Edgy MD
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You want intrigue, here's your intrigue: Ken Rosenthal (citing multiple sources): Mets made higher offer to Balfour than Tampa. Mike Puma (quoting a Mets source): Mets made lesser offer to Balfour than Tampa. Adam Rubin (citing an "ultra-reliable" Mets source [you gonna take that, Puma?!]): Mets made the same offer to Balfour Tampa made. That's DRAMA! wtf? Is Rubin like well, I can't say they bid higher, and I can't say they bid lower, hmm.... and then he kinda mocks the contradictory reports. I don't know where you're finding ambiguity. Rubin asserts what he asserts pretty clearly. I know you dislike the dude, but I'm not sure at all what you're reading.
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And perhaps indeed write to WOR, who likely would have less than no clue.
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You want intrigue, here's your intrigue: Ken Rosenthal (citing multiple sources): Mets made higher offer to Balfour than Tampa. Mike Puma (quoting a Mets source): Mets made lesser offer to Balfour than Tampa. Adam Rubin (citing an "ultra-reliable" Mets source [you gonna take that, Puma?!]): Mets made the same offer to Balfour Tampa made. That's DRAMA!
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Broken link fixed, but you ain't missing much. The writer is... some guy.
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Stupid, ridiculous hyperbolic headline of the day: New York Mets Failure to Land Grant Balfour Exposes Huge Problem
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I always forget that Tekulve isn't dead. I never conflated him and Quisenberry during their careers. But when one died, my mind somehow buried both.
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Gwreck would be devastated, not disappointed.
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I would guess that, like Gary Carter in the Mets cap, there's just too much Chicago-based money available to allow yourself to be represented as a Brave in perpetuity. Hey, remember when Roger Clemens said that he would refuse to show up to his own HoF induction ceremony if he had anything other than a Yankee logo on his plaque?
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Maddux? Strange.
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Wilpon's interference can be gleaned from the bits of breakfast cereal spotted around the radio booth.
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Revenues factoring into payroll does not mean payroll drives ticket prices.
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Mets ticket prices haven't really crept up in recent years, but inched down, as demand has diminished.
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Traded for Jerry Blevins, signed Nate McClouth, traded for Doug Fister(!), replaced Davey Johnson with Matt Williams, and hope for full healthy seasons from their two prodigies.
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Listing I saw said they were at 66-1, after being at 75-1 at the start of the offseason.
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See you at Hooters.
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Moving to Norfolk. Firing Joe Maddon after uncovering some unseemly behavior. Signed some Cuban supastar. Started a regional sports network and/or signed a cooperative deal with Sheffield Wednesday or something corporate.
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Certainly don't want to be married to your bullpen extras. Know what would be a classy gesture? For him to legally change his name to "Ardsma" before he retires, and so restore alphabetic supremacy to Hank Aaron.
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Also, has any Met ever had a shorter run as closer. Fired after one day!
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I liked him. I like guys who are just passing through, bounce between the bigs and AAA, have passed through a waiver or two, but don't give a shit about decorum, and speak and carry themselves and demand respect like big leaguers, even if the back of their baseball card says, "Well, sometimes."
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David Aardsma, first man in baseball history alphabetically � if not chronologically and sadly, not qualitatively � is now an Indian (a minor-tribe Indian, anyhow). Pause now and recall him as he was.
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Juan Lagares has been named "Top Dominican Rookie", according to a panel of Dominican sportswriters. Juan is the first Met to receive the honor. Or the eighth. I'm not sure.
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: Okay. HLR isn't a stat. But isn't calling a reliever an HLR kind of like calling a batter a clutch hitter? No, because it designates how and when he's used, rather than how he effectively performs. It's more like calling a batter a pinch hitter.
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Ash going back to 1984 for Woody's redemption. Vic Sage wrote: But i thought we HAD stopped, pretty much. Sounds to me like a meaningful handful of youse COULDN'T HELP YOURSELVES.
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The Royals are an interesting test case --- no big ticket items, but a lot of guys between $3 million and $13 million. A willingness unusual for teams in their position to spend $4 million on supporting players instead of finding a rookie or a pre-arbitration guy that may be just as good but isn't as field-proven. Usually I think that's a poor use of money, unless you have it burn, but we'll see.
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Wouldn't it be grate if the language that evolved (or devolved) from "stopper" to "closer" started evolving further, moving the zeitgeist from "closer" to "high-leverage reliever," and then actual usage started reflecting the changing language? Wouldn't it be great if the Mets were ahead of the curve in that department?
