Edgy MD

So yeah, as my description implies, but the marketing does not, this film opens with some pretty violent tsunami footage. All tsunami-weary folks may wish to steer clear.

We didn't get far either.

We also get the fantasy --- amid all the gripping realism ---of white dudes tough enough to hang in there in a sport dominated by men of color.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: How is it they keep making boxing movies... ? Because unlike MLB, Hollywood doesn't do mandatory steroid tests, and giving your top actors a chance to show off their 'roidy torsos by getting topless and sweaty and bloody is money in the bank.

There's certainly no point in MLS alienating them. They still have access to a park and ownership of a station. They're down; maybe they'll get back up. Maybe not, but... MLS has a ridicuously constrictive and probably illegal control on player salaries --- and therefore operating costs.

so for the Mets' faithful, who are preoccupied with worry that any day now we�I mean, they�will pull up to a traffic light and see team executives on the median, holding a cardboard sign: spare a FEW DOLLARS TO HELP SIGN A FREE AGENT? I'm not preoccupied as such.

I told you we shouldn't have roomed him with Perez.

Serious unlinkworthy douchemongery from John Harper as well.

You could program a Joel Sherman Column Generator and put him out of business with that shit.

He wasn't a Met for much of the last two seasons. A lot of things will come to pass before 2012. It's hard to see all the angles.

Ceetar wrote: Edgy DC wrote: This is kharmic payback. Left knee tendonitis was what the Mets (supposedly) made up to disable Oliver Perez and farm him out for a rehab assignment. This is fate saying, "You think left knee tendonitis is a joke? You think it's something to be played with?" That was patella tendinitis wasn't it? and they didn't make it up since MLB actually investigated the reports and confirmed them. And it's also supposedly what Chase Utley has. I did say "supposedly." It was a jokey post. The patella is part of the knee.

This is kharmic payback. Left knee tendonitis was what the Mets (supposedly) made up to disable Oliver Perez and farm him out for a rehab assignment. This is fate saying, "You think left knee tendonitis is a joke? You think it's something to be played with?"

A second straight day of good soreness has Carlos on the bench today.

"Oh, there's a big surprise. That's an incred... I think I'm gonna have a heart attack and die from not surprise!"

3 executives fired Major League Baseball has fired three executives as part of the restructuring that put Joe Torre in charge of baseball operations. The commissioner�s office said Monday that vice president of umpiring Mike Port, vice president of operations and administration Ed Burns and senior specialist of on-field operations Darryl Hamilton have been let go.

Ashie62 wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Ceetar wrote: Gwreck wrote: As you mentioned -- the stadium was a ghost town in September, even though tons of tickets had obviously been sold in advance. I think we can safely presume that those numbers will continue to fall (how far, I'm not sure) with each successive crappy season. Package (season/plan) sales will drop a certain amount for 2011 as compared to 2010, and perhaps farther if 2011 is not a successful season. grain of salt for the source (Craig Carton) But he was apparantly reading something that said the Mets got 80% renewals on season tickets. The question is then will new ticket plan buyers make up that 20%. I don't get the impression the Mets' problem is revenues, or even that there's an attainable figure that would "rescue" them. The issue is that they owe money all over town, man. Insanely positive "Ticket Revenue" will not provide enough cash to make a dent against Met debt. Maybe, but possibly selling off 33% of the franchise and some degree of success will. Success brings all sorts of added revenues, not least of which is better ad renues on SNY. And that will bring new confidence from other potential creditors, if needed. The game is still in the field.

The Montreal Gazette catches up with Mike Jorgenson.

There's still so much every one of us and every columnist doesn't know --- two huge factors being how much money the partial sale will bring in to help the corporation get their heads above water, and how much will Mario Cuomo take away from them to dunk them back down again. (Or conversely, potentially give them a favorable ruling, and unfreeze some of their funds.) That's what we should be watching out for and I think it's exciting. At least that first part is. New blood, a potential future senior partner, a functioning organization... the wild enthusisasm of David Wright... .

Attendance may fall, but such an eventuality is a bad bet to bank on. The 1979 Mets drew 788,905. Dead last in the league last year --- Florida --- drew nearly twice that.

I think they were more like $110-115 million.

"Two executives heavily involved in major league finances" have every reason to WANT the Mets to drop payroll to $70 million.

What did they do now?

Good article, but I feel like this is more like step five. He could have a nice little second career on the corner like Andre Dawson, but it's been the better part of two years lost here, and he's relying on the success of a hit-and-miss procedure.

I don't detest the Wilpons. And though I hate trades, as trades go, I don''t even hate fire sales. I mean, the players shouldn't actually sell at fire sale prices, but get gen-u-ine prospects. And if it comes to pass, it's generally assumed that the first guys on the block will be guys at the end of their contracts. Let's not fan hateflames. Even beyond that. I mean, can you imagine anybody rioting for dealing Francisco Rodriguez? Or even Jason Bay? Yeah, Wright, sure, but he's like the 10th concern. In the real world, you control costs of a star associate in your firm coming of age by making him a partner instead of paying him. Baseball outlaws this.

You folks got to include an option for half a star. You've just got to.