ashie62

A couple of 2004 Topps Finest Moments refractor Autographs of our namesake and nails.

Zack Greinke fires his agent and hires Casey Close. Greinke then demands a trade even though he has 15 teams on his no trade list including the MFY's Greinke says he wants to go to a contender and admits he wasn't always "motivated" during 2010. This all comes from www.cbssportsline.com Greinke was treated for depression a couple of seasons ago and is also treated for general anxiety disorder. The Phillies wouldn't sign this guy also, wuld they? It is the city of Brotherly Love, and projectile vomiting.

I like it. He had a big year in 2007. He is only 28 years old. About 119 K's in 136 innings last season. He has a high whip however. Decent gamble.

Ashie62 wrote: Pedro Feliciano; Truly Metly and ultimately forgettable. Screw the Metly part

Time for glasses?

smg58 wrote: seawolf17 wrote: I'd throw him a minor-league deal. Still only 28, and hasn't been awful. I would too. He's young enough that he still has time to get it. Kevin Mulvey is in similar territory.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Fastest pitcher ever? Fastest great pitcher ever? Who else is in the conversation, really-- Gibson? Johnsons Randy and Walter? Satchel Paige? Herb Score? Koufax? J.R Richard, Ewell Blackwell. Minors only? Good old Steve Dalkowsi.

metirish wrote: I remember Burkhardt's interview with him during the season, Feller was brilliant in the interview.....it might well have been Kurkhardt's career highlight. Yes, Feller described some interesting lineups for the military teams and inferred they were rearely beaten then and we be just as rarely beaten by todays teams.

This was the day in Iowa where my Dad spotted Feller and asked if Grecian Formula 16 would help him. Feller had a good laugh. Feller was doing the game for Iowa public TV. He sat down with us for about 15 minutes and signed a program. Here is the one signed by Omaha and I will post the Feller signed copy later today. Tony LaRussa was the 3B for the Oaks.

Probably the nicest one on one pro athlete I have met and a hero to me. R.I.P.

My favorite baseball book is Josh Hamilton's "beyond belief" On the top 50 games, I made 2, yippee!

I did..here it is Congrats on losing him to the Phils.I'm sure everybody down there is thrilled. As I tweeted in my Daily Haiku: Next time, we won't spit; 'Cause apparently, those hit; Think Yanks not good fit. Cheers, filip (and by the way, as my blog http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/bondy/2010/10/yee-ha.html BEFORE the ALCS series started would indicate, my original column that gained such infamy down there was a satirical piece that somehow flew over the head of Texans)....

I sent mine 10 minutes ago

G-Fafif wrote: They were all more forthcoming than Swoboda. Beltran's mole, for example, was quite expressive. (Was not starstruck for more than a couple of seconds by the sight of Carlos three feet away, but the mole is a celebrity in its own right.) My favorite aside: As someone was asking a "how do you handle all the media in New York?" question and cataloguing TV and newspapers and "bloggers," Jason Bay retorted, with just a touch of incredulity, "You consider yourselves media?" Not really, I interjected. That is hilarious!!!

Ceetar wrote: I thought someone tweeted that the money was _heavily_ deferred (with Texas)? Sounds like Lee opted for the most per year option. Who tweeted? You're the blogger.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: He was born in Arkansas, and resides there during the offseason, right? Texas heat would be a really, REALLY odd reason to turn down additional money/guaranteed years with a team that seemed just as equipped to compete now AND in the future... in a place without state income tax. "A strong preference for Philadelphia and the organization/people therein" is probably closer to it... but man, that would be one strong preference. (Maybe he just REALLY likes guys named "Roy.") There was a tweet sometime back that Lee feared the TX heat would negatively affect his performance. I think he enjoyed his time in Philly and is happy to go back. Some nice real estate to buy a home in.

Lee got the going rate for the "Top Dog" available pitcher. The stats have little to do with his salary if Lee is perceived to be the best out there. Beyond that, Lee didn't like the heat in TX and the cretins in the Bleachers.

Vic Sage wrote: Actually, I'm more angry to find out the Phils can spend 160 million dollars. That's disconcerting news. What the hell? you failed to finish your thought: "I'm more angry to find out the Phils can spend 160 million dollars... and the Mets can't or won't." The Mets are a small market team for the time being.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: That walk/strikeout rate was, like, Pedro-in-his-prime good during the first half of last year. If only by comparison with 2008, 7.1 seems a little high... but the B-R WAR of 4.3 seems way off. Maybe WAR is not all that its' cracked up to be.

Elated.. Not too many big dollar pitcher contracts work out.

metirish wrote: Edgy DC wrote: To every Yankee fan who snarktastically responded to getting knocked out of the playoffs by Lee's Rangers saying, "Don't over-pitch him too much --- we'll need him to report to spring training fresh and healthy," this is bad for them. Therefore, it's good for America. And what's good for America is good for the Mets. Trust me here. And, by the way, this is Derek Jeter's fault. Pass it on. Filip Bondy among them, did you save those emails LWFS ? I did

Ceetar wrote: He's pitching RIGHT NOW. first batter is a fielding error, then a strike out, wild pitch, a pop up and a ground out. second inning: ground out, K, popup. Maybe he will get kidnapped coming home.

Fman99 wrote: I KNOW HER! GREAT GOOGILY MOTHERFUCKING MOOGILY![/bigpurple] Way Cool Metfairy!

Pedro Feliciano; Truly Metly and ultimately forgettable.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Or part of a three-headed part-time-2B-starter/infield-backup monster: Eamus covers 2B/3B, Murphy covers 2B/1B, and Tejada covers 2B/SS. (In this roster permutation, of course, Castillo covers his head with something other than a Mets cap.) This plan requires three backup infielders. Haven't the Mets been going with two backup infielders, two backup outfielders and one backup catcher (12 pitchers, 13 non-pitchers)? Also, and according to Alderson, isn't it unlikely that Tejada starts the 2011 season in the majors? DAVIS REYES WRIGHT MURPHY (2B platoon/1B backup) EMAUS (2B platoon/3B backup) TEJADA/HERNANDEZ/TURNER (2B backup/SS backup) 6 infielders. Two backups (which ones are benched depends on who's in at second/taking a blow elsewhere). Same as it ever was. Seems to me pretty prudent to have at least one plus- (or average-to-above-average) defender in the middle-infield mix, hence Tejada. But if they're more comfortable with one of the others that plays short, by all means... Where does Luis Castillo end up?