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Bedard to the Mariners, Billy Joel to Shea

metsguyinmichigan Feb 08 2008 01:05 PM

AP is announcing the Bedard trade to the Ms. I think we're better off with Johan! And Billy Joel is playing in July? So I guess he's not really closing out the stadium....

Benjamin Grimm Feb 08 2008 01:09 PM

I think the show should close with Billy Joel stepping aside and letting Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr surprise the crowd and perform the final number.

Farmer Ted Feb 08 2008 01:26 PM

The Bedard trade is part of the O's getting younger. Bedard is only 29 for crissakes.

AG/DC Feb 08 2008 01:28 PM

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think the show should close with Billy Joel stepping aside and letting Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr surprise the crowd and perform the final number. I think it should open that way. But that's just me.

sharpie Feb 08 2008 01:29 PM

I believe that "Why Don't We Do It In the Road" is the only track featuring just McCartney and Starr. They could do that!

Benjamin Grimm Feb 08 2008 01:36 PM

="AG/DC"]I think it should open that way. But that's just me. Yeah, but then nobody would give a damn about the rest of the show. That would be okay with me, but Billy Joel might not like it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 08 2008 01:36 PM

I'm lobbying to get my high school marching band back together. We played Shea once.

metirish Feb 08 2008 01:46 PM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm lobbying to get my high school marching band back together. We played Shea once. Well you can't just tell us that without giving us the details.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 08 2008 01:47 PM

Coming soon

Frayed Knot Feb 08 2008 01:57 PM

metirish wrote: Well you can't just tell us that without giving us the details. Well, this one time in band camp ...

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 08 2008 01:58 PM

[url]http://www.loge13.com/2008/02/mets_by_the_numbers_rocks_shea.php[/url]

soupcan Feb 08 2008 02:08 PM

I liked the feather plume and the tennis balls (yet another thing that would no longer be tolerated).

metirish Feb 08 2008 02:08 PM

Great story, I gots to ask if you nailed any of the dancers or did the jocks get them.

Frayed Knot Feb 08 2008 02:43 PM

="metsguyinmichigan"]AP is announcing the Bedard trade to the Ms. I think we're better off with Johan! "Baltimore received outfielder Adam Jones, who probably will start in center field in opening day. The Orioles also obtained reliever George Sherrill and pitchers Chris Tillman, Tony Butler and Kam Mickolio." Jones is the real prize here and is considered starter-ready now, a lot less of a question mark than anyone the Mets gave up for Santana. Also this Tillman guy is getting high praise from the prospect gurus. The biggest plus with Bedard (other than the fact that he's real good) is that he's been cheap(ish) and is under control for another two years. But he'll get expensive via arbitration and those two years are only one more than what Santana came with. IOW, that sounds like a high price the Marniers paid and, between that one and what Arizona gave up for Haren under similar circumstances, it makes the booty sent away for Santana seem quite reasonable in comparison.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 08 2008 02:53 PM

Sweet story! Were you too focused on played to truly look around and absorb the moment?

Nymr83 Feb 08 2008 02:54 PM

I like this deal for Baltimore, Jones is going to be really good for a really long time.

AG/DC Feb 08 2008 03:01 PM

This is really two threads.

Willets Point Feb 08 2008 03:05 PM

AG/DC wrote: This is really two threads. No it's the All Purpose Bedard/Billy Joel/Lunchbuckets marching band thread!

Gwreck Feb 08 2008 04:50 PM

Great story Lunchbucket. Did I ever tell you that we also played Shea in my senior year of HS? I think it was Domencetti's last year before retirement. Same uniforms though.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 08 2008 06:16 PM

]. Did I ever tell you that we also played Shea in my senior year of HS? I think it was Domencetti's last year before retirement. Same uniforms though. I guess it was a Mets game? Send your pics to Loge13! Go Tornados! ]Great story, I gots to ask if you nailed any of the dancers or did the jocks get them. Jocks of course. It wasn't till we got to college and joined Tri-Lam that we banged the babes. ]Sweet story! Were you too focused on played to truly look around and absorb the moment? I just don't remember it. I have much more vivid memories of the annual Hofstra event which every LI band geek experienced I think.

Frayed Knot Feb 09 2008 08:12 AM

So does Billy Joel avoid all his Yanqui-mentioning tunes when he plays Shea? Or maybe he just changes the lyrics. - Rose he knows he's such a credit to the game, but the Yankees grab the headlines every time - they sent a carrier out from Norfolk, and picked the Yankees up for free Not to mention the Yankee cap he wore on the back cover of one of his albums (The Stranger?)

SteveJRogers Feb 09 2008 08:33 AM

="Frayed Knot"] - they sent a carrier out from Norfolk, and picked the Yankees up for free Well they did say Queens could stay, blew The Bronx away and sanked Manhattan out to sea...

AG/DC Feb 09 2008 11:18 AM

Did Billy Jucketts really say "sanked"?