Ceetar

Frayed Knot wrote: The second of his career. The last pitcher to no-hit the Blue Jays was Nolan Ryan. In other OOTs news, Phils beat the Braves as Kendrick subbed in for the now DL'd Roy Oswalt and the Nats took their second straight from the Marlins The NL East has tightened up a bit in the last two days. Oh yeah, and the Rays will tie the Yanx for tops in the AL East if the Rangers can hold on to their 2-run lead for another two innings. Rays did most of their catching up without Longoria who just recently returned to the lineup. Verlander my preseason pick for Cy Young. so there.

Ashie62 wrote: Can the Mets keep both Jose Reyes and David Wright long term? If they can't, it's time to contract

Edgy DC wrote: Somebody has to write a counter-article. I mean, it's fucking Forbes. Where do they get off being so willfully stupid? http://www.tedquarters.net/2011/05/07/i-cant-even-muster-up-the-strength/ It 's nothing great, but it is calling it out as stupid. Ted wrote a resign reyes now post earlier this week.

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Oh, and a brain-dead article from Forbes disagrees with you. OK, I'm markedly dumber now than I was five minutes ago for having read that. The only saving grace is that it didn't reflexively cite the "Moneyball front office" and Jose's dearth of walks as proof of future incompatibility. Actually, it implies that the Moneyball front office is the only reason they're going to do it, but they should've done it anyway. What are these people going to write when they do resign Reyes?

Edgy DC wrote: Ain't no big business going to happen until after that big chunk of the team gets sold off. That seems to be the way it is. Good news is that that seems to be a matter of weeks. A team with Reyes on it is more valuable. So being able to resign him immediately after instantly provides return on investment right?

Mets lineup vs. LA on Friday: Reyes-SS, Murphy-2B, Wright-3B, Beltran-RF, Bay-LF, Davis-1B, Pridie-CF, Thole-C, Niese-LHP

Edgy DC wrote: Until/except this year for Cleveland. It's like Lebron James took the last breath of economy/identity right out of town with him. It takes more than a hot april to convince fans you're for real. (especially if April is particularly cold)

Edgy DC wrote: it may be a year or so late, but the economy is really catching up to MLB. It wasn't long ago that you couldn't see an open seat at Jacobs field. Now the Indians are in first place and they can barely get 20,000 for a weekend game. Averaging 14,650. Yeah. bad time to have your best investment guy turn out to be a scammer.

Frayed Knot wrote: Oh, and MLB is claiming that the Dodgers are going to be unable to make their end of May payroll. they should have PSAs in LA from Billingsly "Please come to the park and see me pitch! otherwise I won't get paid!" In fact, if i was a better video editor and had time, I'd make a very distasteful commercial emulating the 'feed the starving kids in Africa' ones with Dodgers players.

G-Fafif wrote: At the very least he could have stood in his plush back yard and telecommuted. Or knocked up one of the Giants wives at the same time to make it fair..

soupcan wrote: Not Sunday but I'm bringing four 14 year-old boys tonight. The plan is for me to sit back, relax, watch the game and let them wander and do whatever it is that 14 year-olds do at these newfangled stadiumalls. I think my odds are good that I'll be able to do that. Judging by what my 15 year old brother does, I imagine wander around, try to get Scott Hairston to autograph your cap, eat at Shake Shack and then walk into good Caesar's Club seats because who questions 15 year old boys about where they're supposed to sit? (Actually,I'm kinda surprised they were able to simply take the elevator to the Excelsior level, look lost, and get good seats.)

Looks like a good team to beat up on and right this ship!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: In related good news, MFYs lose 3 of 4 in Detroit. Nunez in for Jeets at SS, gets 2 RBI. Rays now only one game behind for the division lead. Valverde pissed off a bunch of people by showing emotion in closing it out. Chavez injured on a triple. A-Rod's day off doesn't last very long.

Corner kicks from the Mo's Zone? Will the Pepsi Porch folks be able to see?

Rubin Ecuador and Greece will play soccer match at Citi Field on June 7 ECUADOR AND GREECE TO PLAY INAUGURAL SOCCER MATCH AT CITI FIELD TUESDAY, JUNE 7 AT 8:00 P.M. Tickets Go On Sale This Monday, May 9 At 10:00 A.M.; Online At 507TIXX.com and By Phone At 718-507-TIXX FLUSHING, N.Y., May 5, 2011 � The New York Mets today announced that the national teams of Ecuador and Greece will square off in Citi Field�s inaugural soccer match Tuesday, June 7 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Monday, May 9 at 10:00 a.m. online at 507TIXX.com and by phone at 718-507-TIXX. Tickets can be purchased in person this Tuesday, May 10 at 9:00 a.m. at the Jackie Robinson Rotunda ticket windows located at Citi Field. The game will take place rain or shine. The match features two national teams with a large presence in New York, as both nationalities each have over 100,000 residents in the area. Queens County has the largest population of Ecuadorians of any county in the United States, while Astoria, Queens has the largest population of Greeks outside of Greece. Ecuador is currently ranked No. 56 in the world and led by head coach Reinaldo Rueda and is preparing to compete in the 2011 Copa America in July. The team qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup where it advanced to the Round of 16. Greece is currently ranked No. 12 in the world and is led by head coach Fernando Santos. The team is currently at the top of its group in qualifying for the 2012 European Championship which will take place next summer. Most recently, Greece qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup but was eliminated in the first round after placing third in its group. The baseball field will be converted to a soccer field with the end lines and goals placed along the third baseline and in right field. For more information visit 507TIXX.com or call 718-507-TIXX.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Love that song. I mentioned this in the Wayne Hagin thread the other day. Howie asked the Elias Sports Bureau and they said something like 30% (don;t quote me) of K-rod's innings were 123 last year, which they found appalling and I found maybe a little high among closers but not all that far from what I'd guess all pitchers do, especially those who BB and K as much as Frankie. I think they said he hasn't had a 123 yet this year. nope, hasn't done it yet this year. Supposedly he's not real thrilled with how he's pitching. Which makes him not the only one, but at least he's getting the job done.

I'll be in Scotland before ye, I'll just have spent more to get there faster. It is unsustainable. But last outing was two infield singles and an intentional walk. this one, at least on the radio, he just seemed not to have it. And succeeded anyway.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Yeah, I'm glad we don't have some midpriced douche like Brian Wilson wrapping things up here. same amount of blown saves, Frankie has a better K/BB rate and a roughly 30% of his ERA. so yeah, I'll take Frankie. He can raise his WHIP all he wants if he's gonna lower his ERA at the same time. Francisco Rodriguez now has a 1.875 WHIP and a 1.35 ERA.

attgig wrote: Now, if we have a team with more than one rodriguez... that would mean an extra letter, right? if we still had fernando rodriguez and a new rodriguez came, we'd have some more letters... now...if we could find an extra K Nieuwenhuis, we'd be in business There was a 'prospect' in Spring Training on the back field, wearing #7, named Reyes. No matter how talented the kid might be, that's an awfully big burden to carry isn't it? Or, it's literally Jose's old uniform and they're saving money..

TransMonk wrote: Ceetar wrote: I might try clearing the data/cache from the manage applicadtions menu. F YEAH! Totally worked. Thanks...I never would have thought to do that. In a moment you'll hear Wayne and stop thanking me.

TransMonk wrote: Ceetar wrote: weird. have you updated it? what phone do you have? it's workign fine for me. I have it setup to update automatically, and when I search for it in the Android market it says it is installed with no options for updates. I have an HTC Droid Incredible. I might try clearing the data/cache from the manage applicadtions menu. Seems odd. Sometimes uninstalling/reinstalling works but I've never tried that with paid apps so I wouldn't trust it not to charge you again.

TransMonk wrote: Jeers for the MLB At Bat Android app as I have been unable to connect to audio for two weeks now. I'd love to be able to listen to today's game...having paid for the service and all. weird. have you updated it? what phone do you have? it's workign fine for me.

the score is now what I predicted it would be.

I feel like the Mets haev walked a lot more 8 hitters than usual this year. unintentionally.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Travel days they try to schedule earlier games. Some of this dictated by CBA. Giants are going home, playing tomorrow. a normal start ends at 7pm, by the time they could get changed and to the airport and take off, maybe 10. 6 hour flight, 4am and then they still have to get home from the airport and sleep and get to the park at 7. I believe the CBA dictates that you can't play a night game on the west coast and a game on the east coast the next day. Although I think ESPN screws this up all the time.