Jose Reyes - Mets + Marlins x Winter Meetings = Mass Hysteria!
by Eric Simon on Dec 4, 2011 9:15 PM EST
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PrintThe Jose Reyes Ultimatum may be coming to a head tonight, as the Marlins have apparently increased their offer, the Mets have apparently conceded the race, and Sandy Alderson is set to meet with the media within the half-hour.
Things heated up three hours ago when ESPN Deportes reported that the Marlins had improved their offer to six years and $111 million to bring Reyes to Miami. About two-and-a-half hours ago the Mets became aware of the Marlins' sweetened proposal and, at that point, reportedly considered themselves out of the bidding.
An hour ago, Ken Rosenthal corroborated the earlier Spanish-language report, pegging the total contract offer at $110 million over six years.
Sandy Alderson will speak with the media within the next half-hour and then exclusively to SNY once his media appearance has concluded. It's not yet clear if this is a pro forma meet-and-greet to inaugurate the Winter Meetings, or if Alderson has called this presser with the express purpose of officially calling off the Mets' pursuit of Jose Reyes.
UPDATE [9:33pm]: Per Andy McCullough, Sandy Alderson has confirmed that if the Marlins' offer at six years and $110 million that the Mets won't be able to match it.
UPDATE [9:54pm]: Per Ken Rosenthal, the Marlins have reportedly signed Jose Reyes to a six-year, $106 million deal, pending a physical. Poop.
Keep it tuned here as we'll have full coverage of this unfolding story.
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Don't feed the TROLL!...You have been warned.
by the maroon bird on Dec 4, 2011 9:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Mucho Grissioñ
Tilde is awesome
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 4, 2011 9:32 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
outbid by the marlins
as jerry would say “thats gangsta” now excuse me while i hang myself
I shall be very disappointed
With the New York Mets.
Not that I blame Sandy Alderson.
No. I balme you, Fred Wilpon. I hope you never make a single cent out of this baseball team ever again.
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Dream goal!
by Aidan Gibson on Dec 4, 2011 9:19 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Seriously
"I reject your reality and substitute my own"
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by blueandorange4life on Dec 4, 2011 10:59 PM EST up reply actions
This one is on Sandy
We are getting the Marlins’ 4th round pick – because Heath Bell is rated higher than Jose. We could have taken away a bounty at the trade deadline, and instead we get a 4th round and a late first round.
I love Sandy, no doubt – but this one is on him. He should have moved Jose when his value was at his peak. He should have known back in July we didn’t have $100m to resign Jose.
Wasn't he still hurt then?
Ralph Kiner: You've gotta change the script, I don't like the script.
Gary Cohen: What's wrong with the script?
Ralph Kiner: Well the script should be the Mets win every day.
Umm...you can blame whoever you want but at least get your facts right.
They’re getting the Marlins’ third rounder.
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by Steve Schreiber on Dec 4, 2011 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
I'd blame the Wilpons before Sandy
I’d say its far more likely that Sandy (and who knows, maybe even the Wilpons) didnt know the full extent of their financial woes at the time. Also, Jose got injured, severely decreasing any package the Mets could have gotten for him. All in all, I’d chalk it up to typical Mets luck.
Back in July, the projected payroll may have been $110-$120a million
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 4, 2011 9:35 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Met fans have been hoodwinked and bamboozled AGAIN!!
Wonder how long Freddie and Sandy have re-hearsed that conciliatory bull-shit speech about how the Mets can not possibly match the Marlins or any teams offer to sign Jose’ Reyes.I am as pissed off at Met management as I’ve been since they traded Tom (The Franchise) Seaver.Different faces but the same condescending attitude that the fans will come either way,Win or Lose. Next season we have one of the worst defensive,slowest and least capable teams I’ve ever seen wear the Blue and Orange.Only thing I hope is that with the low payroll,it would be the ideal time for the Wilponzies to sell out!
by Putnan Prince on Dec 4, 2011 10:41 PM EST up reply actions
lol
I remember I got Berated and called an idiot when I said they should trade him. Now we’re probably gonna get some crappy draft pick who we might not even sign.
by espnsucks ((banned)) on Dec 4, 2011 9:28 PM EST reply actions
sad id ever say this but
if i were a yankee fan id never have to worry about the rays signing its my own superstar players
not to start a riot but
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD IDEA TO TRADE JOSE REYES AT THE TRADE DEADLINE WHEN HE WAS FRESH OFF THE DL?!
Now, kids, being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep; in giant blender.
At that point, it wasn't
But now that we are only getting a 3rd or 4th round pick, it looks like it would have been a great idea
Down 2 in the bottom of the ninth?
Lets Bring in Willie Harris!
So now that side of the argument is blaming Alderson for not trading him
because a) the CBA was changed, b) the Wilpons finances changed for the worse and c) Alderson can’t predict the future properly?
Look, I’m pissed off that, in all likelihood, Reyes is going to the Marlins, too, but let’s try not revise history here by saying trading Reyes at the deadline is a great idea.
Now, kids, being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep; in giant blender.
by meigs1414 on Dec 4, 2011 9:40 PM EST up reply actions 10 recs
Green this.
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by Steve Schreiber on Dec 4, 2011 9:47 PM EST up reply actions
Like i said, it was a bad idea at the time
And you are right, and we can’t change the past so we are stuck dealing with it
Down 2 in the bottom of the ninth?
Lets Bring in Willie Harris!
That's on the Wilpons though
They set the budget.
Plus, most people who have major successes in their lives will always believe that they will pull out of the hard times much faster than they usually do. So, it is completely possible and feasible that the Wilpons believed that whatever financial problems they had in July would be resolved by the end of the year. It’s possible that they believed, and communicated to Sandy as such, that a larger sum of $80 million could be committed to Reyes. Then, when we got to this point and the problems did NOT get resolved, the number was $80 million. Which means that only in hindsight that solution was correct, but at the time, it STILL made no sense to do so.
Now, kids, being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep; in giant blender.
But that's all possible. Who knows what the truth was. I'm not saying I agree with the trade him in July theory; I just tried to articulate the argument for it.
All I know is, 6/106 is pretty reasonable considering what other numbers were being thrown around. IF THE METS KNEW THEY COULDN’T GET TO THAT NUMBER, again, I don’t know the truth, but if the Mets knew they couldn’t even really get to $100M, they should have traded him and set themselves up for the future. Because now, Reyes leaves and we get stuck with nothing in return.
We still get a sandwich pick (David Wright was one of those) and a 3rd rounder, so the Mets will get something in return.
Would the Mets have gotten a better package at the trading deadline? It’s possible. The prospects we get now will probably be further away than a package we might have gotten at the trading deadline. Although, again, the fact that Reyes was fresh off the DL probably meant that we would not have gotten a Wheeler-type haul that we got for Beltran. And who knows? Maybe Sandy did try to trade Reyes at the deadline and the offers he received were garbage.
I agree that 106 was a reasonable dollar amount, but I would still need to be convinced that six years was reasonable. (We’ll find out soon enough)
Now, kids, being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep; in giant blender.
Those picks are pathetic consolation.
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Dec 4, 2011 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
Here's a question:
What was the market for Jose Reyes at the Trading deadline? Are you absoultely, 100% positive that whatever package they could have gotten at the deadline would have been any better than what we are getting now?
Now, kids, being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep; in giant blender.
Pretty lousy, considering he was fresh off the DL.
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by BobbyV_Incognito on Dec 4, 2011 10:27 PM EST up reply actions
That's really my point in all of this
Yes, it is awful that we couldn’t sign Reyes and yes the compensation we got for him is not exactly the greatest. But, to go back at say that AT THE TIME we should have traded him at the deadline, is really just revising history to paint a picture that makes it easy to blame someone who shouldn’t be blamed. Where should the blame the levied? At the Wilpons. End of story.
Now, kids, being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep; in giant blender.
This so much
There was a broad consensus that it would have been a bad plan at the time, some people just love complaining
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by blueandorange4life on Dec 4, 2011 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
Goodnight Sweet Prince
Down 2 in the bottom of the ninth?
Lets Bring in Willie Harris!
Sandy just said if Reyes rumors are true, Mets are out
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
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Will believe it when I see it
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 4, 2011 9:36 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Remember when Cliff Lee was a Yankee?
All but confirmed. A semi-similar scenario, actually.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 4, 2011 9:53 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Olney reporting that the Marlins and Reyes have agreed to a deal.
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Dec 4, 2011 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
A deal has been agreed upon.
I hate to break it to you but it’s as good as done.
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by Steve Schreiber on Dec 4, 2011 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
It is pending a physical
WHat if José pulls his hamstring before then?
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How utterly hilarious would it be if during Jose's physical
Marlins doctors look at his hamstring and find a snakebite.
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Dec 4, 2011 10:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I lobby this
That would be the most LULZtacular thing ever.
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I'm also in denial
I’m holding onto hope until something is absolutely confirmed.
by DannyMetsGeek on Dec 4, 2011 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
theyre desperate for fans to watch with jose
no need to rush that hes gone
time to blow it all up
Wright needs to have a big comeback year so they can net a bunch of elite prospects on 7/31. Bay and Santana? If they can be traded, they need to be. Dickey? Ugh……maybe he needs to go too.
I’m trying to be as clinically detached from this disaster as possible, and my Mr. Spock side says that Ike Davis should really be the only untouchable on this team.
Wake me up in 2015 when they’ll have a shot at winning again.
Mark Cuban for owner! Save us from the Wilpons!
by Greenpoint Ian on Dec 4, 2011 9:43 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, I'm with you at this point
Fuck it. Trade everyone. They’ve said goodbye to any hope of people attending, or caring about, the games the Mets play for the next 2-3 years anyhow. Maybe the 2016 team can be a good enough team to bring us all back into the fold, but till then, I’m pretty much past caring anyhow.
When is the "getting piss drunk" stage?
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
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Fail buster
Is fail
Don't feed the TROLL!...You have been warned.
by the maroon bird on Dec 4, 2011 9:50 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Brett = Buster
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 4, 2011 9:54 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
FLAGGED!!1!
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Ken Rosenthal is such an asshole. "If the Mets were run like a real NY team, Reyes would be signing with them right now."
This guy is such a prick. He takes every opportunity to bash the Mets. Had the Mets signed Reyes, he would have bashed them for signing an injury-prone shortstop. Can’t win with people like that, I guess.
Rosenthal grew up a Mets fan
I don’t even disagree with the words he has spoken. A NY team should never lose a player like Reyes because of money. Other reasons, sure, but not money.
by DannyMetsGeek on Dec 4, 2011 9:53 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
ken is completely right
will you EVER hear cano is signing with the rays? yankees cant match their offer? oh wait that kind of bullshit only happens in queens
Mets =/= Yankees
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 4, 2011 9:59 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I hate the mantra that "because the Mets are a NY team, they should overpay players that might not be worth it just because they're from NY."
Point is: Sandy Alderson knows at what level he values Reyes, and was not willing to overpay and get stuck in a bad deal a few years down the line.
so glad for SNY
Still showing boxing. What an embarrassment
by Bieser's Balk on Dec 4, 2011 9:52 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Well, they're probably obligated to by contract.
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Dec 4, 2011 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
Don't think so
They cut into programming for Mets/Jets coverage all the time
by Bieser's Balk on Dec 4, 2011 10:09 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Atleast all of these nonsensical tripping olney tweets are making this slightly better
Down 2 in the bottom of the ninth?
Lets Bring in Willie Harris!
Indeed
TrippingOlney Not Buster Olney
SOURCES: SOUTH CAROLINA HAS SECEDED FROM THE UNION.
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Dec 4, 2011 9:53 PM EST up reply actions
I'm currently in the anger stage of the Kubler-Ross model of grief
I’m not sure at this point that I could cheer him upon his return to Citi Field.
Interesting reaction
Not saying you’re wrong, you have a right to your own feelings of course. How many people would have done this differently than Reyes? The Mets didn’t pursue an extension with Reyes until he went into beast mode last year and could smell free agency. We all would have done the same.
by DannyMetsGeek on Dec 4, 2011 9:56 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, you're definitely right. I'm sure I'll look back with fondness
But right now, I can only look forward with bitterness.
by TheBigStapler on Dec 4, 2011 9:58 PM EST up reply actions
agreed
But I will have a hard time watching Mets-Marlins next year. I will because it’s the Mets and I’m a masochist, but at the moment it sounds awful.
But hey, Beer Money is on SNY right now.
by Bieser's Balk on Dec 4, 2011 10:03 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
And at the same time, the future arrives.
Wheelerpro45 Zack wheeler
First day of throwing is tomorrow. I’ve been itching for this day. Ready to improve and make a statement.
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Dec 4, 2011 9:54 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
And the light shines though.
Wheelerpro45 Zack wheeler
"@kazikraze: @Wheelerpro45 Video tape it? We need a pick me up with the breaking news :("maybe my first bullpen #orangeandblue
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Dec 4, 2011 9:56 PM EST up reply actions
Ok i laughed
Wheelerpro45 Zack wheeler
"@mattlubrano: @Wheelerpro45 Did Sandy Alderson and the #Mets pay you to tweet that tonight?" haha nah it will be alright trust me
Down 2 in the bottom of the ninth?
Lets Bring in Willie Harris!
I love Zack Wheelers tweets
They remind me that no matter what happens with Reyes, we have a big 4 of elite pitching prospects.
only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles
by metseaglesknicks on Dec 4, 2011 9:56 PM EST up reply actions
Him and den Dekker are the only Mets I follow
Funny guys
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 4, 2011 10:00 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Dickey!?
AAARRRRRRRSSSSSHHHHHHHHAAAAAAVVVVVIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNN!
Dream goal!
by Aidan Gibson on Dec 4, 2011 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
Dickey will play shortstop
only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles
by metseaglesknicks on Dec 4, 2011 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
God I hope that kid pans out
But with the way this team operates, that poor kid will be lucky if he ever makes it to the majors with his arm intact.
I'm hoping we get one or 2 MLB starters, and the others become flamethrowing relievers
only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles
by metseaglesknicks on Dec 4, 2011 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
poor Zack wheeler is getting swamped on twitter
Apparently he played SS as a freshman in high school
only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles
by metseaglesknicks on Dec 4, 2011 9:57 PM EST reply actions
One can only wonder how Sandy will spend
what is now formerly known as Reyes money in the coming seasons. I’m taking the extremely high road of optimism in the face of the current state that is the progeny of recent disasters. Keep the faith guys, you can’t let this blind you from moving forward with reasonable optimism.
"Intelligence is not a genetic predisposition. Think stupid!!"
by Wright of passage on Dec 4, 2011 9:59 PM EST reply actions
Hint: he won't
Rather, the Wilpons won’t allow him to
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2011 Mets- Rock bottom: We haven't reached it yet
I'm talking about future spending
not just this off season.
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by Wright of passage on Dec 4, 2011 10:02 PM EST up reply actions
When the day comes that floating north of $125MM+
is both financially feasible and thought of as reasonable, there will be goodies to spend on.
"Intelligence is not a genetic predisposition. Think stupid!!"
by Wright of passage on Dec 4, 2011 10:05 PM EST up reply actions
Well played Eric, well played
jay_jaffe Jay Jaffe
condolences to my Mets fan friends on Jose Reyes’ departure. hope you can find solace laughing at his horseshit uniform
Down 2 in the bottom of the ninth?
Lets Bring in Willie Harris!
sigh.....
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN200308150.shtml
This was the first Mets game I attended after graduating college. I had just accepted a job offer and was about to move to Brooklyn. Look who had a nice game there. I remember thinking to myself that he was the first piece of what would be a new dynasty.
I can’t really hate Jose for this the way I hated Darryl Strawberry for going to LA. Darryl was leaving a top team, while Jose is leaving a disaster. Maybe a Jeffrey Loria team isn’t the right destination if you want to win a ring, but here sure ain’t until a lot of changers are made.
Mark Cuban for owner! Save us from the Wilpons!
Oh get this "beer money" bullshit off the damn TV already!!
COME THE HELL ON AND PUT UP THE PRESSER!!
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by Wright of passage on Dec 4, 2011 10:01 PM EST reply actions
So, what is the compensation we get now?
2nd round pick and a sandwich rounder?
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Ugh, what a fucking joke.
What a waste of even keeping him for that.
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From Sherman
Joelsherman1Joel Sherman
#Mets never even got fonal courtesy call, can confirm #Marlins Reyes done at 6-106M
That leads me to believe that we werent even close.
Let's go have a beer, Doc.
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by Crazy Nyce Dave on Dec 4, 2011 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
Jose Reyes is “taking his talents to South Beach” and I wouldn’t be surprised if he and Chris “Pujols” Bosh join forces with Dwayne “Hanley” Wade.
Wouldnt that be something if Pujols signed there
LeBron = Albert
Wade = Jose
Bosh = Hanley
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Dec 4, 2011 10:09 PM EST up reply actions
If we were never close to being able to match 110 mil
There is no reason that we should not have traded him
Once again, the Marlins find a way to troll us and piss us off.
In the name of Dickey, why do they exist in the first place? And who let THAT happen?
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by R_Adragna on Dec 4, 2011 10:08 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
One should be mad at the Marlins, José or Sandy
This is all the Wilpons’ fault
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by Russ on Dec 4, 2011 10:10 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
*One should NOT be mad
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Yeah, but of all the teams, it had to be the goddamn Marlins.
The sight of it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
But you are right, the Wilpons deserve the hell they’re going to rightfully get.
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by R_Adragna on Dec 4, 2011 10:19 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The Phillies would be worse
But the Marlins are really bad.
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At least we'd have gotten a 1st rounder from the Philth.
by MetsFanXXIII on Dec 4, 2011 10:23 PM EST up reply actions
Or 2nd rounder.
Papelbon may have been ranked higher. Still marginally better though.
by MetsFanXXIII on Dec 4, 2011 10:24 PM EST up reply actions
I'm personally not going to boo Reyes
Anyone else going to?
only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles
by metseaglesknicks on Dec 4, 2011 10:08 PM EST reply actions
Just boo the shit owners who allow our elite players to just walk for a third fucking round pick.
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by Jonathan. on Dec 4, 2011 10:09 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
We didn't know the compensation would change
only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles
by metseaglesknicks on Dec 4, 2011 10:10 PM EST up reply actions
Then just bite the bullet and match the offer.
But no. We let him walk to a division rival for a 3rd round pick.
Wonderful.
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They'll win a WS then trade him within 3 years
only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles
by metseaglesknicks on Dec 4, 2011 10:12 PM EST up reply actions
Who cares?
We will still have nothing to show for this.
This is just such utter bullshit. I haven’t had time to follow the team most of the year due to law school, but this is fucking gutwrenching.
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Get your priorities straight.It's follow the Mets or selfishly follow a career path!
by Putnan Prince on Dec 4, 2011 10:17 PM EST up reply actions
Alright good, Pomes is infuriating me
only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles
by metseaglesknicks on Dec 4, 2011 10:11 PM EST up reply actions
Do I even wanna ask for a link?
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Not him.
But all the other Marlins I will, especially Hanley.
Same with Wilpons.
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I plan on spilling any beverage in reach
on anyone that acts on such stupidity.
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by Wright of passage on Dec 4, 2011 10:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
im tempted too, he took the money but guess what he was our franchise player.
i just wont cheer him either. i cant bring myself too
I'm cheering him as loud as I can, him and Wright made me a Mets fan
only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles
by metseaglesknicks on Dec 4, 2011 10:13 PM EST up reply actions
i know, i loved reyes i cant root for a guy who took the money though. especially to a rival.
just me.
Yeah, but the Wilpons are not running it like a business
They’re treating it like their fiefdom.
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never boo him
The ownership is a bunch of clowns who don’t have the money to pay him. It’s that simple. If this team has been run by people who know what they’re doing, a) they probably make the playoffs more than one in Jose’s tenure, and b) Jose probably stays.
Like I said above, this is not Darryl Strawberry leaving for LA.
Mark Cuban for owner! Save us from the Wilpons!
by Greenpoint Ian on Dec 4, 2011 10:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
AWW YEAH TIME FOR THE RUBIN TEJADA ERA
YEAH………..
ANYONE…………………
Ah who am i kidding
Down 2 in the bottom of the ninth?
Lets Bring in Willie Harris!
Well if it's any consolation
Bill James projects him to decline in batting average, OBP, and SLG. But then again these projections have him playing in a utility role…
So.
It’s 11:55 PM in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ’m here on a term abroad—and for the most part, the Mets have taken a back seat to the “Paris of the Southern Hemisphere.” But today, I saw an Argentine man wearing a Miami Heat jersey. My American roommate here is from Miami. There are posters hawking low airfare to Miami at many street corners. All signs seem to be pointing to Miami.
But there’s nothing I can do from here; there’s no coverage on television. All people are talking about — is about how Boca Juniors won the A League here tonight. They are celebrating in the streets; my heart is breaking.
I watched Jose Reyes’ first game in Texas as a 13 year old. Here was someone only 7 years my senior. Hell, if he could break into the majors, what could I do? But I can’t think of that right now. It’s making me too sad. Too sad to think about how a baseball player has become an irreplaceable part of my formative years.
But as people celebrate outside, I can only think of this: people will wake up tomorrow, take the Subte (subway) to work (it’s exponentially more crowded than New York’s during rush hour), and few will be the wiser about a team in Flushing. They’ll still be giddy about Boca. Jose Reyes means nothing to them.
He means a lot to me. But there’s nothing I can do. I can only hope that the Mets’ front office can rally with two outs and two strikes. Maybe they can have Kevin Mitchell come in and pinch hit off the bench, sans cup, and reach base. Maybe Mookie Wilson can dribble one down to first…
"I didn't come out of a cereal box." --Bob Dylan
by isles732 on Dec 4, 2011 10:11 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I feel like Obama needs to address the nation
This is a dark hour.
by TheBigStapler on Dec 4, 2011 10:12 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
We do have this to look forward to
I think that he’s going to have a huge year in 2012.
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"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden
by Russ on Dec 4, 2011 10:12 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Ike too.
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"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden
This trio now holds my frail, broken fandom with great expectations
"Intelligence is not a genetic predisposition. Think stupid!!"
by Wright of passage on Dec 4, 2011 10:17 PM EST up reply actions
The day that those three will head a playoff rotation
can’t come soon enough. It’s good to dream though!
He'll never amount to more than being a 2-time Cy Young Award winner
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"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden
So can we start a sell the team chant at opening day? i really want to do that just cause i hate the wilpons now.
by sp0rtsfan86 on Dec 4, 2011 10:13 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
This.
And I want the same deafening boos when they anounce the medical staff.
Let's go have a beer, Doc.
Proud inventor of the "Oh Brett" meme.
by Crazy Nyce Dave on Dec 4, 2011 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
Pretty lame that you’re going to give them money to go to the ball-park and then chant “sell the team”.
....
…..good point….
Let's go have a beer, Doc.
Proud inventor of the "Oh Brett" meme.
by Crazy Nyce Dave on Dec 4, 2011 10:43 PM EST up reply actions
I would, but that would require me spending money on tickets,
and there’s no fucking way I’m doing that now.
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Dec 4, 2011 10:25 PM EST up reply actions
Fuck
I’m really going to miss you Jose. I remember when times were good and you and Delgado would always bring a smile to my face by having so much fun. Sorry you had to be on such a shitty team the past few years. I wish you would have stayed and I’m mad that the Marlins got you but thanks for all the great memories. You’ll be on of my favorite players forever
How do you like them home run apples?
"I would like to be in the habit of awesomeness." -The Blessed R.A. Dickey
by KaaMets on Dec 4, 2011 10:14 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Looks like now would be a good time to make that pitchfork protest I have been suggesting into a reality.
Proud supporter of a New York baseball team and a Boston football team. Yeah, deal with it!
"We don’t listen to the hype. I don’t think we ever have. We really take after our coach and he says ‘When you win, say little. When you lose, say less.'"--Tom Brady
The 2011 New York Mets: I don't know what to describe them as...
Staunch Parishioner Of The First United Church of R.A. Dickey
Don't forget the torches
Pitchforks and torches.
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"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden
And bring your catapault too!
Proud supporter of a New York baseball team and a Boston football team. Yeah, deal with it!
"We don’t listen to the hype. I don’t think we ever have. We really take after our coach and he says ‘When you win, say little. When you lose, say less.'"--Tom Brady
The 2011 New York Mets: I don't know what to describe them as...
Staunch Parishioner Of The First United Church of R.A. Dickey
And trebuchets, while we're at it.
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Dec 4, 2011 10:25 PM EST up reply actions
At least now we can sign someone grissiony
I hear World Series MVP David Eckstein is available
by Stephen Schmidt on Dec 4, 2011 10:17 PM EST reply actions
Anything involving grisson or any variation of the word is a joke
Down 2 in the bottom of the ninth?
Lets Bring in Willie Harris!
Yes, yes it is.
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Dec 4, 2011 10:25 PM EST up reply actions
I’m looking forward to 2012. The end of the world will finally level the playing field for the Mets!
Does this mean that Fish Stripes will get more than 10 posts in their gamethreads?
Down 2 in the bottom of the ninth?
Lets Bring in Willie Harris!
by ShaqKazaam on Dec 4, 2011 10:17 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Probably less
All two Marlins fans will buy tickets now
by Stephen Schmidt on Dec 4, 2011 10:18 PM EST up reply actions
Let's not get carried away now.
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Dec 4, 2011 10:26 PM EST up reply actions
so what do we have to look forward to in 2012?
mejia return?
wrights return?
thats really all i can think of. im already hoping 2013 comes quickly.
Ike Davis and Lucas Duda busting out.
A David Wright return to glory.
Johan Santana pitching.
The development of Harvey, Wheeler, Familia, Mejia
Development of Nimmo, Fulmer, other draft picks/young players.
There’s a lot to look forward to.
Chamption of the R.A. Dickey Face contest and "Cromulent Photoshopper Extraordinaire" of Amazin' Avenue!
You might know me as mistermet.
by Steve Schreiber on Dec 4, 2011 10:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
How do two people name things to look forward to in 2012 without a single mention of Dickey?
by Stephen Schmidt on Dec 4, 2011 10:24 PM EST up reply actions
Because Dickey is a given.
I didn’t think I’d actually have to name him.
Chamption of the R.A. Dickey Face contest and "Cromulent Photoshopper Extraordinaire" of Amazin' Avenue!
You might know me as mistermet.
by Steve Schreiber on Dec 4, 2011 11:31 PM EST up reply actions
Is this rock bottom?
For those of you who are old enough, is this what it was like in 1979? I’m having a hard time conjuring up any emotions. There’s just this glum resignation.
Mark Cuban for owner! Save us from the Wilpons!
Thats fuckin right!!!
We’re not trading Wright you nosy pencil pusher!!
"Intelligence is not a genetic predisposition. Think stupid!!"
by Wright of passage on Dec 4, 2011 10:23 PM EST reply actions
You tell em Sandy
“Doesn’t matter how you ask the question okay!?”
"Intelligence is not a genetic predisposition. Think stupid!!"
by Wright of passage on Dec 4, 2011 10:24 PM EST up reply actions
The New Jersey Nets were the shittiest shit that ever shitted in the NBA until they made an ownership change.
Russian badass Mikhail Prokhorov (worth 14-20 billion) bought the team and now all day on the Nets SBN website there is news about how top free agent “X” is being looked at by the Nets, and there is mutual interest. There is also talk of trading for superstar players.
I am not saying a change like this can be expected if the Wilpons sell the team, but there WILL be a change – and their is no way it could be for the worse.
I think it's fine.
It could be for the worse
And as a Knicks and Rangers fan, I know who that worse owner is.
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"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden
by Russ on Dec 4, 2011 10:24 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
To start at center for the Knicks
That’s how bad he is.
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"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden
If that Cancer-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named ever bought the Mets...
…I’m a Red Sox fan. I’m not even gunna give him a chnace.
Let's go have a beer, Doc.
Proud inventor of the "Oh Brett" meme.
by Crazy Nyce Dave on Dec 4, 2011 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
Is Johan Santana really so banged up that he can’t come back and be even half the pitcher he was before? (Top 5 in the majors)
I think the Mets will get better if they improve the bullpen, get a somewhat full season of Santana with Davis, Duda and Murphy/Tejada all playing a role along with Wright and Bay in a smaller ballpark.
Unfortunately,Last place in the NL East will be our teams fate.Counting on Santana and a bunch of basically
rookie players is not reality. It’s Charlie Brownish!
by Putnan Prince on Dec 4, 2011 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
im sick of his evasive answers
not his fault though, fuck the wilpons, im having a large glass of vodka and going to bed, goodnight all!
Good night
and I’m out of here too.
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"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden
EMAUS RETURN IMMINENT ITS SANDY CONFIRMED
we might draft a second baseman in the rule five draft
Down 2 in the bottom of the ninth?
Lets Bring in Willie Harris!
For all the people wondering Greg Pomes has said the GM is to blame for not spending the wilpons Money
i loled and almost answered. then i remembered not to feed the troll
At least you know Sandy isn't going to accuse Adam Rubin of sabotaging the negotiations
only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles
by metseaglesknicks on Dec 4, 2011 10:25 PM EST reply actions
Sandy basically just gave AA a shout out
“The fans of New York are knowledgeable and will understand”
only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles
by metseaglesknicks on Dec 4, 2011 10:30 PM EST reply actions
Must be us.
Sure as hell ain’t Metsmerized.
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Dec 4, 2011 10:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Apparently the Mets just lost a 10 win player and won't add anyone back from injury
and no one will be acquired or improve
only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles
by metseaglesknicks on Dec 4, 2011 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
MTC does not approve of this presser:
"Intelligence is not a genetic predisposition. Think stupid!!"
by Wright of passage on Dec 4, 2011 10:32 PM EST reply actions
I just want to remind everyone:
The Marlins still suck.
only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles
by metseaglesknicks on Dec 4, 2011 10:49 PM EST reply actions
Dear Fred:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcFlp6kl508
#Bradyismymancrush
by The Talented Mr. Dickey on Dec 5, 2011 8:34 AM EST reply actions
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