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Nov 22

Happy Thanksgiving

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Good day folks. I hope you’re all doing well and enjoying the holiday with your family and friends. Every Thanksgiving I take the time to list all the things I am grateful for. I believe that helps keep me grounded.

On this day, I am thankful for all the friends of this blog who take the time to read and respond with your comments.

I know this hasn’t been a good year for me health wise, and I realize the blog has slipped. Nonetheless, I remain thankful for my love of baseball, which my dad and mom helped nurture, and that is why I keep up the blog.

I will try to do more and different things and hope you’ll still follow. But for now, please enjoy the holiday season. I wish you all happiness and good health. I will always be thankful for my readers.

Take care, all. – JD

Nov 29

Listening to offers about Reyes doesn’t mean he’s leaving.

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I hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving weekend with your families.

I’ve been hearing a lot lately that the Mets’ new management is listening to offers for shortstop Jose Reyes. The responsible thing for the Mets to do is to listen to proposals, but that doesn’t ensure he’s going anywhere. He’ll be a free agent after this season so the prudent thing would be to ascertain the market before thinking about a long term extension.

There are teams with shortstop holes, namely San Francisco and Boston, but the Mets will want a lot in return. With a player of Reyes’ potential, who can blame them?

However, teams thinking about Reyes have to be cautious for several reasons:

1) Because he’ll be a free agent, they’ll want a window of opportunity to sign him to an extension because they don’t want to overpay for a rental.

2) Reyes is coming off back-to-back years in which injuries sapped his playing time and his health remains an issue.

3) Reyes is two years removed from being the dynamic leadoff hitter and impact player we expect from him.

4) With holes in their rotation and bullpen, not to mention now the hole at shortstop, the Mets’ asking price would be high.

For those reasons, I don’t see the Mets easily finding a trading partner. I would rather see the Mets pay Reyes the $11 million for 2011 and give him the year before making any decision on him, whether it be signing or dealing him.

Nov 25

Have a Happy Thanksgiving

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In the list of things I am thankful for, the loyalty and kindness of my readers is at the top of the list. Many of you have stayed with me through the years and for that I am most grateful. There are a lot of reasons why I still do the blog and your support is at the top of the list.

I wish you all have a happy and safe Thanksgiving with your families.

My best to all of you.

Thanks,

JD

Nov 26

Happy Thanksgiving ….

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Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving. There are a lot of things I am thankful for today even in what has been a most difficult year. I’m thankful for my health, and friends and family. I’m also thankful for many of the people who offered encouragement after I was laid off. I’ll never forget that.

I’ll also never forget you folks. The blog gave me a sense of balance and something to look forward to when I was deeply depressed. You guys gave me more than you could possibly imagine and I’ll be always thankful.

I hope you’ll take the blog today and post what it is you’re most thankful for.

Happy Thanksgiving my friends. JD