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Between Stroman's size and his 7, I'm convinced a position player is pitching.

39TH HR: Hundley 1996: Mets Game 138 Beltran 2006: Mets Game 130 Alonso 2019: Mets Game 121

That was some head-meets-ass managing right there.

Gary Apple all over this bullpen trend that's sweeping baseball.

A's signing Matt Harvey to a minor league deal.

SNY featured (uncredited) the “Mets Fantazy” cards created by our man Zvon in flashing back to the Mets-Braves playoffs of 1969. https://metsfantasycards.blogspot.com/2013/10/1969-playoffs-game-three-mets-nl-east.htmlhttps://metsfantasycards.blogspot.com/2013/10/1969-playoffs-game-three-mets-nl-east.html

Ruben becomes the 50th Recidivist Met in franchise history tonight, the fourth whose initial "final" game came in the postseason. His absence of 606 regular-season Mets games (619, including the postseason) is the 30th-longest among Mets who boomeranged back. He's the third RM this season and the twelfth since 2015.

SS Amed Rosario LF J.D. Davis 1B Pete Alonso C Wilson Ramos RF Michael Conforto 3B Todd Frazier 2B Ruben Tejada CF Juan Lagares LHP Steven Matz Tejada back in 11; Rhame to 60-day IL.

Seems worth its own thread to note, per Jon Heyman, Ruben Tejada has been sent for from Syracuse or wherever Syracuse is currently as the just-in-case contingency for Jeff McNeil's right hamstring.

McNeil going for the MRI. Said the hammy felt like a “snag”. He's supposed to say it was nothing, rub some dirt on it and double four times.

Did not seem like the crappiest Met reliever by a long shot.

Howie also off. Like resting McNeil and Alonso on the same night.

Gagnon is here! Mazza is not.

Gagnon takes Mazza's spot. McNeil 2B Rosario SS Alonso 1B J.D. Davis LF Ramos C Conforto RF Frazier 3B Lagares CF Wheeler P

Hurrah for Casey and for Grimm!

Well I wanna say that I been fortunate enough ta been voted some honors in my time from playground committees an' writers associations an' commentators from coast ta coast an' even overseas all the ways down ta Australia an' back but this honor here hasta go among the most stupendous a'my career which dates back mosta the century because when ya get a magazine cover like the one that the fellas over at the Sports Illustrious give ya an' ya haven't played a game which means ya haven't lost a game an' yer nothin' an' nothin' which is better than mosta the scores my ballclub put up this year an' they say look at this manager he's got a new team an' he's got a new town but it's not a new town because I been around New York City a long time before I made the mistake a'havin' another birthday an' I won't make that mistake again except all my coaches already brought me out a cake so never mind that but my services was available an' Mrs. Payson sent Mr. Weiss out ta my bank in Glendale an' Edna had enough a'me around the house so I could stop countin' my money for a while an' go back ta the baseball business an' go back ta the city where I had so much success which I couldn'ta had without my players an' I still can't do it without my players even the ones who can't do much but they're out there tryin' ta get better an' some a'that money is gonna go ta gettin' new players an' we're gonna be on more a'them magazine covers not just as a howdy-do welcome back but for maybe winnin' a few games an' next thing ya know they're not gonna hafta put the old manager on the cover but the whole squad an' maybe some a'our amazin' fans who deserve mosta the credit because they bought the tickets an' the magazines an' the newspapers an' all the periodicals an' they listened ta the broadcasts an' purchased the sponsors' lovely products an' a'course they brought the placards an' if ya can put a face like mine on 'em ya might not need a camera but then ya wouldn't have one a'these derbies that Mrs. Payson doesn't enter her thoroughbreds in though in this case it's me with the horseshoe full a'flowers an' I can only hope they don't send me ta the glue factory if I pull up lame or bring home another record like the one we brought home this year but until then I wanna thank everybody who voted for me an' everybody who voted for my opponent because even though it wasn't me on them covers it was still for the ballclub an' I know Mrs. Payson gets a nice percentage an' she passes it ahead an' her bankers every two weeks distribute the paychecks in manila envelopes an' we all do quite nicely here in New York City an' I know the ballclub will start doin' nicer an' the ladies will come out an' bring their hubbies an' the kiddies an' the whole thing will be a family affair an' the Mets will be the kinda team ya can be prouda an' put on next year's cover an' before ya know it it'll say champeens not just ol' Case was here.

In 1994, guided by future metrics maven Mark Simon... https://marksimonsports.com/2019/08/12/remembering-the-time-i-gave-tours-of-shea-stadium/https://marksimonsports.com/2019/08/12/remembering-the-time-i-gave-tours-of-shea-stadium/

Losing pitcher for the O's this afternoon at MFYS III: Gabriel Ynoa (1-7, 5.93 ERA).

Help yourself... https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=http://twitdoc.com/upload/ericfishersbg/2020-National-League-Schedule.pdfhttps://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=http://twitdoc.com/upload/ericfishersbg/2020-National-League-Schedule.pdf

Open vs Nats at home Thursday 3/26. Close at Miami Sun 9/27. Dick around with the AL West. Closing Day homestyle Sun 9/20 vs Texas. Was gonna look up Subway Series, but fuck that.

What title I'm not yet sure, but whatever we call them in 2019, they'll be trying to exceed it or match it starting March 26, 2020. https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/mlb-2020-schedule-includes-earliest-domestic-start-ever/https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/mlb-2020-schedule-includes-earliest-domestic-start-ever/

While the MFYs prepare to bum out Iowa, the Mets will cheer up Puerto Rico, playing three vs the Fish next April 28-30, their first visit to Hiram Bithorn since 2010.

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