A Boy Named Seo

Saw this on the big screen the other night for the first time, since, I guess 1985. Spielberg had just come off Poltergeist, ET and Gremlins, and would follow up Goonies with Back to the Future and The Color Purple amongst others. It's got young Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton, Ke Huy Quan and Jeff B. Cohen as "Chunk" (Cohen is now the Academy Award-winning Quan's entertainment lawyer!) Loved it in '85 and still laughed my arse off in '23. Hey you guys! Do you like the Goonies? Also, dig this wild interview with Jeff Cohen. [media=youtube]o_tVPbJ4J-M[/media]

The Guardians swooped all the pitchers up meaning the Mets passed on all of em.

They should've left the acronym METS and gone with "Motivate" "Envision" "Strength" "Trust" or some ****.

The Mets last pick in the 2023 draft already got his first promotion. Kellum put up a cool .885 OPS in the rookie league for the affiliate whose name I just learned is the ridiculous Florida Complex League Mets. Thankfully he plays now for the single A St. Lucie Mets, which sounds like a real baseball team.

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Now batting for your 2032 New York Mets, number @ ... There's an argument to made (I shall make it now) that coaches and managers don't need numbers anyway. So many managers just wear windbreakers or whatever. Just give them all a numberless uni or a windbreaker with the Mets logo on one side and their initials on the others side (soccer style) and boom, the Mets instantly have 12 more available numbers. And Buck and BS would be perfect. https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b13d61de4c4aad289648e686203d34d01e08eb0a/0_63_2463_1478/master/2463.jpg?width=620&dpr=1&s=none> Suits are nice, too. [FIMG=333]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b4Wfr5v6wX8/hqdefault.jpg[/FIMG] They are nice. Aside from nostalgia, I'd have no real problem if baseball let the managers and coaches dress like coaches in every other sport. I do love the goofiness of making a 76-year old man wear a full baseball uniform but it's not necessary in any way.

Frayed Knot wrote: Now batting for your 2032 New York Mets, number @ ... There's an argument to made (I shall make it now) that coaches and managers don't need numbers anyway. So many managers just wear windbreakers or whatever. Just give them all a numberless uni or a windbreaker with the Mets logo on one side and their initials on the others side (soccer style) and boom, the Mets instantly have 12 more available numbers. And Buck and BS would be perfect. https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b13d61de4c4aad289648e686203d34d01e08eb0a/0_63_2463_1478/master/2463.jpg?width=620&dpr=1&s=none>

Edgy MD wrote: Mets should retire his number. Cohen heard you loud and clear and made it happen. [FIMG=500]https://res.cloudinary.com/ybmedia/image/upload/c_crop,h_1333,w_2000,x_0,y_0/c_fill,f_auto,h_1200,q_auto,w_1600/v1/m/1/0/1047248998dfe1814be45e529857adf510a90239/stephen-strasburg-makes-stunning-decision-on-his.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=500]https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*16z_iWZDGmEn3Gn6rEGVWQ.jpeg[/FIMG]

I'm with M's, the less sexy Orioles. Young stud pitching staff has Logan Gilbert, George Kirby and Bryce Miller to go with the ace, Luis Castillo. J-Rod is the most fun AL player not named Ohtani and their catcher is called the Big Dumper. Plus Jarred Kelenic kicked a water cooler and broke his foot FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT. Go Mariners.

I missed this - my dude signed officially. Dig that strange, corporatized Mets logo behind him. Someone alert Paul Lukas NOW!!!! [TWEET] [/TWEET]

It's anything but clear.

Saw it at the 70mm IMAX last night. It was LOUD, I feel like I just walked out of a Dinosaur Jr. concert. Ears were ringing, but it wasn't from the dialogue, which was sometimes hard to make out over the rumbling and crackling, which is pretty constant. That was big, bombastic movie (pun yall). Great performances, and a bunch of Oscar noms coming, I'm sure. *** spoiler spoiler spoiler *** I will say the third act ended up feeling like a bit of a restart after the bomb is built and the war is over and the focus shifts to the politics and back-stabbing behind revoking Oppenheimer's clearance. I think the movie regained most of that momentum and I liked getting that chapter of his story told, but it probably could've been an award-winning two-hour summer blockbuster just the same if it ended with him conflicted and miserable after WWII ends. Around New Mexico, there have been lots of people displeased that the movie neglected to talk about the families who lived near the Trinity site who were given no hints at all what was happening and of course were ravaged by cancer and other health problems. I don't think they needed to include that to make you realize the best interests of innocents and civilians were never at the forefront of the government's plans, but one shot of a confused farmer when the bomb went off could've at least reminded people that the Trinity site wasn't Mars or anything, people lived there. TL:DR long, loud, great, not perfect flick.

=metirish post_id=133646 time=1690930248 user_id=72] David Sterns will have a clean slate , I'm excited for the long term, I would much rather seeing players come up through the system than 40 year old free agents, 24 will certainly interesting, lot can happen between now and then

I'm a little shocked at the level of detail Max relayed to Ken Rosenthal in The Athletic after his conversations with Billy Eppler and Steve Cohen. https://theathletic.com/4739281/2023/08/01/max-scherzer-mets-trade-deadline-retooling/https://theathletic.com/4739281/2023/08/01/max-scherzer-mets-trade-deadline-retooling/ It was referenced in another thread that Billy told him free agents after '24 would be available at the deadline, but dig these very revealing snippets: “I talked to Billy,” Scherzer told The Athletic. “I was like, ‘OK, are we reloading for 2024?' He goes, ‘No, we're not. Basically our vision now is for 2025-2026, ‘25 at the earliest, more like ‘26. We're going to be making trades around that.' “I was like, ‘So the team is not going to be pursuing free agents this offseason or assemble a team that can compete for a World Series next year?' He said, ‘No, we're not going to be signing the upper-echelon guys. We're going to be on the smaller deals within free agency. ‘24 is now looking to be more of a kind of transitory year.'” Eppler, according to Scherzer, went on to say the Mets were open to trading not only players who would become free agents after 2023 but also after ‘24. That group included three-time Cy Young winner Justin Verlander (who was traded to the Astros on Tuesday), three-time All-Star first baseman Pete Alonso, left-hander José Quintana and lefty reliever Brooks Raley. and this: After Eppler informed him of the club's plan, Scherzer said he told the GM, “I've got to hear this from Steve. This is a change in organizational direction.” Cohen, Scherzer said, told him, “exactly the same thing, kind of verbatim.” Scherzer then gave the Mets permission to trade him, and the next day he went to the Rangers along with approximately $36 million for infielder Luisangel Acuña, a top 100 prospect. “If they had said, ‘We're going to hold on to all the ‘24 pieces,' that would have been a different story,” Scherzer said. “But they were saying no, we're going to be moving players that are under contract for 2024 before the deadline. “We walked through some players I had in mind who would be that. It turned out it was much more extensive than that. The players we ended up talking about who are free agents after ‘24, they were more substantial names. Any player who was a free agent after 2024 at the right price could be moved right now at the deadline. “That's a completely different vision from what everybody had in the clubhouse. All the players had a vision of, we reload for 2024. That was no longer the case.” Of course Billy went on to say the Mets were not rebuilding and there was no fire sale but unless he was full of shit to Max, it doesn't sound like the Mets will be flirting with any of the larger ticket free agents, unless they feel like locking them up ahead of '24 lays things out nicely for Billy's 2026 goal. But that's not the sexiest sales pitch, is it? The Mets, am I right?!

Another toolsy shortstop. The Mets have a type.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I don't understand the argument for trading Quintana. I don't know. I suppose he could be back for $13M in his age 35 season, but I'm guessing we could acquire another Quintana next year by trade or FA and maybe get something like we got for Canha in the meantime.

Same as irish and JCL, he was really just ramping up for us, that dimple-chin making you think Clark Kent was about to become Superman and, poof, he's back to Houston. I thought he would outperform JdG and he did (RIP Jake's elbow) but who could've guessed it would take him til summer to get going and everything else would've gone to shit around him by then.

I know we need some warm bodies in uniforms that read "Mets", but shit, clean out the decks at this point. See ya, Pham. See ya, Raley. See ya, Quintana. See ya, McNeil? This shit didn't work this year. Erase the board, load up again for next year.

https://theathletic.com/4637388/2023/06/26/astros-prospect-drew-gilbert-struggles/https://theathletic.com/4637388/2023/06/26/astros-prospect-drew-gilbert-struggles/ This Gilbert piece is pretty good, all you need to get know him. Bat flips, swagger, ejections, braggadocio. Portrayed as a bit of a red-ass, the guy you love when he's on your team and absolutely hate his stupid fucking guts when he plays for the other guys.

And Ryan Clifford, their #4 prospect, also in the deal. Confirmed by some dude in a suit on MLB channel.

Drew Gilbert was their #1 prospect per MLB.com

Steve Phillips of all people is railing against the Mets reboot on ESPN. Makes me believe in it.

I hope Acuña has two more brothers in the Astros system.

Bob Nightengale first. No details yet.

If a McDeal came for McNeil, I'd be all over it. I love Pete and think he could still be a dangerous DH up til around 35 or so, but he'll certainly want a contract flirting with age 40. He'll be 29 next season. If someone's calling, I'm listening.

=Centerfield post_id=133413 time=1690830626 user_id=65] Let's trade Raley. 1. Middle relievers are hard to predict. Might suck later if we hold onto him. Who knows. 2. Seems like the market is hot for middle relievers at the deadline 3. Isn't he the homophobe? Trade the dickhead