Edgy MD

I got called away to a meeting (grrr...) and didn't realize my post was submitted looking like gobbledygook.

OK, everybody take a paper, a TV station, a radio station, or an online outlet and post the contact information: I'll start. New York Post: Greg Gallo / Dick Klayman: sports@nypost.com It may be easiest to initially get publicity from startup sportsnews websites.

But no, it starts ramming itself down our throats in late July and by September, it's jumped offsides and into the valuable media space that should by rights be maintained 24/7/365 by baseball. Well, the "365" is kind of a contradiction.But Go, Greg, Go. I hate the NFL 24/7/365. Well, I guess I liked it when that Jets receiver decided to use his visiibility to call attention to molested children, but I hate so very much about the NFL, the list would just go on.

He gets to be a real Yankee after he dies, like Maris, so the awards will eventually end up in Yankee possession.

PlayerYearsDaysAlex Rodriguez27249Jimmie Foxx27328Ken Griffey Jr.28143Andruw Jones28145Mel Ott28171Eddie Mathews28186Mickey Mantle28257 What you probably heard was that he was the youngest Brave to accomplish the feat.

Jimmy Foxx is one of the most under-appreciated great players. He shares George Brett's curse of being alnost an exact contemporary of perhaps the greatest player to ever play his position.

Bonds, of course. There's just too much that can go wrong between 300 and 756.

....IP ....220 ....192 1/3 ....200 1/3 Gotta go with Carpenter.

Steve Trachsel's Legacy

Not giving us what we need from a leftfielder should not reflect so on a guy's character --- particularly an injured guy. What I did for the purposes of this thread is treat the PotG rankings as if they were our consensus rankings and work with those against our win totals. After Piazza, the highest ranked active player was Steve Trachsel, but he hadn't earned enough 2005 points to move any as of the time of my ranking. He may be done as a Met after this season, but he has a chance to use September to bump up a slot or two from his current ranking as the 51st-most accomplished Met. He is currently the 14th-most accomplished Met starting pitcher, but ulikely to reach 13 this season.

Yeah, I, um, meant that.

Piazza has gone from tenth to fifth, and there he shall likely stay until displaced, as a canyon-like gulf stands betwen himself and number-four. It would take two more healthy and productive seasons for him to climb any further. David Wright and Jose Reyes have already cracked the top 100, at 98 and 100, respectively, after starting the season at 167 and 165, respectively.

The general populace --- despite the Simple Minds tribute --- barely remembers Cleon. He was beaten by McReynolds in the Neyer book about all-time teams. He was beaten by a two-centerfielder squad with Mookie and Dykstra in the fan vote a few years back. This opens up the can of worms about what longevity is worth, but Crane Pool Forum rankers settled on Cleon Jones ninth all-time and Kevin McReynolds 18th. Going strictly by the accomplishments as a left fielder, it's probably closer than that, because Jones put in a lot more time at other positions.

As of today, Cliff is the 58th most accomplished Met of all time, Crane Pool-style. He is 84 points behind Bret Saberhagen (57) and 28 ahead of Jack Fisher (59). There is a big gap between Saberhagen and Turk Wendell (56) and Floyd projects to land in that gap and finish the season behind the Turkster as ALL-TIME MET 57. Go, Cliff, go!

She's your baby. You name her.

Perspective on invective from Gotham Baseball.

On Ragsdale, strikeouts is also a narrow measure on offense, as errors are on defense.His whiff rate is tremendous (Jose Hernandez territory), but the guy has 47 extra-base hits this season also.I think we need to get a better understanding of what draft picks are --- they're all very small parts of the greater game of prospect development, and focusing on one so critically and so abusively is as pointless as focusing on the lack of returns of a single chip in a night at the gaming tables.It's fun to follow the men as we do in the prospect update forum, but none of them alone --- even first rounders --- necessarily represent any broad successful or failed organizational philosophy.The Mets have a second-round draft pick fropm 2001 who didn't hit over .200 until last year. Ooh, bad. But they also have a 6'4" shortstop who draws raves for his defensive ability from outside the organization, who is now hitting fifth for Binghamton, and at 22 is showing the progress that rewards a team that is able to dig beyond the obvious numbers.YearAgeTeamGAVGOBPSLGOPS200118Kingsport23.141.253.282.535200118Total23.141.253.282.535200219Columbia37.177.262.210.472200219Brooklyn66.183.277.259.536200219Total103.181.268.241.509200320Capital City105.180.297.259.556200320Total105.180.297.259.556200421St. Lucie124.219.303.337.640200421Norfolk6.250.286.300.586200421Total130.220.303.336.638200522St. Lucie68.260.347.487.834200522Binghamton56.226.305.384.689200522Total124.246.330.445.775Still has a long way to go, but it looks like the Mets are being somewhat rewarded for refusing to do what you demanded they do --- cut him loose and cut their losses. Why should I forget? I like the Mets.

They've come up with a whole bunch of defensive statistics since.Tell it to Corey Ragsdale, man.

Nobody voted Cammy. I think he was our PotM for June, no?

"Neither" wins.Come forward and collect your melted ice cream if you said "Neither."

Great standards.Also --- and this is hard now that posts aren't numbered --- a featured archive could feature a debut by a future award-winning contributor. That sort of falls under "Crane Pool Culture," though.

Somebody joined just to participate in our last Parody Challenge, and then quit upon elimination. I assumed that was GoT under an assumed name.

I think it comes down to the plank.You can go to town go without a hook, an eyepatch, a skull and crossbones, or even a map with an X, but if there's no plankwalking scene, it isn't a pirate movie.

I'm starting to understand that Greg is "Faith" and Jace is "Fear."

Never saw it.But the green light for that, or for Bad Girls, or for Geronimo: An American Legend did not come in a void.