Comments on: Mets headed to upstate NY…if you can believe a politician

By: Dan Gurney

Dan Gurney — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:16:00 +0000

The Mets farm team was in Buffalo in the early 1960s. Ed Kranepool played there and hated it “Buffalo has only two seasons: winter and 4th of July”. Maybe I should rent “The Natural” and check out the old War Memorial Stadium Steady Eddie played in except it’s such a godawful film.

Would it be possible someday to place a AAA team in the metropolitan area since the lower leagues like Brooklyn have done so well?

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:41:17 +0000

Benny, you are correct. The Chiefs have redone their field as a grass, something which at the time was cited by the Syracuse papers as an incentive for the Mets to move their AAA team there.

By: Steve (The Original)

Steve (The Original) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:52:57 +0000

It’s also of course closer for the Binghamton callups to get to Syracuse than it would Buffalo.

By: Steve (The Original)

Steve (The Original) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:51:59 +0000

Scoop: True, but Josh really didn’t need to mention those 4 players by name.

By: scoopcoop

scoopcoop — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:07:23 +0000

I have a feeling based on the tone that HDarvick is Sloppy.

But even if it isn’t, the facts are Carlos Muniz, Robinson Cancel, Nelson Figueroa and Argenis Reyes are all fringe players and there is no reason to believe they will not be on the AAA roster and will be going back and forth (unless they are released or traded).

That doesn’t mean they have not or could not make contributions to the Mets, but they are not players that should make or break a team’s season.

By: scoopcoop

scoopcoop — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:58:08 +0000

livin in NJ I wish the Mets and the IL would be able to add a team and make the Independent league Somerset patriots or Newark bears the AAA affiliate. Cut down on travel even more since players could go to NY by car not plane. But I guess that won’t be happening.

By: benny blanco from da bronx

benny blanco from da bronx — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:55:19 +0000

Scott, If I’m not mistaken, the Sky Chiefs spent this past offseason getting rid of the astro turf. They now have natural grass out there.

And HDarvick, take a chill pill.

By: alex

alex — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:07:12 +0000

for any who are interested…

John Delcos’s new blog is up and running

http://nymetsreport.com/

By: Scott from Pelham

Scott from Pelham — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:01:10 +0000

The big problem with Syracuse is that the field is astro turf. Unless they change the field to grass it seems more likely that the Mets end up in Buffalo.

One more interesting note is that the stadium in Syracuse is the exact same design as the stadium the Mets used in Norfolk. Except of course that Syracuse has astro turf.

By: HDarvick

HDarvick — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:58:13 +0000

“It sure would make life a whole lot easier on Carlos Muniz, Robinson Cancel, Nelson Figueroa and Argenis Reyes next year.”

So you are sure that Muniz, Cancel, Figueroa and Reyes will be back in Triple A in 2009? What makes you so sure? You could have said that it would be a shorter trip from Syracuse to CitiField, but you tried to be cute and mention four Mets, two of whom were brought up before Sept. 1st. Cancel is back-up catcher for Castro who is the back-up catcher for Schneider, so you are probably right with Cancel. Easley is 39, so maybe Reyes will be back-up at 2nd base in 2009. He certainly has shown he has the ability. Figueroa is 3-3 and has pitched at least 5 innings in each of his starts and in relief given up 3 runs in 8 innings. In back-to-back relief stints vs Milwaukee this past series, he pitched 3 innings allowing one hit and no runs, walked one, struck out 4. Muniz hasn’t pitched for the Mets since August 10th.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:38:37 +0000

While Becca’s hatred of Toronto is completely understandable (we feel the same way an hour East here in the Roc), the local sports press guys have been indicating that the Blue Jays are in talks with Buffalo Bisons. There have been mentions here and there as well of the ‘Cuse Sky Chiefs being interested in the Mets as well.

By: Becca

Becca — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:28:12 +0000

Yes that does make sense…location wise. BUT I’m from Buffalo and we hate Toronto. The Bills now are playing games at the Rogers Centre and we hate the Maple Leafs. Now our minor league team might be associated with Toronto?? No way!!! Hopefully Buffalo will land the Mets.

By: dave

dave — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:23:27 +0000

credit to the guy at the star ledger who had this early this morning…

http://blog.nj.com/mets/2008/09/schumer_gives_minor_endorsemen.html