DMV Applesauce - Pedro already on DL, Decent Met All-Star showing, Wagner's future role

by Joe Budd on Jul 15, 2009 11:25 AM EDT in Applesauce

My apologies for the tardiness and thinness of this morning's post. Bloggers are allowed to take All-Star breaks as well, particularly those who are left at home in their mother's basement. Anyway, I took the time to deal with the wonderful folks at the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. I am so glad to be here typing.

Meet the Mets

Billy Wagner will most likely return this season, but does not foresee much of a role for himself.

Hot Foot blog compiles a great list of Met All-Star facts, including a reminder of the Bobby Bonilla era.

The Post is reporting that Citi Field will host the 2013 All Star Game.

Ted Berg points out that the Mets are not pulling the ball a lot.

A hit for David Wright, a perfect inning from Francisco Rodriguez, and the 13th straight loss for the National League. Heath Bell was the losing pitcher.

Around the NL East

Pedro Martinez passed his physical, signed with the Phillies, and has been placed on the 15-day DL. It begins.

Rumors of an Atlanta trade with Oakland involving Matt Holliday and Yunel Escobar are swirling. Talking Chop suggests that the Braves have nothing to do with this.

Florida Marlin catcher John Baker might be featured in the new Moneyball film.

The Washington Nationals have been hard at work trying to sign Steven Strasburg.

Around MLB

Mariano Rivera saved his 4th All-Star game, a record, but Carl Crawford got the MVP for his amazing catch of Brad Hawpe's should have been home run.

Surprise, surprise, the Yankees and Red Sox are supposedly the most interested bidders for Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman.

Bud Selig doesn't want a repeat of the Manny-in-the-minors fiasco.

Why the low profile for the Man prior to last night?

McClatchy papers has a great piece on a group of Iraqis who love the game of baseball.

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Wagner comments on MetsBlog

I actually scrolled down the comments section on MetsBlog today for the first time in months and was pretty impressed with most of the comments. That is, until I got to this one:

“Wags, Putz and K-Rod, what a pen !!!
We could trade Putz and Wags for Halladay ?”

Aaaaaand that’s why I don’t stray too far from AA for my Mets news.

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

by OSUmets on Jul 15, 2009 12:03 PM EDT reply actions

the comments section hasn't been that bad lately imo

but more importantly, is Wagner sending coded messages to the AA community?

“I think what I would be is a Brian Stokes-type player. I might pitch once a week.”

I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya

by itsmetsforme on Jul 15, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions

who the hell is

“Brian Stokes” that Wagner is talking about

by Jadden Hopkins on Jul 15, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I believe

Brian Stokes grew up in the neighborhood of Inwood at the northern end of Manhattan, New York City, the son of Cora Lillian, a department store price checker, and Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Sr., a police officer and jazz musician. During his 20-year professional career in the NBA, from 1969 to 1989, he scored the highest points total of any player in league history (38,387), in addition to winning a record six Most Valuable Player Awards and six NBA championships. He was known for his “skyhook” shot, which was famously difficult to block because it put his 7’2" body between the basket and the ball.

by Sokojoe on Jul 15, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I could have sworn

Brian Stokes was the first man to make the solo trans-Atlantic flight from New York’s Roosevelt Airport to Le Bourget Field in Paris. He completed the trip in 33.5 hours in his single-seat plane, The Spirit of St. Louis.

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

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jul 15, 2009 1:25 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

Huh, I thought

Brian Stokes is an inventor with over 3,000 inventions, including “PyonPyon” spring shoes and the basic technology for the floppy disk, the CD, the DVD, the karaoke machine, the digital watch, CinemaScope, armchair “Cerebrex”, sauce pump, and the taxicab meter. He was awarded the 2005 Ig Nobel prize for Nutrition, for photographing and retrospectively analyzing every meal he has consumed during a period of 34 years (and counting). In an interview, Stokes described his “creativity process”, which includes listening to music and concludes with diving underwater, where he says he comes up with his best ideas and records them while underwater.

by Sokojoe on Jul 15, 2009 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions

uh, i think its pretty clear wags was talking about the stoke man. duh.

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

by kendynamo on Jul 15, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Brian Stokes

was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned.

by JoshNY on Jul 15, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I want to play

Brian Stokes was a fictional character portrayed by American actor Jim Varney in a series of television commercials and later in a television series (Hey Vern, It’s Ernest!) as well as a series of motion pictures. He was used in various local campaigns and was never a spokesman for a truly national product or company, save for Sprite and Mello Yello which had its slogan “Make the Mello Yello move”. The first commercial, filmed in 1980, was to advertise an appearance by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders at Beech Bend Park, an amusement park located near Bowling Green, Kentucky.

by TedBerg on Jul 15, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions

No no no

Brian Stokes was a Scottish boatswain and able seaman from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was known for his colorful manner and conspicuous tastes. He was one of the original crewmembers of The Endurance, appointed 2nd officer, though a feud with Robert Shackleton over Stokes’ mistress led to his last minute replacement by Tom Crean. He died of pneumonia at the age of 58.

by TheBigStapler on Jul 15, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions

You guys are all wrong

Brian Stokes is most often conceived of as the supernatural creator and overseer of the universe. Theologians have ascribed a variety of attributes to the many different conceptions of Brian Stokes. The most common among these include omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, omnibenevolence (perfect goodness), divine simplicity, and eternal and necessary existence. Brian Stokes has also been conceived as being incorporeal, a personal being, the source of all moral obligation, and the “greatest conceivable existent”. These attributes were all supported to varying degrees by the early Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologian philosophers, including Maimonides, Augustine of Hippo, and Al-Ghazali, respectively. Many notable medieval philosophers developed arguments for the existence of Brian Stokes.

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Jul 15, 2009 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Nope

You’re all wrong. “Brian Stokes” is a term coined in the late 19th century by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The German phrase “Brian Stokes” can be loosely translated into English as “Over-man” or “Superman”. The Brian Stokes was Nietzsche’s metaphor for the ideal man and the thing all people should strive to become. The use of the Brian Stokes metaphor in Nietzsche’s penultimate classic “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” helped lay the groundwork for the up-and-coming school of philosophy known as Existentialism.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on Jul 15, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Wrong yet again.

The Brian Stokes is a breed of dog intentionally bred small. They are ideally suited for the terrain of southeastern Belgium. While they resemble Miniature Pinschers in size and appearance, they are more closely related to the full size Doberman. They are prone to hip dysplasia and thyroid problems.

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

by squid92 on Jul 16, 2009 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions

ahh

The Virginia DMV is brutal. I mean, I’ve only dealt with two and the Virginia branch was by far the worse of the two.

by BlackOps on Jul 15, 2009 2:53 PM EDT reply actions

Brian Stokes is an entertainer

http://www.brianstokes.com/

by David G on Jul 15, 2009 5:06 PM EDT reply actions

And he's appearing at the Hollywood Bowl July 31-Aug. 2

Come one, come all! 3 nights in a row, don’t tell Jerry!

by David G on Jul 15, 2009 5:08 PM EDT reply actions

In a way..

Each of us has a Brian Stokes to face in our lives. For some, shyness might be their Brian Stokes. For others, a lack of education might be their Brian Stokes. For us, Brian Stokes is a big, dangerous man who wants to kill us. But as sure as my name is Lucky Day, the people of Santa Poco can conquer their own personal Brian Stokes, who also happens to be the actual Brian Stokes!

by David G on Jul 15, 2009 5:31 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs