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Frayed Knot wrote: I had forgotten, until they flashed up the graphic earlier and then again just now, that the winner of these dives right back into it on Sunday night. I love this schedule. Unfortunately the “travel days” are inserted into the WS. But even in a normal year you don't, or very rarely see more than 4 straight days played by a team. I'm still trying to figure out why in the bubble the NHL and NBA series, including the finals are staggered out as if they were flying back and forth from the cities! Because we want to see good basketball? I've never played hockey but I can only assume it is just as tiring if not more so. running up and down the court for 40 minutes is going to take more out of you than a month's worth of playing baseball (pitchers excluded) - spacing the games provides a better product.

I know some of you hate the Dodgers and thats ok, but I was a teenager in the late 90's FUCK THE BRAVES! 15-1! HAHAHAHA! SUCK IT LAAAAAAAARY!

News today that Cohen reached out to the unions representing citi field seasonal workers and offered them 500/month per person, a total commitment just under 3 million, during the off season to help everyone out. Yay Cohen!

=metsmarathon post_id=48148 time=1602081152 user_id=83] wahoo spider.png fixed it. totally not racist anymore.

Maybe Manfried needed to promise Tony Clark that Cohens checkbook is arriving sooner.

Frayed Knot wrote: Or, that that, just by itself, is automatically a good thing. What I suspect Manfred is saying here is that, while we usually handle things via our regularly scheduled calendar, the transfer of a major market franchise is worthy of being dealt with on its own. or he is saying "$ave u$ $teve!!!"

I was with ESPN Insider until a couple of years ago. I found it to be garbage and was only really reading Mel Kiper and the other NFL draft gurus the week before the NFL draft towards the end. I check The Athletic daily and am usually glad I did so.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: In the end Cheif Brody fucked up preferring Stroman to Wheeler, and inadvertently put the club in a spot where they had to rely too heavily on Matz and even getting an out of the blue performance from a rookie starter, will wind up needing to hit the open market they tried to outsmart for 2 or even 3 starting pitchers while seeing a good offense and another great season by deGrom, most days, go to waste again. Acted like a contender 2 years straight and missed twice I guess that's not really a good thing. Stroman/Wheeler was only a choice in the world of Freddy Coupon. Why not both? This year could have started with deGrom/Syndegaard/Wheeler/Stroman/Matz. Then when Syndergaard got hurt and Stroman opted out Pederson would still be there and we wouldnt have seen endless WachaWacha. If the Mets replace Wacha and Gsellman's 11 starts with Wheeler, they are pretty close to sniffing playoffs. Positives? Alonso was a 123 OPS+ in a bad season and he would have been our 6th best hitter by that measure behind Smith (169 - LF), Conforto (156 - RF), Nimmo (146 - CF), Cano (144 - 2B), McNeil (131 - LF/3B) JD Davis also provided positive hitting as well as ability to fake 3B and LF. Gimenez looked like he could avoid embarrassment with the bat at only 21 years old while playing good defense at SS. Small samples and all but he could be hte gem out of this season. Guillorme looks to maybe be part of the future as well, at least as a utility infielder. The offense looks set even though you need to to live with a subpar defense to get there. a competent catcher is the only real need.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=47311 time=1600911263 user_id=68] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=47310 time=1600910904 user_id=68] =nymr83 post_id=47306 time=1600907596 user_id=54] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=47294 time=1600904996 user_id=68] Trevor Bauer making it hard on Jake's Cy#3 campaign: 4IP -- O runs on one hit allowed, no walks, 5 K's so far tonight.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=47294 time=1600904996 user_id=68] Trevor Bauer making it hard on Jake's Cy#3 campaign: 4IP -- O runs on one hit allowed, no walks, 5 K's so far tonight.

Wish they'd do Mr Met giving the finger instead of thumbs up, would be a way better send off for Wilpons

Quick, someone tell Fried that he shouldn't pitch on Rosh Hashana against the Mets. It would be preferable to shutout a different team on Monday.

=G-Fafif post_id=46851 time=1600447187 user_id=55] I had my moment of z'Enaud when Travis emerged as a force in the playoffs with the Rays last year. This year he's a fucking Brave.

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, I think a lot of what gets relegated to the luck column is just stuff that we haven't figured out how to quantify. a lot of it for sure, particularly hard to quantify defensive performance and things like going first to third on a single, though that gets quantified somewhat it doesnt show up in box scores. What I do believe is luck though are batting stats with runners on base/runners in scoring position. The Mets would revert to the mean there over a full season and it would help a lot.

Diaz comes through big time!

I was just about to post this. It doesnt make me feel better though.

The defensive metrics apparently prove that you can't get "less" than worst: You can definitely be "less than worst" defensively. https://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/521/883/alg_yankees_jeter_original.jpg?1290535089>

Great. Now spend lots of money to make the team good and otherwise not comment on anything. Thanks. Nonsense. I also look forward to Steve commenting on important topics such as "what is the biggest statue to Seaver you think you can erect?" and "how many charities in Queens are you forking free tickets over to, Steve?"

Sherman sucks.

I just don't get it! What kind of ‘man' would admit to this?' Go out, throw a pitch then pretend you hurt yourself on a return throw. He's not even smart enough to cover his butt ‘I hurt myself on my pants'. Good god. The truth always comes out. Jeff Kent "washing his truck," etc. Exactly what I thought.

I just want to throw out there, and I wonder how others who subscribe feel, that I think Tim Britton is the best writer on the Mets beat right now. I would urge you all to subscribe. today he links to a great site (this is not paywalled) with all the playoff possibilities https://s2.smu.edu/~olinick/riot/national_league.htmlhttps://s2.smu.edu/~olinick/riot/national_league.html What a crazy short season, it feels like the NFL. The Mets can go 23-37 and make the playoffs: https://s2.smu.edu/~olinick/riot/NYMets_pe.txthttps://s2.smu.edu/~olinick/riot/NYMets_pe.txt The Mets can go 36-24 but still miss the playoffs: https://s2.smu.edu/~olinick/riot/NYMets_pc.txthttps://s2.smu.edu/~olinick/riot/NYMets_pc.txt

Loved Floyd. Wonder if we can get their feed for a game and see what he is up to.

Bauer exits after 7 2/3 with runners on 1st and 3rd and 2 out. hopefully his bullpen lets them score.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I was willing to buy into damico too. Estes was total fake news He did throw behind Clemens!

Atlanta has 25 runs tonight off of the Marlins. Is there a mercy rule in the new COVID world?