Edgy MD

Probably a good idea to start keeping our eyes open for her successor, no? No way she comes back.

Dawson, Sandberg, Murray, Puckett, Gwynn, Rice, Gossage, Alomar, Sutter, Perez ... All are contemporary (at least somewhat contemporary) Hall-of-Famers that Tim Raines had a better career than. The list probably isn't finished, either.

I think that's part of how Duda is misunderstood and under appreciated. He goes the other way plenty.

Only the second catcher (after Bench) elected on the first ballot. Yogi Berra wtf?

... Ivan Rodriguez (announced in Spanish!)!

... Tim "Torrential" Raines!

Jeff Bagwell ... ! ... and ...

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Chris, use your inside voice. That IS his inside voice. And you're telling me people listen to that? Voluntarily? And somehow maintain their mental stability? It explains Trump, I guess.

Chris, use your inside voice.

Montréalaise favorite memory of Tim Raines is his comeback game against the Mets in 1987, after being forced to sit out the first month of the season due to collusion. Also, Expo hats were multi-colored on the inside, too. Jonah Keri, author of a book about the Expos titled Up, Up, & Away: “I watched it on TV. It was May 2, 1987 and 1986 was the offseason when owners colluded against the players and Raines and (Andre) Dawson both got hosed. Dawson goes to the Cubs, Raines goes back to the Expos, and there’s an obscure rule that’s triggered because he signed so late that he has to sit out the first month of the season. He’s not even allowed to train with the team, so he has to go to a local high school team (in Florida) to work out — obviously not the best way to prepare for a major-league season. I’ve asked Raines about this on a number of occasions and he said he was terrified. In batting practice, he said he couldn’t hit the ball out of the cage, he kept fouling balls off. He was so nervous … more nervous than for his major-league debut, more nervous than for any other game in his career. Raines comes around third base (after hitting his grand slam) and you see the guys in the dugout bowing to him. It was just an incredible thing. One of the great moments in Expos history.”

Frayed Knot wrote: Phils signing Michael Saunders this week and the Jays re-signing Joey Bats just shrunk the market a bit more. That's one way to look at it. The other way to look at it is that the pool of outfielders to choose from just shrunk for the buyers.

Two prospects is exactly what they paid for him, and that was before his stock fell with a highly soggy finish. Desperation is a bad look. Markets change. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe in spring. Maybe in April.

I'm certain that poverty isn't keeping them from signing a minor league catcher.

Still to possibly come: [list:ow2u1qh9][*:ow2u1qh9]one major league infielder[/*:m:ow2u1qh9] [*:ow2u1qh9]one minor league infielder[/*:m:ow2u1qh9] [*:ow2u1qh9]one minor league catcher[/*:m:ow2u1qh9] [*:ow2u1qh9]one minor league infielder[/*:m:ow2u1qh9] [*:ow2u1qh9]one major league outfielder[/*:m:ow2u1qh9] [*:ow2u1qh9]one minor league outfielder.[/*:m:ow2u1qh9][/list:u:ow2u1qh9] With any luck, two of those come into the organization in any potential outfielder deal. I'm OK, with what they've got, but if and when Bruce leaves, I hope that they bring some de Azanian figure into the fold as fifth outfielder and pinch hitter. I don't think I want that role to fall to Nimmo or Tajeiron. I suppose Kelly is a candidate, but probably not an ideal first choice.

And if you're in Biloxi, say hi to Barry Lyons. Barry, seen earlier in the forerunners to this thread as a minor league manager, minor league broadcaster, and a Hurricane Katrina survivor, has been named team ambassador for the Biloxi Shuckers.

Everybody send your congratulations to Dillon Gee, who has signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers. Dillon grew up in nearby Cleburne, TX, only 53 minutes from Arlington and, if that doesn't work out, two hours and 15 minutes from Round Rock.

Baseball allows for therapeutic exceptions on adderall, I think. Am I wrong?

That's pretty dogged journalism right there.

Joining Jenrry Mejia and possibly Jeurys Familia on the Not Allowed to Play List this season will be Mets minor leaguer Gary Cornish, a 2016 draft pick who threw 25 innings of relief for Brooklyn this season, effective to the tune of a 2.16 ERA. Gary draws a 50-game suspension after testing positive for amphetamines. [fimg=400:3h7yzwrm]http://www.dailyrepublic.com/files/2016/09/5B3MinorLeagues2color40p-656x1024.jpg[/fimg:3h7yzwrm] He appears to have still been on the Brooklyn Roster, which suggests he was suspended as a Cyclone, and therefore won't begin serving his sentence until the beginning of Brooklyn's season.

FX totally bogarts the mic from Howie on this one, where Rey's creative defensive inspiration is matched only by Al Leiter's comical defensive indifference. [youtube:2knxaqhr]DGU0LJrqQEs[/youtube:2knxaqhr] You watch this stuff enough, the incidental details start to shine through, like the bad fielders who make the good fielders look spectacular.

It's more typically teams that hold grudges over that sort of thing. If you want $9 million and the team is offering $7 million, and rather than settling, you insist on taking it to a hearing, when you win, the team tends to look at that extra million or so as the sum that broke the budget, and totally messed up the organization's accounting all through the summer — especially when the hearings come so late in the offseason. Steinbrenner spent years bitter at Rick Cerone for winning an arbitration hearing. He was welcome back to the fold, of course, after an extended penance in exile from the Yankee organization. The dollar amount of the Cerone's victory, of course, would be laughable by today's standards.

Three hits. No runs. And here's why! Love it! Actually I remembered the other day that it was Rey's birthday but figured the rest of you guys would throw me out if I mentioned it Thanks Edgy Sheesh, no way, coo. Gilkey seems 65-70 feet away and still spikes the ball 3/4 of the way to Ordóñez. He made up for it by hitting a homer later in the game. The Mets came back from a 6-0 hole. THAT'S the way you do opening day!

cooby wrote: Three hits. No runs. And here's why! Love it! Actually I remembered the other day that it was Rey's birthday but figured the rest of you guys would throw me out if I mentioned it Thanks Edgy Jeez, no way.

As Rey Ordóñez' 46th birthday was marked a few days ago, some footage from his big league debut (in particular, his peg from left field) has proliferated in the Metweb. What I had hardly considered, or perhaps had considered and forgotten, was what a terrible throw that was from Bernard Gilkey that preceded it. Was Gilk always this bad with the arm? [youtube:1sdboh4l]7rEGl6n2cvA[/youtube:1sdboh4l]