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started putting some ads up They're calling it Marlins Park for now right? official in a couple of hours, so sounds like this stadium will continue the 'new name' tradition as they'll likely sponsor it one of these years..

Predict the total regular season wins for each club: 1. ATL 88 2. NYM 85 3. MIA 75 4. WAS 80 5. PHI 89 6. CHC 81 7. CIN 84 8. PIT 74 9. MIL 88 10. HOU 65 11. STL 87 12. LAD 77 13. SF 90 14. SD 72 15. COL 76 16. ARZ 85 17. NYY 87 18. BOS 91 19. TB 89 20. BAL 71 21. TOR 83 22. CLE 70 23. DET 92 24. MIN 88 25. KC 78 26. CHW 71 27. OAK 71 28. LAA 91 29. TEX 90 30. SEA 61 Predict the division winners: 31. NL EAST: Philly 32. NL CENTRAL: Brewers 33. NL WEST: Giants 34. AL EAST: Red Sox 35. AL CENTRAL: Tigers 36. AL WEST: Angels Predict the four wild card winners: 37. AL 1: Rays 38. AL 2: Rangers 39. NL 1: Braves 40. NL 2: Cardinals Predict the Playoffs: 41. NL wild card play-in winner: Braves 42. AL wild card play-in winner: Rangers 43. AL division round winner 1: Red Sox 44. AL division round winner 2: Tigers 45. NL division round winner 1: Giants 46. NL division round winner 2: Brewers 47. AL champion: Tigers 48. NL champion: Giants 49. World Series WINNER: Tigers Predict the Awards: 50. Manager of the year: Terry Collins 51. AL CY YOUNG: Verlander 52. NL CY YOUNG: Lincecum 53. AL MVP: Pujols 54. NL MVP: Wright 55. AL ROY: Yoenis Cespedes 56. NL ROY: Mesoraco 57. AL GOLD GLOVE C: Mauer 58. AL GOLD GLOVE 1B: Pujols 59. AL GOLD GLOVE 2B: Kipnis 60. AL GOLD GLOVE 3B: Youkilis 61. AL GOLD GLOVE SS: Andino 62. AL GOLD GLOVE OF1: Ichiro 63. AL GOLD GLOVE OF2: Ellsbury 64. AL GOLD GLOVE OF3: Granderson 65. AL GOLD GLOVE P: 66. NL GOLD GLOVE C: Molina 67. NL GOLD GLOVE 1B: Ike Davis 68. NL GOLD GLOVE 2B: Phillips 69. NL GOLD GLOVE 3B: Wright 70. NL GOLD GLOVE SS: Reyes 71. NL GOLD GLOVE OF1: Beltran 72. NL GOLD GLOVE OF2: Kemp 73. NL GOLD GLOVE OF3: Carlos Gonzalez 74. NL GOLD GLOVE P: Kershaw Predict the League leaders: 75. AL wins: Colby Lewis 76. AL strikeouts (pitcher): Price 77. AL ERA: Verlander 78. NL wins: Jiminez 79. NL strikeouts (pitcher): Jon Niese 80. NL ERA: Kershaw 81. AL HRs: Fielder 82. AL Batting Average: Cabrera 83. AL RBIs: Cabrera 84. NL HRs: Duda 85. NL Batting Average: Reyes 86. NL Batting RBIs: Duda Additional Questions: 87. Which League wins the All Star game? National League 88. Who is the World Series MVP? Verlander 89. Which team scores the most runs? Tigers 90. which team scores the least runs? Astros 91. which team allows the most runs? Orioles 92. which team allows the least runs? Padres 93. which team has the most wins in baseball? Angels 94. which team has the worst record in baseball? Astros 95. which team has the best record of non-playoff teams? Yankees 96. will there be a no-hitter this year? (yes/no) yes 97. Which manager is ejected from the most games this season? Girardi 98. will anyone hit for the cycle this year? (yes/no) yes 99. will Nymr83 actually come back and update us on the winners of this overly ambitious contest? yes

They'd just raise minor league ticket prices wouldn't they? I don't know how that'd ultimately affect attendance/revenue though. We've got the ability to see/follow those teams these days, maybe coupled with raises for the players, they could draw an audience showing those games on the major league off days (or day games when the team plays at night, and vice versa) more often on the regional sports networks, raising advertising money that way.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: WHAT??? THERE'S A TAX ON FARTING!?! OBAMA IS TAKING AWAY ALL OF OUR FREEDOMS! It's all the Mexican coming over the borders!

metirish wrote: Question, if a player gets called up from the minors is he automatically in the MLB union?, and what happens if he is on the minor league shuffle? I think so. I think it happens once you're on the 40 man? That's why they call it 'purchasing' your contract when they add you? You get the prorated 480k when you get called up, but I have no idea how it affects your minor league salary. I imagine you're well above the minimum at that point.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Edgy DC wrote: This game was scheduled months ago. Strikes me as as a reporter cranky about his own travel obligations. Waaa. Bingo. Well the WFAN people, Francessa and the morning show, complained about it too. But they're cranky and ignorant, so that doesn't surprise.

You guys will have to pick up the slack without me tomorrow though.

Will start in Buffalo provided he's not one of the projected 40man cuts to make room. Which is doubtful since they just added him last fall.

Toby Hyde lists him unofficially in a utility role for the Binghamton Mets.

Mets Expected Outages Braves Expected Outages [crossout]Jones Hudson[/crossout] Atlanta Bourn, cfPrado, 3bMcCann, cUggla, 2bFreeman, 1b=#FF0000]Diaz, lfHeyward, rfPastornicky, ssHanson, p=#FF8000]New York Torres, cfMurphy, 2bWright, 3bDavis, 1bBay, lfDuda, rfThole, cTejada, ssSantana, p

bmfc1 wrote: GKR politely showed their displeasure for this game. It doesn't impact them--it's not on SNY--but why are the Mets schlepping to Tampa for a practice game the day before the season starts? They should be having a workout at home so the players can see the new configuration. I know that a practice field Port St. Lucie has the same configuration but it would be better to see the real thing. Of course, money is involved--they had a sellout yesterday--but it was still a bad decision. Francesa harped on this yesterday. Among other ridiculous things. For one, the Mets are doing the _Yankees_ a favor yesterday, not the other way around. They wanted a pitstop on the way back from Miami. I doubt the Mets were ever planning on holding a workout today. If it wasn't the Yankees, it'd be the Nats or something. Most of the other teams are playing various games, it's not like they're chilling out. They had the new dimensions set up on field 7 down there, what do they really need to practice? The wall is a little closer, so take a couple of steps in. bingo. They can walk around and shag fly balls Thursday morning during BP, but I don't think anyone really felt this was something that needed to be done. Baseball is also a game that's played every day. I think it's important from that aspect to gear up for another game in a row today, followed by one tomorrow. Travel is normal in that case. (And they have off Friday) try to get into a routine and groove and all that. btw, it's an hour to the airport anyway, it's only three hours to Tampa airport. They gotta get on a bus anyway, so is a noon game really a big deal? They'll be in NY in time for a late dinner.

Mets decide to use the Tampa airport rather than West Palm Beach to fly back to NY. The worthless storyline here is that Andy Pettite may pitch an inning. Torres-DH, Murphy-2B, Wright-3B, Davis-1B, Bay-LF, Duda-RF, Hairston-CF, Thole-C, Tejada-SS. Gee-RHP

Fman99 wrote: Why do you have to fight, why can't you GET ALONG? WHY DO I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS, I'M TRYING TO DO MY HOMEWORK HERE! I'm going to slit the cats like cheese then eat the sweet sticky things. And that's my music reference for the year.

metsmarathon wrote: why have the cool architectural lattice in the first place if all you're going to do is sandwich it between a bunch of ads? I can agree with that, it seems the perfect place for ads and yet it's a cool lattice. Do you think (on the video board scoreboard) it'd look better if the latticework went all around the advertisements as and outline? that might be better.

if only we oculd better follow the yankees' lead on these things. they're all class. no extra ads. only the bare minimum. the important ones. the.. uh... 600x400http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/mariners/yankees0630.jpg> yet somehow, citi looks slightly tackier. i think the big problem is that the ad spaces on the scoreboard at citi seem taked on. like the original space allotment wasn't enough, they needed more cash, so they just slapped up some more placards hanging off hte sides of the structure. oe, why does htat never work for me? i'd stick it in original size, but its about 3k pixels wide! I think that looks tackier than Citi. I guess technically the porch is advertising, but imo it's about as nice as you can get an ad.. with that and the bridge, at least the entire backdrop of the stadium isn't dominated by the ads. If you keep your focus on the field you sorta get away from the big glaring ads. (Of course, there is advertising all over the place... Not really much to do about it these days I guess. I do miss the pennants on the walls, and I barely remember those) I like it as the 'tacked on' look. It sorta deemphasizes the ads from the scoreboard. Also it was a solid change when they went from any old ad, to 'hey, let's get an actual tv company ad here in a muted black style so it doesn't distract from the scoreboard."

Josh Lewin actually mentioned this game on the broadcast today.

TransMonk wrote: That's not horrible. As low as my expectations are for Pelf, I'm still pulling for him to do well. They were _swinging_ strikeouts too. (at least most of them)

And now the Mets are raining hits. Torres, Murphy, Wright, sac fly for Davis, Bay.

Advertisers generally want people to ..you know...be in the stadium to SEE advertisements. Surprised no naming right though.

That's just the video board, the other scoreboard is the one you're comparing to the Marlins board.

I wonder if the team that was 'off' that inning heckled the other teams.

No big deal. I imagine the winning pitcher and the two starters are the main stat-getters here.

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making a list.

funny, since I asked the day after and was told that'd it wasn't going to happen. Where'd you see this?