A Boy Named Seo

I can't say no to this shit ever, I'm in.

Thanks, was just curious. I know Slapdick Prospects IRL and he's not on this board. I think the poster formerly known as Ceetar (or the former poster known as Ceetar) was in the league, but I'm not sure if he still is.

Paxton to the Dodgers, too. They've filled out their rotation and Clayton Kershaw is still floating around in the free agency ether.

I thought this would be a little closer. Both good, the Pete action shot is great, but RE-PETE been repeated a billion times already. I like the darkness on the REDEMPTION cover. It looks like Nimmo just escaped from the 6th ring of hell or something and is SO HAPPY about it.

So SMG is still running this show. Who else amongst us is still amongst us? The new folks are nice (and like to trade so I like them) but who else is still around?

I think can be both! DIDDLY SQUAT does mean nothing, nada, zilch, as confirmed in the subheadline. Shit or shitting or taking a shit all still work if you want it to cause the Mets were shit and did jack shit in the first half, in this game in particular, and in the season. And I fucking love McNeil's McNeil face. This cover's just better than the other. DIDDLY SQUAT 2024!

They got busted recently for using AI writers with human names and human pictures and human interests so maybe Mr. McAvoy is one of those.

I have no yolmery of him whatsoever

You never hope that "pinch hitter" is listed amongst your positions on Baseball-Reference.

DiComo had a Q&A with Max that went out in the MLB email and turns out he's one of us. Growing up near Scranton, Pa., you were a Mets fan? Yeah, my dad grew up liking them. We actually had season tickets at Shea for many years, so pretty much every Sunday afternoon home game, we were there. [Getting claimed by them was] amazing. Such a great opportunity. You never really think of those things, but it's kind of a dream come true. I'm just excited to get down there and be in the blue and orange.

I don't know how many dudes the Mets or other teams sign on a given year, but 20 young players seems like a pretty nice infusion to the system.

Maybe they, too, realized it was the other Diego Castillo.

I normally hate love everything that shows up in this thread but that dude gets pure love.

=whippoorwill post_id=144709 time=1704852382 user_id=79] I'm not even sure it's just dancing girls. That I could stomach. But Rerun-ish guys breaking it down for my Mets? Yuk

The Diaz cover makes me laugh every time, it's almost deathly. "Worst possible news", the ominous black background, STOP THE MUSIC, forlorn Edwin. If you got rid of "ruled out for the season", you'd think the dude expired.

Good call. A film-head friend of mine even called it "Payne's Wes Anderson movie" and that felt accurate. But not insulting, the aesthetics were beautiful.

a 7.5 on IMDB: [FIMG=400]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTJlNjdiNGEtMWMwMy00ODVmLTg2YTItMjFhMTU3OWNjYTkyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjQwNjY2Ng@@._V1_.jpg[/FIMG]

Pretty much the same Newsday template in both of these. I know we've seen a million "Re-Pete" covers but the shot looks pretty cool if you can get behind the big, block letters. For me, Pete barely edges Nimmo but both are beatable.

I like this thread. I do think Steve came in and thought he could buy a ring or at least buy his way into the playoffs, and that failed spectacularly. He also listened to the fans a lot. Rookie mistakes and he seems to have learned. I also think there is "a plan" and the best road map for the plan is just to keep an eye on the payroll for '25 and beyond --> https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/new-york-mets/payroll/2025/https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/new-york-mets/payroll/2025/ Yamamoto proved he'll still spend big but the cash will be splashed more judiciously. They paid big payroll taxes and obviously Steve can afford to keep doing that, but it's just not money, the teams gets penalized in the draft, too. By my estimations, "the plan" is to: -keep stocking the farm and hold onto (don't trade) those assets -"get by" in '24 -dip the threshold ($241MM) ahead of '25 and "reset" for CBT-purposes -promote farm assets so you can have a lot of pre-arb, inexpensive talent -buy "younger" free agents (ex. - Yamamoto or my new crush, Sasaki) -trade younger assets for stars you can extend, if needed -repeat I think every(?) acquisition this offseason has confirmed the "bridge" strategy to get the books trimmed ahead of '25, while still being competitive in '24. I think it makes sense.

I hope it's cool but it feels like a polo and khaki attempt at connecting with young people. Prove me wrong, Mets!

I'm envisioning a NBA-style dance crew that we see during timeouts and half-time, and wonder how that works in baseball? I think of myself as a cooler bro in his late 40s so obviously I'm painfully uncool and woefully out of touch. That said, is hip-hop dance catering to people of a certain age demographic? Is that popular with "the youth"? Do I need to download TikTok??

McNeil's "McNeil Face" perfectly captures the sentiment of the moment on that cover.

Currently streaming all over but free on Peacock. Paul Giamatti plays a teacher at a Massachusetts boarding school who has to take care of the rich kids who can't go home over the 1970 winter break. Highly recommend. [YOUTUBE]AhKLpJmHhIg[/YOUTUBE]

This keeps getting recommended to me. I'll check out the trailer.

Walking dead, both these covers.