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When do yo think the MLB regular season will start?

On time
- 1 (33.3%)
Late, but on or before April 15th
- 0 (0%)
April 16th through April 30th
- 0 (0%)
May 1st through May 15th
- 2 (66.7%)
May 16th through May 31st
- 0 (0%)
Jun1st through June 15th
- 0 (0%)
June 16th through June 30th
- 0 (0%)
After June 30th
- 0 (0%)
No Season
- 0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 3

Voting closed: February 13, 2022, 10:41:25 PM


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« Reply #4215 on: February 16, 2021, 10:01:46 PM »

I am going to guess he doesnt throw upper 90s.
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« Reply #4216 on: February 17, 2021, 07:38:35 AM »

I am going to guess he doesnt throw upper 90s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B0Sjva5rIo&feature=emb_logo

You have to like the movement on his pitches.
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« Reply #4217 on: February 17, 2021, 12:42:21 PM »

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« Reply #4218 on: February 17, 2021, 04:59:39 PM »

Don't think he was hired to teaching this kind of "hitting".

The New York Mets once again find themselves in headlines for all the wrong reasons, as the Athletic has reported on another incident that involves a former employee’s conduct against women.

According to the report, three women came to the Mets in the summer of 2018 to complain to the human resources department about Ryan Ellis, the hitting performance coordinator. Ellis made these women feel uncomfortable at work with his predatory behavior, as he would make off-handed comments such as telling one woman, “I stare at your ass all the time. If only I could have 15 minutes alone with you.”


https://metsmerizedonline.com/2021/02/former-mets-hitting-coordinator-ryan-ellis-accused-of-sexual-harassment.html/

So, um...2 1/2 years ago?

Come on, Mets.
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« Reply #4219 on: February 17, 2021, 07:32:12 PM »

Handled in house at the time.
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« Reply #4220 on: February 18, 2021, 04:47:04 PM »

Handled in house at the time.

By "handled in house", you mean swept under the rug.

Got it.
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« Reply #4221 on: February 18, 2021, 04:52:47 PM »

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« Reply #4222 on: February 18, 2021, 05:31:41 PM »

Handled in house at the time.

By "handled in house", you mean swept under the rug.

Got it.

Employee was disciplined and went to counseling
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« Reply #4223 on: February 18, 2021, 05:32:36 PM »

I am going to guess he doesnt throw upper 90s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B0Sjva5rIo&feature=emb_logo

You have to like the movement on his pitches.

Thanks for the clip

He's good.

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« Reply #4224 on: February 18, 2021, 09:15:57 PM »

Handled in house at the time.

By "handled in house", you mean swept under the rug.

Got it.

Now write, 100 times, "I will not get caught harassing female employees again."

Employee was disciplined and went to counseling
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« Reply #4225 on: February 19, 2021, 08:59:11 AM »

Handled in house at the time.

By "handled in house", you mean swept under the rug.

Got it.

Now write, 100 times, "I will not get caught harassing female employees again."

Employee was disciplined and went to counseling

This harrassment of women in the Mets organization has a long history.

In 1998, Mets GM Steve Phillips admitted having sex with a Mets employee. She sued for sexual harassment, and the case was settled out of court.

Mickey Calloway. Ryan Ellis.

And you may remember this, too: https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/mets-rape-accusation-spring-training-1991.html
 

And what about this? Wilpons had to settle a case out of court for gender discrimination.
 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/14/sports/baseball/mets-settle-case-with-executive-who-cited-discrimination-over-pregnancy.html



There is something in the Mets "culture" that leads to this kind of thing, it seems.

But maybe Steve Cohen isn't the one to lead such change: In the months since Steven A. Cohen became the owner of the Mets, he has been everything he never was as one of Wall Street’s most secretive money managers: affable and accessible.

Mr. Cohen has given news conferences and numerous interviews to the New York sports media — something he rarely did with the business reporters who chronicled every twist and turn in an insider trading scandal that led to one of his multibillion-dollar hedge funds pleading guilty to securities fraud charges in 2013.

And he has become something of a fan favorite on Twitter — frequently posting his thoughts on the Mets and about trades by other professional baseball teams. Mr. Cohen, 64, even seems to take joy in the back and forth with fans who have replied to him on Twitter.

But at his hedge funds, Mr. Cohen has long been known for a mercurial nature that has prompted him to lash out at traders he believes are not making him enough money. Now a recently unsealed gender discrimination complaint filed by a former top manager for Mr. Cohen offers a glimpse into his volatile temper and what some women have said is an openly sexist and hostile culture at his Point72 Asset Management hedge fund company, which is based in Stamford, Conn.


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/sports/baseball/steven-cohen-mets-gender-discrimination.html

Fathers, don't let your daughters grow up to be Mets Fans. And especially not employees of the Mets.
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« Reply #4226 on: February 19, 2021, 03:03:53 PM »

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« Reply #4227 on: February 22, 2021, 06:10:24 PM »

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« Reply #4228 on: February 23, 2021, 08:28:32 AM »

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2932981-kevin-mather-resigns-as-mariners-president-following-inappropriate-comments

The stupid comments on international players are probably not the things that will have the longest ramifications for MLB that Mather talked about. Rather, it will be his admission to manipulating service time.
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« Reply #4229 on: February 23, 2021, 10:35:37 AM »

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2932981-kevin-mather-resigns-as-mariners-president-following-inappropriate-comments

The stupid comments on international players are probably not the things that will have the longest ramifications for MLB that Mather talked about. Rather, it will be his admission to manipulating service time.

Here's a good piece that should make all of MLB, especially its rogue commissioner, pause and reflect.

AS IF.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/gabe-lacques/2021/02/21/mariners-kevin-mather-rotary-club-speech-problem-mlb/4536961001/
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