Edgy MD

It's an awesome thing. The dude has the wiry and supple body of a teenager, the world-weary face of a sixty year old, and the heavy-lidded detachment of deadly martial arts master. So... minor league deal, yes? No?

Looks like Quintanilla is boomeranging back to the Mets. Not sure if it's a major- or minor-league deal.

Megdal still writes that they're going to hell. In worse shape than they were before the trial, he says. I think they'll be owners until they ain't. And the game in which that plays out isn't nearly as fun.

Yeah, sometimes I feel like Chass is really savvy about keeping his profile up with provocative nonsense, and the joke is all on me, feeding him more page hits than he can handle.

Can you rank those? OE: Hey, wait. I know you saw Safety Not Guaranteed.

I don't know how anybody gets such a high bullshit-per-word ratio into one entire essay. He threatens (but makes no commitments) to turn in his voting privileges. Somewhere at the Hall of Fame, somebody is saying, "Holy shit! Murray Chass still has voting privileges?!"

murraychassholyshitmurraychass!

Usually things are just getting interesting when Dave Kingman's name comes up. But that's where Marty Noble loses me. Does he lose you?

I'm not actually considering signing Wright to be signing a free agent. I'm considering the signing of a free agents as a single measure of off-season progress to be shortsighted.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Oh, and since Harold Baines came very close to 3,000 hits, I'd have to say that that total should not make anyone automatic for the Hall. 3,000 hits and 500 homers are not what they once were. Yeah, but Craig Biggio did achieve 3,000 hits; plus 1,100 walks, 290 homers; and 400 steals (at a 77% success rate). He was hit by 285 pitches, leading the league five times and ultimately coming within two of turn-of-the-century Hughie Jennings' all-time leading number. In 12,504 plate appearances, he somehow grounded into only 150 double plays. And while Harold Baines played left field or no place through his career, Biggio played catcher, second, and center. Biggio is what you want in the Hall of Fame. It's almost like he's being doubly penalized for playing in the steroids era and not hitting enough homers.

Would re-signing Rauch count? Because part of me thinks extending Wright was sort of a coup in the same sense that signing a free agent was, and while the 2013 Mets technically remain free agent virgins, let's not over-equate that with success.

I went to a multiplex last weekend to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Turkey, and walking around the lobby, virtually every poster and cardboard cutout features somebody pointing a big sexy gun at me. At least three of the previews shown before Bilbo and Thorin go to Erebor were set amidst an apocalyptic scenario. You see a film in the wake of Sandy Hook, you can't avoid it.

SteveJRogers wrote: Edgy MD wrote: They don't actually care about baseball, and have no idea who this Biggio guy from Hooston is? You say that snarkily, but I respond, okay, then how did Paul Molitor get in on his first ballot? Did the writers get dumber in general knowledge in the nearly 10 years since Molitor first appeared on the ballot? I don't really mean it snarkily. But yes, it's possible the writers got dumber since 2004, or more stubborn, or less grave about their responsiblity. Molitor also played on a World Series winner at the end of his career, giving him a nice showcase, along with a nice career finish. Biggio was carried by his team mostly the last few years. By the time he got to the World Series, he was a shadow of his better days, he didn't perform well, and his team got swept. So I don't think Molitor is that analogous, profile-wise.

They don't actually care about baseball, and have no idea who this Biggio guy from Hooston is?

You're calling him out as if he did anything wrong. He didn't.

Also projecting an empty class. Valadius' nightmare is coming to pass.

Dwight Evans had damn near twice the career that Mattingly had. His Hall of Fame candidacy was met with little more than a shrug.

Edgy MD wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: It's not that the Marlins wouldn't want Flores, the question is which other 3-5 players/prospects they're going to want in addition to Flores before they agree to let go of Stanton. My question with Ashie is different. The issue with assuming D'Arnaud comes north out of spring training is that he has to demonstrate that he's recovered. Let's not forget that we bought us a wounded warrior. He hasn't played since June.

Frayed Knot wrote: It's not that the Marlins wouldn't want Flores, the question is which other 3-5 players/prospects they're going to want in addition to Flores before they agree to let go of Stanton. My question with Ashie is different.

At another level, it's awesome. Let them all go out to California and dig for fool's gold. We'll sell the jeans.

What I saw, in order of goodness: Moonrise Kingdom Safety Not Guaranteed John Carter Brave Battleship The Amazing Spider-man The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey The Avengers Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Trouble with the Curve * * * Plus: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Ruby Sparks Basically, I didn't see anything all that wonderful. The best new film I saw was on the plane coming back from Africa, but it was a French film that didn't get a stateside release. What I missed, in alphabetical order: [Rec] 3: Genesis 10 Years 17 Girls 21 Jump Street 30 Beats 4:44 Last Day on Earth 5 Broken Cameras 6 Month Rule A Cat in Paris A Little Bit of Heaven A Royal Affair A Thousand Words About Cherry Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Act of Valor Addicted to Fame Albatross Alex Cross All In: the Poker Movie All In: the Poker Movie American Reunion Americano Amour Anna Karenina Any Day Now Arbitrage Argo ATM Attenberg Bachelorette Backwards Bad Ass Bangkok Revenge Barfi! Battlefield America Beauty and the Beast 3D Being Flynn Bel Ami Beloved Bernie Beware of Mr. Baker Big Miracle Blue Like Jazz Brake Branded Bringing Up Bobby Bully Butter California Solo Casa De Mi Padre Celeste and Jesse Forever Chasing Mavericks Chernobyl Diaries Chicken with Plums Chico & Rita Chimpanzee Chronicle Cirque Du Soleil Worlds Away Cloud Atlas Comes a Bright Day Comic-Con: Episode IV: a Fan's Hope Compliance Contraband Coriolanus Cosmopolis Damsels in Distress Dark Horse Dark Shadows Dark Tide Darling Companion Deadfall Detachment Detention Detropia Diana Vreeland: the Eye Has to Travel Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Django Unchained Don't Go in the Woods Dr. Seuss' the Lorax Dragon Dredd Ek Tha Tiger Elena Elena End of Watch Excuse Me for Living Extraterrestrial Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Farewell, My Queen Finding Nemo 3D First Position Flight Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Footnote For a Good Time, Call... For Ellen For Greater Glory For the Love of Money Francine Frankenweenie Freelancers Fun Size Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Girl Model Gone Good Deeds Goodbye First Love Goon Grassroots Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Haywire Headhunters Hecho En Mexico Hello I Must Be Going Here Here Comes the Boom Hermano Hick High School Hit and Run Hit So Hard Hitchcock Holy Motors Hope Springs Hotel Transylvania House at the End of the Street How to Grow a Band How to Survive a Plague Hyde Park on Hudson Hysteria Ice Age: Continental Drift In Darkness Intruders Jack Reacher Jeff, Who Lives at Home Jesus Henry Christ Jiro Dreams of Sushi Journey 2: the Mysterious Island Joyful Noise Katy Perry: Part of Me Keep the Lights On Keyhole Kill List Killer Joe Killing Them Softly Kumare L!fe Happens Last Call at the Oasis Last Ounce of Courage Lawless Les Miserables Liberal Arts Life of Pi Lincoln Little Birds Little White Lies Lockout LOL Lola Versus Looper (They made a film about Braden Looper?) Loosies Love Birds Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Madea's Witness Protection Magic Mike Man on a Ledge Marley Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God MIB 3 Middle of Nowhere Mirror Mirror Miss Bala Monsieur Lazhar Monsters, Inc. 3D Musical Chairs My Uncle Rafael Nate & Margaret Not Born to Be Gladiators Not Fade Away October Baby On the Road Once Upon a Time in Anatolia One for the Money Paranormal Activity 4 ParaNorman Parental Guidance Patagonia Rising Peace, Love & Misunderstanding People Like Us Perfect Sense Piranha 3DD Pitch Perfect Playback Playing for Keeps Polisse Post Mortem Premium Rush Price Check Project X Prometheus Promised Land Pusher Rampart Red Dawn Red Hook Summer Red Lights Red Tails Resident Evil: Retribution Return Rise of the Guardians Robot & Frank Rock of Ages Ruby Sparks Rust & Bone Safe Safe House Samsara Savages Seattle Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Seeking Justice Serving Up Richard Seven Psychopaths Side by Side Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Silent House Silent Night Sing Your Song Sinister Skyfall Sleepwalk with Me Smashed Snow White and the Huntsman Solomon Kane Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Something from Nothing: the Art of Rap Sound of My Voice Sparkle Star Wars: Episode I - the Phantom Menace 3D Step Up 4 Stolen Surviving Proress Take This Waltz Taken 2 Talaash Ted Teddy Bear That's My Boy The Ambassador The Apparition The Assault The Awakening The Barrens The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel The Bourne Legacy The Cabin in the Woods The Campaign The Central Park Five The Cold Light of Day The Collection The Cup The Dark Knight Rises The Day The Deep Blue Sea The Devil Inside The Dictator The Divide The Do-deca-pentathlon The Expendables 2 The Eye of the Storm The Fitzgerald Family Christmas The Five Year Engagement The Flowers of War The Good Doctor The Grey The Guild Trip The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey The Hole The Hunger Games The Hunter The Inbetweeners The Innkeepers The Invisible War The Iron Lady The Island President The Lady The Lion of Judah The Loneliest Planet The Lucky One The Man with the Iron Fists The Master The Moth Diaries The Odd Life of Timothy Green The Oogieloves in the BIG Balloon Adventure The Other Dream Team The Paperboy The Perfect Family The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Pirates! Band of Misfits The Possession The Queen of Versailles The Raid: Redemption The Raven The Runway The Samaritan The Sessions The Silver Linings Playbook The Tall Man The Three Stooges The Tortured The Trouble with Bliss The Turin Horse The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 The Vow The Waiting Room The Watch The Wicker Tree The Woman in Black The Woman in the Fifth The Words Thin Ice Think Like a Man This Is Forty This Means War This Must Be the Place Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie Titanic 3D To Rome with Love To the Arctic 3D Total Recall Touchback Toys in the Attic Trishna Turn Me On, Dammit! Twixt Unconditional Undefeated Underworld: Awakening Union Square Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning Virginia W.E. Wanderlust War of the Buttons We Have a Pope We Need to Talk About Kevin West of Memphis What to Expect When You're Expecting Why Stop Now Woman Thou Art Loosed!: on the 7th Day Won't Back Down Wrath of the Titans Wreck-It Ralph Wuthering Heights You May Not Kiss the Bride Your Sister's Sister Zero Dark Thirty

Dude, Madea's Witness Protection?

Maybe it would take much of what Sandy has gathered to get Stanton, but we're just talking about Flores here. He's developing toward something in some respects and not in others, and he's falling from the rankings he's had earlier in his career. I'm not arguing to trade him, but if another team sees more in him than the Mets see, I don't see how he's different from anybody else.

Yadier --- padding his assist totals like a chump.

Fascinating profile from the New York Times, catching up with Sammy as the trial finally occurs for the man who apparently killed his father. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/sports/baseball/sam-khalifa-briefly-a-rising-star-forever-a-mourning-son.html?ref=sports&_r=0 Mets in the narrative include Jay Bell, Bobby Bonilla, and a good picture of the younger hard-ass Terry Collins.