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It also means you can confuse people tomorrow by telling them "Oh, I turn 41 next year!" even though you're basically 2 years younger than that. Have a good one! I hope it's not weird that we all count down the end of your birthday.

=G-Fafif post_id=83802 time=1640816343 user_id=55] MLBN and the official team sites not showing and barely alluding to current players is, to use a technical term, fucked up, legalities or not. There is a hole in winter.

And I tried to be clear that I mean it's a boon. a good thing. a preference. Lockout every December if it means less of those. can we lock out the hall of fame too?

sure. just doesn't do it for me. I find it more frustrating than anything, particularly the "rticle about how terrible the Mets are because they haven't gotten this player " stuff Edgy mentioned above. I don't need constant news cycles of people making up LOLMets narratives for things they weren't even involved in. Same for drafts, and the minor leagues, and all that. There's so much baseball already I just can't get into the idea of making up random fantasies about what the Mets might be like if they signed X other players, or X minor leaguers do well in 4 years. I could have fun with some projected baseball changes, via CBA leaks, but even those it feels like we've been talking about for years and years. DH, more playoffs, expansion, silly rules..nothing that's been leaked so far has been particularly exciting. but even if you ARE into all that, the lockout shouldn't really change any of it. We have unprecedented access to the players. They're still all over the place. There's no reason a good writer couldn't continue to write the exact same stories. Breaking down the minute changes of a roster after the 40th best FA signs is only postponed. We'll get the same amount of signings as any other year.

I find no fun in Joel Sherman postulating who the Mets could sign as their 8th inning guy and then all the discourse for 2 days discusses this random guy who has about a 0.1% chance of being a Met. I don't need Buster Olney to cite the janitor, sorry "a source close to the organization familiar with their thinking", that he Mets haven't ruled out signing another OFer that's more defense oriented, here are the top 5 guys they could get. There's also nothing stopping them from still doing this, even though the payoff wouldn't be until later. But odn't worry, we'll get some labor stuff in January. We can debate the latest release from the league that the reporters leak to tell us what they want, and what we think of it.

honestly I could do without the fluff and and hot stove rumor churning anyway. Just start on time.

timing is part of the negotiation. As we get closer to Spring Training, the players position gets stronger because they gain the ability to threaten to strike.

all of these signings are basically a threat right? like "look, I got a guy to play now whatcha gonna do?"

=stevejrogers post_id=83455 time=1640112390 user_id=57] And now I'm wondering if Shiner renamed their Bock to Shiner Buck when sold in Arlington during Showalter's Ranger tenure 🤔

I"m hearing the folks of the Barley Prose Mets On Tap Podcast are going to be arguing about Buck and Really Dark Beer tonight.

What a shocker! Who saw this coming? /snark Like eff n jeff coulda snagged somebody like Showalter. Not even in their dreams. of course he could've. The Mets never particularly have had problems attracting people, though there's been talk of it being an issue in the Cohen years so far. I can't imagine publicly choosing your manager and interviewing token guys and whatever the BS pitch they were giving GMs is can be a good thing for interviewees though. But Buck's probably fine/good. "Good enough" at least, which is pretty much the Mets MO and certainly Cohen likes guys he's heard of. He even said as much in his intro press conference, where he poo-pooed the idea of hiring anyone unproven. But let's see what happens. Still got some players to sign, though you locked them out. It's a red flag that Cohen announced this himself too, and how involved he's been. We all pretty much assume/know Jeff/Fred meddled most years, but at least they pretended.

Is the manager allowed to talk to anybody even if they do officially hire him?

I actually liked the two distinct scoreboards. Shea's too. I found it easier to know where to look for what I was looking for, a more static lineup/stats in one spot, and the replays/live type stuff on the other spot. Maybe they'll finally fix the out of town scoreboard error and be able to show the pitch speed, count, and type all at the same time? (hint hint SNY)

no cheesy ads? THERE ARE MORE CHEESEY ADS. They're gonna be sprinkled into everything. EVERYTHING. I hope we can get full screen stuff occasionally, but it's like 99% even that's gonna be wrapped in some sort of COORS LIGHT frame. I'm just gonna focus on the extra slo-mo cameras and stuff. Hopefully the Mets can use this to properly steal signs and the like, and at the very least (I assume SNY will have access to them) we'll get some cool shots. I'm glad our in-stadium ad-viewing experience will be crisper. I'm glad we'll be able to watch the NBA in the bathroom now or whatever. I'm glad we'll be able to be just ASSAULTED with sounds and video around every corner. There were times at Citi Field when I'd stare off at something and NOT see an ad, and that's just lost revenue for the Mets. No space should be free of advertising! I'm surprised no one's wrapped the Blue and Orange staircases in ads yet, like they do with subway cars. only 8 more years before it's Crypto-NFT park or whatever anyway.

Frayed Knot wrote: Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: The Mets always announce shit on Fridays Except when announcing stuff at 3 in the morning for the sole purpose of inconveniencing reporters. people legitimately think they do that.

given the urgency they got their GM, I presume it'll be roughly April 15th before we get a manager

nothing wrong with thumbs down. He'd be unaware anyway. But will he bat the stupid slappy guy with a .286 OBP second? Will he ignore the best hitter because he doesn't fit the profile? Will he be aware of reverse splits? Those are where the real mistakes are.

i've backed it up a dozen times? https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidnewmanmetsmarketingcontentcommunications/https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidnewmanmetsmarketingcontentcommunications/ https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-sandy-alderson-harassment-report-20210416-sxne6elqnvajvddaaqryewuu5m-story.htmlhttps://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-sandy-alderson-harassment-report-20210416-sxne6elqnvajvddaaqryewuu5m-story.html

he was a 2013 All-Star, so maybe.

All I know is that if eff 'n jeff were still running things, Showalter wouldn't be within a million miles of the Mets radar and the managerial search woule be down to local NYC PSAL High School baseball coaches. Yeah, they do get things right sometimes. In no way is Showalter head and shoulders above anyone else, if he's even above, which is unlikely. Also letting a veteran player, especially one who isn't even here, pick the manager or even be rumored to picking the manager is extremely stupid. It's increasingly clear that Sandy/Steve are pushing this "fix the clubhouse" narrative hard, plus we know they really like big trendy names over simply good people. Except in the front office obviously, where it's okay to continue to employee sexual harassers.

"I wrote up scenarios for 17 different CBA agreements so we're reading to go no matter what happens."

The Hot Corner wrote: I would be fine with Showalter if the Mets can land him as manager. The Mets have been through numerous inexperienced managers (Randolph, Callaway, Beltran - sort of, and Rojas) over recent without much success to show for it. Their best seasons during the 21st century were under the experienced guidance of Bobby Valentine and Terri Collins. The Mets can't afford to try breaking in a new manager, particularly when this team is currently being constructed to win now. But this is wrong? They floundered in the first year(s) of the century with Valentine, and then hired the established Howe, and also failed. It wasn't until they brought in the inexperienced Randolph that they started winning again. I don't know if you can really blame the collapse on him, but they tried to right the ship with Manuel, who had won a manager of the year award and it didn't work. They pivoted to Collins during their rebuild, probably for player dev reasons, and it wasn't like he groomed some young prospects into stars. It was mostly key acquisitions in 2015 that got them into the WS. Biggest players were guys like Cespedes, Reed, Kelly Johnson and Juan Uribe, and of course Michael Conforto who was a rookie callup. The reason people are talking about an established manager is because the Mets, and by extension the media, are talking about clubhouse chemistry nonsense and think that's the way to go about (presenting that they are) fixing it. But I think we've seen around the league that sometimes veterans, especially highly respected hall of fame caliber ones like Beltran, can actually do wonders. And of course, 99% of chemistry is winning games. So the new guys, Randolph had success, Dick pic mick didn't (though he has a positive managerial record) and Rojas was the (At best) second choice to manage a team ravished and mishandled by MLB in a pandemic shortened season and whatever 2021 was.

=bmfc1 post_id=82460 time=1638542074 user_id=73] While the GMs and Agents secretly enjoy this period where no deals can be made I'm guessing that the day after the lockout ends a plethora of deals will be announced.

nah, conforto's going to do fine. Everyone needs outfielders and with the likelihood that the NL is going to gain a lineup spot, there will be even more desire for a bat. Interestingly, Suzuki's posting window is frozen. So he/they get extra time to mull over any offers they've already gotten, which seems unfair. Though I guess other teams can certainly still "float" offers without actually making them.

yeah. That's fair. I don't think he's a "thinker" so to speak, just willing to speak UP about some of the injustices and stuff he sees, which is important. I could do without the pseudo-religious mindfullness mumbo jumbo too. The wop thing is a poor look, I suspect he just doesn't like DiComo and was happy to pile on before realizing. (I actually had to look up the term myself)