The Greatest Met of All Time

Pardon me for a second here. But yesterday was a monumental day for the greatest franchise in Gleeman World history (ha), as the greatest Met of all Time finally called it a career and hung up his shoes:

Ralph Jackson none none Age: 38 B/T: L/R Born: Van Horne, IA Position(s): DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Ralph was a throwback in every way. A man who made the most of his meager 5-10 midwestern farm boy frame. Who continued to play through thick and thin, never hitting the Disabled List. Who's every swing was recorded at the Major League level, with the same team, from world inception through retirement. Who ranged from a 1.000 OPS season 4 to a .748 OPS season 9, with a mere 2 point rating change in power, and a tick in vs. R. Ralph was a real world Met in every sense of the word.

He won every championship we ever won, 5 in all.

With only 1 All-Star apperance, and two AL Silver Slugger DH awards to his name, Ralph is not the strongest candidate for the real Hall of Fame. Despite 2000+ hits, 1000+ Runs/RBI, 400+ HR, he was never up in the ranks of the Hogans, Governales or Velandias.

But today? On this day? It's Ralph Jacksons day.

If the Mets had a Hall of Fame, he's the first name in it.

Heres to you Ralph.

Season Prediction Poll

I came up with the idea to have a poll predicting the results of the upcoming season. The premise is pretty simple; everyone will trade chat me how they think each division will finish, I'll gather and post the results of the poll, and maybe make a few comments about said results.

So what I'll need from everyone is the following:

*Trade chat me your predictions on how you think each division will pan out, in the following format:
-AL West: TEX, OAK, LAA, SEA; AL Central: MIN, DET...and so on.

*Just make sure that it's clear what team you're referencing, and that you get the order right. Feel free to take your time in analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of every team in every division. Or not. You could just send me your random guesses at how everything will pan out. The point is just to gather some information as to the wisdom of the masses, and have some fun while we're at it.

*Also, trade chat me your predictions on the WS matchup and the World Champion, just for the hell of it. Any format (i.e. LAD over BOS in 6) is fine.

I'm not going to post a hard deadline, though it would be nice to post the results by Opening Day. I don't expect to get full league participation (that's pretty much impossible for any single activity), but I'd like to get ballots in from at least half the members of the league. If for some crazy reason, you'd prefer your ballot to be anonymous, let me know. I'll likely post all individual predictions, along with the cumulative breakdown of said results. Also, if at any moment you'd like to edit any of your predictions, just send me a trade chat with your revisions, and I'll be sure to take note.

Poll on, gentlemen.