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There's a theory that SD and SF coach-blocked the Mets to get back at big-spending Steve Cohen. There's another theory that it's late in the off-season (wasn't that a Paul Simon song?) and it's fair to deny this permission. Who the heck knows?

Mouths agape in both. I went with the in-season version.

Good for Zack. I hope that he can get another job in baseball soon. (I am not commenting on the justice system, "white man's justice", or anything else; I am just glad that the legal part of this is over.)

It's May 1, 2022, the Mets host Philadelphia in a Sunday Night game. You grumble because Sunday games should always start at 1 PM (even from the West Coast). You might try to sync Howie and Wayne to the TV but you can now actually keep the sound on because Matt V. and A. Rodriguez are gone! It will now be Karl Ravech, David Cone, and Eduardo Perez on the broadcast. Hopefully, they keep it to the game instead of making it a baseball talk show with the game in the background but we'll see. I am not optimistic about that but it's better than Vasgersian and Rodriguez... But the ball-slapper will be on ESPN2 will Michael Kay in an attempt to have a "Manningcast" alternative for around 10 games. This will suck. The above is per Andrew Marchand in the New York Post which I choose not to link to.

Years from now, tourists at the Derby HQ will wonder how McNeil drove in the "winner" in the 8th inning.

The Matz pic is a generic pic that could have been taken in almost any game that he started. Plus, that cover has another former Met on it with, as Edgy said, a punny headline. The Pete pic is contemporaneous, albeit with a punny headline. I'll take Pete over two losers that prefer to play elsewhere.

Eric Chavez from the MFYs to the Mets, Luis Rojas from the Mets to the MFYs.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: My guess: The ghost of Leo Durocher. That would certainly be headline-grabbing! (The Mets don't need any other kind of grabbing.) Curtis Granderson?

[bLOCKQUOTE]Speaking of the bench coach, the Mets are busy attempting to nail down Showalter's right-hand man for his first season in Queens and a person with knowledge of the process said it is expected to be an exciting, headline-grabbing hire. The front office is said to be working on a tricky negotiation process with that mystery individual. While much about the bench coach job is still unclear, we can confirm the Mets will not be hiring former short-term manager Carlos Beltran for the role. https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-joey-cora-third-base-coach-20220105-uimswqcw7zd5xmb6buhvq25o2u-story.htmlhttps://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-joey-cora-third-base-coach-20220105-uimswqcw7zd5xmb6buhvq25o2u-story.html[/bLOCKQUOTE] An "exciting, headline-grabbing" bench coach! We won't have to wait long as the article also says that "[t]he Mets are expected to finalize their entire coaching staff by the weekend."

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: The Kirbster. Unforgettable few weeks as a 1997 Met iirc He hit a triple in his month as a Met (June 11 to July 17, 1998) in this game and scored on a Piazza SF (also, that's quite a rally to win the game off Armando Benitez): http://www.leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=5815&tabno=Dhttp://www.leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=5815&tabno=D

Welcome back Wayne Kirby! https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kirbywa01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kirbywa01.shtml

Edgy's passion for CRUSHING is admirable.

We should start hearing about Buck's coaching staff sooner than later (other than last man standing Jeremy Hefner who remains as the Pitching Coach). Joey Cora looks like the new 3B coach. At the end of the article are a few other names that we might hear about. https://www.si.com/mlb/mets/news/mets-to-hire-joey-cora-to-be-buck-showalters-3b-coachhttps://www.si.com/mlb/mets/news/mets-to-hire-joey-cora-to-be-buck-showalters-3b-coach

If THAT'S ALMORA doesn't win this thing I'm gonna f*ck shit up.

I'd love to see him back, screaming after every ground out, but I suspect that Lindor disagrees and has let Steve know of his feelings. Perhaps he can be part of a deal with OAK to bring back a SP (Frankie Montas is my OAK SP of choice).

I was hoping for three wall-related covers in the semis but this matchup makes it impossible.

It's about damn time although I'm concerned that MLB will make us remove any images of the players and the names of the players due to the lockdown.

I ran it through Google Translate: [bLOCKQUOTE]My sources inform me that Elián Soto, Juan Soto's younger brother, has an intention in accordance with the New York Mets for the class of July 2, 2022. Elián is an outfielder and hits left-handed. Within what has been discussed, there are vouchers for studies. You already know.[/bLOCKQUOTE] As for Juan, we can dream: https://www.audacy.com/sports/mlb/did-juan-soto-hint-at-a-potential-future-with-new-yorkhttps://www.audacy.com/sports/mlb/did-juan-soto-hint-at-a-potential-future-with-new-york

The Mets have signed Daniel Palka as a minor league FA (the only type of FA that can be signed at the moment). https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=palka-001danhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=palka-001dan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Palkahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Palka https://www.fangraphs.com/players/daniel-palka/14897/stats?position=DH/OFhttps://www.fangraphs.com/players/daniel-palka/14897/stats?position=DH/OF https://twitter.com/Danielbpalkahttps://twitter.com/Danielbpalka Bats left, mostly corner OF. Showed some pop with the White Sox in 2018-19. My guess is that he'll get some ST ABs after the regulars have left the game and then he'll be the Syracuse 1B in '22. From Rotowold: [bLOCKQUOTE]Palka possesses gargantuan over-the-fence pop, but hasn't been able to make contact consistently enough to even carve out a part-time role in the majors in recent years. The 30-year-old slugger, who launched 27 round-trippers with the White Sox back in 2018, spent the entire 2021 campaign at Triple-A Rochester with the Nationals where he slashed a robust .256/.364/.472 and also clobbered 18 homers in 420 plate appearances. He's certainly an intriguing low-risk lottery ticket for the Mets. [/bLOCKQUOTE]

Wayne Kirby has worked with Buck before and is available. I'd pencil him in as 1B Coach. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Kirbyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Kirby Brian Butterfield has worked with both Buck and Eppler before. He could fill Gary DiSarcina's roles as 3B Coach and IF Coach. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Butterfieldhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Butterfield

Frayed Knot wrote: I assumed her name would be Doe D'OH!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I just watched that video. I have my doubts about the truth of the depicted events. That was weird. "A" for effort but I'd rather have the Mets' players read "Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from the New York Mets!" over and over.