Fun with slaughtered animals

The headline in the print version reads "Life's a boar in the Mets tranquil camp". I was horrified by the misuse of the word until I read the following:

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – It is 9 a.m. at Tradition Field, the start of another ripple-free day in Mets camp. GM Omar Minaya strolls through the clubhouse without his cellphone after finishing a cardio workout. The players, with a half-hour to kill before the beginning of the workout, use a severed boar’s head – a real one, slaughtered by reliever Tom Martin last year – to terrify Jose Reyes (with success) and David Wright (without).

Countdown to the PETA protest in 5,4,3,....

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We should've got the LIVE chicken.

by JoshNY on Feb 23, 2009 10:53 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

It's good to know that Tom Martin was keeping busy last year

But did the dude really put “boar’s head” on the list of necessary items at PSL?

Funny, tho.

'Oh yes, I know all about that duty-of-a-citizen stuff. It doesn't go. There are exceptions to every rule, and this was one of them. When a man risks his liberty to come and root at a ball-game, you've got to hand it to him. He isn't a crook. He's a fan.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Feb 23, 2009 10:58 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Also from the article

To further emphasize the point, Manuel piped in a loop of the Mets’ opposite-field base hits from the 2008 season into the clubhouse television sets last week. A day later, the feed switched to the team’s biggest game-winning moments.

Kind of lame, but I like it. If the MLB network put it on, am I the only person who would watch an hour of opposite-field base hits? Yeah, I’m an addict.

by Sokojoe on Feb 23, 2009 11:00 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

as this point

I would watch tee-ball or that game they play at schools for the blind with the beeping ball. Will opening day never come.

by mmxii on Feb 23, 2009 11:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Is this spring training

or Lord of the Flies? What would happen if Jerry and the staff deserted the players all alone in PSL and just left a conch shell? What kind of hell would break loose?

"You know I am only teasing. I love you gals out there -- always have." - Keith Hernandez

by OSUmets on Feb 23, 2009 11:33 AM EST reply actions 0 recs