Edgy MD

And maybe Jon Knees for the Mets.

This would definitely help the Yanks get younger. For Chippers part, a season or a season and a half at YSIII would get him to 500 homers, pronto.

Clearly that's mostly pinched material from Vic, but he could have stretched that out all season.

"NUMBNUTS!" --- The New York Post, where it's all about dignity, dignity, dignity.

Ceetar wrote: Edgy MD wrote: The problem is that when you complain that he media is treating you unfairly, however true that may be, they smell blood and really go after you. Sure. But we don't have to buy what the media is selling. Because we have more access to information these days. I don't but Met fans in general (hell, fans of all teams) don't have a great history of resisting a media campaign to nail a player to the wall. I'll lay all the money in my wallet that he gets the opening day boobirds working.

The problem is that when you complain that he media is treating you unfairly, however true that may be, they smell blood and really go after you.

When Lucas Duda gets hit in the groin with a pitch, he just winces briefly, glares at the pitcher, and screams, "HARDER!"

That's some late-dealing. Makes the Kelly Shoppach deal look positively proleptical.

Well, that kills my thread.

Carried over from the thread devoted to Jordany's bozac: metirish wrote: Centerfield wrote: How awesome would it be if Lucas Duda could actually be that guy. Surly, redneck monster power hitter. Drives a pickup truck with horns on it. Listens to Metallica. The kind of guy that advocates for gun control, not because he is against hunting but because he believes animals should be killed with your bare hands. Lucas Duda arrested for disorderly conduct. Lucas Duda charges mound. Lucas Duda destroys 150k camera after a cameraman wanders too close after a tough game. I want Lucas Duda to throw someone through a plate glass window because he asks him if he's "related to Zip-a-Dee". And of course, hit .295, mash 48 HR's and drive in 140. that's hilarious....unfortunately he's Jim Thome except the 48 home runs. I propose start a campaign. If we root for and promote him like he's an intense, surly, remorseless mofo, perhaps he'll become one. I heard Lucas leaves two complementary tickets reserved for ever game --- for "Fuck" and "You."

Well, you're kind of cherry picking the downside. Last year was his most recent, and therefore is naturally given greatest weight. In 89 games last year, he got the job done. In 22 games the year before, he did the job as well, earning a 116 OPS+ over the two years. That may not guarantee him a job, but it certainly puts a guy in the front of the line. Putting his health on the line in a big spot and coming up big sure earns a guy his manager's benefit of the doubt, also.

There are certain guys that have a role that's so career defining that either they continue to gravitate toward that character later in their careers, or the audience (or myself, anyhow), can't help but see that character filtering through their subsequent portrayals. I thought of this the other day when I watched The Accidental Tourist, how William Hurt in later films continued to squint puzzledly at other characters as if they were aliens from other worlds, mumbling confused responses in hurried attempts to disengage. We're talking about Dustin Hoffman in another thread. Since Tootsie, he occasionally seems to gravitate toward Michael/Dorothy, and in Stranger than Fiction, for instance, he seems to be responding with that nasally cruel sacchariness, delivering bad news to Harold with his twitchy Tootsie half smile.

Today would have been Doc Ellis's 68th birthday. I had forgotten that the Mets sold Doc back to his old Bucco team with less than two weeks to go in 1979 (on September 21). Somehow, he cleared waivers and got into three games, starting one, with the "Family" Pirates. Although he was effective, the Bucs lost all three of those games, but he can perhaps be credited with helping the team in his own way, taking a handful of innings down the stretch so the Tekulves and Bibbys could be used more effectively in other winning efforts. Wonder if he got a ring or a post-season share. Only other team transaction I can remember happening that late was with Frank Tanana, traded on September 17, 1993 by the Mets (for Kenny Greer) to a Yankees team barely hanging on in the pennant race but out of pitching. Tanana obliged by pitching well but not well enough to get his team off the hook, going 1-2 with a 3.20 ERA in three starts, and then retiring. Greer, of course, would go on to win three MVPs for the Mets before having his number 35 permanently retired the day he hung up his cleats. Any other deals you remember happening that late?

Works best as a narrative. 11:22 AM - Mar 11, 2013 Mike Puma ?@NYPost_Mets Valdespin drilled in groin area by 94 mph heater. 11:23 AM - Mar 11, 2013 Mike Puma ?@NYPost_Mets May have hit Valdespin square in the boys. 11:25 AM - Mar 11, 2013 Mike Puma ?@NYPost_Mets Bixler running for Valdespin. Will get an update soon. 11:37 AM - Mar 11, 2013 Mike Puma ?@NYPost_Mets I know Collins warned Valdespin two weeks ago that he was going to get drilled if he kept hotdogging. 11:49 AM - Mar 11, 2013 Mike Puma ?@NYPost_Mets Valdespin says he is OK ... Asked where he got hit: "My dick," Valdespin said. 12:32 AM - Mar 11, 2013 Mike Puma ?@NYPost_Mets Valdespin: "Everything is good, working good, normally, everything is great.� (Wow, he tested everything really fast.) 12:57 AM - Mar 11, 2013 Mike Puma ?@NYPost_Mets Verlander on drilling Valdespin: "Right out of the hand it�s like, �Oh, sh--. That is right at his balls. � " That Mike Puma is not afraid to stick to his style guide on Twitter.

Detached Baltimore man grieving for his murdered child grows more detached, gets abandoned by his iced-over wife, and moves back into his childhood home with his defeated adult siblings before taking up with a woman a class or two below his stratus. It's a comedy, really. We spent part of our lovely day Saturday visiting locations from the film and then re-watching. (Coincidentally enough, one of those locations is our video store.) In reviewing our micro-adventures with friends, it turns out that most folks we know, and nobody under 37 or so, knows this film, nor the excellent novel that the film was loyally adapted from. (Native Baltamorans, even!)

I figured he'd be a grandson. EVEN THOUGH YOUR DAD'S PLAYING CAREER ENDED IN 1982, EIGHT YEARS BEFORE YOU WERE BORN, WHAT WAS IT LIKE GROWING UP IN A BASEBALL HOUSEHOLD? It was fantastic. I got a chance to meet Ken Griffey Jr., his father, Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez ... so many celebrities. He's still involved with (baseball) to this day. He thinks he's 18 years old.

There isn't enough ice in the world.

Bradley Randle, son of Lenny and UNLV Rebel halfback. Skipping his senior year to enter the NFL draft.

It would help if he did a great job.

I think she's switching beats mid-spring. What I've seen her doing on the Yankee side has been pretty solid, I think.

Aspirational: Bond, Casanova, Jedi, Legacy, Popeye, Rogue, Elite Nirvana fans: Cobain Altered names: Devid, Donathan, Villem, Xenon, Zaniel Religious: Exodus, Savior Dad picked this: Espn, Burger, Ball Just plain weird: Cello, Drifter, Four, Goodluck, Google, Haven'T, Hippo, HToo, Pate Well, "Goodluck" is the first name of Nigeria's president. Once a name gets attached to a president, it's in the zeitgeist and it's not going away any time soon.

6/8/1887 Louisville at Baltimore (AA) � In the third inning, Hub Collins tripled and sprained his leg. Chicken Wolf took his place on the base and scored on a hit by Pete Browning." Wolf then hit in his own spot in the batting order, immediately after Browning, and flew out to RF. At the beginning of the fourth, there was controversy as to who would replace Collins. Louisville's manager Kick Kelly wanted to substitute Guy Hecker, thus giving Louisville a potential fresh pitching arm, but Baltimore captain Oyster Burns protested this move and as a result, Lave Cross was placed in RF and Wolf moved to left. It's like we don't care about names anymore.

Well, yeah, that's why the opponent manager has to agree, and why (if it's still on the books), it hasn't been used in decades. If there's a sniff of a competitive advantage, the opposing manager has to walk away.

The rule, I believe, is still available to major league managers during actual games. Hasn't happened in over sixty years, though, so maybe not. http://retrosheet.org/courtesy.htm