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March 25, 2009

Link Dump: March 25th, 2009

by: The Geeks on Mar 25, 2009 12:10 AM | Filed under: Link Dumps

[06:56 AM] New York Post: GARCIA REASSIGNED
[05:56 AM] Press & Sun-Bulletin: B-Mets win with 16 hits
[04:58 AM] NY Daily News: Wright’s World now about Phillies
[03:58 AM] Newsday: Wright ready to get back to business with Mets
[02:40 AM] New York Times: For Mets Fans, a Menu Beyond Peanuts and Cracker Jack
[01:47 AM] Bergen Record: Mets notes: Garcia reassigned
[01:42 AM] Mets.com: Citi Field to have plenty of food options
[12:18 AM] TCPalm: Mets back at full strength after WBC

Most headlines aggregated by SportSpyder.

553 Responses to “Link Dump: March 25th, 2009”

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Comment posted by Athena on March 25, 2009 at 5:17 pm (#941503)
2007-2008 has made me a dirty whore

haha!

Comment posted by Dep on March 25, 2009 at 5:21 pm (#941504)
lata my love!
Comment posted by Ed in Westchester, waiting for Opening Day on March 25, 2009 at 5:21 pm (#941505)
Dep stole my line!
Comment posted by Danny, Best Shape of My Life on March 25, 2009 at 5:29 pm (#941506)
Athena, to be fair, I did call for stupidity clauses to be added to Omar’s contract!

2007-2008 has made me a dirty whore

Honestly, I respect the heck out of the fans like CatchDog that can keep the faith through all of this. It’s impressive.

Comment posted by Dep on March 25, 2009 at 5:41 pm (#941507)
I used to have mad faith and lecture other pplz on keeping the faith and that whole spiel

i cant do it anymore. i just cant

Comment posted by Dep on March 25, 2009 at 5:44 pm (#941508)
Dep stole my line!

you underestimated my sneakiness!

Comment posted by Dep on March 25, 2009 at 6:15 pm (#941510)
Fangraphs ranks the mets organization (as a whole, includ. mgmt n resources) 5th

Comment posted by Dep on March 25, 2009 at 6:15 pm (#941511)
Omar:

Omar Minaya is a pretty good scout. He does a good job of identifying young players who can contribute at the major league level. However, he’s just not good at the valuation aspect of the GM job - trying to figure out how much to pay for different skills, finding inefficiencies in the market, and putting together a roster that maximizes the assets he has. The Oliver Perez signing, the K-Rod signing, the J.J. Putz trade are all examples of identifying players who could help his team but not understanding how much those players should cost, given the availability of alternatives in the market. When handed a payroll large enough to give him the ability to overpay, he can build a contending roster, but most GMs in baseball could do more with the same resources. There are smart people working for the Mets, but they have the wrong guy in charge, and that’s a problem.

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 6:15 pm (#941512)
Permanent link to Organizational Rankings: #5

As we finish out the top eight, all of the remaining clubs earn an overall grade of A-, A, or A+. These eight franchises have separated themselves from the rest of the pack - there’s probably a bigger gap between #8 and #9 than between #8 and #4, for instance. If you root for any of the upcoming teams, you should be very pleased. The future looks bright for all the upcoming franchises.

Rankings So Far

#30: Washington Nationals
#29: Florida Marlins
#28: Houston Astros
#27: Kansas City Royals
#26: Pittsburgh Pirates
#25: San Diego Padres
#24: Cincinnati Reds
#23: Colorado Rockies
#22: Detroit Tigers
#21: St. Louis Cardinals
#20: Toronto Blue Jays
#19: San Francisco Giants
#18: Minnesota Twins
#17: Chicago White Sox
#16: Baltimore Orioles
#15: Seattle Mariners
#14: Philadelphia Phillies
#13: Los Angeles Dodgers
#12: Texas Rangers
#11: Oakland Athletics
#10: Los Angeles Angels
#9: Arizona Diamondbacks
#8: Atlanta Braves
#7: Chicago Cubs
#6: Milwaukee Brewers

#5: New York Mets

Ownership: A-

The Wilpons have certainly not been afraid to spend money since taking over ownership in 2002. They’ve also managed to get Shea Stadium replaced, which should only add to the significant revenues they already enjoy. Thanks to the New York media market, the Mets should be one of the best capitalized teams in baseball going forward. Even the Wilpon’s meddling can’t overcome the financial advantage the team enjoys.

Front Office: C

Omar Minaya is a pretty good scout. He does a good job of identifying young players who can contribute at the major league level. However, he’s just not good at the valuation aspect of the GM job - trying to figure out how much to pay for different skills, finding inefficiencies in the market, and putting together a roster that maximizes the assets he has. The Oliver Perez signing, the K-Rod signing, the J.J. Putz trade are all examples of identifying players who could help his team but not understanding how much those players should cost, given the availability of alternatives in the market. When handed a payroll large enough to give him the ability to overpay, he can build a contending roster, but most GMs in baseball could do more with the same resources. There are smart people working for the Mets, but they have the wrong guy in charge, and that’s a problem.

Major League Talent: A-

Jose Reyes, David Wright, Carlos Beltran, and Johan Santana are all among the elite players in the game. It’s hard to imagine a team with those four not contending for the World Series, honestly. The supporting cast leaves you wanting, however. Ryan Church is solid when healthy, but that’s not often. Mike Pelfrey and John Maine have talent, but as the #3 and #4 starters on a contender? Carlos Delgado has held off decline, but for how much longer? Just a lot of questions surround the non-elite part of the roster. However, the big four are so good that they make up for a lot of issues, and there’s enough talent in the supporting cast to imagine this team winning a World Series if enough things go right.

Minor League Talent:: B-

Is Fernando Martinez the next Hanley Ramirez or Ruben Rivera? His aggressive promotion schedule makes his performances tough to judge in proper context, but most still believe in his physical abilities. Jon Niese is a good but not great pitching prospect, and Wilmer Flores and Jefry Marte are high upside guys that aren’t anywhere close to the majors. So, while there’s talent, there’s not a lot of upper level depth, and there aren’t any guys on the system who don’t have a real question mark that needs to be answered. The Mets will have to get by with what they have for a little while, but there are valuable assets in the system, so if they need to make a few more big trades, they can.

Overall: A-

Thanks to a roster that should be favored to make the playoffs for the next few years and a stream of revenue that allows the GM to cover his mistakes, the Mets are in a good position to win for a while despite a front office that could use some improvement. There are wasted opportunities in Queens that are keeping the Mets from being up with the cream of the crop, but they have enough current advantages to give them quite a bit of margin for error. They need every bit of that wiggle room, but this team is too talented to keep getting shut out of October baseball for much longer.

Comment posted by Dep on March 25, 2009 at 6:18 pm (#941513)
Frangraphs nails the mets in pretty much every category

everyone should check it out

Comment posted by Dep on March 25, 2009 at 6:19 pm (#941514)
errrrrrrrrrrr

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 6:21 pm (#941515)
i guess we saw that at the same time.

ha ha

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 6:29 pm (#941516)
Highlights from Dave Howard interview on WFAN:

The Center Field Fan area will be called 2K Sports Fan Fest. It will include:
“Mr. Met’s Kiddy Field” which will be the name of the mini replica field.
There will be a Hershey Park dunk tank
There will be a 2K Sports Video Game Setup
Two batting cages like they had at Shea

Half of the 2100 spaces lost by Citi Field Construction will be back, and half of the Shea Stadium footprint is expected to be ready by Opening Day. The Shea site will be completed by mid-way through season.

Everyone will be able to access the filed level concourse at all times during the game, and will be able to walk around them at all times.

They expected 10,000 people for Sunday’s college game. How is that possible? We all knew it would sell out.

Comment posted by Dep on March 25, 2009 at 6:33 pm (#941517)
An Italian doctor completed a brain operation despite having a heart attack after realizing his patient would never recover if he stopped the surgery.

Surgeon Claudio Vitale started feeling pains in his chest half way through the operation but refused to stop despite his team’s urging and the pain worsening.

After finishing the surgery, the doctor had an angioplasty operation to treat his attack.

Vitale insists he’s not a hero, but that he couldn’t leave the patient “at such a delicate moment.”

Both doctor and patient are recovering.

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 6:35 pm (#941518)
oh and parking is at least $18.
Comment posted by Danny, Best Shape of My Life on March 25, 2009 at 6:51 pm (#941519)
Claudio Vitale is SUPER, SCINTILLATING, SENSATIONAL!!!!

**crowd groans**

That’s a pretty damning, yet accurate, assessment of Omar Minaya by Fangraphs. Although I think the Mets did well with Putz.

Comment posted by Dep on March 25, 2009 at 6:57 pm (#941520)
yea, someone needs to explain the putz/overpay thing to me

i dont get that one at all

i cant believe they philthies are gonna be ranked higher than us

Comment posted by TLC on March 25, 2009 at 7:04 pm (#941521)
How was Putz and overpay? Honestly, I would of picked him up as our closer and went after a different set up man.

Comment posted by Dep on March 25, 2009 at 7:07 pm (#941522)
1050 was playing an interview and he is saying Ollie is out of shape and the WBC screwed him up. Also said he is about 10 days behind schedule. Said he put on weight while away and did not do what he was supposed to.

Sounded like he was pissed.

Of course Don Legreca (who might be the worst ever) said now the Mets rotation is in deep trouble because Ollie is out of shape and Maine has a “bum shoulder”

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 7:08 pm (#941523)
phillies are 14.

did he over pay for k-rod? i dont remember it that way.

Comment posted by Dep on March 25, 2009 at 7:10 pm (#941524)
yea, i saw the philthies at14 after my post. oopsie!

We raised our offer to K-Rod with no competition.

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 7:13 pm (#941525)
THE parents of a girl who died suddenly two months ago have been sent a letter from her school demanding she improves her attendance.

Signed by the deputy headmaster, the letter threatened to ban Megan Gillan from the end of year prom.

Comment posted by Dep on March 25, 2009 at 7:14 pm (#941526)
OUCH.

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 7:15 pm (#941527)
We raised our offer to K-Rod with no competition.

okay, but from what ppl were saying he was going to get, it was down from that.

omar saw hie opportunity and pounced on it.

i wish he would of done the same with lowe instead of waiting for other teams to get involved.

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 7:17 pm (#941528)
An embarrassed father has said he was shocked when his teenage daughter returned home from a sexual health workshop with a six-inch rubber penis.

Kevin Neal, 46, father of teenage mother Kizzy, who previously hit headlines when she fell pregnant at the age of 13, said he was “bemused” by the NHS trust’s decision to dish out the spongy penises.

Miss Neal was one of a group of young mothers who volunteered to attend a workshop given by the Chlamydia screening service at the specialist home she lives in with her 22-month-old son.

Mr Neal, from Paignton, in Devon, told the Herald Express: “I am not prudish, and we more than most families fully appreciate the value of tackling these issues head on.

“But it amuses and bemuses me to think that a group of healthcare professionals have spent time and come up with a presentation designed to target teenage girls that would include a replica rubber penis to be given away as a free gift.

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 7:19 pm (#941529)
some one needs to “borrow” the memory card in this camera.

Comment posted by Dep on March 25, 2009 at 7:19 pm (#941530)
i’m out y’allz

catch ya lata

Comment posted by TLC on March 25, 2009 at 8:41 pm (#941531)
Anderson Hernandez just pulled something

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 9:04 pm (#941532)
According to Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, lefty Royce Ring was placed on waivers by the Cardinals. If he clears, he’ll have the option of heading to Triple A or electing free agency. The Cards don’t have a need for Ring given the presence of Trever Miller and Dennys Reyes.

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 10:10 pm (#941533)
Exhibitionist: Jerry Manuel’s bromantic feelings for Daniel Murphy spawn wire frenzy, high expectations

Fearless Forecast: 492 at-bats, .291 BA, 14 HR, 71 RBI, 92 R, 15 SB

Comment posted by The Mad Stork on March 25, 2009 at 10:20 pm (#941534)
So. Has Benjamin Linus been dead the entire time? Has he never really existed? I can’t buy that since other people outside of those on the island have both seen and interacted with him. But he’s certainly dead now, right? Meanwhile Faraday has made statements in the past about time taking it’s natural course no matter what happens. He has said that they can not change the course of future events simply by fucking with the past. But dead lil Linus in the ‘77 means dead big Linus in the ‘07. I hope next week show the present day with Locke. This shit is getting crazier and crazier each week.
Comment posted by bcuster on March 25, 2009 at 10:27 pm (#941535)
i am a little confused over the construction schedule, but i think i had been told that i had just had witnessed the final basketball game in the joyce center… irish reach the final four… yay!! (NIT)

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 10:30 pm (#941536)
mad, who knows.

i dont linus existed and sayd didnt succeed in killing him.

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 10:31 pm (#941537)
i dont linus existed and sayd didnt succeed in killing him.

oh wait, not right should say:

i think linus exist and sayd didnt succeed in killing him.
Comment posted by BOB A. BOOEY on March 25, 2009 at 10:31 pm (#941538)
hey fused hey custy,,,

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 10:34 pm (#941539)
at least the mets didnt go cheap on everything

The Mets tickets are infinitely better than the Yankees tickets. The Yankee tickets are a complete embarassment to the Yankee organization. They’re printed on cheap flimsy paper and bound supertight so you can’t cut them out cleanly. And yeah, opening day tickets have ZERO distinctiveness from the others. What a sad joke for the most expensive stadium in the history of major league baseball.

Also got the Mets tickets, they look great. Booklet is of excellent quality, opening day tickets have the silver trim, thumbs up
Comment posted by bcuster on March 25, 2009 at 10:36 pm (#941540)
ballpark food
Comment posted by bcuster on March 25, 2009 at 10:36 pm (#941541)
hi bob

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 10:37 pm (#941542)
open you chop suey, eat your fortune cookie. something will come to you

Comment posted by tim in St. Louis on March 25, 2009 at 10:41 pm (#941543)
the should kill off every one on that show and just rerun old battle of the networks stars….ohhh you crazy Van Patten boys

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 10:43 pm (#941544)
the should kill off every one on that show and just rerun old battle of the networks stars….ohhh you crazy Van Patten boys

oh those female stars in the white onesies.
Comment posted by bcuster on March 25, 2009 at 10:43 pm (#941545)
i predict notre dame vs st mary’s for the alternate universe 2009 national championship game…

Comment posted by tim in St. Louis on March 25, 2009 at 10:45 pm (#941546)
loni anderson in the kayak event awesome….
Ms. Garrett in Greco Roman wrestling……VERY awesome

Comment posted by The Mad Stork on March 25, 2009 at 10:50 pm (#941547)
Yeah. I don’t think lil Ben is dead either. So big Ben in the future is probably safe.

Hey, I’m lookin at some toys for my boy for his first birthday. There’s some really cool stuff out there. There are these wooden alphabet blocks similar to the ones I had when I was young, but these combine traditional roman letters with sign language. They also have the classic ones with animals on them, but the sign language version is a fantastic idea. Some really great block sets and puzzles too. Damn! I wanna buy em all!

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 10:55 pm (#941548)
another wooden block option.
Comment posted by BOB A. BOOEY on March 25, 2009 at 10:55 pm (#941549)
uh oh uconn in trouble ,,, ouch @$^^

Comment posted by The Mad Stork on March 25, 2009 at 10:56 pm (#941550)
Ha! That’s awesome! I don’t think that’s something I’m gonna spring for at the moment, but I will definitely bookmark the page.
Comment posted by BOB A. BOOEY on March 25, 2009 at 10:56 pm (#941551)
custy,,,whts the word on heils ?/ a set up man ??

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 10:57 pm (#941552)
or

they made a fourth raiders of the lost ark movie, it wasnt that good, but worth seeing anyway

anyone who says that is un-trust worthy.

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 10:59 pm (#941553)
oh wow, scare the kids early.

my nephew, whose father is a yankee fan came along to shea stadium with us. he wanted to see mr met, and as soon as he did, he freaked.

Comment posted by Confused on March 25, 2009 at 11:00 pm (#941554)
barbi benton as a naughty nurse.

Comment posted by The Mad Stork on March 25, 2009 at 11:02 pm (#941555)
Dude, the faces on those Mr. Mets are creepy! That’s like the demon version. I’ll pass!
Comment posted by BOB A. BOOEY on March 25, 2009 at 11:09 pm (#941556)
ha n ha ha mr met is kinda creepy,,, :)