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Any ideas on what they could be

Or when they’d actually hit the news?

by Gina on Dec 4, 2009 7:14 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Instant Replay...

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

by Schmidtxc on Dec 5, 2009 10:55 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Carroll says one on Monday and one on Tuesday

From replies he’s made to other people, I can determine that it’s not:
-contraction
-a Selig extension
-the announcement of the next commissioner
-the Rays relocating
-a shortening of the season
-an expansion of the playoffs
-steroids-related

Someone asked Carroll if one of the two things involved the Rangers ownership situation, and he replied “Smart”

A "Zeile" for avoiding outs

by metsguy234 on Dec 4, 2009 7:18 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Oh wow

Whatever it is with the Rangers I hope they get screwed over.

by Gina on Dec 4, 2009 7:43 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Also unless Jerrah Jones or Mark Cuban is buying the Rangers

I’m not sure anyone would care enough for it to overshadow big free agent signings.

by Gina on Dec 4, 2009 8:59 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Can't be Cuban.

The other owners won’t let him in the club. Maybe Jones, though I haven’t heard anything about him wanting to own another team.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Dec 5, 2009 2:30 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah that's what I figured about Cuban

But outside of those two who, with the money and the reasons for interest, could be buying them, or part of them, that would be a big enough story for it to overshadow a major free agent signing.

by Gina on Dec 5, 2009 2:42 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe it's not a sale

Maybe Hicks is filing for bankruptcy. We know he’s been having money problems. Or maybe the Steinbrenners are buying the Rangers to use as a farm club.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Dec 5, 2009 2:49 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I thought he already had to file for bankruptcy

But would that overshadow free agent signings? it’s not like the rangers have a massive fan base.

by Gina on Dec 5, 2009 3:13 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Annoucement number two:

Mets trade for Roy Halladay

by fxcarden on Dec 4, 2009 7:20 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

… I expect both will be bigger than any player signing or news made during [Winter Meetings].

by nelsonc on Dec 4, 2009 7:24 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

The Phillies have lost all their money?

"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 Dec 4, 2009 7:27 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

It was a 3 way trade

We get Andrew Freidman

"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 Dec 4, 2009 7:30 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Death to the Phillies and Yankees?

That would be the greatest offseason ever!

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Dec 5, 2009 12:11 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Their going to rename the MVP award the Derek Jeter award

Instead of going to the best players in each league it goes to the most gritty player

DO WHAT JOSE REYES DO!!!

by Jadden Hopkins on Dec 5, 2009 9:12 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

nah, that's the Eckstein cup.

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

by squid92 on Dec 5, 2009 5:40 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

My guess:

- This year’s buffet will feature only two types of meat, instead of the usual three; and
- They’re secretly replacing the regular coffee with Folger’s crystals.

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

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Dec 5, 2009 9:25 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Livan is outraged.

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

by squid92 on Dec 5, 2009 5:40 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

As long as it doesn't involve us in a negative way...

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 5, 2009 12:52 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

"For Jeff Wilpon, the chief operating officer of the Mets, the value in the software will be in evaluating free agents.

"If you take X player on another team who’s around a great cast of players," he said, "we want to look at him in our ballpark with different players around him to see how he will fit in.""

it’’s crazy that stats like that don’t already exist..

oh wait

by Gina on Dec 6, 2009 12:52 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Also
"It tells me that baseball is increasingly a business and less a sport, which has been going on for 150 years," Thorn said. "I’m just sick of stats."

…so all the revenue-sharing, increasing player costs and what not is okay… but stats=business?

I wonder if, since it’s software instead of paperwork, Omar won’t consider it “false hustle”

by Gina on Dec 6, 2009 12:55 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

ugh - i hate that idea

that professional sports must somehow not be about money. go watch high school sports if you want amateurs, but otherwise anything that is covered by a newspaper or televised is no longer just about “sports” whatever the hell that is supposed to mean.

MLB is a business, and it operates one. i can see the just used that guy thorn for a closed, opposing view throw away quote but i have no idea what hes even trying to imply. that for the last 150 years, pro baseball wasnt trying to make money?

its like, grow up dude.

Lets hope that when gut check time comes again the Mets will pass it with flying colors.

by kendynamo on Dec 6, 2009 12:31 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

not to worry....

Scott Boras already has a team of hackers ready to modify the software

by fxcarden on Dec 6, 2009 12:37 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I think the 2nd big announcement

is that Bud Selig is gonna hire Steve Phillips as MLB’s Internship Coordinator

"[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 Dec 6, 2009 1:15 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

that's a rec right there.

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

by squid92 on Dec 6, 2009 11:50 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Why do they call it Ovaltine?

The mug is round, the jar is round. They should call it Roundtine. That’s gold Jerry. Gold!

"I see the job in bigger terms. Paperwork, that’s false hustle. It takes away creativity. People who are into paperwork are into covering their asses, so if things go wrong they can point to all the work they did. They’re thinking more about failure than success. The more paperwork the opposition does, the better my chances are. Know what I’m sayin’?"

by Evan_S on Dec 7, 2009 12:11 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

great movie, watch it every holiday season

but on a related note, does anybody else find ovaltine to actually taste pretty disgusting?

by KeithsMoustache on Dec 7, 2009 12:35 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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