metirish

There would be more than a few teams looking for an experienced skipper , Seattle with it's Japanese ownership and superstar might be a good fit.

perhaps the future is full blown sponsors on the shirts.Teams and sponsors getting more bang for the buck.

Bleh

Can someone post an image of the patch please?

="Edgy DC"]Chiba Lotte declines to offer Bobby V. an extension beyond 2009, making him a lame duck. ] 2009 to be Valentine's last in Chiba Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Bobby Valentine, the first foreign-born manager to win the Japan Series, will leave the Chiba Lotte Marines after the 2009 season. "It's better this way, it gives me a year, and I'm looking forward to the season," Valentine told The Daily Yomiuri by telephone after team president Ryuzo Setoyama announced the team's decision in a meeting on Sunday. "They did something really good," Valentine said. "They said attendance was up over the past five seasons...revenue was up...the teams results in terms of wins and losses was up, and they thanked me for my contribution to that. And then Setoyama said the team needed a revolution." Valentine said Setoyama and a new regime will take over the front office functions and baseball operations that the skipper had once overseen. "This is going to be fun," Valentine said. "I'm not going to have to worry about where the players are going to be three years from now, or whether or not a turnstiles in center field is working." In the middle of this past season, Valentine said Setoyama had urged him to resign--which Setoyama denied. "Thinking of the team three years, five years down the road, we've mapped out a plan for a generational changing of the guard," Jiji Press reported Setoyama as saying. "During the season, some players expressed a desire that [Valentine] would concentrate completely on the games." Valentine said on Saturday, he came to Japan in the offseason to discuss player acquistions for next season and straighten out a mess concerning Doosan Bears infielder Kim Dong Ju. Valentine reportedly spoke to Kim's agent during Major League Baseball's recent winter meetings in Las Vegas. The club was apparently angry the skipper did so without informing the club. According to the Jiji report, Valentine apologized for doing so. But the principle purpose of Sunday's meeting seems to have been to push the skipper aside so Setoyama could undertake his "revolution." "He said he wanted to 'renovate' all the operations," Valentine said, "'teach everone in Lotte and in the front office and all of baseball.'" The Marines just missed out on a playoff berth, finishing a half-game back of the third-place Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. Valentine said he was told when he left Japan that his contract situation from 2010 on would depend on results. With Valentine at the helm, the Marines won the Japan Series in 2005, finished one game shy of a Series berth in 2007 and missed the playoffs by a half a game in 2004. He previously managed the Marines to a surprising second-place finish in 1995 only to be fired at the end of the season. Despite that, Valentine maintained good relations with the son of the team's owner, and was brought back to manage in 2004, to the delight of the Marines fans. "At one time I was told I could have the job for life," said Valentine. "But apparently that has changed. "This is better. Now when someone calls in the middle of the season, I can talk to them." (Dec. 22, 2008)

Love the new banner , nice work.

Very nice collection.

We finally saw this tonight , after an hour I said to my wife that it was dragging but overall I enjoyed it. I think it was at least forty minutes to an hour too long.

I have it in my queue , I like Gleeson a lot.

I guess he got married.

="Frayed Knot"]How do you solve a problem like Putz? John Branch (never heard of him) at the NYTimes looks into the origin, Hungarian; proper pronunciation, 'Puts'; and the potential pitfalls for headline writers concerning the new set-up man. The Mets solved the problem of his introduction by boldly printing on the scoreboard: 'Mets Welcome J.J.' Interesting that Bill Sweeney the headline writer over at the Snooze is not looking at Putz as a headline opportunity.

Putz said yesterday that he might ask Hojo for #20.

Red Sox owner said in an email to reporters that they went to Dallas to meet with Texeria and Boras and quickly realized that they would not be a factor despite offering $160 million for eight years.

="soupcan":b7piiu4g]="metirish":b7piiu4g]http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/news/2008/12/16/madoff-madness[/quote:b7piiu4g] Wow.[/quote:b7piiu4g] I had the same reaction after I read that article yesterday. Rockin' Doc Dec 18 2008 08:27 PM Damn, that's some scary stuff. I'm glad I just bury my money in my wife's garden beside our house. Edgy DC Dec 23 2008 02:23 PM Fund manager Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet, 65, dead of an apparent suicide after losing $1.4 billion for his investors in Madoff's fraud. Edgy DC Feb 05 2009 05:41 AM The News reports today that Fred's buddy Sandy Koufax got schemed also. Tim Teufel too! That's the last straw. You don't bilik Tim Teufel. Ashie62 Feb 05 2009 05:47 AM Kevin Bacon also...Collateral damage..The Mets willing to trade Ramon Castro and keep Cancel per NY Post Ah..a million ain't what it used to be...Oops..I mean a billion.. Is Teufel Jewish? Fman99 Feb 05 2009 07:04 AM ="Edgy DC"]The News reports today that Fred's buddy Sandy Koufax got schemed also. Tim Teufel too! That's the last straw. You don't bilik Tim Teufel. I think Teufel was always so fidgety at the plate because someone had their hands in his pockets, takin his dagburn money! Edgy DC Feb 05 2009 07:11 AM Teufel is very not Jewish. G-Fafif Feb 05 2009 10:05 AM Teufel's the devil. Ashie62 Feb 05 2009 10:34 AM ="G-Fafif":3ln5kx9l]Teufel's the devil.[/quote:3ln5kx9l] He made a deal with the Devil Now we know why we won Game 6 G-Fafif Feb 05 2009 10:51 AM Good thing the Red Sox didn't have Gott on their side. metirish Feb 06 2009 07:14 AM The Mets in all forms are all over this list . ] Bernie Madoff tie to Mets' money prompts fear of major losses BY GREG B. SMITH DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Friday, February 6th 2009, 3:02 AM Newly released documents make clear that New York Mets' money got caught in Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff's web of deceit. Mets Chief Operating Officer Jeff Wilpon had admitted that his family and business partners lost money to Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme, but he's always insisted the team won't be hurt in any way. "It's truly two different things," Wilpon said. But documents reveal that 13 accounts with direct ties to the Mets show up on a list of Madoff client victims filed in Manhattan bankruptcy court. The Mets' accounts include one called Mets II LLC; six accounts for Sterling Mets Limited Partnership, listed as "care of" Mets Vice President Leonard Labita, and six accounts for Sterling Doubleday, the company that used to own the Mets. There's also an account for the Brooklyn Baseball Co. and one for Coney Island Baseball, business entities that own the Mets' Brooklyn minor-league baseball team. The Mets have repeatedly tried to distance themselves from investments their parent company, Sterling Equities, placed with Madoff. A big worry would be if Sterling had acted as a so-called "feeder fund," placing other people's investments with Madoff without telling them. Several such funds face multibillion-dollar lawsuits. Thursday, Sterling said it was never a feeder fund for Madoff. Instead, the company said, "Sterling's partners, as well as various friends and family members of those partners, are among the scores of unfortunate victims of the Madoff fraud." Records show many Wilpon family members and Sterling executives and their families placed money with Madoff. Sterling won't disclose how much money it put with Madoff over the years. But records show Sterling Equities alone appears to have more than 180 accounts. gsmith@nydailynews.com Edgy DC Feb 06 2009 11:39 AM Wow, Bobby F. Nystrom. Kyra Sedgwick is half Jewish. Shocking! seawolf17 Feb 06 2009 11:45 AM ="Edgy DC"]Kyra Sedgwick is half Jewish. Shocking! Funny! She doesn't look Druish. Edgy DC Feb 23 2009 07:31 AM Damn, nobody asked me why that's so shocking. I figured I could count on Fman at least to set me up. Oh, well. The moment's passed. Anyhow, under the headline of "Your Daddy? My Daddy Too!" Yuki Wilpon's father has brought his multi-billion dollar company to bankruptcy. Oddly enough, the firm is in deep debt to Citi, and their viabliity isn't going to be helped by their billionairre debtors going bankrupt. MFS62 Feb 23 2009 07:37 AM ="Edgy DC":2vsw6hk3]Damn, nobody asked me why that's so shocking. I figured I could count on Fman at least to set me up. Oh, well. The moment's passed. [/quote:2vsw6hk3] pant, pant, gasp Sorry. Late to the party. I ran as fast as I could. I hope its not too late. OK, why is that so shocking? Later metirish Feb 23 2009 08:01 AM Is Yuki's hubby the Wilpon son that acted as Asia scout for the Mets? Edgy DC Feb 23 2009 08:07 AM Moment's passed. MFS62 Feb 23 2009 08:37 AM ="Edgy DC":14jnjjn2]Moment's passed.[/quote:14jnjjn2] Pretty please? With ice cream on top? Later Edgy DC Feb 23 2009 08:49 AM Nah. Stupid, sexist, vaguely insulting at many levels, and not particularly funny. Cleaning up my act starting with a new respect for Ms. Sedgewick, co-star of charming mediocrities like Singles and Phenomenon. MFS62 Feb 23 2009 09:02 AM ="Edgy DC"]Nah. Stupid, sexist, vaguely insulting at many levels, and not particularly funny. Cleaning up my act starting with a new respect for Ms. Sedgewick, co-star of charming mediocrities like Singles and Phenomenon. Oh. I thought you were going to say something about the really bad Southern drawl she puts on in her starring role in her cable show, The Closer. Her accent is so difficult to understand, at times you wish for subtitles. Makes the show unwatchable for me. Later

="John Cougar Lunchbucket":k11itgg2] I'm sure these guys didn't look into how Madoff made his money because they didn't wanna know.[/quote:k11itgg2] http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/news/2008/12/16/madoff-madness soupcan Dec 18 2008 07:00 PM ="metirish":p4wu4e1y]http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/news/2008/12/16/madoff-madness[/quote:p4wu4e1y] Wow. metirish Dec 18 2008 07:36 PM ="soupcan":b7piiu4g]="metirish":b7piiu4g]http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/news/2008/12/16/madoff-madness[/quote:b7piiu4g] Wow.[/quote:b7piiu4g] I had the same reaction after I read that article yesterday. Rockin' Doc Dec 18 2008 08:27 PM Damn, that's some scary stuff. I'm glad I just bury my money in my wife's garden beside our house. Edgy DC Dec 23 2008 02:23 PM Fund manager Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet, 65, dead of an apparent suicide after losing $1.4 billion for his investors in Madoff's fraud. Edgy DC Feb 05 2009 05:41 AM The News reports today that Fred's buddy Sandy Koufax got schemed also. Tim Teufel too! That's the last straw. You don't bilik Tim Teufel. Ashie62 Feb 05 2009 05:47 AM Kevin Bacon also...Collateral damage..The Mets willing to trade Ramon Castro and keep Cancel per NY Post Ah..a million ain't what it used to be...Oops..I mean a billion.. Is Teufel Jewish? Fman99 Feb 05 2009 07:04 AM ="Edgy DC"]The News reports today that Fred's buddy Sandy Koufax got schemed also. Tim Teufel too! That's the last straw. You don't bilik Tim Teufel. I think Teufel was always so fidgety at the plate because someone had their hands in his pockets, takin his dagburn money! Edgy DC Feb 05 2009 07:11 AM Teufel is very not Jewish. G-Fafif Feb 05 2009 10:05 AM Teufel's the devil. Ashie62 Feb 05 2009 10:34 AM ="G-Fafif":3ln5kx9l]Teufel's the devil.[/quote:3ln5kx9l] He made a deal with the Devil Now we know why we won Game 6 G-Fafif Feb 05 2009 10:51 AM Good thing the Red Sox didn't have Gott on their side. metirish Feb 06 2009 07:14 AM The Mets in all forms are all over this list . ] Bernie Madoff tie to Mets' money prompts fear of major losses BY GREG B. SMITH DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Friday, February 6th 2009, 3:02 AM Newly released documents make clear that New York Mets' money got caught in Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff's web of deceit. Mets Chief Operating Officer Jeff Wilpon had admitted that his family and business partners lost money to Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme, but he's always insisted the team won't be hurt in any way. "It's truly two different things," Wilpon said. But documents reveal that 13 accounts with direct ties to the Mets show up on a list of Madoff client victims filed in Manhattan bankruptcy court. The Mets' accounts include one called Mets II LLC; six accounts for Sterling Mets Limited Partnership, listed as "care of" Mets Vice President Leonard Labita, and six accounts for Sterling Doubleday, the company that used to own the Mets. There's also an account for the Brooklyn Baseball Co. and one for Coney Island Baseball, business entities that own the Mets' Brooklyn minor-league baseball team. The Mets have repeatedly tried to distance themselves from investments their parent company, Sterling Equities, placed with Madoff. A big worry would be if Sterling had acted as a so-called "feeder fund," placing other people's investments with Madoff without telling them. Several such funds face multibillion-dollar lawsuits. Thursday, Sterling said it was never a feeder fund for Madoff. Instead, the company said, "Sterling's partners, as well as various friends and family members of those partners, are among the scores of unfortunate victims of the Madoff fraud." Records show many Wilpon family members and Sterling executives and their families placed money with Madoff. Sterling won't disclose how much money it put with Madoff over the years. But records show Sterling Equities alone appears to have more than 180 accounts. gsmith@nydailynews.com Edgy DC Feb 06 2009 11:39 AM Wow, Bobby F. Nystrom. Kyra Sedgwick is half Jewish. Shocking! seawolf17 Feb 06 2009 11:45 AM ="Edgy DC"]Kyra Sedgwick is half Jewish. Shocking! Funny! She doesn't look Druish. Edgy DC Feb 23 2009 07:31 AM Damn, nobody asked me why that's so shocking. I figured I could count on Fman at least to set me up. Oh, well. The moment's passed. Anyhow, under the headline of "Your Daddy? My Daddy Too!" Yuki Wilpon's father has brought his multi-billion dollar company to bankruptcy. Oddly enough, the firm is in deep debt to Citi, and their viabliity isn't going to be helped by their billionairre debtors going bankrupt. MFS62 Feb 23 2009 07:37 AM ="Edgy DC":2vsw6hk3]Damn, nobody asked me why that's so shocking. I figured I could count on Fman at least to set me up. Oh, well. The moment's passed. [/quote:2vsw6hk3] pant, pant, gasp Sorry. Late to the party. I ran as fast as I could. I hope its not too late. OK, why is that so shocking? Later metirish Feb 23 2009 08:01 AM Is Yuki's hubby the Wilpon son that acted as Asia scout for the Mets? Edgy DC Feb 23 2009 08:07 AM Moment's passed. MFS62 Feb 23 2009 08:37 AM ="Edgy DC":14jnjjn2]Moment's passed.[/quote:14jnjjn2] Pretty please? With ice cream on top? Later Edgy DC Feb 23 2009 08:49 AM Nah. Stupid, sexist, vaguely insulting at many levels, and not particularly funny. Cleaning up my act starting with a new respect for Ms. Sedgewick, co-star of charming mediocrities like Singles and Phenomenon. MFS62 Feb 23 2009 09:02 AM ="Edgy DC"]Nah. Stupid, sexist, vaguely insulting at many levels, and not particularly funny. Cleaning up my act starting with a new respect for Ms. Sedgewick, co-star of charming mediocrities like Singles and Phenomenon. Oh. I thought you were going to say something about the really bad Southern drawl she puts on in her starring role in her cable show, The Closer. Her accent is so difficult to understand, at times you wish for subtitles. Makes the show unwatchable for me. Later

Wilpon's not broke. ] "The individual partners lost some money at Madoff. But it doesn't affect the Mets. It doesn't affect the Citi Field project. It doesn't affect (team-owned television network) SNY or any of our operating businesses. "How is that possible? We have other money. Just because you guys don't know how much money we have, we have other money and other funds outside of (the Mets). "It's called diversification." Jeff mentioned how he and Madoff's son have been close friends for 30 years, that's got to hurt. I should say that he also mentioned that as much as this blows he feels for the people who" don't have the ability to restock their bank accounts."

Apparently this now opens the door for Manny to play the OF , a part of me hopes this circus comes to town.

="Frayed Knot":3sihlixe]btw, Furball to Atlanta is NOT a done deal yet and apparently the Trolley Dodgers are back in the picture.[/quote:3sihlixe] reports have Furcal accepting a three year $33 million offer form the Dodgers.Braves are not happy as they feel they had an agreement with Furcal. Rockin' Doc Dec 17 2008 07:41 PM The Braves apparently haven't learned that if the deal isn't signed, then all you have are the empty promises of a player and his agent. Fman99 Dec 17 2008 07:43 PM Good. I much prefer him in another division. Frayed Knot Dec 18 2008 06:27 AM ="Rockin' Doc":ecimyflq]The Braves apparently haven't learned that if the deal isn't signed, then all you have are the empty promises of a player and his agent.[/quote:ecimyflq] Oral agreements aren't worth the paper they're written on. Farmer Ted Dec 18 2008 02:56 PM Braves to Tellum, "Fuck you." Braves general manager Frank Wren said today the Braves have notified the baseball agency that represents Rafael Furcal that they intend never to do business with them again. The Braves thought they had a deal earlier this week to bring the star shortstop back to Atlanta, where he began his career, before Furcal decided to stay with the Dodgers for virtually the same terms. Wren said that Braves president John Schuerholz called Arn Tellem, who heads the baseball division of the Wasserman Media Group, to inform Tellem that the Braves will no longer enter into negotiations with them regarding baseball clients. "We don't have any intention of doing business with them, and they've been notified of that,'' Wren told SI.com this afternoon. Reminded that Tellem's group of agents -- which includes well-established veterans such as Tom Reich, Adam Katz and Paul Kinzer -- is one of the biggest in baseball and represents many star players (including Francisco Rodriguez, Carlos Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Giambi and many more players), Wren responded, "When you can't trust who you're doing business with, you can't do business with them. It's plain and simple.'' Tellem didn't immediately return SI.com's phone call seeking comment. The Furcal negotiations were anything but simple, and ended with Furcal returning to the Dodgers for basically the same $30-million, three-year deal the Braves believe he'd agreed to with them. As Wren tells it, he and Kinzer, Furcal's main rep, negotiated the terms over several calls Monday night, and after Kinzer told Wren that if he raised the base a little, they'd be able to make a deal, Wren did just that. Kinzer then told him "I think we're good,'' but still explained he had to take it to Furcal. Sometime later, there was a message on Wren's voicemail with Kinzer saying, "We're good. Raffy's excited. Send me the term sheet.'' Wren sent the sheet. But Furcal never signed it, and according to Wren, Kinzer started "backpedaling.'' Pretty soon, Furcal's agency was talking to the Dodgers and within a day agreed to virtually the same deal with L.A.: $30 million over three years with a vesting option for a fourth year based on Furcal's health. In L.A.'s deal, Furcal needs 600 at-bats in 2011 for the fourth year to vest; Atlanta's deal was slightly better for Furcal, stipulating that he needed only 130 games to have it vest. It's a little bit of a mystery why Furcal would rather go to L.A. after he was said to be excited to return to his roots in Atlanta. But Wren can't believe it's because they told Furcal they were envisioning him at second base instead of shortstop. Wren said they told Furcal that three weeks earlier, and that Furcal raised no objection and in fact seemed enthused about the prospect. So where does this leave Wren and the Braves? They are looking for a pitcher and an outfielder after making an exception with Furcal, a player they loved. And as he concedes, they're out of luck on this deal. But they won't let this happen again. "There's nothing enforceable,'' Wren said. "We just took his word. That doesn't count for much.'' Nymr83 Dec 18 2008 03:02 PM lets see if the Braves really mean it. Centerfield Dec 18 2008 03:03 PM You'd have to think it was Furcal who backed out, since he's the one making the call. If that's the case, it's seems dumb to hold the agent responsible. Wah wah. Get it in writing morons. Centerfield Dec 18 2008 03:04 PM ="Nymr83":1fipctoh]lets see if the Braves really mean it.[/quote:1fipctoh] They'll mean it until Tellem represent a player that they really really want. TransMonk Dec 18 2008 03:13 PM ="Centerfield":2ii6qq0s]They'll mean it until Tellem represent a player that they really really want.[/quote:2ii6qq0s] The Spice Girlishness of this comment overwhelmed me for a second.

From Kat O'Brien's blog ] Cameron-Cabrera talks off It sounds as though the Yankees will not be getting Mike Cameron to play centerfield next year. That could change, of course, but I just got off the phone with Brewers GM Doug Melvin. He said: "Nothing new. At this point, I don't anticipate it's something that we would (do). ... I haven't talked to Brian (Cashman) since last week." Melvin said they had originally looked at moving Cameron to gain some flexibility on the pitching front but that is no longer such a need. Said Melvin: "I like Mike Cameron a lot. He means a lot in our clubhouse. He's a very positive presence. He's a good player. He's played on a lot of playoff teams -- maybe more than anybody. He's got a lot of intangibles. (A trade is) not something that we're pushing at this time." The Yankees obviously aren't pushing it either, given that Cashman and Melvin haven't spoken since leaving Las Vegas last week.

Curt Schilling is even more insufferable in HD.

It's in beautiful HD on channel 790.

Channel 149 here in the Bronx , on right now is a look back at the Red Sox taking out the MFY's in 2004.

Great question , I want to pick them all but can't so i went with first base. It seems to me that would be a harder position to fill in-season if Delgado falls apart.

="Benjamin Grimm":1i00hhby]He has "K-ROD" monogrammed into his shirts? Oh, brother. I'm afraid that nickname isn't going to go away any time soon. But, wow, don't Jeff and Jerry seem thrilled? You'd think a faulty bullpen caused them to miss the playoffs last season.[/quote:1i00hhby] That Jeff can smile like that after Dad got taken to the cleaners is admirable. I admire you Jeffy Wilpon , nothing stands in this mans way. Centerfield Dec 17 2008 02:08 PM Meanwhile Omar has a look that seems to say "This shit had better work or I'm gonna end up bantering with Kruk on Baseball Tonight." Benjamin Grimm Dec 17 2008 02:12 PM Ain't dat the troof! My concern is that Omar is fixing last year's problem, which is well and good, but not addressing next year's problem. I don't like how he's standing pat on the offense. Sure, they scored a lot of runs last year, but guys like Delgado and Tatis are both one year older (actually, everyone is, but it's more of an issue with the old guys!) and we might also see decline from guys like Church and Castillo. themetfairy Mar 30 2009 10:58 AM I couldn't find the thread where we were discussing possible nicknames for our new closer. However, I was at the Modell's in Herald Square yesterday, and there was a lot of K-Rod 75 merchandise on display. metirish Mar 30 2009 11:01 AM One of the TV guys said that Rodriguez does not like or want to be called K-Rod...I think it was keith who said it....goes by Frankie..

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