Ceetar

MFS62 wrote: The Mets played an all home-grown infield this year (Wright, Reyes, Murphy and Davis). I wondered if they have ever had done that before this year. If so, when, and who were the players? Later Wright, Reyes, Tejada, Davis. 2010. Before that was like '96 or something right?

6 in a row. *drool* the slow climb continues.

Hey there, winning streak in jeopardy. 6 outs left, down 2-1..get in here!

TheOldMole wrote: Anything new on the weather? ETA 7:50

Ceetar wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Also the closer Contreras who's in for the injured closer Lidge is now himself injured and will be out for several weeks. Whoever is responsible for this weekend's KTE should take note of this ... oh wait, that's me! The Phillies also haven't scored more than 4 runs in like 2 weeks. Of course I now see they're playing right now and have a 3-0 lead trying to not get swept by the Diamondbacks and joe Saunders, who I started in our fantasy league.

I'm rapidly dropping in the standings with no offensive help to find.

Frayed Knot wrote: Also the closer Contreras who's in for the injured closer Lidge is now himself injured and will be out for several weeks. Whoever is responsible for this weekend's KTE should take note of this ... oh wait, that's me! The Phillies also haven't scored more than 4 runs in like 2 weeks.

soupcan wrote: WFAN just said that Oswalt's departure has to do with 'tornado activity near his home in Mississippi'. a saw a link that his parents house was messed up in a tornado last september. Hope everyone's okay but if he ends up with an even stiffer back from heavy lifting or extra plane flights...

Edgy DC wrote: I really would like to see Hu start at second against every other lefty (or maybe even a start at short once a month) to give him a chance to get a swing going. like Cliff Lee on Sunday?

metsmarathon wrote: Although this is still less lame than changing your team name to a ray of light. electromagnetic radiation is way cool. is it a wave? is it a particle? is it both? you don't get any cooler than that unless you start stuffing cats into boxes. Tampa Bay Photons. Seattles Schrodingers Cats. Opening Day Promotion: A cat. We don't know if it's dead or alive. It's really the half-assed changing of their name from Devil Rays that annoys me. There's obviously still a connection to the sea animal. Don't think even have Rays you can pet in the park?

Gwreck wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: The enthusiasm is nice, I guess, but... Good Lord. (Also, the mascot for the team named after snakes... is a wolf?) A Bobcat, actually. I am told this was done because there was "no way to make a snake look cuddly." Should've hired Disney, they'll figure that one out. I also miss their purple color. Although this is still less lame than changing your team name to a ray of light.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Roy Oswalt was removed from the game last night, left the park, and hasn't yet come back. Phils officials say he's out "for personal reasons." That's... interesting. It's like how Manny retired. Just walked off the field, into the clubhouse and out the front door, never to be heard of again.

metirish wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Video here. great catches but I was hoping they would feature Sterling's call..... Maybe Francesa will have them.

seawolf17 wrote: I'm honestly still bitter. I saw the "Rachel" DVD at the Blockbuster going-out-of-business sale and I almost bought it just to stomp on it. I'm afraid to ask.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I was at [crossout]Shea[/crossout] Citi Field the other day, and we were eating our Shake Shack burgers before the game in the bullpen picnic area (where the Apple was, back in 2009) and a guy working in the bullpen got my attention and tossed me a used ball that he picked up from the ground. (The first time, in 40 years, that I ever got a free baseball at a game!) I noticed that the ball had Bud Selig's signature on it, but the word "PRACTICE" was printed, in small lettering, under the MLB logo. I wasn't aware that they did this, but I suppose it makes sense. It allows them to differentiate actual game-used balls from those used in the bullpen or in batting practice. I assume, then, that the PRACTICE ball has less value. I'm surprised that he'd go to the effort to get non-game balls. He must figure that quantity will make up for quality. Or something. I no longer really understand the collector market, if I ever did. his collector market isn't about worth anyway. From what I recall from his blog some teams are stingier than others, some mark them differently. It's kind of interesting how these balls get around though. You can find All-Star leftover balls among random teams BP workouts.

metirish wrote: Can someone give a quick synopsis of the story as I can't access it at work.... some guy is an asshole and then he's not an asshole..... Hample is a baseball collector, goes around to stadiums and tries to get BP home runs and players to toss him balls and catch fouls and HRs during the game. Catches Nickeas' first home run and his request is to be able to give it to him personally. Does so. chats with Nickeas. Gets a signed bat out of it.

yeah, I commented as much. The Hairstons are definitely the more interesting part of that photo. In fact, those may be the only two kids Hairston jerseys the Mets have 'sold'.

I'm sure he'd want to be traded to a contender

been following him for a while, he's grown out of the 'all for me' type attitude and donates per-ball to charity and what not now, and usually helps out kids or gives a ball away. Little kids have it so easy though. bring a glove and pay attention and you're destined for balls. good story though.

Edgy DC wrote: I don't see why there would be any problem changing the names after the campaign has begun, except I guess it's cheaper to print them all in one run. Still, there's got to be a value in printing a reasonably accurate ballot. I think we could live with outdated paper ballots if they updated the online ballots. I mean, it's probably one field in one database. I bet even Mr. Met and his giant hands could fix it.

Davis 2.0 Bay 1.5 Thole 1.5 Igarashi 1.5 Buchholz 1.0 Murphy 0.5 Beltran 0.5 Isringhausen 0.5 Rodriguez 0.5 Young 0.5

Frayed Knot wrote: The real reason for early ballots, of course, is to get the sponsor's name out there more often. For years it was Gillette back when I could pick the punch cards up at the local drug store I don't even know who's backing them these days which is part of the problem. I've long maintained that they'd get better bang for their buck with a shorter but more dedicated voting period. If everyone knew that voting ran from, say, June 1 to July 1 you'd actually have some sort of anticipation in the thing instead of this notion that they're basically available from the start of the year. I mean, not that it's a big deal or anything, but the fact that they've got guys on the ballot, in this age of computers and on-line voting, who aren't in starting major league jobs (and shirley won't have guys on it who are) is just too stupid for words. Bridgestone I think. I don't think they care. They throw a bone to the fans with voting and if Chase Utley gets picked? Great, one more hand-selected guy MLB gets to pick.

still maybe second to the Shea Bridge, but for people? definitely. Maybe if the park weren't so tiny he wouldn't have been able to get to them. hmm...

Oswalt pulled after three innings, 57 pitches. 5 runs. the brilliant Kendrick in, who may be angling for a start against the Mets and Chris Young come Sunday, trying to avoid a sweep.

Nats fail to capitalize with a runner on third with one out. two Ks, Werth looking. Just keep it rolling rolling rolling..