SinceThe70s

I'm hoping to duck out of work early to get home for the first pitch. I've got Mets opening day followed by my son's university trying to advance in March Madness tonight! LGM!

Tom Dempsey's half-shoe and long-standing - but since broken - record for longest FG. 63 yards was unheard of back in the day.

The father or one of his five sons named George? Bad/distasteful joke aside RIP.

Are you pining for Flutie? Or Tyrod?

Pete LaCock. In and of itself the last name was legendary but he was also the son of Hollywood Squares game show host Peter Marshall.

Bartolo Colon had a great end of career run with the Mets. His HR against Jamie Shields was epic but not as epic as this play. If you look at the slo mo replay it looks like he's got a sh!t eating grin as he's attempting the ridiculous. Good times.

Gerry Cheevers goalie mask with the stitches painted on every spot he got hit.

Just came here to post something about Bo. One of a kind talent and we all lost out when his career was cut short. Remember when he walked the wall after a catch in CF? Bo knows. Good times.

Lester Hayes and the stickum

Oscar Gamble's hair.

One of my favorites is Thanksgiving football. Many years ago I had a pretty good exacta. Went to the Mets opening day game and then headed to Nassau Coliseum for an Islander/Ranger playoff game that night.

Didn't realize these guys have continued to put out albums.

Change the channel or kill me!

Thanks for clarifying, didn't know that. Thanks for the lol. Good times.

So Beane signed Ogunobi knowing Ogunjobi would be suspended? I'm still trying to process Beane signing Hoecht under those circumstances, from what I've read Ogunjobi knew but not Beane. If it was both players I have even more to process.

Both? I thought they knew about Hoecht but not Ogunjobi - but Ojunjobi knew before he signed.

Agent Foster Grant!

Are all you guys named Mosley?

I remember the first time I went back to the office and looked at my page-a-day calendar and it was stuck on Friday the 13th.

No place in particular but New York City pizza is my favorite. Sadly, there are no great pizza places in my town.

I hear ya. I don't blame any player for doing whatever they want to when they have the leverage. I'm just tired of the narrative that Josh wants to or will want to leave Buffalo when nothing he's said or done has supported the argument. Coming on the day he signed an extension rubbed me the wrong way.

Pretty weak that your first comment after he signs a long term deal is that he may want to move on after it's over - even moreso after reading your second comment.

@Another Fan - thanks for starting up the thread. It's a small group but I appreciate the perspectives. @Gugny @ExWNYer I've never really gotten into spring training. Feels like the only news of note is bad news - injuries. Last year made no sense to me when they didn't give Vientos a chance to make the opening day roster even though Martinez wasn't ready, but that turned out just fine. It's not where you start, it's where you end. The starting pitching doesn't look championship caliber to me, but if Senga comes back strong, Manaea can replicate his second half and as @ExWNYer mentioned if Stearns good track record with reclamation projects continues it'll be a fun year. I feel good about the bullpen - tbullpens are a year to year crap shoot for most teams and at a minimum at least Ottavino is gone. Behind the plate I'd love to see Alvarez have a bigger year with the bat. Seems like he's solidified himself as a clubhouse guy and handler of pitchers, but I want more. Thrilled to have Pete back, wish he had signed the long term deal before going over to the dark side with Bor-@ss. Hope he gets his joy back, I thought the contract situation weighed on him last year and with the opt-out he's basically in another walk year. Disappointed that Iglesias isn't back, but there's a logjam at 2nd and we caught lightning in a bottle with him last year. I desperately want Lindor to be competent at the plate the first month or two. It won't surprise me at all if Vientos has a sophomore slump but I'm more concerned with his glove, would like to see improvement. In the outfield, a healthy Nimmo would go a long way. Tyrod Taylor (sic) is a solid contributor but I know nothing of Siri. Soto with Pete and Lindor could be a lot of fun. And at DH, I'd love to see Marte contribute. Feels like the Mets have had the most success the past few years when he's been on the field. Winker is a fun guy to have around, love his passion but he's a guy I could easily see flame out. LGM!! EDIT: no sooner do I post this then I see news that Alvarez is out for 8 weeks with a hand fracture. MFer!!!

100%. It was a high risk/reward move that went the wrong way. I thought the risk was declining production from an aging player. The injury was devastating. In hindsight I have no issue with taking a swing even though it turned out to be a miss.