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Benjamin Grimm wrote: I know that strike-throwing is a good thing, in baseball as well as in bowling, but there could be a danger in over-emphasizing this. If it becomes all about strikes, the result could be a big increase in hittable pitches over the plate. Yes , just like last season emphasizing to the hitters to get on base more , they even had that drill that Jerry rigged for the players to hit 80 balls to the same part of the field , over and over......

Ahh , I'm taking the piss, you're a good sport LWFS.

Wow , Brain Cashman is a genius.

Can you read the text in his website LWFS?

Love it.....

JCL acting like he don't know shit. I know what yer at.

Marty Noble Omir Santos endures quick change of fate Barajas addition turns No. 1 catcher into Triple-A backup By Marty Noble / MLB.com 02/21/10 4:32 PM EST PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Stuck in a vat of boiling helplessness, Omir Santos stood with little to say and less to hope. He had arrived here last week as the most likely candidate for the Mets' No. 1 catching assignment. When he arrived in camp Sunday morning, Santos was, at least, fourth on the club's depth chart. "There's nothing I can do," were the words that came from the vat. Twenty-four hours earlier, Rod Barajas was merely a rumor, or, at best, a potential obstacle. Santos had lived much of the offseason with the knowledge the Mets hoped to sign free agent Bengie Molina. Then, when that possibility passed, a threat of Yorvit Torrealba moving to the Mets had its run as a possibility. And now this: a veteran catcher with home run pop in his bat is coming. Chest protectors, shinguards and masks offer no protection from disappointment. This one hit Santos like a foul tip off the unshielded shoulder. Twenty-eight-year-old catchers with modest offensive credentials and relatively few big league at-bats are not an endangered species. Second chances don't come in abundance. Santos was a regular catcher in the Majors most of last season. He started 74 games, had 281 big league at-bats -- 271 more than he had accumulated before last season. He beat Jonathan Papelbon in Fenway, hit a slam for his first big league home run and made some late-in-the-game contributions. The pitchers liked throwing to him. And now, with Henry Blanco to serve as Barajas' understudy, and Josh Thole all but certain to play regularly for the Mets' Triple-A Buffalo affiliate, Santos is unlikely to work up a sweat this summer. "What can I do? I didn't know until [saturday] morning," Santos said. "My brother called me from Puerto Rico. He knows a lot of people. He knew before I did. "[The Mets] want experience. [barajas] has more than I do. Now I come to the park every day and do my work. That's what I was doing."

Portsmouth would love him as they are this close to being wound up. They are looking/begging for a new owner, who if they get would be their fifth in the last 16 months. Anyway , back to McCourt.....wasn't the missus involved in the day to day running of the Dodgers? , article says in 2003 the Dodgers lost $56 million....guy turned that around and they have their own TV Stations coming in a few years. Obviously somethign worth fighting over.

Having a bit of fun is all.

Edgy DC wrote: Blue Jays reportedly sign Jose Molina. Indians reportedly sign Russ Branyan. FU Omar....I am sooooooooo pissed that he didn't even make an offer for these two fine men. It's outrageous the crap I as a Mets fan must endure......they'll be all laughing at us over this.

Harlan does come off like a bit of a dick , still that's a big move going form covering the Nats to being the Asia guy for The Post.

Interesting there from Berg , I'd hit Wright in the 2 hole but I don't think I would ever slot him in the # 1 hole. Me , if I'm going with my thinking outside the box lineup , as apposed to pulling them out of a hat. Murphy Wright Reyes Beltran Bay Francouer Santos Castillo Pitcher No Beltran Murphy Wright Reyes Bay Pagan Francouer Santos Pitcher

More camp buzz has Hojo working with the guys hitting for power this season , more home runs. "As an organization, we wanted to be a good offensive team with runners in scoring position," Johnson said as the Mets prepare to officially open camp tomorrow in Port St. Lucie. We wanted to be a good offensive club when it comes to strikeouts. We wanted to walk a lot and have a high on-base percentage. We achieved those goals in those areas, but we dropped in power. That is something we're going to address this year Find the power

I like it , who would be hitting 1 & 2? Castillo and Murphy?

Cool article , thanks for posting. Fiffy is great , I'd wager he himself has a future in GM'ing.

Waldstein needed Ben Shpigel to help him on this ? , I want my five minutes back....I hope this is not what we can expect form Waldstein as the NYT new Mets beat writer.....I guess PSL can be really boring , but it's only started....yikes EDIT - I guess Ben Shpigel got the MFY view over in Tampa....

The subscription crap is that Cablevision costumers can access Newsday now for "free"....

They're taking the piss right?......got to be....

#35 bodes well for the Jake Monster(thanks Val). Can't find the quote but I read the other day that Jacobs is going there to win the first base job.

Yeah , it's most certainly not a reference to our Mets.....the weather service is referred to as the Met, the coppers as Edgy points out...form having watched Gangland on the History Channel I can guess that METS is a tag for local hoodlums.

You know , if Rogers started this thread we'd fucking bugger him or something.....where the fuck is LWFS?

If Annie were a Mets fan how would that letter have been written? Dear Tim.............

Jayus , if Bobby were depending on you lot to get him something he'd die waiting.....