Edgy MD

4) Posting fees are bullshit.

A poster who I believe was an early incarnation of ashie was a big Jerrod Riggan supporter.

The ultimate destination of one more lost sheep is found. Transactions, 11/7/2020 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Signed Away By Florence (Frontier League)[/PTEXT][/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#00BF00]Relief Pitcher[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/681385/t3705/180x270/681385.jpg[/fIMG][/td90] [td90]Name[/td90][td90]Christian Tripp http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png>[/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]3/13/97[/td90] [td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]A (2019)[/td90] In signing with Florence, Bible Camp joins Frank Valentino (though Tripp actually signed first), after teaming up with him last year in the no-longer-affiliated Columbia. He had been mostly good for the Mets through 2018, but was hit really hard at three different levels in 2019.

Get with the program. You're about http://thecranepool.net/phpBB32/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28215twenty months behind.

A Boy Named Seo wrote: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ That sums it up, doesn't it? And as with so many late-career reclamation projects, who you go for or don't go for may be too dependent on which days you happen to be scouting him, from which it's hard to gauge how many times through the rotation his arm is going to respond. You don't want to miss an opportunity in signing such a guy, but you sure want to be in a position where you have to go into the season depending on him for anything.

Did history ever give us a pornier ballplayer? [fimg=350]https://d9nvuahg4xykp.cloudfront.net/-9201018479204838880/-7667848477477103017.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=324]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/717VjdBcJ2L._AC_SY445_.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=250]https://www.gletech.com/StockPhotos/Baseball/1979/97307/front_4976815.jpg[/fimg] https://i.pinimg.com/236x/4c/1a/2d/4c1a2d4717c20abfb4aa28a3e40c6023.jpg> https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GMEAAOSwb7dfUPjt/s-l400.jpg> https://i.etsystatic.com/13044467/d/il/26c9ab/2480238527/il_340x270.2480238527_ttb5.jpg?version=1> The fact that he was a rare lefty sidearmer (practically a submariner) only made him ... freakier.

Yeah, agreed. But the difference is how much evidence you compile on your way out the door.

CoCo has apparently been punched with an https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2925650-mets-owner-steve-cohen-subject-of-gender-discrimination-complaintugly little gender discrimination suit.

Still trying to catch up with personnel who have leaked out of the system over the dark months. Transactions, 12/8/2020 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Signed Away By Sioux City (American Association)[/PTEXT][/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#00BF00]Relief Pitcher[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/677160/t3705/180x270/677160.jpg[/fIMG][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Danny Hrbek http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png>[/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]12/27/94[/td90] [td90]B/T[/td90][td90]L/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]A (2019)[/td90] Danny Hrbek has had two stints in affiliated ball and this will be his second in indy ball, and he's still pretty young, and helps the American Association league-wide initiative of saving money on vowels. HRB also played infield along with relieving in college, and has expressed a hope to keep doing that as a pro. Hopefully, going indy gives him that chance. It's worth wondering how much ground the indy leagues may be able to gain in 2021, with a wider array of talent opened up by the closed-down affiliated leagues.

Probably not a whole lot of room in the Hall of Fun for Kenny Rogers.

Bob Friend, Kenny Rogers, Al Leiter, Robin Ventura, Mo Vaughn, Randy Myers, Moisés Alou, Frank Tanana, Julio Franco, Jeff Reardon, John Franco, Kevin Appier, Tony Phillips, Bartolo Colón, Mel Fuckin' Stottlemyre.

=nymr83 post_id=53250 time=1609870511 user_id=54] Sheffield is already there. None of the other guys you are naming are, in my mind, even worth much HOF discussion much less deserve to be in. I didnt even know Candelaria was a Met

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: This way the relievers and starters get one Jeremy and one Ricky each They're probably cheaper that way.

COVID-related cutbacks ended Rob Whalen's second tenure with the Mets before it even began, but that didn't stop his manicured honey from seeing him for the catch he is. https://twitter.com/RobWhalen38/status/1345557750353375233

Transactions, 11/4/2020 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Signed Away By Florence (Frontier League)[/PTEXT][/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#00BF00]Starting Pitcher[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/691195/generic/180x270/691195.jpg[/fIMG][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Frank Valentino [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]3/15/95[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]MLB (2018)[/td90] I myself have never been no Valentino, but this Valentino came to us as an undrafted free agent out of New York Tech. Even though he's moved on, he gave the team 58 really solid innings in Brooklyn back in 2019, so chalk up a point to Adam Rubin. The Florence franchise in the Frontier League? They're called the "Y'All's," for Pete's sake.

I don't like this cover either, but it's getting some benevolent matchups.

=nymr83 post_id=53223 time=1609817608 user_id=54] Cone already made the list as did Kent. I can't imagine most of those guys have anything resembling a legit hall of fame case. Bonilla is the only maybe, but I'd have to think there is no way he's be the top 16 not yet revealed

I began watching this one this evening and hope to finish it tomorrow. So far, it has some interesting parallels with Soul — a protagonist who is born to be a musician, but isn't supported by his family, despite apparently inheriting the gift from a late family member, along with a passage between the worlds of the living and the dead. [fimg=450]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/77/8f/94/778f941173148749031fd78b190f426f.jpg[/fimg]

Just spitballing, but ... Hodges, Frank Viola, Tony Fernandez, Bobby Bonilla, Vince Coleman, Rusty Staub, David Cone, Mickey Lolich, Carlos Baerga, Mike Torrez, Ken Boyer, Jeff Kent ... stop me before I hurt somebody.

Ouch.

Edgy MD wrote: =nymr83 post_id=52969 time=1609335568 user_id=54] =Centerfield post_id=52968 time=1609335342 user_id=65] Maeda has a career ERA of 3.75 and WHIP of 1.110. If that is your floor he's better than a mid-rotation guy. how does that translate though? Japan is like Quadruple-A right?

Catching up on some old associates who found a new calling in months past without attracting the notice of Mets Roster Central's third watch, who have all been sent back to remedial training. Transactions, 6/10/2019 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Retired[/PTEXT][/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#00BF00]Catcher[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://mutigers.com/images/2017/1/17/Nelson_Mompierre_Headshot_2017_.jpg[/fIMG][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Nelson Mompierre [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]9/26/95[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]L/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]Rk (2019)[/td90] It's surprising to see Nelson pack it in so quickly, as just about every player out of the SEC gives the game a hard shot, but he has started his career as a scout for the Rays and gone back to school for an MBA, so maybe it's not the last we see of him. Transactions, 6/10/2019 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Signed Away By Washington, PA (Frontier League), 6/18/2020.[/PTEXT][/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#00BF00]Infielder[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fIMG][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Patrick Causa [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]1/8/97[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]Rk (2019)[/td90] Causa caught on late this summer with the Washington (PA) Wild Things. The Things are a long-time Frontier League franchise with a name inspired by a long-time stupid movie (sorry, but you know this is true). When the Frontier League shut down operations, though, the Thingies joined with three other orphaned teams in something called the "Yinzer Baseball Confederacy," a one-year Brigadoon of a circuit that played all their games out of one park in the Pittsburgh area. I suppose it's about as fringy as professional ball can get, but playing for pay anywhere in 2020 was a triumph. Transactions, 7/10/2020 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Finally Retired And Joined University of Pittsburgh As A Volunteer Assistant Coach[/PTEXT][/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#00BF00]Catcher[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/519023.jpg[/fIMG][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Devin Mesoraco [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]6/19/88[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]MLB (2018)[/td90] Devin was a dope. Going to Syracuse in 2019 as the third option at catcher, waiting for a call to be #2 was hardly an undignified assignment when that call was almost certainly (and ultimately was) going to be coming in a matter of weeks. I'd give his agent shit for letting his client walk away with money on the table, but Devin's agent parlayed one All-Star season in 2014 into a terrific amount of money over the course of a contract that worked out terribly for Cincinnati, so he gets a pass.

His behavior is position-player-throwing-a-mopup-ninth from where I sit. As for his best work, I look at it as if his agent is Lionel Hutz saying, "Hey, he won a Cy Young in 2020, and that was kind of a season."

I was less overwhelmed than you, I think. I liked the real-world NYC they created more than the cosmic world. Also, and this may speak to my comprehension, some of the epiphanies, while rendered inspiringly, were ambiguous in meaning. I would have liked a little epilogue to find out how the stories of the two main characters continued.

=whippoorwill post_id=53098 time=1609525832 user_id=79]Lord god!