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"I have not heard from any players. I wish anonymous player had the comfort to voice his opinion for attribution. It was the right thing to say."

Not expecting to fill the position quickly. DiComo asking what Jared's explanation was. Sandy sez "There was no explanation. He was apologetic, remorseful, and took responsibility. I wouldn't have expected a good explanation." "Me 'n' Steve both reached the same conclusion independently."

Poorly shaven Sandy live right now. [YOUTUBE]Sy1tGrZjXmI[/YOUTUBE]

Alas, Bill James is depressingly... off about a lot of things. (In terms of Old School Stalwarts revealing themselves after going online in a way that almost stains their previous contributions/importance, he's low-key been Murray Chass-class of late.) Yeah, but that's just one version of a lot of praise — character praise — the guy seemed to get at the time of his hire. At another time, Bill James once wrote the following: When a young player comes to the major leagues and has success right away, writers will almost always write about what a fine young man he is as well as a supreme talent. Never pay any attention to those articles or those descriptions. Albert Pujols is going through this now... people who didn't know Albert Pujols from Jack the Ripper six months ago and have never talked to him more than six feet from his locker are writing very sincerely about what an exceptional young man he is. Doc Gooden, his first three years in baseball, was supposed to be mature beyond his years, polite to everybody, and kind to stray kittens. Rickey Henderson was routinely described, from 1980 through 1982, as "a Jack Armstrong type kid." Sportswriters, despite thier cynicism or because of it, desperately want to believe in athletes as heroes, and will project their hopes onto anyone who offers a blank slate. The problem with this is that, when the players turns out to be human and fallible, people feel betrayed. It is a disservice to athletes to try to make them more than they really are. It's interesting that James himself fell into the trap, but not with an exciting young athlete, but rather an exciting (to inside-baseball geeks) young front office executive. But there are plenty of similar tweets out there from a little over a month ago, so James ain't alone.

I did not know Grich got tossed over in year one. My bad. Lou Whit is the likely co-owner of the most-ridiculous one-and-done candidacy. Gun to my head, though, I'd totally go with Lou.

Lou Whit is totally the owner of the most ridiculous one-and-done candidacy.

=G-Fafif post_id=52128 time=1607875704 user_id=55] The bar to become Most Admirable Famous Jared is low.

That to me is the real takeaway. Either the Mets didn't do any vetting for a very important, face-forward position, or they did and just hoped it would stay under wraps. Either way, come on.

The goofy part is reading back testimonials from when he got hired, describing him as decent, sensitive, and thoughtful. https://twitter.com/billjamesonline/status/1338305439520448512

I may well agree, but if the Mets didn't fire him this evening, surely there is some non-zero likelihood they do not.

I was setting the odds of him retaining his job at about 61%. Now that I've chewed on it, that may be too high. On his side, it was X years ago, and it may or may not be a closed issue with the apparent victim. Plus, Cohen allegedly ran a boys-go-crazy show at his hedge fund shop. That could go against him as well, of course. Against him, besides that, is, well, #TimesUp and #MeToo. Plus Sandy has a solid rep as a class act. I'm resetting his survival likelihood at 54%. The Mets are damned either way, of course. Most immediately, this may seriously dick up the pursuit of George Springer.

I was stupid for putting this here. It deserves its own thread.

Jared Porter, https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30737248/ny-mets-gm-jared-porter-acknowledges-sending-explicit-images-female-reporter-worked-chicago-cubs?device=featurephonetexter of unsolicited dick pix. I really wanted to be wrong about him being an overgrown frat boy, but, well ... shit.

Indeed, a COVID victim.

I tend to agree, because even the alleged cardboard itself appears to be transparent. Creepy!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: My favorite part was the drone transport, plus the cardboard cut-outs I'm still puzzling over whether Bergman was a cardboard cutout of a ghost, or a ghost of a cardboard cutout.

We gotta do something about that lobby. Terrific work by all involved, be they truly known or merely mythical. We have a worthy winner.

Wait. Alvarez is "missing a couple of years to covid"?

I kid! I was rooting for you the whole time!

Well, two Davises are better than one. At this moment, he's Syracuse's best bat, so he's more than likely to see some time in the bigs.

Both our finalists surprised the seeding committee.

Transactions, 1/14/2021 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Signed Away From CHC As Minor League Free Agent And Invited to Camp, Projected for Syracuse[/PTEXT][/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/w_213,q_100/v1/people/500874/headshot/67/current[/fIMG][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]José Martinez http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/venezuelan-flag-small.jpg>[/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]7/25/88[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]MLB (2020)[/td90] It would seem almost certain that José willl see some time with the Mets next year, as he outranks all other infielders and outfielders who seem to be headed to Syracuse. He not only backs up our two magic firstbasemen, but also covers the outfield corners. He's like JD Davis without the thirdbasing or theoretical relief pitching skillz.

I like that I see Peterson's switch from 77 to 23 as him clearing the larger number for use by a minor league coach who wore that number as a pretty bad Mets player, and MbtN sees it as imposing upon a a major league coach who wore the lower number as a more-or-less adequate player. Blew my lede.

It was a passing thing. I'm over it. Sorry.

Good update, Numberman. Robel would be only the second 00, after Tony Clark, right?