Two Huge Announcements at Winter Meetings?

Via Will Carroll on Twitter

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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

Maybe Carroll thinks there won't be much signing news at the meetings

So these two things will be the news.

by SuperT on Dec 5, 2009 3:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Announcement number one:

Mets sign Matt Holliday

by fxcarden on Dec 4, 2009 7:19 PM EST 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

I was kidding

by fxcarden on Dec 4, 2009 7:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Still, it would have to be something like MLB merged with the Japanese league

for me to think that’s bigger than the Mets getting the Holladay brothers.

by SeanSchirmer on Dec 7, 2009 1:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

hold on, I'm confused

let’s just call them the hday brothers for short.

by JoshNY on Dec 7, 2009 9:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Will Carroll is the new GM of the Mets

LOL

by nelsonc on Dec 4, 2009 7:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

ha ha

how about A-Rod and Jeter tie the knot ?.

by fxcarden on Dec 4, 2009 7:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Two Words: Tiger Woods

by nelsonc on Dec 4, 2009 7:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

?

Jeter = Tiger
A-Rod = Woods

by fxcarden on Dec 4, 2009 7:29 PM EST up 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

Omar is going to be the Phillies' GM !!!!!!

by fxcarden on Dec 4, 2009 7:28 PM EST up 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

I know....

Pete Rose is being re-instated.

by fxcarden on Dec 4, 2009 7:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Steve Howe will replace Selig ?.

by fxcarden on Dec 4, 2009 7:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That would have to coincide with the announcement that hell has frozen over

by Syler on Dec 4, 2009 7:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You could make THAT the first announcement,

and then make Pete the second announcement.

by fxcarden on Dec 4, 2009 7:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Mets are moving to Pierre, South Dakota

A "Zeile" for avoiding outs

by metsguy234 on Dec 4, 2009 7:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Juan Pierre ?.

by fxcarden on Dec 4, 2009 7:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Marc Anthony bought the Mets !

and here is is telling the boyz !

by fxcarden on Dec 4, 2009 9:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

*he is telling

by fxcarden on Dec 4, 2009 9:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

" I own your ass, Carlos ! "

by fxcarden on Dec 4, 2009 9:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

probably nothing

by Sam Page on Dec 4, 2009 9:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

World International MLB Draft?

by nelsonc on Dec 4, 2009 11:40 PM EST 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

Instead of serving coffee, the beverage they'll serve is Hi-C.

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Dec 5, 2009 10:28 AM EST up 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

Here's the first one - from the Metsblog twitter feed

And Jeff Wilpon likes it. Sweet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/sports/baseball/06stats.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss

by MangoMetsFan on Dec 5, 2009 10:32 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

It measures clubhouse chemistry? Cool.

by SeanSchirmer on Dec 7, 2009 1:31 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

This is the other one apparently

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2009/12/cubs-to-remain-jumbotron-free-at-wrigley-field.html

Will Carroll can go fuck himself

A "Zeile" for avoiding outs

by metsguy234 on Dec 6, 2009 12:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

wtf

lame, I was expecting something big. I think i care more about the Red Sox signing Scutaro than this.

by Gina on Dec 6, 2009 12:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Who says this is one of Carroll's stories?

by SuperT on Dec 6, 2009 1:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

yes, how is this "the other one apparently"?

by EtSuKe on Dec 6, 2009 7:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

he said it on twitter

A "Zeile" for avoiding outs

by metsguy234 on Dec 6, 2009 10:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Will Carroll

Thanks for a real life version of “Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine”

by James Kannengieser on Dec 6, 2009 11:38 PM EST reply actions 2 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