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I believe creepie is wearing an Eagles jersey..

metirish wrote: Incredible, so vaseline is the brand name and not the actual product?, we should be calling it petroleum jelly? Learn something new everyday. It is called ball lube..

Without the Mets I could care less about the WS...

dinosaur jesus wrote: Some of these might seem like a shot in the dark, but I've got my sources. Robinson Cano: Troy Haymakers Stephen Drew: Chicago Whales Mike Napoli: Brooklyn Bridegrooms Omar Infante: Philadelphia Quakers Juan Uribe: Kansas City Cowboys James Loney: Toledo Blue Stockings Mark Ellis: Montreal Expos Jhonny Peralta: Rochester Broncos Outfielders Shin-Soo Choo: St. Louis Maroons Jacoby Ellsbury: Brooklyn Robins Curtis Granderson: Louisville Colonels Kendrys Morales: New York Knights Nelson Cruz: New York Mammoths Carlos Beltran: Columbus Buckeyes Marlon Byrd: Troy Haymakers Chris Young: Kansas City Packers David Murphy: St. Paul White Caps David DeJesus: Brooklyn Tip-Tops Nate McLouth: New York Mutuals Catchers Brian McCann: Baltimore Terrapins Jarrod Saltalamacchia: Wilmington Quick Steps Carlos Ruiz: St. Louis Perfectos AJ Pierzynski: Chicago Orphans Starting Pitchers Matt Garza: Keokuk Westerns Ricky Nolasco: Newark Pepper Ubaldo Jimenez: Pittsburgh Rebels Ervin Santana: Cleveland Naps Hiroki Kuroda: Providence Grays Scott Feldman: Louisville Eclipse AJ Burnett: Brooklyn Ward's Wonders Josh Johnson: Houston Colt 45s Tim Hudson: Buffalo Blues Bronson Arroyo: Kansas City A's Scott Kazmir: New Haven Elm Citys Phil Hughes: Brooklyn Superbas Paul Maholm: Seattle Pilots Bartolo Colon: Baltimore Canaries Relief Pitchers Joe Nathan: New York Highlanders Grant Balfour: Hartford Dark Blues Juaquin Benoit: Cleveland Spiders Fernando Rodney: Washington Senators Edward Mujica: Boston Beaneaters Koji Uehara: Tampa Bay Devil Rays Joe Smith: Syracuse Stars This makes zero sense to me

Sports Extra with Lee Leonard..

Victorino

All Star & Gold Glover sixties Eddie Brinkman of the Senators clocking in with a lifetime BA of .226 and a very low K percentage....

The boss is handing Keith some blow..

Boston in 6

Some time ago Fred Wilpon said that Baseball was basically a breakeven business for the family. I think what Fred meant was whatever happens with the Mets financially will not make us any richer or poorer. a novelty if you will... This piece appeared in Forbes almost a year ago and I would argue that the Mets are more of an instrument for to make the numbers work for Fred's entire array of holdings. He could jockey the assets around to increase payroll if he wished, players are an asset, but like McCourt seeks to stay afloat and enrich himself... Not a great way to enrich a brand.. Taking advantage of low interest rates and the escalating value of regional sports networks, the owners of the New York Mets are working with bankers to move debt from their baseball team to their cable network and perhaps pay themselves a hefty dividend in the process, according to the New York Times. NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 17: Mets Chairman and CEO Fred Wilpon ® and the Mets' mascot Mr. Met attend a press conference at City Hall May 16, 2012 in New York. It was announced that at Citi Field and New York Mets will host Major League Baseball's 2013 All-Star game. The Mets have lost roughly $100 million over the past two seasons because of falling attendance and high debt payments. The team�s owners, Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, leveraged the Mets and the cable network they own two-thirds of (Comcast and Time Warner Cable own the remainder), SportsNet New York, to the hilt. For years the two men relied on fake profits from Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff to backstop their finances. But when Madoff was exposed as a fraud, the Mets lost their ATM. With revenues falling and no ATM, the team was forced to reduce their payroll by $50 million before this season. It showed on the diamond, as the Mets finished 74-88, 24 games behind the first place Washington Nationals. The Mets only drew 2.24 million fans at Citi Field this season, 17th among MLB�s 30 teams and over 100,000 less than they drew in 2011, despite lowering ticket prices significantly for many seats before the season began. Wilpon and Katz are looking to refinance the $450 million of debt on SNY to pay down down some of the baseball team�s roughly $330 million of debt, and perhaps pay themselves a dividend with some of the proceeds from the refinancing. The audacity of the owners to pocket money while chopping payroll should not come as a surprise to their fans. Two years ago SNY paid its owners $239 million in dividends. The Mets are also currently in default of baseball�s debt rule, which requires teams not to have debt in excess of 8 times operating income. The shifting of debt from the team to SNY is a no-brainer. The cable channel�s value is now about $2.5 billion based on 2012 estimated operating income (earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation) of $175 million, and SNY has increased in value the past few years while the value of the Mets, $719 million, fell 4% over the past year. The more valuable asset that is appreciating in value can borrow more at a more favorable interest rate than the less valuable asset that is falling in value. The real hope for Mets fans is that the team�s owners will not forget their long-suffering fans and also use some of the proceeds from the refinancing to boost payroll and put a better product on the field. If Wilpon and Katz do not boost their investment in the team, then MLB commissioner Bud Selig must tell Mets fans why he forced Frank McCourt to sell the Los Angeles Dodgers because the former owner was sucking cash out of the team for personal uses, while allowing the Mets owners to do the very same thing he accused McCourt of doing. Fred is dancing on a very slippery slope...

Career Stats Reyo 973 Games 767 Hits 339 K's .246 BA Buddy 1533 Games 1120 Hits 653 K's .236 BA

We may not know the answers to all the finance questions until we see how the 2014 squad shpes up..

The way Rubin's title reads an entire Minor Legue was arrested..

Rockin' Doc wrote: 0rdonez was certainly a solid defender, capable of making some truly spectacular plays. He was quite flashy and I always had the sense that he sometimes made the more routine plays look more spectacular than they really were. Still, in the end, he was a solid defensive shortstop that was great fun to watch. He was essentially a liability at the plate. His poor plate discipline resulted in his striking out far more often than he walked. Coupled with his lack of power, his OBP was absolutely criminal, in my view. Buddy wasn't flashy, but he was solid. Buddy didn't hit much either, but he mostly played in an era when shortstops were expected to be defensive stalwarts and their offensive contributions were generally considered to be secondary. Rey, on the other had played in an ere when shortstops were expected to be more than just a glove. ARod, Jeter, Garciaparra, Larkin, and Ripken were contemporaries of Ordonez. Rey wasn't remotely in their class. Rey was a throwback player who was simply 2-3 decades too late. I'm thinking of Mark Belanger...Dal Maxvill...

WOR does Rutgers Sports...

Wild Thing...

Was selected before Sonny Gray and Jose Fernandez...

A bunch of millionaire ballplayers with unwritten rules of etiquette...sounds abit fey...

I was sitting in my orthodontists chair getting tortured when Buddy and Rose happened...

seawolf17 wrote: Screwed up our schedule, so instead of being in Cobleskill tomorrow, I'm in Cobleskill on Thursday, which means I'm at this Cooperstown hotel all day tomorrow. And I guess I've got a ton of work to do, but I suppose I could kill some time walking around town. Wonder if they have anything interesting here. Otesaga Hotel or Cooper Inn per chance...

Revolving pitchers..ask Anibal Sanchez... An aspect of the modern game I really don't care for..

metirish wrote: Sure looked like Miggi was pulling at his leg walking back to the dugout after his long out. he has been playing with sore groin...his own..

Mattingly looks lost...

This thread got hijacked a long time ago...

Cardinals....Tigers....1968 WS Rerun..