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Johnny Dickshot Feb 04 2006 09:25 AM

Jorge Toca Junior? ] METS GET INSURANCE AT 1ST By MARK HALE The Mets have signed Michel Abreu, a Cuban defector expected to provide some insurance at first base. According to a baseball official, Abreu will get a one-year minor league deal and probably will be a minor leaguer for the Mets. The two sides came to terms on Wednesday, said Abreu's agent Bernie McGregor. According to McGregor, the right-handed hitting Abreu — whose first name is pronounced "Michelle" — is a 6-foot-3, 230-pounder who plays primarily at first but also has played left field and third base. The agent said Abreu, 31, will have a chance to make the Mets — likely as a backup or role player — and noted that he was Cuba's leading home run hitter for four straight years. Abreu defected from Cuba in February 2004, according to McGregor, who said the Braves, Rangers, Marlins, Angels and Red Sox also had expressed interest. Abreu signed with the Red Sox last September, McGregor said, but the contract was voided approximately three weeks later.

seawolf17 Feb 04 2006 10:04 AM

Twice! Twice we get a chance at a "Mets Get Abreu!!" thread, and both times we fail. We're losing our edge. I loved Jorge Toca; I was disappointed that he never became anything. He was a cult hero of ours in the Jorge Velandia mode. Maybe we just have a thing for Jorges. Although I never cared for Jorge Fabregas. I don't know.

Johnny Dickshot Feb 04 2006 10:07 AM

I suck at teh intranet

KC Feb 04 2006 10:28 AM

I tried to corner the Jorge Toca rookie card market, didnt work out as planned.

MFS62 Feb 04 2006 10:31 AM

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/09/13/hoping_his_power_translates/?page=full And he has a sense of humor, too. (note the Ted Williams comment) (Not sure where I read this - it was a Gammons comment) I'm not sure whether he can play in the US until 2007 because he hasn't yet established a permanent residence outside of Cuba. Later

A Boy Named Seo Feb 04 2006 02:42 PM

That Globe article said he was 27, and it was run September 13, 2005. In the five months since, poor Michel has aged 4 heavy years, as the Post sez he's 31. At that rate, he'll catch Julio Franco by the start of next season!

Zvon Feb 04 2006 04:47 PM Re: Michel Abreu

Johnny Dickshot wrote: According to McGregor, the right-handed hitting Abreu — whose first name is pronounced "Michelle" — is a 6-foot-3, 230-pounder who plays primarily at first but also has played left field and third base. .....are you telling me I can get away with calling a 230 pound, 6'3'' non french man Michelle? Does anyone know what years he lead Cuba in homers?

Zvon Feb 04 2006 04:47 PM Re: Michel Abreu

Johnny Dickshot wrote: According to McGregor, the right-handed hitting Abreu — whose first name is pronounced "Michelle" — is a 6-foot-3, 230-pounder who plays primarily at first but also has played left field and third base. .....are you telling me I can get away with calling a 230 pound, 6'3'' non french man Michelle? Does anyone know what years he lead Cuba in homers?

Zvon Feb 04 2006 04:48 PM Re: Michel Abreu

.....are you telling me I can get away with calling a 230 pound, 6'3'' non french man Michelle? Does anyone know what years he lead Cuba in homers?

Zvon Feb 04 2006 04:48 PM Re: Michel Abreu

.....are you telling me I can get away with calling a 230 pound, 6foot3'' non french man Michelle? Does anyone know what years he lead Cuba in homers?

Zvon Feb 04 2006 04:49 PM Re: Michel Abreu

.....are you telling me I can get away with calling a 230 pound, 6foot3'' non French man Michelle? Does anyone know what years he lead Cuba in homers?

Zvon Feb 04 2006 04:50 PM

.....are you telling me I can get away with calling a 230 pound, 6foot3'' non French man Michelle? Does anyone know what years he lead Cuba in homers?

Zvon Feb 04 2006 04:50 PM

Are you telling me I can get away with calling a 230 pound, 6foot3'' non French man Michelle? Does anyone know what years he lead Cuba in homers?

seawolf17 Feb 04 2006 04:52 PM

Okay, something is definitely screwed up here.

Zvon Feb 04 2006 04:52 PM Re: Michel Abreu

] According to McGregor, the right-handed hitting Abreu — whose first name is pronounced "Michelle" — is a 6-foot-3, 230-pounder who plays primarily at first but also has played left field and third base. Are you telling me I can get away with calling a 230 pound, 6foot3'' non French man Michelle? ;) Does anyone know what years he lead Cuba in homers?

Zvon Feb 04 2006 04:54 PM

yea.i kept getting a dubug error message. Ill delete those

Zvon Feb 04 2006 04:55 PM

im still getting this message everytime i try to post something tho. Ill copy this one and post it.

Zvon Feb 04 2006 04:55 PM

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Zvon Feb 04 2006 04:58 PM

and i dont seem to have the option to delete those. Lil help admin whenever you can. Just the 1st copy of the post should suffice. Plz delete the rest. And sorry

KC Feb 04 2006 05:21 PM

Thanks for posting the text of the error message, zvon.

KC Feb 04 2006 05:22 PM

I got it too.

Zvon Feb 04 2006 05:24 PM

np. this is the text on the original. ]Could not insert new word matches DEBUG MODE SQL Error : 1016 Can't open file: 'phpbb_search_wordmatch.MYI' (errno: 145) INSERT INTO phpbb_search_wordmatch (post_id, word_id, title_match) SELECT 52343, word_id, 0 FROM phpbb_search_wordlist WHERE word_text IN ('telling', 'i', 'away', 'calling', '230', 'pound', '6foot3', 'non', 'french', 'man', 'michelle', 'anyone', 'years', 'lead', 'cuba', 'homers') Line : 251 File : functions_search.php Im trying a different browser right now. Ill let you know if I get the same message after this post.

GYC Feb 04 2006 06:05 PM

Are you telling me I can get away with calling a 230 pound, 6foot3'' non French man Michelle? Does anyone know what years he lead Cuba in homers?

GYC Feb 04 2006 06:05 PM

General Error Could not insert new word matches DEBUG MODE SQL Error : 1016 Can't open file: 'phpbb_search_wordmatch.MYI' (errno: 145) INSERT INTO phpbb_search_wordmatch (post_id, word_id, title_match) SELECT 52362, word_id, 0 FROM phpbb_search_wordlist WHERE word_text IN ('telling', 'i', 'away', 'calling', '230', 'pound', '6foot3', 'non', 'french', 'man', 'michelle', 'anyone', 'years', 'lead', 'cuba', 'homers') Line : 251 File : functions_search.php

TheOldMole Feb 04 2006 06:14 PM

Are you telling me I can get away with calling a 230 pound, 6foot3'' non French man Michelle? Does anyone know what years he lead Cuba in homers? ...just so Zvon won't feel alone.

metirish Feb 06 2006 04:39 PM

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