Edgy MD

Where did she sit?

I kinda thought the Mets would look to deal Turner. He's kinda redundant with Satin, but with enough big-league experience to make him more shoppable. Plus, if they had no particular loyalty to Pridie, what chance would his wedding guests have? They're pretty deep, organization-wise at second. They were much deeper, of course, before their best one had to move to short to replace Reyes.

If there's anything the Mets need, it's some good, solid, red-hot Junior action. The minute Young slips on his uniform, he'd be the fifth-best Junior in Mets history, with a pretty clear path to a rapid ascent to number one. Best Juniors in Mets History Junior Ortiz Sandy Alomar, Jr. Gary Matthews, Jr. Junior Noboa Lee May, Jr. Jim Burt, Jr. Gil Hodges, Jr. Er... Um... Yeah, about that... Although he didn't wear it on the uniform or baseball card or nuttin', Jos� Cardenal was a Jr. He'd probably be number two.

Part of the 50th anniversary festivities will apparently be the coronation of a new All-Time Mets Team. The wrinkle is that it's not happening on the field, despite it being in-season, but at a SNY sponsored event at the 92nd Street Y. Mat Cerrone says ticks are already sold. In case you're wondering, the Marlins won't be in town, but they have a day game in Tampa and the day off the next day, giving Reyes a chance to fly up after.

How disillusioning it would be to find out that TMZ sat on dirt like that.

Go, Rangers.

Lu�s Martinez, DFA'd by the Friars, drawing Metly interest. Contact hitter, decent eye, doubles power. Offensively, looks like a righthanded Thole to me. Defensively, named the Pads' system's top defensive catcher in their January 2011 rankings. Originally drafted by the Mets in 2005, but didn't sign. Old-timey look to him. 2010 Defensive Player of the Year, with a videographer Daddy. SA5GeqV6ti4

Jimmy Rollins reportedly re-signing with The City that Loves you Back.

ND Chavez, Baltimore Oriole.

why is it always Ottawa when that crack is made?

How appropriate that the highlight of this flick was a gigantic trainwreck? It wasn't enough to be a science fiction story, or a disaster movie, it also had to be a Romeo & Juliet story, and a story about the director's childhood, and a story about losing a parent, and a story about the late 70s, and an homage to Close Encounters, E.T. and Stand By Me, among others etc etc etc. Some Twister and Superbad action in there as well. J.J. is a funny dude. I'll say he makes a nice batch of candy. I like his casting. I like his cuts. I like his relationships. I like how he builds action. But afterwards, just like with Star Trek, I'm thinking, "Wow, there were some big dumb holes in that movie that just didn't have to be there." ___ Spoiler: Like, who drives head on into a train and survives to make a dying speech? Like, even after what you thought was surely a dying speech, he survives and gets taken into custody. Like, who gets drummed out of a military intelligence job with the biggest military secret on earth in his head and gets to live a life as a middle school bio teacher? And he actually knew more than any of the guys he walked away from. And a train, carrying that top secret project he was working on just happens to be passing through the outskirts of their town? C'mon. _________ Aside from that, as per Spielberg's signature films, the kids are all perfect. Prematurely tall kid and pyro kid were like Bad News Bears leftovers. Who didn't recognize pyro kid? The lead kid even looked like the girl from Jurassic Park. My wife instantly recognized lead girl as somehow related to Dakota Fanning. Creeps me out when she does that. I'm all "Who's Dakota Fanning?"

I know, right. I heard Cincy offered some Johnny Bench DNA to sweeten the deal. San Diego said thanks just the same.

Great. So we agree. A lot of folks have covered the story. Erin looks like Kristen Kelly. Sat next to me in homeroom every year.

What a soundtrack.

Nobody except Medgal, but then you add the Times and the Post, so he's really not a lone wolf at all. Daily News: Doing their own work, banging on doors at MLB to break their own findings about how concerned MLB is http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/mlb-banking-mets-woes-jump-control-wilpons-feel-financial-squeeze-article-1.991269 You don't know about Newsday, but they've done their tabloid-quality own work and called their own sources and found MLB's concern to be less dire than the News did. http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/mlb-ok-with-way-mets-handling-finances-1.3390173 So all the major area dailies have somebody making calls. National media? Adam Rubin is breathless at ESPN, tweeting every minor detail as he gets them. Barron's, of course, had Erin Avelund forecasting the demise of Wilpon's ownership years ago. Don't trust the big boys? Want to hear from the 99%? Amazin' Avenue has an comprehensive look at where the Mets money is and where it has gone, culled from many sources: http://www.amazinavenue.com/2011/12/11/2627933/an-in-depth-look-at-the-mets-finances Fangraphs build on that and Megdal and walked through the big question: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/are-the-wilpons-about-to-lose-the-mets/ This is one of the biggest stories in franchise history, and probably the biggest one outside of the white lines, but some people here would rather dismisss every negative thing written about the Mets owners, while instead writing 45 posts about Mike Nickeas' options or the Bisons' 3rd string third baseman. Yeah, I know. Some people, right?

The notion that Medgal is "one of the very few out there who are conducting comprehensive investigative reporting into the Mets financial crisis" doesn't hold water. The Mets and their money issues are everywhere.

Yeah, sheesh, Matt Yallof got all the jokes, but enough inside jokes already.

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While I don't hear as much harsh tone from the Mets as Lunchie does, I agree that the volume and character of the denials can be telling. Madoff called Erin Arvedlund "That idiot woman from Barrons" when she was among the first to sniff him out.

I guess we can combine that with "...and it just got that much harder to keep it in the park." But also, the Met dee was awful this season.

"You wouldn't understand."

But Chuck James is definitely on the table. Totally.

Chuck James, the answer to all problems, come on down. Cool note about James. He was originally missed by scouts because, when he wasn't pitching, he was a lefthanded catcher. Signed To Minor League Deal And Invited To Spring TrainingRelief Pitchers =#FF8000]44 =#0000FF]Chuck James DoB: 11/9/1981 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 =#FF8000]29 Ike Davis DoB: 3/22/1987 Infielders =#0000FF]28 Daniel Murphy DoB: 4/1/1985 =#0000FF]11 Ruben Tejada DoB: 10/27/1989 =#0000FF]2 Justin Turner DoB: 11/23/1984 =#FF8000]62 Jordany Valdespin DoB: 12/23/1984 =#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 =#FF8000]26 Fernando Martinez DoB: 10/10/1988 =#FF8000]11 =#0000FF]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 =#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]13 =#0000FF]Juan Lagares DoB:3/17/1989 =#FF8000]22 =#0000FF]Cesar Puello DoB:4/1/1991 Also in Camp Starting PitchersRelief Pitchers CatchersInfieldersOutfielders =#FF8000]36 =#0000FF]Garrett Olson DoB: 10/18/1983 =#FF8000]44 =#0000FF]Chuck James DoB: 11/9/1981 =#0000FF]22 =#0000FF]Lucas May DoB: 10/24/1984 =#0000FF]15 Val Pascucci DoB: 11/17/1978 =#FF8000]44 =#0000FF]Vinny Rottino DoB: 4/7/1980 Free Agents Starting PitchersRelief Pitchers Catchers =#0000FF]47 Miguel Batista DoB: 2/19/1971 =#0000FF]55 Chris Young DoB: 5/25/1979 =#0000FF]18 Ryota Igarashi DoB:5/28/1979 =#0000FF]45 Jason Isringhausen DoB: 9/7/1972 =#0000FF]9 Ronny Paulino DoB: 4/21/1988 Outfielders =#FF8000]23 Mike Baxter DoB: 12/7/1984 =#0000FF]12 Scott Hairston DoB: 5/25/1980 =#0000FF]22 Willie Harris DoB: 6/22/1978

HahnSolo wrote: Edgy DC wrote: OWilpon's deal was going to bite him in the ass, he got gold feet, tried to get the clause altered, and Einhorn walked. Fred could only wish. Ouch. And the C and G aren't even close.

Not satire, so much as fantasy.