seawolf17

No Reyes? That's REALLY surprising.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The new team would be responsible. That's why the Brewers renegotiated with Frankie Rodriguez. Once they acquired him, the $17.5 million for 2012 became their problem, not the Mets'. Wrong. If Bay's released, the options are gone. The new contract is the major league minimum (or whatever). If he's TRADED, then the option becomes his new team's problem.

I know, in my heart, that these guys are spoiled brat rich kids who don't give a flying fuck about you or me. But we root for the laundry, because I remember being ten years old in 1986. And I remember being in the stands in Rochester in 1997 when the Red Wings won the IL title, and I want to do that at Citi Field someday now that I'm an adult. And I remember the Piazza wild pitch, and the Pratt home run, and all the moments that made me just go fucking bananas and made me feel like I was part of a winner, even though I know full well that I'm nothing to them. I'm not a season ticket holder, not a fan club member, just some schlub who collects baseball cards and wears a blue hat every day. Ah, I don't even have the energy to finish my thought. I hate this crap, and it's so annoying that if they'd just said "eff it" and worn the damn caps and paid the fine or whatever, we would have stood up, as a fan base, and said YES, THANK YOU, METS. Instead we do this. Dammit dammit dammit. Eff David Wright, eff Josh Thole, eff the whole damn organization. Dammit.

Adam Rubin wrote: And the union rep, Josh Thole, was put in an awful position. He's 24 years old and really just was drafted to be player rep because no one else was interested. A veteran could have stood up in the clubhouse and told the team they're going ahead and doing this. But that leadership wasn't there. Holy fuck, that's a scathing indictment of this team. Nobody on this team has the compunction to stand up and be the player rep? Forget Wright and Reyes for a minute -- a guy like Byrdak or Capuano or Bay who's been around the league for a while, a senior voice? You hand that to a 24-year-old kid? Frig. I honestly don't know why I care about this team so much.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: /Standing //Ovating I read that as "ovulating" and spit water out my nose.

G-Fafif wrote: seawolf17 wrote: Centerfield wrote: Now it's a bigger issue than ever. Maybe it's just among the message board/blogger/idiot radio caller community, I don't know. I mean I'm obviously angry about it, but I'm sure there are plenty of Mets fans who don't give a crap. Yeah, they're idiots -- but we're OK. Right. I put "idiot" in that spot for a reason; you and me, man, we're all good.

Centerfield wrote: Now it's a bigger issue than ever. Maybe it's just among the message board/blogger/idiot radio caller community, I don't know. I mean I'm obviously angry about it, but I'm sure there are plenty of Mets fans who don't give a crap.

I will forever think of him as "Joe Torre, Fucking Shitbag" now.

I got the same e-mail, verbatim, FWIW. I'm going to send him a longer response today with my phone number.

I'll believe the "it gets better" and/or "anti-bullying" PSAs the same day that teams stop putting dresses on the rookies and forcing them to get on a plane, by the way.

"Hey, Cap... go film the bullying PSA or I'm gonna kick your ass."

So now nobody took the fucking hats away? Someone, anyone, needs to stand in front of a microphone and say, "You know what? We totally fucked up the hat thing, and we're sorry."

I saw a tweet this morning about MLB possibly being in breach of contract with New Era if the Mets wore the caps. [u:3dgj4h7z]IF[/u:3dgj4h7z] that's the case, then I guess that makes sense, but it's not like this was a surprise anniversary. "Hey, New Era? Bud here. Can you guys slap together some First Responder caps for the 9/11 game in New York next month? Just like the old ones. Thanks. We'll toss you a few thousand bucks." Done. (Of course, they'd find a way to screw that up too.)

batmagadanleadoff wrote: If it was the MFY's who had the history of wearing responder caps in tribute to 9/11, MLB would've ruled differently. Torre would've ruled differently. The MFY's are larger than the rules. The MFY's don't have to put NOB's on their road unis. The MFY's host an All-Star game in an even numbered NL year. Derek Jeter would've been permitted to wear a responder cap. Or three. Or a different one every inning. Derek Jeter located Osama bin Laden. Derek Jeter saved the world on 9/11. Absolutely.

See, this is why lawyers exist. I'm thinking like Irish here, but wish I could write like CF.

You know what else bugged the crap out of me last night? All the damn Derek Jeter stuff. Third eff you to Buster Olney for that story.

Sent. Double bullshit: Eff you Torre, and eff you Mets for not saying eff you MLB.

I do love that Mike had only 8 career triples, yet one of them came in those five games as a Marlin.

MFS62 wrote: I knew Heath Bell and I shared a birthday. Hadn't known about Doc Medich. I've always been fascinated by people who share my birthday.

metirish wrote: Also from Rubin Jay Horowitz broke his ankle walking to work this morning and will have surgery Monday at HSS, will remain there until then.Izzy tells Rubin that Jay's break is serious , a displaced fracture......Izzy also tells Rubin he plans on pitching next season. Jay Horwitz is pitching next season?!? Dear God, things have gotten bad.

I hat this thread, because I know what's coming.

Rockin' Doc wrote: Damn, those Latino relievers are crazy. "What? What did I do?"

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Fman99 wrote: My vote is for Brother Ray's "America the Beautiful." "God Bless America" sucks a Yankee dick. I prefer everything else to that one. You heard it here first. "Proud to Be an American" and "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" are preferable to "God Bless America." I believe you mean, "God Bless the U.S.A.." (Hey, symmetry!) Are you talking about the Lee Greenwood tune? God, what dreck.

Is it odd that one of my memories of the place is Matt Wise making his Mets debut, losing, getting hurt, and never appearing in a game for the Mets again?

Edgy DC wrote: (It also helps if your pitcher isn't a murderer.)