Edgy MD

Bill Price somehow thinks Barry Larkin vetoing his trade to the Mets diminishes him and therefore hopes he doesn't get into the Hall of Fame.

You're right. Everyone wasn't miserable. Most remained contemptuous of the owners.

I really turn the hearing aid off when folks start talking about big markets and small markets. The Mets had spent at the top of the league for over a decade and everyone was miserable.

... with an apparent gambling problem.

Don't know what Bettor.com is, but it describes itself as "The Social Betting Community for Sports Fans Who Like to Chat and Bet." It's also the host of this blog, which doesn't seem to be satirical, but for all useful purposes appears to be a report on the Mets as written up by a plant from the North Korean media, assuming the Mets were Kim Jong-Un's favorite team.

All true, and if his contract doesn't get renewed, he has little say in the matter. But the other side of that coin is that the owners (1) saw vast expansions of their revenues, and (2) haven't really actively sought a replacement.

The same night?

Caught Wells' perfect game.

French milquetoast accountant is on the verge of getting canned, and somehow holds onto his job by letting on that he's gay, making him interesting to all around and a political risk to fire. Daniel Auteuil is your milquetoast. Jean Rochefort is the CEO. G�rard Depardieu is the office bully emasculated by no longer being able to wipe his feet all over the office doormat. That's a lot of big shot French firepower!

Daily News saying Selig ain't retiring.

Reports today of Jorge Posada retiring.

His motion reminds me of Neil Allen's.

Great day fishing when the Mets caught Desi Relaford. Check out that Cede�onian career. YearTeamOPS+1996PHI221997PHI561998PHI651999PHI622000PHI/SD692001NYM1182002SEA922003KCR772004KCR562005COL58 Is the world full of suckers or what? The guy packs his bats one year in ten and it's for us. Probably scouted by Omar Minaya, too.

Sheesh, all this sense of a space shortage. There was room for Turner and Tejada last year. If they both perform, there'll be room for Turner and Cede�o in 2012.

Now there's two spots to clear up on the 40. Things could get bloody. Signed Away From PittsburghRemoved From Projected RosterInfielders =#0000FF]4 Ronny Cedeno DoB: 2/2/1983 =#FF8000]62 Jordany Valdespin DoB: 12/23/1984 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 =#FF8000]50 =#0000FF]Frank Francisco DoB:9/11/1979 =#0000FF]19 Danny Herrera DoB: 10/21/1984 =#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]26 Fernando Martinez DoB:10/10/1988 =#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 =#0000FF]77 D.J. Carrasco DoB: 4/12/1977 =#FF8000]64 Josh Stinson DoB: 3/14/1988 =#FF8000]1 =#0000FF]Wilmer Flores DoB:8/6/1991InfieldersOutfielders =#FF8000]12 =#0000FF]Reese Havens DoB:10/20/1986 =#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:3/17/1989Outfielders =#FF8000]11 Kirk Nieuwenhuis DoB:8/7/1987 =#FF8000]22 =#0000FF]Cesar Puello DoB:4/1/1991 Also in Camp Starting PitchersRelief Pitchers Catchers =#FF8000]36 =#0000FF]Garrett Olson DoB: 10/18/1983 =#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: 10/24/1984InfieldersOutfielders =#0000FF]15 Val Pascucci DoB: 11/17/1978 =#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]39 =#0000FF]Adam Loewen DoB: 4/9/1984Outfielders =#FF8000]44 =#0000FF]Vinny Rottino DoB: 4/7/1980 Free Agents Starting PitchersRelief Pitchers Catchers Outfielders =#0000FF]47 Miguel Batista DoB: 2/19/1971 =#0000FF]55 Chris Young DoB: 5/25/1979 =#0000FF]45 Jason Isringhausen DoB: 9/7/1972 =#0000FF]9 Ronny Paulino DoB: 4/21/1988 =#0000FF]22 Willie Harris DoB: 6/22/1978

Yeah, I don't know why youse guys think this effects Justin Turner at all at all. The job he looks to get was symbolically being held by Jordany Valdespin, and will be held by Valdespin in fact if the relative performances make an argument for it.

And in the manner of retired veterans of all kinds, he lamented the way the game had changed. "You don't have the veteran middle on the bench like you used to�teams today have really eliminated bench-type players. As a rookie I was lucky to be catching a veteran staff�I had Oral Hershiser, Jim Gott, who pitched for Philadelphia. Jim was really animated�I loved catching for that guy." Can anybody explain who or what he is talking about here? Is he decrying the lack of Lenny Harris on a big league roster? If anything has hurt major league benches, it's the DH first and bullpen creep second.

Last year's thread can be found here. Eventually, when like it's subjects, it drifts into retirement, it'll be archived among threads started in January 2011. We open this year with a Wall Street Journal examination of how Mike Piazza pees better than you drink.

RumBunter already missing their Ronny.

Started at short the last season for the fourth-place Buccos. I mean, they were fourth pretty much despite him, but still.

Not a big Ronny Cede�o Fan Club chapter here, i'm gathering.

Timothy Dolan signed by Cardinals.

Toby salutes Wilmer's VWL season.