Comments on: Small-Market, Here We Come

By: XtreemIcon

XtreemIcon — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:07:51 +0000

Or, you can sign someone to a good contract and win multiple World Series instead of having one guy take up 16% of your payroll and cause payroll issues down the line. This point, however, is moot because we’re talking about the Yankees. They don’t operate under the same set of laws normal teams do.

Let’s instead focus on how the trade rumors were rampant about Hamels when Lee was signed. Cole Hamels won a World Series, but Cliff Lee never has. Now the Phils might not be able to afford Hamels. Or about how the World Series winning Jacoby Ellsbury might also be traded because of the money being paid to the non-World Series winning Carl Crawford.

See, these are real examples of normal teams having to trade the more value commodity because of atrocious contracts they handed out for what…..one shot?

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:55:12 +0000

STUCK, YEAH, THE OLD FEAR MONGERING LONE CRAZED OWNER ARGUEMENT; THAT’S THE NYPORTSPRESS VERSION OF THE LONE CRAZED SHOOTER WE SHOULD ALL BE FEARFUL OF. LET’S TRULY LOOK AT THE USUAL SUPECTS U R BRINGING UP:
STL: REALLY? A TEAM, THAT HAD TO BE DRAGGED OVER THE LOW TO MIDDLE PAYROLL DESIGNATION LINE IS SUDDENLY GOING TO RETAIN PUJOLS & MAKE REYES AN OFFER HE CAN’T REFUSE WHILE CONVINCING MRS. REYES & THE GIRLS HOW WIONDERFUL THE MIDWEST IS TOWARDS DOMINICAN HERITAGE FAMILIES?

ANGELS: DID U MISS MORENO’S DESIRE TO PARE DOWN HIS CURRENT $105M PAYROLL?& UNLIKELY TO INCREASE IT 20%!

PHILIES, DEALT LEE TO AFFOED HALIDAY, NOW WITH BOTH UNLIKELY TO QUADRUPLE WHAT THEY’RE PAYING J-TROLL TO INK REYES,

SEATTLE(86M) HOUSTON(92M) BETTER TO BELIEVE IN THE BOOGEYMAN

DODGERS? BNEVER COUNT ON ANY MARRIAGE DISOLUTION AS MANAGEABLE ESP IN LA.

By: Donal

Donal — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:07:52 +0000

free dictionary? You didn’t even go to one of the good ones?

You specifically went to find the one that agrees with your silly presumption. Poor little guy.

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:03:18 +0000

JOE, HOW TOTALLY MYOPIC OF U TO NOT SEE THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF ATTEMPTING TO SALVAGE A SUB.500 4th PLACE FINISHER WITH AN ABSOLUTELY BONE DRY TALENT PIPELINE, AMOUNG THE MOST DECEREPITLY LIFELESS A,ADV-A,AA,AAA ROSTERS WITH MERELY 1 PROSPECT RECOGNIZED BY BASEBALL AMERICA, LASTINGS MILLEDGE, THE “FALLEN FROM GRACE” PROJECTED EARLY FIRSTROUNDER WHO WAS TARNISHED BY A HS SEXUAL ASSAULT SCANDAL WHILE BEING HANDCUFFED BY OWNERSHIP TO NEVER SPEND OVER SLOT REGARDLESS OF TALENT TARGETED. FACED WITH THE PROSPECT OF A MEDIOCRE MLB ROSTER OF AGING FORMER BORDERLINE “NAMES” SUCH AS LIETER AS YOUR INCUMBANT ‘ACE’(AGE 39) LEADING ONE OF THE OLDER ROSTERS LED BY A COMATOSE MGR(HOWE) TOLD WORDS/CONCEPTS SUCH AS REBUILDING NON COMPETITIVENESS WERE VERBOTEN IN HIS MARKET(NYC) GIVEN TOTAL FREE SPENDING REIGN TO TARGET WHAT F/A HE DESIRED HE AIMED FOR & NEARLY BAGGED THE 3 MOST DESIROUS PLAYERS THEN AVAILABLE TO RECONSTRUCT WITH INSTANT PRODUCTION, A MEDIOCRE MLB ROSTER FOR A FRANCHISE RENOWNED FOR IT’S F/A MARKETPLACE INCOMPETANCE(WINFIELD,FOSTER,BONILLA,A-ROD,GRIFFEY,GURERRO), IN JUST ONE MARKET OMAR SUCCESSFULLY TABBED HIS 2 TOP PRIORITY SELECTIONS OUTBIDDING THEIR FORMER TEAMS OVER EXTENDED NEGOTIATIONS(PEDRO/BOS, BELTRAN/HOU) LAVISHLY OVEREXTENDING AS NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THE NECESSARY TASKS & GOING DOWN TO THE VERY FINE WIRE ON HIS NEXT NECESSARY TARGET, DELGADO. BARELY LOSING PRIMARILY DUE TO SABOTAUGE CONTRIVED BY THE AGENT(FL BASED,SM CLIENT ROSTER) & AN UNNECESSARY, INEXPERIENCED UNDERLING, BERNAZARD, FORMERLY FROM UNION RELATIONS IN THE COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE. A WILPON RECOMMENDED HIRING TO SECURE COMMISIONER’S GOOD WILL.
CERTAINLY MINAYA WAS AWARE THAT ALL OF THIS TOP SHELF SHOPPING WOULD PROVE COSTLY IN HIS REQUIRED RECALIBRATION WITH POSITIONAL TALENT IN THE FORM OF LOST TOP ROUND PCKS; HOWEVER THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS OWNERSHIP (JEFF) KEPT OMAR IN THE DARK CONCERNING THE POLICY OF STRICT SLOT ADHERENCE INSTITUTED WITH THE BLESSINGS OF HIS ONCE REMOVED PREDECESSOR, PHILLIPS DURING OMAR’S TIME IN MONTREAL AS HIS INITIAL PLAN WAS TO SUPPLEMENT/REPLACE HIS LOST “PRIME” AMATEUR PICKS WITH TOP NOTCH INT’L SIGNINGS AS WELL AS TO USE HIS REMAINING EARLIEST DRAFT PICKS TO SELECT THOSE “FALLEN” FIRST ROUNDERS DUE TO POSSIBLE YOUTHFUL TRANGRESIONS OR PRESENT REPRESENTATION(BORAS) REQUIRING HE COMMIT FIRST ROUND LEVEL BONUSES TO NON FIRST ROUND PICKS AS OTHER “BIG MARKET” FREE AGENT SIGNING” CLUBS(NYY,BOS) HAD BEEN DOING FOR YEARS. ONLY THEN WAS OMAR INFORMED BY “THE PRESS” OF HIS BOSSES’ MANDATE AGAINST THE PRACTICE OF COMMITING OVERSLOT BONUSES TO “FALLEN ANGEL”
TYPE FIRST ROUND AMATEURS. THIS NECESSITATED A SCRAPING MIDSTREAM OF HIS PLAN A(ALREADY COMMENCED WITH BELTRAN,PEDRO SIGNINGS) AS HE SCRAMBLED BY LOCKING IN HIS 2 PRIZED INT’L PICKS GOMEZ & MARTINEZ RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVELY AS 16 YR OLDS. HAVING ALREADY SACRIFICED HIS PRIME ROUND PICKS, PLAN B NECESSITATED SCRAMBLING FOR THOSE CHOICES MOST CAPABLE OF COMPLETING A DEVELOPMENT ROSTER @ MULTIPLE POSITIONS AS SUDDENLY FLEXIBILITY BECAME REQUIREMENT #1 LEADING US TO THE JACOBS,CARPS,MUPPHYS,EVANS,THOLES,DUDAS,HAVENS,ETC THAT HAVE PROVEN TO BE MOST SERVICABLE ESP AS MANY GOT EARLY PROMOTIONS TO PATCH SUDDEN MLB HOLES AS THRY APPEARED THROUGH MORE FREQUENT THAN USUAL D/L TRIPS.
JOE, A POPULAR SUPPOSITION QUESTION IS “WHO WOULD U CHOOSE IF U WERE STARTING A TEAM? WHAT IF, A OMAR FACED, IT WAS 4 TEAMS NOT JUST 1 THAT NEEDED THEIR ROSTERS PUNCHED UP & POLISHED? MORE LIKELY, IF ON A BUDGET, U’D BE BEST SERVED BY TRYING TO FILL AS MANY OPENNINGS AS POSSIBLE WITH THE FEWEST SELECTIONS POSSIBLE, ERGO GENERALIST POTENTIALS FOR MULTIPLE POSITIONS.
JOE, I WILL SUBMIT TO U THAT OTHER THAN THE PRINTED VERSION OF THE BREAKFAST INTERVIEW IN THE DR BETWEEN BILL MADDEN & OMAR MINAYA WHEREBY MADDEN FIRST ENLIGHTENED MINAYA’S VISION INTO THE ABYSS OF PHILLIPS/WILPON DEVELOPMENT DISREGARD DISDAINING ANY CONCEPT OF OVERPAYING FOR AMATEUR TALENT NEARLY 4 YRS AWAY FROM PAYIONG OFF.
RATHER, MY FRIEND, THEN QUESTION HIS CHOICES & METHODS FROM WITHIN A CIRCUMSTANTIAL VACUUM U WOULD OPEN YOUR OWN EWYES & MIND & CONSIDER HOW ILLOGICAL IT APPEARS FOR THE SAME EXECUTIVE TO IDENTIFY THE TALENT & ABILITIES OF A BELTRAN,MARTINEZ,DELGADO,WAGNER,SANTANA,K-ROD,BAY WHILE @ THE SAME TIME SEEM TO LUST AFTER THE CASTILLOS,ALOUS,OLLIES IT WOULD EITHER BE BECAUSE OF AMNESIA, INSANITY, UNSEEN UNTOWARD OUTSDE PRESSURE(FROM ABOVE HIERARCHY) FOR THE SAME INDIVIDUAL TO REASONABLY MAKE ALL OF THOSE SEEMINGLY INCONSISTANT EVALUATION CHOICES. THROUGH LEGITIMATE PROCESS OF ELIMINATION I BELIEVE WE CAN ELIMINATE AMNESIA & INSANITY SINCE NEITHER CONDITION COULD EVER BE KEPT SECRET FROM THE EVER INTRUDING NYPRESSCORPS. THAT ELIMINATES ALL CAUSES EXCLUDING THE MOST LOGICAL, SABOTAUGE BY JEFF, DELIBERATELY UNDERMINING WHOM HE BELIEVED WAS A SUPERFLUOUS HIRING BACK FROM THE BEGINNING.

IN ALL HONESTY, JOE DOES YOUR PICTURE OF A GENERALLY INEPT BASEBALL EXECUTIVE, OMAR MINAYA

MY PORTRAYAL OF AN UNDERMINED, UNDER INFORMED OVERLY RESTRICTED BASEBALL EXECUTIVE, OMAR MINAYA
GENERALLY COVER MORE INCONSISTANCIES IN A LOGICAL MANNER?

By: OmarFan

OmarFan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:12:36 +0000

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nepotism

Someone who lacks intelligence should recognize it. The worst thing in the world is presuming you’re smarter than you really are.

By: JoeSmith

JoeSmith — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:09:39 +0000

Nah – I don’t need to love you…………..

By: Donal

Donal — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:53:50 +0000

That’s just baseball. And stop trying to take OmarFan’s job.

By: Donal

Donal — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:52:33 +0000

Ya, you really are a treasure.

By: alex68

alex68 — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:50:56 +0000

first of all, it was JesseP who mentioned it. not me you f*ing loser… get your facts straight ok..

By: Donal

Donal — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:49:40 +0000

That’s actually been mentioned several times. But facts and coherence aren’t really alex’s forte.

By: Donal

Donal — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:48:24 +0000

Do you know what nepotism means? Either you don’t or you think Depodesta is someone’s nephew.

By: OmarFan

OmarFan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:42:07 +0000

Gotta love STUPID Met fans..lol

By: OmarFan

OmarFan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:41:20 +0000

When the Mets are 15 games under .500 next year (if Jose is resigned), Alderson will be mumbling the same “You know what I’m sayin” lines, only he will scrub it up in his best Ivy League prose, “uh ummm uhhh ummmm”

By: OmarFan

OmarFan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:39:51 +0000

Alderson is a puppet figure handed to the Mets by MLB to “right the ship” as sold to DOPEY Met fans. The guys making deals are Depodesta and Ricciardi. Depodesta, a product of NEPOTISM, can’t draft a starting player if his life depended on it, but the DOPEY Met fan is pinning their hopes on this man.

You can’t make it up.

By: OmarFan

OmarFan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:37:14 +0000

Yeah, Murphy, Duda and Ike aren’t going to be big impact bats, but Freddie “BLEEPIN” Freeman is. SMH @ these agenda filled Met fans.

A fool like yourself begs for draft picks, but fails to realize Depodesta has NOT drafted a player that has made the big leagues as an everyday starter.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:49:57 +0000

Yeah Evans had no Impact last night, just a footnote in that win I guess!

By: Metsie

Metsie — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:48:02 +0000

Mediocre?

Dude they just won 9 of their last 12 games!
Without Murphy and Davis no less!

Why would I want Murphy? How about that .320 batting Average?

I guess in your world everyone should hit .400?
Or they are just MEDIOCRE?
Get a clue dude!

By: Vinny B

Vinny B — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:31:09 +0000

Yep. Any move that wins you a WS is a good move. because there’s nothing more valuable than a WS, it’s every teams goal, so any move that helps you reach that goal is a good move.

So let me ask you this:

If your a Yankee fan, would you rather have A-Rod’s “atrocious contract” and win the WS, or not have A-Rod, and lose the WS?

what would you rather have?

I don’t know about you, but I’ll go with the bad contract, and win the WS…..

By: NJstuckinTX

NJstuckinTX — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:58:00 +0000

Thanks for this. I almost ruined my computer spitting out my coffee.

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:42:52 +0000

JOE, I’M VERY DIOSAPPOINTED IN YOUR CHEAP SHOT,”Omar didn’t screw this up overnight,it won’t be righted overnight” AS THE FARM WAS BASICLY THE SAHARA AFTER PHILLIPS’ 7,8YR TENURE MIMICING SHERMAN’S MARCH. TRY TO RECALL THAT WHILE DUDA,MURPHY,EVANS,ET AL ARE NOT IMPACTFUL; BUT CERTAINLY SERVICABLE, THEY ARE MORE THAN OMAR’S PHILLIPS,DUQUETTE LEGACY OF LASTINGS MILLEDGE ON THE POSITIONAL FRONT. NEITHER IMPACTFUL NOR SERBVICABLE; BUT ALL THAT WAS BEQUEATHED. WITH THAT LEVEL OF A DRIED OUT PIPELINE SUPPLYING 2004 A SUB.500 4th PLACE MLB ROSTER PUTTING UP THESE ’04 RESULTS:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Eastern Division Home Away Div Leag Icf
2 Atlanta 96-66 .593 —- 49-32 47-34 51-25 37-31 8-10
Philadelphia 86-76 .531 10.0 42-39 44-37 39-37 38-30 9-9
Florida 83-79 .512 13.0 42-38 41-41 43-33 33-35 7-11
NY Mets 71-91 .438 25.0 38-43 33-48 29-47 32-36 10-8
Montreal 67-95 .414 29.0 35-45 32-50 28-48 32-36 7-11
RECONSTITUTING THAT QUICKLY INTO A RESPECTABLE RESULT, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CULTIVATING A DESSERT INTO AN OASIS, IS MERELY LEGENDARY, IF ACTUALLY POSSIBLE; BUT OMAR DESERVES MUCH MORE CREDIT FOR HIS ATTEMPPT AGAINST THE JEFF(RED?) TIDE, AS JEFF NEVER WANTED OMAR & THOUGHT HE SHOULD HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BOTH JOBS JUST AS CASHEN DID; BUT DADDY DIDN’T TRUST THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE GRAD OF HIS LOINS(THANK, THE LORD)
IF NOTHING ELSE MINAYA DESERVES AN HONORABLE MENTION FOR A BASEBALL FRONTOFFICE PURPLE HEART, MORTALLY WOUNDED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.(SHOT IN THE BACK?)
IT’S OBVIOUS TO ANYONE WITH AN OPEN MIND THAT A GM WITH TOPSHELF TASTE WHEN UNOBSTRUCTED DESIRED BELTRAN,PEDRO,DELGADO AS A FIRST OPTION TRIFECTA WOULD NOT BE SEDUCED BY THE ALOUS,CASTILLOS,OLLIES IF NOT MANIPULATED INTO A DESPERATE COMPROMISE BY POWERS MORE INFLUENTIAL THAN HIMSELF.(WILPONS)