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Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells)
G-Fafif Apr 18 2021 09:18 AM |
Au revoir former Met Jay Bruce, who apparently couldn't stand having gotten himself involved with a band of pinstriped miscreants.
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batmagadanleadoff Apr 18 2021 09:24 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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Nice haul. Made $102M from baseball according to bRef.
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Edgy MD Apr 18 2021 11:12 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
It's such good citizenship when somebody is ready to hang 'em up at the end of long, productive run, but decides his career isn't really complete until he takes a bit of time to undermine the Yankees from within.
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Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 18 2021 10:40 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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Frayed Knot Apr 19 2021 04:46 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
From one of the very oldest threads [6/7/2005] here in our archives:
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Frayed Knot Apr 19 2021 05:10 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 19 2021 11:02 AM |
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Fman99 Apr 19 2021 10:55 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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Of course they didn't. Fuck those MFYs.
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Benjamin Grimm Apr 19 2021 11:17 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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batmagadanleadoff Apr 19 2021 01:51 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
2016 Typewriter Chewing Gum Total Mets Set Code: Sludge
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Benjamin Grimm Apr 19 2021 01:59 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 19 2021 02:02 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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Edgy MD Apr 19 2021 02:03 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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Chad ochoseis Apr 19 2021 03:32 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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I kiner get this. It was a close early season game against a division rival, not a last hurrah in September after the season's been decided.
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Edgy MD Apr 19 2021 04:24 PM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
Crazy Theory: Brodie Van Wangenen got into the GM game in order to make the Robinson Canó trade (or a deal like it), convince the Wilpons that it would pay for itself, break whatever remained of their bank, and drive them out of the game — allowing junior partner Steve Cohen to jump in with billions to spend.
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Fman99 Apr 19 2021 06:53 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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Yeah, but, to play devil's advocate here, the Yankees can eat a tureen full of micropenises served with a creme fraiche.
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Centerfield Apr 20 2021 05:28 AM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
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batmagadanleadoff Apr 20 2021 01:54 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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I've written several times here over the years about how I hardly ever follow MLB drafts closely. I usually know very little, if not nothing, about the prospective draftees - and the futures of baseball prospects, I think, are harder to predict compared to the future careers of amateurs from other sports. I'll make an exception if the Mets have a real chance at drafting some generational prospect, which hasn't happened in decades. But this 2005 draft, I followed closely. Pelfrey was widely considered to be the best pitcher in that draft with a heavy fastball that would occasionally hit 100 on the gun, a BFD back in 2005. (Pelfrey's fast ball lost some by the time he got to the majors). And even though the Mets picked eighth that year, the Mets had a chance at getting Pelfrey (which they did, as youse all know) because Pelfrey's agent was Scott Boras and that was supposed to turn off most, if not all of the teams picking ahead of the Mets.
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Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 20 2021 02:10 PM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
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Benjamin Grimm Apr 20 2021 02:24 PM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
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Frayed Knot Apr 20 2021 03:08 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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Edgy MD Apr 20 2021 03:31 PM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
Young Bruce was also widely recognized for flashing a game-changing arm as well.
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batmagadanleadoff Apr 20 2021 04:02 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 20 2021 04:42 PM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
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Edgy MD Apr 21 2021 10:11 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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I seem to remember someone from the Mets, after the team picked Pelfrey, saying that the team had no interest in any of the Rice throwers. I don't recall any specifics about there necessarily being a WHY to that statement, however. My impression was maybe that they didn't like the pitchers' mechanics more than their workloads, but I dunno.
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Frayed Knot Apr 22 2021 05:43 AM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
That trio from Rice was the year prior to Pelfrey and the Mets picked the first of them so, conditional on the wording and the timing, it seems like an odd statement to make.
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Edgy MD Apr 22 2021 06:48 AM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
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Edgy MD Apr 22 2021 06:57 AM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
I did find this beefy bit from an article about all three of the pitchers being on the shelf in the minors: [BLOCKQUOTE] Back to your regularly scheduled Bruce content.
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duan Apr 22 2021 09:15 AM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
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Ah Phil Humber. We thought you'd be great.
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G-Fafif Apr 22 2021 12:10 PM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
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Tom Veducci asserts Bruce was commonly shafted by shifts.
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Edgy MD Apr 22 2021 12:18 PM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
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dinosaur jesus Apr 22 2021 12:54 PM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
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Frayed Knot Apr 22 2021 01:21 PM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
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G-Fafif May 11 2021 08:14 AM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
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batmagadanleadoff Jul 11 2021 01:44 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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batmagadanleadoff Aug 21 2021 08:54 AM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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How about a subset (Code Name: Play Ball '62) based on an old Topps design which we here at Typewriter shamelessly lifted? Collect all 66, including the short-printed checkist featuring Casey Stengel and Luis Rojas at a store near you!
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G-Fafif Aug 21 2021 09:55 AM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
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batmagadanleadoff Aug 21 2021 09:59 AM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
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Si y no.
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Edgy MD Aug 21 2021 11:34 AM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
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batmagadanleadoff Aug 21 2021 08:47 PM Re: Farewells 2020-21 |
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batmagadanleadoff Aug 23 2021 01:33 PM Re: Jay Bruce deserves his own retirement thread (split from Farewells) |
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Plus, you know, we tried to give this subset a real 1962 vibe.
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