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I'm not sure what 'spending like a big market team' means. Because we're in New York Sandy should not worry about throwing away an extra $4 million here and there? For one, that's part of the problem that got us into this mess. Giving Cora the full $2 million to be a backup, or Castillo the extra $6 in the form of an extra year. That stuff can add up. And two, if you're going to overpay, I'd rather give a guy like Dickey, or Wright, or Upton that extra $4 that maybe they don't deserve than a guy you hope isn't even a starter.
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seawolf17 wrote: I really, really need to do this someday. First year I'm eligible, but yeah. Expensiveish though.
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Edgy MD wrote: Please dish. I did, in the tweets thread.
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I like how he goes from Hairston to Upton like it's not a McDonald's to Peter Luger's comparison.
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via Daniel Murphy:
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thread on Geren but no one's going to make light of Murphy dropping a line for Fman?
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I have Andy Green's autograph (well, I guess my wife does..so I have half right?) on a baseball somewhere. He wore 10 in 2009 Spring Training.
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I think the bottom line is that Hairston is extremely valuable as a reserve outfielder, but wants to be paid more like a starter or at least a key piece. The Mets don't view Hairston as more than a stop-gap and backup plan, and haven't yet shown the desire to pay over what they feel a player is worth to them.
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I don't think Hairston's going to be worth that myself, nor do I think Alderson wants to give him the second year. If the Mets are set on getting better, finding real outfielders is among the goals and Hairston is not part of that, so why give him four million if the plan is clearly not to have him playing?
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so is Piazza's 2/12 release our first target?
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Still haven't seen this yet, but was forwarded a link to this article earlier in the week. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Masterclass in Why HFR fails, and a reaffirmation of what makes cinema magical Long article, and very interesting, but didn't answer one question to me. A lot of 'what makes things cinematic' is simply because it's what we're used to. Perhaps after we get more ingrained to HFR.. Are our brains conditioning to watching movies a certain way?
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Dickey in a dome last year. 5 starts, 37 IP, 35 Ks, 1.22 ERA, .892 WHIP. his one game on turf was that CG one-hitter, 12K game with the one unearned run.
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Metspolice has a post today about two upcoming books. Obviously the Piazza one, but Howie's got one too. http://metspolice.com/2013/01/14/pre-order-mike-piazzas-book/
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Edgy MD wrote: Regarding 2... Maybe. Joe Niekro did good indoors, though, pitching in the Astrodome during his best years. Knuckleballs can dance on streams of air conditioning as well as naturally circulating air. It's not like the roof at the Steve J. Rogers Center is always closed. yeah. If anything the circulation indoors is more consistent. (and no risk of rain/crazy humidity) Dickey's done pretty well indoors.
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It's too foggy to hit the pitch: The whip it good quiz.
Ceetar replied to batmagadanleadoff's topic in New York Mets Talk
batmagadanleadoff wrote: Pedro's lifetime WHIP is 5th best all time, and the best among starters since WWI. The last time a starting pitcher that would finish with a career WHIP better than Pedro's would take the mound was almost 100 years ago (Ed Walsh, 1917). There is one reliever (not retired) with a better career WHIP than Pedro's. and since he's scrawny and what not, no one will suspect him of PEDs so he'll get in to the "Hall of Fame". -
It's too foggy to hit the pitch: The whip it good quiz.
Ceetar replied to batmagadanleadoff's topic in New York Mets Talk
R.A. Dickey? -
It's too foggy to hit the pitch: The whip it good quiz.
Ceetar replied to batmagadanleadoff's topic in New York Mets Talk
Orel Hershiser? -
Rico Brogna and the Long Sunset: Mets in Retirement, 2012
Ceetar replied to Edgy MD's topic in New York Mets Talk
This is old, so maybe you'all have seen it already, but I haven't and someone tweeted it, so.. http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/mets/former_met_loves_ranch_life_hates_d9LE47TiaNRfuZBTXdht8I e also traps. �I�ve made fur coats for my mom and comforters for my kids,� Wendell said. -
Gwreck wrote: Edgy MD wrote: I certainly agree (and have said so in this thread) that closers encounter unrealistic expectations. No doubt. I'm willing to take it a step further and posit that Mets fans and the media that cover the Mets have those unrealistic expectations in large part due to what Rivera has done in the same City for so long. hell, Yankees fans have unrealistic expectations of Rivera based on his reputation.
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I haven't even turned on any of the playoffs. I feel downright unamerican. I'm probably not going to drink the Bud Black Crown they're going to advertise at the Super bowl either.
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Kong76 wrote: Looking at picture, there are two books that don't belong in the section ... can you name them? moneyball presumably isn't "Mets" despite plenty of connections. I lobby we don't include the 2013 Mets Media guide as a book we need to read though.
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Edgy MD wrote: Any suggestions for next steps? Keep an eye on Mets releases for 2013, create a forum/thread for each one to discuss/vote on on. pass said books around if you're willing so more of us can read them, etc. at the end of the year, everyone that's read most? of them votes for top three, MVP style (3 points for first, 2 for second, 1 for third?) and we tabulate the best Mets book of the year?
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Edgy MD wrote: Way to be on the ball, Steve. Should we do this? yes.
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He'll entertain the beat writers at least, which means the interest the Mets have shown is probably overstated by their desire to talk about him.
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Mets � Willets Point wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Pretty compelling PED article from the magic year of 1969. Painkillers? Was there a scourge of acetaminophen abuse marring the game? Pretty tame compared to Toradol I imagine, but light years better than the 'put some ice on it' methods years before that.
