Cowtipper

Home run by Christian Pache!

Nick Morabito was 1-3 with a run scored, bringing his ST average up to a lofty .200.

Mets up 3-2!

Game tied 2-2 in the fourth.

Joe Christian (1931–2026): A right-handed outfielder, Christian spent 17 seasons in minor league baseball between 1949 and 1966, emerging as one of the top hitters in several circuits while batting as high as .346 with 27 home runs in a single season. He led the 1950 Mountain States League in home runs, runs, and hits, topped the 1956 Big State League in runs and RBI, and finished second in the 1961 Southern Association batting race before later managing the Wisconsin Rapids Twins in 1964.

Clearly our words and opinions mean something since this thread is still going and a decision wasn't made unilaterally four days ago.

Bob Milano died. https://web.archive.org/web/20250917075134/https://calbears.com/news/2025/9/15/legendary-cal-baseball-coach-bob-milano-passes-away.aspx Who was Bob Milano? Bob Milano (1939 or 1940 – 2025) was an American college baseball coach who led the California Golden Bears from 1978 to 1999, compiling a 688–644–4 record and guiding the program to three College World Series appearances, including a third-place finish in 1980. A former catcher at Cal who later served as a varsity assistant and high school coach, Milano returned to Berkeley as head coach and became the winningest coach in school history, earning Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors twice and capturing a conference title in 1980. Over more than two decades, Milano helped develop future major leaguers such as Jeff Kent, Darren Lewis, Xavier Nady, Bob Melvin, and Lance Blankenship, while also contributing internationally as a coach for Team USA in the 1985 Intercontinental Cup and 1988 Olympics and as manager in the 1997 Intercontinental Cup. His impact on the program was recognized with the retirement of his No. 7 jersey, induction into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Cal Athletics Hall of Fame, and later honors from the Humboldt Crabs organization; he died in Walnut Creek, California, at age 85 after battling Alzheimer’s disease. Also... Harold Allen (1965–2025): A left-handed starter drafted in the fifth round by the Houston Astros in 1987, Allen pitched eight seasons in professional baseball, going 44–61 with a 4.11 ERA across 166 minor league games while spending two years on the Astros’ 40-man roster. An Indiana State University standout and 2002 inductee into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame, he later returned for brief stints in independent ball after his affiliated career ended in 1992. Roy Clark (1957–2025): A former minor league player in the Seattle Mariners system from 1979 to 1982, Clark hit .289 over 402 games but never reached the majors, spending two seasons at Triple-A. He later became a prominent executive, serving as scouting director for the Atlanta Braves from 2000 to 2009 and as assistant general manager and vice president of player personnel for the Washington Nationals. John Counsell (1942–2025): An outfielder in the Minnesota Twins organization from 1964 to 1967, Counsell spent most of his career with the Wisconsin Rapids Twins, showing a solid glove with strong outfield assist totals but never reaching the major leagues. The father of big league infielder Craig Counsell, he later worked in the front office of the Milwaukee Brewers, remaining connected to professional baseball long after his playing days ended. Mike Erb (1966–2025): A standout right-hander at San Diego State University who set the school’s career strikeout record, Erb was selected 43rd overall by the California Angels in the 1987 draft and quickly emerged as one of the Northwest League’s top prospects. He spent six seasons in professional baseball, reaching Triple-A and compiling a 33–19 record with a 3.71 ERA and 446 strikeouts in 502 innings, but never reached the major leagues. Joe Etzel (1938–2025): A former standout pitcher at the University of Portland, Etzel became the school’s longtime head baseball coach from 1966 to 1986, winning 378 games and mentoring future major leaguers such as Ken Dayley, Bill Krueger, Tom Lampkin, and Steve Wilson. He also served as Portland’s athletic director for more than three decades, earned induction into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, and had the university’s baseball field named in his honor. Dale Ford (1943–2025): A standout athlete at Washington State University, Ford played both football and baseball, appearing in the 1965 College World Series and earning All-American honors as an outfielder in 1966 alongside Reggie Jackson. He spent two seasons in professional baseball with the Chicago Cubs and Angels organizations, hitting .260 with 15 home runs over stints with the Treasure Valley Cubs, Lodi Crushers, Quad Cities Angels, and San Jose Bees. Bob Homolka (1942–2025): Homolka was a longtime math professor at Kansas State University Salina who also officiated baseball at a high level, umpiring two College World Series and serving as a replacement umpire in seven National League games during the 1995 umpire strike, including Hideo Nomo’s U.S. debut. Outside of baseball, he ran for state representative in 2004, blending his academic career with occasional public service and professional sports involvement. Ron Kabbes (1938–2025): An infielder in professional baseball, Kabbes played seven seasons in the minors, beginning with the Albany Cardinals in 1957 and reaching Triple-A with the Rochester Red Wings in 1959. He was later traded to the Baltimore Orioles organization for Johnny Kucks and finished his career with two seasons back in Rochester before retiring from professional baseball. Mike Maggart (1942–2025): A longtime scout for the Houston Astros, Maggart signed major leaguers including Wade Miller, Tim Redding, and Chris Salamida during his career in professional baseball. He also served as a college head coach at Rochester Institute of Technology in 1985–86 and at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 1987. Bob McKillop (1942–2025): A Canadian infielder, McKillop played four seasons in the Chicago White Sox minor league system from 1961 to 1964, showing strong plate discipline and defensive skill, including leading the Florida State League in walks and topping third basemen in assists and double plays. After returning to amateur status, he became a standout in the Intercounty Baseball League with the Kitchener Panthers, earning four MVP awards, eight All-Star selections, three home run titles, and also represented Team Canada in the 1967 Pan American Games before moving into coaching, including a national intercollegiate hockey title at the University of Waterloo.

Whatever happens, outside of a concerted effort to revitalize what we currently have, will basically send the same message to the current members: Sorry folks, doors are closed, gotta find a new home. Whether this board is left to die slowly from attrition, or whether Edgy just shuts it down tomorrow with no warning, or whether Brock takes over, that will be the message. And of course life goes on and we'll all recover. In the long run, this is not a life-altering thing. But what we have is something good and unique and it would be a shame to risk losing it.

I don't disagree that this is Edgy's call and the final decision rests on his shoulders. And he's under no obligation to do as we say or abide by how we feel. But a poll really would be a more honest gauge about how the community feels about it. It's not a deciding poll, it's a feeler to see how people actually, uh, feel. And it was only in this thread that I learned that Benjamin Grimm didn't actually own this forum. My mind was blown and the entire foundations of my existence were shaken.

First thought is pitcher Mike Stanton, but I think that's probably wrong.

But what makes this site unique is it's not a business and we really shouldn't try to gear it toward acting like it is one. It is a community and that is part of its draw. And it's not low-risk to give this idea a shot. Do you really think if we were to shut this site, give the new idea a try, no one likes it and re-open this site everyone would return? Of course not. That would just lose even more of the base that makes this site what it is, which could actually truly put this website in an actual death spiral. The tumult of this place these past few months has already put it on shaky foundations. Servers issues making it hard to visit, then giving up UMDB to new people, then shifting the CPF to a new host, now this. Then a potential reversion of the move if the experiment doesn't work. Stalwarts have already started to dwindle because of it all. Do you think even more moves and machinations will keep people around? Those stalwarts aren't necessarily gone for good, but they want to see the stability of the past. How is even more moving and shuffling of the deck going to create stability? By shedding even more stalwarts all you're doing is giving Brock a blank slate to work with in terms of membership (to forge it however he desires, which is the concern) while taking all the work those stalwarts left behind and using it for his own devices so he doesn't have to do the work himself and build from scratch. He's trying to leech off this place's years of effort to benefit his own (not this community's) gain. I might suggest being all democratical and putting it up to a non-binding anonymous vote to get an actual gauge of how the community feels about the move; the vocal people in this thread aren't all the people that come to this site and I'm sure the silent observers would be more willing to express their opinion through a poll rather than a diatribe.

It's because he's not our friend, he's a businessman trying to pull one over on us.

I searched the thread and didn't see this noted: Oliver Ortega was signed by the Bravos de León of the Mexican League in January. Earlier this month, the Rangers signed Gilberto Celestino. Luis Moreno signed with the Marlins.

That's kind of why the schtick was so transparent. He tried coming off as some magoo Mr. Nice Guy who just wanted to help out some random down-on-its-luck forum that he just happened to stumble upon. Disregard the fact that he has a whole web of these things and is clearly trying to build a whole conglomerate of them. That smarmy, overly ingratiating "trust me, I'm you're friend" language is exactly how snake oil salesmen speak. But if we, the members who oppose any sort of move, want to keep this board afloat, then we gotta do what WE can to draw eyeballs and new members. I have a small Mets-centric YouTube channel (made possible by the miracle of AI, sorry not sorry) and my shorts get up to 1,500 views. It's not a lot, but it's eyeballs. Stuff like that.

I think the powers that be are just looking for an excuse to get rid of CPF and this is it. Multiple alternate positions and ideas have been thrown out there but are being discarded just as quickly. Quite a strange pivot to trash a quarter-century of work just because this site is at a low point. Also that's not AI, I painted it myself. Also note how my assumption that Brock was actually invited wasn't denied.

It's up to $410,000 with a week left.

It's Clay Holmes vs. Jose Berrios in a not-very-spring-training-looking matchup of actual major league names. Will JT Schwartz continue his spring training power barrage? Will Nick Morabito impress? Will Jared Young make a run for a spot on the Opening Day roster?

Wait a minute, have you been Brock this whole time? I knew there was a conspiracy. Brock didn't arrive here organically. He was invited here by a higher up. He posed as a new guy just stumbling on this website to make it seem less of a business deal in the works behind closed doors and more of a feeler. Bob Alpacadaca was Brock when he was trying to ingratiate himself as an actual Mets fan and slowly morph this site, incrementally, to his liking. Batmagadanleadoff was in on it too, his role was to drive off as many people as possible so there would be fewer obstacles for when the main event was meant to take place. And George Soros paid for it all. I knew it.

Of course he will, this guy who had never even heard of this place until 4 days ago really really super duper cares.

And he was got. Mets win, 6-4. Homers by Jared Young, Luis Torrens, Hayden Senger and JT Schwartz highlight the day. Schwartz is a multipositional talent that doesn't have much going for him offensively, but he has played every position except catcher and centerfield in his minor league career.

It's getting dicey!

Carlos Guzman has been on the periphery of my radar for a couple years now.

It was Jake Marisnick. With Blake Taylor. Who the Mets probably shouldn't have gotten rid of.

That's former Mets prospect Kenedy Corona, by the way. He was traded for ... someone, but I don't remember who.

Brian Metoyer seems like he's been in the Mets system forever.