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Mets Today: Paul LoDuca Wants To Come Back

Hmm … the Mets need a catcher, a righthanded-hitting first baseman, and a left fielder — and LoDuca has ably handled all three positions as a big leaguer. He also has that “fight” and “grittiness” that Mets fans adore.

Hey, he couldn’t be much worse than Santos, could he?

Mike Emeigh Posted: November 20, 2009 at 12:38 AM | 17 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. WillYoung Posted: November 20, 2009 at 12:46 AM (#3391880)

Ooh, if he comes back this will give the media another chance to expose the ridiculous scandal he's kept hidden for about 5 years (when he was named in the Mitchell Report, that was the tip of the iceberg).

2. Young Blasarius yonder Posted: November 20, 2009 at 12:50 AM (#3391885)

I guess he misses the Long Island p*ssy..

3. Freeballin' (Tales of Met Power) Posted: November 20, 2009 at 01:04 AM (#3391896)

Hey, don't we all.

4. PreservedFish Posted: November 20, 2009 at 01:17 AM (#3391907)

His was by far the most entertaining entry in the Mitchell report. Something about, "he's off the roids now, but if we trade him he might get back on steroids just to spite us"

5. Tripon Posted: November 20, 2009 at 01:38 AM (#3391919)

Just looking at his career on B-Ref, you can do the 'cliche' "HOLY ####, he took STEROIDS!!!!" stance in about 5 seconds. The sad thing is that you can make a decent argument that LoDuca was the best thing to come out of the Dodgers system in the early 2000s.

6. Golfing Great Mitch Cumstein Posted: November 20, 2009 at 02:30 AM (#3391941)

Sure I'd listen if the Mets called me.

7. retro-shiite Posted: November 20, 2009 at 02:46 AM (#3391943)

Then should sign him, and rehire Phillips. They could go trolling the college bar circuit for youthful strange. Wouldn't help the team, but would make for smashing good entertainment.

8. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) Posted: November 20, 2009 at 03:39 AM (#3391968)

Then should sign him, and rehire Phillips. They could go trolling the <strike>college</strike> high school bar circuit for youthful strange.

fixed

9. Harvey Berkman Posted: November 20, 2009 at 04:43 AM (#3392002)

Then should sign him, and rehire Phillips. They could go trolling the college high school bar circuit for youthful strange.

Watch out, ladies!

10. HowardMegdal

Posted: November 20, 2009 at 05:06 AM (#3392019)

Did he retire? Really liked him.

The problem with Lo Duca isn't versatility- it's that he isn't a good enough hitter to be worth playing in LF, at 1B, or even at C.

11. Tripon Posted: November 20, 2009 at 05:32 AM (#3392030)

LoDuca didn't really retire. Just that nobody was willing to give a contract.

12. Crashburn Alley Posted: November 20, 2009 at 07:14 AM (#3392093)

Paul LoDuca Wants To Come Back

If it wasn't about Paul LoDuca, you'd never notice the missing preposition.

13. OCF Posted: November 20, 2009 at 07:20 AM (#3392095)

Do you really want to play him in LF? Even ignoring what Howard said in #10, do any of you remember what he actually looked like when he played a few innings of LF in Los Angeles?

14. retro-shiite Posted: November 20, 2009 at 08:10 AM (#3392104)

Watch out, ladies!

Wasn't thinking of him, of course, but that's pretty funny.

15. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: November 20, 2009 at 08:39 AM (#3392113)

LoDuca Wants to Come Back

And I want a pink Mercedes that flies and plays the entirety of the Goldberg Variations when I toot the horn.

In short: Line up at the fantasy counter in the dream store, Paulie.

16. Shock Posted: November 20, 2009 at 08:53 AM (#3392115)

If it wasn't about Paul LoDuca, you'd never notice the missing preposition.

Wow, that one took me a couple seconds...

17. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: November 20, 2009 at 08:54 AM (#3392117)

Our catcher keeps getting older, but the girls stay the same age!

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