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Keon Broxton is now a Seattle Mariner.

At his best, he was Chris Capuano on a good day. At his worst, he was Jason Vargas on a lot of days.

Royals release Lucas Duda.

Sweep, however it got swept.

Pirates just went to the concessions. They're back in their seats.

The Pirates are those people in your row who gather their stuff after six and leave.

Got a Squirrel in right. A Scooter in center. A big ol' Polar Bear at first. Something that doesn't move unless it feels like it at second. "Buffalo bagels!" as Col. Potter would have said, behind the plate. Toms River flows through third. The kid with the initials in left. The kid who preaches preparation at short. That fucking guy who'll fuck you up if you so much as look at him is pitching. And there are your Sunday afternoon Metsies!

http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2019/07/28/mr-matz-on-the-moon/Fun game to go to, it turned out.

Dom to the IL with a stress reaction in the left foot. Aaron Altherr returns.

Repeat: the puppy has landed.

The puppy has landed.

34TH HR: Hundley 1996: Mets Game 113 Beltran 2006: Mets Game 120 Alonso 2019: Mets Game 103

McNeil RF Conforto CF Alonso 1B Canó 2B Ramos C D. Smith LF Frazier 3B Rosario SS Wheeler RHP

Lockett optioned in deference to Wheeler's return.

Jay Payton and Butch Huskey are your featured alumni this weekend. They'll be in the Mets HOF meeting and greeting, 5:30-6:20.

Ron Hunt has taken too many lickings, but keeps on ticking. They find smiles amid the pain, because that's all they can do. Ron and Jackie, who met as teenagers at Ritenour High School, have been married since 1961. Two years later, Ron made his major league debut and soon made his living getting hit by pitches. He got hits, too — a .273 lifetime average in 12 years – but Ron Hunt was famous for getting plunked. He set a seemingly unbreakable mark when he was hit by pitches 50 times in one year. He retired after 243 HBPs, some even to the head. Tom Seaver beaned him good once. Combined with innumerable concussions from a football past and, well, “I have Parkinson's now,” Ron said. It's possible he could've gotten the neurodegenerative disorder regardless. But a doctor told the Hunts that it could've resulted from injuries during his playing days. Ron's hand tremors. He's hard to understand at times. He takes a physical therapy class involving boxing because, Jackie said, “they're trying to get your feet to work with your hands again.” And he falls a lot. A couple weeks ago, a particular tumble scared Jackie because Ron was “upside down,” she said. “His head was down and his legs were up.” “My life's a (expletive) now,” Ron said Wednesday from their home in Wentzville. https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-st-louisan-former-mlb-star-hunt-still-taking-some/article_bf62599c-c08b-5615-b0cf-ff64b8007812.htmlhttps://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-st-louisan-former-mlb-star-hunt-still-taking-some/article_bf62599c-c08b-5615-b0cf-ff64b8007812.html

Troy Tulowitzki, MFY-worshipping former Rockie and later actual MFY, has hung 'em up.

Avilan warms up to Johnny Cash's “The Man Comes Around,” which makes him my favorite reliever in ages.

Having changed the manager after miserable 2017 and the general manager following dismal 2018, the next logical step would be to change the ownership. Selling would be the classy thing for the Wilpons to do. Or, better yet, letting the team roam free.

Cespedes did it a second time, on http://www.leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=8875&tabno=DApril 11, 2017.

Pedro Beato has been a starting pitcher for the Ducks for several weeks, I just discovered.

The D is Dee-readful tonight.

Jeff McNeil – RF Michael Conforto – CF Pete Alonso – 1B Robinson Canó – 2B Todd Frazier – 3B Dominic Smith – LF Amed Rosario – SS Tomás Nido – C Noah Syndergaard - RHP

Tuesday night: Five extra-inning affairs Three one-run decisions besides Cano's three homers Trea Turner's second career cycle Trout homering, nailing Muncy at the plate in Freeway Series Bumgarner last start in SF intrigue As September a night as baseball could have in July.

That game surely approximated fun.