Time to demote Ike

[ashie62]

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[HahnSolo]

If we weren't already there, I think we've gotten to the "what are they waiting for?" point.

[Ceetar]

HahnSolo wrote: If we weren't already there, I think we've gotten to the "what are they waiting for?" point.

I think it's the question about whether demotion is going to fix him or not. It's not as simple as "He's got a headache, give him some advil". Demoting him makes the most sense from a "stop hurting the Mets" standpoint but they also want to get him right not just go away.

[metirish]

Keeping him here though can hurt the team?, no pint benching him, better to get at bats down there.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ceetar wrote: HahnSolo wrote: If we weren't already there, I think we've gotten to the "what are they waiting for?" point. I think it's the question about whether demotion is going to fix him or not. It's not as simple as "He's got a headache, give him some advil". Demoting him makes the most sense from a "stop hurting the Mets" standpoint but they also want to get him right not just go away.

No, I don't think it's that either. If he's not going to get fixed with advil, then he's not getting fixed with advil wherever he takes it.

I think it's a matter of of them hanging in there as long as they can till the DL guys return.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Exactly. If he's going down, he's going down for someone with a major-league track record, not, say, Lutz.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Right. I figure his demotion has become inevitable (unless he goes on a surprising tear in the next few days) but it will take the return of Tejada or Bay (whichever comes first) to trigger that.

Who would have thought it would come to this? METS DEMOTE TEAM HR-LEADER IKE TO MAKE ROOM FOR BAY

[Frayed Knot]

Bay, Tejada and Thole are supposed to start rehab assignments soon - like later this week.
I'd say that starts the clock a'ticking.

[Edgy MD]

I really think the ticking is closer to midnight. I feel like there's a 50-50 chance he's gone after today's game.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: I really think the ticking is closer to midnight. I feel like there's a 50-50 chance he's gone after today's game.

Could see that, Padres can pitch (and theoretically so can the Phillies, although they have league average ERA). Unless they just give him some PH against the Phillies bullpen to wake him up, but he'd face better pitchers in AAA.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Exactly. If he's going down, he's going down for someone with a major-league track record, not, say, Lutz.

Pascucci? Is he still with us?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Is there a way that they can make Keith Hernandez 30 years younger?

[Ceetar]

The Second Spitter wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Exactly. If he's going down, he's going down for someone with a major-league track record, not, say, Lutz. Pascucci? Is he still with us?

yeah, not on the 40man though. Would ultimately need to lose a player to do that. (well, not really, there's a spot on the 40 man but I'm not sure they want to fill it either)

[Edgy MD]

I could go with a parcel of Pascucci. He could maybe stick around for a bit, too.

Man, as noted in the Wright thread, we have a brutal 40 games coming, and it would sure be nice to have the real Ike with us for 3/4 of that, so let him sit out this homestand, spare him the boos, and hopefully ten days in the bushes can help.

If it doesn't, well, we have some ballgames to win with or without him.

[duan]

"so let him sit out this homestand, spare him the boos"
I hope he isn't getting boo'ed willy nilly as he hits a lazy fly ball, I mean it isn't as if he's earning 16 million to be a superstar, he's your young homegrown talent who you'd hoped to blossom and should be nurtured even if things aren't going to plan.

[bmfc1]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Is there a way that they can make Keith Hernandez 30 years younger?

Ask Keith about Just For Men.

[Edgy MD]

I was just checking out some of that WPA stuff, and I could be wrong, but I think the top WPA season for the Mets was Hernandez 1984.

[Edgy MD]

Nope.

[Edgy MD]

Francesa just speculated that it might be the "Jungle Fever."

[seawolf17]

Edgy DC wrote: Francesa just speculated that it might be the "Jungle Fever."

That's the funniest, stupidest thing ever. Honestly, I don't know why anyone listens to this guy.

[ashie62]

A case of Jungle Fever could turn you into this guy..

[Edgy MD]

To his credit, he corrected himself --- several awkward seconds later. (You can practically hear a director screaming into his headphones.) To his detriment, he didn't have the grace to laugh at how profoundly stupid it came out, all the while pontificating (is there any other word?) about how nobody knows anything about Valley Fever.

Wouldn't it be great if it was Jungle Fever?

[MFS62]

Ashie62 wrote: A case of Jungle Fever could turn you into this guy..

At work tonight, couldn't see the picture, only got the dreaded box with the red X inside. Thought it might be a picture of Wesley Snipes. Now that I'm home and see the picture, that doesn't look anything like Wesley Snipes.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

A case of Jungle Fever could turn you into this guy..

Ummm, is it supposed to be obvious who that guy is?

... all the while pontificating about how nobody knows anything about Valley Fever.

Translation: I don't know anything about Valley Fever therefore nobody knows anything about Valley Fever

[Benjamin Grimm]

Frayed Knot wrote: Ummm, is it supposed to be obvious who that guy is?

I don't know who it is either. My best guess: Jerry Springer.

[Edgy MD]

Ashie was discussing earlier how Clint Hurdle is older looking than he expected. Is it Clint Hurdle?

[ashie62]

Steve Miller..the writer of "Jungle Fever"

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

uh

[ashie62]

Jungle Love.

I am an idiot..Sorry...

[metirish]

Ike - last five at bats - three hits , two doubles , five rib eye steaks....