According to Marty Noble at Mets.com, the team has now decided that Omir Santos will start at catcher in 2010 and be backed up by Henry Blanco.
However, our friend Michael Baron over at Metsblog cites Buster Olney, not the most credible sports reporter in America, as believing there are “signals being sent out†that the Mets are turning to Torrealba. Of course for Olney, the signals may very well have been ones only he was able to hear.
A platoon of Santos and Blanco as Thole hopefully continues his rapid development into what we hope can be a long-time answer behind the plate starting in 2011 at the latest?
Or should we turn to Torrealba?
He is an experienced MLB catcher, but is aging and would most likely want more than a one-year deal.
The Mets’ supposed serious interest in Molina (which, again, may have been grossly exaggerated by Heyman), if indeed real, might suggest that they will now go heavily after a different veteran catcher.
However, with the Sheets and Pineiro situations clearly reaching critical mass and the Mets desperate for starting pitching, the best move might be to charge hard after Sheets and Pineiro, and leave the catching in the hands of Santos and Blanco.
Santos and Blanco will hit 7th or 8th, and their offense will be sufficient there. Starting pitching is what we need, and here is a voice begging Omar to leave the aging catcher market and shift all focus and dollars into the available starting pitching market.
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trs86
1/20/2010-1:18pm at 1:18 pm (UTC -4)
I think you do just that Kingman. There will be catching around in ST to pickup but maybe not pitching.
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-1:19pm at 1:19 pm (UTC -4)
I raise my glass to the idea of improving the starting pitching.
I am completely fine with Blanco in the #2 catcher role, I think he has demonstrated he handles it well and we here have gone over Santana’s role in his acquisition and Santana’s performance with him behind the plate. I think many of us envision Blanco being “Santana’s personal catcher” of sorts.
I do not worry about Santos’ offense, it seems in a small sample to fit in with the other catchers in the league. We know he’s not Brian McCann or Joe Mauer. He’s “on par” with average.
The only thing I worry about is hard to know much about. I recall reading something along the lines of “the organization was not happy with how he called a game.” I don’t know if it’s true or not, I don’t know how to judge that.
If it is true, they can probably solve it one of two ways: either bring in a cheap veteran to split time with Blanco that they think “calls a good game;” or call the effin game from the dugout. Most catchers are seen on TV turning toward the dugout quite often during the game, I understand this is to look for pitchout signals or other strategic maneuvers. How hard would it be to enact a few hand signals for “fastball, curveball, changeup?”
trs86
1/20/2010-1:21pm at 1:21 pm (UTC -4)
I am not sure it was game calling as much as it was framing. They partially blamed Santos for the high walk totals.
You are great at research, how bad of a defensive catcher/ game caller was Coste?
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-1:37pm at 1:37 pm (UTC -4)
Very hard to find indisputable facts on catcher defense either way. The lesson I learned from the Schneider acquisition is don’t believe everything you read, see for yourself. But,
I googled the phrase “Chris Coste defense” and found a philly blog “farewell Coste” entry with comments like:
- “thank god…dude belongs in a slow pitch softball league…has a horrible swing..and cant block balls to save his life”
which received this reply:
- “Again, it’s not “is Coste good.†It’s “is Coste better than Bako.†I don’t claim to be a great evaluator of catching defense, but unless Coste was Mike Piazza with dysentery and Bako was Pudge Rodriguez, Age 23, I can’t see how you’d rather have Bako.”
This interview with Coste from September is interesting:
http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090902&content_id=6751806&c_id=hou&vkey=news_hou
trs86
1/20/2010-1:42pm at 1:42 pm (UTC -4)
Hmmm, let me post some of this:
Both Oswalt and Moehler praised Coste for being “quiet” behind the plate, something he took as a compliment.
“One of the most underrated things in catching is a guy having good hands,” Coste said. “It’s always been amazing to me that when they judge defensive catchers, they always talk about a guy’s arm strength, which rarely ever comes into play in the game. When you catch a ball 100 times a game, the actual catching of the ball should be the most important thing, and no one ever says that.”
Coste credits Indians manager Eric Wedge with helping him understand how important catching the ball is. Wedge stressed that being smooth behind the plate will help the pitcher look like he’s more in control of his pitches. Wedge managed Coste with the Double-A Akron Aeros in 2003.
“If a pitch is outside and the catcher is stabbing at the ball, it makes the pitcher look like he’s wild and the umpire is less likely to give him future pitches,” Coste said.
And when Coste hears veterans like Oswalt and Moehler praise his ability to receive the ball, he feels gratified.
“For my whole career, it’s for the most part gone unnoticed,” he said. “I’ve always had decent hands. The pitchers in Philly noticed, but it never got brought up to the media and the coaching staff. As many times as I’ve had pitchers talk to me about it the last 10 years, since I’ve come here it’s the first organization they’ve talked about it. Hopefully that means something.”
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-1:55pm at 1:55 pm (UTC -4)
Sadly it seems it did mean something: “Coste, gather your things, you’re cut!”
wannybackstra
1/20/2010-1:27pm at 1:27 pm (UTC -4)
2 thoughts, Grave. If you’re drinking in the afternoon, then I raise my glass to you and am extremely jealous.
The second thought is of having Jerry the Gangsta or Razor the Windmill calling the game from the dugout: Ha!
wannybackstra
1/20/2010-1:30pm at 1:30 pm (UTC -4)
Fatcessa considers Molina a loss. One thing Fatcessa and Molina and Fatcessa can agree not to lose is weight.
More importantly, he reports that Sheets will not be ready for Opening Day.
trs86
1/20/2010-1:33pm at 1:33 pm (UTC -4)
I could see him conditioning wise needing some more time as they said he tired easily. But either way I still think the Mets are scared because of last year.
metsfan4decades
1/20/2010-1:36pm at 1:36 pm (UTC -4)
Hmmm…does he have some insider info on Sheets the rest of us aren’t privy to?
Or is he just speculating Sheets won’t be ready for Opening Day?
metsfan4decades
1/20/2010-1:31pm at 1:31 pm (UTC -4)
I’m in. Put me down for standing pat with catchers for now and getting two SPs…..
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-1:33pm at 1:33 pm (UTC -4)
amen
trs86
1/20/2010-1:35pm at 1:35 pm (UTC -4)
OK assuming the Mets can’t afford 2 SP (stay out of this NJ, LOL) and they can only sign either Sheets/Pineiro and then a backup guy like Smoltz. Instead of debating Sheets and Pineiro again are there other names that can slide into the Smoltz discussion?
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-1:52pm at 1:52 pm (UTC -4)
Assuming Smoltz as reliever such names as Benoit, Bradford, Brocail, Calero, Casilla, Dotel, Gagne, Giese, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gregg, Isringhausen, Julio, Keppel, Loux, MacDougal, McClung, Mota, Nelson, Ohka, Percival, Redding, Sanchez, Seanez, Speier, Springer, Taveras, Veras, Vizcaino, Walker, Weathers, Weaver, Wright, or if you are willing to go lefty then Bale, Beimel, Embree, Hendrickson, Mahay, Ohman, Ramirez, Rusch, Schoeneweis, Villone, Walker.
Assuming Smoltz as starter such names as Backe, Baek, Batista, Bedard, Benson, Byrd, Cabrera, Colon, Contreras, Davis, Eaton, Estes, Fogg, Garland, Glavine, Hampton, Hendrickson (he’s versatile!), Hernandez, Hill, Hill, Jennings, Johnson, Looper, Lowry, Martinez, Milton, Moseley, Mulder, Padilla, Perez, Ponson, Prior, Ramirez, Redding (he’s versatile!), Schmidt, Tomko, Wang, Washburn, Wellemeyer, Wells.
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-1:54pm at 1:54 pm (UTC -4)
DAMN!!!
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-1:57pm at 1:57 pm (UTC -4)
Hey I thought he told you to stay out of this!
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-2:00pm at 2:00 pm (UTC -4)
Silly me what was I thinking?
trs86
1/20/2010-1:56pm at 1:56 pm (UTC -4)
OK let me back this up. LOL. The Mets are assuming him as a guy who can compete for SP and slide into the pen. Thus most of those names are off the list. Now besides just a name dump who else can we slide into the “swing man” discussion?
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-1:58pm at 1:58 pm (UTC -4)
Is that what the Mets said?
trs86
1/20/2010-2:04pm at 2:04 pm (UTC -4)
Yup, Omar and I get together each morning for bagels.
Actually I gathered it from gathering what Cerrone has had to say about his gathering of information gathered.
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-2:06pm at 2:06 pm (UTC -4)
I like the getting bagels with Omar story better.
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-2:01pm at 2:01 pm (UTC -4)
Phrasing is important.
The only names that appear on both lists are Hendrickson and Redding (hence me calling them “versatile!”).
I tend to think that a number of the guys listed as starters could also relieve (less so vice-versa IMO) such as Byrd, Fogg, Looper, Perez, Tomko, Wellemeyer.
trs86
1/20/2010-2:02pm at 2:02 pm (UTC -4)
Out of the starters group
Batista, Contreras, Hendrickson, Looper all stick out. Others?
wannybackstra
1/20/2010-2:07pm at 2:07 pm (UTC -4)
John Maine or Ollie Perez if you find another real starter.
Fernando Nieve if you stay in house.
The only other name from the group above that would fit the versatility bill is Jeff Weaver.
By the way, Vincente Padilla might be a guy who fits the bill of taking the ball every fifth day.
trs86
1/20/2010-2:09pm at 2:09 pm (UTC -4)
Agreed. I have been mentioning him since we could have had him on the cheap.
dirtysanchez
1/20/2010-1:46pm at 1:46 pm (UTC -4)
I also agree at this point, gotta go hard for pitching. What will the lineup look like though next year?
Reyes
Castillo
Wright
Bay
Frenchy
Murphy
Pagan
Santos
trs86
1/20/2010-1:53pm at 1:53 pm (UTC -4)
Hmmm, can I play?
So the Mets will have to have someone to bust up the 3 RH in a row. Gotta be Murphy or Pagan.
Castillo, Pagan, Reyes, Wright, Bay, Murphy, Frenchy, Santos? (My lineup)
dirtysanchez
1/20/2010-2:38pm at 2:38 pm (UTC -4)
ha! The Reyes hitting 3rd drama revisited lol
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-2:41pm at 2:41 pm (UTC -4)
Reyes can hit anywhere he wants so long as he does it over a full season.
trs86
1/20/2010-2:52pm at 2:52 pm (UTC -4)
Has more “legs” now with Beltran out and Reyes recovering.
trs86
1/20/2010-1:48pm at 1:48 pm (UTC -4)
Looks like Damon will be this year’s Abreu. The guy can still hit, we don’t seem to have room for him but at 5M or less for one year coming off .282 .365 .489 .854 with 24 HR someone will get a steal.
Again, I am not advocating him because he can’t really play CF nor can Bay or Frenchy. It’s just I am afraid allowing someone like Damon to get away on that deal might be a bad idea.
trs86
1/20/2010-1:49pm at 1:49 pm (UTC -4)
He has played some 1B since 2006 but only has 11 innings so who knows if it is even an acceptable 1B.
dirtysanchez
1/20/2010-1:52pm at 1:52 pm (UTC -4)
the only reason to pick up damon is for our new need for CF. Im sure we can all agree he is not a good CF anymore and apparently that job has already been won by pagan
trs86
1/20/2010-1:54pm at 1:54 pm (UTC -4)
Agreed but that is a lot of talent to let slide for 5 million and 1 year. I just feel like Murphy in LF over Abreu again. At least Pagan has played CF.
wannybackstra
1/20/2010-1:56pm at 1:56 pm (UTC -4)
Damon can still hit. But it might be more reasonable to expect something less than that line outside of Yankee Little League Stadium.
His road numbers last year .284 .349 .446 are still acceptable and are more likely what you’d get from him this season, in my opinion.
trs86
1/20/2010-2:05pm at 2:05 pm (UTC -4)
So basically about an .800 OPS.
fongy2
1/20/2010-2:05pm at 2:05 pm (UTC -4)
With no power and not much of a speed threat anymore. Thanks BUT no thanks to Damon.
trs86
1/20/2010-2:08pm at 2:08 pm (UTC -4)
Can’t say that 24 HR and 63 extra base hits along with 12 steals and no caught stealing suggest that.
If you want to argue his defense then you have a great argument.
fongy2
1/20/2010-2:09pm at 2:09 pm (UTC -4)
Take a look at how many HRs were
Yankee stadium shorties!
trs86
1/20/2010-2:12pm at 2:12 pm (UTC -4)
7 less extra base hits on the road than at home. Still managed a .284 .349 .446 .795 line on the road. As for how many of his HR were aided by Yankee stadium I will leave that to our stat gurus.
wannybackstra
1/20/2010-2:14pm at 2:14 pm (UTC -4)
And either way, a .446 road SLG% does not seem powerless, whether he was hitting HRs or doubles.
CaseStreet
1/20/2010-2:05pm at 2:05 pm (UTC -4)
I say he signs with Boston.
Damon-Cameron-Ellsbury
Drew becomes your 4th OFer
trs86
1/20/2010-2:06pm at 2:06 pm (UTC -4)
Why would they move Drew to 4th OF for Damon? .279 .392 .522 .914
CaseStreet
1/20/2010-2:13pm at 2:13 pm (UTC -4)
to keep Damon away from the Yanks?
trs86
1/20/2010-2:18pm at 2:18 pm (UTC -4)
Wouldn’t they sign Damon to be the 4th OF then? Or maybe make Ellsbury the 4th OF which would make more sense.
CaseStreet
1/20/2010-2:21pm at 2:21 pm (UTC -4)
can’t argue w/ your logic
CaseStreet
1/20/2010-2:02pm at 2:02 pm (UTC -4)
yes yes
Santos and Blanco (for days Johan pitches) – Mets
Thole and Coste (Thole will learn all about the NL hitters from Coste)
Also, it’s a bit crazy, but send Santos to Orioles for Chad Moeller who is Sheets’ personal catcher (Personal Catcher plus truck load of cash = #2 pitcher).
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-2:09pm at 2:09 pm (UTC -4)
Ah, you were the one mentioning Moeller, I couldn’t recall who it was. I was looking up Brandon Webb during our Chris Snyder conversation here earlier and noticed that Webb pitches exceptionally well to Moeller too, so I like the trade for Moeller, sign Sheets now, trade for Webb at the deadline scenario.
CaseStreet
1/20/2010-2:30pm at 2:30 pm (UTC -4)
I like the way you think.
Not that I’d ever want a Met to get hurt, but let’s say the baseball gods repay us for 2009 and the Mets ink a healthy Sheets and sometime in July, Ollie or Maine go spend some time on the DL, then the Mets are forced to trade for Webb.
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-2:04pm at 2:04 pm (UTC -4)
A.P.B. on Fongy but other than his dog face all we know about him is he is or was a Dick.
trs86
1/20/2010-2:05pm at 2:05 pm (UTC -4)
LOL well that’s bound to get him back.
CaseStreet
1/20/2010-2:06pm at 2:06 pm (UTC -4)
And a Philly Fan
fongy2
1/20/2010-2:08pm at 2:08 pm (UTC -4)
Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-2:09pm at 2:09 pm (UTC -4)
hehehehehhee there u r
fongy2
1/20/2010-2:15pm at 2:15 pm (UTC -4)
I’ve been very,very busy and frankly since the whole Beltran
knee fiasco have nothing to say.
What’s the point of killing Omar
or Boras or Beltran or the Wilpon’s
or our Medical staff over it?
I hope I’m wrong BUT I thinl it’s gonna be devestating to us.
I’ll believe it when I see Beltran
back @100%.
Very, very happy over the Molina non-signing and I think 2yrs for Piniero sounds about right and
about as good as its gonna get
for SP with us.
Everyone knows my feelings on Sheets…So again, whats the point?
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-2:27pm at 2:27 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah the whole Beltran thing worries me too. All we can hope is Beltran recovers fully has a great year and forces the Mets to extend his contract.
At which time if he does have a big year the Mets can trade him with a year left on his contract with his increased value or reward him for such a great recovery with a contract extension.
But that is looking at it half glass full of course.
fongy2
1/20/2010-2:43pm at 2:43 pm (UTC -4)
I pretty much agree
except, I wouldn’t
give him an extention no matter
what he does.
I was still trying to understand why we
didn’t go after
Brett Myers when
I heard about the Beltran situation.
I pretty much just shook my head and
thought…You’ve
got to be kidding.
Its the friggin’ 21st century and these injuries seem
to be treated by the Mets like they were suffered a
hundred years ago.
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-2:47pm at 2:47 pm (UTC -4)
I have to admit I never considered Brett Myers but at least I can say that as a fan. What is the Front Office’s excuse?
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-2:48pm at 2:48 pm (UTC -4)
The Mets still believe in the healing powers of leeches.
fongy2
1/20/2010-2:50pm at 2:50 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, I wasn’t interested early BUT with whats left out there,a few days b/f he signed w/Houston, I
kept thinking about it and figured that
ain’t a bad gamble at all
for a yr or two.
fongy2
1/20/2010-2:51pm at 2:51 pm (UTC -4)
I wouldn’t doubt it Heb!
Well, I figure at least it will further
the chance Omar gets fired sometime during the season…..
So, there is a bright side to it.
trs86
1/20/2010-2:53pm at 2:53 pm (UTC -4)
I wanted Omar gone during the off-season but I want him here the entire year now. If he is fired that means we are doing poorly…
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-2:54pm at 2:54 pm (UTC -4)
shhhh TRS might hear you.
(just kiddin trs)
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-2:55pm at 2:55 pm (UTC -4)
I see i was too late
wannybackstra
1/20/2010-2:51pm at 2:51 pm (UTC -4)
It may be that after Ambiorix Burgos they don’t feel like having another wife beater on the payroll.
I’m surprised that Fongy, considering his views on Ben Sheets’s character, would promote the idea of bringing in Myers.
fongy2
1/20/2010-2:55pm at 2:55 pm (UTC -4)
Its funny b/c THATs WHAT MY WIFE
SAID!
What the heck,his wifeforgives
him AND who
knows???
Maybe she needed a crack upside the head?
I keed,I keed!
wannybackstra
1/20/2010-2:58pm at 2:58 pm (UTC -4)
Well, apparently the community of baseball owners and decision makers is willing to forgive Sheets for his heinous act.
fongy2
1/20/2010-3:04pm at 3:04 pm (UTC -4)
My bigger problem with him is that
he hasn’t thrown a pitch in anger in a yr and a half
and prior to this latest,most serious injury had been on the DL 7or8 times
prior for various aches and pains.
On a Freddy Garcia contract,Okay
BUT this guy
is still making demands like
he is coming off a big year,uninjured.
Who knows what we’d get out of him and when?
Do we really need more of that?
And does Omar?
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-2:09pm at 2:09 pm (UTC -4)
Ahh thx for adding that piece to the puzzle so we a have a
A current or former dick that is a Phillie fan and has a Dog face.
I think we need more intel. LoL
fongy2
1/20/2010-2:21pm at 2:21 pm (UTC -4)
AND not a former Dick…Still a P.I. here
in south central PA, although not much
work laely. AND..Part 2, Thanks not MY face
BUT that of my favorite Dog-Otto a.k.a
The Wonderdog a.k.a. Underdog a.k.a
B.A. the Brown Dog.
AND….for the eighty fifth time….
I’m NOT A Phillie Fan!!!…….
Just a Phillie respector.
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-2:30pm at 2:30 pm (UTC -4)
lol Case loves to rib you with the Phillie fan thing.
How is Otto?
fongy2
1/20/2010-2:38pm at 2:38 pm (UTC -4)
Everyone is good!
He actually just got a new Mets collar from MLB.com
and seems very happy with
it. Although my wife,the
Phillie fan,wanted to know
why I didn’t order a Phillies one.
My simple response was
“you’re kidding…Right?”
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-2:39pm at 2:39 pm (UTC -4)
lol, way to put your foot down
So I guess we can expect that
Phillie collar any day now?
fongy2
1/20/2010-2:47pm at 2:47 pm (UTC -4)
No that ain’t gonna
happen although
she wants
a Doc Halladay jersey for
her birthday which is coming up.
I want her to be happy
BUT, C’mon!
THANKS asking ALOT!
fongy2
1/20/2010-2:47pm at 2:47 pm (UTC -4)
should have read “that’s asking ALOT”
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-2:51pm at 2:51 pm (UTC -4)
Hehehehehe, Yeah I can see how that might be a problem.
Maybe you can meet in the middle and get her a Doc Halladay Blue Jay jersey. I’m sure there is a lot on sale.
fongy2
1/20/2010-2:57pm at 2:57 pm (UTC -4)
True man!
Bargain bin in Modell’s
of Ontario!
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-2:58pm at 2:58 pm (UTC -4)
Just compromise and rent “Doc Hollywood” for your next movie night. Nice light romantic comedy. Everybody wins!
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-3:04pm at 3:04 pm (UTC -4)
I think we are on to something.
Get her anything and everything that sounds like The Phillie Roy Halladay and then spring on her at the end a FATHEAD of Halladay.
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-3:06pm at 3:06 pm (UTC -4)
On ebay right now they have a white game-worn Halladay Toronto jersey for $750.
fongy2
1/20/2010-3:08pm at 3:08 pm (UTC -4)
No Phillies junk in my man-cave!
And after sitting through
“Mamma Mia”,
No more chick-flicks!
I’m gonna be 45, I’m making my stand!
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-3:14pm at 3:14 pm (UTC -4)
It’s not exactly a chick flick and it’s definitely not a musical, I promise you. Michael J. Fox is a big city plastic surgeon who gets waylaid in a small town and finds out what love and happiness mean to him. David Ogden Stiers, Bridget Fonda and Woody Harrelson are good in small roles. A few months ago I was bored and it was on TV and I made it through without vomiting or thinking of suicide. It was mildly funny. Better than Howard The Duck.
fongy2
1/20/2010-3:23pm at 3:23 pm (UTC -4)
I know the movie Heb, saw it when it came out on video…
maybe close to 20yrs
ago.
Back in the day when you’d rent from your local video
store and had to specify….
VHS or Beta!
I don’t remember it
much though,
which in my book means
“bomb”…..
OR a waste of two hrs of my life I’ll never get back!
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-3:28pm at 3:28 pm (UTC -4)
Agreed Fongy, it’s not exactly Oscar material and is not filled with fun repeatable quotes.
I do remember one dialogue exchange from it that I thought was hilarious. Bridget Fonda and Woody Harrelson go from the small town to Hollywood and they’re walking or driving around, I forget, and Bridget sees a guy and says to Woody “is that a star?”
He replies “No, that’s Ted Danson.”
metsfan4decades
1/20/2010-3:15pm at 3:15 pm (UTC -4)
LOL – Hey, my pooch is sporting that same Mets collar and has her very own Mets water bowl.
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-3:18pm at 3:18 pm (UTC -4)
What a good day for commenting all we need now is Rutgers and stuckintx
fongy2
1/20/2010-3:19pm at 3:19 pm (UTC -4)
That’s funny!
Black,with
the blue and orange trim?
Looks great!
No Mets bowl though!
He does have two Black and Gold Steeler one’s
however!
metsfan4decades
1/20/2010-3:37pm at 3:37 pm (UTC -4)
Actually, the one we have is Met blue, with the stadium skyline in black and the Mets logo and ‘NEW YORK” in blue and orange spaced out around the collar.
My hubby brought it home one day from the local dog shop we buy homemade doggie biscuits from. Not sure if it’s MLB merchandise or not.
fongy2
1/20/2010-3:55pm at 3:55 pm (UTC -4)
Your dog sounds as
spoiled as
ours!
Three dog beds in this house,including an LL Bean
suede with sheepsskin
lining and he sleeps in our bed!
What the Hay!
How’d THAT
happen.
Same thing with us though, we go to the farmer’s
market about 10miles away
every other week for various home made goodies….
For the dog!
AND, I kid you NOT, I ordered him the Pet package from
Omaha Steaks for Christmas.
metsfan4decades
1/20/2010-4:21pm at 4:21 pm (UTC -4)
Hey Fongy – we ordered that same pet package from Omaha Steaks for our pooch. There’s more of us dog lovers out there than you think.
My dog lives better than either my hubby or I do!
wannybackstra
1/20/2010-2:55pm at 2:55 pm (UTC -4)
Is anyone listening to Fatcessa? Has he said anything further about Snyder, i.e. what has prompted him to enter the “scoops” business, which he has always said was not his interest?
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-3:00pm at 3:00 pm (UTC -4)
I was until about 5 minutes ago, I couldn’t take it anymore when he did a whole segment on Regis Philbin setting up the germophobic sports update guy on a date.
wannybackstra
1/20/2010-3:04pm at 3:04 pm (UTC -4)
As Bull Shannon used to say, “ohh-kay.”
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-3:07pm at 3:07 pm (UTC -4)
Is that the Regis he was talkin about?
Wow slow day in NY I guess. I mean the Mets losing Molina or the Jets AFC Championship game just is not enough to get you through a week.
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-3:09pm at 3:09 pm (UTC -4)
Yup. There was a Met-related tidbit even in that ridiculous moment, when Mike mentioned how Regis is a friend of the show but that Kelly Ripa doesn’t like him because she was neighbors with Willie Randolph and thinks Mike and Mad Dog were not kind to Willie.
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-3:20pm at 3:20 pm (UTC -4)
Kelly Ripa, Now there is a woman that looks better with her clothes on.
Apologies to her husband Mark but it’s the truth.
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-3:24pm at 3:24 pm (UTC -4)
I’m going to ignore my instinct to not touch this at all and ask: how do you know this?
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-3:27pm at 3:27 pm (UTC -4)
I’ve seen pictures of her in a bathing suit and let me just say there is a lot of skin on dem bones.
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-3:45pm at 3:45 pm (UTC -4)
I don’t know if I’d use the phrase “a lot of skin” I might say instead that there is “nothing but skin” on them bones.
http://www.gceleb.com/kelly-ripa-bikini-photos-round-2
When you said “a lot” I imagined big bags of it drooping off.
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-3:53pm at 3:53 pm (UTC -4)
Your right nothing but skin was more accurate.
Now that I have said that I don’t know if I can forgive you for linking those Kelly pics here. I mean sure I didn’t have to click on it but dude it’s like telling people to not slow down when passing a traffic accident you just can’t resist.
GravediggerHebner
1/20/2010-4:00pm at 4:00 pm (UTC -4)
Well NJ look at it this way: if you start looking around that gceleb website you’ll find much better things to look at. It’s a fave site of mine, many wallpaper pics on my computer originated there. More Keeley Hazell pics than you can shake a stick at.
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-4:05pm at 4:05 pm (UTC -4)
Did you say Hazell?
Your forgiven, your forgiven!
fongy2
1/20/2010-3:27pm at 3:27 pm (UTC -4)
Agreed!
And Kelly…for God’s sake
mix in a some pasta and
bread!…And a nice bowl
of Ice Cream.
I mean, C’mon….
You ain’t 20 sweetheart, that whole Hollywood-
stick figure thing ain’t
workin’ Babe!
metsfan4decades
1/20/2010-3:40pm at 3:40 pm (UTC -4)
Laughing right out loud at this….
Glad to see you mature gentleman are realistic about us mature ladies….
fongy2
1/20/2010-3:48pm at 3:48 pm (UTC -4)
Absolutely!
Marilyn Monroe is an
American icon
for a reason!
AND…Food
is good!!!
mrose
1/20/2010-4:32pm at 4:32 pm (UTC -4)
i agree completely.
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-3:23pm at 3:23 pm (UTC -4)
Saw this over on MC’s blog
http://caughtlookinstrike3.blogspot.com/2010/01/missing-out-on-molina-whats-next.html
There is a line where it says “If I’m Omar, I’m looking to add Sheets and Smoltz on short term deals over Piniero for a longer term deal.”
I think TRS is moonlighting.
trs86
1/20/2010-3:41pm at 3:41 pm (UTC -4)
I think he has me IP blocked NJ I have already tried to infiltrate.
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-3:39pm at 3:39 pm (UTC -4)
Just was over at the ‘Ropolitans http://theropolitans.com/2010/01/mets-building-actual-mash-facility-at.html
$100 BUCKS something close to this was once considered by the Mets org.
metsfan4decades
1/20/2010-3:42pm at 3:42 pm (UTC -4)
OMG – that is hillarious!
But hey, at least we don’t have our own jail at the stadium…..
mrose
1/20/2010-4:03pm at 4:03 pm (UTC -4)
when does the season get started? Lets go to battle with the C’s we have and then get a couple SP’s
rustyjr
1/20/2010-4:41pm at 4:41 pm (UTC -4)
agreed – but i think if pinero and sheets are too expensive expect to see nieve & neise in the line up – btw mack from macks mets says the mets are about 30 mill under where they were last year payroll wise
mrose
1/20/2010-4:46pm at 4:46 pm (UTC -4)
I think they certainly have the money to spend, i’m not someone believing the Madoff hype.. but they should be wise with the money. Saving a few $$ on getting Sheets or Piniero this year will help in the future, so i’m glad were not writing blank checks
rustyjr
1/20/2010-4:49pm at 4:49 pm (UTC -4)
i agree to an extent i just remember what jeff said this off season that drastic changes would be made – other than bay i wouldnt call this offseason a purging of inferior talent
mrose
1/20/2010-4:55pm at 4:55 pm (UTC -4)
the funny thing is just by (hopefully) having Beltran, Reyes and Johan for a full year, any other team would consider that a major change, lol
rustyjr
1/20/2010-4:58pm at 4:58 pm (UTC -4)
yeah i know lol but after seing ramon martinez angel berroa reed sullivan andy green etc etc etc u kinda want to see more heads roll lol
Mr North Jersey
1/20/2010-4:06pm at 4:06 pm (UTC -4)
Sounds like Alphabet soup