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Hilarious it's so bad.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: $7.25 million dollars for a one-year deal. I hope they have more than $30 million to spend, because if not, they've just spend almost a quarter of their budget on this guy. wow, that does seem a lot.....better not slump at that price.

G-Fafif wrote: Career-high 32 home runs (same as Ike's) in 2007. so he has declined in those numbers, but I bet he's a nice guy.

When do the Mets sign the good Chris Young? Has some pop.

@Ken_Rosenthal #Brewers GM Doug Melvin: �Absolutely nothing� to talk of Braun to #Mets. �Our intentions are not to trade him.� Braun has partial no-trade. Cerrone then gets his nickers in a twist Matthew Cerrone ?@matthewcerrone 2h @Ken_Rosenthal who reported Braun was being traded to the Mets? I said Mets have talked about him. Is there a report saying more than that? Short Ken Ken Rosenthal ?@Ken_Rosenthal 2h @matthewcerrone Said �talk.� And there was talk yesterday after what you wrote. Cerrone being a bad sport Matthew Cerrone ?@matthewcerrone 2h @Ken_Rosenthal that's a shame. it would be nice if people read entire posts instead of just reacting to headlines. i'm sure you understand. Instigators Craig Petraglia ?@petrags99 2h @matthewcerrone @Ken_Rosenthal fight fight fight BobsBlitz.com ?@BobsBlitz 2h @matthewcerrone @AVSNY @Ken_Rosenthal Internet age...even 30 sec videos are too long..... [b[short answer Ken Ken Rosenthal ?@Ken_Rosenthal 1h @matthewcerrone Yep. Contrite lickarse Cerrone Matthew Cerrone ?@matthewcerrone 52m @ken_rosenthal @petrags99 i'm thankful for ken, he's been great to me, an awesome reporter, i wouldn't fight with him for anything. taking the higher ground Ken Ken Rosenthal ?@Ken_Rosenthal 51m @matthewcerrone @petrags99 It is no fight at all. I thought it was important to get Brewers GM on record about possibility of trading Braun.

New York Mets ?@Mets 10m The #Mets have signed RHP Miguel Socolovich to a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League Spring Training.

The lawyer for Rodriguez doing the full on media charm . I would love to see Selig in the witness seat though , fuck him too.

TransMonk wrote: TransMonk wrote: He's also not only a cheater, but also a proven liar...to his team and it's fans. So, there's that. how many less hits is that? I don't care...I'd rather lose without him than win with him. Preferably, I'd like to win without him. I would have to question my fandom if he came to town and could definitely see taking some time off from the Mets. Really?, wha about Nelly Cruz or Peralta?

Ceetar wrote: He accumulated 2WAR last year. That'd be forth on the Mets offense... ...in only 60 games. He's got a very team friendly contract, is one of the best players in the game, and is only going into his age 30 season. If he's available, you want him. His accumulated a very high LIAR # last year too, he's a two time SOB but I won't CARE if he comes over...but he's not so.....FUCK

I doubt the Mets will steal him with Alderson's stated intention of not doling out a $100 million contract .....of course for a player like him that would need to change...it would be some steal though.

Ashie62 wrote: Great to see Shea rocking..I really..really miss that.. yeah, great stuff, this was the game that really solidified my Mets love...that was a fun team to root for.

"He was on his knees Fran"......Healy left speechless.

Ah, Jeff meeting clients in posh hotels, reminds one of his video montage sales pitch to Glavine.

Well, by the cut of him I'd say the Mets are well loaded at first base.

Davidoff had this too....his people asked to meet with the Mets... Jay Z was in toe....but as noted in the article they already looked for ten years $310 million from the MFY's so...but hey if things go pear shaped with the MFY's you never know what price he can be got at. I dislike him now but of course that is subject to change.

A guy I came to like and root for easily.....happy trails.

LaHawkins signs with the Rockies.

Yeah, you ain't exactly Curt Flood.

Martion had an interesting article the other day.....a few things,, 1) the Mets are looking for nicer players, avoid the surly ones...and the players need to buy in the Mets offensive philosophy...interesting jabs here at Byrd....sound slike someone in management feeding needless info to Martino. In selecting new players, NY Mets need fewer sourpusses, and want more people to buy in to offensive philosophy BY ANDY MARTINO The Mets are trying to spend more money than in recent winters, acquire more power, and ultimately win more games. But the team has identified other goals, too, which need to remain high priorities: Avoid divisive personalities, and increase player buy-in to its offensive philosophy. In Sandy Alderson�s previous three offseasons, the GM was shackled by budget constraints, and forced to choose from an undesirable pile of free agents. In many cases, he did not choose well, signing guys who brought a sour vibe into the clubhouse, in some cases creating more trouble than was justified by their limited contributions. It began with catcher Ronny Paulino and reliever D.J. Carrasco in 2011; the former was uninterested in following game plans, and the latter drove the coaching staff crazy with frequent whining about his usage. Subsequent years brought Jon Rauch�s unrelenting surliness and Frank Francisco�s unwillingness to pitch, along with attempts to dissuade youngsters from doing so. Shaun Marcum was, well, not charming, and while Marlon Byrd arrived with a questionable reputation, he was generally a pleasant surprise in the clubhouse -- save for what many Mets people saw as his overcoaching of teammates. It is that latter point that the Mets want to address, in addition to bringing in more pleasant people. On every level of the organization up to major league hitting coach Dave Hudgens, Alderson�s staff has spent three years working to instill a hitting philosophy that stresses plate discipline and on-base percentage. Agree or disagree with that view -- many baseball folks criticize it for making hitters less aggressive, a characterization that proponents dispute -- it is one that the GM insists on. Players like Byrd and Daniel Murphy are good hitters, but operate in a mode that is far from Aldersonian. Byrd is an aggressive swinger, unwilling or unable to draw many walks (his walk rate last year was a lowly 5.4 percent), and more than willing to encourage teammates to follow his own ideas while they worked pregame in the batting cage. That is one of the reasons the Mets did not pursue a reunion with the outfielder, who signed a two-year, $16 million deal with Philadelphia on Tuesday. The Mets are open trading Murphy for similar reasons. Murphy has earned the respect of the front office by working to turn himself into a passable second baseman, but he is another aggressive hitter, whose style does not fit what the general manager, hitting coach, and organizational instructors teach. This is one of the reasons that the team might be ready to move him. It's not that every Met has to be the same player, but the front office would like to see a higher percentage of the lineup mirror its overall philosophy. As club officials note, it is easier to enforce standards on minor leaguers and rookies if those youngsters see veterans modeling the program. Byrd and Murphy have many strong qualities as hitters, but they will never do that. Both Curtis Granderson and Nelson Cruz, free agents outfielders in whom the Mets are interested, would be better fits from both a personality and performance standpoint. Both have reputations as nice people; the only knock on Granderson is that he is pleasant, but not a leader, and while Cruz carries Biogenesis baggage, he is known as a nice, if quiet, guy. On the surface, Granderson does not seem like Alderson�s type of hitter. Although his career on-base percentage is a respectable .340, that number sunk to .317 in 2012, the outfielder�s most recent full season. When I pointed this out to a Mets official, that person immediately mentioned being impressed by Granderson�s walk rate, which at 10.2 percent is better than Byrd�s, Murphy�s (5.6 percent) Cruz�s (7.9 percent), or Jhonny Peralta (8.3 percent). The Mets might not sign either Granderson or Cruz, after seeing the frenzied outfield market develop; a trade for an Andre Ethier or Nick Markakis is also possible. Either way, it is time to end the era of sourpuss imports, and free swingers -- time to be more selective about the people invited to Queens. (Photo by Mark Bonifacio/New York Daily News)

I knew he was Ron's nephew and thought it odd that none of the TBS bozos mentioned it to Ron when he had the Dodgers series.

Well, Beiber trending is one thing, but Matthew Cerrone? Get enough twatters hash tagging about you and you trend

Edgy MD wrote: In other news, #lolcerrone is trending on Twitter. why?

Martino wraps up the nonsense, and wow, Boras actually did sat that! ORLANDO -- Wednesday should have been a normal, regular, average early offseason day: Mets officials sat with agents, reports and rumors filled your Twitter timeline, and Scott Boras made a Scott Borasy comment. It only got weird because so many fans of the team are loaded up with a complicated blend of fried, excited, skeptical, exhausted and impatient. The one takeaway from an afternoon filled with a big hot mess of nonsense was that the Mets will only be taken seriously, by the industry and public, when they follow through on pledges to spend more money, and win more games. Here is the timeline: In the morning, Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon stopped to speak with reporters gathered at the J.W. Marriott Grande Lakes for the final day of the GM meetings. Asked about his team�s pursuit of free agents, Wilpon said: �We�ve got a couple more meetings. And there might be hopefully something cooking later. Right now, it�s quiet. Sandy (Alderson) has been in meetings all morning. He�s got a couple more meetings this afternoon. So we�ll see where we are.� Was that a hint that moves were to come, maybe even by the end of the night? Well, you can see where Wilpon�s words might be interpreted that way, especially by a fan base so eager to know which players the Mets will acquire, in an offseason where they promise to be more active. But no, he did not explicitly say that the team was going to sign a player or complete a trade before 11:59pm on Nov. 13, 2013. In reality, it was just another hot stove day. Alderson and his lieutenants, J.P. Ricciardi, Paul DePodesta and John Ricco, split off into meetings. Eventually, one of those meetings will produce an agreement with a player -- it could happen any moment -- but team sources made clear that as of Wednesday evening, nothing was imminent. Ok, cool, whatever. Nothing to see here yet, but the Mets are working on stuff. In a completely unrelated development, the Mets sent out news releases announcing Boyz II Men and Huey Lewis concerts at Citi Field. Which, if you can stop being angry for a moment, you�ll realize is kinda funny. Try telling the Internet to laugh. The people tweeting at me were not pleased with the Mets. Matt Cerrone, who runs one of the bigger fan sites, the SNY-affiliated Metsblog.com, wrote: �I hope the Mets are aware of how bad this looks to their hungry fans. I mean, while 99.9% of their online fanbase were typing with their hair on fire, moaning and groaning about feeling mislead [sic] and disappointed, the team is tweeting about Huey Lewis and Boyz II Men... it speaks to just how thirsty we are for action, which should be a note to the team about our mental state�� That last point is actually the core of this whole hot moment. Let�s review Mets history since the early, glorious days of Omar Minaya in 2006. There was the Adam Wainwright curveball, the divisional collapses, Jerry Manuel chuckling, Bernie Madoff, Matt Harvey�s UCL. Conditions are supposedly improving soon, but it hasn�t happened yet. Until it does, a portion of the fan base can be excused for being irrational and antsy, and Boras can be excused for jabbing the team. "The Mets are like NASA," Boras said Wednesday afternoon at the GM Meetings. "They have big rockets, a lot of platforms and very few astronauts. Astronauts are hard to find. They've got one guy with the 'Wright' stuff. That's for sure. And they've got a lot of 'Arm'-strongs, too. But they're certainly a club that I'm sure is in a pursuit of a higher level of talent.� Har har har. Come on, that�s decent stuff. And the Mets weren�t mad. Said one high-ranking team official, �Well, we�re trying to get more astronauts. I don�t think there�s a problem with him saying that.� The astronauts are expensive this year. Marlon Byrd, who is hardly John Glenn, convinced the Phillies to guarantee him $16 million dollars. �Everyone is shocked by the asking prices,� said one Mets official of the available free agents. The team knows that in order to sooth a frazzled fan base, it will have to transition from shock to acceptance, and pay someone before long.

And????? Anything, or anyone?

LOL...took me a minute...well done