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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."
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Obviously, it's not about the cash -- he's seeking public vindication.
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Anybody who doesn't see this as a bad thing for the Mets for the next two seasons is being willfully optimistic...NTTAWWT, but its not in my nature. The fact that it's also bad for the Yanks and may one day be bad for the MFPs does nothing to cheer me... well, it does a little to cheer me, but not enough to overcome the grim reality of trying to match up against HALLADAY-LEE-OSWALT-HAMELS with SANTANA (DL)- PELFREY(OCD)- DICKEY (RA)-NEISE (FEH) for the next season or 2.
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bmfc1 wrote: Any joy that I have that the MFYs didn't get him is secondary to the fact that Lee's in the Mets division which means that they'll face him about six times this season. Yes, it's too much and too long but the MFPs should be a great team in '11 and '12. Sandy has a Plan, and I'm optimistic about '12 and beyond, but this season's gonna suck. Hopefully the MFPs age will catch up to them soon (Victorino is 30, Polanco 35, Utley 31, Howard 31, Ibanez 38). this, exactly.
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But a player could generate a good swing, a desirable swing, ... the kind of good, desirable swing that would've sent the ball traveling over the Shea outfield fence for a HR ... and that same swing and contact will result in an out at Citi Field, a significant number of times. ...or a double or triple off the wall; and HRs on the road. I don't think you tailor your swing to your park. You only play 1/2 your games there, and a good swing is a good swing, and will result in good contact more often than not, which will often result in production. Screwing with the swing, however, because your TRYING to hit HR in a big park, or trying to avoid putting it in the air, or whatever, is far more problematic. I don't think the coach is saying anything particularly controversial here.
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As of now, our 7-man pen looks like this: F-Rod ® - CL Parnell ® - setup/CL Carrasco ® - middle/setup Beato ® - rule V ROOGY O'Connor* (L) - LOOGY Misch -or- O.Perez (L) - middle/long/spotSP Igarashi -or- Acosta -or- Stoner -or- Manny Alvarez*-or- BBonser* ® - setup/middle/long * not on 40-man roster Or, as my father used to say: "Oy."
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Toss, say, a Fred Lewis in there-- someone who can handle backup work, is a decent enough glove to come in as a defensive "closer," and gets on base some with the bat-- and we've got a stew going. I like Lewis, but he'll be at the expense of, not in addition to, Duda (or Pridie) as the LH OFer off the bench, or at the cost of a 12th pitcher, which i'd prefer.
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The bench looks like this, so far: 1) Ronny Paulino © - Rh 2) Nick Evans (corner If/Of) - Rh 3) Daniel Murphy + Mick Emaus (2b platoon -- assuming Castillo is released/traded) 4) Luis Hernandez (SS/UT) - Swh 5) Lucas Duda -or- Jason Pridie -or- Fred Lewis* (of) - Lh * on edit
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Benjamin Grimm wrote: I didn't know Jose Reyes was Jewish! Oh, and any multi-year contract carries a risk of injury. Maybe Jose is more of a risk than some others, but overall, he's been on the field a lot more than he's been off. "maybe"? and "on the field alot more than off"? Is that really the criteria?
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C'mon Cashman, go 8! 8 for $25m per! yeah, baby!
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so let me get this straight: the wilpons made nearly $50M off the scams of their pal Bernie, while their employees took a huge bath on their 401k investments resulting from that profitable fraud? is that about right?
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a guy who, in over 4000 PAs, put up an tOPS+ of 80 on the road is not HOF worthy. the fact that his overall stats were of such magnitude just shows the park effect he benefited from. i think the comparable players you've identified solidify the point that he was an excellent player who falls just short of HOF, and we wouldn't even be having this conversation but for the Coors effect.
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Valadius wrote: Francesa is going to be insufferable. GOING to be? As opposed to when?
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Non-Tender deadline Thurs - catchers available maybe ...
Vic Sage replied to Frayed Knot's topic in New York Mets Talk
Isn't Olivo available, too? I like him as a pairing with Thole. He hits LHPs with some power, and is a solid glove, i think. And he's neither old nor broken down. -
i'd prefer to have like 6 or 7 guys who can, you know, get people out. Just a pet theory of mine.
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On the list of things I never, ever want to see...
Vic Sage replied to a topic in New York Mets Talk
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Is it weird that this makes me a little sad sad why? cuz you don't think Thole is worth being our #1? or sad about Blanco's departure? or just sad cuz your off your meds? or cuz its winter time?
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If we're going to take a flyer on a guy who hasn't pitched a full season in 4 years, why not a Rich Harden, with higher upside? That way, if you get lucky, you get REALLY lucky?
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they need to set ollie-ollie-oxen FREEEE!
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Can someone in the Palmeiro camp make his case for me? Very good for a while, with nice counting stats... but at an offensively-loaded position, in a very offensively-loaded era, and with little else to recommend him (yes, he's got Gold Gloves... but he was no great fielder; no other outstanding positive asterisks, either). He seems borderline at best even before one takes potential heavy PED use into account. from Baseball reference: Gray Ink = 183 (Average HOFer ? 144) Hall of Fame Monitor = 178 (Likely HOFer ? 100) Hall of Fame Standards = 57 (Average HOFer ? 50) Similar Batters: Frank Robinson (887) * Eddie Murray (885) * Ken Griffey (861) Dave Winfield (836) * Reggie Jackson (825) * Gary Sheffield (821) Mel Ott (812) * Manny Ramirez (788) Al Kaline (787) * Fred McGriff (776) * - Signifies Hall of Famer I don't know, these different rankings seem to indicate a clear-cut HOFer to me.
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[u:ves35the]my short list:[/u:ves35the] new guys -- alomar / bagwell holdovers -- Blyleven / Raines
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listed by HOF monitor ranking (>100 = likely HOFer) Roberto Alomar - 194 Rafael Palmeiro * - 178 Mark McGwire * - 170 Jeff Bagwell - 150 Larry Walker - 147 Lee Smith*** - 135 Don Mattingly - 134 Edgar Martinez ** - 132 Dave Parker - 124 John Franco*** - 124 Jack Morris - 122 Bert Blyleven - 120 Juan Gonzalez * - 120 Barry Larkin - 118 Alan Trammell - 118 Dale Murphy - 116 Fred McGriff -100 --- Benito Santiago - 94 Kevin Brown - 93 Tim Raines - 90 * = steroids ** = DH *** = reliever
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I would vote in Martinez, too... i just think he'll be wrongly penalized for playing the position they assigned to him. He'll at least have to wait a while.
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[u:200erkvo]Yes:[/u:200erkvo] Roberto Alomar Jeff Bagwell Tim Raines Barry Larkin Bert Blyleven [u:200erkvo]Would have said "Yes", But...[/u:200erkvo] Rafael Palmeiro * Mark McGwire * [u:200erkvo]borderline:[/u:200erkvo] Edgar Martinez ** Larry Walker Alan Trammell Lee Smith Jack Morris Dale Murphy Dave Parker Fred McGriff [u:200erkvo]Pros, but no:[/u:200erkvo] John Franco Don Mattingly Kevin Brown Juan Gonzalez * Harold Baines ** John Olerud Carlos Baerga Bret Boone Al Leiter Tino Martinez Benito Santiago [u:200erkvo]Bye:[/u:200erkvo] Raul Mondesi Marquis Grissom Lenny Harris Bobby Higginson Charles Johnson Kirk Rueter B.J. Surhoff * = steroids ** = DH
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: However this turns out is OK with me: The MFYs pay too much ... Jeter gets dissed ... MFYs lose Jeter ... some other team gets Jeter ... fans get tortured ... Cashman gets fired ... etc etc. All good. this.
