For the record I didn’t accuse you of being someone else…I merely talk about the time you got CAUGHT doing just that….

I’m sure JoeD meant well but in the end he put the fox in charge of the hen house….I was at first HAPPY to hear Joe got a company to moderate the shoutbox because many of the knock down drag outs that spilled over into the comment section (note I never realy entered chat but did check the posts to see how many times I got trashed by you and your friends in it).

Then was crushed to find out you were this “company” that was hired to police it…

Joe is very fair and open in regards to the content that gets officially posted and Opinions expressed….
It’s just too bad his closest friends and people who have risen to the title of CONTRIBUTOR, who he turns to most often for help in running the site don’t seem to share that openess and instead believe they can take advantage of that friendship and pretty much do and say whatever they want about users.

I am not faulting JoeD here at all, the poor guy has been in and out of Hospitals all year long and had to rely on friends….
It’s just too bad that they take advantage and put JoeD into a positon to have to LIE about who is moderating all because he knows the “FRIEND” he asked to moderate was a Lightining rod for 99% of the arguments and silliness that went on there….

Both you and Joe KNOW how wrong it was to put you in charge of moderating that chat, Why else was the subterfuge and secret identity needed? If you were truly a good choice then you shouldn’t have had to hide who you were…So you knew at the time what you were doing was a bomb that would hurt the moderating credibility and screwed it up to boot!

It’s not important for me to know the IP address of posters here and truth is thats not proof of anything because even banned people come back and post with other names….

But even if JoeD posted the IP list to defend you from these Spoofing charges in the end whose to say those IPs don’t point to an Independent moderating company as well….

He is your Friend dude and this is not about JoeD…It’s about you “FRIENDS” who seemingly think that gives you license to do and say anything and can attack anyone because your friendship means JoeD will always give you the benefit of the doubt.

And to be clear you have been MUCH IMPROVED on not doing that since the moderating fiasco happened than other “Friends” have recently, Don’t think I have not noticed that and that I do not commend you on that.

Now guys like CB and Task are pretty much doing what you guys hated when the folks who got banned did it….Anyone who disagrees is an idiot….
But because they agree with you I notice not a peep about people attacking folks in the comments….

If you REALLY were a true and loyal friend to Joe you would step up and moderate them as quick as you were to moderate the chat when it was your enemies you were charged with moderating. Without the need to hide behind a super secret identity this time…

That is if your REALLY interested in helping JoeD and TRULY CARE about the way conversations degenerate into insult fests around here. Then you will take your cue from JoeD and be as aggressive in slapping down the attacks on people you agree with as you were when you were moderating those you mostly got into arguments with.

And thats the last I’m going to say on this subject because it really shouldn’t be here either and if you want to continue it further ask JoeD for my email as I have no problems with you having it.

Lets get back to baseball shall we?
I will start by apologizing for accusing you of COUNTER POSTING whenever an article that makes Sandy look like he is not doing as you and others suggest you posting a counter piece to draw attention away and lower the previous article on the front page display list….

And if you have issues with the site owner and his credibility then perhaps you should go somewhere else. This is the 2nd time I’ve been accused of being another user and it will be the 2nd time you’re wrong.

If you want Joe to supply you with personal IP addresses for both users be my guest and email him. If not – then keep your fingers shut and quit it with the accusations. If you’re wrong have the guts to admit it.

Of course, as the market continues to explode, eventually trading for former free agents – and thus shortening the risk & time frame – like Toronto did with the Marlins this winter – may be a smart way to proceed.
However, again, only if you already have the nucleus of a contender in place and a realistic window of opportunity. Toronto played this exactly right.

The Mets as of today are quite a bit away and are waiting for a new core of players to settle in, hopefully in 2013. For now, signing any free agent to a multi-year-deal makes little sense.

That said, adding a veteran SP, a veteran reliever or two or a veteran OF or two on a 1-year-deal or maybe 2-year-deal shouldn´t be an issue. Neither from a team building strategy nor in terms of risk management.

We know your friends and you were trying to help him out but that whole entire incident really hurt the credibility on who gets treated fairly whenever trouble rears it’s ugly head.

As I said previously…When you get into a fight in a Bar they throw both out….
Here it does seem a side gets picked and only one side gets the ban…

And it is never over who started the argument but who lost it first.

Yes I mistyped and Mitch really has nothing to do with this…He wrote a good piece it’s not his fault that Jessup can’t bare to see a post that takes Sandy to task get any play and rushed to post on of his Canned Propaganda to try and deflect attention away from thoughts he would prefer did not propagate around here….

Why would I change my mind negatively towards a player because he became a MET???
Im a Mets fans retard

I like Travis D’arnaud he’s a Met we got in a trade, I like Syndegaard he’s a met, I like Buck he’s a Met, I even like Becerra he’s a Met too…I like Wheeler too…

Intrigued???With Cowgill???lol….Anyone who I converse with here on MMO knows I follow the minors very closely and I do my research on every Teams minor leagues system…Cowgill does NOT intrigue unless you put stock into a 25yr old who is not a power hitter and finally hits above .300 for the 1st time in his career when he plays in the PCL.

FYI Since I didnt make my self 100% clear in that post…..I had/have no interest in Seth Smith either since he cant hit Lefty’s…I did however have minimal interest in Cocoa Crisp but who I really wanted Chris Young…Cespedes would be GOLD but thats a pipe dream…I wasnt interested in Reddick either because he struggles vs LHP and A’s asking price would be too much…Dont get me wrong I’d take him on the Mets in a minute since he does hit LHP for power and he also struggled vs. RHP as well last year…

Hope that clears things up for you gotta go watch a movie now…Tom Cruise flick called Jack REACHER!!! lol…you should be familiar with it the way youve been REACHING!!!

Your case is very weak: 1: you don’t know what his true opinion on Cowgill was in the first place because he didn’t talk about him and depth. And 2: Even if he did change his mind, you can’t prove he changed his mind because of Alderson. That is just your assumption.

Whats funny is Jessep knows I didnt want Cowgill and that I thought the trade was terrible because as soon as the trade was announced here on Metsmerized. He was the 1st person to comment praising the deal and I was the second person to comment. And I replied to his message ripping the deal.

Below is the link to the post and what I said about the deal in response to Jessep
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http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/12/mets-trade-jefry-marte-to-as-for-minor-league-outfielder-collin-cowgill.html

SMH…Jessep cut it out…lol…youre embarrassing yourself

You up-sell every move Sandy makes….stop trying to lay groundwork for saying how great a move this is when we all know this move doesnt answer any questions in our Outfield….

We needed at least 1 experienced big league Outfielder and as of today our most Experienced Outfielder is still LUCAS DUDA!!!!
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Mets Maniac was right when he stated above…. Jessep switches everything up to fit his agenda…

classic bait and switch to steer the conversation away from the initial topic of my response to his bogus post of money being allocated to the minors,International signings etc….

He never said how much he liked for Cowgill or how much we should give up to get him. And if he did change his opinion on him(which you don’t even know if he did), it could have been because he looked at him closer after we acquired him.

You don’t really know if he actually changed his opinion in the first place because he didn’t talk about him in detail, and even if he did change his opinion, you can’t be sure if it was because of Alderson anyway.

“The A’s are another team the Mets should try and work out a deal with for one of those Outfielders, they have 6! 1.J. Reddick 2.Y. Cespedes 3.C. Young 4.C. Crisp 5.S. Smith 6.C. Cowgill”

That’s 6 trade possibilities “for one of those outfielders”

You were intrigued enough by him to list him and then the second the Mets got him – you hoped nobody would remember.

I listed all of the A’s Outfielders on there major league roster (which were listed by MLB.com depth chart) to show the DEPTH!!!! of that position… To build my case for a potential deal with the A’s

I wanted no part of Cowgill and proof of that is as soon as the trade was made I bashed you for saying how great the deal was

Below is the comment I made immediately after the deal was madein response to you if I wanted Cowgill wouldnt I say it was a good move??? like I did when Alderson traded Dickey for that package? Or when I stated I liked the Beltran trade? Unlike you Im not one sided with my opinions just because I dont like or like a GM.
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http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/12/mets-trade-jefry-marte-to-as-for-minor-league-outfielder-collin-cowgill.html

SMH…Jessep cut it out…lol…youre embarrassing yourself

You up-sell every move Sandy makes….stop trying to lay groundwork for saying how great a move this is when we all know this move doesnt answer any questions in our Outfield….

We needed at least 1 experienced big league Outfielder and as of today our most Experienced Outfielder is still LUCAS DUDA!!!!
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Nice reach though lol

Want to be membership at MMO on that? I’m sure Joe D can verify. If I’m CB, then Joe will know and I’ll submit my resignation. If I’m not CB, then you go away we’ll say until Opening Day (I’ll be nice)

Put your $ where your mouth is or drop it

He didn’t say “they have 6 outfielders and i like 5 of them” he said they have 6 and we should trade for 1 of them and he actually listed Cowgill.

He was interested in Cowgill enough to list him. But the second Alderson acquired him, BBLB turned sour on Cowgill.

He said that we should target one of the OFers, but it sounds like he was mostly talking about the starting OFers and not the backups since he specifically highlighted Young. He could have just listed the backups just to show that OAK had depth at the position and could trade one of their starters. You don’t know his true feelings of Cowgill because he didn’t go into detail about him.

And you don’t know if at that time if he would be for or against trading Marte for him since he didn’t mention how much we should give up for Cowgill.

Also, it’s possible that after the Mets made the trade for Cowgill, he could have looked at him more in depth and changed his opinion on him. There would be nothing wrong with that.

It seems like your just playing a game of “gotcha” and your doing it based off of a comment that doesn’t really go into a lot of detail about Cowgill. I think that’s really unfair.