Today is TRS‘ (aka Eric) birthday, so let’s give him a warm Joyeux Anniversaire on his “special” day. I think he’s turning 29… 
May this be the year he sees a Mets World Series victory!
Nov 04
Happy Birthday to Our Fearless Leader
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110 comments
Ceetar
11/4/2010-12:22pm at 12:22 pm (UTC -4)
29? 92? Happy Birthday!
fongy2
11/4/2010-12:25pm at 12:25 pm (UTC -4)
Holy Sh*t!!!…29??!!….Happy Birthday!
rustyjr
11/4/2010-12:27pm at 12:27 pm (UTC -4)
Happy birthday boss can we all get paid now !
njstuckintx
11/4/2010-12:27pm at 12:27 pm (UTC -4)
Happy birthday. 29, eh? And El Duque is what, 32?
Prismo
11/4/2010-12:28pm at 12:28 pm (UTC -4)
lol something like that…
rustyjr
11/4/2010-12:30pm at 12:30 pm (UTC -4)
He doesn’t look a day over 12
GravediggerHebner
11/4/2010-12:34pm at 12:34 pm (UTC -4)
29′s no big deal. Once you’ve passed the old quarter-century mark they all just kind of blend together in a pot and whiskey haze.
Oh that’s just me? Nevermind.
rustyjr
11/4/2010-12:38pm at 12:38 pm (UTC -4)
Mmmm pot & whiskey ( drools) tell me again why we don’t live in San Francisco ?
metsfan4decades
11/4/2010-12:48pm at 12:48 pm (UTC -4)
Too true, Grave. LOL.
TRS86
11/4/2010-12:40pm at 12:40 pm (UTC -4)
Thanks guys, 29 has unfortunately came and gone for me. I am close to half way to 40.
Ceetar
11/4/2010-12:42pm at 12:42 pm (UTC -4)
Close from which side?
GravediggerHebner
11/4/2010-12:43pm at 12:43 pm (UTC -4)
I think I’m gonna need the new saber guy on this one because my math is telling me that “close to half way to 40″ is something like 19.
rustyjr
11/4/2010-12:45pm at 12:45 pm (UTC -4)
He could be 80
Prismo
11/4/2010-12:46pm at 12:46 pm (UTC -4)
Yes, after this comment by TRS is has become quite clear why we needed a sabermetrics writer.
:p
TRS86
11/4/2010-12:47pm at 12:47 pm (UTC -4)
lol, yeah I was thinking by decade. LOL
Dammit I am 34. LOL.
rustyjr
11/4/2010-12:50pm at 12:50 pm (UTC -4)
As a person on the wrong side of 34 I can honestly tell you it just gets worse from here on out
TRS86
11/4/2010-1:02pm at 1:02 pm (UTC -4)
Well damn.
Mr North Jersey
11/4/2010-12:47pm at 12:47 pm (UTC -4)
TRS is 29? So what is that in Blog years, 65?
Can we roast him?
Me first. I didn’t realize when TRS was talking about coaching kids in basketball he was including himself.
Drumroll, ra ta tat tat.
Happy BDay Big Man as my gift to you I will declare this Figgy sucks day.
Prismo
11/4/2010-12:49pm at 12:49 pm (UTC -4)
brutalllll
Mr North Jersey
11/4/2010-12:52pm at 12:52 pm (UTC -4)
TRS86
11/4/2010-12:48pm at 12:48 pm (UTC -4)
Back to more important news. Anyone remember me bringing this up a couple of weeks ago?
jcrasnickjcrasnick: “The Washington Nationals are lurking as a potential sleeper team in the Cliff Lee sweepstakes http://es.pn/bdZzaW“
metsfan4decades
11/4/2010-12:51pm at 12:51 pm (UTC -4)
hahaha – I know you want to see that happen as I know the Nats are your second favorite team in the NL east …… NOT.
TRS86
11/4/2010-1:02pm at 1:02 pm (UTC -4)
Actually I would because then Lee would be going to a team that’s no where close to a threat.
njstuckintx
11/4/2010-1:22pm at 1:22 pm (UTC -4)
You crack me up. They could sign Lee, resign Dunn and a couple others and they still would be a void in you mind. It’s your b’day, so i’ll cut you some slack.
figgy sucks.
Mr North Jersey
11/4/2010-1:23pm at 1:23 pm (UTC -4)
“Figgy Sucks”
well said
TRS86
11/4/2010-1:25pm at 1:25 pm (UTC -4)
Until they actually do something with that talent they will still be the doorstep. Also. I don’t see them resigning Dunn if they are getting into the Lee market. Not sure they are as high on Dunn as they would like you to think.
Mr North Jersey
11/4/2010-1:26pm at 1:26 pm (UTC -4)
well said.
njstuckintx
11/4/2010-1:30pm at 1:30 pm (UTC -4)
Figgy Sucks.
njstuckintx
11/4/2010-12:48pm at 12:48 pm (UTC -4)
For good order’s sake:
TRS 86s Story
“I have a very unusual path to becoming Mets fan. As my name suggest, I started as a fan in 1986 at age 10. My parents…”
Prismo
11/4/2010-12:50pm at 12:50 pm (UTC -4)
10+(2010-1986)=10+24=34
The math works! Math! Woo!
njstuckintx
11/4/2010-12:52pm at 12:52 pm (UTC -4)
We had you as our Saber Guy and didn’t even know it. So if MF11 goes on the DL for Carpal Tunnel Vision or something similar, you may get the nod from TRS.
rustyjr
11/4/2010-12:51pm at 12:51 pm (UTC -4)
You assume that we know how to read
njstuckintx
11/4/2010-12:55pm at 12:55 pm (UTC -4)
Reading is for Mentals. So we’re all covered here.
metsfan4decades
11/4/2010-12:50pm at 12:50 pm (UTC -4)
Happy Birthday, real!
Good day for you Scorpios. You share a birthday with my hubby – although he’s on the other side of 40 (well, other side of 50 too)…..
TRS86
11/4/2010-12:53pm at 12:53 pm (UTC -4)
Hey, happy birthday to him as well.
I got home from practice last night at 9:15 and my 4 year old came running down the steps to meet me. My wife stayed upstairs. My loving daughter informed me she had a surprise for me and took me to the bedroom and under a few blankets and comforter was my cake. LOL. I did not tell my wife that this morning when she tried to surprise me with my cake. Gotta love 4 year olds.
metsfan4decades
11/4/2010-1:03pm at 1:03 pm (UTC -4)
haha – I hope you got pictures of that.
Little kids are precious. Enjoy it while you can. Teenage girls will age you faster than you can blink.
stickguy
11/4/2010-1:04pm at 1:04 pm (UTC -4)
I have one that is a freshman in HS and turning 15 this month. I know what you mean.
And she is actually one of the better ones!
metsfan4decades
11/4/2010-1:11pm at 1:11 pm (UTC -4)
Always exceptions to every rule. I keep reminding my mother I was one of them. Not sure that’s the way she remembers it….
stickguy
11/4/2010-1:29pm at 1:29 pm (UTC -4)
my mother always said that my neices were payback to my sister.
rustyjr
11/4/2010-12:53pm at 12:53 pm (UTC -4)
Wow ancient lol
Mr North Jersey
11/4/2010-12:52pm at 12:52 pm (UTC -4)
Mets suspend “Charlie Samuels “indefinitely” on “personal matter”?
http://twitter.com/DPLennon/statuses/29682750249
stickguy
11/4/2010-1:02pm at 1:02 pm (UTC -4)
what, is he the next Radamsky?
metsfan4decades
11/4/2010-1:04pm at 1:04 pm (UTC -4)
What?
Samuels is someone I’ve actually heard of. GKR mention him from time to time on air.
Mr North Jersey
11/4/2010-12:56pm at 12:56 pm (UTC -4)
All this Bday talk has me now wondering when did I stop remembering how old I am?
If I was born in 69 that makes me?
rustyjr
11/4/2010-12:58pm at 12:58 pm (UTC -4)
Old enough to see menudo in their prime
GravediggerHebner
11/4/2010-1:04pm at 1:04 pm (UTC -4)
Oh Menudo, wherefore art thou?
Mr North Jersey
11/4/2010-1:07pm at 1:07 pm (UTC -4)
“Figgy Sucks”
Ouch! Bad flashback on the Menudo front. My Mom forced me and my bro to go see the movie with her so we could “see the beauty of Puerto Rico”.
What she failed to understand is that we made up the 1% of males that was in the theater that day making us outcasts amongst the guys and on top of that we were with mom so double whammy.
I took a of of grief over that with my so called friends. lol
GravediggerHebner
11/4/2010-12:59pm at 12:59 pm (UTC -4)
born in ’69 makes you awesome, or interpreted another way it makes you immaculate if you catch my drift.
rustyjr
11/4/2010-1:03pm at 1:03 pm (UTC -4)
Life would be fine if we’d all 69
rustyjr
11/4/2010-12:57pm at 12:57 pm (UTC -4)
Do not wear the black jerseys !! There are some bad black jerseys being passed out !! – sorry Woodstock flashback
stickguy
11/4/2010-1:03pm at 1:03 pm (UTC -4)
Did you see the movie that came out last year (I think) called “taking Woodstock”? I found it hysterical. I don’t think my wife appreciated it.
MF4D was probably there.
metsfan4decades
11/4/2010-1:06pm at 1:06 pm (UTC -4)
LOL. No, not really. I was what they now call a ‘tween’ back in ’69 – just a tad too young for that scene
However, my husband attempted to go. He said their jalopy broke down somewhere on the way to upstate NY and they never made it.
GravediggerHebner
11/4/2010-1:08pm at 1:08 pm (UTC -4)
I did see that and I enjoyed it despite the fact that it was not the animated story of the brutal kidnapping of a little yellow bird that I expected it to be.
Liev Schreiber in drag was also unexpected but also not unpleasant.
rustyjr
11/4/2010-1:14pm at 1:14 pm (UTC -4)
Lol I wasn’t born yet but I quantum leaped into the body of sly stone
GravediggerHebner
11/4/2010-1:19pm at 1:19 pm (UTC -4)
I tried that too but I messed up the calculations (help new saber guy) and I wound up in the body of Sly Stallone.
Mr North Jersey
11/4/2010-12:58pm at 12:58 pm (UTC -4)
“Figgy Sucks”
OK so if you r going to comment in honor of TRS’s Bday you must preface it with “Figgy Sucks”
stickguy
11/4/2010-1:05pm at 1:05 pm (UTC -4)
Isn’t Figgy what Dylan Gee hopes to grow up to be?
metsfan4decades
11/4/2010-1:08pm at 1:08 pm (UTC -4)
Dang, I was hoping Gee’s ceiling was a little higher. I thought he projected to be a very servicable #5 – unlike Figgy who could never seem to stick anywhere on a ML club.
Mr North Jersey
11/4/2010-1:09pm at 1:09 pm (UTC -4)
“Figgy Sucks”
pls remember you must 1st say
“Figgy Sucks” Isn’t Figgy what Dylan Gee hopes to grow up to be?
lol
kistics
11/4/2010-1:22pm at 1:22 pm (UTC -4)
Figgy sucks
TRS86
11/4/2010-1:13pm at 1:13 pm (UTC -4)
I am not sure about that guy Dylan but I hope Dillon is at least able to have an MLB career.
GravediggerHebner
11/4/2010-1:10pm at 1:10 pm (UTC -4)
No time given yet but J.P. Ricciardi on with Francesa this afternoon.
Prismo
11/4/2010-1:17pm at 1:17 pm (UTC -4)
Whatever time Fatcesa initially says, add 2 hours.
Mr North Jersey
11/4/2010-1:18pm at 1:18 pm (UTC -4)
Figgy Sucks
“No time given yet but J.P. Ricciardi on with Francesa this afternoon.”
njstuckintx
11/4/2010-1:11pm at 1:11 pm (UTC -4)
Figgy Sucks.
Also born on this day, Dick Groat, (1930 and crazy name), Tito Francona (1932), Markie Post (1950), Ralph Macchio (Get him a body bag, johnny! 1962), Wayne Static (of Static-X fame 1965), Sean Puffy PDiddy Combs (1969), Matthem MCConaughey (1969), Cedric Bixler-Zavala (of At-the Drive in/Mars Volta Fame 1974), My Wife (1979), Devin Hester (1982) & lastly in 1989 – Bo Zheng, world-class ultimate frisbee player
TRS86
11/4/2010-1:14pm at 1:14 pm (UTC -4)
How ironic that two of our normal poster’s bdays are on the same day as mine. Predestination right there.
TRS86
11/4/2010-1:15pm at 1:15 pm (UTC -4)
should have said spouses.
Mr North Jersey
11/4/2010-1:18pm at 1:18 pm (UTC -4)
Figgy Sucks
“should have said spouses.”
Ceetar
11/4/2010-5:07pm at 5:07 pm (UTC -4)
Figgy sucks.
You’re older than my wife though. so there.
and I’m not making you a lava flow (although if you were magically here, I probably would)
GravediggerHebner
11/4/2010-1:16pm at 1:16 pm (UTC -4)
Mmm, Markie Post.
Isn’t the phrase “Static-X fame” an oxymoron?
Surprised to not see a death date after Puffy, so many of these famous rappers have one.
njstuckintx
11/4/2010-1:19pm at 1:19 pm (UTC -4)
He’s an entrepreneur, not a rapper. Similar to Jay-Z.
And yes, I had a thing for Markie as well. Night Court… Great show.
rustyjr
11/4/2010-1:22pm at 1:22 pm (UTC -4)
I always loved Markies ummm “posts”
rustyjr
11/4/2010-1:19pm at 1:19 pm (UTC -4)
Mmmm markie post – I always loved here
njstuckintx
11/4/2010-1:23pm at 1:23 pm (UTC -4)
It’s also flag day in Panama.
kistics
11/4/2010-1:18pm at 1:18 pm (UTC -4)
Happy Birthday TRS!
29 huh? 29, 39 or 34.. age is just a number, right? Don’t we all feel like we’re 25? Well at least I do.. most of the times.. except when it’s raining or morning after late night…
I hope your daughter had the cake in a box when she showed it to you.
Let’s hope that on your next birthday we’ll be celebrating something else besides you turning 35.. errr 30.
TRS86
11/4/2010-1:23pm at 1:23 pm (UTC -4)
LOL, yeah still in the box.
kistics
11/4/2010-1:25pm at 1:25 pm (UTC -4)
Looking at MLBTR article titiled “The Mets’ Decision To Hire J.P. Ricciardi”
The first sentence
“The Mets know J.P. Ricciardi signed Vernon Wells, B.J. Ryan and Frank Thomas to questionable deals, but they still wanted to hire him.”
ouch!!
TRS86
11/4/2010-1:26pm at 1:26 pm (UTC -4)
Cheap shot there for sure. JP is much more than just that guy who made some questionable decisions. His talent in scouting and drafting is a far cry from what we have had over the years.
Mr North Jersey
11/4/2010-1:28pm at 1:28 pm (UTC -4)
well said
rustyjr
11/4/2010-1:32pm at 1:32 pm (UTC -4)
Figgy sucks !
Mr North Jersey
11/4/2010-1:37pm at 1:37 pm (UTC -4)
Figgy sucks
LoL
kistics
11/4/2010-1:31pm at 1:31 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah that’s basically what the article is all about too. That the BoSox wanted/ the Mets hired him because of his talent in scouting and drafting.
If it makes you feel any better the second sentence said “So did the Red Sox for that matter.”
TRS86
11/4/2010-1:32pm at 1:32 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, I read it. I also saw the part about how the Mets already have bad contracts in CF and closer so they are safe. Yet another cheap shot.
Prismo
11/4/2010-1:38pm at 1:38 pm (UTC -4)
More BS!!!
stickguy
11/4/2010-2:18pm at 2:18 pm (UTC -4)
More cowbell!
Prismo
11/4/2010-1:32pm at 1:32 pm (UTC -4)
And honestly, how bad was the BJ Ryan deal? Deals can’t be bad only in hindsight/retrospect, that’s just absurd and not fair. He signed a 5-year, $47MM contract (KRod got 3yr/$37MM). Yes, it was long, but he had a GREAT first year, and the contract only ended up stinking because of injuries.
And Ricciardi won’t be signing free agents for the Mets, he’s only a special assistant. So what’s the difference if he had a couple bad contracts? I mean, sure, it counts, but it’s not a dealbreaker.
Any reason to hate on the Mets…I swear…
If the Red Sox got him they would be universally praised.
GravediggerHebner
11/4/2010-1:34pm at 1:34 pm (UTC -4)
The key is the contracts were bad, the players were not.
stickguy
11/4/2010-1:38pm at 1:38 pm (UTC -4)
that’s why you need a balance in the FO. Someone has to be the voice of reason, and/or fiscal prudency.
although the Wells deal was bad player wise too, in that he was not that good anymore, and certainly could not project to being a star for the length of that contract. But, reports are that it was ownership that did that deal?
who knows. some people have great taste, but no common sense when it comes to money. Just hope you don’t marry one or make one the GM of your team.
kistics
11/4/2010-1:51pm at 1:51 pm (UTC -4)
I agree. And I also think when you evaluate whether the contract is a bad contract or not, you have to look at who was available at the time a player was acquired.
For example, looking back Ollie’s contract, it is a terrible contract. But at the time it was signed I thought his contract was relatively fair given who was available and where the market was. I mean Lowe just signed $15M per year contract and there was no one else available in the market. Given Ollie’s record in ’07 & ’08, I seriously thought that he could be the middle of the rotation type guy (I will not use #s since it’s TRS’ b-day). And this was pre-recession days which meant that $12M for mid rotation guy was not that bad.
TRS86
11/4/2010-1:57pm at 1:57 pm (UTC -4)
I did not mind Ollie but hated the deal. That was the off-season you could have had Wolf and Garland on one year deals for about the same price as Ollie and to me we needed 2 pitchers anyway and Ollie was not significantly better.
kistics
11/4/2010-2:06pm at 2:06 pm (UTC -4)
There were some disgruntled people when Ollie was signed. But correct me if I’m wrong, but I do not remember one media member killing Omar for the deal.
TRS86
11/4/2010-2:08pm at 2:08 pm (UTC -4)
There were a few but most thought Omar had to do it because Ollie was young LH in house been successful in NY and was the next best pitcher on the market.
oleosmirf
11/4/2010-6:13pm at 6:13 pm (UTC -4)
i dont think you can find another Met fan who was more against bringing Ollie back than I was.
TRS86
11/4/2010-1:30pm at 1:30 pm (UTC -4)
Don’t take this the wrong way because I love the Mets decision to bring in Sandy. However, reading some of the tweets on the Charlie Samuels issue it occurred to me that the change in media perception is already working.
Under Omar this incident would be seen as another in the long line of embarrassing issues and a sign of someone who has clearly lost control of their organization.
Under Sandy the headlines are reading that “Sandy Alderson is serious about making significant, deep-rooted changes in this organization.” or an example of Sandy cracking the whip early.
So if it was a change in how the organization is viewed the Mets wanted, it appears they have gotten it… for now.
rustyjr
11/4/2010-1:34pm at 1:34 pm (UTC -4)
Amen !
Prismo
11/4/2010-1:35pm at 1:35 pm (UTC -4)
Call my a cynic, but they’re just building him up so they can tear him down.
rustyjr
11/4/2010-1:41pm at 1:41 pm (UTC -4)
I personally think that Alderson is too savvy to fall into that teap
kistics
11/4/2010-1:44pm at 1:44 pm (UTC -4)
What are your opinions on Reyes and his contract situation? As you all know his option was picked up as expected. But do the Mets give him an extension now or after the season? Or do the Mets let him go after 2011 season?
I guess it’s hard to tell now given his struggles with injuries past couple seasons. But I also view that as an opportunity. Why not lock him up little bit cheaper and more incentive driven contract now than waiting till end of 2011 season. IMO if he can stay healthy he’ll be very good. And given that 2011 is his contract season, he’ll try like crazy to stay on the field and produce. So if I were a betting man, I’d bet that his value will go up at the end of 2011 season.
So why not lock him up when his value is little less?
Prismo
11/4/2010-1:45pm at 1:45 pm (UTC -4)
Totally depends on what he’s asking for.
kistics
11/4/2010-1:53pm at 1:53 pm (UTC -4)
I guess that’s another side of the story because Reyes might not want to sign an extension now.
TRS86
11/4/2010-1:48pm at 1:48 pm (UTC -4)
Honestly I get the idea that Sandy does not want to lock in any more players for 2012 right now than he has to.
kistics
11/4/2010-1:55pm at 1:55 pm (UTC -4)
I got the same impression too when he said that he’s hoping for more flexibility after 2011 season. But he also said that he would like the team to be built with the home grown guys. And Wright and Reyes are two corner stones of this franchise.
GravediggerHebner
11/4/2010-1:50pm at 1:50 pm (UTC -4)
I’m in favor of a 3 year deal that would include 2011. That way he’s under contract for the seasons in which he turns 28, 29 & 30.
If he’s healthy and productive then the team has lots of options. He can remain a key cog for the team or he can be traded with roughly 2 years remaining on that contract thus getting the Mets a greater return.
If he’s not healthy and productive, at least it’s not a 5 or 6 year contract.
TRS86
11/4/2010-1:54pm at 1:54 pm (UTC -4)
Even that to me depends on the price. I think they have to either re-sign him or getting something of value back for him but I can understand Sandy wanting to wait and see before offering it.
kistics
11/4/2010-1:58pm at 1:58 pm (UTC -4)
How about something similar to what Ryan Howard is getting? :p
I could see something like 3/35 (11/12/12) with incentive to go up to 11/15/15 if he plays more than 145 games in 2011 and 2012.
kistics
11/4/2010-2:01pm at 2:01 pm (UTC -4)
and perhaps 4th year vesting option that becomes player’s option once he plays 145 games in 2013.
GravediggerHebner
11/4/2010-1:51pm at 1:51 pm (UTC -4)
R.I.P. Sparky Anderson
TRS86
11/4/2010-1:55pm at 1:55 pm (UTC -4)
Oh wow. Grave can you get a post up on that with the source?
kistics
11/4/2010-2:03pm at 2:03 pm (UTC -4)
RIP Sparky Anderson…
Only 76.. so young..
hazmet
11/5/2010-9:04pm at 9:04 pm (UTC -4)
OMG! Belated Happy Birthday TRS or “RDM One”.
I was out with customers yesterday and just am catching up on the site.
29 awesome! Enjoy the weekend in celebrating another year of excellence.
Haz.