Benjamin Grimm

Alas, poor Yennsy. Someone else may have to give way soon to Seth Lugo, or so I hear. Drew Smith, perhaps?

I'm really glad that Walker is back.

It's probably time for you to stop thinking about Derek Jeter.

=Fman99 post_id=65865 time=1622245613 user_id=86] Rainouts eat onions out of my asshole. There, I said what everyone else is thinking.

Instead of trying to do a doubleheader this weekend, it might make more sense to hold off until the last week in July, which is when the Braves next come to town. They can hope that the Mets will be healthier then.

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My prediction, at the moment anyway, is that Noah accepts a QO this winter.

YOUNG IDEAS DICK YOUNG High Court ruling puts damper on hustle THEY‘RE LOOKING AT the films from last Sunday's game, and this NFL coach turns to the man on special teams and says “Why didn't you block that guy?" and the player says “Are you crazy? Not me!“ "What are you talking about?” says the coach remembering that there is a players‘ union so he had better not raise his voice. “Suppose he turns as I throw the block and I get called for clipping. and suppose I broke the guy's leg, or worse yet. his spine. He‘ll sue me for my lungs. Hey. man. I ain‘t making enough money to take chances like that." This is the sort of thing that could be an offshoot of the decision the Supreme Court of the United States came up with the other day. It could touch all pro sports. and some not so pro. TAKE BASKETBALL. The big guy goes up for a defensive rebound, and comes down with the pointed elbows flying, and takes out this other cat's eye. The guy with the elbow gets a personal, while the other guy feels his way to a phone and calls his lawyer. For the rest of the season there is very little rebounding. Why take chances? Says Simon Gourdine, deputy commissioner of the NBA. and a man with legal training: “We would be concerned with anything that has a chilling effect on the competive spirit of the players. The fans are entitled to see hustle. Rather than go to court for such things. we‘d like to meet with the union and set up some alternative remedy, perhaps an arbitration machinery.” The Supreme Court ruling said, in effect, that a player is entitled to sue another player for injuries received during a game. The Supreme Court issued the ruling “without comment,” which is always the best way to do something when you don‘t know much about what you‘re doing. Without comment. it is difficult to determine if the Supreme Court meant that the player was violating a rule when he caused the injury. Ironically. in the specific case involved, no penalty was assessed by the game officials. The game was played six years ago, which shows you that things are moving at just about the proper pace for our courts. It was between the Bengals and the Broncos. Boobie Clark of Cincy hit from behind Dale Hackbart of Denver, who alleges he sustained a neck-fracture, although he remained in that game and played two others. The Supreme Court did not rule on innocence or guilt. It ruled that the case should go to trial in the District Court of Colorado. The Bengals originally claimed that such matters are not the concern of the courts. Baseball exec Lee MacPhail concurs. “Anything connected with the game in which a player gets hurt should be left to league discipline," says the AL prez. He cites the case of a pitcher throwing at a batter. The umpire is authorized to warn him, then throw him out on a second offense. “If such cases go to court, you‘ll find the umpires will never warn a pitcher. That defeats our ability to police our game on the field,” says MacPhail. It should be emphasized that this case does not involve a fight between players. There have been many cases, in all sports, where fights have resulted in legal suits. This was part of the game's action which the plaintiff contends was “negligent and reckless.” If such thinking be upheld, you can expect Phil Esposito. after being banged into the boards, to turn to Mike Bossy and say. “You‘ll be hearing from my solicitor in the morning.“ Which reminds me, Howard Cosell may be hearing from Bob Arum's attorney. “I hate to bring lawsuits." says the fight promoter. who also happens to be an attorney, “but this is going too far." There was a recent appearance in Knoxville by Howard Cosell, wherein he referred to Arum as "The Apostle of Apartheid.“ “That,” says Arum. “is malicious. Everybody knows I fought apartheid in South Africa. My every action has proven that. I insisted upon integration of Loftus Versfield in South Africa for the Tate-Coetzee fight. Not only that, I got promises that other apartheid stadiums would be integrated." ARUM ALSO IS UPSET over an incident involving Cosell during the World Series. Cosell, in the cocktail lounge of the Cross Key's Hotel, Baltimore, engaged in one of his loud tirades against the press. He accused Red Smith of NY. Times of leaving the World Series to cover the Tate-Coetzee fight in Africa, because he must be on the take from Arum. It never occurred to Howard that a heavyweight title fight between a black and a white, in a nation that is rife with racial issues, is a valuable first-hand experience for a newsman. Such judgment is the difference between a good newsman and a TV man like Cosell. Pete Axthelm of Newsweek, resentful of '. Cosell's remarks, almost popped Howie in the snoot. ‘ Arum says he is asking Roone Arledge to remove Cosell from the mike for the Nov. 30 fight card in Vegas. Arum's Top Rank is promoting Sugar Ray Leonard vs Benitez that night, plus Antuofermo vs. Hagler. ABC has the rights. , “I'm putting Roone Arledge on notice to take Cosell off,” says Arum, who just might be named Promoter of the Year if he‘s not careful.

Makes me long for Richie Hebner.

Six weeks plus a 30-day rehab would put us in early August. So that's probably the best case.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/clippings/00020.jpg> Looks like the Richie Hebner Era didn't work out so well.

Joe Torre wrote: Richie has to be delighted to come here. Hebner, on arriving to the Mets was quoted in the next day's paper: Richie Hebner wrote: The thing I'll miss most is the winning. It's going to be a long September." At least he came to the club with a good attitude! http://leaptoad.com/mets/clippings/00018.jpg> I dug these out because Gary mentioned Hebner on the Mets broadcast the other night. I remembered, and wanted to find, the headline that said "Meet Richie, A Met Well Met". I didn't recall if it was from the Daily News or from Newsday, but here it is in the News. In this photo he seems happy enough... http://leaptoad.com/mets/clippings/00019.jpg>

Jacob deGrom is closing in on Sid Fernandez on the Mets all-time strikeout list. When he passes him, he'll be in fourth place, and only the elite trio of Seaver, Koosman, Gooden will be above him: 1. Tom Seaver 2541 2. Dwight Gooden 1875 3. Jerry Koosman 1799 4. Sid Fernandez 1449 5. Jacob deGrom 1433 6. David Cone 1172 7. Ron Darling 1148 8. Al Leiter 1106 9. Jon Matlack 1023 10. Jon Niese 838

My software has it as Piazza reaching second base on a single. The error isn't specified. It's how the retrosheet data was interpreted by the program. It's not perfect. (I still have to motivate myself to make the changes necessary to account for the "automatic runner". It's why there are no 2020 scorecards posted yet.)

See above. Buy Trevor Story from the Rockies!

My guess is that it's this: we've just now reached a point where we've confirmed it all with full confidence

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I used to, but gave up on it many years ago.

=G-Fafif post_id=65605 time=1622060653 user_id=55] Villar 3B Lindor SS McCann 1B McKinney RF Nido C Drury LF Peraza 2 Bio Maybin CF Stroman RHP Dom Smith has a knee contusion (not IL-bound).

That's a good idea, and a reasonable solution. Put it in the category of check swings and fair/foul balls that hit the ground in front of the umpire.

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I agree that the goal line analogy doesn't apply, except in the case of home plate, of course.

I'm thinking the Mets should offer the Rockies $20 million for Trevor Story. (I wish his parents had named him "Troy".) You have to think that the Rockies would rather have the cash than the player. Story could play third base for the rest of the season. Davis can go into the heavily depleted outfield when he returns. Bowie Kuhn wouldn't approve of this idea, but he's dead at the present time.

I hear that "batter acid" makes for some pretty tangy pancakes.