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Tragic Seattle Mariners Outfielder Greg Halman Slain By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) �Dutch police say Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman has been stabbed to death and his brother has been arrested as a suspect. Rotterdam Police spokeswoman Patricia Wessels says police were called to a home in the Dutch port city early Monday morning and found Halman bleeding from a stab wound. The officers attempted unsuccessfully to resuscitate the 24-year-old. Wessels says the officers arrested Halman's 22-year-old brother. She declined to give his name, in line with

"@SI_JonHeyman: Bobby valentine is expected to meet monday w/ #redsox. as only known new candidate, he looks like possible favorite"

Saw this on the news the other night, interesting guy. Irving Franklin, co-inventor of baseball batting glove, dies at 93 By MICHAEL LAFORGIA Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Posted: 5:53 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 Irving H. Franklin, an innovator in the sporting goods industry who teamed with Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt to invent the baseball batting glove, died in his sleep Thursday in Falmouth, Mass. He was 93. Mr. Franklin, co-founder of Franklin Sports, passed his twilight years in suburban Palm Beach Gardens, in a modest house that represented his sense of humility, said his son, Larry Franklin. "He grew up in Brockton with very meager means, and he never really forgot his roots," said Larry Franklin, president of the international sporting good company. "He remained humble, and in some ways I think he sort of felt a little uncomfortable with the rewards of success." After working at a shoe factory and in the scrap leather business, Mr. Franklin and his brother, Sydney, launched their sporting goods company in 1946. Soon after, Mr. Franklin travelled to Ponce, Puerto Rico, where he would set up a factory to manufacture baseball gloves. "That really was something that was a huge entrepreneurial adventure," Larry Franklin said. Next, Mr. Franklin travelled to Asia, and soon he was importing sporting goods from Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia and China. Ever the innovator, Mr. Franklin in the late 1960s became the first sporting goods manufacturer to build a product line around an athlete, tapping New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath for the job. But it was as the inventor, with Schmidt, of the baseball batting glove in the 1980s that Mr. Franklin really made his mark on professional sports, and propelled his company to new prominence. "The batting glove is still our flagship product," said Larry Franklin, who added that Schmidt called him Friday with his condolences. Mr. Franklin first started vacationing in Florida for about 30 years. After turning over the helm of the company to his son, Mr. Franklin bought a house in suburban Palm Beach Gardens in 1990, in a neighborhood he shared with his friends. "I think he enjoyed living down there," Larry Franklin said. "He played some cards. Tried to play a little golf, which he wasn't good at." Mr. Franklin is survived by his wife, Barbara, and sister Sylvia Aven; his children, Larry Franklin and Arlene Franklin; stepchildren, Lynne Brayman Buchong, Kenneth L. Braymand and Jules Brayman; and grandchildren Adam Franklin and Jared Franklin. Services will be held today at Temple Beth Emunah at 479 Torrey St. in Brockton, Mass., at noon. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Franklin Fellow Rabbinical School Scholarship Fund, Jewish Theological Seminary, 3080 Broadway, New York, 10027-4649.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The SoSH people are beside themselves with horror and disgust at this news. It will be nice to see if/how they come around. I guess they want another docile manager, not someone who will want to do things his way.

metsmarathon wrote: metirish wrote: One day I'm going to learn how to do that nice box. [snicker] [nickers]

It really does amaze me that Reyes is tagged as such for doing nothing more really than celebrating, dancing and smiling, ok, maybe a little brooding too.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Red Sox flirting with Bobby Vee, twitterers say. "@SI_JonHeyman: Boston ownership has talked with valentine (via multiple reports) about managers job. Lucchino has long liked bobby v."

One day I'm going to learn how to do that nice box.

smg58 wrote: Reyes or not, I'd trade Wright before I'd trade Murphy. He's much cheaper, under control for longer, probably a better defensive third baseman at this point, no slouch at the plate while Wright is no guarantee to return to his All-Star numbers, and in spite of all that, he'd most likely get us less in a deal. that's some ballsy statement right there, Murphy has had one full season really, have we seen Wright's best?, hopefully not, is Murphy at his best(presumably to come) even the same power hitter as Wright? Murphy a better(probably) defender than Wright?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: They only hire managers whose last names you will mispronounce. Yeah really , how does one pronounce Sveum? IIRC I have heard it pronounced Swaying which makes no sense.

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Dale Sveum to the Cubs on a three year deal

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Will the show feature any political or cultural pontification? I'm highly interested in her views on matters of national and international import. Herman Cain has that show to himself.

Is it true that Nancy Seaver will star in this?

"We are not like the �Basketball Wives,' " Benson, a former stripper, tells The Post. "We are classy." Oh great , I was worried about that, I'll tune in now SC turned all the way to 11

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MFS62 wrote: Usually held between games of a double header. Later not as many double headers nowadays though right?

This is great from Noble The Mets and Phillies played a doubleheader at Shea Stadium on Aug. 1, 1972. It was deemed Banner Day. After the eighth inning of the first game, public-address announcer Lauren Mathews urged those who planned to participate in the parade to assemble beyond the center-field wall. They did. And there they stood when Don Money led off the ninth inning with a home run against Jon Matlack that tied the score at 2. Eighteen scoreless half-innings passed until Cleon Jones singled to score Tommie Agee in the 18th. Then the Banner Day celebration went on as planned -- for 44 minutes -- even though it was a tad rushed. The vendors ran out of beer in the third inning of the second game. The hot-dog reserve was gone two innings later. But help did arrive. Phillies starter Steve Carlton had the good sense -- and good enough stuff -- to dispose of the Mets in one hour, 45 minutes in the second game. After the doubleheader, I approached Carlton in the visitors' clubhouse, fully aware of his standing embargo; he didn't speak with reporters. Nonetheless, I approached him, prompting an incredulous expression from his teammate, Tommy Hutton, and, hoping for a few words, I thanked Carlton for his dispatch with which he had handled his nine innings. Instead, Carlton responded with a perfunctory nod. Hutton pulled me aside. "You know he doesn't talk to you guys," he said. I said, "I know. But all I said was 'Thanks for doing it quickly.'" "Oh," Hutton said. "We'd already thanked him."

So , as a fan that never got to experience banner day what can I expect?, what went in to making the banner?, what material?what to celebrate?, big ,small?

sharpie wrote: Apparently TV networks nixed a 3-game WC playoff. They want sudden death. of course , replete with new graphics to add to the excitement.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'd rather it was a best of three rather than a best of one. I also don't like the possibility that a 90-win team might have to play a sudden death game against a 83-win team. I'm not sure that that would happen all that frequently, and as long as the Mets are never the losing team in such a game, it really won't affect me at all. I agree with this.

Is Leiter on good terms with the org?, Franco is back in the fold and he was there for the duration on that decade, it should be him.

Ceetar wrote: metirish wrote: Nice, and the patch doesn't look like the Domino's logo. well it was designed by "the Mets" and not Citi Group. Thanks!

Colors remind me of the Padres .

metsguyinmichigan wrote: TransMonk wrote: A buddy of mine had a John Stearns Mets jersey...big Stearns fan. We went and saw the Orioles play in the mid-ninties when Stearns was coaching under Davey. We made our way down to the filed level during batting practice and my buddy starts yelling at Stearns to come over and take a picture and Stearns ignores him. After about 5 minutes of my friend yelling at him, John turns around to look. My buddy points to his jersey number and yells, "Look, I'm wearing your number." Stearn's yelled back, "That's not my number. That's Jeff Kent's number." 12 was always Stearns to me after that. I once heard a story about Stearns when Davey Johnson was managing the Reds, and Marge Schott was the owner and didn't want to pay for more coaches. So he had Stearns on the field before the games in a batting practice jersey without a name or number, and Schott could never figure out who he was. I ran into Stearns at a spring training game in Ft. Lauderdale -- he signed my Mets book -- and he confirmed the story. Great stuff. great Stearns stories