Manager of the Year Applesauce - Manuel does not win, report on Havens, Davey Johnson in DC

by Joe Budd on Nov 19, 2009 8:55 AM EST in Applesauce

Meet the Mets

Toby Hyde provides us with a little update on Reese Havens down in Arizona. Ted Berg gives his two cents.

BlueandOrange.net presents an exercise in what might have been.

Why all this talk about Mark DeRosa when there's another guy out there who does the same things?

Kevin Goldstein is still pretty high on Jenrry Mejia and Wilmer Flores.

Now for the over the top commentaries of the day. First, Kevin Kernan urges Omar to go all Brian Cashman on this year's free agents. Second, Paul Raymond seems to think that Dave Jauss shows that the Mets don't want to win. Because a bench coach is really that important.

Around the NL East

The Phillies are apparently favorites to land Mark DeRosa.

Good work by the Nationals, signing Davey Johnson to be a senior advisor with the organization. Johnson worked with top pick Stephen Strasburg on the US Olympic team.

The Marlins are facing a little labor difficulty with their new stadium construction project.

Around MLB

The Managers of the Year are: Jim Tracy and Mike Scioscia. Tracy promptly received a three year extension from Colorado.

After his enormous free agent contract and subsequent major bust status, Jason Schmidt will likely retire from baseball.

More confessions from non-Greinke Cy Young voters. This time Mark Feinsand explains his King Felix vote. This one is definitely more reasonable than the Verlander vote, but still.

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Raymond article

Is Bleacher Report a reputable site? This Raymond guy is an idiot. Not only is the point of this article terrible, but he refers to Bob Melvin and Eric Wedge as former “head coaches”, and there are about 7 missing commas. That’s one of the worst articles I’ve ever read.

3:45 PM on 10/25/09-changed signature to "Leon Washington for President"
4:45 PM on 10/25/09-Leon Washington suffers season-ending injury

by Prince on Nov 19, 2009 9:09 AM EST reply actions

I think Bleacher Report allows users to contribute articles and commentary

Although I may be confusing it with another site.

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Nov 19, 2009 9:22 AM EST up reply actions

Ah

Makes sense.

3:45 PM on 10/25/09-changed signature to "Leon Washington for President"
4:45 PM on 10/25/09-Leon Washington suffers season-ending injury

by Prince on Nov 19, 2009 11:49 AM EST up reply actions

Probably Fanhouse.

Because they start bringing in the likes of Jay Mariotti, who’s a dick and hates blogs to begin with.

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Nov 19, 2009 9:55 PM EST up reply actions

Does landing DeRosa mean the Phillies would be out of the Figgins market?

If so please let someone else enter it.

by Gina on Nov 19, 2009 9:37 AM EST reply actions

Stuff

That’s a scary look at what could have happened.

The Mets don’t want to win. Duh. I thought we all knew that.

That’s a smart move by the Nats, I am guessing. If anything else, it brings a winning guy into their organization. He probably will be very helpful in allowing the Nats to draft low cost/high reward amateur and Minor League players, given his experience with amateur/college baseball and the Olympics, and all of that. If only our front office had the foresight (not that I have any sentimental love for Johnson or anything)…

DeRosa definitely has a grit that will fit in in Philly.

I lobby Omar give Schmidt $7 million/three years.

That’s a pretty good account of a vote for Felix Hernandez over Greinke. My own feelings mirror what Feinsand said. But, at the end of the day, Greinke put up better numbers over the course of the year. You can’t argue with him winning AL Cy Young. As much as I wanted King Felix to win it, I think I would have been more “outraged” if Greinke didn’t win.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 19, 2009 9:40 AM EST reply actions

Bench Coaches

They are like the Vice Presidents of MLB coaches. They make no difference unless the manager gets ejected, fired, resigns, dies, gets impeached and removed, or there is a tie vote in the Senate.

Well maybe not the last two.

by Reg Dunlop on Nov 19, 2009 11:38 AM EST reply actions

unfortunately for us

Jerry Manuel is having the baseball equivalent of being blown by an intern in the Oval Office right now

"[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 Nov 19, 2009 2:02 PM EST up reply actions

Monica Lewinsky or Paula Jones?

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 19, 2009 3:48 PM EST up reply actions

Brooke Hundley

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Nov 19, 2009 3:53 PM EST up reply actions

Would that be a step up or step down from the above?

God knows, none of them are lookers. Does psychoness make up for, or is worse than, federal grand juries, blue dresses, and that whole schpiel? I don’t know…

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 19, 2009 4:14 PM EST up reply actions