/quote:2xbk0gxs] But did it HAVE to be in the black uni? UGH! willpie Apr 18 2009 08:59 AM Didn't think I was going to like Sheff that quickly. #500 was pretty clutch, though, and a cooler moment than I was expecting. Ashie62 Apr 18 2009 02:54 PM Sheff seems to have mellowed..Seems like he can add a certain fear factor to opponents that was missing in 07-08 Elster88 Apr 19 2009 10:38 AM ="SteveJRogers":hu4dho3l]="SteveJRogers":hu4dho3l]While it means jack squat, it would be kind of nice to see someone trotting around the bases in a Met uni when montages of 500th homers is shown. [/quote:hu4dho3l] But did it HAVE to be in the black uni? UGH![/quote:hu4dho3l] Stop pandering. Elster88 Apr 19 2009 10:38 AM ="willpie":1i8rx6oj]Didn't think I was going to like Sheff that quickly. #500 was pretty clutch, though, and a cooler moment than I was expecting.[/quote:1i8rx6oj] Agree! Elster88 Apr 19 2009 10:39 AM ="Ashie62":16p1k8iu]Sheff seems to have mellowed..Seems like he can add a certain fear factor to opponents that was missing in 07-08[/quote:16p1k8iu] Agree on both counts. I just don't think I want him starting over Church when Church is OPSing over a thousand. That's on Jerry. Gwreck Apr 20 2009 11:59 AM ="Elster88":35zbx1nh]Stop pandering.[/quote:35zbx1nh] It's not pandering. The Mets desperately need to get rid of those uniforms.

Stadium a reflection of the team Wallace Matthews 7:58 PM EDT, April 4, 2009 Having spent Friday night at Troubled Assets Relief Program Field in Flushing and Saturday afternoon at the new Yankee Stadium up in the Bronx, I can tell you with full confidence that both ballparks are a perfect reflection of the teams that play in them. One makes no apologies for what it is. The other tries to convince you it is something it is not. If the new Yankee Stadium is a cathedral, it is devoted to the worship of Benjamin Franklin and his lesser saints, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, Alexander Hamilton, Abe Lincoln and, of course, George Washington. And if The TARP is Ebbets Field Redux, then Gary Sheffield is the second coming of Jackie Robinson. Um, not. Both teams, of course, perpetuate the same myth, that these incredibly costly edifices were constructed for the benefit of their fans, when in fact they benefit only the owners. But that's where the similarity between the two parks ends. The essential difference between the two new ballparks is the essential difference between the Yankees and Mets. Yankee Stadium is ridiculous, offensive, infuriating and magnificent in its wretched excess. And The TARP is charming, precious and sickening in its phoniness. But then, what would you expect from a team that has the audacity to spend nearly a half-billion dollars on three ballplayers and charge upwards of $2,500 for a single ticket while the country plumbs the depths of a recession? And what more could you hope for from an organization that seems to revel in its status as the little brother in a big town and depends upon a team that hasn't existed for a half-century to provide most of its history? Both are impressive brickpiles that would stand up well if they occupied two different towns, but placed side-by-side within eight miles of one another, there is simply no comparison between the two ballparks. The Yankees spent $1.3 billion on their new playground, and every cent of it shows. It is vast and sweeping, and at the same time, comfortable. It looks like a Stadium but feels like a ballpark. If you venture up to the last row of the upper deck and watch the game with a view of the facade in your sightline, as I did yesterday, it almost feels as if you're sitting in the actual House That Ruth Built. And when the PA system went out in the sixth inning of the game and the only sound in the park was the sound of a baseball hitting a bat or a glove, it was perfect. The Mets, on the other hand, spent about half as much and got half as much. Although it holds 13,000 fewer people and had no more than 35,000 people on a rainy Friday night, it was a slow go negotiating its narrow, low-ceilinged passageways. The lines at its concession stands were terrible. And its open-air food court, which might be inviting on a warm summer night, was an ordeal in a chilly April downpour. But in any weather, you walk around The TARP and you get the feeling you could be in any one of a half-dozen off-the-rack ballparks in a half-dozen nondescript cities. It feels like Camden Yards, or what used to be known as Jacobs Field, or The Ballpark at Arlington, or Busch Stadium, or - worst of all - Citizens Bank Park, home of the world champion Phillies. There is no view of the surrounding area from any of the seats, and no sense while inside the park that it is located anywhere within New York City. For a an organization that supposedly cherishes the memory of the Brooklyn Dodgers, its dream ballpark could just as easily have fit into Dubuque. And while they have tried hard, way too hard, to build artificial nostalgia into a park that could have really used an identity of its own, in truth, The Tarp has less in common with Ebbets Field than with its Flushing Meadow Park neighbor, the National Tennis Center. Its insides are pricey, exclusionary and faintly snooty while wearing the outer skin of a blue-collar ballpark. The new Yankee Stadium, on the other hand, makes no pretense of being anything other than what it is: a rich kid's playground. Within its imposing limestone walls are some things I never thought I would see in a baseball stadium. On the main level, there is a Peter Max Art Gallery, named after the "official artist of the New York Yankees,'' a title that is sure to break LeRoy Neiman's heart. There, if you happen to have an extra $66,000 in your pocket, you can go home with an original on-canvas painting of an American flag. Or, for $10,000, you can own a painting of Lou Gehrig making his famous farewell speech. By contrast, a small print of the original Yankee Stadium, "personally embellished'' by the artist himself - which looks as if he stuck his finger in a jar of paint and made a squiggle across the bottom - goes for a populist-priced $475. The nice young ladies who run the place even have shopping bags for you to carry it out in. A few yards down the rightfield line, there is a man in chef's regalia slicing thick steaks behind a plate-glass window under a sign for Lobel's of New York, a Manhattan steak house. But you can't buy any of those steaks at Yankee Stadium yet - for that, you have to travel to the restaurant on Madison Avenue. "I'm kind of like a living advertisement,'' the man said. "To get people interested in the restaurant. Bet you never saw anything like that in a ballpark before.'' Indeed. By contrast, I had the feeling that everything I saw at The TARP, I already had seen somewhere else, and just as good. The reality is, when you're sitting and watching a baseball game, it looks pretty much the same no matter what park your seat is located in. The rest of it - the merchandising shops, the gourmet restaurants, the art gallery and the hot dog stands - are props designed to induce you to spend even more money than you've already spent to get in the door. It's true in Flushing and it's especially true in the Bronx. At least in the Bronx, they don't try to convince you otherwise. http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/ny-spwally0406,0,6420274.column

I voted other (for now), because I don't know how the Mets intend to use him. I'll really have a good feel for this acquisition by Halloween, when I'll know what Sheffield did for the Mets in 2009.

Sheff arrives By BRIAN COSTELLO Gary Sheffield made it to Citi Field today during the Mets New York Mets -Red Sox exhibition game. The 40-year-old slugger said he picked the Mets over the Reds and Phillies because he believes this team can win a championship. "It's been a lifetime thing for me," Sheffield. "My uncle (Doc Gooden) was here with the Mets. It's been a dream of mine for a long time. I never thought it would happen. When it became reality that I had a chance to come here I said now I'll fulfill my dream." He also said a text message from David Wright helped recruit him to New York and the urging of Gooden to sign with his former team. Sheffield believes he can play right field regularly but said he's fine with coming off the bench if that is the best thing for the team. "I realize I'm at a point in my career I'm not the marquee guy to come in here and demand anything and demand a position or anything," he said. "My goal is now I'm so much at peace with where I'm at I want to win a championship. If it takes me coming off the bench to do that I'm willing to do that." Jerry Manuel said Sheffield will not play the field at all in Cincinnati as the team works with him before games on fielding to gauge where he is. He can be used as a pinch hitter against the Reds, but probably won't make his debut in the field until next weekend in Florida. http://blogs.nypost.com/sports/mets/archives/2009/04/sheff_arrives.html

="duan":3d2r4ikm]="OlerudOwned":3d2r4ikm]My concern is less that they have him, and more that they'll keep him even if he sucks. Well, that and defense.[/quote:3d2r4ikm] but right now, he'd be competing with Nick Evans and Marlon Anderson for a roster spot - it isn't hard to see him being quite a lot better then either of them.[/quote:3d2r4ikm] Yes. But will Sheffield go along with getting the amount of playing time -- and no more -- that would have otherwise gone to either Evans or Anderson? It seems that Sheffield would not have agreed to play for the Mets under those conditions. seawolf17 Apr 03 2009 06:47 PM ="Edgy DC"]="Tom Singer / MLB.com"]The possibility of playing his home games within miles of Yankee Stadium might also appeal to Sheffield. What? "Well, the Giants were offering me a second year at $4 million guaranteed, but Mets were giving me a chance to be moderately near Yankee Stadium. I couldn't pass that up." WAIT. Did an actual paid sportswriter actually write that? Holy fuck. I am so sick of this Yankee-loving bullshit. You have got to be kidding me. Hey, Red Sox and Rays, put that on your fucking bulletin boards, in case you need any more reason to knock those fuckers back into third place where they belong. seawolf17 Apr 03 2009 06:49 PM Oh, and you know what? I'm down with Sheffield. Bring it on, Gary! Welcome to the Mets! Make us proud! Kong76 Apr 03 2009 07:00 PM I'll feel better after a coupla three run ding dongs. Frayed Knot Apr 04 2009 05:55 AM ="Kong76":daiwlvuq]Yeah, but two completely different types of dislike.[/quote:daiwlvuq] Egg-Zactly! Actually, I never really disliked Glavine anyway but even so, there's 'pre-dislike' simply because a guy's an accomplished opponent and there's dislike because he comes across as a fuckin' asshole. Chipper, for instance, would be type A and I'd have no problem rooting for him in orange & blue. With Sheff on the other hand - while I'm not going to root for him to fail (an increasingly popular activity for some Met fans it seems) - it's going to be tough to get the warm and fuzzies going.