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[G-Fafif]

Howie went on late last season about some great NY columnists -- Vic Ziegel, George Vecsey and Steve Jacobson were cited. As someone who also heard it said to me when we were discussing it, one of those guys is dead and two are retired.

And someday I'll be one or the other.

As a longtime Howie aficionado, I understand his interpretation of "columnist" (and blogger) is different from what many of us take it to mean these days. I appreciate it in the spirit it's intended.

[G-Fafif]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Zvon wrote: Zvon wrote: We're in the 9th, score 4-4 Mets. Ugh. Why did I even say that? 5-4 Dirty Nat Boys 90 wins, my ass.

At this rate, we'll be 0-0 by March 31.

[Zvon]

Mets lose, 5-4. Good game. Great to have baseball again

Injury report: Tovar looked like something popped. Not good.

Wrap: Ike looks like bad Ike first time up, Awesome Ike 3rd time up. Which Ike will show up for the season. In any case, I hope it's not the one who pouts when umps ring him up.

I liked what I saw from Duda's bat- he's swinging and making contact on good pitches to hit and able to let the others go by. He won't get cheated.

Travis looked better at the plate, a little sloppy behind it. L'il bit. He'll have to do more than just frame pitches well to impress me.

Pitching looked good for the most part.

As planned, Wright and Murph will be held out for a lil bit. Good plan I think.

Good day.

Edited February 28, 2014 by Guest

[ashie62]

Montero throws hard...

[MFS62]

Can somebody please post a link to a site where I can get spring training box scores? Yahoo sports doesn't - just game stories, and MLB.com still thinks its last season.

Thanks.
Later

[Guest d'Kong76]

Spring training box scores are about as useful as
Chinese tea leaves ...

http://content.usatoday.com/sportsdata/baseball/mlb/game/Nationals_Mets/2014/02/28#box-score

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Very impressed with Vic Black's Burkhardting

[Zvon]

MFS62 wrote: Can somebody please post a link to a site where I can get spring training box scores? Yahoo sports doesn't - just game stories, and MLB.com still thinks its last season. Thanks. Later

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/scoreboard

Just was looking at Ike's homer again. That was on a curve ball. He's all over 12-6 slot curves. Anymore side to side than that and he gets all discombobulated. He can't expect to get a perfect swing on every pitch. Like Keith did so well, Davis has to learn to foul off the pitches he doesn't like when they are that close to the zone with 2 on him.

Come-on Keith! Go talk to Ike!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Very impressed with Vic Black's Burkhardting

That was good. Black seemed naturally kool.

[Edgy MD]

I'd say there's nobody who can get a perfect swing on every pitch. Let's try not to judge broadly by every pitch starting on day one of spring training. The overall outcome today was benevolent. I'd take it every day, of course, but that too would be over-projecting.

I agree that his problem is more reading horizontal movement, and therefore isn't as much with curves, as with sliders.

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: I'd say there's nobody who can get a perfect swing on every pitch. Let's try not to judge broadly by every pitch starting on day one of spring training. The overall outcome today was benevolent. I'd take it every day, of course, but that too would be over-projecting. I agree that his problem is more reading horizontal movement, and therefore isn't as much with curves, as with sliders.

Really as long as he can lay-off or foul off enough pitches, in general, that make pitchers throw enough hittable pitches that he can smack out of the park/off the wall, that's fine.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ashie62 wrote: Montero throws hard...

Montero throws hard, like, for a human. For a ballplayer? Well... he seemed to sit low-90s. But the precision is nice-- he was all around the corners and bottom of the zone. Demisurgical, I'd say.


Young Mr. deGrom, on the other hand... there's fire in thar. His heater hit 96 once or twice, with some serious sink. (HIS interview game, though... is young-Duda-esque.)

[Fman99]

I am finally getting a chance to watch this on the DVR. Mets just GIDP'd in the bottom of the 7th. Ike's shot was quite nice. It's mostly just nice to have some baseball to watch.

Fboy was entranced by the broadcast and did not want to go to bed. Good stuff. Time to start eyeballing mid-week matinees in Queens for day trips.