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Glad to see the team is continuing to upgrade the ballpark.

Starting to take on an air of inevitability.

Edgy MD wrote: Supposed to be wrapped up by Friday, right? I think I read they will have the first round of interviews done by today and will start the second round. I think they had some interesting candidates that I was not aware of, such as the guy with the Rays.

Lauding Clemens? You read that the wrong way. My point, and perhaps I was clumsy in offering it, was that there is more to greatness than statistics. Gil and Buck transcended their statistics, and adding people like them makes the hall a better place. There are plenty of people defending Clemens and Bonds, saying the hall is incomplete without them. I'd rather have Gil and Buck. Here's a good Buck story I heard while at the museum that day. He was at the musuem often, and very much enjoyed talking to guests. One day he was parked out front, went out and discovered a charter bus was blocking his car and couldn't get out. Rather than be upset, Buck got on the bus and spoke to everyone on it, shaking hands and posing for photos until the driver came back out.

Thread buzz kill? I was praising Gil and Buck!

That's a good read. Thanks for sharing that! It's interesting that this year the hall is enshrining people such as Hodges and Buck O'Neil who might have fallen short in terms of statistics, but had tremendous character. Perhaps not coincidentally, it comes when several players with tremendous statistics but who appear to be short on character are in their last year on the ballot and could finally be elected. I never had the pleasure of meeting Hodges, but I did meet Buck twice. Once was before the Ken Burns documentary and the other time it was in the Negro Leagues Museum as he was preparing for an interview the day before he was widely expected to be elected by the group looking at the careers of those players. He was every bit as engaging and warm as he appeared in the documentary. The Hall of Fame will be a more complete place with players like Clemens, Bonds, and ARod. But it's a better place with players like Gil and Buck. Oh, and the heck with Hawk Harrelson.

https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0920/25/gil-hodges-dodgers-vintage-1990s_1_ad40f1c2043adbd27654c517d3bad12c.jpg> Dodger players in 1999 were able to wear a patch highlighting a hero. Here's Gil's patch. Here are the others. I'm not sure if a player wore Gil. https://live.staticflickr.com/7204/7136971743_2bca90fe9a_c.jpg>

=G-Fafif post_id=82572 time=1638747366 user_id=55]Tears of joy.

https://nypost.com/2021/12/02/why-mets-should-hire-buck-showalter-as-their-next-manager/https://nypost.com/2021/12/02/why-mets-should-hire-buck-showalter-as-their-next-manager/ Mike Vaccaro is the latest to opine that Buck Showalter should be the Mets manager. And the team itself, to be blunt, could use an intestinal makeover. Let's use that phrase instead of the over-battered and uber-bloodied “culture,” because what the Mets crave transcends culture. They seek serious baseball leadership. It's perfectly fine to smile in the game; that's supposed to be the point. But Showalter's teams, in addition to almost always being of a superior collective baseball IQ, also take care of their business properly. The McNeil-Lindor silliness would have never have escalated to burlesque slapstick on the Showalter Mets, to name one recent fiasco. And the Mets' long-standing habit of sending mixed messages through the media would almost certainly cease. The Mets, under Showalter, would be a Showalter team. That may mean they're a couple of degrees less flamboyant, maybe a few layers less fun-loving. You could look it up — the personalities of Showalter's teams will never be confused with the '86 Mets, the '93 Phillies. Adam Jones likes him: https://www.sny.tv/articles/adam-jones-buck-showalter-metshttps://www.sny.tv/articles/adam-jones-buck-showalter-mets Winning record over 20 years is something to be applauded. Hasn't managed since 2018. Don't know what he thinks about the analytics. Old school. What do you think?

Minnie Minoso is an interesting case as well. A trailblazer in some respects and a hero in Chicago. I was able to meet him a number of times, and he certainly embraced his ambassador role.

Lefty Specialist wrote: That's very Pravda-ish of them. I thought their reporting side was independent from the business side but this proves that's not the case. Might not be MLB's call. Mark Feinsand @Feinsand According to the league, in order to comply with federal labor law during the lockout, MLB is making every effort to not use players' names, images or likenesses for promotional, advertising or other commercial purposes.

He signed for fewer years and less money than I expected.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Schererville is a big union guy so probably felt as though he was obligated to put the aav above his working address more so than other guys. I think the same dynamic played out with Glavine to the Mets Tim Britton, the Mets beat writer for the Athletic, and Ted Berg also noted the union leadership connection and obligation. But they also speculated that the West Coast preference was directed more at last season than the upcoming one. The Nationals didn't want to trade him within the division, they said, and Scherzer wanted to compete for a championship and thought the West Coast teams gave him the best chance to do that.

Seeing reports that he is close to a six-year deal with Detroit. https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2021/11/30/detroit-tigers-close-signing-javier-baez-free-agency/8804503002/https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2021/11/30/detroit-tigers-close-signing-javier-baez-free-agency/8804503002/ Would have liked to have kept him.

Interesting point on the Jomboy podcast. They think Boras/Scherzer did spend the night trying to get the Westies to bite. They also said that as a union leader, Max wasn't in a position to take a lower offer just to be out west, especially when the Mets were willing to break records.

Warren Spahn!

The Post introduces us to Mrs. Scherzer: https://nypost.com/article/who-is-max-scherzers-wife-erica-may-scherzer/https://nypost.com/article/who-is-max-scherzers-wife-erica-may-scherzer/

https://www.sportscasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/SC-Max-Scherzer-college-pitching-at-Mizzou-GettyImages-71112923.jpg> Has something in common with David Cone.

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Edgy MD wrote: Reports seem to suggest things were a moment away, and then no updates for the last hour. To bed. Boras is going to need a little time to take the Mets offer to the Dodgers and try to get them to top it.

=ashie62 post_id=81867 time=1638048394 user_id=90] How is George Theodore a bird?

Edgy MD wrote: I would conclude that the Mets do have a functioning communications team. It's just that Stevie don't care. Jesus Christmas, this guy isn't going to be the new Steinbrenner, is he? Until we trade away top prospects for aging has been (see: Cano Trade) at his urging, he is no Steinbrenner. He is loud a4md obnoxious but as lomg as he spends his money and lets the baseball guys make the moves thats fine. He can be Mark Cuban. Lol, he hasn't spent anything yet. Rather Cano and Diaz than Kevin Pillar. Hasn't spent anything? That $341 million to Lindor doesn't count as spending anything?

They can fix him in 10 minutes.

Agreed about needing the communications professional. I'm not sure I understand the business model for the agent. He must have more clients than Matz, and pissing off the most wealthy owner in baseball won't help him get other players signed by the Mets. And, it won't help him if he tries to use the Mets to drive up the price again. And if I'm a player looking for an agent, why would I hire a guy who has a bad relationship with the guy who can write the biggest checks? I don't know how the news about signing with the Cardinals was communicated to the Mets. But if I was told I'd get a chance to top an offer and I'm learning about the guy signing elsewhere in the media, I'd be frustrated.

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