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Clearly not an untalented player, but somewhere among the limits of that talent, his age, his injuries, and probably the ADD, he never got untracked. Now he's Angel's backup. I'm gonna call that trade a win for the Giants. OutfieldersSigned Away by San Francisco =#0000FF]56 Andr�s Torres DoB:1/26/1978 Your Projected Opening Day 2013 Mets (Orange Indicates Players Have Options) Starting Pitchers =#0000FF]43 R.A. Dickey DoB: 10/29/1974 =#0000FF]35 =#FF8000]Dillon Gee DoB: 4/28/1986 =#0000FF]33 =#FF8000]Matt Harvey DoB: 3/27/1989 =#0000FF]49 Jonathon Niese DoB: 10/27/1986 =#0000FF]57 Johan Santana DoB: 3/13/1979Relief Pitchers =#FF8000]40 =#0000FF]Greg Burke DoB: 9/21/1982 =#0000FF]73 =#FF8000]Robert Carson DoB: 1/23/1989 =#0000FF]66 =#FF8000]Josh Edgin DoB: 12/17/1986 =#0000FF]48 Frank Francisco DoB: 9/11/1979 =#0000FF]32 =#FF8000]Jenrry Mejia DoB: 10/11/1989Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders =#0000FF]39 Bobby Parnell DoB: 9/8/1984 =#0000FF]62 Elvin Ramirez DoB: 10/10/1987 =#FF8000]20 =#0000FF]Anthony Recker DoB: 2/13/1983 =#0000FF]30 Josh Thole DoB: 4/28/1986 =#0000FF]29 =#FF8000]Ike Davis DoB: 3/22/1987Infielders =#FF8000]18 =#0000FF]Brandon Hicks DoB: 9/14/1985 =#0000FF]28 Daniel Murphy DoB: 4/1/1985 =#0000FF]11 Ruben Tejada DoB: 10/27/1989 =#0000FF]2 Justin Turner DoB: 11/23/1984 =#0000FF]5 David Wright DoB: 12/20/1982Outfielders =#0000FF]23 =#FF8000]Mike Baxter DoB: 12/7/1984 =#0000FF]21 =#FF8000]Lucas Duda DoB: 2/3/1986 =#0000FF]76 =#FF8000]Juan Lagares DoB: 3/17/1989 =#0000FF]9 =#FF8000]Kirk Nieuwenhuis DoB: 8/7/1987 =#0000FF]1 =#FF8000]Jordany Valdespin DoB: 12/23/1987 Also on 40-Man Roster Starting Pitchers =#0000FF]27 =#FF8000]Jeurys Familia DoB: 10/10/1989 =#FF8000]76 =#FF8000]Gonzalez Germen DoB: 9/23/1987 =#FF8000]20 =#FF8000]Darin Gorski DoB: 10/6/1987 =#0000FF]53 =#FF8000]Jeremy Hefner DoB: 3/11/1981 =#0000FF]36 =#FF8000]Collin McHugh DoB: 6/19/1987Starting Pitchers Infielders =#FF8000]72 =#FF8000]Hansel Robles DoB: 8/13/1990 =#FF8000]45 =#FF8000]Zack Wheeler DoB: 5/30/1990 =#0000FF]71 =#FF8000]Wilmer Flores DoB: 8/6/1991 =#0000FF]74 =#FF8000]Reese Havens DoB: 10/20/1986 =#0000FF]65 =#FF8000]Zach Lutz DoB: 6/3/1986InfieldersOutfielders =#FF8000]79 =#FF8000]Wilfredo Tovar DoB: 8/11/1991 =#0000FF]67 =#FF8000]Cesar Puello DoB: 4/1/1991 Also in Camp Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders =#0000FF]40 Tim Byrdak DoB: 10/37/1978 =#FF8000]67 =#FF8000]Scott Rice DoB: 9/21/1981 =#FF8000]59 =#0000FF]Carlos Torres DoB: 10/22/1982 =#0000FF]4 Mike Nickeas DoB: 8/29/1983 =#FF8000]12 =#0000FF]Brian Bixler DoB: 10/22/1982Outfielders =#FF8000]55 =#FF8000]Jamie Hoffman DoB:8/20/1984 Free Agents Starting PitchersRelief Pitchers =#0000FF]34 Mike Pelfrey DoB: 1/14/1984 =#0000FF]55 Chris Young DoB: 5/25/1979 =#0000FF]46 Manny Acosta DoB: 5/1/1981 =#0000FF]45 =#FF8000]Justin Hampson DoB: 1/23/1989 =#0000FF]52 Ram�n Ram�rez DoB:8/31/1981Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders Outfielders =#0000FF]60 John Rauch DoB:9/27/1978 =#0000FF]6 Kelly Shoppach DoB: 4/29/1984 =#0000FF]13 Ronny Cede�o DoB: 2/2/1983 =#0000FF]12 Scott Hairston DoB: 5/25/1980 Coaching Staff ManagerBench CoachBatting CoachPitching CoachThird Base CoachFirst Base Coach =#0000FF]10 Terry Collins DoB: 5/27/1949 =#0000FF]7 Bob Geren DoB: 9/22/1959 =#0000FF]51 Dave Hudgens DoB: 12/5/1956 =#0000FF]59 Dan Warthan DoB: 12/1/1952 =#0000FF]18 Tim Teufel DoB: 7/7/1958 =#0000FF]26 Tom Goodwin DoB: 8/27/1968 Bullpen Coach Bullpen CatcherBatting Practice Pitcher Head Trainer Assistant Trainer Mascot =#0000FF]25 Ricky Bones DoB: 4/7/1969 =#0000FF]79 Dave Racaniello DoB: 10/15/1981 =#0000FF]78 Eric Langill DoB: 4/9/1979 =#BF8080].=#0000FF] Ray Ramirez =#BF8080]. =#BF8080].=#0000FF] Brian Chicklo =#BF8080]. =#BF8080].=#0000FF] Mr. Met =#BF8080].

Here you go. Use this instead of a scrabble bag. I got VNH: Very Negligible Hits: Total of a batter's hits that are tiny little bleeders that roll to a stop between the mound and the shortstop or are flares that drop in when the defense can't decide whose job it is got catch them. Sure, Jeter is hitting .311 this year, but his VNH rate is 28%! That's unsustainable!

FIP is more meaningful because of where it leads than what is. You accurately portray its flaws, but for over a century we've accepted ERA as the definitive measure of overall effectiveness by pitchers, despite its obvious flaws --- pretending all parks are equal, pretending all fielding is equal, pretending all runs belong to the pitcher who first allowed the runner on base, etc. We can and must do better, and FIP can help take us there.

Unfortunately, it rather does the opposite. [youtube:font4zgn]3zBnHCyrx6Q[/youtube:font4zgn]

That's great. But I'm not sure we're doing a distinctly better job talking about child sexual abuse.

I've seen them all done by bunnies. Does that count?

Yeah, just noting that. Not really demeriting them for it.

Point taken on navy. We have to work with what we got. I ain't praising navy. But rather that the deep saturated color in summer is best used as an accessory or detail. If it's that other globular, self-contradictory mess of words above, well... no. Handbags! Outside! NOW, you BITCH!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: That's a powdery pastel blue on virtually transparent cotton on an toddler. It's as much a tribute to white as it is to blue. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Still lighter than the Mets' royal And nonetheless, still more than a touch loud and pushy. Slam a blue hat on 'em and they become shrill. This chick is in a conservative navy, which is what you wear as a daytime alternative to those stupid east coast situations where black is the rule, but she still is overloud and her powdery white skin become necessary to chill the effect. What are you, a Yankee fan? LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Indoor eveningwear --- a different story.

Jaws wasn't the villian, so much as the henchman/assassin. It was a theme in the earlier films to include an oddall assassin with a fetish for death and often a cartoonish M.O.: Kronstein, Oddjob, TeeHee, and Bambi and Thumper, among others. Jaws was part of a proud (though goofy) tradition.

Vic Sage wrote: Dalton was strong, and looked the part, but had the sexuality of a bachelor uncle. he was a "Ken doll" Bond. That honker, though. It gets everywhere (and I know whereof I speak). The angular features come across as too diabolical and less cool. Looks more like the handsome villain in a fantasy (as he was in The Rocketeer and Hot Fuzz) than the handsome hero. I think the Broccolis (Broccolini?) were trying to get Brosnan at this point but he couldn't get out of his TV commitments, so by the time he did get the role, he had only so many miles left.

"You're an angry elf."

Living Daylights brings me two assocations: (1) Tmothy Dalton able to kick people in the head and swing down off of roofs in stealth gear, after a lifetime accepting that Bond may have solid hand-to-hand fighting skills, but he's a little creaky. (2) The final single to chart in the US (#113 with a bullet) from a-ha. [youtube:31a45etb]WzV4WGoyl4Q[/youtube:31a45etb]

(Ask a non-baseball-fan/non-purist with an eye.) I do! And I ask myself! The hat? Well, on a small article of clothing, contrast between brights distracts; this is all the more problematic when your alternate/complementary color is brighter. I would say it clashes, except orange and royal are perfectly complimentary colors. It's pretty obvious here, the orange-brimmed hat at best gets in your eye's way, and at worst draws your eye away from the logo. Something that's non-functional-- taking attention away from what you're trying to underscore-- epitomizes bad design, doesn't it? I'd say complimentary colors on alternate panels is a solid design basic. Your point that the brim distracts from the logo is not lost, however. It is, nonethess, a giant leap forward from black hat/blue brim with the orange and blue insignia. Baseball aside... white dress, blue hat: classic, adorable, fetching, looks great against any background --- but certainly a green one --- and catches both natural and artificial white light in a way that makes you celebrate creation. And let's not forget the calumnious tradition that has left solid color alternates traditionally worn on Sundays, when the brightness of daytime baseball would flatter the whites the best. Alternative, the blue dress and blue hat... a garish, obnoxious attention grab that works best indoors under the jaundiced miasma of artificial yellow. It's an outdoor summer sport, that looks best with an outdoor summer look, where bright saturated colors work best to accessorize. And I think the culture of the team is best served when they honor their basics, and introduce variety in the details, rather than the foundation.

Saw it. Had its moments, but not for me. Maybe a big screen would've done more for it. Covers a lot of the same material as Elf, I think, in that the main character is a misfit not because he doesn't drink the eggnog, but because he drinks it so thoroughly and enthusiastically.

It's also a cool R.E.D. I'd be curious to follow that list down --- see where Charlie Hayes, JIm Leyritz, and Robin Ventura rank. Rodriguez, amazingly, is second all-time in games played at third for the Yankees. Yet somehow, he's still trying to culturally establish himself there. It's like one of those TV shows you watch and it doesn't really make sense, you shrug, and assume it won't last long. Yet year after year, you switch through the dial and it's still there. Alex Rodriguez = The Facts of Life, Alf, and Small Wonder rolled into one.

That's a funny last line. Reads like a shakedown.

By connotations, I mean emotional and aesthetic associations. Probably not the best choice of words.

Well, I didn't say hello. So NYAH!

Where do I lose you?

Speaking for myself, because solid color jerseys and solid color hats (with or without contrasting colors) have different connotations, and play differently against the green and tan field on which the players cavort.

Four years ago the Feds slapped the cuffs on Bernie Madoff.

And Deadspin hacks out a rip piece just for the occasion. Happy holidays.

I was thinking 26 million plus one million each for (a) 20 starts, ( 30 starts, and © making the all star team. That may give him more risk than the Mets, so you can also add a fourth bonus mill for placing top five in the Cy Young voting.