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Adventures in Codpiece Editing

G-Fafif Sep 05 2017 06:00 PM

Post hockey writer Larry Brooks, who occasionally produces a baseball column, has this today to say of Matt Harvey: Maybe the arm that has gone through Tommy John surgery, thoracic outlet syndrome and a stress injury to his right scapula -- all since 2013 -- will have enough life in it to convince the Mets to re-up the one-time and almost unbelievably short-lived codpiece of the franchise. Well, Harvey was front and center for the Mets.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2017 06:21 PM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

"Cornerpiece" + spellcheck = "codpiece"?

G-Fafif Sep 05 2017 06:22 PM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

I assume centerpiece and the writer (as writers will) mindlessly typed a word like it. I may not be quick to look for trainers and conditioning coaches to blame, but this I put on editing.

41Forever Sep 05 2017 06:24 PM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

I think Harvey would love to be a codpiece.

cooby Sep 05 2017 06:27 PM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

I hope he got the same laugh out of it that I just did

G-Fafif Sep 05 2017 06:31 PM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

Mr. Codpiece will be part of the NHL-Mets press conference this Friday to hype the Winter Classic (Sabres at Rangers at Citi Field). Good to see he's focused on baseball.

metirish Sep 05 2017 06:45 PM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

If nothing else it got me on Google , interesting https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesig ... ces-in-art

cooby Sep 05 2017 06:53 PM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

Thank you boys, for no longer wearing these

Edgy MD Sep 05 2017 07:12 PM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

Ummm ... wait a minute.

A Boy Named Seo Sep 05 2017 07:23 PM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

A codpiece sounds like something in a short black skirt that Harvey and bros would scour Manhattan bars looking for.

metirish Sep 05 2017 07:23 PM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

A Boy Named Seo wrote: A codpiece sounds like something in a short black skirt that Harvey and bros would scour Manhattan bars looking for. haha, true

cooby Sep 05 2017 07:59 PM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

Edgy MD wrote: Ummm ... wait a minute. Oh no Edgy. Not with the red pants?

Edgy MD Sep 05 2017 08:14 PM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

Err ...

cooby Sep 05 2017 11:57 PM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

Don't wear the red "cod" piece with the red pants. Wear the neon one

MFS62 Sep 06 2017 01:45 AM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

Sounds fishy to me.* Later * = Stop groaning! You knew it was coming. It was only a matter of time.

G-Fafif Sep 06 2017 03:21 AM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

Post eventually went back in and changed cod piece to core piece, which I do not believe was the writer's original intent. Not dramatic enough for his point. Oh well. We'll always have the screencap.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 06 2017 08:07 AM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

So... What you're saying is, come next year's Players' Weekend, there's a non-zero chance we're getting a 33 DICKBAG?

Fman99 Sep 06 2017 10:12 AM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

The guy from Cameo read this and thought, "Yes! Every great outfit needs a cod piece."

Chad Ochoseis Sep 06 2017 11:34 AM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: So... What you're saying is, come next year's Players' Weekend, there's a non-zero chance we're getting a 33 DICKBAG? That was true before the Post article came out.

G-Fafif May 07 2018 06:17 PM Re: Adventures in Codpiece Editing

Hockey writer Larry Brooks is occasionally assigned baseball columns by the Post. And, as noted in this very thread, he occasionally makes mistakes that even a codpiece can't cover up. On Steven Matz and his lack of progress: ...he made his big league debut on June 18, 2013, a year ahead of deGrom's arrival and two ahead of Syndergaard's... Matz made his big league debut on June 28, 2015, which means Brooks's premise -- that he should be at the level of his less experienced teammates given the head start he had on them -- is wholly inoperative. Zack Wheeler made his big league debut on June 18, 2013. Brooks copied the wrong date out of the media guide and applied it to Matz. No editor caught it.