Thyroid Applesauce - Reyes Back In NY, Projecting Jason Bay, Cablevision vs. ABC
by James Kannengieser on Mar 8, 2010 2:00 PM EST
Email
Print
Meet the Mets
Jose Reyes is back in New York for more thyroid tests. A doctor from New York Columbia Presbyterian Hospital estimates that he should miss anywhere from a few days to a month. Unsurprisingly, various blowhards have started speculating that HGH usage might be the cause of Reyes's health issues. Will Leitch calls out these gasbags.
Jeff Zimmerman at Beyond the Boxscore asks readers to project Jason Bay's performance. In the comments, he predicts Bay will struggle to hit even twenty home runs because of Citi Field.
John Sickels profiles Daniel Murphy and thinks his MLB line of .275/.331/.437 is his true talent level.
Kerel Cooper, Joe Janish and Dave Doyle discuss the Mets' offseason in a video blog at On The Black.
Section 518 explains why the Cablevision/ABC mess matters to Met fans. Jeff Pearlman also gives his take on the battle, and I couldn't agree more with his final paragraph.
Brian Joura explains why the Mets might be the Fighting Whiteys this year.
Oh, and the Mets beat the Nationals yesterday, 6-5. Ollie threw strikes but got shelled, Frenchy threw out two runners at the plate, Hisanori Takahashi impressively struck out six in three scoreless innings and Omir Santos hit a bizarre inside-the-park grand slam. It's a 420 foot bomb in the boxscore. Joe Janish provides a nice recap and some analysis at Mets Today.
Around MLB
Ken Davidoff hands out the New York baseball Oscars.
Think Jerry Manuel is bad? Fire Jim Bowden laments that Jim Riggleman is the Nationals' manager. An actual quote from "old baseball man" Riggleman (which is somewhat out of context here, but click through for the whole thing):
I'd be bluffing if I told you I knew what I was talking about.
Erik Manning proposes batting King Albert Pujols 2nd in the Cardinals lineup.
Fonzie Forever gives us an extensive look at top righthanded pitching prospects.
Via The Book Blog, here is a tool for superimposing batted balls from one stadium to another.
From Adam Rubin's Twitter:
Jason Marquis says he doesn't know what Mets offered him, because he told agent to share only "serious" offers. ... Marquis faces Mets Sun.
BURN!
37 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Giving Joe Budd a breather
I’ll add a Tak2 mention.
by James Kannengieser on Mar 8, 2010 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
Good job filling for Joe.
I always see baseball fans bashing the nymag, but the Reyes article was at least sensible.
In lobby campaign for Chris Carter.
You must be smiling looking at todays box score...
Pinella: Where th f*ck was that pitch at?
Ump: Lou, don't you know that you're not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition?
Pinella: Where the f*ck was that pitch at, a$$h*le?
by Stephen Schmidt on Mar 8, 2010 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
Haha "d-Carter, PH-CF". Carter is a good defender because he played CF (one inning in a spring training game)
He is no Tatis, but he hit 2 HR in the same inning. Being from different pitchers or not having the bases loaded was out of his control.
In lobby campaign for Chris Carter.
Reyes
how long does it take to do a blood test, this seems like a crazy long time. why can’t he be taking BP he seemed pretty healthy
Thyroids are nothing to be messed with. The hormones they produce deal with every single organ in the body and the metabolism.
There is a condition known as “Thyroid Storm” where peoples thyroids spew T4 hormone into the body and it literally causes the body to meltdown, every organ being damaged and the brain being fried. Body temperature cannot be controlled internally and fevers as high as 105-106F can be seen, this is deadly. Sport players are at the highest risk because of the stress of playing and the mental stress. Either can bring it on.
I think caution is wise. I don’t need him in March, I need him April-November.
"Wait till Biggus Dickus hears about this!"
by scott from peekskill on Mar 8, 2010 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
Ok...
…thinking that the Dolan’s could possibly own the Mets some day made me throw up in my mouth a little.
they already own my faveorite sports team and run it to the ground
hopefully they will never get a chance with the Mets, I mean how far down can we possibly go?
I disagree. Sort of.
Dolan is a good owner if Donnie Walsh is the GM. He is a bad owner when Isiah Thomas is the GM. He gives free reign to the GM, and he is willing to spend lots of dollars. He doesn’t try to get his own ideas in there, and he certainly wouldn’t put a Lakers museum in any Knicks building. If we were to hire the next Theo Epstein or Jack Z under Dolan we could build a dynasty. The problem comes in when you have a crappy guy running things, because Dolan seems to be loyal to his GM’s, whether it was Isiah or Sather.
"Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. It's more democratic."
- CRASH DAVIS
I didnt realise Mike Lupica was such a big douchebag.
His article is yet more innuendo, rhetoric and unsupported allegations. Then again, he does work for the Barely News. And if Craig Fat Fu#k Carton doesn’t shut up with his Bullshiz speculation I will mail him anthrax.
Carton is pure slime, he wasn’t born he was spit into the gutter.
"Wait till Biggus Dickus hears about this!"
by scott from peekskill on Mar 8, 2010 3:24 PM EST reply actions
How did you NOT know Lupica's a douche?
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
Never read the toilet paper he writes for.
"Wait till Biggus Dickus hears about this!"
by scott from peekskill on Mar 8, 2010 4:13 PM EST up reply actions
seconded
The guy was on A-Rod’s case for years for being a “choker”. Now that he can’t write about that anymore, it’s time to get on the case of another immensely talented NY baseball player.
Gawd, I hate the sports media sometimes.
"It’s just everytime we think the bar can’t get lower, they lower it. Now next year we’ll just be happy to hear that rogue shirtless officials aren’t implementing useless detrimental drills in spring training for no apparent reason."
-Gina, 3/1/10
by Greenpoint Ian on Mar 8, 2010 4:18 PM EST up reply actions
What kind of schmuck actually says things like that?
I jokingly say that I root for injuries when I’m watching two teams play against each other that I don’t like- say, Atlanta and the Phillies-, but that’s mostly jokingly (Victorino not withstanding). The only players I’ve ever rooting that they’d hurt themselves somehow would be Mike Hampton and Carl Pavano, simply because they’re walking wrecks to begin with, and I’ve always had a semi-morbid thing about seeing how long they’d go in-between pitching because of all of their injuries.
But, to say that about a guy on your own team (I’m assuming he’s a Mets fan), a guy who is a home grown player on that team, a guy who is an All-Star on that team, a guy who (if he keeps up his level of play) has a decent shot of maybe getting into the HoF, or getting his number retired in 25 years…Unbelievable.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 8, 2010 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
i dont read what these guys say generally
I knew who Lupica is but cant remember anything of his I have read. unfortunately, there seem to be 10 Lupika’s for every decent writer.
"Wait till Biggus Dickus hears about this!"
by scott from peekskill on Mar 8, 2010 5:32 PM EST up reply actions
What does that have to do with anything?
Anybody who doesn’t believe that Jose was up in Canada to visit Dr. HGH for the purpose of getting HGH, is either naive or delusional. I would also encourage you – the delusional and naive – to google HGH and thyroid conditions before you pontificate about what a douche bag Lupica is.
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
If he was getting HGH
isn’t it likely that his injury would have mysteriously healed as some point during the season? Rather than getting worse?
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
I don't know that that's necessarily true.
But maybe I’m wrong. I just found this out.
Jose aggravated the injury in September while rehabbing. I don’t know how and how well HGH is supposed to work. I also don’t know how much has to be administered over a period of time for it to be effective.
Jose approached the Mets first about wanting to see this doctor, who’s treated Tiger Woods, the sprinter Donovan Bailey and the swimmer Dara Torres … and now we learn that A-Rod treated with him for his hip. But the Mets wouldn’t let Jose go up without one of our crack (no pun intended) medical staffers to make sure Jose didn’t get HGH. So even the Mets suspected that that is why Jose was going up there.
Finally, thyroid issues are related to HGH therapy. Look at the research. Do you think this is just coincidental?
Here’s the A-Rod article (“Doctor in Drug Inquiry Says He Treated Rodriguez”) which just appeared in the NY Times about an hour ago:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/sports/baseball/09arod.html?hp
In
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
You mean the "platelet-rich plasma" that doesn't work?
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
Plus, if he'd be using HGH before that
he likely wouldn’t have warn down at the end of seasons like he has the 3 years prior to last year.
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
Exactly.
If he was using HGH, he likely would have started when he got his first injury, when there was less talk and testing about HGH, steroids, and other performance enhancers. His career, regarding injuries, would have very likely taken a much different path from then on.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 8, 2010 11:44 PM EST up reply actions
Lupica is a douche, regardless.
I will say, though, that there is still currently no evidence linking Reyes and performance-enhancing substances. The authorities questioned him, and went on their way; no subpoenas were issued, no charges were filed against him, and there’s no talk of any kind of link between said substances and Reyes- they exist only for his doctor, who was engaging in the proliferation of it across borders, and not him. By all accounts, there’s no reason to believe that he’s involved in anything “shady”- that’s not being delusional or naive, but simply objective, analyzing the empirical evidence of Reyes’ injury record, his relationship with this doctor, what the feds are investigating, and what the feds have discovered, that’s either been leaked or released via press conferences.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 8, 2010 11:48 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Well, you are right.
He is a douche. But I believe all these athletes went up to see this guy for HGH. While there’s no testing for it, these players are looking for any advantage they can get. Is this the only doctor in North America who does “platelet therapy”?
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
Just read the manning article, he makes some good points.
if we followed his ideas then our lineup would be
Reyes
Wright
Murphy
Beltran
Bay
Franceour
Catcher
Pitcher
Castillo
This gives Wright more AB’s, gives Beltran and Bay better opportunities in the second inning across a season, scores a handful more runs with Castillo batting 9th and Murphy would probably get better pitches to hit being protected by Beltran and Bay. Murphy would however, be hitting into more inning ending double plays.
Might be worth the effort to try it in ST
"Wait till Biggus Dickus hears about this!"
by scott from peekskill on Mar 8, 2010 3:34 PM EST reply actions
Castillo is (sadly) never going to bat 9th
because N0t hAving tHe piTCHeR bAT 9Th is ToNy lAruSSa InSANity
Imagine the newspapers! Imagine the scandal! And, asides for that general sentiment around the baseball world, Jerry probably would never consider it.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 8, 2010 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
Your 100% right, Gangsta is not flexible or smart enough to try something like this. besides, the idea came from the blogosphere. Managers don't listen to guys who live in their moms basement
"Wait till Biggus Dickus hears about this!"
by scott from peekskill on Mar 8, 2010 5:29 PM EST up reply actions
Pitchers hitting 9th is gangsta. Position players hitting 9th isn't.
That’s the lesson to be learned here…
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 8, 2010 5:40 PM EST up reply actions
Random and unmets related
but HGH might explain Tiger Woods super human balancing act. I mean being able to be the best golfer in the world and a spokesperson for numerous companies, which probably comes with numerous responsibilities and engagements, having a wife and family, and banging 4-14 broads on the side (without getting caught) is pretty impressive.
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
Well, you know how golfers have rockstar lives and all...
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 9, 2010 12:12 AM EST up reply actions
But,
comparing Tiger Woods to any other golfer in the history of golf is apples and oranges. Tiger is/was a rockstar.
"Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. It's more democratic."
- CRASH DAVIS
Hey, Arnold Palmer had SNES/Genesis game! If that doesn't mean he is a superstar I don't know what does.
In lobby campaign for Chris Carter.
And Vijay Singh sure knows how to party.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 9, 2010 8:50 AM EST up reply actions
Mmmmmmm...
Thyroid applesauce. Sounds tasty.
You don't cheer for the Mets. You drink for the Mets.
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on Amazin' Avenue
Related FanShots on Amazin' Avenue
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
FanShots
Quick hits of video, photos, quotes, chats, links and lists that you find around the web.
Recommended FanShots
Recent FanShots
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
Baseball Nation Recent Stories
In Association With
Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
- Podcast: Dirk Hayhurst talks about Italy, the reality of the big leagues and his new book
- Dennis ‘Oil Can’ Boyd claims he used cocaine before a majority of his games
- Does Billy Beane’s contract extension signal an optimistic dawn for Oakland fans?
- Ask Alex: Will Alex Avila be an All-Star again?
- Create-a-Caption: Matt Cain’s great pair of golf pants
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
