Castillo Walkoff Applesauce - Slappy almost makes up for dropped popup, K-Rod's locker cleaned, next Met GM speculation
by Joe Budd on Aug 25, 2010 9:24 AM EDT
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Meet the Mets
Congratulations to Slappy who still probably wants to leave, but managed a walk-off single last night. For one night, at least, the Mets did not stink.
The purging of Francisco Rodriguez has begun; his locker is cleaned out. Bobby Parnell smells a permanent closer job opening up in the near future.
Jon Heyman lists Pat Gillick, Jon Ricco, Kevin Towers, Wayne Krivsky, and Jon Daniels as potential Omar Minaya replacements.
Chris McShane finds himself actually agreeing with Jerry about Niese's 2010.
Toby Hyde goes through the latest Met draft and gives us his final thoughts.
Oh man, I really want an F! bobblehead now.
The first of hopefully several retro Kiner's Korner features is up, this one with Pete Rose.
Around MLB
Big day for former 2010 Mets. Rod Barajas goes 3 for 4 in his Dodger debut with a homer. Alex Cora gets the call from the Rangers.
The Phillies had an epic 16 inning battle with the Astros that featured Roy Oswalt playing the outfield. Philadelphia also just signed Marlin outcast Nate Robertson.
In waiver wire news: Manny Ramirez will likely be claimed by the White Sox and Johnny Damon has rejected the chance to return to Boston.
Carlos Marmol may set the record for K/9 innings.
Also some news from the owner statue department: Bud Selig's statue is unveiled and George Steinbrenner's is planned.
Sammy Sosa is peeved that the Cubs haven't retired his number yet. I wouldn't hold your breath Sammy.
An Army skydiving exhibition went a little awry at a Texas Ranger game. No one was hurt, except for this guy's pride.
And, finally, 8th grade Cal Ripken Jr. explains why he wants to be a baseball player.
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what, we do need frenchy to get going
then all of our problems will be solved.
HELLO HELLO MR WILPON... BUY THAT MANSION. WE DONT NEED A CONDO.
Yeah, but
Everyone on that list except Towers and maybe Daniels would not exactly be a large improvement. (and we’ll probably end up with Krivsky)
by Jeffrey Paternostro on Aug 25, 2010 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
well there's 4 people on the list
and I don’t see how Krivsky wouldn’t be a huge improvement, like Towers he basically totally built this current reds team and got fired right before the rebuild paid off. He’s not Andrew Friedman or Epstein but he’s still an average/above average gm and likely much better than Omar.
mediocrity thy name is Wilpon- jdon
And I'm not sure how Gillick wouldn't be an improvement
the phillies under him were the perfect example of how to do a scouting example the right way. Although he’s like 400 so I’m not sure why he’d want this job.
mediocrity thy name is Wilpon- jdon
i think we should just get karl ravich to GM
if howard medgal and ted berg are unavailable that is.
HELLO HELLO MR WILPON... BUY THAT MANSION. WE DONT NEED A CONDO.
And the Blue Jays . . . and the mid-90s Orioles. . . .
Gillick would be a MASSIVE improvement.
Then again, so would a trained seal.
Even an untrained seal could be an improvement
At least we wouldn’t owe it $1 million per year for the next seasons. We could probably just pay it in dead fish.
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by Steve Schreiber on Aug 25, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
I have a feeling Ricco or Krivsky would get the job. I don’t want Ricco, I wouldn’t mind Gillick or Krivsky, but I would love Daniels or Towers.
I have a feeling that Nolan Ryan was largely responsible for the Rangers turn around, primarly because he was charged with managing the organizations pitching. No surprise that the Rangers strength is picthing. My hope is that Daniels took notes.
by Coolpapabell on Aug 25, 2010 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
nah
heyman is about as dumb as Moronuel
"Fantasy, reality, science Fiction. Which is which? Who can tell?"
by feslenraster on Aug 25, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
the steinbrenner family
should build a statue to whatever morons at CBS couldn’t figure out how to make money with the most storied sports team in north american history that allowed a shipping magnate from Cleveland to buy the team for a song back in the 70s.
HELLO HELLO MR WILPON... BUY THAT MANSION. WE DONT NEED A CONDO.
by kendynamo on Aug 25, 2010 10:07 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
It's a bit off topic
but for those of us who were discussing Niese and inning increases as related to injury risk, Joe Posnanski has a great new piece up on his blog about how pitchers just get injured. While plenty of pitchers who increase their inning numbers too aggressively get hurt, pitchers who don’t increase the innings too fast get hurt just as frequently, as do pitchers who never get the chance to increase their workload.
UNC already has Steinbrenner museum
and Steinbrenner courtyard. If we get a Steinbrenner statue I’m defiling it and transferring.
mediocrity thy name is Wilpon- jdon
by Gina on Aug 25, 2010 10:18 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
No
Just the entrance.
Also as far as his connections his daughter is an alum and is on the board of visitors. And I think his grandchildren all went/go here. I know one of his grandsons is in my class.
mediocrity thy name is Wilpon- jdon
by Gina on Aug 25, 2010 1:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Convince his grandson to buy the Mets plz!
by MookieTheCat on Aug 25, 2010 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
NOOOOOOO!!!!!
As bad as things are now, I will never root for a Steinbrenner to own the Mets. Thankfully, even Selig won’t let that happen, anyway.
May you be locked in a battle of wits against Jerry Manuel.
by BobbyV_Incognito on Aug 25, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Never knew Steinbrenner had any connections to UNC
May you be locked in a battle of wits against Jerry Manuel.
by BobbyV_Incognito on Aug 25, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
he commited some perjury there once
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 Aug 25, 2010 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Duke has connections with duke
mediocrity thy name is Wilpon- jdon
by Gina on Aug 25, 2010 1:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
+1 for Doonesbury ref.
Though most folks on here are too young. I almost bought the Bloom County full collection at the bookstore today.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 26, 2010 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Barajas HR helps Lilly to 5-0 since trade
good thing Omar didn’t make a trade to help us compete…although Misch has pitched well enough. we really needed a bat it seems more than an arm
Any task BIG or small, Do it well or not at all
by Rickfansince76 on Aug 25, 2010 10:27 AM EDT reply actions
I would agree
The pitching has been real solid. Its just the bats. Where do we put the bat. Manny in LF would help I guess.
by Coolpapabell on Aug 25, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
We got cash...
To quote this article about the business secrets of Homer Simpson, “Money can be used in exchange for goods and services.”
by MookieTheCat on Aug 25, 2010 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
WAIVER CLAIM
How about a small move that might make sense for now & next season: claim Joaquin Arias off waivers from the Rangers (DFA to make room for Alex Cora)?
?
So you want the mets to get the guy who was replaced by Cora?
The F! boblehead
will come out of the box cracked, or break on the way home.
by tmu on Aug 25, 2010 11:31 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
If it takes you five years to turn this team around
I’m already lobbying for you to be fired. I’ll do it in 3 and promise to replace KB with an Erin Andrews clone.
mediocrity thy name is Wilpon- jdon
by Gina on Aug 25, 2010 1:39 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I can fix this team in...
TWO and ONE HALF YEARS!!!
i will
destroy this team to save it.
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 Aug 25, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
If you use fireworks
I’m on Team Itsmetsforme.
by LeiterMilnerFasterStronger on Aug 25, 2010 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Incidentally
I, too, would love to be GM. I’ll start by firing Jerry, cutting losses with Castillo and Perez, and promoting Nick Evans. I will then replace the faux-Ebbets CitiField facade with a large blue wall festooned with neon “impressions” of baseball players. (Or can a GM not do that kind of thing?) I will also pay players over slot, double the player development budget, and ink a team neurologist. I will have a team border collie nip at David Wright’s heels whenever he moves too far out of the box. I will replace Kevin Burkhardt with a team of an Erin Andrews clone (Julie Alexandria is close enough) and Jeff Francoeur. Francoeur as sideline reporter will still be in the stadium and clubhouse, but will not be hitting or fielding, thus emphasizing the strengths of his game and eliminating the weaker points. I will appoint Howard Johnson the “hitting coach liason” to the other team. Everybody wears Gazoo helmets, too. Everybody.
by tmu on Aug 25, 2010 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Promise bright orange seats
I’ll abandon my platform and join your campaign.
mediocrity thy name is Wilpon- jdon
by Gina on Aug 25, 2010 2:38 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Bright orange seats
. . . and a bleu walll . . . .. .
Oh, you should replace KB with a Miami newscaster...
They all make Erin Andrews look like a moldy sack of tangerines, and they are all bilingual. Watching the weather down here is a good time.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 25, 2010 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
You have my vote,
especially for the border collie thing. I’d love to see that.
You're hired.
May you be locked in a battle of wits against Jerry Manuel.
by BobbyV_Incognito on Aug 25, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
5 years of sucking isn't as bad
as9 years miserable mediocrity
"Fantasy, reality, science Fiction. Which is which? Who can tell?"
by feslenraster on Aug 25, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Let's cut out the middleman....
And just replace KB with Scarlet Johanssen and Ellen Page…
Gamethreads would reach record numbers.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 25, 2010 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions
That's an interesting pairing.
One a strikingly voluptuous woman, the other a cute little pixie of a thing. So you go both ways?
It's a combo that's worked since Gilligan's Island.
No reason it would not work again.
And this is not based on personal tastes, just what seems to get the Gamethreads going.
by MookieTheCat on Aug 25, 2010 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
The fact were only 7 out of the wc
Is incredibly frightening.
mediocrity thy name is Wilpon- jdon
by Gina on Aug 25, 2010 2:40 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Don't worry, we play 4 in Atlanta next week
That should finally put us out of our misery
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2010 Mets- Hey, we may suck, but what did you expect?
yeah i actually figured it was far worse than that
god help us if we get “close”
Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?
by KeithsMoustache on Aug 25, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Just 10 more days like yesterday
And we win the division!
Amazing, isn't it?
It’s like Omar was at his bookie’s during the offseason and had only 10Gs to bet, but needed to win $1m by October to get the mob off his back, so he kept upping the odds against making the postseason with stuff like, “Okay, okay, I’ll play Maine AND Perez into May. And that Tejada kid gets 200 PAs, minimum. And you’ll love this—guess who I’m signing for RF [snorts more coke]…”
by Jack Str on Aug 25, 2010 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
yep and hopefully Frenchy
and his veteran leadership will be designated for assignment so this team will play Feliciano, or whomever else that deserves a shot.
"Fantasy, reality, science Fiction. Which is which? Who can tell?"
Despite the walkoff, Castillo tossed and turned through the night
by Pack Bringley on Aug 25, 2010 5:18 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
This is all sorts of win
Rec’d
"You know I am only teasing. I love you gals out there -- always have." - Keith Hernandez
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