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"Pitchers & catchers -- report!"
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02-15-11, 06:18 PM (EST)
 
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"Pitchers & catchers -- report!" |
*looks at Mets calendar**tears out entire year* *reads up on Ponzi lawsuits* 
More headlines in Business than Sports.
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02-15-11, 10:50 PM (EST)
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2. "RE: Pitchers & catchers -- report!" |
You know, to me, the classic symbol of Mets' management is Pedro Martinez. After the 2004 championship season for the Red Sox, Pedro was a free agent. The Sox' doctors, who had also had Pedro's brother Ramon at the end of his career, said that Pedro's shoulder was every bit as bad as Ramon's when Ramon had to retire; they felt that it would be a miracle if Pedro got through two more injury-free years. Pedro had made it clear that, if the money was equal, he'd come back to Boston, but if someone else offered him more, he's leave. The Sox offered him a two-year contract with a third year that would vest automatically if he met certain targets on innings and ERA. His agent said that the amount per year was OK but that someone else had made a better offer. The Sox didn't really believe it, considering how bad Pedro's shoulder was, but they finally decided to guarantee the third year because Pedro was so popular, and Sox management flew to the Dominican Republic to tell him. He still said he had a better offer. The Sox told him to take it. It was from the Mets, for four years, and he did take it. In those four years, Pedro pitched for slightly over two, going on the injured list about halfway through his second year and not returning healthy until his fourth year, which he only managed to pitch about half of. In other words, the Sox' medical evaluation was completely accurate. But the Mets could not have cared less about the risk. That seems to me to be the Mets' way: pay top price but ignore potential physical problems.
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02-16-11, 08:53 AM (EST)
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3. "RE: Pitchers & catchers -- report!" |
And there's just no way you're ever going to extend that idea to include Madoff, now is there?  This is a lost year. They're being sued for a billion dollars -- a literal billion, thankee. The team can't afford to sign, there's nothing to really trade with without giving up what little farm system we still have, all those ridiculous contracts have to expire, everyone approached about bailout share purchases wants a majority, and now Donald Trump is sniffing around hoping to be the first to take a vulture's bite out of any resulting corpse. At best, the blue & orange get to appreciate the drama of seventy wins while hoping the court doesn't wind up increasing ticket prices to Yankee levels and beyond. The semi-realistic worst-case? Trump. The New York Trumps. It would take the world's most rabid Mets-hater to believe we deserve that. (And in the realm of Yankee happy dreams? Goodbye franchise. Virtually impossible, but they're going to wish for it. Wonder who the judge likes...) Personally, all I've got this season is the joy of finally having a signed, sealed, and delivered knuckleball pitcher to call my own. At least until his paycheck bounces. That'll happen after Trump takes over. On purpose. Because fastballs are glamorous. *sigh* And from the record, I was against the Pedro signing on Day One.
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03-06-11, 08:51 PM (EST)
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12. "False Hope" |
Pirates are 6-5 so far in Spring Training, including a win over the Yankees...
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03-21-11, 11:20 AM (EST)
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19. "Mets release Oliver Perez." |
Welcome to the fourth greatest day of Slicey's life.The bad news: predictably for a baseball contract, they've still gotta pay him. To wit, they've gotta pay him $12,000,000. The team was probably hoping he'd show something this spring, at least enough to trade him for a draft pick or two, but no one was willing to bite and he didn't have anything substantial to sink teeth into anyway. Looking to give up two home runs on two pitches? Most people aren't paying out that kind of money to get someone who can throw batting practice. Oh, and these had to be Fair Used from ESPN's article. 'The Mets also have eaten: • $9 million of $10 million owed to outfielder Roger Cedeno when they sent him to the St. Louis Cardinals at the end of spring training in 2004. • $4.5 million when they sent infielder Kazuo Matsui to the Colorado Rockies in 2006. • $3.75 million when they traded second baseman Roberto Alomar to the Chicago White Sox in 2003. ' Think that's painful? Wait for it... 'The amount owed to Perez ranks near the top of the unofficial list of largest contracts eaten in organization history, with Castillo also high on the list. Perez is No. 1 in terms of outright money owed; however, Bobby Bonilla worked out a deal that eclipses $12 million. When the Mets cut bait with Bonilla after the 1999 season, they were on the hook for $5.9 million. Instead, the Mets agreed to pay Bonilla $29.8 million between 2011 and 2035. Those annual $1,193,248.20 payments begin July 1.' *dead silence*
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03-21-11, 06:33 PM (EST)
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26. "RE: Mets release Oliver Perez." |
Be thankful J Slice doesn't come around here any more, or that comment would make you a dead man, Pepe. 
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