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Jordan and Woods are bad choices too, did either of them EVER say anything remotely interesting on matters like race , equality and justice? , if anything they have been shills for big business and would never say anything to upset that. Comparing athletes to a man like King is folly , perhaps the athletes with the raised fists at the Olympics fit the bill here.

Wally just like a whole bunch of his area colleagues is embarrassing , really, how can he write this tripe and have someone say it's OK to post it/print it?

This is summit , Dickey has reached the top. From left, Kevin Slowey, Dave Racaniello and the Mets� R. A. Dickey at Uhuru Peak, the highest point on Mount Kilimanjaro Top Dickey

just saw it, what a load of bollox, I want to delete my account, between the fucking "timeline" bullshit and the movie I am tempted.

Fuck them, knew they wouldn't be quite forever.

Great recap, didn't Piazza go looking for Mota in the clubhouse after?

can't see it as it's blocked but I remember it well, Burnitz went ape shit too didn't he chasing down Mota.

Edgy DC wrote: We'll see. Alll reports say they'll be announcing the sale of five forthwith. I think we hardly expected Wilpon to skip the owners' meetings as some sort of austerity measure. no, but did he dump his private jet?, not likely.

Just read it, bleh, not going anywhere, no surprise. I guess Rieber has his own article but I can't imagine it's much different.

the talk about Piazza was quite fervent on MLB Network the other night , some expert claiming he'd only get 50% of the vote but would get in eventually, obscene. A lot of these same eegits used to refer to him as the " best hitting catcher ever" in his prime.

Ashie62 wrote: Any ideas folks? If you buy a package this year do you get a crack at the All Star game at Citi, 2013? I would think a premium package?

bmfc1 wrote: Johan long tossed in Pt. St. Lucie today which means that he probably shared a locker with the fantasy campers. I wonder if he shot a load on any fantasy campers thighs.

enjoy, going on what I have seen on the telly I'll never watch this movie.

Mets � Willets Point wrote: People called him Fartinez. I didn't think he'd make it anywhere with a nickname like that. I think we can track his regression through his nicknames....started out as F-Mart, a real top prospect name ,and ended up as Fartinez.

attgig wrote: so, has anyone on here ponied up the cash and attended the fantasy camp? our own bmfc went in 2009, wrote a diary IIRC,

Some good stuff in here from Bobby "lifer" Floyd(everything you'd expect from him I'd guess) http://theplayerspoint.com/THEPLAYERSPOINT/METS_FANTASY_CAMP/Entries/2012/1/11_Mets_Fantasy_Camp_Day_2.html

Looks like Kevin Appier in # 12.....and look at the giant of a man in the back....

Still only 23 but it feels like I've been hearing about him for years,and I guess I have been since he was 16. Feel bad for him , a lot of expectations but if you can't stay on the field it's hard to fulfill your promise. memories? IIRC he had a very undisciplined swing when he first came up, hacking away like crazy.

that was a steal for the Reds. 1 year 8.5 mil for a bonafide closer. sucks for Madson, but he played his cards wrong. is he a scott boras client? surprised this is the best boras could do. if Madson can't cash in next year, I'd think he'll have to find a new agent. Boras: Ryan OK'd $44M bid; Phils didnt execute it The Reds got an excellent closer on a reasonable contract when they agreed to an $8.5-million, one-year contract with ex-Phillie Ryan Madson. What did Madson get? He received the opportunity to close for a very good young team where he has the chance to rack up saves before hitting the free-agent market again next year. Madson came close to doing a $44-million, four-year deal with the Phillies earlier this winter, as everyone knows by now. But Madson's agent Scott Boras wanted to make it clear that Madson did not reject that proposal, as has been suggested in some places on the blogospere, and in fact informed the Phillies he was ready to sign back with the Phillies for that $44-million deal he said was proposed. "He told the Phillies he would accept it, and the Phillies decided not to execute it,'' Boras said by phone. Phillies GM Ruben Amaro has denied that the deal fell apart because club president Dave Montgomery wouldn't approve it but declined to get into the specifics of how it blew up. Word was, the sides were discussing relatively minor items such as incentives when Amaro raised the idea of needing to go to Montgomery, though Amaro has since said that Montgomery knew all along where things stood and was not the reason the deal didn't go down. The Phillies ultimately signed Jonathan Papelbon for $50 million over four years shortly after the deal with Madson blew up. The Phillies at some point tried to re-engage Madson about returning on a much lower deal, but after being under the impression he had a deal with his old team for $44 million Madson never re-entered serious talks with his old team. In any case, the Reds were the beneficiary of the deal that blew up, gettig the improving reliever who saved 30 of 32 chances in his first year with the bulk of the closing time. He went 4-2 with 62 strikeouts in 60 2/3 inings.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'd like for the Mets to shock us and pony up the $$ for a guy like Kuroda. now that would be a shock, think I read he's looking for $13-$15 million a year, does that sound right?

He seems to be suggesting that the Dominican Republic is in Central America.

Alderson has no emotional ties to the kid, if he evaluated his body of work and his body he'd not be impressed, and obviously he wasn't.

Edgy DC wrote: Toby Hyde documents the slings and arrows of Martinez's outrageous fortune. sad really

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I don't see how Batista can't make the team at some point. We were incredibly lucky (and cursed) to have so little need for backup starters last season; I can;t imagine it happens again and I have no idea who will be backing up. I expect some ads on Craigslist during the season looking for cheap pitchers.

virtually posted at the same time....would have been karmic if it were actually Kazmir.