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SNY AND WFAN tonight I'm told. will Retro Fitness have SNY on? I doubt it, but at least I can listen to the audio feed.
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I enjoyed MacFarlane. Helped entertain me for what's otherwise usually a pretty boring 4 hours. (The wife had it on, otherwise I wouldn't have watched)
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SNY game again tonight, 6:10 PM. Here is the spring TV schedule for easy reference. oe: Posted earlier by bmfc1 in the Spring Training thread. if they're home, they're on. With maybe one exception.
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metirish wrote: Loria takes out full page ads in various Miami papers http://miamiherald.typepad.com/fish_bytes/2013/02/jeffrey-lorias-letter-to-our-fans.html#storylink=cpy spent more on that than the roster.
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Marcum vs. Strasburg. Wheeler will pitch.
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Touch Me I'm Sick - Injuries (and Recoveries) in 2013
Ceetar replied to TransMonk's topic in New York Mets Talk
Edgy MD wrote: John Harper ?@NYDNHarper Going on Daily News Live to talk about Santana's now-delayed spring training. Probably more to it than Mets are saying. did any of these supposed reporters down there figure to ASK any of the questions or just feel like insinuating there's more to it and he's basically got one foot in the grave? i.e. was he supposed to have started throwing earlier, and didn't? Was this planned: is he behind schedule or did he not throw because he's feel this fatigue? If not, is he behind schedule or was he never really intended to have a 'normal' Spring Training routine? Is his revised routine formed from what's the bare minimum he needs to pitch Opening Day or based on his current arm strength/fitness level? Or you know, we could just run wild with rampant speculation and insinuation. -
MFS62 wrote: IIRC, when the news broke about Biogenesis, it advertised itself as providing non-steroid (steroid alternative) products. I think some of the athletes and agents went to them based on that (mis)information. The company website said they provide counselling to clients, and fully describe the products/ treatments they would prescribe. Some of those named have said they went there only for that counselling. So it could be the players went there in good faith and were duped. But there is still no excuse for not checking out the ingredients against the MLB banned substance list before taking them. Later Well these guys didn't get busted by the MLB drug tests after all. Maybe they didn't. I don't think misinformation is the right word so much as plausible deniability.
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speaking of blogs, I'm on the last two episodes of the Amazing Avenue Audio podcast saying stuff about stuff.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Granted, tmf... but there ARE options. When I used to head in for games with friends during high-school and college, I made the same trip; we would usually grab a sandwich from a great deli by our town's train station, and have our sandwiches on the way there (and, if we got peckish, at the game/on the way back). I did this at Shea, but now that the options are rarely better than just the couple extra bucks at Citi (And I make considerably more..or did..or could..or whatever) I haven't bothered. Also without a lot of pre-planning, leaving from work for a weekday game leaves less options. Also, now there is good beer too.
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Edgy MD wrote: It's not "jipped," but "gypped," as in "swindled by gypsies." Damn cheap-assed, wandering, Romani Wilpons with their price gauging and flamboyant dance traditions. gypsies. good..mnemonic device? wrong word here too? I thought it was 'g' but Chrome wouldn't auto-correct it properly. yeah, tolls are probably market rate too, but I generally feel more gypped by expensive service charges than entertainment ones. I get 3-4 hours in a ballpark at Citi, all I get at the GWB is the privilege of sitting in CBX traffic.
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This will likely be true for decades, but the price of food, souvenirs, parking, and tickets though to a lesser degree, is more related to NY's population and economy than the baseball operations part of the business. Yes, ultimately the baseball operations leads to more fans through the doors/attendance/customers but the prices are always going to be set to maximize revenue. _you_ may think it's too much, but chances are if they lowered it too much they wouldn't make up in volume what they lose in price. So it won't go down. Same with tickets. There's always going to be a baseline crowd, and they're always going to try to sell the $100 seats first and the big games first before resorting to 'get them in the ballpark' tactics. And maybe this is just because my perspective has changed, but I've never gone to Citi Field and felt like I get jipped. If I felt that anywhere, it's the nearly $30 in NYC tolls to get there.
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Touch Me I'm Sick - Injuries (and Recoveries) in 2013
Ceetar replied to TransMonk's topic in New York Mets Talk
people get sick in Florida and need MRIs too. But they like _their_ doctors. gotta stay "in-network" right? -
Touch Me I'm Sick - Injuries (and Recoveries) in 2013
Ceetar replied to TransMonk's topic in New York Mets Talk
Edgy MD wrote: Maddening that teams still send these guys home. I think that speaks more to the heathcare field than baseball. -
Swan Swan H wrote: I have no idea what will happen between now and April 1, but a guy like Wheeler making it onto the Opening Day roster is just the kind of feel-good story that a team like the Mets can use. Set expectations low and you'll never be disappointed. at the expense of an arbitration year and or full year of control? Hefner, McHugh and yes probably Mejia all get the nod above him. If three guys get injured in Spring Training, Sandy probably pulls a quick trade/sign for a wily vet before using Wheeler. They'd get fancy with skipping the fifth starter and slotting someone in for a start or two before they go to Wheeler out of Spring based on everything the front office has said since last summer.
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Benjamin Grimm wrote: That can change if Santana, Niese, Marcum, Gee, or Harvey have to go on the DL before Opening Day. gonna need a lot more than just one of them to go on the DL. Wheeler is not starting in the majors.
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I've pretty much stopped with the sports talk radio (okay, i've stopped with the radio entirely) so I guess I don't really care. It'd be nice to have a real Mets/baseball guy talking baseball and Mets in the hour or so leading up to a game, especially games where you'd be more likely to tailgate and have the radio on outside the park or something. The only real benefit of WFAN before the game is I can't read my Twitter feed for real updates on breaking news/lineups as i'm driving. But there are seemingly more and more Mets podcast options, and with streaming and 4g and all sorts of connectivity, (and the MLB At Bat app which is only ..$20? and includes the audio broadcast anyway..) I don't know that I can get that worked up over WFAN/CBS type deck chair rearrangements.
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Frayed Knot wrote: Ceetar wrote: yawn, chalk this up to "good problem to have" it's also why I floated the gamble of renegotiating his contract into a 3/36 type thing. Santana is set to pull down $25.5 this season plus another $5.5 in a buyout even if he doesn't reach the automatic re-up. I don't think he's going to lock himself up for the next two years for what is essentially an additional 5 mill. Best at this point to just let this season play out and re-evaluate then. When I proposed it it was to free up some money this year to make things happen anyway. I don't remember the numbers I suggested, probably was more like 3/45 I guess ,given his contract. It was probably a gamble not appropriate to this team's situation, but thought it was an interesting thought. I'm not one that thinks Santana's washed up and done.
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yawn, chalk this up to "good problem to have" it's also why I floated the gamble of renegotiating his contract into a 3/36 type thing. But there's a fair shot Santana pitching at a 215 inning pace is going to bring the pennant race, and the money that comes with that, to afford it. Bay's money is still coming off the books, and if things are really looking up, and the Mets are looking up on the field, it probably isn't a huge issue.
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Edgy MD wrote: A year is still the standard, but pop culture bios often have a short enough shelf life as it is, so that figure could be contracted, and the paperback version could very likely be out by Christmas. In the age of digital publishing destroying the book, "standard" isn't a very meaningful term. Everybody is trying to find a new model. That's true? a year? That definitely seems like one of those things that needs to get caught up with the times.
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awesome. that last one reminds me of this from Prague
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We saw Little Miss Sunshine and he drove me home Crap, that makes me feel old. Little Miss Sunshine on their first date.
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seconds after I posted that, St. Lucie Mets twitter feed posted a better image of the hat, so..
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Best I could do with the low-res base images of the hat I could find.
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not just the design world. Does someone have a high-res image? It'll only take 5minutes to do.
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No problem with the hat in any way they want to use it. But this was probably just to show it off. Collins will probably more often wear the interview cap right? G-Fafif wrote: And shouldn't Mr. Met be wearing a tiny version of the Mr. Met logo on his cap? YES!
