THE 2006 METS THREAD

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"In a move that will give SportsNet NY instant on-air credibility, it will announce today that Gary Cohen is moving over from radio to be the new voice of the Mets on TV, The Post has learned."

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 15:26 (twenty years ago)

Please say Fran's departure is next.

The Soriano Hunt has allegedly resumed; I'm afraid.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)

Big thumbs down on Soriano. I actually like the Xavier Nady deal.
Word on the street is that Omar has decided to pursue Ramon Hernandez rather than whichever Molina it is that the Angels don't want anymore. I like that, too. I don't think I want them to trade for Delgado, though. That dude rubs me the wrong way.

― willpie (willpie), Sunday, 20 November 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

Ya, he's a real bastard, that Delgado!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 20 November 2005 23:14 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chat online with Mets great Ron Darling
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Mets are excited to announce that former Mets player
Ron Darling will join Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez
in the broadcast booth on SportsNet New York for the
Mets 2006 season.

Do you have a question for the newest member of the
Mets broadcast team? You will have your chance to chat
with the pitching ace of the 1986 World Championship team
on Friday, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 January 2006 22:29 (twenty years ago)

"Ron what was it like working with the Farreley Brothers and Jack Black?!?!?!11!"

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 12 January 2006 22:38 (twenty years ago)

I guess we'll find out if Keith occasionally seemed bright last year only because he was interrupting Healy. "Mex" has a great quote on telling-it-like-it-is in Newsday today: "My feeling is TV is visual..."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 January 2006 16:31 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

The New York Mets today signed righthanded pitcher Jose Lima to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

― maura (maura), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 22:12 (twenty years ago)

rofflez, although I'm kind of sad that there will never be a New York vs. Hottie-type smackdown between Ms. Benson and Ms. Lima.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 22:50 (twenty years ago)

ok i am never using the toilets at shea ever again.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 23:12 (twenty years ago)

"What better guy can teach our players how to steal bases, and in the case of José Reyes, how to be a leadoff hitter?"
--Mets GM Omar Minaya, on hiring Rickey Henderson as a special instructor for Spring Training (New York Times)

"In my mind, I'm not really done playing. I love playing the game, but right now I haven't had the opportunity to go out and play. I feel that I have a lot to give back to the game. I'm willing to do whatever I can if I can't go out and do the things that I was capable of."
--Rickey Henderson, on his status in baseball

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 14:13 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Well, it's nice to hear from Tony Bernazard that Methuselah used to pound something besides egg whites.

Breakfast at Julio's
By BEN SHPIGEL

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla., Feb. 28 — A few minutes before 7 a.m. Tuesday, Julio Franco greeted a visitor to his apartment with the news that he had eaten 14 egg whites for breakfast.

But he was still hungry. A plate loaded with oatmeal awaited him, as did a banana and a glass of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, and still Franco wanted more egg whites. Franco's wife, Rosa, normally cooks him breakfast, but she wasn't there; so, in Spanish, he asked a friend to cook him six egg whites.

"It's O.K., six more's not going to hurt," Franco said. "It's good protein."

Franco's day always begins like this. He eats the first of five, sometimes six, meals before the sun has finished blazing over the horizon. Sometimes he adds vegetables, like bell peppers or spinach, to his egg whites or he substitutes a scooped-out bagel (he prefers cinnamon raisin) for the oatmeal.

Franco has known no other way for the last 15 or so years. He is this way not only because he plays baseball for a living. He also wants to stay alive as long as possible. In December, the 47-year-old Franco, who began his professional career in 1978 as a Phillies minor leaguer, signed a two-year contract with the Mets that will expire after his 49th birthday.

Part Methuselah, part Incredible Hulk, Franco is, by 4 years 2 months 26 days, the oldest player in the major leagues. But he has the sculpted muscle definition and trim waist of an athlete half his age.

If, as Franco wishes, he plays until he is 50, he will not diverge from a regimen that includes ingesting about 5,000 calories daily; lifting weights six days a week; and attending weekly sessions with his chiropractor and massage therapists to align his spine and restore his balance.

A religious man, Franco obeys the Ten Commandments, and he also has three personal rules, in increasing order of importance: eat well, work hard and get proper rest.

"There are no magic pills," Franco said.

Franco is a walking anachronism and he knows it. He belongs in another era, when fast food, soda, preservatives and additives did not exist. Why else, he said, would he drink a liquid concoction made from beets, cauliflower, celery, broccoli, garlic, onions and an apple (to mask the unsavory tang)?

"It tastes nasty, but it's so good for you and 100 percent natural," Franco said. "That's all that I care about."

He would have reveled in the diet of a few centuries ago, he said, when people ate what they caught and relied on nature for their next meal. He says he would have thrived in biblical times, when, as he said the story goes, people lived 400, 500 years. Spending time with Franco, listening to him describe his philosophies on health and happiness, it almost becomes possible to believe he'll be around in a few hundred years.

On willpower, Franco said: "All the time people tell me that they shouldn't eat something but they do anyway. They don't need cake. They don't have to have it. I walk by bakeries, see things that look good, smell good, but I know I don't need that cheesecake. It's not worth it for me."

On his easygoing nature: "If it's hot outside, great. If it's cold, great. If it rains or it's windy, I don't care. They're out of my control. The things in my life that I can control — my diet, baseball, my interaction with friends, family, teammates — that's what I can control, and that's what enriches my life."

On his predecessors: "The smart ones were the old ones," he said, between forkfuls of egg whites.

Franco has learned this particular lesson the hard way. In his younger days, he drank and caroused and stayed up until the wee hours of the morning.

"Julio needed some guidance," said the Mets' special assistant to the general manager, Tony Bernazard, who formed a double-play combination with Franco from 1984 to 1987 with the Cleveland Indians. "I'll leave it at that."

To bulk up, Franco read bodybuilding magazines, picking up tips from professionals, following diets found in the back pages. He swore off alcohol and other vices, and underwent a religious transformation after winning the American League batting title in 1991 (.341 average).

His workout routine is an amalgam of exercises recommended by the Mets' training staff and those assigned by his personal trainer, Michael Ashley, who also created a diet exclusively for him.

"When I got acquainted with him, I learned quickly that you can't associate him with people of his age," Ashley said. "His discipline is unlike anything I've ever seen."

In his native Dominican Republic, Franco says he can pick his produce off trees and visit a butcher at 7 a.m. to receive a filet mignon from a cow that was killed two hours earlier. Here, he shops at natural foods stores and is at the mercy of the supermarkets' produce sections. Franco eats foods for their nutritional benefits, not for their taste.

The big breakfast fortified Franco for a long day, which included the Mets' first intrasquad game of the spring. He navigated his Hummer through heavy traffic on St. Lucie West Boulevard and arrived about 7:50 a.m., 20 minutes later than normal. He hit soft-toss pitches for 15 minutes, then returned to the clubhouse to hold court. He sat on the floor, legs spread at a right angle, surrounded by five Hispanic players, and told jokes with Jose Lima.

After stretching in the training room and riding the exercise bike for 30 minutes — to burn off the extra calories from those last six egg whites, Franco said — he jogged out to Tradition Field to take batting practice. There, he watched José Reyes sock home run after home run beyond the right-field wall, then congratulated him for his power.

But he also advised Reyes to use his hips more in his swing and reminded him of a wager they had made Monday: For every ball that Reyes pulled, he owed Franco a dollar.

"He's helped me so much," Reyes said. "I try not to pay him, but it's a little bit of payment for him helping me."

Franco, who is envisioned as a backup first baseman and pinch-hitter, batted ninth and served as designated hitter for his side.

Despite going 0 for 2 in a game that included players named Wright, Beltran and Delgado, Franco received the loudest cheers. The crowd gasped during Franco's second at-bat, when he ripped an opposite-field shot that was caught at the wall in right-center. Afterward, as he was stepping into his car, Franco said he thought he had hit a home run.

"The wind brought it back in," Franco said.

And then he smiled, took a bite out of a protein bar, pulled the gearshift into reverse and sped out of the players' parking lot, heading toward his next stop on the 29-year journey of a budding folk hero.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 March 2006 17:00 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

I couldn't agree more: NO SECOND COMING OF JUAN SAMUEL, pleez!

http://www.metsgeek.com/articles/2006/03/21/soria-oh-hell-no/

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

So are the Mets overestimating Bannister, or is Heilman needed more in the pen?

http://www.metsgeek.com/articles/2006/03/24/weekend-thoughts/

And is Nady over Diaz in RF the way to go?

re SNY: Anyone's better than Healy, but Keith & Ronnie are making appreciate how much Howie Rose let Gary Cohen shine. Fuckin' ex-jocks.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 March 2006 18:04 (nineteen years ago)

How's Nu-Rey-Rey doing this spring? Is he walktastic, or hackalicious?

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 24 March 2006 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

I ask because I drafted his dead ass in the 3rd round of a h2h league in which I'm defending champeen. Morb, you'll be happy to know that my 1st round pick was David "Marry Me Already!" Wright.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 24 March 2006 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

That is, you'll be happy after you berate me for playing fantasy sports. ;)

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 24 March 2006 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

Hey, to each hobbyist his own (even if they won't go the Yogi Museum for a Prospectus roundtable on the eve of their damn draft).

I don't have any OBP numbers... Rickey only got to camp about 4 days ago tho. One game I saw this week had Reyes leading off with a single, getting easily caught at 2nd a couple pitches later. O, THE POWER OF THE STOLEN BASE.

I cannot pick the Mets higher than the wildcard as long as this foolishness continues.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 March 2006 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

(and it was "Marry Me a Little"! He's so damn hot.)

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/company/marrymealittle.htm

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 March 2006 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate will sing the national anthem at the New York Mets/Washington Nationals game Shea Stadium in Flushing, New York on April 5 at 7:10 p.m. According to a posting on QUEENSRŸCHE's official web site, the anthem will be aired live during the radio broadcast and after the anthem, a mention will be made of the group's new album, "Operation: Mindcrime II".

Alas, Pedro is currently set to pitch on the 6th. Both of those games are Value, i.e. sit upstairs for$5.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 27 March 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

i misread that julio article up there at first as:

He sat on the floor, legs spread at a right angle, surrounded by five Hispanic players, and told jokes about Jose Lima.

― gear (gear), Monday, 27 March 2006 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

Any odds on whether O:MII will be better than Van Halen III?

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 27 March 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

btw Rapozer, Reyes is 12-for-22 with (at least as of yesterday) NO WALKS! Or as Gary Cohen said, "But who cares?" When he'shitting .260 with no walks on Memorial Day, that's when we'll fucking care.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

Goddamn Joe Sheehan, who I suspect could be right:

The Mets were my pick a couple of weeks ago, even with their dysfunctional lineup. I look at the decisions over the past two weeks, however, and I just can’t see how they’ll win. Jose Reyes and Paul Lo Duca 1-2? Endy Chavez on the roster? Bannister over Heilman? A bunch of pitchers over Bell? David Wright batting sixth sometimes? (Lo Duca #2/Wright #6 may be the worst lineup idea since Fox elected to anchor its Monday nights with “Skin.”)

And I haven’t even used the words “Martinez” and “toe.”

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 April 2006 14:57 (nineteen years ago)

Ha - I think you mean to swap the 6 and 0 in Reyes' late May BA, Morbs.

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 3 April 2006 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

LoDuca singles in first run of the year! YA GOTTA HAVE HEART

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

Ha - 50 pitches for Glaivin, 51 for Livan. I wonder who'll last longer...

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:05 (nineteen years ago)

Lo Duca showcases his power with an RBI...

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 3 April 2006 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

LOL @ Heilman

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 3 April 2006 18:17 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, way to leverage those innings, Willie.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 April 2006 18:27 (nineteen years ago)

Acting!

http://www.angelfire.com/pq/philgee/images/jonlovitz.gif

― Chex Dwarf (sanskrit), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 01:01 (nineteen years ago)

Keith Hernandez and Jesse Orosco with classic "the '86 Mets had liquid diets" banter yesterday on SNY.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 12:23 (nineteen years ago)

They were "juicing" hahahahahahaha ...

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 12:37 (nineteen years ago)

i flipped to the Mets rerun after the Yankees finished off Barry Zito. Tuned in right as Soriano rounded second.

Lo Duca, I kiss you. Now that Piazza's gone I can finally be a Mets fan.

― Chex Dwarf (sanskrit), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

helpfully I fell asleep before "Enter Sandman" was played.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 6 April 2006 14:31 (nineteen years ago)

Has Pedro been that wild since his Expo days? 5 BB, 3 HBP in 6 innings!

I think Ted Barrett should be referred to as "crew bouncer."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 April 2006 12:34 (nineteen years ago)

that game had more non-weather-related delays than any other one i've been to.

― maura (maura), Friday, 7 April 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

Frank Robinson, the Cranky Delay

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 April 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

gosh, didn't see that jose guillen freakout coming...but 5 hit batsmen in three games?

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Friday, 7 April 2006 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

Meet the Mets

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Saturday, 8 April 2006 12:37 (nineteen years ago)

That link is very important

― Jimmy Mod: My theme is DEATH (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Saturday, 8 April 2006 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

Never Forget

http://rndng3rd.com/NYMHall/players/B/Bruboi.jpg

― timmy tannin (pompous), Sunday, 9 April 2006 02:20 (nineteen years ago)

it is a beautiful day in dc so far ...

― maura (maura), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

r u at a baseball game right now, maura??

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

what's Cheney eating?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 18:13 (nineteen years ago)

no, i'm just watching ...

― maura (maura), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 18:43 (nineteen years ago)

and Willie got Bannister outta there after 107 pitches, and didn't even bring in Jorge Julio to halve the lead... Uh, except wtf is Wagner doing pitching WITH A 7-1 LEAD?!?!

I think Dusty's been oudustied.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

Reyes: .357 BA, one walk

SPOT THE OUTLIER

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 14:20 (nineteen years ago)

Beltran Wright Floyd BOOM BOOM BOOM Livan! Eat that inning!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 April 2006 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

Darren Oliver just scored a run.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 13 April 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

after driving in 2.

I wonder if 2 teams in the same division have lost 100 games in the same year, cuz WAS & FLA have a decent shot.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 April 2006 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

So why not give Woodward a chance to earn the 2B job, Willie? Hmmmmmm?

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 13 April 2006 18:17 (nineteen years ago)

I'm guessing "He's too valuable on the bench," ie Heilman-style fucked logic.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 April 2006 18:35 (nineteen years ago)

Willie does know 10-run-lead = Garbage Time Julio.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 April 2006 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

God bless Gary Cohen.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 14 April 2006 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

Hahaha, too bad he still think Jose's walklessness is still no concern as the OBA sinks inevitably toward .300... DR, get my email?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 April 2006 13:44 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, I did! You're in! I'll hit you backchannel w/ arrangements & info in 2 shakes. (Lucky me, I'm "working" today.)

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 14 April 2006 14:02 (nineteen years ago)

OK, thx! I promise not to "pull a Morganna" with Wright.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 April 2006 14:19 (nineteen years ago)

Dude, go ahead - added entertainment value!

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 14 April 2006 14:29 (nineteen years ago)

Feel free to also pull a Gilooly (sic) on Zambrano.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 14 April 2006 14:33 (nineteen years ago)

Mets have drawn 23 walks in 9 games (EIGHT by Beltran); that's one more than the Phillies, who are last in the NL. Worrrrrying.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 April 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

Never Forget

http://www.strictlymint.com/online_store/store/images/0000031788.jpg

― timmy tannin (pompous), Saturday, 15 April 2006 04:47 (nineteen years ago)

Mets and Gilman Ciocia offer fans free tax preparations at Shea

FLUSHING, N.Y. -- The New York Mets will host the personal tax team of Gilman Ciocia, Inc. to offer Mets fans free tax preparation and filing April 14 - 17 at Shea Stadium.

Professional accountants from Gilman Ciocia will be at the Mets Team Store located behind home plate on the Field Level throughout the game for complimentary tax service and extension filing...

"Gilman Ciocia's tax preparation at Shea is the latest way to enhance and expand our fan service at Shea," said Dave Howard, Executive Vice President, Business Operations, New York Mets. "The Mets and Gilman Ciocia have teamed up to hopefully ease some of the stress often associated with filing taxes, and doing so within a fun and exciting environment."

The service is complimentary to any Mets fan that has purchased a ticket to any of the four games - a savings of $111 to $226 according a 2006 survey of professional accountants by The National Society of Accountants.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 April 2006 14:01 (nineteen years ago)

THE RAPOZER + DR. M in the leftfield boxes = NINE AND TWO, baby!

Beltran has a tight hamstring, unlikely to play the next 2 nights.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 April 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)

i was thinking i might check tomorrow night's game. morbs? we are the co-chairmen of the victor zambrano fanclub.

― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Monday, 17 April 2006 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

I was SO GLAD JJ came into yesterday's game. Also, we saw Reyes Walk #3 - that was hot.

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 17 April 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

Speak for yrself re The Wrong Zambrano, Jams! Very tempting, tho seeing Atlanta paste V.Z. might be as much fun as Kiewslowski's A Short Film About Killing ... If you can do the $9 seats instead of your usual box behind the Wilpons, I think I can.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 April 2006 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

never forget

http://www.rndng3rd.com/NYMHall/players/T/Geothe.jpg

― timmy tannin (pompous), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 04:03 (nineteen years ago)

Until I heard And-Hern was a late scratch due to back spasms last night, I thought Randolph had the brains to judge that 4 guys in the lineup who can't outhit my dead grandma are too many.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

Anderson Hernandez on DL with bulging disk, which saves Randolph from himself. Willie on the Return of KAZ tonight: "He's the only second baseman we've got." Except for the guy who drove in the only run the last 2 games.

Is there a bigger tactical dunce managing in the majors? Someone suggested Clint Hurdle.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 April 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

See Gardy's mismanagement of his Twinkies this year for a Randolphian display of idiocy. I wouldn't bat Mike Redmond 3rd in a beer league, let alone in the majors.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 20 April 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

Also, never underestimate Grady Little.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 20 April 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

JULIO THE ELDER!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 April 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

i've been pretty fond of manuel's shifting ryan howard lower and lower inthe batting order.

*smacks forehead*

conversely, perlozzo putting conine in the two hole has been maddeningly successful.

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Friday, 21 April 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

I read "conine" as cocaine there for some reason.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 21 April 2006 16:55 (nineteen years ago)

Reyes:

.232/.276/.366

The 8th slot or NORFOLK???

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

KAZ IS BACK!

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

...and Keith Hernandez to take Hanks role in Broadway adaptation of A League of Their Own.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 18:29 (nineteen years ago)

come back Ty W. to play 2nd base - all is forgiven!

― timmy tannin (pompous), Thursday, 27 April 2006 03:40 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe he could come back to play 3rd before David Wright completely morphs into Steve Sax.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 27 April 2006 04:48 (nineteen years ago)

more amazing yesterday than Bonds' one-legged HR off a 99-mph Wagner pill:

Reyes got 2 hits and WALKED TWICE! (Rickey was in the stands)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:15 (nineteen years ago)

Now for some naked news.

― c(''c) (Leee), Saturday, 29 April 2006 04:42 (nineteen years ago)

He's got eleven walks! Almost a 1:1 BB/K ratio! PAY RICKEY!

― David R. (popshots75`), Sunday, 30 April 2006 17:43 (nineteen years ago)

3 in one game!

Shinjo has taken off the orange wristbands, plus.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 May 2006 12:22 (nineteen years ago)

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9580/darrylrec1ks.jpg

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

no YSI no credibility

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 00:29 (nineteen years ago)

its blue for a reason bucko

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 02:19 (nineteen years ago)

OH SHIT

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 03:03 (nineteen years ago)

Well I guess stenc & I should be relieved we dint go last night despite the fab ending; weird to watch half the game played in a soaking shower while it stayed bone-dry in Brooklyn.

G.C. otm on CSTB that Wagner's early failure rate is Benitezesque. Highly-paid closers, hosers.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 May 2006 13:39 (nineteen years ago)

it was raining in north brooklyn. i listened to the game on the radio, that 9th inning almost gave me a heart attack.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 4 May 2006 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

Endy Chavez with a Career Night!

btw Ron Darling gets upset when the ushers prepare to throw out dads who interfere with balls in play. What a Yalie dick.

Tomorrow's giveaway:

http://www.everythingnyc.com/shestadnymet.html

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 May 2006 14:35 (nineteen years ago)

that game was awesome!!!!!

― maura (maura), Saturday, 6 May 2006 02:59 (nineteen years ago)

i have to admit i got real nervous after jorge julio gave that base hit up to larry in the 14th.

but all those comebacks! against the braves! and then david wright wins it. so awesome.

― maura (maura), Saturday, 6 May 2006 03:03 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, they really are making a semi-believer out of me, this was the type of game they would always lose in past years, ESPECIALLY vs Braves. Braves don't scare me at all this year, history be damned!

― timmy tannin (pompous), Saturday, 6 May 2006 03:15 (nineteen years ago)

so victor zambrano just ran off the mound after striking out andruw jones -- jones' at-bat was delayed a bit by randolph and a bnuch of other people visiting the mound to see what was wrong with the guy, because he was in obvious pain.

meanwhile, the clock ticks toward lima time.

― maura (maura), Saturday, 6 May 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

and john maine was placed on the DL today.

― maura (maura), Saturday, 6 May 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

what a game last night... we moved down to the mezz for the 14th, where the drunks were much louder than in the upp boxes. One enthusiast was bashing his Shea tin box nonstop to the point where it looked like the Colosseum.

Minaya said hi to Larry Jones at the batting cage.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 6 May 2006 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

V. Zambrano out for the rest of season with torn tendon:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-mets-zambrano&prov=ap&type=lgns

Lima time indeed.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 7 May 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

I find it amazing that he knew there was something wrong and continued to pitch.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 7 May 2006 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

He took one for the team!

First place is now the Mets for the taking. Unless they give Lima VZ's rotation spot.

― David R. (popshots75`), Sunday, 7 May 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

oh, dear...lima time TO THE EXTREME!

i feel your pain.

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Sunday, 7 May 2006 18:35 (nineteen years ago)

Ravech on BBTN ref'd to VZ's season-ender as a "blessing in disguise" to some Mets fans. No, it's A BLESSING WITH A HEAVENLY CHOIR AND LUMINESCENT ROBES FOR ALL.

Now Omar, put fuckin' Heilman in the rotation.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 May 2006 12:18 (nineteen years ago)

...and phillips said he'd rather have heilman one inning every five days than five innings once a week.

i maybe understand that idea if he's talking about a guy that hasn't been in the rotation at the ml level or hasn't shown an ability to handle it, but iirc, heilman was pretty good in the rotation last year.

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Monday, 8 May 2006 13:07 (nineteen years ago)

Good setup guys are easier to make than good starters, dammit.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 May 2006 13:27 (nineteen years ago)

That's Wright!

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 8 May 2006 14:49 (nineteen years ago)

"HR" said move Heilman to the rotation! stopped clock moment.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 May 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

It must be in the air! JM made a great point last night re: Bonds' HR swing (how he's alleviating pressure on his right leg ASAP after making contact because of knee discomfort).

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 8 May 2006 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

actually, bonds stance has been the most analyzed thing mechanical component on bbtn this year, from what i've seen.

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Monday, 8 May 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

re Doug Eddings last night, wtf happened to QUESTEC??

Also, Xavier Nady is quite the butcher in RF.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 12:24 (nineteen years ago)

My roommate (who Morb met @ the Mets game!) is drinking the "Heilman is GOLD in the bullpen, so don't break it" protein shake. I weep.

Granted, Heilman's bloop last night doesn't help matters (unless the Delucci triple was courtesy of Nady's defensive wanderlust).

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 12:36 (nineteen years ago)

Catching the triple would've required a fearless dash (or slide?) toward the RF corner wall, but he sure pulled up quick.

From the Always Amazin' blog... gahhhh....

"Ninth inning, Phillies up, men on first and third, two outs and two of the toughest left-handed hitters in the NL coming up (Utley and Abreu). What do you do? Stay with Aaron Heilman and hope he continues his historically capable pitching against left-handed batters? Or bring in your $43 million dollar southpaw closer?"

http://www.nj.com/weblogs/mets/

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:44 (nineteen years ago)

You don't want to waste your closer in a tie game! What if the Mets take the lead in the 10th? THEN who do you go to?

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 15:12 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry - that was sub-Sheehan.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)

Well, we're halfway there -- Heath Bell recalled from Norfolk, Bartolome Fortunato (whose name translates as "lucky to be in the bigs") optioned.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 May 2006 13:10 (nineteen years ago)

re Friday, it seems Lima Time is the FIFTH INNING.

sorta glad I didn't watch tonight's game despite the Happy Recap.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 14 May 2006 06:20 (nineteen years ago)

fortunato got called up ... and placed on the 60-day dl with a torn ligament in his right elbow!

― maura (maura), Sunday, 14 May 2006 16:16 (nineteen years ago)

LIMA TIME RUNNIN OUT YET, WILLIE?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 May 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

God damn - he knows he can just take pictures of Lima's wife or something, right?

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 18 May 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

Bannister rehab setback ... If we get another Lima start, this franchise is officially too dumb to make the postseason.

I'm in upper Sec 26 for Pedro-Moose tom'w.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 May 2006 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

jealous!

― and there are lot's of other sites, but all of them are fake... (sanskrit), Friday, 19 May 2006 16:29 (nineteen years ago)

hey i'll be there too! no idea where my seats are, tho.

― maura (maura), Saturday, 20 May 2006 01:13 (nineteen years ago)

who's the sandman now, huh????

that was awesome.

― maura (maura), Saturday, 20 May 2006 01:20 (nineteen years ago)

David Fucking Wright.

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Saturday, 20 May 2006 01:21 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry Yanks, but Rivera, while still good, is beatable these days, and that means you have NO chance at the World Series. (of course, Wagner is beatable too)

― timmy tannin (pompous), Saturday, 20 May 2006 03:18 (nineteen years ago)

lima dfa'd!

"The Mets now must decide on who will replace Lima in the starting rotation, considering Brian Bannister's setback on Thursday in which he aggravated his right hamstring running to cover first base in his abridged five-pitch rehab start. Options to start on Wednesday, when Lima would have thrown, include [Jeremi] Gonzalez, reliever Darren Oliver or Minor Leaguer Alay Soler."

― maura (maura), Saturday, 20 May 2006 11:07 (nineteen years ago)

MISTER WRIGHT ON FRIDAY NIGHT!

Has anyone looked more like a BP pitcher than Gonzalez in the first last night? at least til the Mets came up?

Darren Oliver? He's too VITAL in the bullpen!

(in Sec 27, actually, short RF)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 May 2006 14:01 (nineteen years ago)

4-4!

OUCH.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 20 May 2006 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

OMG BUCK WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT 'RANDOLF WILL BE SECOND GUESSED FOR BRINGING IN HIS CLOSER IN A 4-0 GAME' ARE YOU FUCKING OUT OF YOUR MIND YOU MAEK NO SENSE

― Jimmy Mod is a super idol of The MARS SPIRIT (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Saturday, 20 May 2006 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

as I was saying about Wagner..... (if he keeps this up, no way mets are even getting in the playoffs)

― timmy tannin (pompous), Saturday, 20 May 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

piss fuck shit

xpost
no sense at all

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 May 2006 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

cute political balance b4 the game:

anthem - Charlie Daniels
first ball - Tim Robbins

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 May 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

i watched the 11th in a bodega with my baby and 4 hasidic jews

you were lucky to be there!

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Sunday, 21 May 2006 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

lol@mets

― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Sunday, 21 May 2006 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/rgin/thecreepyburgerking.jpg

S Kazmir 8.0 4 0 0 1 11

― Jimmy Mod is a super idol of The MARS SPIRIT (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Sunday, 21 May 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

I was jinxy to be there, and we've moved on, J-Mod.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 May 2006 12:11 (nineteen years ago)

f*** the Braves, The Next Generation! (Daily News)

Top prospect Lastings Milledge is quickly becoming the most unpopular player in the International League. Milledge (.277, three homers, eight steals) instigated a bench-clearing incident Sunday at Triple-A Norfolk with a spikes-up slide that made a four-inch tear in the upper thigh portion of Jonathan Schuerholz's pants. The Richmond third baseman is the son of Braves GM John Schuerholz.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

5:22, 522 pitches.

The punchline was that, on the postgame show, Ron Darling described Alay Soler as "the Cuban defect."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 12:06 (nineteen years ago)

PHOENIX, AZ - The Arizona Diamondbacks today acquired righthanded pitcher Jorge Julio from the New York Mets in exchange for righthanded pitcher Orlando Hernandez, as announced by Diamondbacks’ Senior Vice President and General Manager Josh Byrnes.

― maura (maura), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

oh goody! and ... oh NO!!!!!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

Supposedly this sets up the deal sending Dontrelle to Arizona.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 22:14 (nineteen years ago)

El Duque for Anna Benson?

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

"Oil of" Alay Soler walked the bases loaded to start the game.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 22:36 (nineteen years ago)

Last year, Jorge Julio could have fetched the Devil Rays a third of the prospects in baseball. This year, he's worth a 40 year old pitcher with a 6+ ERA.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 25 May 2006 03:13 (nineteen years ago)

You mean the Orioles?

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 25 May 2006 04:13 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah my bad, I get him and Baez mixed up.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 25 May 2006 06:02 (nineteen years ago)

I missed Duque's quality start on Monday, but I'm skeptical of him as a solid #4 at this point. At least Julio Franco has a contemporary to chat with.

The Mets ARE really sockin' that ball -- first streak of 6 multi-HR games in their history.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 May 2006 12:21 (nineteen years ago)

uh, mike and the mad dog are calling the game on wfan.

― maura (maura), Thursday, 25 May 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

I heard that was gonna happen. Thx, when I go out for lunch i'll leave the walkman here.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 May 2006 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

MONDAY IS THE NEW WRIGHT NIGHT!

Over the weekend, Keith Hernandez imitated both Scarlett O'Hara and Sergeant Schultz on the air. I think it's time for SNY to start testing.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 12:13 (nineteen years ago)

I went to 3 games at Shea in May, all extra innings (and 2 Pedro no-decisions). Had a great view of Milledge's throw to third (after his muff in the first brought the first Shea shout of "Lastings, you suck!"

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 June 2006 12:46 (nineteen years ago)

(also re the D'backs, any team using 3 PITCHERS NAMED BRANDON in one game deserves to lose)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 June 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

oh david wright, you are so so so so so amazing.

― maura (maura), Sunday, 4 June 2006 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

I really want to pick up Lastings Milledge in my keeper league but I don't know who to drop. :/ Also, Andre Ethier.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Sunday, 4 June 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

I am an "exciting" leadoff hitter whose current line is .248/.312/.402 ... WHO AM I???

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 June 2006 12:28 (nineteen years ago)

Marvin Benard!

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 5 June 2006 12:45 (nineteen years ago)

Times has a 'Reyes crap OBP' column today.

The remainder of this year's Mets thread is dedicated to Ross Adell, New York SABR member and coauthor of Amazing Mets Trivia, who died much too young last week. Ross was always good for reminiscences of the Golden Age of Amazins' Baseball and curt John Franco autograph refusals, or the offer of an extra ticket. He will be missed at all future SABR meetings.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

I had the pleasure of being at the game last night at Chavez ravine. Mets had some tough breaks with Valentin's errors and Floyd going down early. I thought Beltran might have busted a rib when he stretched out to catch that fly in center. Wright also got pwned by Gagne big time in the 9th on a badass curve ball.

― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

looked like a beautiful night for baseball

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

Milledge throws em out from right and left!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 June 2006 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

god Odalis Perez is an idiot:

Perez retired the Mets in order in the third inning and recorded the first two outs in the fourth before four consecutive singles led to two runs and prompted Little to summon Seo. The right-hander escaped the two-on, two-out mess he inherited by striking out Franco on an 86-mph fastball.

Perez and Seo agreed that Little shouldn't make any changes based on one start.

"One game doesn't change anything," Seo said through an interpreter. "I'll try to work on my problems in the bullpen and he'll work on his pitching. I'm not going to make any judgments after one game."

Said Perez: "There isn't any need for me to go back to the bullpen. I don't think there's a mechanical problem. I felt good and threw the ball the way I was supposed to throw it."

You mean right down the middle so you can surrender five hits in a row and give up 5 earned runs in 2 innings? Yeah good work OP. How much money are you being paid?

― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Thursday, 8 June 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

A fairly thorough summary of the Lastings-Mets-media battle (the franchise's historical PR savvy is sub-Selig):

http://www.metsgeek.com/articles/2006/06/09/milledge-mets-and-the-media

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 9 June 2006 14:32 (nineteen years ago)

kaz matsui for eli marrero deal done. ap didn't say, but i would have to imagine that the mets are giving the rocks some green, too.

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Friday, 9 June 2006 22:00 (nineteen years ago)

$4.5M, and well worth it.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 10 June 2006 14:37 (nineteen years ago)

#1 on the Hit List:

http://baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5189

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 15:42 (nineteen years ago)

that was quite the game the other night

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

I dare say even Nu-Rey-Rey and William Q. Torre's managerial acumen can't hold this Mess down!

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

I am an "exciting" leadoff hitter whose current line is .248/.312/.402 ... WHO AM I???
-- Dr Morbius (wjwe...), June 5th, 2006 6:28 AM. (Dr Morbius)

Is there any way I can get my $11M/yr. back?

― Billy Beane (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

Wrong underachiever.

Christina Kahrl on the bottom of the NYM rotation: "Should Soler struggle or Hernandez break down--both pretty likely events, when you think about it -- John Maine should be prepped and ready to go to replace either of them, assuming he stays a nose ahead of Brian Bannister in the organizational popularity contest."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, as soon as I saw that SLG over .250 I knew I had the wrong guy.

― Billy Beane (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

What a long, grinding Home Run Derby that was. What's with the jet streams in Philly?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 12:17 (nineteen years ago)

If there's ever been a 9-1 Mets roadtrip, I sure as hell don't remember it. The lead is 9-1/2, and I think 6 teams in history have ever lost a 10-game lead. (You know who you are.)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 June 2006 19:35 (nineteen years ago)

I think I might have to sign up for that MLB.tv thing to see some Mets games this year!

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 15 June 2006 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

What, now that the season's "over"?

They had a 10-1 trip in '85, which I don't remember.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 June 2006 12:06 (nineteen years ago)

Morbius, you of all people should know not to tempt fate, even in jest.

Says the Red Sox fan.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 16 June 2006 13:27 (nineteen years ago)

Top 5 NL position players in VORP:

Pujols 38.1
Beltran 34.3
Cabrera 34.0
Wright 33.0
Bay 32.9

(the next Met, btw, is Reyes at 35th.)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 June 2006 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

No Soriano, no credibility.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 16 June 2006 15:29 (nineteen years ago)

Delgado?!?!?

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 16 June 2006 15:29 (nineteen years ago)

Delgado is 40th, I think. Reyes had a totally crazy Philly series, something like 8/13 with 4 or 5 walks.

Also, their 3rd-highest pitcher VORP behind Pedro and Glavine is ... Darren Oliver!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 June 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

No Brandon Webb, no credibility.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 16 June 2006 15:38 (nineteen years ago)

VORP is flawed.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 16 June 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

Oh wait, you're just talking Mets with the pitchers?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 16 June 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

yes. Webb is still first in either league, followed by Halladay, Schmidt and Santana.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 June 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

I'm guessing AlSo is #6 on Los VORPo Listo.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 16 June 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

You are WRONG, Varitek Breath! Nick Johnson 6th, Sori 11th.

(also, the BP stats are free, aren't they?)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 June 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

xpost - Morbius I've been a lifelong fan, I'm just not in the NYC area anymore.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 16 June 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

They're free, but I'm lazy. :D

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 16 June 2006 23:54 (nineteen years ago)

Guess whose June line this is:

.327 / .431 /.551

― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 17 June 2006 00:08 (nineteen years ago)

BONUS:
Geuss whose CAREER June line is:

.229 / .264 / .351

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 17 June 2006 02:52 (nineteen years ago)

are the both joe reyes?

― Jimmy Mod: NOIZE BOARD GRIL COMPARISON ANALYST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Saturday, 17 June 2006 04:30 (nineteen years ago)

This team plays for one run too goddamn much (LoDuca with a bunt after Reyes' leadoff double in the first last night; I don't care if he was trying for a hit with his blinding speed).

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 12:17 (nineteen years ago)

You mean his blinding ~~chemistry~~ heart.

― c(''c) (Leee), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

He's a clutch hustler.

Jon Stewart in good form during Sunday in-game interview: "It's nice to see Ron Darling has kept his girlish figure through the years."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

I'm still wondering how the hell that Wright hit on Sunday managed to bounce up the outfielders' shirt and around his neck.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

Nice control, Wags.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 June 2006 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

Gah, embarrassing.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 22 June 2006 14:34 (nineteen years ago)

Morbs,

Would you rather have Scott Hatteberg or Jose Reyes as a leadoff man?

Stevie

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 22 June 2006 17:45 (nineteen years ago)

Shasty,

How about some middle ground?

Davey

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 22 June 2006 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

I was gonna say I'll take the 2001-03 vintage Hatteberg over Reyes thus far, but Reyes henceforth over current Scott. But, assuming he doesn't plummet 40 pts in the next 2 weeks, Jose has the OBA up to .350!

One of the Prospectus guys said in a chat revently that Reyes' speed probably 'adds' about 20 pts to his on-base and that seems reasonable.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 June 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

Reyes has just been out of control good over the last week or two.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 22 June 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

They should create a stat just for leadoff hitters, something like OBP + SB + total bases, divided by height.

― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 22 June 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

Times hustle.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 23 June 2006 01:10 (nineteen years ago)

Funny tonight to see the whole Mets dugout giving Lastings the silent treatment when he returned to the dugout after his homerun, only to break face after like 5 seconds and congratulate him.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 24 June 2006 02:19 (nineteen years ago)

Reyes is hitting about .560 in his last 13 games, and is 7th in the NL in VORP. :o

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 June 2006 15:04 (nineteen years ago)

34 stolen bases too!

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 26 June 2006 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

PS - Bro-se has a career high in walks!

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 26 June 2006 15:09 (nineteen years ago)

He's not walking right now, just everything else.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 June 2006 15:14 (nineteen years ago)

Month of June: 8 walks vs. 8 K's... I'd stop griping if I were you!

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 26 June 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

Going 4-for-4 or 4-for-5 every night kinda precludes the need to take a pitch.

x-post: who's griping!?!?

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 26 June 2006 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

Well that's it!... He's been jinxed... we can all go home now.

Are you happy now?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 26 June 2006 15:21 (nineteen years ago)

Who's happy!?!?!??!?!?!

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 26 June 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

I'm curious to see his approach when he cools off, is all.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 June 2006 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

Tru dat.

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 26 June 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

http://bestmessageboardever.com/uploads/post-1772-1151351143.jpg

― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Monday, 26 June 2006 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

Cliff Floyd (sprained ankle) went 1-for-2 with a homerun while DHing in his first minor league rehab game.

Floyd is still unable to play the field so he is unlikely to return to the Mets until this weekend's series against the Yankees.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

Man, I've been in Boston for like 7 years and I'm pretty sure this is the first time the Mets have arrived.

How insane would Mets-Sox reunion world series be?

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

Being sick of the Northeast Sports Media Axis myself, I'm rooting for Mets-A's.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 17:53 (nineteen years ago)

Oh David:

“One of the things that’s most overblown in baseball is numbers,” Wright said. “It’s overrated. Let me know what somebody does in key situations. Let me know what somebody does when the game is close and you come up in a clutch situation. Those are the type of numbers that matter in baseball. So many of the numbers are overrated."

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 30 June 2006 13:54 (nineteen years ago)

That's why my first words to him would be "Shut up and kiss me."

Man, am I glad I missed these last 2 games.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 30 June 2006 17:25 (nineteen years ago)

From Olney's blog:

Within this notebook, we learn that Bill Stoneman asked the Mets for Lastings Milledge in return for Jeff Weaver.

Bill Stoneman is kinda dumb.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 13:39 (nineteen years ago)

Omar might not be too bright, either, tho - Lima Time returns, potentially for a Saturday start! After allowing 8 ER in 5+ IP in his last minor league start!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 13:56 (nineteen years ago)

RE: THAT ARTICLE,

Future joe morgans of the woooorrrlllllddddd... unite and take ooooooovvvverrrr...

― Jimmy Mod: NOIZE BOARD GRIL COMPARISON ANALYST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 16:07 (nineteen years ago)

fuckin' Lima. What a good period to be 3000 miles away from Shea.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 6 July 2006 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

I think he's got to throw a no hitter to get someone to like him.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 7 July 2006 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

from the daily news:

Now it is Pelfrey's time. No longer Lima's. "With the experience I have, I know I can still help," said Lima, who said he'll try to develop a split-fingered fastball at Norfolk. "I can leave this place with my head up. Am I disappointed? Yeah, I did not do my job. . . . But I will try to be back."

sigh.

― maura (maura), Saturday, 8 July 2006 12:12 (nineteen years ago)

Why not just make him reliever, he's shown he can possibly do two or three innings ok, but never anything approaching 4 or 5.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 8 July 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

why have him at all? the mets bullpen is doing ok without him.

― maura (maura), Saturday, 8 July 2006 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, but that's thinking logically. Minaya/Randolph seemingly want to keep him for some reason.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 9 July 2006 07:27 (nineteen years ago)

Reyes hurt his finger diving for first on a grounder, WTF?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 12:47 (nineteen years ago)

"David [Wright] should get Jose [Lima] to throw to him. He'd win for sure."
--An unnamed Met, on how teammate David Wright may win the Home Run Derby (MLB.com)

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

How was Wright on Letterman?

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 13 July 2006 04:16 (nineteen years ago)

missed it, but I'd say HOT.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 July 2006 13:45 (nineteen years ago)

Letterman hit him with a fungo bat.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 13 July 2006 14:30 (nineteen years ago)

Then Paul Shaeffer broke a pinky sliding across the stage head-first.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 13 July 2006 14:41 (nineteen years ago)

the internet shall provide

― maura (maura), Thursday, 13 July 2006 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

Ghost of Greg Maddux BOWS TO THE POWER OF THE WRIGHT!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 July 2006 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

Maddux's no trade clause is his 6.43 ERA (plus whatever score he racks up today) since his 5-0 start.

― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 14 July 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

Fun stats from today's game, lifted from an obsessive Cubs fan in another forum:

In today's game, Trachsel got through the 4th & 5th innings (7 batters) on 13 pitches. Even more amazing, of his first 75 pitches in the game, 21 of them were to DLee.

― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 14 July 2006 21:03 (nineteen years ago)

wow, two grand slams (floyd, beltran) and a hr from wright here in the top of the 6th.. incredible.

― fongoloid sangfroid (sanskrit), Sunday, 16 July 2006 23:42 (nineteen years ago)

Biggest Mets inning evah!

Pedro not coming off the DL til at least the 25th.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 July 2006 12:21 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/?p=6750

David Wright has a rep for clean living and boy-next-door demeanor. So it’s pretty fucking hot that he’d be a paid spokesperson for a corophilia advocate.

― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Monday, 17 July 2006 16:12 (nineteen years ago)

Gosh - dude eats shit ONE TIME, and suddenly he's a freak.

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 17 July 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

Does CSTB mean "coprophilia"?

― c('°c) (Leee), Monday, 17 July 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

I think that's what CSTBM stands for.

― mattbot (mattbot), Monday, 17 July 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

OLE!

Yuck, glad I was at the Newark Bears game when that spot aired.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 July 2006 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

Prospectus' Jason Grady on last winter's deals for aging vets:

Were the fans fed up with Looper? Fairly or unfairly, yes. Was he really the long-term answer late in the game? Probably not. But Wagner wasn’t the only option, and the larger point remains. Add it up and in 2006 alone, for just [Wagner, LoDuca and Delgado] and possibly the accompanying back-page ink, Minaya wasted $18 million, making the Mets older without an appreciable performance improvement on the field, while cheaper, viable options [Castro, Jacobs] already existed within the organization. For the privilege of spending this much of Fred Wilpon’s money to stand still, he also discarded a plethora of talent: Jacobs, Petit, solid young pitching prospect Gabriel Hernandez, a throw-in outfielder, and two draft picks.

Even worse, if paying for their current performance at their current salaries weren’t bad enough, he’s locked into paying $6.25 million for one more year of Lo Duca, at least $34 million for two more years of Delgado, and $32.5 million for three more years of Wagner, all of whom are 34, and it should go without saying, all highly likely to decline, not improve.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

but for this year...

Top 5 NL Playoff Contenders

Team, Average Wins, Postseason Odds

New York Mets, 96.0, 98.81%
St. Louis Cardinals, 88.4, 77.12%
San Diego Padres, 85.4, 54.07%
Cincinnati Reds, 84.4, 44.04%
Los Angeles Dodgers, 83.2, 35.71%

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

Pelfrey's fastball was looking good the other night. The pitcher was sort of flinching when he attempted to sac bunt.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 23:38 (nineteen years ago)

I think they found their 4th/5th starter!

Weather permitting, I'm going to Merengue Night now vs the Astros and Taylor (Horst) Buchholz.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 July 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

The mets certainly could have spent their money more wisely, but it's hard to complain about the results.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 21 July 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

I don't they should get rid of Maine though, when he starts, he's usually great for 4 innings and then the roof caves in. He could be a good alternate long relief guy if Oliver isn't ready to go.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 21 July 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

*don't think they should

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 21 July 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

ha! horst bucholz!

that's what i always think when i see his name...and i think of him as an east german commie ranting about the evils of capitalism to jimmie cagney.

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Friday, 21 July 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

Another grand slam! That's 4 in the last 6 games I believe.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 21 July 2006 23:38 (nineteen years ago)

4 in 5 games -- is ESPN correct that NO team has done that before?? Hard to believe. Also was Valentin's 9th career GS -- one more than Willie Mays.

hmmm, was that the real Maine? maybe the Anna Benson trade will work out after all.

Great Floyd catch, and Beltran throw.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 22 July 2006 14:50 (nineteen years ago)

Trachsel has been awfully whelming lately, even before last night. (I don't care how many wins he's been given by the offense.)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 12:54 (nineteen years ago)

...and Mets' rotation stats over last 25 games are pretty sorry (ERA over 6).

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 12:14 (nineteen years ago)

BRING BACK PEDRO

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 13:49 (nineteen years ago)

Friday

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:13 (nineteen years ago)

Never a dull moment:
http://www.hardballtimes.com/gifs/nlteamruns.gif

They seem to be tracking very similar to their buddies across the East River.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:42 (nineteen years ago)

Did I jinx them? Now they're getting one-hit by the Cubbies in a 0-0 snoozer.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 17:41 (nineteen years ago)

didn't end like a snoozer! we call that RUSCH HOUR for the STACHE MAN.

Prior was pulled with a 0-hitter? Dusty uses pitch counts after a guy's had 30 injuries?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

“This season is not over yet,” the newly acquired closer Bob Wickman said. “I know where we are. It wouldn’t change my mind if we were even farther out.”

Wickman adopted that defiant tone after spending about 10 minutes in the clubhouse. Traded last week from Cleveland to Atlanta, Wickman was asked why he would want to join a sub-.500 team. Wickman explained that he knew all about the Braves’ resiliency because he “watched a lot of TBS.”

― BUTT LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS UR SOUL (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

dude loves them pg sex and the city reruns

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.lampefamily.us/jonathan/images/fran1.jpg

― BUTT LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS UR SOUL (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

wtf are Wickman quotes doing pollutin the Mets thread?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 July 2006 12:24 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe it's a reference to the big (some might say Wickmanian) footsteps Mets fans are surely hearing?

― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 27 July 2006 13:14 (nineteen years ago)

That's still a joke; you must be listening to Steve Phillips? The Braves might finish around .500, 84-85 wins tops. Ain't gonna do it.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 July 2006 13:28 (nineteen years ago)

He said it like he believed every word, but sweat beaded his forehead. His left hand was shaking. His eyes darted about every few seconds. This was a man who was used to being pursued and, as the fear on his face indicated, being caught.

― gear (gear), Thursday, 27 July 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

sounds like Larry Jones leaving Hooters

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 July 2006 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

This thread's gotten real awesome, real fast.

― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 27 July 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

Doctorbius, what do you think of Wright's scheduled fight with Cliff Floyd?

― c('°c) (Leee), Friday, 28 July 2006 03:16 (nineteen years ago)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 July 2006 12:22 (nineteen years ago)

After the season, DW and CF will square off in the locker room. Pedro will provide the gloves! (As told to Dan Patrick in the ESPN THE MAGAZINE.)

― c('°c) (Leee), Friday, 28 July 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

Beltran piling the salami high!

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 30 July 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

hahahaha, Skip Caray sounds like the world's biggest Mets fan right now.

― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 30 July 2006 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

In a stunning development that could affect the Mets' postseason chances, right-handed setup man Duaner Sanchez is out for the year with a separated pitching shoulder, FOXSports.com has learned.

Sanchez, 26, apparently was injured while riding as a passenger in a taxicab that was involved in a car accident Sunday night after the Mets landed in Miami. He returned to New York to undergo surgery on Monday.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5832906

― maura (maura), Monday, 31 July 2006 18:13 (nineteen years ago)

SUCH A HUGE BUMMER.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 31 July 2006 18:26 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't think they were going to do any trades, but I guess the Sanchez made it more necessary. I liked Nady, but Chavez and/or Milledge will probably fill the hole decently.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 31 July 2006 22:19 (nineteen years ago)

da Mets should not take cabs.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 12:40 (nineteen years ago)

did Randolph make any kind of announcement demoting Maine from the rotation? or is it unofficial?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

i thought the mets were going with a six-man rotation for now.

― maura (maura), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

Does that include LIMA OVERTIME?

(plz say "yes" even if untrue)

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 19:05 (nineteen years ago)

as GC said on CSTB, another 6 cab accidents to Lima III.

The Probable Pitchers lists I see online don't have Maine scheduled this time around.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

lima's still at norfolk ... brrr.

as far as i know, the reports i've read have been referring to maine as a member of the rotation. and this is from marty noble's mets notebook on sunday:

"Mike Pelfrey is to make his fourth big-league start. The Mets have said nothing official, but it's likely Pelfrey will be the odd man out, the sixth man in a five-man rotation, after this start and be returned to the Minor Leagues. But Randolph asked this question Saturday: "What happens if Pelfrey throws a two-hit shutout Tuesday. That would make it a tough decision." "

― maura (maura), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

Milledge apparently got the call-up in spite of being involved in an "ump-bump" incident down in the minors.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

...and proceeded to drop a routine pop-up.

Billy Wagner: "a bloop, a bunt then a bomb... I missed my spot by 17 inches."

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 03:47 (nineteen years ago)

Mets top relievers by VORP:

Oliver 25.1
Sanchez 18.8
Wagner 17.5
Feliciano 17.3

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 14:39 (nineteen years ago)

DARREN Oliver?

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 14:40 (nineteen years ago)

that's the one.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 15:12 (nineteen years ago)

STRAWBERRY TO SKIP '86 REUNION
By GEORGE KING in New York and MARK HALE in Miami

August 3, 2006 --
MET NOTES

When the 1986 world champion Mets gather at Shea Stadium on Aug. 19, they won't be reminiscing about their heady times with Darryl Strawberry, The Post has learned.

According to team sources, Strawberry won't be on hand to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Mets' second World Series championship.

Strawberry, arguably the best position player in the club's history and the catalyst for the 1986 team, hasn't given the team a reason for his decision to stay away from the festivities.

The slugging right fielder, who led the Mets on the field and was a big part of the 1986 "Wild Boys" image off the diamond, wasn't available for comment.

At Yankee Stadium in late June, Strawberry said he will always be remembered as a Met, even though he helped the Yankees win three World Series in the late '90s.

Strawberry, the Mets' all-time leader in homers (252) and RBIs (733), played for the Mets from 1983-90. He recently remarried and is living in Missouri.

Strawberry won't be the only high-profile name missing from the celebration. Staff ace Dwight Gooden is serving time in a Florida prison for parole violation. Manager Davey Johnson has a previous commitment, as does 1986 World Series MVP Ray Knight and pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre. Lee Mazzilli and Roger McDowell are coaches with the Yankees and Braves and unable to attend.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 August 2006 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

On a contemporary note, Maine stays, Pelfrey demoted. I still don't understand how you can idle Maine for 11 days (he pitches again Sunday) when he's riding 17 scoreless innings.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 August 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

The New York Mets announced today that they have signed infielder Jose Reyes to a four-year contract extension worth $23.25 million with a club option for 2011.

― maura (maura), Thursday, 3 August 2006 19:32 (nineteen years ago)

Tomorrow: TAXI DEATH

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 3 August 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

4 more years of Senor Reyes' Spanish lessons on the videoboard!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 August 2006 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

man, i was looking forward to Strawberry and Hernandez going at it during the reunion photo shoot

― heavyweight grebt (sanskrit), Friday, 4 August 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

you were! I've got tickets!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 August 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

Mr Wright locked up for 6 years:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/08/06/wright.extension/index.html

and Lastings (Da Edge) Milledge's MySpace page:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=73120085

(did anyone see the uniformed Milledge People in thestands last night? I wonder if they got off the 7 at Jackson Heights postgame)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 August 2006 12:39 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.nypost.com/img/front080706.gif

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 7 August 2006 14:57 (nineteen years ago)

proof that ugly dudes can still get chicks (as long as they're millionaire ball players).

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 7 August 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

I like the Post priorities.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 7 August 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

i guess that's why he stopped talking to the press!

― maura (maura), Monday, 7 August 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

6/29/2006 10:15 AM

yo edge man ..fix your background dog! and dont sweat the dropped pop ups..just hit one over that green monster tonight.....much love ..GO METS!!

― gear (gear), Monday, 7 August 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

(also he's not really ugly)

― maura (maura), Monday, 7 August 2006 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

if Lo Duca can get that, then there is hope for Sal Fasano.

― heavyweight grebt (sanskrit), Monday, 7 August 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

OH COME ON NOW

― maura (maura), Monday, 7 August 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

Maine could be the next David Cone the way he is pitching lately.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 7 August 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

That isn't a ref to self-pleasuring in the bullpen, is it?

Should I give hstencil a sharp elbow to the ribs if he boos Piazza tonight?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 12:49 (nineteen years ago)

i'm not gonna boo, i'm gonna clap, but i ain't going crazy like they did last night.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 13:11 (nineteen years ago)

Depends which "sharp elbow" you employ (wokka wokka).

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 13:18 (nineteen years ago)

OMG, Ricky Ledee signed as lefty bat off bench.

(Rapozer, you must be woozy from inhaling indie-mag trashbags, that's beneath even Fozzie)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

piazza = patrick ewing of queens

― heavyweight grebt (sanskrit), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 13:29 (nineteen years ago)

did the Knicks make the finals with PE>? (shows what a roundball head i am not)

Did Wright and Glavine volunteer to flank Capt Red Ass at his press conference?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

Well, Wright's used to eating shit, so...

(wokka?)

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 16:08 (nineteen years ago)

Interesting to see that Lo Duca's hitting over .400 since he filed for divorce on June 30th.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

Not at all fond of Piazza curtain call last night.

It's only a 5+ run Mets lead that can be considered SFW (Safe From Wagner).

Cliff (Fred Sanford) Floyd to DL, MICHAEL TUCKER up.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 August 2006 13:15 (nineteen years ago)

aw, i liked the curtain call. it was sweet.

― maura (maura), Thursday, 10 August 2006 15:29 (nineteen years ago)

well, even worse was the ovation after the 2nd HR, as the game moved into the Wagner-blowable zone.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 August 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

Well, it quickly turned to boos when he nearly hit that third home run.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 10 August 2006 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

The last 2 nights sure have depressed their Pythag rekkid.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

Pedro and his calf to DL:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2551557

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

What is the playoff rotation looking like?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

This Phillies series is kind of depressing. Tonight's game was nearly under two hours long.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 17 August 2006 00:17 (nineteen years ago)

What is the playoff rotation looking like?

Pedro (if healthy)
Glavine
Maine (if he continues as is)
El Duque (if Willie favors Yankee hagiography and he doesn't implode)
Trachsel (if TV pressures Willie for nice, long games)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 August 2006 12:33 (nineteen years ago)

"iffy"

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 17 August 2006 13:06 (nineteen years ago)

Now Strawberry is coming to Saturday's reunion. And...

Today, Dykstra says more than 90 percent of his stock picks are money-makers. And if you don't believe it, he says with that familiar edge, "go ahead, dude, look it up."

"Look, I'm one of the few players who has more money now than when he was in the big leagues, and that's not by coincidence," Dykstra said by telephone Tuesday. "This is my life now, this is what I do, because I made up my mind when I retired I wasn't going to end up broke."

http://tinyurl.com/o9y8p

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 August 2006 13:09 (nineteen years ago)

Delgado bustin' out with 2 dingers!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 August 2006 18:43 (nineteen years ago)

And a triple!

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 17 August 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

morbs, stencil, either of you go to shea last night?

― mentalismé (sanskrit), Sunday, 20 August 2006 11:54 (nineteen years ago)

I was there, yes, mezzanine behind home (shelter from the mist). Did Darling say anything interesting while he was miked? to Dykstra?

Ralph Kiner got a nice hand when he appeared during BP. And I heard way too much of that hideous '86 "Let's Go Mets (Go)" record.

In the 6th Colorado played like Matthau was managing.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 21 August 2006 13:06 (nineteen years ago)

i was supposed to go yesterday afternoon, but overslept due to hangover. ;_;

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 21 August 2006 14:41 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going tomw night too, Maine vs Cardinals.

On the bright side of the Glavine thing, they've been winning despite his 5 ERA since the break... (Oliver Perez imminent?)

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2555246

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 21 August 2006 15:14 (nineteen years ago)

they should wear the throwbacks all the time

― mentalismé (sanskrit), Monday, 21 August 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

The CLASSIC pinstripes, not the wide piping/stripes on the side! yuck!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 21 August 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

http://industrycentral.net/content/actors/images/riegert1.jpg http://www.mlb.com/images/2006/04/06/Ql6JdIgL.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 03:13 (nineteen years ago)

OTIS!

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 11:53 (nineteen years ago)

so yr saying they're all local heroes?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:08 (nineteen years ago)

i'm the only one who sees a faint resemblance, then?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 17:49 (nineteen years ago)

btwn Riegert & Carter?

Anyone besides the Post confirmed that Glavine won't need surgery?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

Relieved Glavine to miss just one start

By Marty Noble / MLB.com

NEW YORK -- A sense of great relief washed over the Mets on Tuesday when they learned that Tom Glavine will not require surgery and that he will rejoin the team's rotation after missing just one turn.
The veteran, whose next turn would have come against the Cardinals on Tuesday night at Shea Stadium, will be skipped because doctors want him to heal after underoing an angiogram, an invasive procedure that helped them form their diagnosis.

Team doctors performed an angiogram at the Hospital for Special Surgery on Monday to determine the cause of the coolness that Glavine was feeling in his left ring finger. The tests detected some clotting in the pitcher's left shoulder, but it was not new clotting and surgery will not be necessary. The scar tissue from the old injury occasionally causes blood clots to form in the finger. The condition is not serious and will be treated with baby aspirin and other medication to help his circulation.

"The news from our doctors is a good as we could have hoped for," said Mets general manager Omar Minaya in a statement released by the Mets on Tuesday. "We look forward to having Tom return to full activity and get back on the mound as soon as possible."

"I was relieved to hear the news," said Glavine. "First and foremost to hear that the condition is not serious, but also to hear that I can get back to doing what I love to do relatively quickly."

Glavine and the Mets had feared that the 40-year-old had developed a clot that would have to be treated with medication or, worse, that a "knot" had formed in an artery in his shoulder and surgery would be required.

A source familiar with the situation explained that the Mets doctors had told Glavine that his situation was in some ways akin to arthritis with intermittent symptoms -- the malady is no worse, but the symptoms are more noticeable. In Glavine's case, the primary symptom was a coldness experienced in the ring finger on his left hand.

Glavine experienced the sensation on Wednesday in Philadelphia after pitching seven innings for the second time in three starts.

Glavine said that the best-case scenario would be that the feeling in his finger is "an isolated incident" and suggested that he could pitch again this weekend. The angiogram could push the start back, however. The worst-case scenario would have had Glavine undergo season-ending surgery to modify the artery.

At no time was the problem considered life-threatening. Glavine said that each doctor emphasized that he would suffer no long-term health effects.

Losing Glavine, who has a 12-6 record and a 3.92 ERA in 26 starts this season, would have represented a devastating blow to the Mets' chances of advancing deep into the playoffs. But he had been forced to contemplate issues greater than his career or the Mets' postseason.

"You get scared and start worrying about the rest of your career, if there's going to be one," Glavine said on Sunday. "Obviously, I had a wonderful career and I stayed healthy, for the most part. I envisioned my retirement, but I never envisioned it to an injury.

"From that standpoint, it's uneasy," Glavine added. "It's strange, too, because I sit here and I feel great. I don't have any pain or anything like that. It's just that I have something going on inside my shoulder that needs to be looked at."

Glavine said that he has had episodes of coldness in his pitching hand since leaving a 1990 game at Los Angeles. Glavine was subsequently diagnosed with a condition known as Raynaud's Phenomenon, which affects blood flow in extremities. For the past 16 years, Glavine said, he has dealt with coldness and numbness in the index and middle fingers of his pitching hand, although feeling the sensation in his ring finger on Wednesday was a first.

It's a strange feeling -- it doesn't hurt," Glavine said. "The temperature's just a little different than my other fingers."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

baby aspirin! awwwww

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

Mets get Shawn Green for the rest of the season (not playoffs) and next year.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

I thought you could add players up to Sept 1st and have them on the playoff roster. I thought that was tied into when they expand the roster at the end of the season and could clal up additional players.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

then what's the trading deadline for?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 22:40 (nineteen years ago)

they have to clear waivers after the trading deadline, which allows other teams to block. earl correct about playoff rosters, i think.....

― timmy tannin (pompous), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

Exciting walk off win tonight! Both Carlos' getting it done. Even Gary Cohen was overexcited at the end. Pujos' 7 RBIs wasted as well.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 01:01 (nineteen years ago)

btwn Riegert & Carter?

Riegert & Orosco, jeez

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 03:39 (nineteen years ago)

haha, pwned the New Democrat! and Shasta, bone up on yr eligibility rules.

Witnessing that game was such a palate cleanser after the sight of Billy Blythe Triangulator Clinton walking around on the field during BP. (Also, I think Albert's 2 shots have improved his HR ratio, tho the two he hit to dead center pre-game don't count.)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 12:23 (nineteen years ago)

Witnessing that game was such a palate cleanser after the sight of Billy Blythe Triangulator Clinton

I read that twice as "Billy Beane Triangulator Clinton," which made me wonder if he was getting on base.

― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

Green and Delgado: TOGETHER AGAIN

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

Have we mentioned that Aaron Heilman's entrance music is "London Calling"?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

haha, pwned the New Democrat!

dude, I just returned faux-naivete in kind, if that's what you meant

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

psst i don't need to buy tix in advance, do i? (i mean, for non-subway series games)

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

well, given that they're drawing 45-50,000 most games now, it might be a good idea.

so what did Hernandez say when Clinton was shown snoozing in the 8th inning?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

So who did the Mets give up for Green?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:22 (nineteen years ago)

"Evan MacLane, a 23-year-old left-hander."

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

and $6.3M ca$$$h

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

No they got that from the Diamondbacks, I think.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

I think it turned out that both teams will end up paying 6 Million and change for the contract.

Julio Franco def has weird entrance music.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

Have we mentioned that Aaron Heilman's entrance music is "London Calling"?

-- Dr Morbius

meltdown expected

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 August 2006 02:38 (nineteen years ago)

Milledge sent down, Bannister activated to start tonight. Kelly Stinnett signed to minor-league deal (ie, DiFelice's days are numbered).

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 August 2006 12:56 (nineteen years ago)

Ledee was also released.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 25 August 2006 12:59 (nineteen years ago)

I see no reason to rush Floyd back while Endy Chavez is doing so well.

Green is looking like a good addition so far.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 27 August 2006 10:57 (nineteen years ago)

that game was unbelievably sweet. i was there and the atmosphere just turned electric during the seventh. perez got pretty lustily booed when he walked off the mound in the fifth.

i don't understand the logic behind intentionally walking valentin to get to endy, who was 3-for-3 before his double in the seventh. anyone want to take a shot at explaining that to me? or is it just something to chalk up to the crappiness of the phillies bullpen?

― maura (maura), Sunday, 27 August 2006 11:00 (nineteen years ago)

I guess most teams assume the #8 hitter is the weakest one.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 27 August 2006 17:46 (nineteen years ago)

So Wright's "just" in a slump, right?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 28 August 2006 14:18 (nineteen years ago)

I've been waiting for you to weigh in on that! He got sick and never quite recovered eh?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 28 August 2006 14:58 (nineteen years ago)

He's still got good season numbers and I expect him to re-find his groove in the next 5 weeks. All the crackpot theories are delightful tho:

Aug. 23
News: Wright refuted SportsNet New York analyst Keith Hernandez's claims that Wright's game day appearances for the Mets were affecting his on-field performance, the NY Daily News reports.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 28 August 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

Christina Kahrl:

The...troubling move is the decision to demote Milledge. Acquiring Shawn Green didn't solve the Mets' outfield problems all by itself—--they still have Endy Chavez and Michael Tucker playing left field, and even once Cliff Floyd comes off of the DL, you've still got an outfield without a single right-handed bat among its reserves. It's a minor tactical concern with only 34 games left to play, but my worry is that it's something the Mets won't fix on their playoff roster. Carrying Milledge instead of Tucker would be the easy fix, though, and ideally Omar Minaya will give Milledge that consideration. Unfortunately, neither Minaya nor Randolph have any experience putting together a playoff roster, so I'd worry about whether they flub this decision in addition to making a mistake like carrying twelve pitchers.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 12:55 (nineteen years ago)

looks like that slump is over.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 05:37 (nineteen years ago)

Do you know where Trachsel ranks among Mets pitchers in VORP?

Tenth.

14 wins have seldom been such a mirage. (His Expected W-L is 8-9.)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 14:56 (nineteen years ago)

HE GETS RESULTS, GUY.

― c('°c) (Leee), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

he makes the players' coffee on his start days?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

GREEN coming thru, if he gets his homer stroke back, fuck y'all. (actually the dodgers scare me a bit, memories of 88 i guess).

― timmy tannin (pompous), Thursday, 7 September 2006 06:09 (nineteen years ago)

Time for the Mets to win some games, hey how about a sweep?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

Here is a pretty good article going over some of Omar Minyaya's moves this past year. Considering Minyaya got some static for giving Lima a shot, many of his other small deals have worked out pretty well.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/ten-great-pickups-by-omar-minaya/

I think giving up Nady and getting Oliver Perez could turn into something pretty good, if someone can get through Perez's thick skull and bring back the pitcher from a couple of years ago. That guy was pretty un-hittable at times, but Perez has pretty much been a punchline since those days. He pitched a shutout last time out, so that is a start.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Friday, 8 September 2006 03:39 (nineteen years ago)

nady was ok but overrated by mets fanboys, never gonna be more than a 20hr, 80rbi guy, if even. yeah, they didn't get equal value in return in the short term, but in the context of the trade (d. sanchez lost for season) the deal made sense. perez could come thru big in the near future, or not, still worth it imho.

― timmy tannin (pompous), Friday, 8 September 2006 08:55 (nineteen years ago)

Nady is often little better than replacement-level, and kind of a butcher in RF.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 September 2006 12:20 (nineteen years ago)

Reyes is inside your parks: http://youtube.com/watch?v=EuCFhOepgN4

― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 8 September 2006 13:02 (nineteen years ago)

Running all yr bases

― Jimmy Mod: THE HANDLESS ORGANIST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Friday, 8 September 2006 14:47 (nineteen years ago)

Wow.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 8 September 2006 14:51 (nineteen years ago)

he is fast.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:03 (nineteen years ago)

This is what happens when you have an outfield that includes Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier and Jason Repko.

Let's go Mets.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

They mighta had a play at first if he had rounded home.

― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)

i think that was the first inside-the-parker i've seen in person

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:25 (nineteen years ago)

I saw one in Tacoma in June (the new Cleveland OF Choo).

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

15.5 seconds home to home and he wasn't even going full out until halfway between 1st and 2nd

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit), Friday, 8 September 2006 17:30 (nineteen years ago)

r = 60'6"
d = 121' (or 40 1/3 yards)
pi x d = 126.7 yards = 115m in 15.5 seconds

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 8 September 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

15.5s x 100m / 115m = 13.48s

which according to
http://www.8ung.at/age-records/

is close to the 100m world record for 9 year old boys (12.91s).

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 8 September 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

Haha

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 8 September 2006 18:37 (nineteen years ago)

the NYT New Season arts preview says that Monday's Mozart Requiem performance/sing-in/9/11 event at Carnegie Hall is sponsored by the Mets, "who have found any number of ways to make themselves lovable this season"

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 9 September 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

... Pedro Martinez seems on track to return to the Mets' rotation at the end of next week.

The 34-year-old right-hander, in his attempt to return from a strained right calf, threw a simulated game off the Shea Stadium mound prior to Saturday's game against the Dodgers. Martinez tossed 75 pitches and, according to a team official, "about four innings" of live action with Mike DiFelice catching and Anderson Hernandez, Ricky Ledee and Lastings Milledge taking at-bats.

Manager Willie Randolph, pitching coach Rick Peterson and bullpen coach Guy Conti observed Martinez from behind a screen set up behind the mound, and DiFelice called balls and strikes. Martinez worked each inning as if it were a live game, sitting down between frames.

After his outing, Martinez said he should be ready to start sometime between the start of Monday's series against the Marlins in Florida and when the Mets visit the Pirates on Friday. Thursday is an off-day.

"I feel fine," said Martinez, who has not started since Aug. 14. "I'm just starting to get back to my groove, and now I need to pitch to regain what's not there yet. It's just nice to be able to see somebody with a bat in their hand and actually try to make some pitches. It feels good, better than I thought."

― maura (maura), Saturday, 9 September 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

There was a shot of a heavy-lidded Tommy the Shit in the stands last night; I expected Gary Cohen to say "Tom Lasorda, dead at 80."

Got a letter enabling me to buy tix to ONE playoff game.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 9 September 2006 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

UGH, of all the possible times for the Mets to lay down and whimper like little sick puppies why did they wait until this weekend? In Queens no less...

Bottom line: Dodgers 16, Mets 4

My BOLD prediction: the Mets don't make it to the NLCS.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 10 September 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

magic number = 4

― hstencil (hstencil), Sunday, 10 September 2006 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

Is it safe to say that Glavine and Pedro will be unable to pitch on short rest in the playoffs?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 10 September 2006 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

You mean, less than 4 days'? I'd say yes, unless one of them throws 60 pitches in a blowout.

Since when is a 4-game split laying down and whimpering like little sick puppies?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 September 2006 12:16 (nineteen years ago)

The people on the Mets.com forum want to crucify someone seemingly after every out or opposing hit.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 11 September 2006 13:25 (nineteen years ago)

Flailing against a AAAA pitcher can piss anyone off, especially in the last game of a series.

― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Monday, 11 September 2006 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

THE METS.COM PLAYOFF TIX PURCHASE PAGE AIN'T FUCKIN' LOADING

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 15:04 (nineteen years ago)

FORESHADOWING

― gear (gear), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 16:40 (nineteen years ago)

oh YEAH? Got em! LCS Game 1.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

you only bought one? ;_;

i can pay you back friday, dude.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

(I never doubted...)

I bought 3. They were $85 each (fee included) for upper deck, row V.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

Jesus. I think the ALDS ticks for the A's (fingers-crossed) are $45 a piece for Plaza Infield.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

Would Reyes be the first player to compile 20 hr, 20 3b, 60 sb? He would have to hit four triples in three weeks, but it would be impressive. Actually, has anyone even done 20 hr / 15 3b before?

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 17:49 (nineteen years ago)

I dunno...

I was not gonna buy the cheaper Division Series tix. If they don't advance, I don't wanna be there.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

Brett did 20/20 I believe.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

Hornby did 21/18 as well.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

And Mays did 35/20 and 38 SB.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:02 (nineteen years ago)

So yeah it's been done.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:02 (nineteen years ago)

morbs i will gladly throw in for one of those tix, if you're offering.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

At the moment, they're taken, but we'll see if that changes. My cresit card balances are a little bit fright-ning, as Carl Douglas mightsay.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

I CAN PAY YOU FRIDAY.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

i'll look for you on tv :(

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

and I can't buy any more tix.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

dissed and dismissed. ;_;

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

From Sunday Times on rising Met wave... I'm assuming Maura has one of these pendants?

For the first time in eight years, Derek Jeter T-shirts are not the most popular in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut region, said Rich Yonkers, the vice president for signature license apparel at Modell’s Sporting Goods. Mr. Wright’s are, including one bearing the words “Mrs. Wright.” The chain has introduced a “Wrighteous” shirt, intended for a 12- t0 18-year-old male market and already a strong seller. And a line of “Mrs. Wright” love pendants is almost sold out at the souvenir stands in Shea Stadium.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 September 2006 13:17 (nineteen years ago)

http://sneakykitchen.com/fullerbrush/images/household_broom.jpg

MEMO TO WORLD: THROW LEFTIES

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Sunday, 17 September 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

blah, conventional 'wisdom'

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 September 2006 12:24 (nineteen years ago)

i hope that champagne keeps..

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit), Monday, 18 September 2006 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

LOL

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 18 September 2006 13:21 (nineteen years ago)

A similar delay occurred in 1986, and who gives a fuck, really.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 September 2006 14:06 (nineteen years ago)

I'm looking forward to the inevitable 3-game playoff with the Phillies.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 18 September 2006 14:12 (nineteen years ago)

Morbs,

Hearin' those "footsteps" again? ;-D

Steve

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 18 September 2006 14:50 (nineteen years ago)

AT LONG LAST

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 01:04 (nineteen years ago)

title clinched, asshole unclenched

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 02:26 (nineteen years ago)

My Dad was at the game when they last clinched, and my sister was at this one. Good stuff.

Lastings Milledge: "And now I'm having my first drink!" [pops champagne]

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 04:50 (nineteen years ago)

from the wunnerful world of Craigslist:

seeking Mets fan slave - 34

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Great, so you won the N.L. East. The celebration stops now because everyone knows they will lose to the Yankees in the World Series. Looking for a Mets fan slave to put in his place. Not a leather guy but go beyond vanilla depending on how much I feel like antagonizing a Mets fan that day.

You must be a knowledgeable baseball fan and understand that Reyes is not a new restaurant in Hell's Kitchen.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4492/wickman65312ta6.jpg

― mattbot (mattbot), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

Q: If Ted Williams were still alive, he could walk up to an active player and say, "I got two hits off that guy one game. How did you do when you faced him?'' To which active player would he be talking and to which pitcher would he be referring?

A: The active player, naturally, is Julio Franco. And the pitcher would be Jim Kaat. Williams batted against Kaat the final day of the 1959 season and had two hits against him. Kaat walked Franco in 1982 when Julio was a rookie. In other words, there still is an active player who faced a guy who faced Ted. Is that a great bit of trivia or what?

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

Joe Sheehan today:

Make no mistake: Mets’ playoff games are going to drag. They are going to score a lot of runs and they are going to make a lot of pitching changes in trying to protect leads. Style points don’t matter in October, though; wins do. Without an effective Martinez, the Mets are reasonably positioned to pick up the 11 wins they’ll need to hang another banner at Shea Stadium. With him, they’re the favorites. We’ll have a better idea after tonight’s game which of those scenarios is most likely.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 September 2006 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

Steve Trachsel vs. FOX sports

FATALITY

― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 21 September 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

If he starts, I hope I'm in at Shea, away from Tim and Joe Jeter.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 September 2006 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

so are cohen/hernandez/darling going to call the playoff games on the radio? god i am so dreading listening to the fox fools.

― maura (maura), Friday, 22 September 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

unusual number of fights in stands at Pedro's last start, btw.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 23 September 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

that was the crummiest trivia i've ever heard

― harbl (Adrian Langston), Saturday, 23 September 2006 23:43 (nineteen years ago)

lol

― gear (gear), Sunday, 24 September 2006 01:16 (nineteen years ago)

er.. what's the usual number of fights for a pedro start again?

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 25 September 2006 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

It depends on whether or not Pedro is the one who started the fight.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 25 September 2006 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

Was Don Zimmer in attendance?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 25 September 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

No, nor Tim Foli.

I picked up my tix for the (possible) NLCS Game 1 at Shea, and of course it's the only game in that series they haven't set a start time for...

And my ex-roomie won the LDS lottery, so I'll be going to Game 5 of that (if nec). Since he didn't check his email for 4 days, we have the worst seats imaginable, so I'm hoping for a Mets sweep.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 September 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

No, nor Tim Foli.

I picked up my tix for the (possible) NLCS Game 1 at Shea, and of course it's the only game in that series they haven't set a start time for...

And my ex-roomie won the LDS lottery, so I'll be going to Game 5 of that (if nec). Since he didn't check his email for 4 days, we have the worst seats imaginable, so I'm hoping for a Mets sweep.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 September 2006 17:01 (nineteen years ago)

i wouldnt worry too much about that NLCS start time..

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit), Monday, 25 September 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I can't figure why it wouldn't be 8ish for sure, as the AL starts on a diff day, right?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 September 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

Willie's "Pedro may not start LDS Game 1" hemming/hawing is truly classic nonspeak.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 12:16 (nineteen years ago)

er, anyone getting a bit nervous......

― timmy tannin (pompous), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 03:28 (nineteen years ago)

Which panicky strawman are you referring to?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 12:16 (nineteen years ago)

perhaps the 30 runs allowed in the past 4 games?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 13:06 (nineteen years ago)

That's a lot of meat.

― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 13:08 (nineteen years ago)

oh Shasta, Shasta ... Oliver Perez and Heath Bell ain't gonna be on the playoff roster. These games are garbage time (known to Giant fans as "162 games").

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 13:11 (nineteen years ago)

Wow Morbs, now that is some big talk from a team that's one exactly one world series game in the past 20 seasons!:

To quote Morbs w/r/t the Mets playoff rotation:

Pedro (if healthy)
Glavine
Maine (if he continues as is)
El Duque (if Willie favors Yankee hagiography and he doesn't implode)
Trachsel (if TV pressures Willie for nice, long games)

Aside from Maine, that rotation looks pretty good... if it was 1996.

Pedro's 6.35 ERA in his 6 starts since the all-star break is a career high (non-garbage time amirite?).

Glavine's post-AS ERA is a little better (4.68 ERA) but he recorded only a mere 3 wins in his last 15 starts (non-garbage-time?)

25 year old Maine is approaching a career high in Innings Pitched and hIs 4.50 ERA in August/September* is a bit indicative of this. (*still garbage time? Let's ask A-Rod.)

El Duque might be their best pitcher at this point.

Trachsel... let's just hope the Mets don't reach game 5 of the NLDS.

I'd be worried too.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 13:41 (nineteen years ago)

This is where someone can point out the other NL teams kinda suck. No, they're not the '98 Yankees, but who is?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 13:47 (nineteen years ago)

Wow Morbs, now that is some big talk from a team that's one exactly one world series game in the past 20 seasons!:

small sample size. make it 21 and you're including the '86 mets.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

You're right hstencil, 3,380* games is a small sample size.

*[162 + 3 (min NLDS wins) +4 (min NLCS wins)] x 20

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

so now you're talking 20 years of games instead of just world series games? your criteria keeps shiftin', d00d!

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 15:37 (nineteen years ago)

uh, you have play those games to get the opportunity to play in the world series, duder.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 15:38 (nineteen years ago)

well no duh but that wasn't what your sentence was implying, that since the mets have only won (correct sp) one ws game in twenty years, they are somehow in trouble?

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

Steve Shasta believes in the Power of Laundry (ie, a franchise that has no players left from 2000 having some kind of continuum over 20 years).

Anyhoo, the Mets may only need 3 starters in the DS, depending on the seeding (two offdays -- if they play the wildcard?). I saw some column suggesting "tandem starters," but Willie's not about to do anything that unconventional. He may well have Maine ready to go in the 2nd inning if any starter gets in deepshit early. Not a bad option.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

and let's just go back to calling him gygax.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

Okay, rewind:

Morbs says:
These games are garbage time (known to Giant fans as "162 games").

I just thought it was rich to hear something from a Mets fan seeing as the Mets have seen so much garbage time in the past 5 seasons. Yes the Mets last won the pennant in 2000, and were the most recent team to lose to the Yankees in the World Series.

But let's compare how many meaningless games have been played by the Mets vs. the Giants. That's my contention: a small matter of putting your money where your mouth is.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:14 (nineteen years ago)

the giants have been in the playoffs how many times in the past 20 years?

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:16 (nineteen years ago)

87
89
97
00
02
03

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

So you believe in Clutchiness now?

The Mets have never blown a World Series that was 99% in the bag (7th inning, October 26, 2002).

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

One word: Benitez!

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B10260ANA2002.htm

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

Hahaha

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:29 (nineteen years ago)

(The funniest thing is that I'm not even a Giants fan)

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

Besides Dr. M, who said anything about Clutchijetertasm? We're supposed to be talking about how the Giants have been in the postseason more often than the Mets over the past 20+1 years.

xpost - ok clearly Shasta and gygax are completely distinct personalities here, and I prefer Giants fan gygax.

― c('°c) (Leee), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

i thought we were just talking about ws appearances for the past twenty years.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

the issue of contention is garbage time (aka "meaningless games").

which is something i find a Mets fan to be suddenly so immodest about rather rich.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:40 (nineteen years ago)

I think YOU were originally talking about how Mets fans should be crapping their pants cuz they've given up a lotta runs in this week's meaningless games. How did the 2000 Yankees finish, losing 15 of 18?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

Well to be fair, I also griped when they laid down to be the Dodgers' floor mat (and got outscored by like 20 runs then too)... Was that pre- or post-garbage time?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

Are we in garbage time right now?

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

ask a-rod, dave.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

Like Sheehan said way 'bove, Mets are counting on scoring loads and playing mix n' match with the bullpen. I think it'll help if Floyd and Green are never in the lineup at the same timew, and if Endy starts almost every day.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 17:48 (nineteen years ago)

I think it'll help if Floyd and Green are never in the lineup at the same time, and if Endy starts almost every day.

Tell me you saw yourself saying that heading into the playoffs.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 18:40 (nineteen years ago)

no, in April I'd have said "Victor Diaz."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

I too am dreading the Fox people calling the Mets playoff games. At least bring Gary Cohen along.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 23:25 (nineteen years ago)

i wasn't baiting above about being nervous, i am (garbage time or not) worried about the dodgers and/or phillies. mets are clearly better than all nl playoff teams, and yet i can see them being knocked off by phillies or dodgers (a la 88). cardinals/padres do not scare me at all.

― timmy tannin (pompous), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry dudes, I love you guys but I'd be worried.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 23:36 (nineteen years ago)

Jesus, just take him out already.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 23:38 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, this is getting ridiculous. Going into the playoffs cold is one of the worst possible things to happen at this point.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 28 September 2006 01:46 (nineteen years ago)

lol @ Kruk: "If he pitches like he did tonight in the playoffs, he'll be in-valuable!"
Ravech: "You mean as in not valuable."
Kruk: "Yeah!"

― The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 28 September 2006 01:48 (nineteen years ago)

it's almost lima time

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 28 September 2006 04:46 (nineteen years ago)

Going into the playoffs cold is one of the worst possible things to happen at this point.

Are you being perversely ahistorical?

Look, them's the breaks. At least Ramon Castro is back. :p

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 September 2006 12:22 (nineteen years ago)

I'm just saying that teams with a lot of momentum coming out of the end of the season have been doing good lately (a wild card team has made it to five of the last six world series, and won three of 'em.)

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 28 September 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

Did those WCs actually finish September on fire? I dunno, I'm asking.

Momentum is only as good as tomorrow's pitcher's BABIP.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 September 2006 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

I am cautiously optimistic about my Padres' chances for the first time this season (so naturally they will probably lose four straight to the Dbacks and miss the playoffs). Never this season have the Mets looked so vulnerable, despite having three top ten MVP guys in the lineup and a Cy Young candidate in the bullpen.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 28 September 2006 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

Darren Oliver's a Cy Young candidate?

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 28 September 2006 18:10 (nineteen years ago)

Wagner has been better than Hoffman, who for some reason has Cy buzz.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 28 September 2006 18:49 (nineteen years ago)

I think Rob Neyer said recently that saves have been slightly devalued since this formula was spun:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/features/cy

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 September 2006 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

That formula would make sense if you take that score and multiply it by innings pitched.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 28 September 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

ie, Huston Street is not equal to Roy Halladay. Halladay is about 7-8x more valuable.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 28 September 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

Right but his formula is based on voter tendencies, not actual worth.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 28 September 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

have any of read about the push for two wild card winners who have to battle each other out best two out of three to get into the playoffs? seems a bit much, but that wild card teams have made it to five of the last six world series, and won three of 'em can't be a coincidence.

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit), Thursday, 28 September 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

bye bye pedro, pennant chances

― timmy tannin (pompous), Friday, 29 September 2006 02:51 (nineteen years ago)

no Pedro, no credibility

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit), Friday, 29 September 2006 11:50 (nineteen years ago)

also:

My BOLD prediction: the Mets don't make it to the NLCS.

-- Steve Shasta (steveshast...) (webmail), September 10th, 2006 4:00 PM. (Steve Shasta) (link)

SAGELIKE

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit), Friday, 29 September 2006 11:51 (nineteen years ago)

Shasta, have you been taking Kruk Pills or something this week? That formula is a CY PREDICTOR -- that is, it identifies the pattern of BBWAA winners, and attempts to replicate it. Not sposed to measure actual value.

that wild card teams have made it to five of the last six world series, and won three of 'em can't be a coincidence.

No, just luck, randomness, whatever you wanna call it.

bye bye pedro, pennant chances

no Pedro, no credibility

Mets' pitchers by VORP, regular season 2006:

1. Tom Glavine 34.4
2. Billy Wagner 25.7
3. Pedro Feliciano 24.2
4. Aaron Heilman 21.6
5. Darren Oliver 20.9
6. Orlando Hernandez 20.3
7. John Maine 19.1
8. Chad Bradford 18.9
9. Duaner Sanchez 18.1
10. Steve Trachsel 16.2
11. Pedro Martinez 16.2

ie, this doesn't diminish the talent they've used in '06 by as much as Duaner's taxi ride.

Sure it'd be nice to have Grade A Pedro in the rotation. It'd be nice to have Grade A Tom Seaver in the rotation too. The Mets had the former for exactly one month longer this year.

I'm really worried about those ILB Awards now (maybe Kenny Rogers and Bronson Arroyo have a shot at Cy Young).

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 September 2006 12:38 (nineteen years ago)

That Cy Predictor formula is based on what? Let me guess, it was devised the year after Gagne won it. No sense in actually using a voter data of the past oh... 5-25 years is there?

No wonder Neyer laughs off its credibility.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 September 2006 13:05 (nineteen years ago)

Since it was created by his mentor and appeared in a book he coauthored with James, I don't think he "laughed it off."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 September 2006 13:11 (nineteen years ago)

His mentor changes his mind every other year on many other formulae, I doubt if he even remembers this one.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 September 2006 14:10 (nineteen years ago)

SAGELIKE

-- mr. brojangles (mikeoptin...), Today 5:51 AM. (sanskrit)

I actually called out the Mets and the pre-collapse Cards not being there, take that for what its worth.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 September 2006 14:12 (nineteen years ago)

You wanna wait for the actual outcomes, Nostrildamus?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 September 2006 14:14 (nineteen years ago)

If Armas Jr. one-hits the Mets again for the second time in a week, I won't have to.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 September 2006 14:18 (nineteen years ago)

THANKS FOR THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT PETEY

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 29 September 2006 15:09 (nineteen years ago)

Pedro's got more bad calves than a Jimmy Dean slaughterhouse

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 September 2006 15:13 (nineteen years ago)

Cy Predictor pre-dates Gagne's award by several years, I think. And AFAIK, it IS based on voter data (i.e. voters overvalue saves SHOCKAAHHH)

Even with the dicey rotation, the Mets are clearly still the best team in the NL and should laugh their way into the WS as long as their starters don't completely disintegrate (= they fall behind 7-0 every night and their great bullpen is relegated to mop-up duty).

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 29 September 2006 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

Josh (not from FLA, I swear): ROb, since April ended, Pedro only had 4 wins. He's not been a big part of this rotation since then. Obviously Met fans want a healthy Pedro pitching, but I don't see the logic that the Mets are now a different team than they have been most of the season.

Rob Neyer: (1:26 PM ET ) You're absolutely right . . . and that's the problem. The Mets' third-order winning percentage is .534, which is almost exactly the same as those of the Padres (.537) and Dodgers (.536). The Mets are okay, but their record is goosed by a 30-16 record in one-run games.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 September 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

I heard somewhere Randolph is considering 3 catchers for LDS? WHYYYYY?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 September 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

Didn't Bobby Cox used to carry three catchers in the playoffs every year? It's an NL East tradition, obviously Randolph is merely respecting tradition and I think we can all relate to noble causes like that.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 29 September 2006 17:05 (nineteen years ago)

Pedro's got more bad calves than a Jimmy Dean slaughterhouse

Hilarious, except for the beef/swine confusion.

― The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Friday, 29 September 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

he doesn't do beef too? bah. I couldn't think of another brand fast enough.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 September 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

Farmer John (he was drafted by the Dodgers)

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 September 2006 19:05 (nineteen years ago)

Nah. (I admit I had to go to their site and check.) (Yes, bored, very.) (xpost)

― The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Friday, 29 September 2006 19:06 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not so worried about missing Pedro, as said, the team had been doing well enough without him for most of the year. And if they win two/three games in this last series of the Nationals, I can forget the past week more easily.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 29 September 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

pedro has a torn rotator cuff, too. he'll be out at least eight months.

― maura (maura), Saturday, 30 September 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

owie

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 30 September 2006 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

lollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

― Scott Fajita :( (Adrian Langston), Sunday, 1 October 2006 00:49 (nineteen years ago)

well, you're a dick, adelang.

Pedro now has one more working limb than Lon Chaney in The Unknown.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 1 October 2006 17:05 (nineteen years ago)

Newsday has a pretty good playoff section today, much of which I just read on the F for Fucked train... Anyone know what Milledge said to Wagner to get the KNOW YOUR PLACE, ROOK! sign on his locker? Apparently Da Edge ain't gonna make the roster, Tucker is?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 12:36 (nineteen years ago)

VETERAN PRESENCE

Given Wags' disposition, I think saying "hi" is enough to earn The Edge the cold shoulder.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 12:41 (nineteen years ago)

anybody going to the rally today?

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 13:39 (nineteen years ago)

kinda early for me, but if work is as dead as it is now... it'd be nice to see KOOSMAN!

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/nym/fan_forum/postseason_rally.jsp

Ultra Records recording artist Lucas Prata will perform live at the Rally, singing the Mets version of his hit song "And She Said…".

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 13:45 (nineteen years ago)

i would go, but only if they Baha Men were there doing a live rendition of "Who Let the Dogs Out"

― chakra khan chakra khan (sanskrit), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

I hereby trademark "rotation by comittee".

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

typo and all

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

el duque out with possible calf tear! pending mri results...

gimme some more VORP.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:41 (nineteen years ago)

wtf?!?!?

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:56 (nineteen years ago)

Shasta, don't make me fly out there for the Series and tear YER calves!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

jeez, he's not (entirely) kidding...

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

free aaron heilman.

could it really be lima time again?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

can they grandfather Ron Darling onto the playoff roster?

― chakra khan chakra khan (sanskrit), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

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