Edgy MD

A case of the good stuff.

Such fucking great news.

I mean my birth. But in truth, I trace my awareness to my birth. My literacy also. My handwriting, sadly, has never improved.

It strikes me that Musial may be one of the last great players whose entire career came in the pre-Edgy era. Hang in there, Yogi.

Yup. Part of me thinks his jokes are his way of provoking the element apparently bordering on jumping ship/having a stroke/exploding to go ahead and do it. Call their humorless bluffs anyhow.

Of all the noise in that contest, top number three in the second photo is a sweet appalachian fiddle line. Funny how everybody is #39. Is that historically the number folks use for prototypes?

"There's been a lot of talk about our OF. I want fans to know I'm in serious discussions with several OFs I met on the internet." --- Sandy Alderson

The things I like about it are the numbers on the thigh and... that's it.

Damn, I owe him a congratulatory video.

Welcome aboard. Hope you visit back.

Well, if the inning sequence depicted there isn't "right out of his ass," then I don't know what. What kind of idiot would write in a bases-empty-intentional-walk when down by one in the ninth? What kind of lousy Mets fan must Lucy Liu be if she didn't flag it?

Players from the steroid era will certainly make (and indeed, have made) it into the Hall of Fame via the writers' ballot.

SteveJRogers wrote: Edgy MD wrote: It's odd. You think "Who was the greatest manager of my lifetime?" and many of the names that come up --- Weaver, Whitey Herzog, Davey Johnson, Bobby Cox --- were guys that won one and only one championship. Do you want to give Earl an "honorary" title for 1983? No. My point was largely about how (1) the World Series winner doesn't necessarily give you the best team, and (2) great managing doesn't necessarily result in successful teams. Earl's best years came in the midst of the rise three of baseball's great teams --- the Swinging A's, the Red Machine, and the Battlin' Bombers, plus some damn good Dodger and Red Sox and Phillie teams, but I'd take Weaver over Williams, Anderson, and Martin (and Zimmer and LaSorda, and Green), probably without even thinking too long on the issue. (I'd think long and hard about Herzog, though.)

Nymr83 wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Even though he's now dead, I'd still be willing to replace Terry Collins with him. He does a nice job of ripping bunting as a strategy in his book, before "bunting is dumb" was widely accepted (by everyone but mets management) I'd be willing to bet this isn't close to true. The Mets were right at the league average of 64 successful sacrifice hits last year. This number may not be exactly indicative of where they stand in terms of general usage --- as one would have to account for bunting opportunities and unsuccessful bunts --- but it certainly is enough for me to think they do not, in fact, stand apart from the league as far as their attitude toward bunting.

It's odd. You think "Who was the greatest manager of my lifetime?" and many of the names that come up --- Weaver, Whitey Herzog, Davey Johnson, Bobby Cox --- were guys that won one and only one championship.

You don't have to be the world's greatest detective to see that (1) no manager in baseball down by one in the ninth with the bases empty and one out intentionally walks a batter. Not unless the batter is Carlos Beltran and the next three hitters are Jon Niese, Bobby Parnell, Francisco Rodriguez, and Elmer Dessens. And there're are no available pinch hitters remaining. Even Mike Pelfrey has been burned, somehow. (2) The screen seems to switch from a night game to day. (3) Games don't tend to end at the time one goes to dinner. Night games end at 11ish, at which time to you can get dinner in New York, but you're generally not picking each other up at that hour if you're going for a late meal, but coming from a late shift at work or an early night at the club or maybe the theater. Day games end at four, which is right out as a dinner time unless you're of a certain age and catching the retirees early special at Bob Evans. Daytime doubleheaders wrap around 7:30 or so, but during baseball season it wouldn't be so very dark at that hour (though we've already established that the creative team has no clue what time of year it is). It can only be the end of a day-night double header game two and it's 9:15 or so. (4) That ain't Gary Cohen. And that's without freezing and enhancing. It's elementary.

He's probably a better player than we saw last year. However much he outperforms or doesn't outperform his 2012 self, he's the most experienced knuckleball catcher in baseball. And as much as that experience came by luck, having a rare skill set has a value. How surprising that the Jays wanted Nickeas also.

So, Landon Powell. Seems like a legit option. Passes the all-important better-than-Nickeas test, too. Let's review. Switch hits. Turns 31 during spring training. Comes from the Athletics system, so the brass knows him well. Was South Carolina Gamecock, which makes him somehow a spiritual brother (or descendant!) of Mookie Wilson. Boras used him to try to subvert the draft in 2003, as he (apparently deliberately) neglected to inform MLB that Powell was available, making him a free agent when he went undrafted. Of course nobody pursued him as free agent. Of course they did. Lousy colluders. First rounder and 24th overall pick by the A's under Wilhem Beane. Tore an ACL in the minors and the setback put Kurt Suzuki ahead of him. Eventually reached the bigs as Suzuki's backup. Has OPS'd around .780 in the minors, and .612 in 406 plate appearances in the bigs. Seems to hit righties harder than lefties. That's fine with me. Caught Dallas Braden's perfect game. Wife named Allyson. Son's name is Holden. Here he is standing next to Aly and holdin' Holden.

Denard Span living down his temptation to join the Sandy Hook Truthers.

Sounds like a slur targeting Asian Africans.

Marlins and Indians said to be competing with the Mets in the retread marketplace, pursuing wayward gyroballer Daisuke Matsuzaka for the joy of the minor league deal, according to the always reliable Gen Sueyoshi of yakyubaka.com http://nesn.com/2013/01/report-daisuke-matsuzaka-deciding-between-indians-marlins-mets/

Phillies resign Bastardo, their only arbitrant. Yes, I coined that word just now.

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Long Beach will get their boardwalk back, but until then they have something else rare and beautiful --- blue Mets caps without the orange dots.

What's with the "Little Boy" bullshit? I was just asking for clarity. It's part of a conversation. Please don't be unpleasant.