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Dickey's worst game in 2012 was on a rainy, windy night. He'll kick ass in a dome.
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When Carlton Willey left baseball, he joined his brother Robert in opening RC Willey's, a chain of home furnishing stores in the west. A squeaky armoire sold to Richard Nixon, though, landed him on Nixon's famous 'Enemies List', forcing Carlton to flee the country. He traveled the world, selling furniture and befriending dictators. He sold a love chest to Somoza in Nicaragua. A combination sofa/recliner to Agosto Pinochet in Chile. A nine-piece bedroom set with matching headboard to the Shah of Iran. But time and good fortune was running out on Carlton. A deal to sell a butcher block kitchen table to 'Papa Doc' Duvalier in Haiti went sour, and soon he was running for his life from voodoo-wielding priests, his arms and legs burning with pain from unseen needles. Willey spent his last days just over the border in the Dominican Republic, a broken man surrounded by cheap wicker furniture and lumpy mattresses. What's all this then about Desi Relaford?
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Jesus is the 'other one' of the three Alou brothers. Matty became a batting champion. Felipe became a successful manager. Jesus became a Met. After his career ended, he moved to Kansas, where a man with the first name of 'Jesus' is viewed with suspicion and awe. Many sets of trousers were ruined when at state fairs he'd be compelled by drunken louts and overheated preachers to try to walk on water. Finding that his baseball career money was running low, he made a life-changing decision in 1987 when he opened an Arthur Treacher's franchise, finding that he could indeed feed thousands with just a few loaves and fishes. Today, he relaxes in his small retirement bungalow in Lenexa, KS, watching the pinwheels spin on his front lawn and wondering what might have been if he'd only worn inflatable shoes. So I says to myself, "Self", I says, "What about Jim Gosger?"
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Baerga's got that 'evil Ray Liotta' look about him.
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They could save time by having different ring tones for the different pitchers you want warming up. You could have Frank Francisco as 'Master of Disaster' by John Hiatt, for instance. The possibilities are endless.
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Why, glad you asked. Rich Puig began a movie career after he left the Mets in 1974. His first screen credit was as 'Movie House Patron' in the Martin Scorsese classic Taxi Driver in 1976. Building on that early success, he soon appeared in a string of hits as 'Cafeteria Dishwasher' in Animal House (1978), 'Angry Husband' in Caddyshack (1980), and perhaps his finest role, 'Stripper #2' in Flashdance (1983). After that, roles became tougher to come by. "I hadn't changed", said Rich, "but the movies did". After a couple of seasons of Summer Stock in the Berkshires, where his portrayal of Titania in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is still much discussed, Puig headed for rural Pennsylvania with his wife, the former Fannie Schrute, where today they live a quiet life raising beets on their 400-acre farm outside Scranton. Speaking of beets, whatever happened to Bruce Boisclair?
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Lino Urdaneta's three year run of having a career ERA of infinity (six earned runs in 0.0 innings) came to a screeching halt when he actually recorded three outs for the Mets in 2007. Finding that baseball might not have been his highest calling, he left baseball after the 2007 season to work in Disney World as a character greeter in the Magic Kingdom. On the days when he dons the Buzz Lightyear costume, no truer words are spoken- "To Infinity- And Beyond!" So what's the deal with Rich Puig?
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Eric Hillman, the tallest Met ever prior to Jon Rauch. Tell me his story.
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Wally Whitehurst, after he left the Mets in 1992, went on an Aztec Dream Quest and discovered that he was indeed the reincarnated soul of Quetzalcoatl, the terrifying feathered serpent beast. After two indifferent seasons with the Padres (coincidentally during the same time a series of ritual pet sacrifices in the San Diego area remain unsolved), he moved on to the Yankees in time to post a 1-1 record and induct George Steinbrenner and Joe Torre into his bloodthirsty plan for world domination. Today, ironically, he runs a petting zoo in Thousand Oaks, CA with his wife Tzitzimitl and their three kids, Tlazolteotl, Mictlantecuhtli, and Jimmy.
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I'd drop a twenty on the Astros just for the hell of it. Also, the Royals at 75-1 is tempting. And by all means, the Blue Jays. Can't believe the Yankmes are rated higher.
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Mets � Willets Point wrote: The Second Spitter wrote: The bad news is the Mets will not another World Series until at least 3001. Cheapass Wilpon heads in a jar. If I'd been in a car while reading this, I would have driven off the road.
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No truth to the rumor that Julio Franco was a throw-in in the deal.
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MFY Off-Season/Pre-Season Circus
Lefty Specialist replied to Frayed Knot's topic in New York Mets Talk
Edgy MD wrote: The big secret of homeruns --- they're a cathartic thing in general when they happen, but they generally make baseball more boring. I wouldn't know about home runs. I'm a Mets fan. -
Ashie62 wrote: We will need Santana in October.. To round out the foursome for golf?
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Hope they removed his brain spurs, too.
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Collin Cowgill to Mets for Jefry Marte
Lefty Specialist replied to seawolf17's topic in New York Mets Talk
Nothing wrong with the Mets that more Cowgill won't fix. -
There's probably no bigger need than to find someone who can play the outfield and protect SucroseTrousers in the lineup. Pretty much anything else you can mix and match; the other two OF spots, the bullpen, even the starting rotation if need be. This is the one thing that'll make a difference between a comfortable third or fourth place finish and a nervous September looking over our shoulders at the Marlins playing over their heads.
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Reyes + half the Marlins team to Toronto
Lefty Specialist replied to Gwreck's topic in New York Mets Talk
Shorter Bud: "I wasn't going to block this anyway, so I'll make a long statement that sounds like I care." -
I'm willing to bet, should the Mets not land Dickey, that no senior members of Sandy's team will be found to utter the word "greedy." I mean, have they ever ripped a ballplayer a new moral asshole for signing elsewhere? Even Darryl? Even Hampton, who was taking it pretty hard in the court of public opinion anyway? Maybe there'll be alleged leaks that senior Mets personnel privately spit on the ground every time Dickey's name is mentioned. They likely will be no more substantive than the ones Rosenthal is working with now. Besides, if Dickey doesn't sign, the Mets trade him for some player or players they want and that remain under their control, and it's a win either way for a team that spun a little gold from the straw of a minor league contract to veteran. Why would they subsequently rip the guy? Makes no sense except Rosenthal must see pre-emptive baiting as a job requirement. Wow, a "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" reference.
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Wonder what they'll do with the Calphalon Silicone Tongs.
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Damn. I live a mile away and never knew. Of course, I probably wouldn't have gone anyway. I have the game on DVD and I'm not much of an autograph hound. I have Willie Mays' autograph, and all others pale in comparison.
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NLCS -- Cards vs Giants -- IST
Lefty Specialist replied to Frayed Knot's topic in Archived Game Threads
Chris Carpenter looks like Mike Pelfrey with a beard. He's pitching like him, too. -
ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST
Lefty Specialist replied to Frayed Knot's topic in Archived Game Threads
MFS62 wrote: HEY! I watch Flash Gordon re-runs. When I played sports in high school, my nickname was Flash, not only for my running speed but because my friends knew I liked those old Flash Gordon serial films. When channel 13 showed them as part of fund raiser, I taped them. Later I'm betting that George Steinbrenner was a Big Ming The Merciless fan. -
ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST
Lefty Specialist replied to Frayed Knot's topic in Archived Game Threads
Well, if New Yorkers don't date the Yankees because they're losers, then where exactly does that leave the Mets? At home watching Flash Gordon re-runs? I live in New Jersey, so it's not an issue for me. -
ALCS -- Tigers vs Opponents -- IST
Lefty Specialist replied to Frayed Knot's topic in Archived Game Threads
John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm gonna miss John and Suzyn, I really am. Caught almost the whole thing by radio driving today. Caught the magical inning listening to the Yankee broadcast, and the schadenfreude was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Sterling knew it was over, and something drained out of his voice. It was like he was slogging through molasses. Defeated. Delicious. By the way, if you've ever heard the radio broadcast of the 10th inning of Game 6 in '86, the same thing happens to Bob Murphy's voice after the Sox tack on a run to make it 5-3. Bob's voice loses the spring in its step as he contemplates a long painful winter. (Spoiler alert: he gets it back and then some a few minutes later.)
