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Memories of Addison Reed

G-Fafif Jul 31 2017 06:19 PM

The hat pushed back on the head after an effective outing. Didn't suck, which is kind of what I thought he'd do. Surprisingly unspecific game memories.

Edgy MD Jul 31 2017 06:20 PM Re: Memories of Addison Reed

Never had a haircut that seemed to fit his head. Even when he buzzed it to the nub, he just seemed like a mis-dressed paper doll.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 31 2017 06:26 PM Re: Memories of Addison Reed

He always reminded me-- head shape, boyish frown, the flat way he wore/pushed up the hat, summer buzz cut-- of a 12-or-13-year-old traveling-team kid who seemed like he maybe didn't want to play ball after this year. I'm just surprised and grateful we got THIS out of him, looking back.

d'Kong76 Jul 31 2017 06:27 PM Re: Memories of Addison Reed

Best of luck to him and the Sawx, had a nice Addirun for the Metsies...

Frayed Knot Jul 31 2017 06:43 PM Re: Memories of Addison Reed

Not quite as good a second year as the first, but both were better than the season he had leading up to his NYM tenure so we got as much or more out of him as we had any right to expect. Was valuable in either the set-up or closers role and the fact that he was seamlessly able to transition from one to the other and back again (all without complaint) added another level of value.

TransMonk Jul 31 2017 06:48 PM Re: Memories of Addison Reed

Frayed Knot wrote: ...we got as much or more out of him as we had any right to expect. Yup.

themetfairy Jul 31 2017 06:54 PM Re: Memories of Addison Reed

He was workmanlike and reasonably effective for us. Not dynamic, but he came to work and did his job. Well enough, for the most part.

A Boy Named Seo Jul 31 2017 07:36 PM Re: Memories of Addison Reed

Following the pushed-back hat and the grin, I love Addison's slow saunter walking off the field after he finished an inning or a game. He looks like an old-timey sheriff who just busted 3 bank robbers on the street, and now he's going to the saloon to get himself a big mug of beer. His big gold chain though... Cmon bro, a big gold chain? Super reliable, and not at small work-rate either.. Filled in very well at closer with drama-free results. A very good Met acquisition, and hopefully a good trade for both.

Lefty Specialist Jul 31 2017 07:41 PM Re: Memories of Addison Reed

TransMonk wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: ...we got as much or more out of him as we had any right to expect. Yup. Really. Always looked like he threw harder than the gun registered him at. Picked him up for peanuts and he solidified the 8th inning in 2015 and 2016. Threw him in for the 9th inning in 2017 and did pretty well there too. He's been overworked, Red Sox, be careful with him.

G-Fafif Aug 01 2017 02:59 PM Re: Memories of Addison Reed

Just thought of a specific game that speaks for the Reed record: July 1, 2017, the Double Rainbow Game won by Asdrubal Cabrera's seventh-inning two-run homer on the day his bobblehead celebrated his three-run homer from the year before. Addison came on in the eighth, after the nearly hourlong rain delay that left behind the pair of rainbows, got out of the eighth (two were out, one was on) and then pitched around a double in the ninth to hold the 7-6 lead. Not perfect, but no cause for alarm and he could handle (gasp!) working more than an inning. Too bad the saves weren't in service to greater things, but he did a nice job when asked to close, a nicer job when asked to set up. I found myself in the company of a Red Sox fan yesterday and told him that unless Reed's arm falls off from Collins's repeated use of it, their bullpen got a good bolstering.

Rockin' Doc Aug 02 2017 02:30 AM Re: Memories of Addison Reed

Reed was one of the few relievers I had confidence in. He wasn't spectacular, but he was effective. He was a good pick up for the Mets. I wish him luck with Boston and hope he helps them to slay the evil dragon that resides in the Bronx.

Frayed Knot Aug 02 2017 02:55 AM Re: Memories of Addison Reed

Rockin' Doc wrote: I wish him luck with Boston and hope he helps them to slay the evil dragon that resides in the Bronx. Made his debut for Boston tonight in the 8th inning with a one run lead ... and promptly gave up a HR to his first batter. Got out of the rest of the inning OK but not a great first impression as the new kid in school.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 02 2017 07:25 AM Re: Memories of Addison Reed

I started making baseball cards on my computer a little over two years ago, just before the Mets acquired Addison Reed. One of my first ideas was for a total set. A 2015 season baseball cards set that would have a card for every single player that got into a game, and for every team. So a player that played for, say, four teams in 2015 would have at least four cards - one card for each team he played for. A true complete and total set. This was what I envisioned a baseball card set ought to be when I was a kid collecting cards out of the packs decades ago. And so now, thanks to the power of the modern computer and the internet, which essentially gave my my own publishing house and printing press, I could give life to one of my childhood fantasies. So I invented this set, which I code-named "Neon", and came up with a design template based on the colorful, very easy to read, uncluttered pop artsy sets of the 60s and 70s. I was quickly disabused of my naive but noble quest to make this mammoth set when I soon realized just how time consuming this venture was. But along the way, I did make an Addison Reed D-Backs card. It featured Addison in the classic Addison pose. If you've ever ran a google-image search on Addison Reed, you would've noticed that he's commonly photographed just before he's about to release the pitch. His right arm is typically straight up stiff, pretty much parallel to his body, with his right hand about a foot and a half above the top of his head. It's more of a quarterback about to throw a pass pose, or a whip-master about to crack his whip pose, more than a pitcher's pose, but that's the classic Addison Reed shot because that's how Addison pitches. When the Mets got Reed a little while later, I then made a Mets "Neon" card for Reed to go along with his "Neon" D-Backs card. I made a Neon card for every 2015 Met. Even Akeel Morris and Johnny Monell. When I say "complete" Mets set, I don't fuck around. I also made a "New Judge" card for Reed. This was a limited 2015 set with tobacco card proportions. I say "limited" set because I didn't make a New Judge for every Met. That New Judge card was the only limited set card I made that incuded Reed. Reed doesn't appear in any of my other limited sets. Then I made a Reed card for my 2016 complete Mets set, code named "Sludge" Then I made a Reed card for my 2017 complete Mets set, code named "Hoosier". Oh! I forgot; Reed also appears in my 2017 limited Potato Knish set. On his Potato Knish card, he's pitching at Citi Field in the classic Reed pose (see above), with an ad for the old Swoboda/Kranepool Long Island restaurant "The Dugout" superimposed on the right field wall. The theme of that Potato Knish set is 2017 Mets in imagery that incorporates old and historical Met related themes. So Reed did appear in another of my limited sets besides "New Judge". Then there were some one-offs. I put Reed on a 1969 style Topps card where I tried to be as true and accurate to the original 1969 style of Topps baseball cards in every which way possible, including coloring, tone, saturation, contrast and even texture. And most importantly, I tried real hard to use a picture of Reed that was similar in style, action and posing to the pictures you'd find on actual 1969 Topps baseball cards. This was a most demanding and difficult task, -- the part about using a contemporary Reed photo stylistically similar to the 1969 Topps photos, but I think I was up to the chore. (/rolls eyes) I'll leave it to the forum, though, to decide if I met this challenging challenge. Then I made a comic book style page of Addison Reed with Willis Reed and Robert Reed. This was "The Reed Bunch". The premise there was that Mike Brady would invite Addison and Willis over to the Brady household and Mike Brady would then break in and out out of character into his real life actor role -- shuffling between Robert Reed and Mike Brady, and that this would trigger the hi-jinks that was supposed to follow. I had some drafts but this project turned out to be more in the development stage and with little follow up on my part. Also, the script became unmanageable and totally beyond my control because whenever I had Mike Brady breaking out of character and into his real life Robert Reed role, he'd all of a sudden go rogue, just like the on screen characters in the movie within the movie in The Purple Rose of Cairo. Robert Reed would grandstand it and I couldn't stand it! Specifically, Robert Reed, without my permission or any of my creative input, would, all on his own, develop this huge man crush for Addison. Robert would suddenly get the hots for Addison and chase him all over the fabulous Brady house and up that super-wide and riser-less staircase that every kid of a certain generation envied and wished they had in their own house. And then Carol Brady would suddenly have to make an excuse to shoo all the Brady kids out of the house to avoid them witnessing the scandalous and perhaps homo-erotic behavior that might ensue what with the hard-on energized Robert Reed chasing Addison Reed all over the place, and Addison yelling back while running away from Robert: "Hey! I thought you invited me over for Alice's famous fried chicken! Stop chasing me!" Then Robert would grab his own crotch and respond with a "Fuck you." And Addison would ask "What's that supposed to mean?" Then there'd be a jump cut frame to Alice and Willis sharing a laugh and exchanging all knowing glances in the Brady kitchen over the fried chicken that Addison wanted, while Robert Reed ran into the girls' bedroom to try on Marcia's funky 70s clothes. Mike Brady was a nice family man and easy to work with on this project, but Robert Reed turned out to be a sex fiend. The Reed Bunch then morphed into the Reed Detective Agency, the new premise now being that the three aforementioned Reeds are top flight private investigators. I think I stole this idea, or at least was influenced by the Mike Tyson Mysteries after I binge watched about two hours of MTM because as soon as I was done with MTM, I suddenly came up with the idea for the Reed Detective Agency. In the first episode, Nick Fury shows up and hires the Reeds to find The Redhead, who is missing and was last believed to have gone to Shea Stadium with VicSage to see the Mets. Maybe I'll put that strip in next year's Happy Birthday Vic Sage thread. In that panel, I referred to Robert Reed as Mike Brady, just to play it safe on account of the sex fiend stuff from before. Also, now that he's exclusively Mike Brady, maybe it makes more sense to name this strip The Mike Brady Mysteries instead of the Reed Detective Agency. What do youse suggest? Tune in. So anyways, those are some of my Addison Reed memories. Hope you enjoyed my Addison Reed custom cards.