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Bay physical today

Frayed Knot Jan 04 2010 07:36 AM

Breaths are being held all over NYC ... or maybe not, what do I know From Mike Puma* of the NY Post Jason Bay could officially become a Met today. The free-agent outfielder is expected to be in Manhattan today for a full physical, the last step before his deal can become official. There is some concern on the Mets' part about Bay's knees and shoulders, which will be a point of emphasis during today's examination. The Mets have refused to acknowledge the deal with Bay partly because they fear a public relations fiasco should he fail the physical. If Bay passes his physical, it's likely he'll be introduced to the media tomorrow at Citi Field. It will leave GM Omar Minaya to address holes at catcher and within the starting rotation. Minaya is still trying to strike a deal with free-agent catcher Bengie Molina and has turned attention in recent days to a starting pitching pool that includes Ben Sheets, Joel Pineiro and Jon Garland. * I think he's the guy who replaced Ken Adidas ... rumor has it that they wanted to get the converse side of the story

Edgy DC Jan 04 2010 07:51 AM Re: Bay physical today

If I was going to be swinging hirsute seventies bachelor, you know Mike Puma would be my handle.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 04 2010 08:12 AM Re: Bay physical today

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 04 2010 08:14 AM Re: Bay physical today

Grimm with the music reference.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 04 2010 08:22 AM Re: Bay physical today

There must be a blue moon.

MFS62 Jan 04 2010 08:29 AM Re: Bay physical today

Good goin', Ben. I could look at that hyphenated honey all day. Later

Benjamin Grimm Jan 04 2010 08:31 AM Re: Bay physical today

The guy on the right (in the white t-shirt) seems to agree with you.

MFS62 Jan 04 2010 10:46 AM Re: Bay physical today

BTW - I heard on one of the NY sports radio stations (don't remember which) that Bay passed his physical and there's a press conference to announce the signing tomorrow morning. Later

Benjamin Grimm Jan 04 2010 11:04 AM Re: Bay physical today

SNY is reporting that the press conference introducing Bay will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow, and will be televised live.

attgig Jan 04 2010 01:00 PM Re: Bay physical today

mets docs to Bay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFuZ6LPDYQc Bay follows. mets docs to Omar: he's good to go!

Ashie62 Jan 04 2010 05:39 PM Re: Bay physical today

If Bay has all his fingers and toes he is signed

Benjamin Grimm Jan 05 2010 09:07 AM Re: Bay physical today

Uniform number 44.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 05 2010 09:11 AM Re: Bay physical today

The Mets have a retired hockey player speaking at the press conference.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 05 2010 09:12 AM Re: Bay physical today

He's two times Bobby Orr.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 05 2010 09:12 AM Re: Bay physical today

Jason Bay is an honorary New York Ranger. I guess you have to do stuff like this when you sign a Canadian.

bmfc1 Jan 05 2010 09:14 AM Re: Bay physical today Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 05 2010 09:18 AM

Not just any "retired hockey player", that's Rod Gilbert! When Jason, Omar, and Jeff Wilpon were posing, the guy giving directions told them to look "right field" "dead center" "first base."

Benjamin Grimm Jan 05 2010 09:17 AM Re: Bay physical today

Never heard of him.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 05 2010 09:18 AM Re: Bay physical today

He's the hockey-playing spawn of Rod Roddy and Johnny Gilbert. Come on down!

themetfairy Jan 05 2010 09:18 AM Re: Bay physical today

He doesn't seem to be pining for Beirut. I'll take that as a good sign.

bmfc1 Jan 05 2010 09:19 AM Re: Bay physical today

http://nyrangerslegends.blogspot.com/20 ... lbert.html He's in the Hockey HOF.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 05 2010 09:20 AM Re: Bay physical today

Clearly I know nothing about hockey.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 05 2010 09:34 AM Re: Bay physical today

What's the deal on Jeff Wilpon's hair?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 05 2010 09:36 AM Re: Bay physical today

I'm going to write a book about Jeff Wilpon's hair.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 05 2010 09:37 AM Re: Bay physical today

Tough dude. Played through life-threatening two back fusion surgeries, and kicked general ass to the tune of 400-plus goals and a buttload of assists. (Jhil-bear, not Weel-ponn.) Quick-- someone get those lazy Latin malingerers in the room so that his froggy-Canuck toughness rubs off on them!

smg58 Jan 05 2010 10:02 AM Re: Bay physical today

The basics of the deal (according to AP) are apparently these: This year: $8.5M signing bonus, plus $6.5M salary the next three years: $16M 2014: $17M or $3M buyout The signing bonus is prorated for the purposes of evaluating the luxury tax threshold, but Bay is getting $15M from the Mets this year. So the reports of a heavily backloaded contract were greatly exaggerated. The option vests with 600 PA in 2013 or 500 PA in both 2012 and 2013.

MFS62 Jan 05 2010 10:06 AM Re: Bay physical today

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":3r2snv8c]Quick-- someone get those lazy Latin malingerers in the room so that his froggy-Canuck toughness rubs off on them![/quote:3r2snv8c] Speaking of frogs (and I don't think we had a college bowl thread this year) the horned frogs of TCU croaked last night. We now return this thread back to Jeff Wilpon's hair and other more baseball related things. Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 05 2010 10:41 AM Re: Bay physical today

Did anyone else see the kid vomit in his helmet on the sidelines last night? Oh, and apparently (thanks, AA) Newsday's Jim Baumbach is Tweeting pictures of CitiField renovations, pre- and post-conference, namely stairwell paint jobs and bullpen re-making (presumably to give both teams a view?). (No sign of a HOF as yet.)

Frayed Knot Jan 05 2010 11:00 AM Re: Bay physical today

Looks like the Mets apparently decided that 'Canada' is the theme of today's signing so they invited the most famous local Canadian they could find as guest celeb. It was probably came down to either Gilbert or Paul Schaefer and old Rod at least has a sports connection while Paul doesn't and probably isn't awake early enough to boot. That Gilbert is a French Canadian from the eastern part of the country and Bay an anglophone from British Columbia probably never occurred to them. Besides, they all look alike anyway.

Frayed Knot Jan 05 2010 11:05 AM Re: Bay physical today

The signing bonus is prorated for the purposes of evaluating the luxury tax threshold, but Bay is getting $15M from the Mets this year. So the reports of a heavily backloaded contract were greatly exaggerated. The option vests with 600 PA in 2013 or 500 PA in both 2012 and 2013. I don't think the bonus has anything to do with the luxury tax. IIRC the lux tax is calculated on a straight per/year average and was set that way specifically so clubs can't cook the books to weasel out of it. There may be some income tax considerations (Bay's or the club's) in why they did things that way. That option is certainly reachable. Basically it requires that he stays healthy although not necessarily healthy and productive. Be nice if they could avoid a Magglio Ordonez situation in 2014, but I'm not going to start worrying about that now.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 05 2010 11:15 AM Re: Bay physical today

Yeah, you beat me to the AAV punch, FK. [quote="Frayed Knot":2of4h41a]Looks like the Mets apparently decided that 'Canada' is the theme of today's signing so they invited the most famous local Canadian they could find as guest celeb.[/quote:2of4h41a] And yet, no "Shack Poutine." For shame. Also, Lorne Michaels and aboot half of the funny people on the eastern seaboard are thinking very naughty things about you under their excessively-polite exteriors.

themetfairy Jan 05 2010 01:14 PM Re: Bay physical today

Rod Gilbert's Wikipedia Page

seawolf17 Jan 05 2010 01:33 PM Re: Bay physical today

Benjamin Grimm Jan 05 2010 01:43 PM Re: Bay physical today

Wow, he was a star with the Rangers during the years when I was growing up on Long Island. You'd think his name would at least be a little familiar to me, but I honestly have no recollection of him at all. (Maybe I would have known his name in 1975 or so, but I can't really be sure of that.) I currently live in an area full of crazed Philadelphia Eagles fans, and I'm not sure that I can name any of their players either. I guess I'm good at tuning out things I don't care about.

Centerfield Jan 05 2010 01:51 PM Re: Bay physical today

I'm sorry, were you saying something?

bmfc1 Jan 05 2010 01:55 PM Re: Bay physical today

Too bad they couldn't get Bob and Doug McKenzie.

Edgy DC Jan 05 2010 01:56 PM Re: Bay physical today

The only Rangers who made an impression on me in the 1970s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNjntNHHUs0

themetfairy Jan 05 2010 02:15 PM Re: Bay physical today

[quote="Edgy DC":3nm50b0y]The only Rangers who made an impression on me in the 1970s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNjntNHHUs0[/quote:3nm50b0y] This is why you're a gay idol Edgy

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 05 2010 02:22 PM Re: Bay physical today

Seems they might have dug a bit and found an even more appropriate Ranger to hand him a sweater: http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/ ... -1.1683904 Long before Ferraro was an all-star with the Islanders and a free-agent signee with the Rangers, he grew up in tiny Trail, British Columbia, and watched the Mets' new slugger grow up. "His mom's sister is one of my oldest friends. She used to babysit him..." Also, his dad? A zinc smelter. So, our new LF/son-of-a-smelter may actually have a blue-collar mentality.

dgwphotography Jan 05 2010 02:32 PM Re: Bay physical today

I think Gilbert being there has more to do with the Wilpons sucking up to the NHL to get next year's New Years Day classic...

Frayed Knot Jan 05 2010 02:33 PM Re: Bay physical today

Gilbert was definitely the most popular Ranger of his time and qualifies as a legend in this town - at least for the minority who follow hockey. It all just seems like a lame attempt at a theme party to me that adds nothing to the presser even among those who 'get it' I think Gilbert being there has more to do with the Wilpons sucking up to the NHL to get next year's New Years Day classic... Probably true. [quote="Edgy DC"]The only Rangers who made an impression on me in the 1970s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNjntNHHUs0

Ahh yes. What was even better than that ad was the derisive chant it spawned from the old 'Blue Seat' fans when the following season wasn't going too well:
Oooh, La-La, YOU SUCK!!





I heard something recently about Ron Duguay (the one under all those dreamy curls for those not paying attention) who was one of the last group to play without a helmet. It said he's received offers to write (meaning: dictate) a book about his career except that he can't remember most of it due to concussions. He's in his early 50s.

themetfairy Jan 05 2010 02:37 PM Re: Bay physical today

[quote="dgwphotography":15xcsv9i]I think Gilbert being there has more to do with the Wilpons sucking up to the NHL to get next year's New Years Day classic...[/quote:15xcsv9i] That might be the case. But it was still a nice moment.

themetfairy Jan 05 2010 09:11 PM Re: Bay physical today

Does anyone else think that Jason Bay looks an awful lot like John Olerud?

Valadius Jan 05 2010 09:12 PM Re: Bay physical today

[quote="themetfairy":1ltg3v9o]Does anyone else think that Jason Bay looks an awful lot like John Olerud?[/quote:1ltg3v9o] Now that you mention it, wow.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 05 2010 10:49 PM Re: Bay physical today

TMF shoots... ' TMF scores.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 06 2010 07:39 AM Re: Bay physical today

Well, they both spent a lot of time in Canada. And they're both from the Pacific Northwest area. Maybe everyone who fits those criteria looks like that?

Frayed Knot Jan 06 2010 07:52 AM Re: Bay physical today

[quote="Benjamin Grimm"]Well, they both spent a lot of time in Canada. And they're both from the Pacific Northwest area.

I wonder if Canadians refer to the Vancouver area as the Pacific South-west?

themetfairy Jan 06 2010 08:03 AM Re: Bay physical today

[quote="Benjamin Grimm"]Well, they both spent a lot of time in Canada. And they're both from the Pacific Northwest area. Maybe everyone who fits those criteria looks like that?

My husband doesn't.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 06 2010 08:05 AM Re: Bay physical today

To use one of my "favorite" pet peeve expressions, that's the exception that proves the rule!

TheOldMole Jan 07 2010 08:04 AM Re: Bay physical today

If Rod Gilbert likes Bay, then he's OK with me.

Ashie62 Jan 07 2010 08:21 AM Re: Bay physical today

It is kinda scary that Gilbert was on some pretty horrid Rangers teams

MFS62 Jan 07 2010 08:33 AM Re: Bay physical today

[quote="dgwphotography":22n0join]I think Gilbert being there has more to do with the Wilpons sucking up to the NHL to get next year's New Years Day classic...[/quote:22n0join] Well, if he was going to associate the Mets with hockey, then I'd have preferred that he associate with a team with a more winning tradition (cups) and had either an Islander or a Devil there. Later

Benjamin Grimm Jan 07 2010 06:35 PM Re: Bay physical today

I just watched Mets Hot Stove and Bay seems like a very likable guy, and, while I know that the clips were carefully selected, watching him hit all those homers for Boston made me quite eager to see him play for the Mets a few months from now. Also, both Kevin Burkhardt and David Lennon fully expect both Carlos Delgado and Bengie Molina to be Mets this season.

Fman99 Jan 10 2010 10:54 AM Re: Bay physical today

The Onion hits this story with their usual fine point.