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Bobby V. possibly coming to the NL East. But with the Fish. Surprises the hell out of me, if true.

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Noooooo

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

by squid92 on Oct 3, 2009 10:58 PM EDT reply actions  

Hopefully this motivates the Mets to fire Jerry...

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Oct 3, 2009 11:09 PM EDT reply actions  

+1

Love the Boondocks.

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

by squid92 on Oct 3, 2009 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, great show.

Riley’s great, but best character in show is Uncle Ruckus.

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Oct 3, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

Oh, for sure.

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

by squid92 on Oct 4, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

+1 And Rec'd

I had that feeling Jerry had some sort of part-time job in the offseasons.

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Oct 4, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

That's well done, right there. Rec'd

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

by squid92 on Oct 4, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Thanks very much!

Getting recs for the first time is very gratifying indeed! I turned MS Paint into Photoshop – it ain’t easy, yo.

"The picture looked like I was in the dugout, but they got it all wrong. I absolutely was never in the dugout."
- Mr. B.V. Incognito

by sj10689 on Oct 5, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions  

Baffling if true

A team with the Marlins’ payroll is going to sign a manager for whom a $2 million salary would be a compromise? (Not to mention having to buy the remainder of Fredi Gonzalez’ just-extended contract.)

Just maybe, this is the beginning of loosening of the Marlins’ purse-strings; if it isn’t, it’ll be interesting to see a team where the manager is the highest-paid pro on the bench.

phliadelphoe ite domum!

by Doc Manhattan on Oct 3, 2009 11:38 PM EDT reply actions  

I don't buy it

Fredi just extended and he’s been very good.

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

by Stephen Schmidt on Oct 3, 2009 11:56 PM EDT reply actions  

What the F___

Freddy Gonzalez? Has he not done a good enough job?
Joe Girardi and now Gonzalez? Looks like the owner of the Fish is just a jerkoff.

Gary Thorne=Simply the Best!

by The American Mr.Hockey on Oct 4, 2009 12:02 AM EDT reply actions  

Well

They are owned by Jeffrey Loria; jerkoff is probably the nicest thing he’s ever been called.

by Alex Nelson on Oct 4, 2009 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

No way. We’re talking a good 10% of the payroll.

by TheBigStapler on Oct 4, 2009 4:04 AM EDT reply actions  

Yeah

What kind of message does that send if they shell out $4 mil for Bobby V when they turn over their entire roster every few seasons. This is an odd rumor.

by James Kannengieser on Oct 4, 2009 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions  

oh good lord.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Oct 4, 2009 9:42 AM EDT reply actions  

Oh, God NO!
Bobby V. possibly coming to the NL East. But with the Fish. Surprises the hell out of me, if true.

This would be a nightmare! If this were to happen, my views on the one team that kept the Mets from making it to the postseason TWO years in a row would be compromised, and not in a good way, either.

If anybody hasn’t noticed, my quote/avatar is modeled after the famous Bobby V alter-ego mysterious dugout appearance after his ejection, in which he was fined. Classic.

"The picture looked like I was in the dugout, but they got it all wrong. I absolutely was never in the dugout."
- Mr. B.V. Incognito

by sj10689 on Oct 4, 2009 9:58 AM EDT reply actions  

If Bobby V does sign there

I’d be on the phone with Freddi G before he got back home and kissed his wife.

"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin

by dcrockett17 on Oct 4, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions  

F him!

WE WANT MANNY! if that’s going to be the case.

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Oct 4, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

HELLO HELLO MR. WILPON

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

by squid92 on Oct 4, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

LMAO

But I was referring to Acta.

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Oct 4, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

I thought so.

But any chance to use “paperman” is one I will not pass up.

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

by squid92 on Oct 5, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

If next season opens with Bobby V. on the Marlins bench

and Jerry Manuel on the Mets bench, I will buy some nasty teal clothing and root for the Fish until the Wilpons sell the Mets.

"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09

by cjmulrain on Oct 4, 2009 11:45 PM EDT reply actions  

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