Ceetar

Frayed Knot wrote: I always got good vibes from Tejada too -- I'm just unsure if he'll ever hit enough to become a full-timer but even that's looking a bit more promising this year. I was a little down on Tejada last year. Didn't really look like anything to be, but he looks better this year. Not as overmatched, a little smoother in the field. Reyes I think has always been a bit of a "field leader". I think without David doing some of those things, he's taking it upon himself. Or Maybe Castillo was a downer and being with Tejada is fun. and Turner. who knows. But Reyes is quite literally impossible to ignore offensively, defensively, etc. He's the center of the game. He's always been reported to be (when guys are not just making things up to criticize him anyway) an extremely hard worker so it doesn't surprise me that some of these other guys look up to him. He's playing with three 'rookies' on the infield, four if you count Thole. He's a grizzled veteran.

If the Yankees had just signed Jeter this year Yankees fans would be chasing him out of town already to a chorus of boos. Regardless, Reyes is awesome. I want to watch him be awesome year after year after year. 40 years from now I want to watch him do a silly handshake with David Wright at an old-timers game.

G-Fafif wrote: I just talked to an impartial observer who would rather expose himself to dangerous levels of pollen than the 2011 version of Jeter. You could probably make the case that you'd get more production from Luis Castillo than Jeter.

Dodgers rally to score 3 more in the top 3rd after the great escape. Still batting. It's that Oswalt guy.

Ashie62 wrote: Are those lyrics sheets? Nice photo, I dang well wouldn't mind being there! might be menus. Transmonk will have to fill us in.

Ashie62 wrote: I believe Transmonk and his band will be doing the National Anthem! good seats too. Drinking good beer too.

Posada pinch runs. Yankees scratch out a run (Jeter grounded softly to third to start) with the help of two HBP. Phillies load the bases, score one to tie but Dodgers limit the damage. Atl-FLa tied. I"m inclined to root for Florida, but really, neither.

SteveJRogers wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Steve pushing the Yankee agenda. What is it about Jose Reyes that is so offensive? That he hasn't always head in the game? Citing two- and three-year-old incidents. Neither did Babe Ruth. That's fair, but it also makes it more advantagous to trade him now and makes you wonder if this is the best that he'll ever be, and that this is a fluke spike based on it being a contract year. It would've been prudent to sign him off _last year_ when he was still one of the top SS in the league. Now he's one of the top _players_ in the game. If the tail end of his contract is like 2010, we'll be asking where to put the statue. Also, the "lack of maturity" stuff is merely fun-loving. Head in the game? He gets picked off first less than Henderson did. It's a drawback of being an aggressive player.

I'm hoping for Manny Ramirez then.

remember, Mets bat first. be there at 8:10 or you miss Reyes. Also, Transmonklive tweeting from the game. Follow him if you don't already.

G-Fafif wrote: OTOH, Bay returns to the lineup. Good think Miller Park is where he turned his 2011 around and stopped being Nosaj Yab. Which is what he's been ever since becoming a Met: the opposite of Jason Bay. Works for me. Although he's played in 132 game as a Met. I wonder if he's just aiming for one 'full' season of sucking and then will turn things around. Or maybe waiting for a 9RBI outburst against teh Yankees like Delgado?

Because they're playing the stupid Phillies. Marlins and Braves. Also the Sox visit the Yankees in the Bronx. supposedly the season starts tonight or something. nothing else matters. it was all a dress rehersal, blah blah blah. Lester versus Garcia. I have to drive to LI from NJ and hope everyone's at the game by 7:30 when I'm passing by. Or you could just go to the game. It's not sold out. These are $100, which is ridiculous but not when you compare it to the rest of the place.

Ashie62 wrote: At Sienna Miller Park. Your signature line goes well here.

metirish wrote: Yeah like no one would ever think to use Another One Bites the Dust , very original. I prefer the song for when the opposing team removes a pitcher mid-inning. I'd rock as a scoreboard operator.

seawolf17 wrote: metsguyinmichigan wrote: I looked at the site. Liked the shirts with the neon players from Shea. The rest? Eh. Some of them are funny, but not necessarily funny enough to buy. Although I do like the VALENTINE 2 one. I bought one of the neon guy shirts last summer; quality shirt. I like some of them. I'm not overly enamored with them persay, but I get that there would be demand for some of the Queens. It probably is more appealing to a certain demographic, and one that we like to pretend only goes to Yankees games, but are plenty prevelant in Mets gear as well. I kinda like the Even Lesbians Love Dickey one, but probably not something I would wear myself. But I think it fills a gap in Mets merchandise that they seem reluctant to fill except with corporate Pink/Touch stuff. While I get why they kicked him out, and maybe it's even fair (although plenty sketchy and heavy-handed by security, but that's what happens when you're security/cops/bouncers. You get heavy handed because that's your job and no one's policing you. They treated me the same way in Shea, perhaps worse, for a much tamer offense) but I can't help but wonder if it was MLB related. They were fine with the sign on SNY. Or maybe it just took them that long to figure out the legal twist to not having ".com" on your sign.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Pirates open day 2 by taking Josh Bell, uber OF prospect but considered a very very tuff sign. Well, yeah, he did write a letter to Major League Baseball asking them to ask all teams NOT to draft him, since he wants badly to go to school and play for Texas. which has to be code for "pay me" because otherwise you just ignore whoever drafts you and go to college.

Farmer Ted wrote: Be careful HOW you ask the Mets not to trade Jose... http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Mets-give-blogger-a-bigger-audience-by-ejecting-?urn=mlb-wp8736#remaining-content ack, i read the comments. my eyes, my eyes!

TransMonk wrote: The Brewers won again on Monday, sweeping a four game series from the Marlins in Florida, and are on a five game winning streak. Milwaukee is 20-6 overall since May 9, best in the majors. Well..they're due to cool off a little right? Mets are 3/4 and 5/8 and are due to have a little bit of a hot streak right?

Edgy DC wrote: I'm totally against the idea of shitcanning all of Omar's legacy, but would rather try and see where it went well and went poorly and factor that into the future. That's the game though, obviously the old guy was totally incompetant and the new guy is the savior. It's unfair the compare the end of a tenure to the beginning of a new one too. Where Omar was operating at the end of a plan and trying to fix/mend/expand on things he'd done earlier, Sandy hasn't made any huge blunders yet and is still setting things in motion. Also, we can't forget how much we love Ike/Gee/Niese or even Tejada/Meija/Thole/Pelfrey and trash Omar either.

Edgy DC wrote: ..that he's already bought, if only in his heart. I'm gonna get one of those 'rings' shirt before you know it. Look for me in the Bronx tonight screaming my head off in a drunken stupor.

Gwreck wrote: Wait, this is a real party? Not some sort of cruel joke? I've got an idea. If you've got friends who insist on holding this type of party, you either A. Tell them they're stupid; and/or B. Politely decline to go and/or C. Reconsider your friendship. No, it was spawned from the idea that if the Mets were to trade Reyes and sign Rollins, that's coming real close to the breaking point that would get me thinking about buying a Cano jersey.

email it to Darren at the7line.

G-Fafif wrote: BTW, is this MFY uniform party before or after the Chipper Victorino Molina soiree? It's tentatively scheduled for July 31st/August 1st.

If i'm going current, I think I'd end up getting A-Rod just because he's clearly the best player on the team. (historically anyway)

Edgy DC wrote: ceetar is just trying to rationalize the Cano jersey he alreay owns but hasn't had the courage to wear yet. You know, (Doncha know?) Cano is the first name I thought of. I then sat there for 15 seconds trying to figure if I was going to buy a Yankee jersey, which one would I buy? Not Tex, obviously not Jeter. I might go A-Rod just for the legendary aspect of it. No one else really appeals. Maybe Hughes if he was pitching. Swisher is cool but I don't see him remaining a Yankee for long. I don't like Rollins. I never liked Rollins. He always struck me as a bit of an overrated punk, going back to his first or second year. He was one of those guys that's been pretty hyped the whole time and he didn't seem worth it to me. I'm sure I'd like the guy if he was on my team, but in this specific context, of trading the best SS in the game that we adore for an older, lesser model that we hate, would feel like such a slap in the face.