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Farewells 2020-21

G-Fafif Sep 26 2020 04:59 PM

Retirement announcements have begun with those of two Met postseason opponents: Alex Gordon of the 2015 Royals and Hunter Pence of the 2016 Giants.

Frayed Knot Sep 26 2020 05:13 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

=G-Fafif post_id=47504 time=1601161172 user_id=55] Retirement announcements have begun with ... Hunter Pence of the 2016 Giants.

So now he'll have more time to watch 'Godfather III'

G-Fafif Sep 26 2020 05:48 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

And enjoy RC Cola.

MFS62 Sep 26 2020 06:09 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Frayed Knot wrote: So now he'll have more time to watch 'Godfather III' Read earlier in the week that they will be re-releasing that movie with an alternate ending. He'll be waiting breathlessly for it. Later

Frayed Knot Sep 26 2020 06:21 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Not sure what an alternate ending would be since I never saw the original ending ... or the original beginning. I & II are among my favorite movies of all time but I've never even been tempted to take a gander at III

MFS62 Sep 26 2020 07:12 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Frayed Knot wrote: Not sure what an alternate ending would be since I never saw the original ending ... or the original beginning. I & II are among my favorite movies of all time but I've never even been tempted to take a gander at III If you liked I and II, don't watch III unless they change it. (maybe even if they change the ending) Trust me (and almost every film reviewer on the planet) on this one. Later

vtmet7 Sep 29 2020 03:51 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

And enjoy RC Cola. I found RC Cola in the vending machine at work the other day...had to buy it for nostalgic sakes...it wasn't as good as I remembered it as a Mets sponsor as a kid...Did not realize that the company formerly known as "Green Mountain Coffee" owns RC Cola nowadays, they make better coffee than soda apparently

MFS62 Oct 04 2020 05:43 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Francisco Cervelli says adios. https://thetandd.com/sports/baseball/professional/cervelli-announces-retirement-after-13-mlb-seasons/article_34686cba-8b37-5890-aea6-8a9de739f3ce.html Later

bmfc1 Oct 04 2020 07:09 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Goodbye Francisco, you showboating bastard. I'm sure that Ronnie is weeping after all of the praise he gave you. Go pump your fist into your face.

Edgy MD Oct 04 2020 02:11 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Hunter Pence represents a real high-point for Met-fan creativity.

G-Fafif Nov 20 2020 03:23 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Yonder Alonso has announced his retirement via Instagram, as one is prone to do.

Fman99 Nov 20 2020 06:32 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Frayed Knot wrote: Not sure what an alternate ending would be since I never saw the original ending ... or the original beginning. I & II are among my favorite movies of all time but I've never even been tempted to take a gander at III If you liked I and II, don't watch III unless they change it. (maybe even if they change the ending) Trust me (and almost every film reviewer on the planet) on this one. Later It had a couple of good scenes, and, honestly, it had the potential to be a good movie, while not anything even in the ballpark of the two movies in the series that preceded it. But man, Sofia Coppola, for all of her later-to-emerge directing prowess, was both bad at acting and bad at being good looking. I never could get past the point that Andy Garcia could bed an in-her-prime Bridget Fonda 30 minutes into that movie but later fall desperately in love with his own ugly cousin.

Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 20 2020 06:41 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Pete's younger brother Yonder Alonso off to the wild blue Yonder

G-Fafif Dec 21 2020 05:14 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Howie Kendrick, a World Series hero in certain circles, retires.

smg58 Dec 22 2020 06:45 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

=G-Fafif post_id=52595 time=1608596077 user_id=55] Howie Kendrick, a World Series hero in certain circles, retires.

A .294/.337/.430 career line, $71M in earnings, and a ring. Not Hall-worthy, but I'd take it happily.

Lefty Specialist Dec 22 2020 07:21 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

=smg58 post_id=52608 time=1608644749 user_id=62] A .294/.337/.430 career line, $71M in earnings, and a ring. Not Hall-worthy, but I'd take it happily.

Yeah, his grandkids are set as long as he doesn't blow it all on cocaine and hookers.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 22 2020 07:28 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

I know! That's for his grandkids to do!

G-Fafif Jan 03 2021 05:04 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Phil Hughes, who last pitched in 2018, makes it official. https://twitter.com/pjhughes45/status/1345856928371539968?s=21

G-Fafif Jan 10 2021 08:33 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Former Cubs manager and Dodgers coach Joey Amalfitano is retiring from his player development role for the Giants a couple of weeks shy of 87. Been in baseball since the Giants were in the Polo Grounds (played for ‘em there). https://twitter.com/rwotus/status/1348051105494650880?s=21

Edgy MD Jan 10 2021 08:41 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

It's hard not to speculate that the death of Lasorda triggered his choice. I can't speak to "greatest," but he really was a terrific third base coach.

MFS62 Jan 10 2021 10:15 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

I remember Murph always inserting an extra syllable in his name. He pronounced it Uh-mal-UH- fa-ta-no. Later

stevejrogers Feb 01 2021 10:08 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Dustin Pedroia bids Hub fans adieu [url] https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30816259/boston-red-sox-dustin-pedroia-announces-retirement-mlb

Edgy MD Feb 01 2021 10:54 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

That's a shame. Ten years ago he was looking like a 3,000-hit candidate, and he wound up not getting 2,000. Only three hits since 2017.

Willets Point Feb 01 2021 11:32 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

A lot of parallels with David Wright: a beloved lifer with one team whose career fizzled out after being derailed by injuries for several seasons. Too bad there will be no opportunity for Pedroia to play a final game with the Sox. Although, I suspect he'll be back in a coaching position in the not-to-distant future (should he want to do such a thing).

Edgy MD Feb 01 2021 11:51 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Yeah, I was thinking of the parallels too. Pedroia got the Rookie of the Year that Wright ended up missing out on due to a mid-season callup, and the MVP that Wright missed out on due to a not-so-great voting job. Both also got undermined by one injury compounding another, though I associate much of Wright's premature decline with training rather than with on-the-field mishaps. Can't write out that collision with Davis, though.

MFS62 Feb 17 2021 04:47 PM Walking Away from the Game 2021 Retirements

Cody Allen, Cleveland saves leader retires at 32 years old. https://sports.yahoo.com/indians-saves-leader-cody-allen-182813449.html Later

G-Fafif Feb 17 2021 06:41 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Cody Allen, Tim Tebow and Jared Hughes are sentimental types who wandered over here from other threads to say, “Bye.”

G-Fafif Feb 18 2021 08:23 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Brian Dozier retires.

G-Fafif Mar 12 2021 06:00 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Nick Markakis has retired.

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 12 2021 08:25 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

good. I mean I liked him as an O, seemed to murder us as a Brave, at least as I remember it

Edgy MD Mar 12 2021 08:59 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

I doubly resented him. Not only was he a borderline player who nonetheless killed us, but he make a perfectly good comeback from the surgery that Wright couldn't return from. I think he also returned from getting his hand smashed by C.C. Sabathia. Petty bitterness aside, he was hard not to like. He was, like, everything you want in a sub-All Star home team player and capable of growing a beard in about four hours. Apart from the two devastating injuries, he was never not in the lineup, whether with Baltimore or Atlanta.

MFS62 Mar 12 2021 09:40 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: good. I mean I liked him as an O, seemed to murder us as a Brave, at least as I remember it Yep. Liked him as an O, didn't as a Brave. (Come to think of it, I haven't liked any Brave that didn't play for them in Milwaukee.) Later

G-Fafif Mar 25 2021 01:22 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Gio Gonzalez is gonzo, announcing his retirement today. I saw him one-hit the Mets in September 2013, when it felt as if the Mets would never climb out of their hole. Gio had a way of shoveling dirt on them. http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2013/09/10/one-is-the-metsiest-number/

G-Fafif May 11 2021 08:16 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Jordan Zimmermann says good night, baseball. https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2021/05/11/jordan-zimmermann-announces-retirement-after-brief-stay-brewers/5034977001/

Edgy MD May 11 2021 11:14 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Man, did that read like he was just disengaged or what? "I mean, I dunno. It's cool and all to pitch for the Brewers. But I'm sitting there in the bullpen, and the phone rings, and it's 9:30. And I've been waiting all week for the new episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and I'm a half hour in, and they're telling me to get loose. At 9:30. So I've got to Tivo that episode, and mentally put aside all that stuff about Walker and Sam and who the real shieldbearer is — just put it out of my head — and go out there and pitch. And I don't know, man."

G-Fafif May 14 2021 01:34 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Tyler Flowers and Madame have retired.

Edgy MD May 14 2021 02:04 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Looks like the Braves are going to have to take at least one more dip into the catcher marketplace.

MFS62 May 14 2021 03:11 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21

=G-Fafif post_id=64209 time=1621020861 user_id=55] Tyler Flowers and Madame have retired.

Well played.

Later

Edgy MD May 15 2021 11:12 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21

Edgy MD wrote: Looks like the Braves are going to have to take at least one more dip into the catcher marketplace. And shocking nobody, the Braves sign Jonathan LuCroy.