Edgy MD

5. Supporting Actress: ... Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids" ... 9. Original Screenplay: ... Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, "Bridesmaids" ... Whoah, how about a hand for the movie that most divided the Crane Pool electorate? Surprised to see only nine Best Picture nominees? How about two best song nominees?

No points.

That gets him out of my league. Hard to think he won't be a Yankee DH before that contract is up.

Can't find him on the Braves roster, but I did find that Jorge Sosa is kicking some ass in the Dominican Winter League.

We did have Everett and Ochoa platooning in right for a bit. And Everett and Huskey. It's not like they all didn't get plenty of PT under both Valentine and Green. The Johnson love distorts things a little. The Mets won the championship not with Mitchell at shortstop --- he appeared there for 24 games and a total of 151 innings. The starter (139 games and 1044 innings) was Rafael Santana, who didn't get his batting average over .200 until August 25, and who had an OPS+ of 52.

Is Astro scooting there?

Doug Flynnigan, and I loved him for it.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=hernan001joh A shame to see "Unknown" with regard to what arm he threw with. Ask Keith!

That's nine degrees of awesome. I think of Dave Schneck as elusive. I also always figured a Met that would make himself scarce would be Mac Scarce.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Edgy DC wrote: G-Fafif wrote: I've always thought the Astros name stopped making sense once they retro'd their logo and moved into a ballpark that paid homage to a 1911 train station. Still, name-changing is a serious leap. I thought that too, but then I kind of got this steampunk vibe that the team suggested a notion of the leap to space as a natural extension of the rail revolution. I wouldn't give them credit for that. Seemed like McLane was Wilpon-like in his deafness to the history of the club he owned. Oh, sure, largely accidental perhaps, but a vibe nonetheless.

To say nothing of Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. Suck it, haters. Go, Team Edward!

G-Fafif wrote: I've always thought the Astros name stopped making sense once they retro'd their logo and moved into a ballpark that paid homage to a 1911 train station. Still, name-changing is a serious leap. I thought that too, but then I kind of got this steampunk vibe that the team suggested a notion of the leap to space as a natural extension of the rail revolution.

Dave Hudgens shows off his VWL championship ring.

It would be a pretty powerful symbol of the death of America's ambition for space exploration.

Fascinating. Kyle Williams is Kenny Williams' son.

In my world, the sets start coming out shortly after the season starts, with runs proportionate to a player's time on the roster.

Yeah, a lot of the talk that Moneyball is obsolete because everybody has read it and everybody is looking for on-base guys misses the point in that the idea is to look for any assets undervalued by the marketplace. And some of those Sandy and his team seem to try to zero in on are guys a year removed from surgery and guys who wore at their welcome at another home after a failed PED test. Maybe guys who got thrown overboard for lying or some other signing scandal, but are still talented, are guys Sandy has a file on. Still the DSL at 21 is a man pitching to boys.

Rob Castellano of Amazin' Avenue ranks numbers 41-50 on their way to a comprehensive top 50..

Well played, Huntsman.

So, am I correctly understanding that you are Lou C.?

He did. But no, I don't think so. He wanted actual cash money this year, not the chump change the Mets paid him 2011. But he limped across the finish line, so I'm not sure anybody's gonna open the checkbook, or see mcuh more in him than the Mets saw last February.

Three free agents remain. And the Mets have two spots to potentially fill this offseason ---one of them being the spot of the guy they lost today. Rumors returning to Rick Ankiel. Ankiel sorta replaced Harris in Washington. Signed Away By Cincinnati And Invited To CampOutfielders =#0000FF]22 Willie Harris DoB: 6/22/1978 Your Projected 2012 Mets (Orange Indicates Players Have Options) Starting Pitchers =#0000FF]43 R.A. Dickey DoB: 10/29/1974 =#FF8000]35 Dillon Gee DoB: 4/28/1986 =#0000FF]49 Jonathon Niese DoB: 10/27/1986 =#0000FF]34 Mike Pelfrey DoB: 1/14/1984 =#0000FF]57 Johan Santana DoB: 3/13/1979Relief Pitchers =#0000FF]46 Manny Acosta DoB: 5/1/1981 =#0000FF]40 Tim Byrdak DoB: 10/31/1973 =#0000FF]77 D.J. Carrasco DoB: 4/12/1977 =#FF8000]50 =#0000FF]Frank Francisco DoB:9/11/1979 =#0000FF]39 Bobby Parnell DoB: 9/8/1984Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders =#FF8000]52 =#0000FF]Ram�n Ram�rez DoB:8/31/1981 =#FF8000]60 =#0000FF]John Rauch DoB:9/27/1978 =#FF8000]13 Mike Nickeas DoB: 2/13/1983 =#0000FF]30 Josh Thole DoB: 4/28/1986 =#0000FF]4 Ronny Cedeno DoB: 2/2/1983 Infielders =#FF8000]29 Ike Davis DoB: 3/22/1987 =#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: 12/20/1982 Outfielders =#0000FF]44 Jason Bay DoB: 9/20/1978 =#FF8000]21 Lucas Duda DoB: 2/3/1986 =#0000FF]12 Scott Hairston DoB: 5/25/1980 =#FF8000]11 Kirk Nieuwenhuis DoB:8/7/1987 =#FF8000]56 =#0000FF]Andr�s Torres DoB:1/26/1978 Also on 40-Man Roster Starting Pitchers =#FF8000]50 =#0000FF]Robert Carson DoB:1/23/1989 =#FF8000]46 =#0000FF]Jeurys Familia DoB:10/10/1989 =#FF8000]47 =#0000FF]Jeremy Hefner DoB:3/11/1981 =#FF8000]32 Jennry Mejia DoB: 10/11/1989 =#FF8000]66 Armando Rodriguez DoB: 1/28/1988Starting PitchersRelief Pitchers Infielders =#FF8000]63 Chris Schwinden DoB: 9/22/1986 =#FF8000]27 Pedro Beato DoB: 10/27/1986 =#FF8000]64 Josh Stinson DoB: 3/14/1988 =#FF8000]1 =#0000FF]Wilmer Flores DoB:8/6/1991 =#FF8000]12 =#0000FF]Reese Havens DoB:10/20/1986InfieldersOutfielders =#FF8000]65 Zach Lutz DoB: 6/3/1986 =#FF8000]3 Josh Satin DoB: 12/23/1984 =#FF8000]62 Jordany Valdespin DoB: 12/23/1984 =#FF8000]13 =#0000FF]Juan Lagares DoB:3/17/1989 =#FF8000]22 =#0000FF]Cesar Puello DoB:4/1/1991 Also in Camp Starting PitchersRelief Pitchers =#0000FF]47 Miguel Batista DoB: 2/19/1971 =#FF8000]49 Matt Harvey DoB: 3/27/1989 =#FF8000]36 =#0000FF]Garrett Olson DoB: 10/18/1983 =#FF8000]53 =#0000FF]Fernando Cabrera DoB: 11/16/1981 =#0000FF]19 Danny Herrera DoB: 10/21/1984Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders =#FF8000]44 =#0000FF]Chuck James DoB: 11/9/1981 =#FF8000]74 =#0000FF]Jeff Stevens DoB: 9/5/1983 =#0000FF]33 =#0000FF]Rob Johnson DoB: 7/22/1982 =#0000FF]22 =#0000FF]Lucas May DoB: 10/24/1984 =#0000FF]15 Val Pascucci DoB: 11/17/1978InfieldersOutfielders =#FF8000]6 =#0000FF]Omar Quintanilla DoB: 10/24/1981 =#FF8000]77 Corey Wimberly DoB: 10/26/1983 =#FF8000]23 Mike Baxter DoB: 12/7/1984 =#FF8000]16 Matt den Dekker DoB: 8/10/1987 =#FF8000]39 =#0000FF]Adam Loewen DoB: 4/9/1984Outfielders =#FF8000]44 =#0000FF]Vinny Rottino DoB: 4/7/1980 Free Agents Starting PitchersRelief Pitchers Catchers =#0000FF]55 Chris Young DoB: 5/25/1979 =#0000FF]45 Jason Isringhausen DoB: 9/7/1972 =#0000FF]9 Ronny Paulino DoB: 4/21/1988

It must be a real Woodstock moment for the Met Hunters of the world to see Choo Choo doing his first ever card shows. (That's two more than I've ever been to.) The pickoff anecdote holds up.

Provided the versatility a short contemporary MLB bench needs, though, even if he wasn't much of a threat as our lefty bat off the bench.

Chooch.