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First ever Sunday Applesauce - Mets' home-grown talent, snow in Colorado, Babe Ruth video


If it's Sunday, it's clearly time for some Applesauce. Let's see how this works. Enjoy!

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Meet the Mets

Ted Berg compares the Mets' roster with those teams in the playoffs based on home-grown talent. He also defends his anti-Jeff Francoeur ideas.

Jed Weisberger writes that the Mets need work in the farm system and that Wally Backman could help solve their problems.

Around the NL East

The Rockies and Phillies Game 3 was postponed due to snow in Colorado. This allows Charlie Manuel to rest some of his weary bullpen and to start JA Happ in Game 3 rather than Pedro Martinez as originally planned.

Stephen Strasburg made his professional debut in front of 50 or so people.

The Marlins have some more coaching vacancies.

Around MLB

The Cardinals are not likely to re-sign Matt Holliday.

Manny Acta says that he is a candidate for the job opening in Houston.

The Padres have cut Cliff Floyd.

Milwaukee is likely to keep Prince Fielder as their first baseman.

Brad Hawpe continues to fall on the Colorado depth chart.

The New York Times posted some incredibly rare game footage of the Babe.

And here's the strangest story of the weekend: Venezuelan authorities will exhume the body of former MLB pitcher Geremi Gonzalez to see if he was indeed struck by lightning or was killed in a robbery.

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I really hope

Hollidays value took a hit, but unfortunately I no it didn’t

by MetsKnicksRutgers on Oct 11, 2009 2:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That rumored contract for Francouer is the stuff of nightmares

"I reject your reality and substitute my own"
-Adam Savage

by blueandorange4life on Oct 11, 2009 5:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

3 years, $15 mil.

f*** me sideways.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Oct 12, 2009 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Geremi Gonzalez

What? How the hell do you confuse “struck by lightning” with “robbery”? I imagine the forensic evidence for each would rule the other out pretty quickly.

Somehow, a chain of events unfolded that put Steve Phillips in a professional broadcast booth Sunday night so he could rip Carlos Beltran. Try to explain that in any other terms.

by Greenpoint Ian on Oct 11, 2009 7:41 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Maybe the robbers held him at toaster point when they found him in the tub.

"We're just as bad as the old Mets, but this time nobody's laughing"
-Dallas Green

by Schmidtxc on Oct 11, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Holliday not getting re-upped with the Cards would be good news

At least it means he’ll likely be on the market. Now lets see if we can work out a reasonable deal. And also robbery and lightning both fit if he was robbed by our own Omir Santos, Thunder God. So it totally makes sense to see if he was missing his wallet after being struck by lightning, if so, Omir becomes suspect number 1.

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 11, 2009 9:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Money quote, from Ted's article, responding to a commenter:
Tom, your opinions are appreciated here but your tone is not. Clearly, by citing WAR, Evan_S was providing substance to his argument. You’re welcome to argue against the stat’s merit, but it’s hard to accuse him of not having substance to his argument when his argument was entirely based on substance.

The A’s struggles in recent years are often used to rally against the use of the so-called "Moneyball" stats like OBP, but just because Beane has been unable to put together great teams lately does not mean the stats are bad. The A’s finished 11th of 14 AL teams in OBP this year.

The top four? The Yankees, Red Sox, Angels and Twins.

I do believe, sir, that is what we interwebz nerdz call “some serious pwnage”.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Oct 12, 2009 1:10 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Tom H's alias is "Bayonne Mets Fan"

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Oct 12, 2009 7:05 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just to have a little reference

Here is the completely stupid comment that drew the response you posted:

What the hell is .WAR? You guys are morons. Francoeur is light years better than Church, with far more potential. Even when the evidence is staring you in the face (who had a better year? Who had a better second half? Francoeur on both counts, that’s who.) you’re stubbornly sticking by your guns. Look, I know Mets-bashing is in fashion, but at least have some substance to your arguments.

.WAR. Please. If walks and .OBP meant everything, how come Billy Bean’s Oakland A’s have yet to win the World Series? Oh, is it because Zito, Mulder, and Hudson aren’t pitching there anymore? Could be, could be.

The Church/Francouer trade was a damn steal for the Mets. It’ll go down as one of the worst trades in Braves history. You’ll see.

Could this dude be any less intelligent or civil?

by Balagast on Oct 12, 2009 8:31 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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