I might make a couple shit threads in the Gimp Box and play around w/ moving single posts. I don't want to try moving a post out of an established thread and fucking something up.

At least somebody's trying something. Thanks, Jerky.

Isn't the simple way to just copy the post and then delete it and then paste it where you want? Or am I missing the gist?

We are dealing w/ deviants who have cum clouded thoughts.

Women, that's all the Mets can hit now.

I do figure Brooklyn Cyclones are going to get a nice bump in attendance w/ Reyes playing there for the next week.

How badly do you miss Murphy? Do you consider Wright your starting 3b going into next year or do you figure him as a bench guy?

Just imagine where we'd be without the pitching. On the flip side, imagine where we'd be with a bit more hitting. Probably 5 games up on the Nats.

I don't miss Murph as much as I dislike him being on the Nats and helping them out. After the W.S. last year, I was telling someone he should sign with an AL club and he'd prolly hit .400 if he didn't have to think about fielding. I think I was right. The Mets announcers used to always tell a story about Murphy and how he introduced himself when all the minor league guys showed up and gave out their names and positions. His response, "I'm Daniel Murphy and I hit third." He got us to the World Series last year though before the magic wore off. I would've been happy if he came back, but our current second baseman is having a career year and can actually field the position.

I'm hoping Wright after neck surgery doesn't turn into Nick Markakis after neck surgery. But I really don't see him as a starter anymore after having both back & neck issues. I hope I'm wrong and I'd love for him to come back, but there's a reason the Mets are having a workout with the best 3rd baseman from Cuba next week.

No idea what Reyes has left in the tank, but I do think he improves the team even if it's just with his energy and enthusiasm for being back in NY.

Murphy would be your 3rd baseman, not 2nd. I dont see how they move forward counting on Wright.

I knew Murphy's stats would explode away from CitiField. That is why i figured Wright would bolt to a team like the Orioles back when he was a free agent. He would be borderline HOF by now if he did the last 4-5yrs in a band box.

Bobby Bonilla gets his million from the Mets today. http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/happy-bobby-bonilla-payday-mets-fans/

and they have to pay it to him until 2035. LOL!

The Wilpon family that owned the Mets was in big with Madoff, and thought that an annuitized deferral at 5% interest would net them cash because Madoff was promising a 10% annual return. Still, he makes more than deGrom and Harvey.

Anyway, the rumor is that Bonilla is perpetually out of money and spends most of what he gets each year. If he had saved one of those checks in 2000 when the DJIA was around 8,000, he'd have doubled his money by now, at least.

Look on the bright side: he didn't hire Lenny Dykstra as his broker.

Fuck Bonilla. Rode Bonds coattails and did nothing on his own.

I think the Mets also deferred a lot of Saberhagen money, banking on Madoff returns.

Shit, I think I read that we're still paying Darryl Strawberry. Great comeback win today, down 6-0 to the Marlin's and won 8-6. Matt Harvey can thank the bullpen for keeping him from becoming a career .500 pitcher. Huge 4 game sweep of the Cubs this past week also.

Here come the Mets! Amazin'!

Only a month, but I'm reserving my hotel room for Gary Sanchez's HOF induction.

Who gets more votes this year, Schilling or Clemens?

Vlad & Hoffman, that is it.

Hoffman, Raines and Bagwell are the only 3 with a realistic prospect of getting 75%.

Schilling didn't cheat.

None of the above.

Bagwell, Raines, Hoffman, Pudge

No way Pudge gets in on the first ballot. HOffman is hamstrung by being a reliever, he will be scrutinized extra. Raines is on his last year of eligibility. If he hasn't made it by now, it probably won't happen. He can speak with Alan Trammell about that.

Bagwell is the closest to a ticket. He got snubbed last year because of Junior. This should be his year.

Well, I was close.

Bagwell juiced to the gills, as did I-rod.

Raines isnt a HOF er. Outstandimg player but not a HOFer


BBWA has thrned into nothing but a bunch of nerds casting votes for names they remember from childhood. Raines Smoltz & Rice going in the past few uears are right up there w/ some of the Old Timers Committee abominations of the past.

I could argue that however many home runs Bagwell hit due to steroids he also did not hit due to Astrodome.

How can those three be in the HoF but not Barry Bonds?

Bonds is a juicer and an asshole.

An asshole juicer? Sounds like a new JM series

AssholeSmoothie has already been done.

TwoGirlsOneSmoothie

And I'll believe the current players are all clean when someone can explain Justin Turner to me.

Mets look strong this year if the pitching and Cespedas stay healthy. Reds might lose 100.

Quality control staff at the Royals top secret bullpen cyborg factory need to stop jerking off to porn tubes and get back to their jobs.

Yanks over Twins tonight.
But who knows, anything can happen in one game, it's fucked up.
Astros over Red Sox in ALDS
Indians over Yanks in ALDS
Indians over Astros in ALCS

D-backs over Rockies tomorrow
Nats over Cubs in NLDS
Dodgers over D-backs in NLDS
Dodgers over Nats in NLCS

Dodgers over Indians in WS

Aaron Judge just gonna win ROY & MVP or they figure out a way to give him the Cy Youngn, also?

Four games today, it might rain in Boston. So far my predictions all look good!

How was that Indians pick, Chuck? Tanks taking their spot in the WS or Astros yer new pick?

Yanks over 'stros. Go Nats!

It'll be just like 1955.

Yankees gotta get a win from CC and turn the tide of this series.

LA in six.

Verlander looks like the Verlander on '06 since moving over to Houston.

Happened w/ Clemens and Pettitte too. This time can't say it is from moving to the NL.

Here is the list of eligible players:

Player Year on ballot Last vote %

Trevor Hoffman
Vladimir Guerrero
Edgar Martinez
Roger Clemens
Barry Bonds
Mike Mussina
Curt Schilling
Manny Ramirez
Larry Walker
Fred McGriff
Jeff Kent
Gary Sheffield
Billy Wagner
Sammy Sosa
Chipper Jones
Jim Thome
Scott Rolen
Omar Vizquel
Johan Santana
Andruw Jones
Johnny Damon
Jamie Moyer
Chris Carpenter
Kerry Wood
Carlos Zambrano
Livan Hernandez
Orlando Hudson
Aubrey Huff
Jason Isringhausen
Carlos Lee
Brad Lidge
Hideki Matsui
Kevin Millwood

Chipper will get in. To me, Chipper isn't a first ballot guy, as he hits none of the big milestones, but will get in on the first ballot w/ the TBS assist.

Vlad should have been in last year and will get in this time. Some amazing seasons wasted in Montreal.

Hoffman should get in. Being the 2nd best closer of his time, behind Mariano, shouldn't hold him back. A closer that good for that long deserves the plaque.

Thome probably get in yr 2 or 3. Visquel get in eventually.

Mussina, McGriff and Matsui probably never sniff the Hall, but I wish they would.

Mussina has way better career stats than Smoltz & Halladay (everyone been sayin he's a HOFer).

McGriff fell just short of 500HRs, and the steroid #s of the late 90s/early 00s diminish what a feared power hitter he was.

Matsui wasn't in MLB long enough. Projected out to 20yrs in the league and he would get in.

Martinez I am up in the air about. Damon is kinda close but a No.

I mostly agree. I've got Hoffman, Guerrero, C. Jones, and Thome going in.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_2018.shtml

BTW, I look at old school stats. I'd take three singles over a homer every time.

WAR is for nerds who suck dick. They tout it, yet can't explain how it is determined. Then you got the issue that different places calculate it differently. BaseballReference had Altuve leading the league in WAR, but FanGraphs had Judge.

Dale Murphy

Not even close, and off the ballot.

Murphy fell apart after he got that berry cut off his face. He was probably a big season or 2 away from the Hall. Back to back MVPs though, and a catcher who became a gold glove center fielder.