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AG/DC Feb 12 2008 11:48 AM

A solid Met hitter, Gotay Inspired Minaya to say "They must hit it at you For you've range like a statue And Castillo is now on the way" A tall lanky Met named Mike Pelfrey Got a bonus that made him quite welfrey But he's still on the bubble His career could see trouble If Pedro and Duque stay helfrey

G-Fafif Feb 12 2008 01:44 PM

Moises made noises like he needed a break Playing nonstop for weeks his legs couldn't take But he couldn't start sitting As he wouldn't stop hitting Bet carrying the team caused his shoulders to ache

G-Fafif Feb 12 2008 07:30 PM

The Mets were in pain, so they turned to John Maine To keep them alive, to save their campaign Except for Paul Hoover The no-hit remover John sucked it up and left barely a stain

Vic Sage Feb 13 2008 09:42 AM

Gfafif, your meter is totally off. fromWikipedia: ]A limerick has five lines, with three metrical feet in the first, second and fifth lines and two metrical feet in the third and fourth lines. A variety of types of metrical foot can be used, but the most typical are the amphibrach (a stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables) and the anapaest (two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable). The rhyme scheme is usually AABBA. A "metrical foot" is not a single syllable, but a string of syllables comprising an accent or beat. for example (with the beats in CAPS): 1st line (3 metric feet)= there ONCE was a HIT-ter named CHURCH 2nd line (3 metric feet)= who was FOUND when the METS did a SEARCH 3rd line (2 metric feet) = they LOOKED for a VILL-age 4th line (2 metric feet) = to EX-ile MILL-edge 5th line (3 metric feet) = so he was SENT off to DC to PERCH There ONCE was an ACE named San-TAN-a who was KNOWN as a HARD throwin' MAN-a when re-BORN in New YORK, as if DROPPED by the STORK, he made ALL of us sing a "ho-SANN-ah! got it? but usually limericks require some form of vulgarity: there once was a catcher named Castro who had a severe case of gas-tro so when he would crouch the ump would say "Yowch! You need a big plug in your ass-tro!"

soupcan Feb 13 2008 10:24 AM

There was a young Met named Mazzilli The young girls at the games he'd drive silly His teeth were so white And his pants were so tight That with glee the girls noticed his willy.

seawolf17 Feb 13 2008 10:29 AM

There once was a Met: Taylor, Chuck...

G-Fafif Feb 14 2008 04:39 PM

Vic Sage wrote: Gfafif, your meter is totally off. I wasn't doing limericks. I was doing Metericks.

AG/DC Feb 14 2008 10:33 PM

It's fun to do this on a continuous thread, going from player to player by trades or by who repaced who. Young Phillips had glasses like Bono One good year and one quite like guano He brought Kazuhisa A waste of a visa With control not unlike Ray Romano Kaz was released in December Cut loose like a gangrenous member They signed Jose Lima Who made not the team-a But his wife wasn't hard to remember Lima, he soon got a chance And returned to the major league dance Easily beaten Like a young Jody Sweetin Charlie Brown, knocked right out of his pants El Duque reclaimed the rotation And that's been his regular station I don't mean to be curt But if he didn't get hurt We'd be not the joke of the nation

AG/DC Feb 19 2008 10:23 AM

You can teach your children trade chains this way. Len Dykstra was dirty and grimey Post season, he homer four-timey We sent him to Philly At first it seeemed silly Now it seems organized crimey Juan Samuel came here as the bounty When young, he had been Robin Younty But his defense was passive His strikeouts were massive He thrilled not the folks in Queens County He went to LA for Mike Marshall None shall stink like an old former star shall He dated Belinda Whose career he did hinda And I speak while remaining impartial It's hard to think Boston required him For a prospect, they up and acquired him Plus a guy to be named We might be ashamed But we're lucky the Red Sox desired him The prospects were less than the best Their names* are a trivia test They brought us no glory We ended the story And watched Len in the NLCS *Ed Perozo, Greg Hansell