WOO-freakin'-HOO!!!!!!!!!!

[Cyberlibrarian]

Rumor has it that the Mets will hold a press conference at 2pm today.

They will announce that Al has re-signed!

:dance2: :dance2: :dance2: :dance2: :dance2: :dance2: :dance2:

[Hurricane Floyd]

NEW YORK (AP) -- Al Leiter agreed Tuesday to an $18 million, two-year extension with the New York Mets rather than test an uncertain free-agent market in an offseason threatened with another work stoppage.

Leiter will get $8 million in each of the next two seasons, and the sides have a $10 million mutual option for 2005 with a $2 million buyout.

The 36-year-old left-hander, the ace of the Mets' staff, is 9-8 with a 3.28 ERA in 21 starts this season. He was acquired by New York from Florida after the 1997 season, traded as part of the Marlins' payroll purge following their World Series title.

His current $32 million, four-year deal, agreed to in October 1998, called for a $9 million signing bonus payable from October 1999 through this month, and salaries of $3 million in 1999, $5.5 million in 2000, $7.5 million in 2001 and $7 million this year,

[Baseball Guru]

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Cyberlibrarian]

That is the subject of my "woo-freakin'-hoo" post.

:biggrin:

[Nymet31]

:jump: :clap1: :jump: :clap1: :jump: :clap1:

[Nanner]

YIPPEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

:jump: :dance2: :jump: :dance2: :jump:
:dance2: :jump: :dance2::jump: :dance2:

[Nanner]

(I'll say it again. :biggrin: )


YIPPEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

:jump: :dance2: :jump: :dance2: :jump:
:dance2: :jump: :dance2::jump: :dance2:

[Hurricane Floyd]

Originally posted by LeiterFan
That is the subject of my "woo-freakin'-hoo" post.

:biggrin: sorry I did not know that.

[Misha77Piazza]

Ok, I had to merge this thread into one thread instead of posting two similiar threads about Leiter. Please read carefully before post another new thread.

[Hurricane Floyd]

Originally posted by Misha77Piazza
Ok, I had to merge this thread into one thread instead of posting two similiar threads about Leiter. Please read carefully before post another new thread. after I discovered that I pmed James and I told him to merge them or delete it and he said it was fine

[Misha77Piazza]

Not a problem. I had to merge them together since they may want to read AP story instead of deleting it.

[Rockin Robin]

http://www.msgnetwork.com/photos/leiterhp_72402gf.jpg

:clap1: :thumbsup:

[Liter22]

Thats what my name is soupposed to say, forgot the E lol. Great Leiter is on for another 2 years:king: :king: :lightning :wavey: :dance2: :cooldude: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Hurricane Floyd]

Originally posted by Liter22
Thats what my name is soupposed to say, forgot the E lol. Great Leiter is on for another 2 years:king: :king: :lightning :wavey: :dance2: :cooldude: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: yeah every time I see your name that is what I think of lol.

[Misha77Piazza]

Originally posted by Liter22
Thats what my name is soupposed to say, forgot the E lol. Great Leiter is on for another 2 years:king: :king: :lightning :wavey: :dance2: :cooldude: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:


Ohhh, so that's why you spell the name wrong?! I thought it mean the soda size. :P

[Cyberlibrarian]

Originally posted by Rockin Robin
http://www.msgnetwork.com/photos/leiterhp_72402gf.jpg

:clap1: :thumbsup: I just :lust: that picture! :biggrin:

[milky_way]

i hope Leiter's happy :). he's the one Met i really like...he's a real class act :cool:

[Baseball Guru]

Just for the record in defense of Floyd, I did tell him it was ok....One does not have to read every thread before he or she has to post....If you didnt read Julie's thread you would never know by her title that it was about Leiter signing....It only said that there was a press conference at 2pm.....
Floyds thread gave the details...No biggie if there were 2 threads...
Anyways, just wanted to make sure everyone was clear that he did ask me to merge as soon as he saw Julie's:)
Also, very glad that Leiter decided to re-sign....He is now and always a Met!!!:thumbsup:

[Nanner]

I love what he said.

"I can say that this will be the last uniform I wear as a Major League Baseball player. And that means a lot to me....... "

It wasn't only that he said it, because we've heard him say at other times that he'd like to retire as a Met, but to hear the emotion in his voice was very, very cool.

Ah. I can leave for Scotland knowing at least that this was taken care of. :biggrin:

[Hurricane Floyd]

Originally posted by Nanner
I love what he said.

"I can say that this will be the last uniform I wear as a Major League Baseball player. And that means a lot to me....... "

yeah I am totally glad tha he will not be wearing a New York Uniform


















A Yankee uniform that is!

[Cyberlibrarian]

There's a Skank fan at another board who's been ranting and raving about how the Skanks would get him in the off-season. And last year, when Al talked constantly about how much he loves being a Met and how much he wants to retire as a Met, Skank fans at a Skank board I lurked at were amazed that he could want to stay with a second-rate team.

Typical Skank mentality. If you're not dying to "don the pinstripes," you've got something wrong with you.

[Hurricane Floyd]

Well ...

Leiter, who's eligible for free agency in 2003, has told friends he'd jump at the chance to sign with the Yankees, and that he's finished negotiating with the Mets for now.

Its a little old but you get the picture.

I am glad he didnt JUMP to be a yankee :biggrin:

[Rockin Robin]

Originally posted by Hurricane Floyd
.....I am glad he didnt JUMP to be a yankee :biggrin:

Wouldn't that be more like SLITHER?? lol