Edgy MD

Ah! Good thinking. You smelled a clue where I wasn't actually dropping one. Sorry to mislead.

Much love to Rick White, born in Springfield, a little over 45 miles outside of Columbus. You tried, Rick!!

Chad ochoseis wrote: Columbus WE HAVE A WINNER! The rapidly growing capital of Ohio is now the 14th-largest city in America. A population of 913,921 is something to brag about, except nobody born there has ever played for the Mets. It's almost like there's a law that all Ohioan Mets must have launched from Zanesville. What Columbus can (and, I'm sure, does) brag about is former Mets coach and manager Frank Howard, born in Columbus, graduating South High School in Columbus, and going on to matriculate at Ohio State University in Columbus. Frank is about as Columbian as they come. Oddly, in our recent review of what history we really want to celebrate, the City of Columbus has taken down their statue of Christopher Columbus, and discontinued their Columbus Day celebrations, but still, oddly enough, persist in calling themselves Columbus, which is, you know, whatever. But maybe they can put up a statue of The Capital Punisher instead. THE TOP 20 MOST POPULOUS CITIES IN AMERICA AND THE METS THAT MADE THEM 1) New York City, New York (14 Mets, including Ed Kranepool) 2) Los Angeles, California (22 Mets, including Darryl Strawberry) 3) Chicago, Illinois (9 Mets, including Cliff Floyd) 4) Houston, Texas (9 Mets, including Steve Henderson) 5) Phoenix, Arizona (3 Mets, including Gary Gentry) 6) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (5 Mets, including Tom Filer) 7) San Antonio, Texas (3 Mets, including Jerry Grote) 8) San Diego, California (14 Mets, including Kevin Mitchell) 9) Dallas, Texas (8 Mets, including Ty Kelly) 10) Austin, Texas (4 Mets, including Ken Boswell) 11) San Jose, California (1 Met, that Met being Trevor Hildenberger) 12) Fort Worth, Texas (4 Mets, including Scott Hairston) 13) Jacksonville, Florida (7 Mets, including Daniel Murphy) 14) Columbus, Ohio (NO METS!!) 15) Charlotte, North Carolina (1 Met, that Met being Jack Reinheimer) 16) Indianapolis, Indiana (4 Mets, including Tim Bogar) 17) San Francisco, California (10 Mets, including Keith Hernandez) 18) Seattle, Washington (4 Mets, including John Olerud) 19) Denver, Colorado (1 Met, that Met being David Peterson) 20) Washington, District of Columbia (1 Met, that Met being Craig Anderson) A grass-roots movement located entirely within my bedroom has sprung up, lobbying the Mets to correct this historical oversight, and recruit a proud Columbian. One of the targets we are looking at is Caleb Ferguson, a 2018–2020 Dodger who missed 2021 following his second Tommy John surgery. Caleb's only 25, so who knows?

Willets Point wrote: San Antonio I like the thinking here — a city that has become particularly large in the last generation or two. So while it may not have produced Mets in the past, future Mets are being born there now. But the flip side is that San Antonio is in Texas ... and Texas makes LOTS of ballplayers. And Jerry Grote, among others, was one of the ones made in San Antonio. The city we're looking at is smaller than San Antonio.

The ciudad that we're looking for is (supposedly) 14th in total population. Boston is currently listed at 21st, and St. Louis at 69th.

This city has a larger population than St. Louis, enjoying a strong 15.5% growth rate, while STL has one of the lowest growth rates in the country, at -7.66%. St. Louis has also produce a good share of Mets — most notably, Yogi Berra.

What is the largest U.S. city (by population) that has yet to spawn a Met? HINT: While no Mets player has been born in this city, they have produced a coach and manager. [FIMG=600]https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1480714378408-67cf0d13bc1b?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8MXx8Y2l0eXNjYXBlfGVufDB8fDB8fA%3D%3D&w=1000&q=80[/FIMG]

No major leaguers born on my birthday.

Most likely to be fraternal twins separated at birth: Whitehurst and Saberhagen.

For my money, The Bronx Zoo is still his master stroke. Maybe that it's just hard to go wrong with an contemporaneous insider account of such a distinctive subject in such a distinctive period.

Yeah, Amazin' had some a few useful additions to the record and a whole lot of weird sloppy mistakes — enough, in fact, to make you doubt the credibility of those few useful additions. [fimg=450]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81zxt-CWiQL.jpg[/fimg] I tend to think of Golenbock as about 100 years old these days. I'm sure I'm off by a few, but he's been offering Yankee chronicles since the mid-1970s.

Valentine went from the Dodgers to the Angels in a big old six-player deal in which the principals were Robinson and Andy Messersmith. Nothing signals the end of your run as a highly valued prospect so much as your original organization using you as a throw-in in a trade that's really about somebody else.

A laurel, and hardy handshake.

Damn, you so should've written this fuck. Wait, did he have two girlfriends at once, or did he have two girlfriends at once?

That's … some kind of promo shot they're using for Jeff.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: No one has quite come out and demanded an answer for how to get the red off Jeff McNiel's ass, or how Dom Smith can regain his game Awkwardly, participation in the festivities apparently included the condition that nobody mention any active players, as dictated by MLB's lockout policies. One reporter did make a passing reference to "a certain $130 million pitcher," but all appeared to comply.

Catching up on some guys from around the A+ level who were shed as the season progressed. Transactions, 6/13/2021 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90]Released[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#FFC2C2] Outfielder[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/w_180,g_auto,c_fill/v1/people/683554/headshot/milb/current[/fimg][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Gerson Molina [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cuba-flag.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]3/13/96[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]A+ (2021)[/td90] You hate to see Cuban players not succeed, because they come with interesting stories. This guy had been a pro as a teenager, but the time he missed first trying to legally qualify to play, and then during the lockdown, really compromised his chance to develop. He showed some modest promise in his 2019 Sally League debut, but really came up empty this season with Brooklyn Transactions, 8/1/2021 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90]Released[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#FFC2C5] Outfielder[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/kleszcz-cole-2021.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Cole Kleszcz [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]6/16/97[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]A+ (2021)[/td90] Cole had a tough name to pronounce, but a solid name for a high-end sunglasses brand. As has been the case for a while, too many of the guys failing to progress to the upper levels with the Mets have been outfielders. Cole had cool hair, but like Gerson above, really took it on the chin after the Covidian year off. Transactions, 8/2/2021 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90]Released[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Anthony Walters [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]7/31/00[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]A+ (2021)[/td90] It's a little painful to see this guy disappear after only 44 pro games. He was a third round draft choice in 2020, but GMs tend to feel no great need to protect the assets of their predecessors. It'd certainly be worthwhile to circle back with Brodie Van Wagenen and find out what he saw in this guy. Having hit .228 with one homer in his college career, I can only guess that his glove looked like magic. After going .156 / .303 / .229 // .532 as a pro, it's hard to imagine how great a defender would have to be to carry those numbers. But again, only 44 games. Transactions, 8/26/2021 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90]Released[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/titus-jimmy-2021.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Jimmy Titus [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]1/25/98[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]A+ (2021)[/td90] Titus had a very good debut with the Dodgers, and the Mets reached out and traded for him in one of their more-common-of-late minor league moves to shore up their system. He's from Stafford, CT, and now goes back there to contemplate what's next.

Hi, Billy. Edgy MD from Crane Pool Media here. At first I thought I was looking at an odd recessed lighting pattern. But now I'm not so sure. What's up with your ceiling? [FIMG=700]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/screen-shot-2021-12-21-at-2.35.06-pm.png[/FIMG]

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"Buck, you got hired during a lockout. Did you discuss during the interview process that the team you get asked to manage may be made of non-union replacement players? Have you put any thought into what you would do if that were the case?" Ms. Showalter is a really good nodder.

Good points above on the manageriest figures. But there are other candidates queuing up. Charlie Manuel wants you to know this is the major leagues. If you want somebody to hold your hand, go back to Paducah. [fimg=600]https://www.philliesacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/usa_charlie_manuel.jpg[/fimg] Ron Washington looks at how you put all your strength into gripping the bat, and he's is going to tell you the same thing Carl Yastrzemski told him when he came up. "You want to stroke it, not choke it, Son." [fimg=600]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Ron_Washington_on_August_14%2C_2015_%28cropped%29.jpg[/fimg] Actually, Wash is probably less the prototypical manager and more of a paragon of coachiness.

Edgy MD wrote: blond white reserve infielders How many blond reserve infielders of color have you seen? It happens. https://64.media.tumblr.com/a5ba16d16d5f5b6ef587abf8c4dbac1e/tumblr_ocjv48iYX21rm4cq6o1_1280.jpg>

Tim Teufel, and then Tom Veryzer. Randle really seemed like a guy who tried to get 1 but found it occupied when he arrived, but looking back, I see he never wore #1 before the Mets and never got to until his last stop blowing baseballs in Seattle. Eleven is a number I associate with blond white reserve infielders who wear glasses. Now I want to retroactively assign it to Mike Cubbage.

There's a lot of evidence to suggest otherwise. And I think not a small amount of evidence can be found here. Lennon was harsh and headstrong, but he was also mercurial. And he clearly loved the others. They had another (great) album and more still to come following this. John just got pissed at Paul at a time when they weren't in a position to square it, and drugs and alcohol and moving to different cities and new romances had them all in a position where squaring it just wasn't a priority.

I now pronounce you Mr. and Mrs. Smile.