Get off of My Lawn!: Rico Brogna and Mets in Retirement, 2024

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Post by Cowtipper » Sun May 05, 2024 4:43 pm

Tim Bogar is managing the Amarillo Sod Poodles.
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Post by Frayed Knot » Sun May 05, 2024 8:50 pm

I don't want to know what a Sod Poodle is.
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Post by Cowtipper » Mon May 06, 2024 5:41 am

Frayed Knot wrote: Sun May 05, 2024 8:50 pm I don't want to know what a Sod Poodle is.
Lots of minor league teams now have those two-word, wonky marketing department-created names that exist more to sell merchandise than to actually mean anything.

Sod Poodles
Trash Pandas
Jumbo Shrimp
Rumble Ponies

Etc.
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Post by Johnny Lunchbucket » Mon May 06, 2024 5:56 pm

The Dodgers' AAA team in Oklahoma City is for this season called the "Oklahoma City Baseball Club" while it awaits a stupid new name that will announce after the year.

They are transitioning from the Oklahoma City Dodgers which was a boring name. Used to be known as the Red Hawks and before that the 89ers.
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Post by Frayed Knot » Mon May 06, 2024 6:28 pm

Cowtipper wrote: Mon May 06, 2024 5:41 am
Frayed Knot wrote: Sun May 05, 2024 8:50 pm I don't want to know what a Sod Poodle is.
Lots of minor league teams now have those two-word, wonky marketing department-created names that exist more to sell merchandise than to actually mean anything.
I am well aware of that. Almost all of them come out of the same (SD-based IIRC) marketing agency which takes time to give each of their
client teams a name that is totally unique ... and also one that is just like every other one of their client teams.
I just don't know, and don't want to think about, what a Sod Poodle might be.
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Post by MFS62 » Mon May 06, 2024 6:46 pm

Cowtipper wrote: Mon May 06, 2024 5:41 am Rumble Ponies
That one has some semblance of a tie to their city. Binghamton is where they used to make carnival carousels, and the name is a tribute to the horses on them.
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Post by Cowtipper » Mon May 06, 2024 7:03 pm

MFS62 wrote: Mon May 06, 2024 6:46 pm
Cowtipper wrote: Mon May 06, 2024 5:41 am Rumble Ponies
That one has some semblance of a tie to their city. Binghamton is where they used to make carnival carousels, and the name is a tribute to the horses on them.
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Oh, then to replace that we also have

Space Cowboys
Yard Goats
Blue Wahoos
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Post by MFS62 » Mon May 06, 2024 7:05 pm

Cowtipper wrote: Mon May 06, 2024 7:03 pm Oh, then to replace that we also have
Yard Goats
Another one with a historical tie - yard goats are the engines that move trains in a depot, and Hartford used to be a big railroad hub. The name was voted on by the locals.
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Post by Edgy MD » Mon May 06, 2024 7:38 pm

They all have a semblance of a tie to the city.

That doesn't change the reality that they all deliberately chose a name that diminishes, infantalizes, and sometimes even emasculates the player for the sake of tired and cliched marketability through goofiness.

I blame Max Klinger and his Mud Hens hat.
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Post by G-Fafif » Tue Aug 27, 2024 10:40 pm

Jeff Conine, proud papa.

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Post by metirish » Wed Aug 28, 2024 11:02 am

Without looking it up what season did Conine briefly play for the Mets ?

I was surprised as I would have guessed an earlier year
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Post by Benjamin Grimm » Wed Aug 28, 2024 11:26 am

My guess is 2007. I seem to associate it with late-season desperation.
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Post by metirish » Wed Aug 28, 2024 12:15 pm

Yes 2007 ,

On August 20, 2007, Conine was traded to the Mets for minor leaguers Sean Henry and Jose Castro.[18] Though he hit an RBI single in his first at-bat as a Met,[19] he proved less successful in that role with the Mets, batting just .195 over 21 games with his new club.[1] On September 20, Conine announced that he was considering retirement before his final series in South Florida. He played his final game on September 30 against the Marlins, replacing an injured Carlos Delgado at first base.

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Post by G-Fafif » Sat Sep 21, 2024 6:09 pm

Matt Harvey wants to hang with us again.
As Matt Harvey prepared to film a promotional scoreboard video early Saturday afternoon at Citi Field, a team staffer handed him a Mets jersey to wear. Struggling for a moment to slip his arm into the sleeve, Harvey smiled.

“It’s been a while,” he said.

Although Harvey had been to several prior games this season, he has not been much of a presence at Citi Field for many years. Now retired from his playing career for good, however, Harvey hopes to become more of one. On Saturday alone, Harvey filmed the scoreboard video as well as a social media reel, recorded a podcast and conducted an interview. He has told vice president of alumni relations Jay Horwitz that he’d like to be as involved as possible.
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Post by Frayed Knot » Sat Sep 21, 2024 6:36 pm

Sounds like maybe the real estate biz isn't going so well.
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Post by Edgy MD » Sat Oct 05, 2024 10:24 am

That's great. Nobody ever associated Lucas with social skills, but I wish him the best.
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Post by Johnny Lunchbucket » Sat Oct 05, 2024 12:26 pm

Excited for Duda. I'd been hanging around on linkedin wondering if he'd get a second career
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