Ceetar

oh,and the announcers suck as usual. very repetitive.

The Second Spitter wrote: Yeah, sucks for 360 owners especially since two series are in (permanent?) hiatus, Triple Play/MVP and High Heat. I guess baseball games don't sell that well anymore. @Ceetar -- do rosters update for opening day, trades during the season in The Show? Btw, I think it's kinda cool Dickey has two knuckleball variants..... JCL wrote: Geeks!!!! yeah, they release roster updates. no Terry Collins yet, some 'random' manager..odd.

The Second Spitter wrote: Yeah, I saw that -- the Apple goes to tremendous lengths for humor. What is your PSN id? Ceetar? I actually poked fun at the apple in my post today. yeah, Ceetar. Ceetar's my everything. my blog id, twitter name, email address, psn id, words with friends id, facebook id, monster login, atm pin code, secret password to my vault of secrets, passcode to the fortress of solitude, name of my domain, and tattoo'd on my forehead.

I've enjoyed it so far. I last bought '07 so it was time again, but I suck at it. http://www.readtheapple.com/2011/03/playstations-mlb-show-11-is-officially.html Check out Readtheapple's post. you'll laugh.

I kinda liked it, but I'm generally Emma Stone biased.

Where's Darryl? (oh, he must be _taking_ the picture right?)

I missed the Carrasco to rotation bit. where'd that come from?

Howie Rose tells us that David Wright snuck out early because he had a bowling duel with Izzy.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: So... I love "may" in any breaking news lead-- the hallmark of rock-solid news reportage. Also, there's absolutely nothing about discomfort. There's one bit about "not fluid." Is that supposed to be code for "he looks like he's hurt, but he's not saying anything?" Are there any new facts here? Trying to figure this out myself. it doesn't seem like it and Martino said Santana and many others say no setback. There seems to be the though that by comparing it to other pitchers who have had the surgery and not yet pitched, that it's a longshot for Santana. And it's certainly possibly and not exactly a given that he returns at all this year, but that doesn't mean there is a problem with where he's at now. Sure, the Mets do probably count themselves lucky if he returns this year, but that's probably just being smart. Of course, they state that the Mets believe they'll be lucky if he pitches this year, and in the very next sentence claim the Mets have been too optimistic about his return and talk about June/July.

smg58 wrote: One bad inning and the league has caught up to him? Do we really need that shit from Mets commentators? be fair now...it was two bad innings.

G-Fafif wrote: Observations proffered by Hagin and Coleman today: --League maybe catching up to Dickey. --Murphy not a second baseman. Observation proffered by me: --I think I'm finally getting used to Wayne Hagin. I guess they reupped his contract huh? i know it expired this year right? we got details on that? I make nothing of either of those observations either.

Dickey getting rocked, 5-0 Braves.

Pitchers 70 Pedro Beato, RHP 23 Blaine Boyer, RHP 77 D.J. Carrasco, RHP 91 Mark Cohoon, LHP 43 R.A. Dickey, RHP 18 Ryota Igarashi, RHP 86 Eric Niesen, LHP Infielders 4 Russ Adams 68 Brad Emaus 3 Luis Hernandez 25 Chin-lung Hu 28 Daniel Murphy 7 Jose Reyes 2 Justin Turner 5 David Wright Outfielders 90 Matt den Dekker 21 Lucas Duda 6 Nick Evans 22 Willie Harris 20 Jason Pridie 93 Sean Ratliff 96 Cory Vaughn Catchers 19 Raul Chavez 13 Mike Nickeas 92 Dusty Ryan Staff 10 Terry Collins, Manager 58 Ken Oberkfell, Bench Coach 51 Chip Hale, Third Base Coach 59 Dan Warthen, Pitching Coach 53 Mookie Wilson, First Base Coach 56 Jon Debus, Bullpen Coach 84 Ricky Bones, Instructor LINE-UP 7 Jose Reyes SS 22 Willie Harris LF 5 David Wright 3B 21 Lucas Duda RF 6 Nick Evans 1B 28 Daniel Murphy 2B 13 Mike Nickeas C 20 Jason Pridie CF 43 R.A. Dickey RHP Tweet by Matt den Dekker wrote: Headed to Orlando to play the Braves at 1. Lets GOO!!! Cory Vaughn wrote: Bumpin michael jackson on the good ol bus...gotta love it

Farmer Ted wrote: Tuesday night v. Nationals in PSL. Anyone else? Holla! Nope, I'm just getting into town then (well, Orlando) I'll be at games Thursday Friday and Saturday.

I feel obligated to share my story from Philly Beer Fest last weekend. Waiting in line for the bathroom, a guy decides he can't be bothered with waiting and comes in and uses the sink in the corner. Guys on line remark "Hey, it's just like the Vet!"

Best offense in NL! ;-) anywho, gameday/at-bat is finally keeping track of balls/strikes. yah.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yeah, Martinez's demotion shows that, at least at the moment, Duda is ahead of him in the Beltran replacement derby. Yes, but we don't know if that derby is a 4th (or 5th) OF derby, or a week of fulltime derby or possible 'hope he can win ROY' derby. Might very well be the first, and Duda and Evans types are more polished for a more part time role.

smg58 wrote: Valdespin was the only 2B option showing signs of life with the bat, so I'm a little surprised by that. I'm glad he and Gronauer got to out with a bang. The verdict is very much still out on Tejada. He came up very young and with no AAA experience last year, so judging him on that is unfair. It's not like Hu has fared any better at this level, and he's 27 while Tejada's 21. I guess it was always their plan to send Martinez to minor-league camp at this point, but we may see him again sooner rather than later if Beltran can't stay healthy. And that might actually be a good thing. Valdespin apparently _never_ walks. And he's only played a dozen or two games above A. He's not ready. Did like what I saw though. Hu's a defensive backup now, Tejada is still likely to improve.

Edgy DC wrote: Rey's a hero of mine for just this reason. It was his initiaitve that led the Mets to stick it to MLB and wear the city service agency caps on the field in 2001. of course MLB took the idea and ran with it, turning it into a PR and marketing move for years to come.

Edgy DC wrote: Well, I don't think the evidence yet suggests that he can't hit. More that he isn't ready to hit at the big-league level. He's a baby. I don't think the Mets are about to trade anybody making chump change, unless --- like Evans --- lack of options prompts them to. Oh, i'm just speculating. I didn't mean right now, I meant in July, or even in the offseason as they rejigger their roster for next year. Finances aside, the team is still going to exist and need to manage a 40man roster. They've seemingly got a lot of these A Rodriguezes on there and you have to think they're going to need to empty it out a little bit at one point as other guys join the organization or rise through the ranks. (Just like Tampa drafting a billion guys this season is a good reason to keep an eye on their farm in a couple of years, as talented guys that they won't be able to protect become avail in rule5) he can't hit yet was my point, he's done nothing to prove he is a heir to any position, but playing him at SS increases his value some.

Edgy DC wrote: Yeah, I think the Mets have real problems if they call on Tejada again any time soon. They have a ton of better hitters and they have guys just as versatile as him in Hu and Hernandez. Hu's at least as good a fielder. Ruben's been rushed and needs to catch up. Rodriguez is Armando. I don't feel like grabbing the link, but there's pictures of Spring Training on the Real Dirty Mets Blog today, and one of them is the back of Rodriguez's helmet where his name sticker is attached. it reads "A-Rod" I think Tejada is ripe to be traded. The Mets are going to play him at SS (of course, you could read into this as the Mets cutting payroll to 70million and planning on using a guy that can't hit there for the next 10 years) in Buffalo which suggests they don't have any real plans for him this year. It seems like they haev other guys they like better too, so he could easily be moved. The way the 40man is stuffed, I suspect we're going to see a bunch of trades anyway.

metirish wrote: I expect Tejada will be back up before long. I wouldn't be surprised if he _never_ has a Mets uniform on again actually. Tejada and Valdespin are no surprises, had to send down the two faux 2B guys so they can make AB there for the real competitors.

Ashie62 wrote: Well, it is that time of the year again. I did not participate last year so I may be out of school starting this thread. If not, any interest in a 10-12 person league through Yahoo or CBS?? I am willing to set it up. I guess we would need to know the preference as to AL, NL or both, and scoring style, head to head or 5X5 or standard roto. The 5X5 includes runs scored by batters and K's by pitchers. A potential draft date and time "could" be set for evening 3/28 or Sunday 3/29 I'm all ears..Ashie.. I could always join another game if you wanted to do something different than the NL only one we're doing. Maybe even on a different site with different style of play?

bmfc1 wrote: Ceetar--Nice going! I assume that when you wrote "Wright" you meant to write "Jordany Valedspin." EXACTLY! Wright was pinch hit for with Tejada, who occasionally plays 2B, which is where Valdespin plays. you see how I could get confused. Looks like we might hear a lot about Valdespin this season. He may jump ahead of Havens and Tejada as next year's 2B?

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Ceetar wrote: drives in Nieuwenhuis, who I'm determined to learn how to spell. too many vowels. He's a Schaefer-tallier's nightmare. Luckily, you probably won't see him. But maybe we should just call him Kirk or something. I'm sure Sterling would be a little "beam me up Nieuwy" or something, on a home run.