Wedge Applesauce - Mets look at Wedge for bench coach, Thole in physical danger?, Madoff's jacket sells

Check out the comments on the NYBD Tampa-bashing article.

According to that first MLBTR article, a Francoeur extension is “not likely to happen.”

I would enlist the most badass members of AA to form the (A)A-Team and go down to Venezuela and get our boy home. I’m going to assume Catsmeat has access to a van or, at minimum, knowledge of how to deal with the long road trip down to Venezuela. Plus, after we rescue Thole while losing only Ken Dynamo, we can stop in Mexico to check up on Ollie and “persuade” him to retire – medium style.

I don’t read his blog, but every time I see him linked to here or at other blogs, he’s either being discredited or spouting ludicrous baseball analysis.

He talks about “market inefficiencies” in his chat with DRays Bay. Does anyone think Omar Minaya has a clue what that term even means?

You know, since Friedman brings up the key “Moneyball” term, I’d like to mention that reading “Moneyball” today is a bit like reading Charles Darwin: it’s a total paradigm shifter, but there’s a lot that’s flat out wrong in it. Beane seemed to dismiss the importance of good defense, whereas Friedman appeared to make it the centerpiece of the 2008 AL Championship squad.

Meanwhile, here in the Stone Age, we’re seriously considering extending Jeff Francoeur over his lucky BABIP. I give up.

No no no no no. The absurd increase in his HR rate might be chalked up to the new stadium, or injuries, or both, but his walk rate isn’t tremendously low, he’s not suddenly going to start striking guys out at 30 years old, and an extreme ground ball pitcher (whose ground ball rate has declined since 2006, by the way) should be a non-starter as a free agent unless and until the Mets pick up a 2B with good range. His reasonably low ERAs in 2006 and 2007 were lucky products of his defense, and his 19 wins each of those two years were almost entirely a product of the Yankees’ offense.

Although, kudos to Hot Foot Blog for the excellent title “Mets Could Use A Wang”.

Joel Sherman: The Mets are not a desirable destination for hitters? Sure we are. As demonstrated by statistical analysis, Citi Field does not eat all that many home runs. Ultimatley, the almighty dollar trumps all.

Chien-Ming Wang: Personally, I think the Yankees would be stupid to dump Wang, especially considering his age and how much he makes, compared to what he’s done for the team over the last couple of years. But, if they don’t want him, I think Wang would be a great addition to the club. As a sinkerballer, he’ll benefit from Citi Field’s deeper dimensions than Yankee Stadium.

Jeff Francoeur: One more year, I have no problems, so long as he keeps up his hitting, and learns to walk. An extension, though? No, not really. Metsmerized is just making itself look/sound silly.

because a bucnh of their bloggers basically said he was an idiot.
Silva did not read How to Not Make Yourself look like an idiot while Blogging 101