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Never really got to appreciate Frank Thomas , just never saw enough of him. When they got to the WS in 2005 he was not on the roster. Numbers Career statistics Batting average .301 Home runs 521 Hits 2,468 Runs batted in 1,704 per wiki He is part of an elite group of four players (including Mel Ott, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams) to have at least a .300 batting average, 500 home runs, 1,500 RBI, 1,000 runs and 1,500 walks in a career.

I like Kase's idea , although now I'm thinking a round table type deal with Rogers in the Tavis Smiley/Charlie Rose role.

On Hunt's inside the park home run the ball looked like it took a vicious bounce of the grass in CF and it clear bounced over the center fielder, the camera angle though looked like it was from right dowm by the catcher.

I just love the commentary on this, not sure about the red color that is coming through on my tv though. Mets went to Greenland on a goodwill tour, wow.

I enjoyed it although I have such a low opinion of Harper that I was skeptical of the whole thing.But yeah, what a thrill it must have been to catch Santana and for us to get a look at what Johan goes through in simulated games, obviously not going through the motions like I thought.

Top podcast personality and "new media" pioneer Steve Rogers.

Five fucking pitches and all of them right down the middle....fuck

Hilarious Steve is on my 100 most influential list .

Not that I don't appreciate the brilliant analysis on display here daily but I don't think a Mets roster with Spring Training a week away has been dissected and poured over as much as this one , or maybe I should say dissected and poured over for who's not on the roster. Let's play ball dammit

Fear & self loathing in Flushing.

Tri-State area disgrace....although Seo ,Mgim and DocTee might make them national.

I posted this before but it's a good read Joe Posnanski on Mike Jacobs

The local sports reports are showing some of this video , certainly it's encouraging how willing a student Murphy is , and always has been.

Remember that article that had Matthew Broderick questioning his loyalty to the Mets , said he might become a fan of another....Cards?....all in jest I think

Cool list .. I would never have guessed Philip Seymour Hoffman, mad respect man , mad.

When he and I go to a Greek restaurant, he always orders octopus," Boras said Something else that Boras

I can't wait. I can't wait even for the single camera games with Kevin Burkhardt commentating.

The likes of Francisco Rodriguez(75) and Kirk Nieuwenhuis(91) must know they have no chance of making the club going north.

The Mets hit 95 homers last season, by far the fewest in the majors. San Francisco ranked 29th with 122. To think that Bonds hit 73 that season.

How long before this thing gets vandalized?

It shows that they (Wilpons) listen.....

I'm trying to picture the scene , will this make much of a difference? Mets' Citi Field to become more homer-friendly next season; center-field wall gets chopped to 8 feet Broadcaster Gary Cohen may be able to proclaim, "It's outta here!" a little more often in 2010. And David Wright may not be as inclined to frustratingly fling his Great Gazoo helmet, or whatever protective wear he uses, during the upcoming season. The height of Citi Field's center-field wall will be sliced in half, making the ballpark more homer-friendly, the Daily News has learned. Last season, the wall measured 16 feet in front of the sparsely used Home Run Apple. Now, with the second level of padding being removed, it will measure eight feet in the middle of the outfield. Still, as the Daily News exclusively reported in September, the stadium's spacious dimensions won't be altered. The Mets hit 95 homers last season, by far the fewest in the majors. San Francisco ranked 29th with 122. Wright, whose home-run power is more to right-center than the left-field line, saw his power plummet as the Mets moved from Shea Stadium to Citi Field. He went from a career-high 33 homers in 2008 to 10 homers last season - five at home, and five on the road. Greg Rybarcyzk, a former U.S. Navy nuclear engineer who runs HitTrackeronline.com, concluded that Wright hit nine balls in play at Citi Field last season that would have been homers at Shea Stadium - although that discrepancy won't be fully addressed by the modest outfield adjustment. Regardless, the Mets' 2009 power outage wasn't exclusively a Citi Field phenomenon. They ranked last in the majors in road homers last season with 46. Pittsburgh had the second-fewest with 50. The Yankees and Phillies, who play in hitter-friendly ballparks, also ranked Nos. 1 and 2 in road homers with 116 and 108, respectively. Meanwhile, an average of 1.60 homers per game were hit at Citi Field last season, more than at five other NL ballparks - San Diego (1.59), San Francisco (1.59), Los Angeles (1.57), Atlanta (1.52) and St. Louis (1.48). And visiting teams actually hit two more homers at Citi Field last season than they did at Shea Stadium in '08. If Citi Field is imposing for hitters, it didn't scare away free agent Jason Bay, at least when the Mets offered the most money - a four-year, $66 million contract. And it wasn't as if pitchers lined up this offseason to pitch at Citi Field. The Mets' most notable pitching signings have been Kelvim Escobar, Ryota Igarashi and Josh Fogg. Wait , the Mets signed Josh Fogg?

There is no getting away from Ed Price