Cedeno Should Be Immediately Released

Too bad we can't release him.

If I remember correctly, the Mets tried to for over a year, until they
finally FOUND A TEAM STUPID ENOUGH AND GULLIBLE ENOUGH to take him off their
hands.

I doubt that will happen again, in which case... we're stuck with him for
all eternity.

Dave


"Lance Freezeland" <freezelandlaw.nospam.DeleteThis@consolidated.net> wrote in message
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> This guy has little to no physical talents and his head is just in
> another time zone.
>
> You all saw the play, so I don't have to describe it.
>
> Why should he be on this team while Gall and Porter sit in Memphis?
>
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> Lance
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"tanstaafl" <tanstaafl DeleteThis @tanstaafl.com> wrote in message
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> Too bad we can't release him.

What's stopping them? You can release any player.

> If I remember correctly, the Mets tried to for over a year, until
they
> finally FOUND A TEAM STUPID ENOUGH AND GULLIBLE ENOUGH to take him
off their
> hands.

Well, the Mets are still paying him this year, right?

> I doubt that will happen again, in which case... we're stuck with
him for
> all eternity.

No, they just have to pay out his contract. There's nothing that says
that they have to keep him on the roster.

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In article <2in5m8Fp4s5iU1 DeleteThis @uni-berlin.de>,
"Lance Freezeland" <freezelandlaw.nospam DeleteThis @consolidated.net> wrote:

> This guy has little to no physical talents and his head is just in
> another time zone.
>
> You all saw the play, so I don't have to describe it.
>
> Why should he be on this team while Gall and Porter sit in Memphis?

Because he's a grizzled veteran????

--
JD

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game.
It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us."-- Walt Whitman
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In article <2in793Fp7sbmU1 DeleteThis @uni-berlin.de>,
"Lance Freezeland" <freezelandlaw.nospam DeleteThis @consolidated.net> wrote:

> "tanstaafl" <tanstaafl DeleteThis @tanstaafl.com> wrote in message
> news:qEtxc.17962$IQ2.8986357@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> > Too bad we can't release him.
>
> What's stopping them? You can release any player.

Yeah, all it takes is the guts to eat the money. Like Arte Moreno ate,
like, $20 million to cut Kevin Appier.

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JD

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game.
It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us."-- Walt Whitman
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"Jeremy Reaban" <jer.RemoveThis@connectria.com> wrote in message news:<10ccrd899q8f8e4.RemoveThis@corp.supernews.com>...
> Lance Freezeland wrote:
> > This guy has little to no physical talents and his head is just in
> > another time zone.
> >
> > You all saw the play, so I don't have to describe it.
>
> Actually, I didn't. What happened?

I didn't see it either, but Mike Shannon's radio description was good
enough. Cedeno apparently checked his swing on a ball. Cedeno lost
his temper when the third base ump said he swung. Cedeno took out his
anger on the home plate ump, even though it was the third base ump's
decision to call the play a strike. The home plate ump says Cedeno
spat on him and that the spitting was intentional.

It's a good thing Edmonds wasn't the "spitter" because some people
here would probably defend Edmonds, perhaps theorizing that there was
a "second spitter".
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"Eric Margheim" <NOSPAM*keysmaster@charter.net*SPAMMENOT> writes:

> Patterson is being booed for his attitude in part. He swings at
> everything and refuses to take a less aggressive approach and is
> unapologetic about it. He can't lay a bunt down to save his life,
> even a sac bunt, and considering he's lightning fast, that's
> inexcusable. Last year he was more patient and waited for his pitch
> and that's why he was hitting .300. The fans have been quick to
> cheer when he does well. They have't been booing his outs,
> generally, just when he strikes out at pitches over his head or ones
> that hit the plate first like Monday night.

The night I was listening (Monday, I think), they were booing as he
walked to the plate. Maybe he kicked a cat on the way there.

I guess I'm just not a boo-er. I don't see that it accomplishes
anything at all, except maybe to irritate the player, which seems as
likely to make him play worse as to play better. For one thing, when
I played sports, I never once heard the crowd. Sometimes you'd get
kind of a surge of energy from a particularly loud crowd, but never
anything specific about which team they were rooting for or anything.

I doubt that anyone in the stands thinks, "Hey, if we boo, he'll
totally realize the error of his ways and start hitting better!"
They're mostly just making themselves feel better and acting up for
their friends.


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"Eric Margheim" <NOSPAM*keysmaster@charter.net*SPAMMENOT> writes:

> Patterson is being booed for his attitude in part. He swings at
> everything and refuses to take a less aggressive approach and is
> unapologetic about it. He can't lay a bunt down to save his life,
> even a sac bunt, and considering he's lightning fast, that's
> inexcusable.

Heh, good timing. Not that it proves you wrong, but he laid down a
bunt single today that Shannon said couldn't have been more perfect.


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