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Reyes SS T. Rivera 3B Conforto LF Walker 2B Duda 1B Granderson RF R. Rivera C Lagares CF deGrom P

Somebody got an ace up in there? How about you deGrom? We could use it. Wily Peralta goes for the would-be sweeping Brewers.

HahnSolo wrote: I assume no opponents have more than Stanton's 20? I don't track it, but I understand he leads the pain parade.

Dialogue between Eddie the Doorman and a tenant from Netflix’s Master of None (Season 2, Episode 6, 2017, "New York, I Love You"): “Hey, Eddie, how those Mets doing?” “Eh, we can’t win. You know how it is.” Howie Rose is heard doing play-by-play.

Centerfield wrote: What the hell Matt. Don't be the douchebag in the crew that actually falls for the stripper. My god. He's a Harvey with a heart of gold. Entourage 2.0, coming this summer.

Notable through the most recent homestand: • Flores at 25, two behind Murphy for fifth place • Reyes and Cespedes tied in seventh with 20 apiece • Conforto with 15, tied with Pagan, one out of the Top 10 • Walker alone in fifteenth place with 12 • Bruce alone in nineteenth place with 8 • Rene edging T.J. in the Riverastakes for the time being, 4 to 3.

Adam Wilk was claimed by the Twins. Here and gone as it gets. Wasn't good in his one Met outing, but he was there, which was something Matt Harvey couldn't say.

Mike Puma actually reports a reliever is suspected.

I take it Harvey had the tears and the teammates were looking at their phones.

Smoker goes down so Harvey can come back up.

Carig reports Harvey addressed the team "for a good 10-15 minutes, most of them on the verge of tears." Pollen. It's everywhere.

Terry followed up by talking about the great support system that's in place for Matt, how he doesn't have to go it alone, how Bartolo sent Matt a text. Not that there's anything more to this than a guy had a headache and called in a little late.

Rubin slipped into his sny.tv analysis of this particular brouhaharv that team sources "privately" confirmed that the playoff workout alibi about being stuck in traffic was something Collins made up on the fly to cover Matt's considerable rear.

d'Kong76 wrote: Pollen count is high in NYC this week. "Hi, I'm Matt Harvey for Claritin..."

Harvey held a sniffly apology press conference. He was literally sniffly. Draw your own lurid conclusions. Confirmed he was out late, said he was sorry, took all the blame, wants to move forward, didn't explicitly rule out filing a grievance. So that probably wraps up the story and nobody will ever mention it again.

Page Six reports Harvey appreciates Mexican culture enough to have been out celebrating Cinco de Mayo until the wee hours of Seis de Mayo...and presumably the Mets' comeback victory over the Marlins. Matt Harvey's "migraine" cover story may have just been blown. Page Six is reporting that the suspended Mets' right-hander was out partying at New York City club 1OAK until 4 a.m., Friday night, the night before he was suspended for skipping a game against the Miami Marlins. Harvey and some friends reportedly came to the club about 1 a.m., and sat at a private table drinking champagne, tequila and vodka with friends for about three hours. Harvey also apparently played golf Saturday morning, the day before he was scheduled to pitch, and then returned home with a migraine. From there, the "miscommunication" with the Mets began. He never made it to the ballpark and didn't follow protocol by alerting trainer Ray Ramirez that he was sick. Instead, he waited until pitching coach Dan Warthen reached out to him.

Milone will wear 29.

New intrigue, featuring pajamas, from Jon Heyman. I don't think I've ever read a story with so much parenthetical caution sprinkled throughout. Even those close to Harvey understand his text (or text back) didn’t come until after the 3 p.m. cutoff for notice (the players are due on the field at 4), and that the Mets would have been within their rights to fine him. The issue is whether a suspension was warranted. Harvey apparently does not believe a suspension was called for, but that a fine would have been OK. People who have been in contact with the Mets suggest he’s been fined before (though it isn’t known for what and how many times), and that this was the time to draw the line. The position of Mets people, according to those who have spoken to them, is that he’s been late before (a few times, they say, including one time when he missed an off-day practice in the 2015 postseason when he also racked up innings and helped pitch the team into the World Series the year after his Tommy John surgery). And they say that it’s clear the policy is clear to report to trainer Ray Ramirez if you’re ill or injured and are going to be late, and not to a coach. Those people who’ve spoken to the club says Mets people cite an “accumulation” of slip-ups, and furthermore seem to believe other Mets players would have been upset by special treatment if they didn’t take a stand on a perceived punctuality issue (though that couldn’t immediately be corroborated).

Wilk will linger in the Met subconscious for a while given the absurdity surrounding his promotion and the lengths he went to get here. I wouldn't be surprised if we find ourselves referring to "another Adam Wilk" next time an unheralded journeyman is suddenly the starting and decisively losing pitcher. He nudges Brett Hinchliffe to the side in my mind. Olson owns a record that I secularly pray is never broken. Jose Santiago remains transcendently insignificant in a Metsian context.

Jesus Alou holds that pose in the Polo Grounds for five years.

Michael Conforto – LF T.J. Rivera – 1B Jay Bruce – RF Neil Walker – 2B Curtis Granderson – CF Wilmer Flores – 3B José Reyes – SS René Rivera – C Rafael Montero - RHP

Inciarte CF Garcia 3B Kemp LF Freeman 1B Markakis RF Flowers C Peterson 2B Swanson SS Colon P

Conforto LF Cabrera SS Bruce RF Walker 2B Granderson CF Reyes 3B T. Rivera 1B R. Rivera C deGrom P

seawolf17 wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Juan Lagares is so good he can cover most of the alphabet, from f to v. No, he's sharing his c.v. tonight, which includes three peer-reviewed papers published in Centerfielders Quarterly. It is vitae we win tonight.

Juan Lagares is so good he can cover most of the alphabet, from f to v.