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For those who interpret this contest as casting votes for covers that are more representative of the season, then why is "Squirrel" trouncing "Frantastic" in the other semi-final match? If we're doing this, and we don't have to (to me, it's about the cover itself and not the significance of the cover), the McNeil cover is akin to "Almora" as it's a great cover from a great game that meant nothing in the scheme of things. "Frantastic" is meaningful to the season (and Mets history) as it was from the day that Steve gave Lindor a long-term contract.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm with Greg on this one. I like how LFGM represents the overall tone of the season. It got my vote. Conflict of interest!

It's interesting that some of us have different interpretations about what makes the best cover, either the moment itself or what the moment represents. I voted for the Almora cover which tells you my opinion.

Don't change your mind, Edgy!

Baseball America (it's subscriber-only and I'm not), tops in the NL East and it will get better after the next draft:

"Fate has ordained that the two strongest remaining covers will face off in the semi-finals." This is true. Will the TCD Board of Directors consider reseeding for the fourth round in future years?

Willets Point wrote: BOOOOOO! Seconded.

That's the way to do it!

The only big name joining the conversation next year is Carlos Beltran, so there sure would seem like opportunities for Rolen, Wagner, Jones and Helton to move up a bit. The following year has Adrian Beltre and Joe Mauer. As an aside, 2024 also has some nice Metly connections: Wright, Reyes and Colon and the bastard Chase Utley. Don't forget Bautista. Utley even on the same ballot as David makes me ill.

Suck it, Bonds, Clemens, and Schilling.

A cover with another team's uniform is going to beat Pete hitting a HR... really?

Where are you feeling "friction"?

They seem to have a good working relationship. I liked Buck's response to the "who is coaching what?" question as he immediately had an answer.

"Squirrel" has the rare shot of a jubilant McNeil, the headline is clever and the subheadline, as mentioned before, has the time stamp of an 8th inning walk-off and deGrom being bailed out in the 7th. The Newsday cover has a picture of a horses' ass in the bottom right.

We should be nearing the days when we see a player "check-in early". Buck would likely be there now to acclimate himself.

=G-Fafif post_id=84920 time=1642786713 user_id=55] Seven coaches seems light relative to how many surrounded recent skippers. Between Buck's experience and the compressed hiring timeline, seven may be all they need/can get.

Presented without comment:

Fixed it.

Interesting article by Ken Rosenthal in The Athletic. He writes that Buck might have wanted old friend Brian Butterfield as his Bench Coach but that Butterfield won't get vaccinated. [bLOCKQUOTE]...When the Mets named Showalter manager last month, it seemed likely he would pursue Butterfield, who had been dismissed by the Angels early in the offseason. But the possibility of Butterfield joining the Mets ended before it got started. Why? Because Butterfield is not vaccinated for COVID-19. ... Butterfield offers a different perspective than Goodwin because he simply does not believe in the vaccine. His departure from the Angels, according to a club source, was unrelated to his stance. “There were some other things. I'd rather not talk about that. It was a little bit of a difficult situation,” Butterfield said. Showalter reached out to him after getting the Mets' job, but Butterfield said because he was unvaccinated, the talks could not proceed. “It comes down to what I believe in,” Butterfield said. “The stuff that I've felt for years about our Food and Drug Administration, everything that goes on behind the vaccinations, ... “I know him too well to try to talk him into something like that,” said Showalter, who regards Butterfield as the best infield coach in baseball, adding that the Phillies' Bobby Dickerson, Mariners' Perry Hill and Braves' Ron Washington are also among the elite and that he might regard Mets new third-base coach Joey Cora just as highly once he gets to know him better. “I love him to death,” Showalter said of Butterfield. “If he called me tomorrow and said, ‘I've changed my mind and I'll come,' I'd figure out every which way I could to get him.” ... “Honestly, I feel like it's a blessing in disguise,” [butterfield] continued. “I didn't see my wife for the last two years. She's a little bit of a risk, so we didn't bring her out to the West Coast. I'm as far as you can go on the East Coast, and then I was working the last two years as far as you can go on the West Coast. I'm glad to be back in the snow and the cold, I really am. I'm glad to be with my family. I'm in a great spot.”[/bLOCKQUOTE] https://theathletic.com/3083575/2022/01/21/rosenthal-vaccination-decisions-put-two-mlb-coaches-at-a-crossroad/https://theathletic.com/3083575/2022/01/21/rosenthal-vaccination-decisions-put-two-mlb-coaches-at-a-crossroad/ He won't get vacc'd but his wife is at risk? Also, did the Mets pursue the other IF coaches before Joey Cora since Buck doesn't know him as well?

Again, if "That's Almora" doesn't win the whole thing I WILL F*CK SH*T UP.

Covers with the same play will go head-to-head (into the wall). McNeil fights with Lindor, again. Cover men: Lindor, 3; Alonso; 2; Almora; 2; McNeil, 1.

I note that 61 year-old Sherlock is the opposite of the two up-and-comers that they tried to get from SD and SF. That doesn't mean it was a bad choice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Sherlockhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Sherlock

Perhaps a thread where members could post about their outside work. E.g., "I wrote this column, here's a link"; "I'm singing at this bar in upstate New York, here's a link"; "I'm doing standup at this club, here's the link", etc.

=ashie62 post_id=84622 time=1642255974 user_id=90] =bmfc1 post_id=84605 time=1642203414 user_id=73] Every time he started I thought that the Mets were gonna lose. He felt like someone who was worse than a zero WAR SP.

Every time he started I thought that the Mets were gonna lose. He felt like someone who was worse than a zero WAR SP.