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Frayed Knot wrote: metirish wrote: Did you guys know that the WBC is clearly bigger than Spring Training , and in fact this is clearly not Spring Training .....in case you didn't know this Matt Vasgersian will tell you multiple times. Yeah, like I mentioned above, he and Verducci spent last night sounding a bit too much like they were pr agents for the tourney. Seeing that now, totally agree...hey guys, let us enjoy the games, no need to sell it....last nights game was fun, relax. thankfully Jeremy Roenick's MLB equivalent wasn't in the studio crying.

Did you guys know that the WBC is clearly bigger than Spring Training , and in fact this is clearly not Spring Training .....in case you didn't know this Matt Vasgersian will tell you multiple times.

I'm going to guess that Good Bay showed up in Spring Training for the Mets too...

I don't mind it at all.....this is international sports .....beating the mighty Americans feels good I bet.

Damn, I remember chiding Seaver on this board for saying he never met Santana after Johan tossed his gem....sorry Tom, great to hear you are getting back to your best.

Seriously though wRC � This is total runs created based of wOBA. It is calculated as (((wOBA � lgwOBA) / wOBAScale) + (lgR/PA)) * PA WTF? I like stats and all but again WTF is that?

5th in the WRC? that's some good driving right there.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Heymen is incredible! There were SIX Jeter references in that story! SIX!!! That's Heyman being restrained.

Jon Heyman has this, of course he has to color Wright's brilliance against the awfulness of the damn team to plays for, don't worry, you'll get your Jeter fix too. http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/jon-heyman/21867547/away-from-mets-doldrums-wright-flourishing-for-us-on-wbc-stage golly gosh but Wright is so awesome and nice...

Benjamin Grimm wrote: They're sending him to New York to see if Mike Piazza can induce an erection. solid gold right there

Deadspin regularly reports on Larry's fluctuating weight, apparently he's gotten quite fat.He would be perfect for the MFY's.

Jesus, PSL can't be that boring that the media are conspiring against him.....I did read before that Johan changed his off season routine to doing nothing baseball related at all thinking that would be to his benefit, didn't work it seems. He's a good guy, hoping things don't go pear shaped.

I didn't know this until today but apparently there is quite the tension between star and club. I haven't been paying a lot of attention but did Santana come to Spring Training ready to get ready? Rancor persists between NY Mets, Johan Santana; BY ANDY MARTINO It was an an amusing moment last week in Port St. Lucie, when Johan Santana absently held the door open while leaving the Mets clubhouse, as people with good manners do. When he looked back, he could only grimace at who passed behind him: A half-dozen members of the media, who reside along with the Mets� front office these days in a special circle of his own personal hell. It could have been a light moment -- oh, ha ha, you have been staking out my locker for days, and now here we are -- but Santana�s lips� grew tight, and he narrowed his eyes. �Bien?� he said. �We good?� There are no jokes between reporters and Santana right now, despite years of professional, sometimes distant, but usually pleasant relations. And that might be a slight step up from his interactions with team officials; John Harper reported yesterday on Twitter that there is almost no communication between star and club. �Let�s put it this way,� one team official told me. �This wouldn�t be the time to approach him about helping with any team functions.� What is going on with this guy, and can it be resolved? As you surely know, the trouble started last month, when Santana arrived in Port St. Lucie with a weak shoulder, and a request to pitch for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic. Those two facts did not compute for the Mets, who were confused and frustrated. Santana, and the team officials who are on his side here, contend that he was surprised by the shoulder issue, and desperately wants to be healthy for reasons both pure and practical: He is an elite competitor, and needs another contract after this season. But it became public two weekends ago, when Sandy Alderson said that Santana was not in �pitching shape,� a term that the logical GM felt was �self-evident,� because, well, Santana was not pitching. But logic did not matter here. The proud pitcher saw the quotes, and the headlines and our back page (SHAPE UP!), and retreated into an anger that has not cleared. The next day, he threw a bullpen session that his camp swears was not about proving a point; afterward, when I asked him how many pitches he threw, he bit his lower lip, paused, appeared to gather all the professionalism he could muster, and said, �About 15.� That�s all the world has heard from him since: Little snippets that sound more like �go away.� The best analysis came from a longtime Mets official, who has seen this movie before: �This is Carlos Beltran all over again,� the guy told me. I ran that by another Mets person, who answered: �We were just talking about that the other day. This is like the way it ended for Beltran.� Meaning: The Mets sign a thoughtful, highly intelligent but sensitive superstar to a long-term contract, for more than $100 million. The star produces some memorable moments, but is injured a fair amount over the course of the deal. By the final year or two, everyone has had it. Sniping breeds resentment, and eye rolling on all sides. Where does all this lead? Well, last year, Beltran returned to Port St. Lucie one March day in a Cardinals uniform. While addressing the media, he said all the right things, thanking the Mets and speaking of fond memories. All the while, those who knew him could spot a glint of mischief in his eyes, a hint about how he really felt. The only question with Santana: What uniform will he be wearing when he lives this moment, 12 months from now? (Photo by Howard Simmons/New York Daily News) http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/baseballinsider/2013/03/rancor-persists-between-ny-mets-johan-santana-notes-on-yankees-and-chipper-j Then there is this from Joe D Santana Is Still Bitter With The Mets? Is This Guy Serious? It�s amazing to me how just one player�s status can have such a widespread reaction on the whole team. Take Johan Santana for example. He was supposed to be all rested and ready to go and instead he showed with his arm in no condition to participate with the rest of his teammates in drills, bullpens, live batting practice and appearing in Grapefruit League games. One little comment from Sandy Alderson who simply stated that Santana�s arm was not ready, and all of a sudden the world stopped turning. Immediately the GM is getting blasted by some for igniting a powder keg big enough to blow Tradition Field to Iowa. But give me a break, all he did was answer a question and did so honestly. My problems with Sandy have always been when he did the opposite so I�m sure as hell not going to get into his face for being forthright. And for those fans who seem intent on blaming him for what has ensued ever since with regard to Santana�s piss-poor behavior, I guess we�ll just have to agree to disagree. The problem here is Johan Santana, not Alderson, not Terry Collins, and not the Mets. For a player whom I�ve always looked up to as a warrior, he�s been acting more like George Costanza; always whining or pouting and blaming everyone in the world except himself for his problems. For crying out loud, quit your bitching and just try to remedy the situation rather than making it worse. Santana has yet to make his spring debut because he is still in the process of building strength in his shoulder, or basically exactly what Sandy Alderson told reporters over a week ago. Nothing�s changed. If things have gotten worse it�s because Santana decided upon himself to toss an unscheduled bullpen session � weakened shoulder and all � just to prove that he was the ultimate macho man � the ultimate warrior. But instead he came away looking like a big sour puss and worse yet risked another potentially costly setback, and now a trip to the DL is all but inevitable. Compounding things even further is Santana�s continued whining and moaning. He told columnist John Harper that he remains bitter toward the ballclub and is barely communicating with club officials. Are you freaking kidding me? Santana, 33, is still owed $25 million this season and more like $31.5 million when you include his buyout. What is this guy�s major malfunction? In a matter of two weeks, Santana has gone from warrior to wimp. I�m tired of wasting time on him and this situation� Onward and upward. http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/santana-is-still-bitter-with-the-mets-is-this-guy-serious.html

Chad Ochoseis wrote: When Bill Brasky and Chuck Norris get together, they talk about Lucas Duda. excellent

This is not my work ....love it

Edgy MD wrote: Well, that kills my thread. yeah really, nothing more fucking boring than Manning.....

Centerfield wrote: How awesome would it be if Lucas Duda could actually be that guy. Surly, redneck monster power hitter. Drives a pickup truck with horns on it. Listens to Metallica. The kind of guy that advocates for gun control, not because he is against hunting but because he believes animals should be killed with your bare hands. Lucas Duda arrested for disorderly conduct. Lucas Duda charges mound. Lucas Duda destroys 150k camera after a cameraman wanders too close after a tough game. I want Lucas Duda to throw someone through a plate glass window because he asks him if he's "related to Zip-a-Dee". And of course, hit .295, mash 48 HR's and drive in 140. that's hilarious....unfortunately he's Jim Thome except the 48 home runs.

Did he do something after his HR that Vaerlander threw at him?, can't imagine a fastball getting away and hitting him there, also can't imagine Verlander aiming there...weird.

Oh, and the Astros could be awfully awful.

I watched a few innings......enough to hear the crew wonder and talk about why Gil is not in the HOF......

G-Fafif wrote: Vald'Espin having a good game, it seems. looks like he's the man right now.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: The Bronx Bombers are in danger of falling below .500 for the first time in 20 years And it's about time! Christ, we just want a team to compete....

What happened on the road to being a line drive in the gaps table cleaning hitter? Not to be trusted for more home runs...

Roy Halladay

There's that, but it looks like Toronto is "going for it now" as they say then Dickey is who you want right?