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Port St. Latterly

Frayed Knot Mar 29 2007 09:10 AM

... is Marty Noble's name for this year's Spring Training camp. Latterly (adverb): In later part of life or later part of a period. Obviously he chose this one for all the elderly players in camp. [url=http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070327&content_id=1861413&vkey=spt2007news&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym]Noble has been naming Met spring trainings[/url] since their move to Port St. Lucie in 1988 1988 - Port St. Lonesome: When they first arrived there it was a no-traffic light town with more snakes & gators than people 1989 - Port St. Leisure reflected Davey's penchant for, and toleration of, golf as a way to pass the time 1990: Port St. Lockout was a natural for when the owners decided to keep the gates closed until mid-March in response to labor disputes 1991 - Port St. Limbo marked the camp where Bud Harrelson had many unanswered questions for position players 1992 - rape charges turned that year into Port St. Lurid 1993 - Port St. Lucifer: named retroactively for firecracker & bleach incidents 1994 - Port St. Lengthy was a nod to Dallas Green and his long wrokouts 1995 - Port St. Elsewhere is where the real players were as camp was full of replacement players 1996 - Port St. Ligament was in honor of Bill Pulsipher's elbow 1997 - more and varied injuries made this one Port St. Lame 1998 - Masato Yoshii brought the Japanese word for 'union' into Port St. L'rengo 1999 - Upgraded facilities turned camp into Port St. Lavish 2000 - Portside Lucie was named for a slew of southpaws brought into camp 2001 - Rickey Otero, Ricardo Jordan, & Desi Relaford's presence brought about Port St. (I Love) Lucie 2002 - Port St. Lethargic was due to the old blood imports like Alomar & Vaughn 2003 - Port St. Lemon seemed appropriate for the Art Howe era 2004 - Port St. Larvae marked the opposite of old blood with youngsters lke Reyes, Heilman & Wright 2005 - Port St. Latino was almost too easy a name with the arrival of Pedro, Carlos & Omar 2006 - Port St. Lamisil marked that Pedro's toe was the subject of month-long stories

metirish Mar 29 2007 09:15 AM

Marty needs to take up a hobby during spring training...

Johnny Dickshot Mar 29 2007 09:17 AM

I'm tempted to call this camp Port Suck Lucie for the 10-20 record we've got so far.

metirish Mar 29 2007 09:21 AM

Johnny Dickshot wrote: I'm tempted to call this camp Port Suck Lucie for the 10-20 record we've got so far. Which equals the worst spring training record for the Mets,should break that record the way things are going,no rain outs this spring so they played more games....still..

MFS62 Mar 29 2007 09:31 AM

The flowers that bloomed this Spring have all been stinkweeds. (yeah, I know. weeds aren't flowers. But.....) Later

MFS62 Mar 30 2007 10:52 AM

I'm surprised that he never called it Port Salud when the lineup was cheesey. Later

Farmer Ted Mar 30 2007 03:13 PM

2005- Port St. Peek-a-Boo: Mets minor league manager Leon Lee arrested for exposing himself to five women on the fourth floor of the PSL Holiday Inn.

Edgy DC Mar 30 2007 03:15 PM

There were five women accusing him? Lee went down fighting.

Frayed Knot Mar 30 2007 03:44 PM

]I'm surprised that he never called it Port Salud when the lineup was cheesey 2005- Port St. Peek-a-Boo Except that you gotta stay with the 'L' theme. Port St. Limberger & Port St. Leering maybe.

Farmer Ted Mar 30 2007 04:48 PM

A "link" to the Lee story. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/02/sports/baseball/02lee.html?ex=1267419600&en=063dccf0be18fe8f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland

TheOldMole Mar 30 2007 05:08 PM

This is funny stuff.