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="seawolf17":1dqu8nza]On my personal All-Time Mets team.[/quote:1dqu8nza] Agree , was the guy at the end wearing an "Ireland" jacket , and was he supposed to be drunk or hungover.....Grim needs to translate for us.

I just can't accept or I don't buy the idea that the Mets couldn't offer Hudson a deal because they signed Perez to a reasonable deal.Maybe they just couldn't be arsed with him. I like Hudson but am not going to be thinking about him all season that's for sure.

Good news John Franco in PSL as a guest instructor and during the season will serve in the Mets front office in either marketing, baseball operations or television. ] "I took some time off to be with family, but now I've got the itch again to come back in little baby steps," he said. "I am delighted (the Mets) have invited me down to come back into the organization to try to give back and try to help out as much as I can, whatever they want me to do. Whether it's on or off the field stuff, I am willing to do it, and I look forward to it."

I actually thought of those infamous pants when I saw the guy , that wasn't you though, right?

What masks were those two guys wearing around the 5:20 mark? Guy wearing the pink pants pushing the pickup is hilarious.

Excellent , it's like a time machine, about 2:30 in you see guys scaling the Shea walls getting in for free.

Yeeees , Jetes has never done steroids because he says so and that's good enough for Bob the bollox. ] Klapisch: Jeter makes all the right moves TAMPA, Fla. � The education started early, long before Derek Jeter ever wore pinstripes for the first time. He grew up recognizing the unyielding line between right and wrong, a testament to Charles and Dorothy Jeter�s influence. They taught their son so well that when temptation whispered in his ear, the future Yankee captain took off on a sprint the other way. This history lesson is relevant, of course, because of a Yankee teammate who couldn�t say no to steroids. It was Jeter�s turn to deliver a verdict on Alex Rodriguez�s fall from grace, but before he did, the shortstop wanted to clear the air about the pervasive cheating in baseball. Don�t count me among the crooks, was the essence of Jeter�s message. �One thing that�s irritating to me, and it upsets me a lot, is when you hear people say �this is �the steroids era, everyone�s doing it,� � Jeter said. �That�s not true, everyone wasn�t doing it.� With that, Jeter took a sweep of the reporters clustered around him and made sure they understood: He�s never used steroids, HGH, amphetamines or any performance-enhancing substance. �You can go down the list,� he said, and still come up clean. Jeter doesn�t dare take a census on the number of syringes that were floating around in 2003. For now, all that matters in Yankee camp is that one of them belonged to A-Rod. That�s why the captain is faced with an impossible dilemma, forced to support a fellow Bomber who has committed an unpardonable sin. To his credit, Jeter handled the balancing act with grace Wednesday. Sitting in the first base dugout at Steinbrenner Field, Jeter made it clear that, while he doesn�t condone A-Rod�s decisions, he considers it an obligation to make the third baseman as welcome as possible. The interaction between the two Wednesday was hardly warm, but certainly professional. When the Yankees stepped onto the field for their first full-squad workout, Jeter made sure to long-toss with A-Rod � his way of sending a powerful and positive vibe to the rest of the team. The gesture was subtle, but hardly unnoticed. The fans in the ballpark cheered A-Rod, although he took batting practice on a back field, away from the morning�s hub of activity. No one, of course, is pretending that A-Rod�s penance is complete. In fact, according to ESPN.com, Major League Baseball will request a fuller account of Rodriguez�s steroid use, including the identity of his unnamed cousin in the Dominican Republic. Jeter said, �Alex made a mistake, and it�s something he�s going to have to deal with.� The Yankees were similarly neutral about A-Rod in the aftermath of Tuesday�s news conference. No one confused his opening statement with the Gettysburg Address. But at least one element of A-Rod�s defense � that steroids were a swarm, preying on otherwise well-meaning ballplayers � bothered Jeter enough for him to speak up. He and A-Rod may wear the same uniform, but when it comes to cheating, the two live in different worlds. Jeter made that distinction a decade ago, when chemicals were allowing mediocre hitters to turn into home run-hitting monsters. The shortstop, who�s never hit more than 24 HRs in a season, decided it would�ve been poison � and certainly dishonest � to artificially remake his offensive profile. �In the situation I was in, [steroids] didn�t occur to me,� he said. �I was fortunate to be with a team that won, so in terms of that temptation, it wasn�t there.� Abstinence has kept Jeter�s r�sum� clean, even if it means paying a surcharge in his statistics. He�ll soon turn 35, and by every indication, the shortstop is indeed aging. His power numbers are down, notably his slugging percentage � .408 last year was his lowest since 1997. Gone are the days when Jeter was an opposite-field gap hitter. More recently he�s become a singles specialist, a ground ball machine who bounced into a team-high 24 double plays last year, tying him for fourth in the American League. Jeter makes no alibis about his shrinking footprint in the Yankees� offense, but club officials are hopeful that he�ll become more of a threat in 2009, now that he�s fully recovered from a devastating hand injury. As long as Jeter is unwilling to talk about it, there�s no way to quantify the damage he suffered after being struck by a Daniel Cabrera fastball during a May 20 game against the Orioles. But it was obvious Jeter had lost power and his signature ability to inside-out fastballs that crowded him. Jeter finished the month just 4-for-40 (.100), and even though his final average stood at .300 � and he remains the only shortstop in history with 2,500-plus hits, 200 or more home runs and .300-plus career average � it was the quietest summer of his career. That kind of slow, insidious slide would be enough to drive a lesser man into the arms of a steroids dealer. If anyone needed a boost, it would�ve been the skinny-armed Jeter. But true to his word, he stayed away from the junk, remembering the lessons of his youth. In fact, it seemed like only yesterday when Charles and Dorothy Jeter were reminding their son about the virtues of old-fashioned hard work. The words stay with Jeter because, as he said, �I don�t want to disappoint my family.� It might sound corny, a grown man still listening to his mother and father. But with three of baseball�s biggest stars � A-Rod, Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds � sucked into the steroids vortex, the sport could use some of that corniness now. Jeter suffered from a devastating hand injury last season?Checking baseball-reference I see Jeter didn't miss any games after that devastating fastball to the hand from Daniel Cabrera on May 20. http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/gl.cgi?n1=jeterde01&t=b&year=2008

A better patch for sure

Nothing new in this case , some pictures here of Alomar's GF... Be careful Opening These At Work[/url:2ob5iosb] scroll down

Davidoff is trending down towards Harper with that crap , the Mets failed to sign Mannny ....is not being interested failure? I had forgotten that the MFY's signed CC the day after the Mets signed Rodriguez , I guess I wasn't all that beat up over it....

Need something more than that Edgy.

Not changed but downgraded somewhat. It is a different time and my expectation for the team is different now than it was before Minaya. Of course he is one of the main reasons why those expectations have changed.

Reading their myspace page I think Andy might have found them because he was lost. Righteous Anger was formed back in 1985, then as the Christian Rock band Halo. It was 1990 the band underwent some member changes, and reformed as Righteous Anger. RA had moderate, yet unsigned success. The Band disbanded in 1994. Now.....13 years later, RA has reformed, and reinvented its self. Righteous Anger is a Christian Metal Band, our whole purpose is to spread the inerrant word of God to the Lost, or God will bless those who are saved thru our music. Don't get us wrong, we love to Rock, and Rock hard, but all the members of the band have a passion for ministering to the lost. Remember, we all fall short of the glory of God, but thru the Grace of God, and the Blood of Jesus Christ, and by Christ raising from the Dead, we, as sinners, can have Salvation thru him. Righteous Anger is back with a whole new sound, yes a bit heavier, but also a bit more progressive. The Newest member.....Zakk the timekeeper, fast feet, and thunderous Tom work.....his fresh approach, and youthfulness brings a whole different dynamic to RA. Righteous Angers line up has two original members in it, and another member that came in a couple years later, and the drummer is a fresh new face. "Zakk gives us that youthful energy and drive, an excellent drummer, a really nice addition to this band" Mark (Vocals) Righteous Anger is currently in studio working on the new album, to be released later this year on Soul Joy Records. Also there will be some live shows in the local area. Look for a Late Spring and Summer tour. Righteousangerband.com will be up and running here shortly as well, we hope to have a lot of interesting stuff on there for all. Be sure to stop by our online Merch booth, here on this page, check out all the great RA apparel, and even some shoes.

Are those bottle holders on the iron railings in the last picture?

If your view is obstructed just go into one of the fine restaurants and drink some expensive wine .

The original Home Run Apple from Shea Stadium is installed in the Bullpen Plaza (an area open to the public behind the bullpens) at Citi Field. (New York Mets / February 13, 2009) The original Home Run Apple from Shea Stadium is installed in the Bullpen Plaza (an area open to the public behind the bullpens) at Citi Field. A new Home Run Apple will be in place in centerfield at Citi Field. (New York Mets / February 13, 2009) these go along with the picture Edgy posted.

A bunch of wankers .

Goodbye Shea[/url:1rxzxuaq]

Fun reading , IIRC there was a stretch of maybe a few weeks around that game when Reyes just looked like he didn't give a rats ass , his body language , his play during games....

Fred's hight risk , high reward play worked that time but failed with Bernie Madoff. I recall thinking at the time that Minaya was a breath of fresh air and just what the club needed.

="John Cougar Lunchbucket":31rp4t3g]What do I win? .[/quote:31rp4t3g] A copy of Selena Roberts book , you can take tales of Rodriguez with you to bed every night. John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 18 2009 10:39 AM Relive the pain and suffering of a lackadasical Reyes bringing an end to the Willie Era: [url:f3bpkx72]http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/9000/f14_t9084.shtml[/url:f3bpkx72] metirish Feb 18 2009 10:48 AM Fun reading , IIRC there was a stretch of maybe a few weeks around that game when Reyes just looked like he didn't give a rats ass , his body language , his play during games.... Edgy DC Feb 18 2009 10:49 AM That's the whole season in a nutsack right there. Benjamin Grimm Feb 18 2009 11:12 AM Yep, as noted, Johnny got it right. It was Aaron Cook. Gwreck Feb 18 2009 11:39 AM Arroyo did beat us twice but it was both 8 inning performances each time. I have basically no recollection of that game vs. the Rockies with Cook's CG.

Nah it's Antonio Pierce , the numb nut Giants player involved with Plaxico Burress.

I wonder if the bad publicity generated by her husband has anything to do with Jocelyn losing her hosting gig , is she still employed by SNY ?

I'm going to post what was in the Snooze because the numbers were startling. ] Now the former 15-game winner aims to go deeper into games, after averaging just under 5-2/3 innings per start in 2008. Maine's 4.17 pitches per batter were the most of any NL pitcher who logged at least 100 innings last year. His 18.14 pitches per inning were second only to Pitsburgh's Ian Snell (18.29) among major-league pitchers who faced at least 400 batters. To address that, pitching coach Dan Warthen is encouraging Maine to throw a curveball, which the 27-year-old righthander hasn't used in two years. Maine's pitch count is high because he throws the ball up in the strike zone and batters tend to foul off his fastballs and sliders. Warthen believes that by showing a curveball, even if it bounces in the dirt, hitters' timing and eye levels will be disrupted. Then, the logic goes, when Maine goes back to the fastball at the top of the strike zone, batters are more likely to swing and miss, or take it for strike three.

Love the thread title......