Ceetar

I don't know about "Gee wouldn't it be great" but I like that proposed schedule breakdown better than the way it is now. I'd prefer they ditch the stupid DH so the AL didn't continue to have the advantage though, because this will somewhat significantly alter bench construction in the NL. But that's because the Wild Card era encompasses most of my baseball watching life, and definitely the more aware periods of it. And there are plenty of serious fans younger than me. I don't have the same rivalry feel for the Cubs/Cardinals(though that one has obviously grown) that most of you do. Playing the Cubs isn't any more interesting to me than playing the As. Interleague was introduced nearly 15 years ago. the leagues aren't really separate anymore (Except for the stupid DH thing) so it's no big deal to me to mix it up a little more.

not sure I'm sold on Tejada as the 2B though. But there may be cheap FA options too.

I mean, it makes a lot of sense to trade high on Murphy, when you have other Tejadaish options for 2B that are better defensively and Murphy hasn't shown he's gonna be a high OBP or a 15-20 HR guy. Also Turner, Valdespin, even Satin on the 40 man.

Murphy. They don't end up trading him.

G-Fafif wrote: It will be pregame. Just what it looks like in the film clips and photos. Large signs (often bedsheets), held by one-, two- or more-person entrants who march around the warning track, presumably offering support to the home team and overstating the home team's ability to compete for a world championship immediately. Celebrity judges in days of yore graded on creativity and originality, or something like that. An Emerson clock radio always seemed to be the prize. Marty remembers the lengthiness of it all here. Any chance you and/or Shannon get to be judges? ;-)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Wait a minute- whozimawhatwiththeinterleaguethingy, now? What's all this, then? Astros switch to AL west, 3 divisions of 5, interleague all the time. (since uneven leagues)

metirish wrote: So , as a fan that never got to experience banner day what can I expect?, what went in to making the banner?, what material?what to celebrate?, big ,small? Likewise. Also, this will probably an after game activity, like Dyna Mets Dash? (they don't call it that anymore do they?) Will anyone actually stick around to watch?

On the flip side, think about how interesting it would've been if the Cardinals had played the Rangers on the last day of the season this year?

Frayed Knot wrote: * Day after the season ends break + potential tie-breakers + the three games necessary to play + plus a travel day? = at least 5 maybe 6 days off for the division winners and that's if it don't rain and the creek don't rise. That's why I proposed the silly three in two idea. cram it in. The only thing I really care about postseason schedule/series wise is trying to get baseball everyday and almost no off days. How about doubleheader at WC1 the day after the season ends, then if needed, deciding game at the home of Seed #1 in the morning. winner stays and plays LDS game one that night, loser gets out of there. wouldn't happen, I don't know if they could sell those games out last minute. Would you pay to see (and take off work presumably) Phillies-Rockies at Citi Field to see who you get to play that night?

I kinda wanted a three-game in two days series. first game at second wild card team, then both fly to first wild card team home for a baseball all day doubleheader.

Edgy DC wrote: The postseason always included mismatches of teams with disparate win totals. But until the wild card came along, they were always champions of something. Now this one game downgrades their position. Actually, it only increases the disparate win totals. This would theoretically make the wild card teams thrive for the division title a little more.

Joel Sherman wrote: Joelsherman1 Person with strong Wall St ties tells me #Mets new strategy to sell $20M stakes at 3 pct interest already has several commitments

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Rubin copped to the vote for Terry. Manny Acta getting more MOY votes than anyone under Omar. well, except for the 81 points for Willie in '06 of course.

btw, I tweeted this thread in the hopes to draw in new members. Didn't seem to work.

you pretty much summed up my memory of him.

I'd like to go to the holiday party, just not feeling justified to take a day off. :-(

G-Fafif wrote: Would have gone with Casey for the '60s. There's a face made for bobbleheads. You could probably reasonably slide Seaver to '70s. But then Seaver wouldn't be first.

Edgy DC wrote: I sometimes wonder what it takes to get some non-white guys at these fashion shows. But I guess the the only big league ones the Mets currently have under contract are in wintering in the their respective Caribbean homes. �ngel Pag�n maybe. Johan was involved in a bunch of the things last winter if I recall.

Vic Sage wrote: Ceetar wrote: well it's rare that that many teams get involved, and once they do, it easily prices out most of the tepid interest anyway. the worry was always that one team would do something completely ridiculous, but if Reyes is serious about wanting to stay, if he gives the Mets the counter opportunity on the reasonable (right now, Marlins), he might just accept it, not go back to the bidding team and get them to increase it too (like Beltran did), and then come back to the Mets again. why would he leave money on the table? Loyalty? Please. When you consider FLA's state tax situation, and its proximity to the DR, and the team's solvency and competitive role in the division (no worse, certainly, than the mets and probably better, with a new stadium), it will likely require the mets to not just match but meaningfully exceed the Marlins offer to persuade him to stay. And if the agent doesn't play the mets off the marlins to get the best possible deal, he should get fired. reread what I said. I didn't say he was leaving money on the table. I simply suggested that he might not be after trying to milk absolutely every last penny out of the situation. When the Marlins make a real offer, Reyes goes back to the Mets and says 'give me more'. They give him more. Does he then run back to the Marlins and ask them for more? Maybe he just takes it. Substitute Marlins for 'market value'. He finds the best deal, then asks the Mets to top it. Does he then start all over again? Go back to each team and see if they'll give him another million annually? Does he actually care about South Beach/proximity to DR? He makes his home in Long Island. It's not like he bolts the second the season ends, hell he even goes to Islanders games. He's not counting the Wilpons pennies, beyond what they give him. And while players may try to get on a team that's playoff bound, they rarely are projecting that team based on prospects and whispers. No one's picking the Marlins to make the playoffs, no matter what they do before Reyes signs. They probably don't even finish about .500. Whatever you believe Jose Reyes priorities are, they are just what you believe, with no basis in fact. All we have is statements that he wants to be here, and vague quotes from the "Reyes camp" that he wants to be sold on the overall direction of the team. That's a much easier sell in NY than in Miami. You really think Reyes, who just played three years in the new Citi Field in NY, is going to buy the "Marlins stadium will solve everything!" argument? He's played road games down there, he knows how empty it is.

metirish wrote: Nice, and the patch doesn't look like the Domino's logo. well it was designed by "the Mets" and not Citi Group.

well it's rare that that many teams get involved, and once they do, it easily prices out most of the tepid interest anyway. the worry was always that one team would do something completely ridiculous, but if Reyes is serious about wanting to stay, if he gives the Mets the counter opportunity on the reasonable (right now, Marlins), he might just accept it, not go back to the bidding team and get them to increase it too (like Beltran did), and then come back to the Mets again.

David Robertson got a 5th place vote huh? good for him..

Edgy DC wrote: What do you do for the guy who enters with the tying run on base and no out in the seventh or eighth, bails his team out, and sees Mr. Bigstuff enter with a clean slate in the ninth and get the save? claim he has a close mentality and make the Yankees over pay for him.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Everyone knows that wins are a faulty stat, but they're even more faulty for relief pitchers than for starters. (By a LOT.) I'd say start with 1 point for a save and 3 for a "tough save". I'd forget wins and losses and try to incorporate some way of measuring inherited runners stranded and baserunners allowed. Well yeah, in this formula, if a reliever blows a save that gives up the lead, it's entirely up to his offense whether or not he gets 2 points for a win, or loses 2 points for a loss. I'd consider differentiating Blown save and Blown lead. Hugely different if you blow the save but the game remains tied.

Edgy DC wrote: seawolf17 wrote: Remember early in the season when we were talking about Turner making some RoY noise? Yeah. They'd do themselves a favor if they asked for than three names on the ballot --- giving that many more players a small feather in their caps, that many more teams a reason to write a press release, and that many more fans a brief warm fuzzy, seeing their team had a guy finish eighth. And also might force the voters to look into more than the popular choice. Verlander for cy Young. shocker. Unanimous.