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January 28, 2008
Link Dump: January 28th, 2008
[09:12 AM] Newsday: Mets could get Santana within 10 days Most headlines aggregated by SportSpyder. Eric Simon has far too much time on his hands. He sleeps upside-down, keeps people as pets, and can be found on the internets at Amazin' Avenue or bothered directly at eric@metsgeek.com. 684 Responses to “Link Dump: January 28th, 2008”Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. |
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nice girl, wood
Whats this stuff on espn about guys taking physicals in exchange for Bedard? Is it seattle?
That’s the rumor going around Wood.
The great thing about this is that you can play 36 holes on it in the afternoon, take it home and just get stoned to the bejeezus on it that night.
yeah Zod but I had stopped partying by then so I started singing.
No no no no I dont sssss no more
im tired of waking up 0n the floor
no thank you please it only makes me sneeze
And then it makes it hard to find the door.
Sensimilla and Labrador huh Squadron
Zod, you’ve been replied to.
fatt lipp, on the other hand, it says something about the Phillies that PEDRO FELIZ is considered an improvement for them.
I made good time today left at 9am and got back at 4:30 that included a side trip to brooklyn. Avoiding rush hour makes all the difference.
Question to the geeks:
Should Ed buy:
1. Replica home jersey
Or
2. Batting practice jersey
I’m gonna go with #5 either way.
Does Philly still have Burrell slotted for LF?
Ed, I’d vote for the batting practice jersey. My dad has one of those, and it’s really cool and it stands out from everyone else.
Yeah Wood, their outfield is Burrell-Victorino-Jenkins
yea wood… zod got me all pumped up by reciting my favorite curse word
Is it the one where the color under the arms is different?
Ed, definitely the home jersey. The batting practice one looks homosexual. But for the home jersey, but the pinstriped one, not the snow white.
Ed
Away Gray = the smoothest uniform we have imo.
I have one of each, the gray always looks the best
pedro feliz is a pretty terrible starting 3B
excellent email, dep. im gonna write back to you tmr so i have more time (no internet at home). you’re gonna laugh your ass off when i tell you more about what happened.
Between burrell and jenkins thier outfield D ought to be somewhat slow. Burrel is 32, doesnt he have a bum knee. And jenkins is 34
Jenkins and Feliz are both horrible additions. But with Jenkins and Feliz power, they will be pretty good. They could combine for 60-70 homers - no joke. Feliz got 20 homers in that ballpark, I would be surprised if he broke 30. If Jenkins plays everyday, hes a lock for 35.
oh snap, i just heard The Wire 55 > The Wire 54
how is that even possible? the last one was soooooooo good
Burrell is 31, and I think his problem is with his foot. Jenkins will be 34 in July. But hey, it’s not like they have that much ground to cover in that bandbox.
Excellent Zod, yea I’ll have more time tomorrow too.
I look forward to it very much :)
This will be an excellent source of conversation
im not gonna be able to watch the wire for a couple weeks.
and you’re suggestion sounds good.
or your
I’m not even sure what I suggested LOL
did you watch last nites? why no watchy for a few wks
Jenkins is a pretty good OF. But he strikes out a lot and he is another lefty to add to an already lefty-heavy lineup. I just had an idea - we should try to add a left handed starter to our rotation who can shut down Howard, Utley, etc.
Jenkins is not going to hit 35. Miller Park isn’t exactly a pitchers park either.
Got one in mind. ;)
well yea, i saw last night’s a week early. the one with the big prop joe thing, right?
i can only watch it at my family’s house.
gotta run. later.
ahhhhh, i gotcha.
Feel free to come over my place any night this week to watch the new one.
I almost changed my handle to Prop Joe for a week in honor.
Kyle Lohse?
Is he switch pitching these day? I was thinking Frank Tanana myself
Oh nevermind, I forgot we signed Rincon. Once we finalize the deal with Odalis Perez we’ll have it covered.
Oh, I kinda like the BP jersey. I already have the BP hat.
Dep - good pt on the gray.
I’m torn.
I can’t imagine that Jenkins will get too many starts against lefties. He really can’t be used as more than a platoon player at this stage of his career.
I know Jess. Werth will usually be starting against lefties. So its really the lefty relievers that will be his problem.
aight y’all. time to go late showing. catch yaz later.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/080118&sportCat=nfl
LMAO..Nearly pissed myself reading the whole thing. As a matter a fact, Im holding it right now writing this post. BRB
Oh crap, Im still laughing at that. DJ Gallo - simply the best.
Crazy thought: I have no proof for it, but I’m beginning to think that inter-league play hasn’t been all that good for baseball. I suspect it hasn’t done that much to generate new revenue. And it has unbalanced the schedule something fierce: the Mets often play way harder teams than some of the competition in the division. So, I think we should make it worse. How about ML teams playing AAA clubs in games that actually count in the standings? So that the Mets play, say, Omaha, Las Vegas, and Louisville. The Yanks playing in New Orleans… ok, I’m out of markets where I know there are AAA clubs they could play. Shows my lack of knowledge. The games should always be away games for the big boys, of course. It would be seriously unbalanced, yes, but whacky fun, if you ask me. Someone get me Selig on the phone!
I hate interleague. Hate, hate, hate it!
Mets cold stove coming up in an hour.
I like interleague, but I think it should go back to 1 series per year against your rival. Or maybe even just rotaing divisions each year so that you only play your rival once every 3 years. Those games are more exciting when they don’t happen so often. But they also sell out every game, so they’re not going anywhere.
Ogre preferred interleague play when it happened only once a year (unless you count the All Star Game). During the World Series…
I loathe interleague play. One it’s blatantly obvious that the Mets have been screwed schedule wise with interleague play. Two it was nice as a GIMMICK, now it’s just stupid.
Three they expanded it way too much IMO. We don’t need two series against the Yankees. We need a three game set, switching off each year who gets the two home games.
The beauty of baseball was for the longest time you and your division had a similar schedule in terms of schedule strength. Now there’s actually a few games difference in the end of the season’s standings.
I firmly believe with no interleague play the Phillies never catch us.
Both Ed Coleman and Adam Rubin are on Hot Stove saying they think the Mets would prefer to trade Gomez and keep F-Mart.
I’ll take that action.
We’re not trading F-Mart in a big deal like that. If F-Mart reaches his potential, and I know it’s a big if, but he can be a HoFer.
We’re not giving all of these players up AND F-Mart. So give it up Twins, I’m sick of this drawn out saga. No F-Mart. If you want F-Mart we’ll just remove Guerra and Mulvey from the deal.
Yeah! What we needed was a couple more games with crappy teams like the Nats and Marlins.
Interleague last year: Mets got 6 games with the Yankees (split 3-3), Tigers (lost 2 of 3), Twins (lost 2 of 3), and Oakland (won all 3 games). Phillies played Toronto (won 2 of 3), Royals (lost 2 of 3), White Sox (won all 3), Tigers (lost 2 of 3), and Indians (lost 2 of 3).
You know considering the Mets schedule 88 wins wasn’t that bad. We could have had 92 games if we had a mediocre schedule…
Yes, we could win one of those. I mean what are the chances that we would go………………….
Crap, I fell asleep and woke up thinking it was September 2007. What a terrible nightmare.
oh that billy wagner.
he called us a 3rd place team today.
worst
teammate
ever
I would never wanna play with that loudmouth not backing it up punk.
Interleague play (although as I’ve said, I hate it) is not what screwed the Mets. The Mets screwed the Mets! Forget the American League…they couldn’t beat the Phils, Marlins or nationals when it counted…..but you all knew that!
And Future…..really? Installing F-Mart into the HOF at this point. It’s beyond laughable.
You know my feelings on Mr. Wagner. He’s about as warm and fuzzy as LoDuca! When did he say that and what was the context?
i think he was asked to rank the teams in NL east. not 100% sure.
i saw it on metsblog, they said its from an interview with burghardt that aired (partially i guess) on mets hot stove that was on tonight.
i refuse to listen to his garbage
he’s entitled to his opinion and all that, but he has no filter and that makes his mouth dumb.
too be he only misses games with back problems and not interviews.
I’d compare Wags to TO, but we know it would take a hell of a lot more than back spasms for TO to miss an important game.
How was the Letterman taping, Dep? Did they give away any freebies to the audience?
dep, i saw “there will be blood”. i didn’t think it was great, just good.
i am not sure why so many people “gush” over it.
no freebies. it was pretty bad. i dont like dave’s sense of humor much and i dont like bill cosby neither lol
the other guest was lake bell and she looked purty good so that was that was solid.
thanks :)
state of the union?
beepusausausabooooooooop
good to hear pj, i dont know. i expected so much and was disappointed so i’m sure that has molded my opinion of it a bit lol
you need to see “there will be boobs”
that sounds awesome!
i have to go watch the wire b4 my head explodes, i may be back later. enjoy the evening
That’s going a little far, even for Wagner. I don’t mind a fiery player to keep things interesting, but Billy should really focus the negativity on his rivals, not on his own team.
I would be willing to give up F-mart. The twins would have to accept 1 less pitcher then.
F-mart- Top projected mets position prospect
Guerra- Mets top projected pitching prospect
Humber- projected #3 type pitcher
Anderson Hernandez- Twins need an infielder.
If they are so hot for F-mart, I want mulvey back in case Duque and pedro go down.
As jessica said the other night the twins are flush with pitching prospects and are in need of position players including an infielder.
That’s why i’m surprised that Gotay’s name hasn’t come up in these rumors.
Not everyone in MLB holds Gotay in as high a regard as many on this board do.
Hell Id even throw in church. F-mart, Guerra, Humber Church
Gomez has been told not to play in the carribean WS
Im just tired of the trade rumors.
I’m not really that high on Gotay either. I think he will be a good bench player. I don’t think he has the defensive skills to be a full-time 2B, and he doesn’t have enough power to be an every day 3B.
The mets cold stove said nothing new except wagner shooting off his mouth. What a waste of 1/2 hour.
I don’t blame them for not letting him play. He’s potential trade bait for Santana. So why take the risk of him getting hurt at this stage?
I don’t know if it’s anything more than that.
Yeah, I missed the first segment, but I saw the Wagner interview. The more I listen to him the more annoyed I get. Just put a mussle on it billy!
Gomez needs to get as much experience as possible. I have to believe a deal is imminent with him not playing. Omar has to want him to stay healthy in the next week or so.
I have always appreciated Wagner’s candidness and honesty, but his recent interview really pushes the limit and enters PLD land in terms of its belligerent negativity. To concede the division before the season is played to the point that he doesn’t even mention as a contender (we’re 3rd according to him) is a major disservice to his current team and the rest of the organization he represents. Even if one feels that way, he needs to be silent as a show of faith to an organization that has tried to produce a winner from the moment he signed on as Mets closer two years ago.
I’m cranky. Trade Billy.
Maybe wags is using psychology to lull the phillys and braves into a false sense of security?
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
In no way shape or form did I anoint F-Mart into the HoF. I made many strong disclaimers that it was a big if that he would reach his potential. But players with his athleticism are the types of players that make the Hall of Fame. For every guy with his athleticism that makes the hall there are 25 just like him that won’t. But you just don’t trade guys with that kind of potential with 4 OTHER guys who will most likely be solid major leaguers.
My snarky retort is it’s laughable that you would interpret my comment that way. Someone’s clearly in the offseason.
And I still hate Wagner. He needs to shut his stupid mouth. Forever.
Mets sign reyes and wright through thier arbitration years and a whole pack of teams follow the trend. Omar is on the cutting edge.