Comments on: Mets maintaining interest in reliever Jose Valverde

By: chill1184

chill1184 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:11:50 +0000

Im pretty sure Alderson could care less if Fatcesa approves of his moves or not.

By: Minoring In Baseball

Minoring In Baseball — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:01:21 +0000

I don’t want him back in Detroit, but I don’t see why he’d be a huge risk for another team. He was amazing in 2011, and it’s possible (however unlikely) he could find his old form. I don’t think that Tiger fans were as upset with Valverde, as they were with Leyland keeping him in the game when it was obvious he was having a bad night and getting hammered.
http://minoringinbaseball.com/

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:18:33 +0000

Booooo!!!!

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:46:29 +0000

Or not.

Jose Valverde is on the Mets' radar. But a source says it's only if there's an injury in camp and a need arises, not an active pursuit.—
Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) February 17, 2013

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:08:16 +0000

Yes we have good college ball here (I won’t ask if you’re enjoying Holliday & Kozma.). OSU usually has a very solid team, but they fizzle out when they get to the CWS. OU does better there even though they generally have weaker teams. They often outlast UT there too sometimes — again even though they have the weaker team. For a football state, we do put out some decent baseballers.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:02:04 +0000

There is some decent Big XII baseball in your area, no? When I was at Texas Tech they were actually pretty good for a while (top 10 team for a few years) and those games were entertaining, especially vs A&M and UT.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:59:58 +0000

Last year, I drove 5 hours to see the Tigers beat the Rangers at home for my birthday!!!!! I’ll see them there again this year (unfortunately not for my birthday this time) — and am planning an additional trip to KC in September to see the Tigs there too. Otherwise, I watch MiLB games in-state for the Astros or Rockies. Wheeeee!

By: paperlions

paperlions — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:53:47 +0000

CT is an MLB-free state, too. I did go to Boston to see a Red Sox game last year….and they actually played (and beat) the Tigers in that game. It took about 3 hours of driving, taking a train, and taking the subway just to get there. It would probably take about that long to get to a game in NY as well. Only other games I have seen in person recently are Connecticut Tigers games, which is the low A (short-season ball) team for the Tigers.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:42:22 +0000

Now you’re just trying to make me cuss at you.

Finally! There’s a benefit to living in the Frying Pan! I watched the playoffs last year on MLB.tv. It beats having the game trax up while I’m doing other stuff — which is how I used to have to follow our games. It is painful to live in an MLB-free state.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:35:04 +0000

Another benefit is that after your team’s game is over, you can switch to the Dodger game to listen to Vin or Angel games to shake your head at the awesomeness that is Trout.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:34:05 +0000

Yeah, I’ve been an MLB.TV subscriber since its inception (and subscribed to MLB radio before that to listen to Cardinal games, before that, they were broad cast free by the parent radio station) so that I can watch Cardinal games….there are pluses and minuses. The greatest advantage is that you can choose which broad cast to listen to, which is nice since the Cardinals Fox broad cast team is 12 kinds of horrific. The minuses are the blackouts because of geography (because I am in eastern CT, I am in the territory of both NY teams and the Red Sox….so all of those games are blacked out for me) and the “national” broadcast times on the weekend. Still, it is a pretty good deal.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:28:17 +0000

Räts! Now I must turn you in, like a good little patriot. I must do it for George Washington, Betsy Ross, and Woody Guthrie.

By: cur68

cur68 — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:11:31 +0000

Yes, I found out about that Patriot Act Clause the hard way. Then I discovered that with some fancy footwork with the IP address I could snooker the program into believing I was watching from Ipanema Beach. Take that forces of corporate greed! ¡Olé!

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:03:30 +0000

The good thing about not living anywhere near my team’s home base is that I will rarely be subject to the blackout (per the fine print). FYI, all of Canada is blacked out for Jays games, it says. I think that’s per the Patriot Act. Revenge for the War of 1812 and all that. MLB.tv is essentially the only way I can get Tigers games. (You can watch games archived too.)

By: cur68

cur68 — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:55:46 +0000

‘philliac: you should check that package before you buy. I had MLB.TV and discovered that it blacked out my home team for home games. I was not amused.

If you go the MLB.TV route, keep in mind you should get it via computer and not via Xbox or somesuch. This way you can travel and never miss games that you want to watch and you get to track players on other teams. It’ll still blacked out the home team for home games (and you will not be amused), but, with some careful google searching, you can re-set your IP to work your way around that.

Good luck.

By: gbar22

gbar22 — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:19:38 +0000

Agree with a previous poster it’s a PR move so Sandy in a few weeks when he’s on Mike Francesa can say hey we were in on some players and it just didnt happen

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:10:42 +0000

How dare you suggest Valverde is a common backwoods fly, Sir!

By: fanofevilempire

fanofevilempire — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:57:20 +0000

Don’t worry, The Mets are just window shopping, they haven’t bought anything since
B.Madoff got locked up.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:56:28 +0000

National Leaguers.

Isn’t booing Clemens a mortal sin? You’ll be glad to know, I’m buying the MLB package this year so I don’t get stuck watching Cards games all the time. Freaking TV markets!

By: paperlions

paperlions — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:53:27 +0000

I’m a Cardinal fan, remember. We cheer a lot, but booing isn’t particularly common (exceptions made for players that rip fans or players who clearly are not giving 100% effort). Hell, we even cheered Clemens when he beat us in StL for his 300th career win.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:48:44 +0000

I’m going to suppress the urge to ask if I threw batteries there.

I will say, there’s surprisingly less booing on this site than I would have predicted when I first came here. It makes me wonder how quiet this crowd is at actual games.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:46:31 +0000

Man, you boo everything….are you originally from Philly?

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:44:07 +0000

Well, except for pitcher Jose Ortega…but I’m going to boo you anyway.

Boooo!!!!

/throws mini muffins

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:41:54 +0000

Having the Mutts interested in you is like attracting the attention of a black fly at the outset of a hike in the woods in Maine in May, and having it follow you for miles, just annoying enough to kill the afternoon but always held away from biting by the Skin So Soft you slathered on your hair and neck just after you got out of your car.

By: mustbechris

mustbechris — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:41:34 +0000

phillies fans everywhere are hoping this falls apart so bobby parnell can close.

By: pisano

pisano — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:36:52 +0000

Boy I wouldn’t go there, this guy is on the downside of his career, he’s almost to the point where if you bring him in you might be putting gasoline on the fire. I know the Mets are trying to improve, but I feel this would not be a good move.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:31:07 +0000

I think José should re-sign with the Tigers.

A friend of mine had a dog names “José Tigre” when she was a kid. I always thought that was a fantastic name for a dog and in his (José Tigre’s) honor, I am in favor of the Tigers having at least one José on the roster at all times. Currently, they are José-less.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:15:39 +0000

I get up this morning and have a cup of coffee while I’m reading HBT — and I see this. Am I hung over? No, I didn’t even drink last night. This is a real story. Well, Good Morning! C’mon, Mets! Give him a home. You have it within your power to mend Jim Leyland’s broken heart. You know you want to…

By: arrooo

arrooo — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:49:43 +0000

Another PR move to make it look like the mets are willing to spend money. In the end, they won’t sign him or anyone of significance

By: chill1184

chill1184 — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:37:30 +0000

Please no