seawolf17

Yancy, have you learned nothing? You're supposed to post that in a separate thread, titled "Mets Get Abreu!!!!"

Career Pitching Highlights: ** 1 G, 2/3 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K -- my friend Brian, and I never let him forget it. Haven't seen him in years, but if he walked up to me today, I'd remind him. ** Tinkered with a Terry Leach submarine delivery during batting practice, but was never allowed to use it in a game. Once I'm warmed up, I still throw better today submarine than I do overhand. Career Hitting Highlights: ** Struck out with the bases loaded to end Commack North Little League championship one year. Nearly did the same exact thing the following year, but singled to keep the inning alive. ** Finished one season 0-for-14 after missing the first nine games with a knee injury. ** Hit a ball 400 feet to right-center in baseball camp one year -- at a field with no fences -- and was so slow I got thrown out at third. Was often compared to Greg Luzinski. ** Was part of the first ever back-to-back father-son home runs in New York Telephone Company Picnic Softball history. Career Fielding Highlights: ** Allowed an easy base hit to roll through my legs in left field for a home run -- to my friend John, and he never let me forget it. Haven't seen him in years, but if he walked up to me today, he'd probably remind me. ** Played a steady second base: no arm strength, but I had good reflexes and could get to just about anything on the right side. Career Umpiring Highlights: ** Was vastly more successful as a Little League umpire, being selected to work the league championship during each of the four seasons I worked.

Piazza: 'I'm Just Excited To Be Able To Finish My Career Somewhere' February 2, 2006 | Onion Sports SAN DIEGO�During a press conference introducing him as the newest member of the Padres, Mike Piazza, the 37-year-old ex-Met catcher on the downside of his career, said he "couldn't be happier or more relieved" to have the opportunity to finish his career. "I have to admit, San Diego was always one of my top 30 choices," said Piazza, a free-agent who finalized a one-year deal with the Padres on Tuesday. "I was open to literally any possibility, but in the end, San Diego swooped in and met all my criteria: a contract, a major-league baseball team, and a spot on its roster." Piazza added that, now that his contract is settled, he can start focusing on getting in good enough shape to hit the three home runs he needs to reach 400 and coast to the Hall of Fame.

I like our system right now. Could be deeper, but at least there's something there. FWIW -- Jacobs isn't going to be on BA's prospect list because he no longer qualifies. He has too much ML experience, I'd think.

Not to mention he got a haircut.

That's what I get for taking too long typing out captions.

Beltran bests Delgado in home run contest SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- One Mets star named Carlos bested another Monday in a home-run duel in their native Puerto Rico. Carlos Beltran defeated Carlos Delgado 8-6 in a one-on-one competition at San Juan's Hiram Bithorn Stadium, a site in the upcoming World Baseball Classic in March. It was a friendly competition for the hitters, who had 10 outs to see who hit the most homers before a crowd of about 7,000 students in a benefit for the scholarship fund of the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School. Beltran said the conditions were favorable for his win. "The aluminum bat always helps a bit ... and the wind was blowing toward right field," he said. On hand were several Mets officials, including general manager Omar Minaya and chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon. Delgado, who batted second, got off to a promising start with five consecutive home runs without any outs. Then he only managed one more homer before his 10th out. Beltran beat Delgado in the team portion, with his squad winning 18-7. Jeff Wilpon catches the "first pitch" from San Juan mayor Jorge Santini Carlos Delgado gets molested by some sort of freakish red-haired mascot thing The Carloses display those multimillion-dollar swings Posin'

Didn't we have the Reyes contract offer discussion a few weeks ago? It's like deja vu all over again.

Yancy Street Gang wrote: ="seawolf17"] I can't wait until we have this baby so I can stay home all day and play.) I don't think it quite works that way. It doesn't?!?! Crap. What do I do when the baby's sleeping? I figure that's Strat Time.

Yet another year when we didn't see any of the "Best Picture" nominees. Although this year, we didn't even want to see any of them, with the exception of "Good Night."

I was a big fan of Mattel's handheld Baseball game. I had a notebook where I would make lineups and keep score of games. It only allowed you to play five innings, but you could really rack up runs. Scores usually wound up being 35-22, even in five-inning games. If any of you loved those old Mattel handhelds, and you have a Palm Pilot, I highly recommend LedHead. It's a handheld emulator for the Palm OS that includes Armor Battle, Auto Race, Baseball, Basketball, Football, Football II, Hockey, Hockey (Canadian), Ski Slalom, Soccer, Space Alert, and Sub Chase. Brilliant work. (Every time I read this thread, I want to break out the cards and start playing SOM. I can't wait until we have this baby so I can stay home all day and play.) edit: By the way, old-skool video arcade freaks will love LedHead's creator Peter Hirschberg's home arcade that he built. Photos are on that site: click "My Arcade" on the top bar.

="Johnny Dickshot"]Ron Darling in blue ROOS, 1986: Roos? ROOS!?! Ronnie, you gotta be kidding me. What, did he have to keep change in the little pouch in case he needed to buy something on the field?

Fandom, in a lot of ways, is like religion. I was raised Catholic; I was raised a Mets fan. As I got to college and started actually, honestly, exploring my own spirituality and looking at the Catholic Church and what it means to be Catholic, I realized that it was a bunch of hooey. I suppose it's the same thing here; you're indoctrinated into the Astros -- or Mets, or Phillies, or Manchester United, or whoever -- way of life. But when you stand back and really look at it, the warts become very clear. I'd say that it'd be impossible for me to give up baseball, or give up the Mets. I know that the owners and the players don't give a crap about us, the fans, as long as we're buying shirts and baseball cards and tickets and hats and bobbleheads and everything else. And I guess I'll keep doing that, because I enjoy watching the game, and talking about the game, and playing fantasy baseball, and being a part of the CPF, and collecting little pieces of cardboard with pictures on them. But if the day comes that I don't enjoy it, that I really don't want to put in the effort, then who knows? It's not easy to break with sports, Annie, and it takes a strong person to really think about what has become second nature.

Nymr83 wrote: i hope they are 20 games out july 31st and want to trade him to a contender for a guy like victor zambrano That would be neat!

Took me two or three reads, but I got it. These are pretty amusing.

I loved Davey Johnson too... I'm just saying I don't know if he was the perfect manager. You can't slam other people for making blanket generalizations and then go make them yourself. As far as Kevin Mitchell goes, his numbers in AAA in '85 and with the Mets in '86 were pretty similar. teamyeargabhrhrrbiobpslgTides19859334810144943.354.448Mets198610832891511243.344.466 Now I don't know what other utility options were out there in the winter of 85-86, but I don't think it makes Davey Johnson a genius for giving Mitchell ABs. In fact, Mitchell's numbers in '86 were pretty similar to another utility man the Mets brought north in 2001: nameyeargabhrhrrbiobpslgMitchell198610832891511243.344.466McEwing20011162838041944.342.449 So was Bobby V a "genius" for giving Joe McEwing playing time? Again, I'm not saying I don't agree with your hypothesis, I'm just saying your proof has some shaky logical jumps.

But Kase, you don't understand. Davey was a genius! Art Howe would have left Doc in Tidewater! Willie Randolph would have traded Sid Fernandez to Milwaukee for Gorman Thomas! Did you see the great Gil Hodges ever give young pitchers a chance? No! He let Tom Seaver rot in the minor leagues, until he finally dumped him on the Reds! He told management, "I don't want this Koosman kid. Get me an aging middle reliever instead!" Gimme a break.

http://www.irisharts.org/Images/Seaver.jpgMercy rules? So glad our major league athletes have finally graduated to Little League. Baseball really screwed up this whole thing, didn't they? edit:AAAAAAAAAAAA! He's enormous!!!!!!!

Bret, you're making waaaaaay too many assumptions in there. Why do you say "most managers would have refused Mitchell a roster spot"? He was a utilityman with a lot of pop; I would think that most managers would love to put a guy like that on the team. "Current management would have looked for another veteran to replace Foster?" Then explain their love for Victor Diaz, who got his shot to be an everyday player last year. Or Jose Reyes. Or David Wright. Or Aaron Heilman. "No other manager would have stuck Darling or Fernandez in the rotation?" What did the Marlins do with Dontrelle Willis? Or the Mets with Generation K? Stop making bullshit blanket generalizations just because you have animosity toward current management.

I loved the brawls. Ray Knight, Straw, Doc, Cooter's... so many great brawls. We were at Shea on July 11, 1986, when Gary hit a three-run homer in the first and a grand slam in the second; David Palmer hit Straw with the next pitch, the dugouts cleared, and the place went bonkers. I thought I remembered a bunch of people getting thrown out of the game, but I guess that was just my ten-year-old mind, because UMDB shows only Palmer leaving after that (and maybe Mex, who was one of the major antagonists).

Yeah, what Yancy said. I forgot to include those points in my thread. I don't know that Cameron was in any rush to get out of here. Benson went 10-8 last year; not Cy Young numbers, but certainly better than average, and far from ineffective. LoDuca is nice, but he's not quite Ramon Hernandez. edit: Plus, I like the fact that you referred to Omar Minaya as Omar Moreno. Funny.

RealityChuck wrote: Other GMs are happy to give up starting players if you ask them nicely. Why not? Ours does.

Gave it a listen... two quick thoughts: one, Neil Best is a little dry. His insight was okay, but he was a mite boring. Two, you sound eerily like me. I jumped when I heard your voice; it sounded like I was listening to one of my old news broadcasts.

You know? I hadn't thought of that, Yancy, but that's not outside the realm of possibility. I know LoDuca's a nice player, but he's certainly expendable. I don't know that I love Molina, but if he'll come cheaply for a year...

[sarcasm]Wow. You can curse. I'm so impressed.[/sarcasm]