Edgy MD

Yabbut, at 63, and as restless as he always seems to be, I wonder if he has the patience for the long game.

Maybe not. He sure seemed spent by the end, and laid bare to the point where you wouldn't want to be the next GM looking foolish by getting caught up in his orbit, looking like you bought into his BS. But I wouldn't put it past him to do something crazy like manage Italy or Colombia or Sierra Leone or somebody into the finals of the World Baseball Classic.

Took me a few clicks to figure out if the leg on the right was his or hers.

I'd say it's a 50/50 call as to whether Turner has shoes on. #soxwannabe

That wedding took place right after Hahn's team joined with a village of resourceful ewoks to take out the shield generator protecting the new Death Star.

Cherington had some big boots to fill and has done an amazing job. Seriously I look at that roster and go wow, they won the World Series. After last year's finish and the big trade-off of last summer, lots of folks were underwhelmed with their roster and picked them to finish at or near the bottom of the AL East. And while Cherrington et al have to get the credit for the results, anytime a team leads most of the season and winds up as the last one standing it means a helluva lot went right for them. You don't want to dismiss it as luck but good teams are usually good AND they're lucky. Every one of the starting eight--starting ten really since they platooned in LF and at 3B--missed little or no time. Including: - Napoli, whose 3-year deal was canceled when he failed his physical. They settled instead on a one-year deal for smaller bucks and he both played every day and adapted to 1B well. When injured deals like that don't work out (Moises Alou) the GM is derided as stupid. - Peroia never missed a game. - Drew at SS was another guy available because of past injuries. This year he got 500 PAs - For 2008-2010 Papi (at age 32-34) averaged .257/.356/.498 -- So the Sox signed the 35 y/o to an extension and he goes .311/.401/.571 for 2011-2013 at ages 35, 36 & 37 It's easy to say deals like that are no-brainers after they work but supposing those years were the beginning of the end rather than a temporary lull? - Ellsbury was on the field for twice as many ABs this season compared to last - Iglesies was an all-glove SS hitting .202 in the minors when he was called up, he then hit .330/.376/.409 in Boston while filling in at two positions before getting dealt for Jake Peavy - Four starters made 27 or more starts including Lackey who had missed all of 2012, Only Buchholz among the regulars missed significant time (he made 16 starts) - And the only place where they were really injured bit was in the pen where their 38 y/o fourth choice turned out to be the best closer in MLB once he got the job. The mother of all "Do what the Sox do" articles from Kevin Kernan. Kevin Kernan�s column at the New York Post today is a treat. It praises the Red Sox� approach and basically says �the Yankees and Mets need to do what the Red Sox just did if they want to win the World Series.� Which, yes, I will agree 100% that if the Yankees and Mets want to win the World Series they SHOULD do what the Sox just did: they should win four World Series games before their World Series opponents do. That�s really the only way to do it. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/04/what-the-red-sox-just-did-yeah-do-that/

Fascinating.

Bazooka Joe, coming home!

I'm glad for that.

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Edgy MD wrote: With all respect, Words used inevitably by someone who is about to be disrespectful. Edgy MD wrote: Not to be old-guy (who am I kidding?), but the carefully stylized rebelliously affected look as he approaches just makes it all cheaper to me. Perhaps it's less to do with your age and more to do with your innate cynicism about anything that is meaningful to other peopel You've really got to stop that nonsense and try talking to people online like they're human beings. The guy approached the line to make a solemn presentation like he was a goofy drunk. He was in the midst of a celebration, and that's hard to mix with solemnity but can make for a symbolically awkward image. That's actually how I feel because I care, not because of " innate cynicism about anything that is meaningful to other peopel." Fucking hell, what did I do to deserve THAT?

Some guys remain Met property if they're removed from the roster, so long a they clear waivers. Other guys don't.

With all respect, that's sort of weird way to approach a somber moment. Not to be old-guy (who am I kidding?), but the carefully stylized rebelliously affected look as he approaches just makes it all cheaper to me.

Theamtically, I like and agree with this very much. Outcomes are very humbling, but Bill James' team nonetheless has won three times this decade. But outcomes remain very humbling. But the author doesn't really get to her thesis, leaving it implied until maybe paragraph 16. I'm still not sure what it is.

Interesting that everybody fleeing the coop is a pitcher. Gives them a chance for a reset, I guess, and a chance for rookies to push against veterans for spots. But they're probably going to have to sign at least one guaranteed vet to a multi-year deal, if only relatively modestly so.

Most notable absence: Cesar Puello. Name I never heard of: Champ Stuart. (Fastest baserunner.) Long way to go to get out of the Appy League, but he would be the first Bahamian Met.

Here's BA plotzing over the guy. Here's some counterpoint.

All about the scouting reports. Stats totally aren't there yet. But he played in the Appy League at 17, which is totally the sort of thing we saw in the Tony Bernazard era. Amazin' Avenue has looked closely at him: http://www.amazinavenue.com/2013/10/15/4766296/new-york-mets-position-prospects-amed-rosario-scouting-report

Baseball America's Met Top Ten 1. Noah Syndergaard, RHP 2. Travis d�Arnaud, C 3. Rafael Montero, RHP 4. Dominic Smith, 1B 5. Kevin Plawecki, C 6. Wilmer Flores, IF 7. Amed Rosario, SS 8. Brandon Nimmo, CF 9. Gavin Cecchini, SS 10. Jacob deGrom, RHP Wheeler graduates, along with Lagares and Satin. Perhaps the most interesting are Smith, Nimmo, and Cecchini, representing the three high school position players taken with the top picks in three Mets drafts of the Alderson era. These guys can redeem or sink DePodesta. Smith has landed with the sort of debut that has thus far eluded Nimmo and Cecchini.

Full disclosure. Our new VP for marketing was in the marketing department of MLB for 10 years, so maybe I can take him out for a beer and get him to dish about whether MLB viewd their market position as precariously as the doomsayers seem to, or about what's next for them, marketing wise.

Other things I like in the abstract, but don't really like personally: [list:1x7c7ot5][*:1x7c7ot5]C.B. Bucknor[/*:m:1x7c7ot5] [*:1x7c7ot5]Billy Martin[/*:m:1x7c7ot5] [*:1x7c7ot5]Tricolor Expos hats[/*:m:1x7c7ot5][/list:u:1x7c7ot5]

Has nobody seen anything else besides Grav? Anything? How 'bout that porn addict movie?

Looks like a different layday to me. Bigger conk, from where I sit.

Very clever, Lexy. But you can't outwit the Bucket.

Melissa?

Ceetar wrote: New Met Kyle Johnson has a wifey (or gf? who knows) Susan Wilson(susanwilson01 on TwitteR) Sears Tower off-days The book she's reading, The Package Deal What happened to Kyle Johnson? Meanwhile, big week for marginal Mets. Josh Satin, Kirk NIeuwenhuis, and (SOB!!) Anthony Recker all getting wedded this week.