metirish

I'm the same way in regards to watching baseball in HD or not .

Yeah I thought that was a bit odd , names for her to consider. Sum , Dat,

Cool , going to pick up that book..... FYI - the spring training game Thursday will be repeated on SNY that evening at 7PM....then at 9:30 Kevin Burkhardt hosts a Citifield progress special. It's billed as Citi Field Special II , never did see the first one.

="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]ww -- wasn't watching, Phil Rizzuto's famous scorecard symbol. Another Fran Healy special....told that story a lot... Xavier , Fran's middle name

Vinegar - something extra on a fastball......I think I have heard that maybe once or twice..probably a Fran Healy special.

I don't remember it like that or remember that being said , I do remember the job being his for the taking but he got injured again and IIRC some questions being asked about his injury .

What a nasty thing to say about Reynolds hiring . The Ripken card is funny.

Have fun.....I'm particularly interested in Putz's wife as she is about to drop a baby...would be mad impressed if you got a picture of her. Seawolf , what's the sig about?

Thanks man , I guess there is a feeling with the new stadium that there will not be tickets to be had but there are always tickets.

yeah I would hope to go to a few , how easy or hard will they be to get though?

Today in the mail I got a ticket promotion/ schedule flyer , I think i had better try and make this college game because I doubt I'll be going during the season.

Video of the game with Matt Cerrone Dodgy camera angles[/url:17hv02s1]

Eegit - bunting is for eegits - metirish

Arms Extended - Fran Healy describing a hitter with his trusty telestrator - " Look at him , head level , eyes on the ball and his ARMS EXTENDED"...... Fran

I'm surprised the music savvy crowd here have not seen this, Edgy queue this now on Netflix please.

I'm making Sandy Sr.'s squad the favorite here. Might that be a 1 through 4 that we see this season?

="holychicken":2pkybnfn]Not sure what he has been up to this offseason, but I found this quote from Beltran to be a bit. . . odd: "When you�re good, you can be in any hole."[/quote:2pkybnfn] Fman, please add to this , thanks. Edgy DC Feb 23 2009 11:50 AM ="Adam Rubin":1jpiqoju]Ryan Church said Jerry Manuel came up to him during stretching Monday morning and made things clear that Church is the right fielder. "He's very approachable," Church said. "He'll tell you how it is. He came up to me and said, 'You're preparing to be the everyday right fielder for the Mets.'" Church said he never doubted that anyway and just looked at Manuel's original comments as a challenge. "He always said he's going to challenge guys in spring training," Church said, "because come September we don't want any more collapses."[/quote:1jpiqoju] Benjamin Grimm Feb 23 2009 01:04 PM I have a feeling that all three of them will get plenty of playing time. In many seasons you see four outfielders with a lot of plate appearances, especially when, like this year, there may not be a lot of difference in the production of the second, third, and fourth guys. My prediction, in order of number of plate appearances in 2009: Beltran, Murphy, Church, Tatis. (Also, Tatis may get some additional time in the infield, backing up Delgado and/or Wright at times.) Edgy DC Feb 23 2009 01:23 PM It would be nice to not let the corner infield skills of Murphy fade either. I realize the primary goal this year is to get him up to speed as big league outfielder --- rather than the fill-in he was last season --- but it would be a shame to pigeonhole him in his career just because left is the position that is open right now. Benjamin Grimm Feb 23 2009 01:28 PM One theory I read is that Murphy will stay in the outfield for a year or two, and then possibly be groomed to be Delgado's successor at first base. (I think that plan will only work if you get first-base-style production from his bat. Otherwise, having him replace Castillo a little further down the road makes more sense. If, of course, he can play the position.) Edgy DC Feb 23 2009 01:55 PM Senior 1, Junior 0 Anybody have their money on Jon Switzer? He scrod up an intra-squad no-hitter. Mets batting .136 so far. ="Adam Rubin":2riue7ci]UPDATE: Lefthander Jon Switzer allowed two runs in the eighth inning in a 2-0 intrasquad win by Sandy Sr. Cory Sullivan had an RBI single and Andy Green had a bases-loaded walk. Sandy Jr. Name-AB-R-H-RBI Cora, ss, 3-0-0-0 Anderson, 2b, 4-0-0-0 Murphy, lf, 3-0-0-0 Thole, ph, 1-0-0-0 Beltran, cf, 2-0-0-0 Pagan, cf, 2-0-1-0 R. Martinez, 3b, 3-0-0-0 Rivera, ph, 1-0-0-0 Church, rf, 2-0-0-0 Mackowiak, rf, 0-0-0-0 Evans, 1b, 3-0-2-0 Schneider, c, 2-0-1-0 Cancel, c, 1-0-0-0 F. Martinez, dh, 3-0-1-0 Pitcher-IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO Gee 2-0-0-0-0-0 Knight 2-0-0-0-2-1 Parnell 2-0-0-0-0-1 Muniz 1-0-0-0-0-1 Switzer 0-3-2-2-2-0 Sandy Sr. Name-AB-R-H-RBI Castillo, 2b, 1-0-0-0 Green, 2b, 1-0-0-1 Reyes, ss, 2-0-0-0 Coronado, ss, 1-0-0-0 Wright, 3b, 1-0-0-0 Valentin, 3b, 1-0-0-0 Delgado, 1b, 2-0-0-0 Abreu, 1b, 1-0-0-0 Kielty, rf, 3-0-0-0 Reed, cf, 3-1-1-0 Castro, c, 2-0-0-0 Santos, c, 1-1-1-0 Sullivan, lf, 3-0-1-1 Rivera, dh, 2-0-0-0 Thole, ph, 0-0-0-0 Pitcher-IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO Niese 2-0-0-0-0-2 Figueroa 1.2-2-0-0-1-1 Snyder 2-1-0-0-0-2 Robertson 2-1-0-0-1-2 Ruelas 1-1-0-0-0-2[/quote:2riue7ci] A Boy Named Seo Feb 23 2009 02:29 PM Nice to see Pagan's name on a boxscore again. And he picked up right where he left off. And there are apparently two Riveras on the team and I have no idea who either one is.

I'm going to try and buy tickets.

Is Yuki's hubby the Wilpon son that acted as Asia scout for the Mets?

Wheels - Used to describe a player with great speed , can also be used to take the piss out of a slow footed player like Brian Schneider.......metirish

Rally Caps - for superstitious players and fans , turning their caps inside out in a close game to get their team to rally back from a deficit. - metirish

I got gifts of a black Wight with Mets on the front and a blue Mr Met one, I like them.

Iron Glove - a bad glove man... all hit no glove

Yeah that's him , he's the favored son-in-law these days.

Son of Yankees VP trafficked steroids in 2002 TAMPA, Fla. - The son of a Yankees senior vice president pleaded guilty to attempted steroid distribution charges in 2003 as part of a federal investigation into a date-rape drug, according to public records from Tampa police and Hillsborough County Court obtained by Newsday. Felix M. Lopez III, the son of George Steinbrenner's son-in-law Felix M. Lopez Jr., was charged with trafficking illegal steroids in 2002, a first-degree felony that was punishable by up to life in prison. Lopez III, 30, cut a plea deal in which he received three years of probation for pleading guilty to possession with intent, which is a second-degree felony, according to Hillsborough County Court records. In an interview with Newsday on Friday, the Yankees senior vice president said he stands by his son. But he said his son will never work for the Yankees because of his past and the negative perception it would create. "Sometimes kids make mistakes," Lopez Jr. said. According to the arrest record filed with the Tampa police department, police obtained several bottles and more than 50 vials of anabolic steroids, as well as two boxes with six bottles of the drug GBL when they raided Lopez's Tampa apartment on Sept. 18, 2002. GBL is commonly referred to as an illegal date-rape drug but also has been used by athletes as a steroid alternative. Police also found an unloaded shotgun in the apartment. One of the vials tested positive for the steroid boldenone undecylenate, according to a laboratory report by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, obtained by Newsday. The steroid, which had been developed for veterinary use, is used by bodybuilders. Other vials tested positive for gamma-Butyrolactone or GBL, the precursor of the date-rape drug GHB, according to the lab report. Charles Massucci, a Tampa detective who arrested Lopez III as part of a federal crackdown on date-rape drugs, said in a telephone interview Friday that bodybuilders were into taking GBL because they believed it induced a deep sleep that aided muscle growth. Lopez III was among 115 people arrested in 80 cities in raids in 2002, according to DEA spokesman Rusty Payne. Lopez III's arrest came in connection with "Operation Webslinger," a federal investigation into the sale of date-rape drugs on the Internet. Detective Massucci and a postal inspector went to the apartment Lopez III was living in at the time with a package that had been mailed to a woman at that address, according to the police record obtained by Newsday. The package had been intercepted and opened by officials and found to contain vials of GBL. When the postal inspector, disguised as a letter carrier, arrived at the front door with the package, he was met by Lopez III, who said the package was for him. Massucci and other law enforcement officials were waiting with a search warrant, and when Lopez III entered the apartment, they knocked on the door, entered, found the various drugs and arrested him, according to police records. Efforts to reach Lopez III were unsuccessful, and his attorney did not return a call for comment. Lopez Jr. was not with the Yankees in 2002. He married Steinbrenner's daughter, Jessica, in 2004 and was a senior vice president beginning the next baseball season. He has become more visible with the organization in recent years, responsible mostly for the state of the spring-training facility in Tampa. Lopez Jr. has been a part of all the major organizational meetings in recent years, including the ones in which they decided Joe Torre's fate after the 2007 season.