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No Longer Getting Figgy With It

bmfc1 May 31 2019 10:34 PM SNY DFA (Split from IGT 5/31)

This broke during the game: https://nypost.com/2019/05/31/mets-analyst-nelson-figueroa-fired-from-sny/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons

Johnny Lunchbucket May 31 2019 10:50 PM Re: IGT 5/31 Mets v Snakes Zack the stopper

This broke during the game: https://nypost.com/2019/05/31/mets-analyst-nelson-figueroa-fired-from-sny/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons I'm also gonna get drunk and demand to appear on Baseball Night in NY.

Fman99 Jun 01 2019 04:27 AM

Nelson Figueroa fired from his SNY desk job, sez the Post. "Figueroa was let go Friday morning after he showed up Thursday in what was described by sources as a state not fit to work. Figueroa allegedly demanded to still appear on SNY's evening program, 'Baseball Night in New York,' but was not permitted to appear." That's a shame. Enjoyed his in studio work. Hopefully he gets some help.

kcmets Jun 01 2019 06:46 AM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

I've grown to like him as well, always well spoken and ultra-prepared. Kinda surprised, but I guess ya never know.

Edgy MD Jun 01 2019 07:12 AM Re: SNY DFA (Split from IGT 5/31)

Sending my sizzle reel to SNY NOW!!!!

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 01 2019 07:22 AM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

I thought Figgy was pretty good too. We now need a random former Met to take over. Go to [url]Ultimatemets.com and see what random Met you get! I got... Tim Leary

Edgy MD Jun 01 2019 07:47 AM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

Leary might be good. I got Bob Miller, who would stink — literally, as he's been dead 26 years.

G-Fafif Jun 01 2019 07:48 AM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

Leary would be good in that SNY strains to pun-brand every other segment a la DUQ IT OUT. "I'M LEARY OF THIS" definitely fits their standards. Perhaps "HELLO, LEARY," depending on how old they're targeting their demos. I got Derek Wallace. Hmm... DEREK'S DOLL (star of the game) UP AGAINST THE WALLACE, METSIE FUDGERS (taking players to task) IN THE SHEA HOUSE DOOR (Derek makes a defiant last stand against unrelenting progress)

Edgy MD Jun 01 2019 07:58 AM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

"We'll be back with a summary, and as always we'll have a look at the game stats on DEREK'S NUMERICSTM."

G-Fafif Jun 01 2019 08:00 AM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

"The loss was tough, Derek, but is there something Mets fans can TAKE WALLACE IN?"

G-Fafif Jun 01 2019 08:02 AM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

"With the Mets giving away another game, Derek, is it CHRISTMASTIME IN WALLACE, QUEENS?"

Edgy MD Jun 01 2019 08:07 AM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

They'll let things settle for a while, but my money is on the next ex-Met hire is Cliff Floyd.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 01 2019 09:07 AM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I thought Figgy was pretty good too. We now need a random former Met to take over. Go to [url]Ultimatemets.com and see what random Met you get! I got... Tim Leary That looks like an interesting site! I got Brian Rose. I think he's too obvious a choice.

kcmets Jun 01 2019 09:38 AM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

Edgy MD wrote: They'll let things settle for a while, but my money is on the next ex-Met hire is Cliff Floyd. I think I saw Cliff doing color for another team the other day but can't remember which one?

Edgy MD Jun 01 2019 09:58 AM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

I think he's with the MLB network, so if he got more steady work with one organization, I think he'd be willing to jump. Curt Gowdy, Jr. don't play.

kcmets Jun 01 2019 11:17 AM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

According to his wiki-page he's also a feature analyst for the Blue Jays. I knew I saw him on one of Extra Innings games recently just couldn't recall the team. Like him, he's good on his MLB Channel stuff. Back to Figgy, I think I've seen him on MLB too. Wonder if that gig dries up as well.

G-Fafif Jun 01 2019 04:08 PM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

Raissman wrote Figueroa was a ticking timebomb, thanks to SNY repeatedly ignoring him, or something like that.

LWFS Jun 01 2019 07:54 PM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

I was kinda wondering why we were seeing less and less of him on SNY. That he seemed to get even less airtime than usual after Darling's illness was announced probably indicates that this was a long time coming, for whatever reason.

Edgy MD Jun 01 2019 08:02 PM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

That's pretty much what Raissman's thesis is. That he had a sword dangling over him and he eventually went nuts. Understandably to Raissman's apparent thinking. But I've had a sword hanging over me most of my life and I have all my breakdowns in private, thank you very much. Still, Raissman, whose specialty seems to be getting inside info on dramatic employment situations, seems to only have a single source and half of the story he's hoping for, filling in the rest with speculation.

G-Fafif Jun 01 2019 08:11 PM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

I like where Raissman quotes himself.

Edgy MD Jun 01 2019 08:15 PM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

I know he's trying to stir up shit, and maybe there's shit here that needs to be stirred, but his summation of Todd Zeile's performance seems to be baseless, and crafted to fit his thesis.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 01 2019 09:07 PM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

Raissman is the sports TV critic, that's his whole gig. He's like Mushnik but less fiery

HahnSolo Jun 02 2019 08:00 AM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

Does Raissman still have a gig on SNY? He did for a long time. I guess either way he would have a decent source at the network.

G-Fafif Jun 02 2019 10:04 AM Re: No Longer Getting Figgy With It

With the Snooze having decimated its sports department, SNY stopped airing "Daily News Live," and no longer offer its remaining staffers/freelancers a ready camera, though a handful of ex-Snoozers have found a home as SNY analysts. Which is to say Raissman is no longer on SNY.