I went back to the press room during one
of the Mets minor league games and thought I saw Nelson
Figueroa walking to his car and leaving the complex early. I immediately
went on the blog and reported that something might be up (injury, trade,
whatever)… the ST game eventually ended and I was walking back into the press
room when Figgy came over looking for me. Seems I mistaken him for another
player and he wanted to make sure I had the story right so he wouldn’t get in
trouble with the team. He also told me that he was alerted to what I had
written by his wife back in Queens that was following the blog at the time. He
was a pure gentleman and we have kept in touch ever since. I couldn’t be more
happy for him.
Rising Apple writes
about Travis d’Arnaud and Opening Day - link
Yes, he is still on the spring training team and, yes, he
should have been sent down last Friday. Rising Apple speculates that, with the
loss of David Wright, the Mets might be keeping Arnaud around to help ticket
sales. I just don’t think the Mets think that far ahead especially with what’s
left of this team right now (Santana, Murphy, Francisco, etc). It would be very
shortsighted to lose that year of team control just so this team can win maybe
one more game in April.
A feel good story about
Mets C Francisco Pena and the WBC - link
Boy, this kid has been around since dirt. I met him in
Savannah in 2007 when it seemed like every ball thrown to him got by. He
finished his 6th year in the system hitting .254 for St. Lucie
(.254) and then .198 for Binghamton (126-AB). Pena has a career .233 batting
average with only 31-HRs in 1812-AB. Sadly, the talent in the father and
brother just hasn’t been shared here so far.
David Lennon on Willie Randolph - link
The article asks if Randolph will ever manage again in
baseball.
"I still burn to manage," Randolph said.
"I hope I get another shot."
I still burn to have sex with two women at the same time,
but it just isn’t going to happen again…
A nice story by Matt
Balasis on Sandy Alderson - link
Adam Rubin on David
Wright - link
" I still burn to have sex with two women at the same time, but it just isn’t going to happen again" . . . AGAIN??? Does that mean that you've had sex with two women at the same time before? How often? How many? Mack, you devil!!!
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