Mets - Page 21

tejdog1 · 02-08-2020, 03:38 PM

I legit hate these scumbag aholes.

ezpkns34 · 02-10-2020, 08:25 PM

https://sports.yahoo.com/mets-wont-l...212012574.html

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Even when the New York Mets do something nice, the team finds a way to immediately erase any goodwill. The Mets unveiled a brand new $57 million facility which features an upgraded spring clubhouse, but minor leaguers won’t be able to use it during the regular season.

The team says the spring clubhouse will be a motivating factor for Mets minor leaguers. It will be a reminder of what they can have if they succeed.

The most striking part of the Mets' $57 million spring training renovation may be the home clubhouse. The Mets are only using it for Spring Training, not for the St. Lucie regular season, to give minor leaguers a reminder of the status they're working to earn. pic.twitter.com/k1b3vTTkj3
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) February 10, 2020

As Anthony DiComo of MLB.com lays out, the new major-league clubhouse will only be used during spring training. The St. Lucie Mets — a Class A Advanced affiliate of the team — will not be allowed to use that clubhouse once their regular season begins.

The St. Lucie Mets will instead use the minor-league clubhouse. The Mets also upgraded that clubhouse during the offseason, though it doesn’t quite stand up to the one players will use in the spring.

For those asking, here's the St. Lucie regular season clubhouse. It's also brand new and quite nice, albeit much smaller than the spring clubhouse. pic.twitter.com/0ULuC6hul1
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) February 10, 2020

While investing in better clubhouses is a good thing, the team’s policy is needlessly evil. Most minor leaguers already have it rough. If you’re not a highly touted draft pick, you’re likely living paycheck to paycheck and making less than minimum wage.

Using the extravagant spring clubhouse wouldn’t solve those issues, but it would make life a little easier for Mets minor leaguers. They could enjoy the rare comfort of experiencing what it’s like to be in a major-league clubhouse. That comfort could go a long way, if not on the field, then at least mentally, where Mets players would know the organization was invested in them.

Instead, the Mets have created a scenario where a much better clubhouse exists, but it is intentionally being withheld from players as a motivational tool. The same team that has complained of payroll issues in the past has no problem spending $57 million on a facility that features a clubhouse that will be used for a month and a half.

The team did this under the guise that the Mets are a prestigious franchise where one must earn their spot, and not an organization that constantly gets exposed for being inept.

It’s almost too on-brand.

pgjocki · 02-10-2020, 08:46 PM

Haha, man just when I think I'm pissed at the Cardinals for not trying to improve their roster I read this thread.

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Westheim · 02-11-2020, 01:40 AM

Sometimes I think I go a bit overboard with what I let occur in and around Raccoons Ballpark. Oh, wait, here come the Mets ...

Westheim · 02-28-2020, 03:36 PM

**** Tebow.

Déjà Bru · 02-28-2020, 04:58 PM

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**** Tebow.

I saw this! What happened to him, that is. Tripped over his own shoelace!

Westheim · 02-29-2020, 03:34 AM

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I saw this! What happened to him, that is. Tripped over his own shoelace!

Yeah. That stupid tool.

swoboda · 03-10-2020, 11:59 AM

Conforto went to NY for an MRI and now further evaluation, ugghhh
and so it begins once again:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...on-side-injury

Westheim · 03-10-2020, 02:45 PM

LALALALALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

"Tweaked his side" in Mets parlance means he's gonna be carved up for bacon by late April.

Déjà Bru · 03-20-2020, 09:58 AM

You can see how bored I am if I am digging up the Mets thread to pass the time. So, how are you and your guys faring these days? Alonso's expected follow-up season to last year's spectacular performance is now compromised. At least Cespedes has more time to heal from his latest stubbed toe (believe me, we have the same issues with Stanton) unless he meets up with another wild boar.

Westheim · 03-20-2020, 10:18 AM

I'm slowly going insane from a lack of Mets.

Or anything else that's remotely fun. Like ranting about Tebow.

Déjà Bru · 03-20-2020, 10:31 AM

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I'm slowly going insane from a lack of Mets.

Or anything else that's remotely fun. Like ranting about Tebow.

Surely there is a buffoon Raccoon to lampoon?

Westheim · 03-20-2020, 10:40 AM

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Surely there is a buffoon Raccoon to lampoon?

Yeah, I expected to win the division, but they're seven games under .500 in June, so I am now mostly plotting how to get rid of the clubhouse cancer and the latest colossal disappointment in terms of sluggers. I tried to send them down the Willamette in a pair of barrels, but their bums were too fat and they didn't fit in.

Whee, Raccoons!

Déjà Bru · 03-20-2020, 10:46 AM

You know, I almost wish there was a Raccoons channel (these days, especially). Are they on YouTube?

EDIT: I did follow your Dynasty link for the first time just now. 157 pages and 3,132 posts! Mind boggling!

Westheim · 03-20-2020, 11:01 AM

Nope, not on Youtube. I don't think Excel games lend themselves to that.

And I've been on that for almost eight years, so ... about as long as Terry Collins steered the Mets from title to ti- oh.

Déjà Bru · 03-20-2020, 11:11 AM

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Nope, not on Youtube. I don't think Excel games lend themselves to that.

Westheim voiceover: "Thanks for tuning in to the Raccoons YouTube channel, folks! Now, on this first spreadsheet, we focus on cell C18 which shows Ralston's current ERA. This formula to the right calculates his ERA+ but . . . that doesn't look right . . . all right, let me pause this while I find the latest [bleep] problem. Goddamned Excel, I swear to God I'm going to Google Sheets soon. Friggin' nonsense, grrr. [pause video] Well folks, I'm back. Now about Ralston's ERA+ . . ."

Westheim · 03-20-2020, 12:03 PM

ERA+ sounds a bit too sophisticated for me. I pick players by wins, homers, funny names, and appropriate face for shoe commercials.

Oh god, I'm Brodie Van Waffletown...

qcbandits · 03-24-2020, 04:07 PM

Thor having TJ surgery

pgjocki · 03-24-2020, 04:08 PM

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Thor having TJ surgery

Might as well do it now and just skip this season.

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Westheim · 03-24-2020, 04:10 PM

(calmly knots a rope)

02-08-2020, 03:38 PM	#401
tejdog1 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 1,618	I legit hate these scumbag aholes. __________________ It's amazing How you make your face just like a wall How you take your heart and turn it off How I turn my head and lose it all And it's unnerving How just one move puts me by myself There you go just trusting someone else Now I know I put us both through hell ~Matchbox 20, "Leave" Everyone knows it's spelled "TRAID", not trade

02-10-2020, 08:46 PM	#403
pgjocki All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Maryland - just outside DC Posts: 1,483	Haha, man just when I think I'm pissed at the Cardinals for not trying to improve their roster I read this thread. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk __________________ - - - World Series championships: 1926, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1982, 2006, 2011

02-11-2020, 01:40 AM	#404
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,887	Sometimes I think I go a bit overboard with what I let occur in and around Raccoons Ballpark. Oh, wait, here come the Mets ... __________________ Portland Raccoons, 83 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

02-28-2020, 03:36 PM	#405
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,887	**** Tebow. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 83 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

03-10-2020, 11:59 AM	#408
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,205	Conforto went to NY for an MRI and now further evaluation, ugghhh and so it begins once again: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...on-side-injury __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson

03-10-2020, 02:45 PM	#409
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,887	LALALALALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU. "Tweaked his side" in Mets parlance means he's gonna be carved up for bacon by late April. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 83 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

03-20-2020, 09:58 AM	#410
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: United States Posts: 10,456	You can see how bored I am if I am digging up the Mets thread to pass the time. So, how are you and your guys faring these days? Alonso's expected follow-up season to last year's spectacular performance is now compromised. At least Cespedes has more time to heal from his latest stubbed toe (believe me, we have the same issues with Stanton) unless he meets up with another wild boar. __________________ - Bru

03-20-2020, 10:18 AM	#411
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,887	I'm slowly going insane from a lack of Mets. Or anything else that's remotely fun. Like ranting about Tebow. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 83 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

03-20-2020, 10:46 AM	#414
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: United States Posts: 10,456	You know, I almost wish there was a Raccoons channel (these days, especially). Are they on YouTube? EDIT: I did follow your Dynasty link for the first time just now. 157 pages and 3,132 posts! Mind boggling! __________________ - Bru Last edited by Déjà Bru; 03-20-2020 at 10:49 AM.

03-20-2020, 11:01 AM	#415
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,887	Nope, not on Youtube. I don't think Excel games lend themselves to that. And I've been on that for almost eight years, so ... about as long as Terry Collins steered the Mets from title to ti- oh. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 83 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

03-20-2020, 12:03 PM	#417
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,887	ERA+ sounds a bit too sophisticated for me. I pick players by wins, homers, funny names, and appropriate face for shoe commercials. Oh god, I'm Brodie Van Waffletown... __________________ Portland Raccoons, 83 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

03-24-2020, 04:07 PM	#418
qcbandits Banned Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,441 Infractions: 0/4 (4)	Thor having TJ surgery

03-24-2020, 04:10 PM	#420
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,887	(calmly knots a rope) __________________ Portland Raccoons, 83 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.