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[fimg=600:lc3pcba7]http://imageshack.com/a/img538/9313/IUYWAF.jpg[/fimg:lc3pcba7] In Ed Gifford’s final scene on Mad Men (“Lost Horizon,” Season 7, Episode 12, May 3, 2015; takes place late summer 1970), the infrequently seen copywriter dons a Mets cap before taking leave of the almost abandoned offices of Sterling Cooper & Partners.

Left a game last week with a knee "pinch," later termed not serious. Back in the lineup of late. This from MetsBlog: Nimmo, who had been hitting .250 with a .750 OPS before the game, was the team’s first-round pick, No. 13 overall, in the 2011. Baseball America recently ranked him the No. 46 overall prospect in baseball, and the best hitting prospect in the team’s farm system. “His game still needs refining, but Nimmo’s on-base skills and quick hands give him the potential to be a solid Major Leaguer in time,” MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo wrote in January.

d'Kong76 wrote: Cherry picking, I have zero recollection of Sid Fernandez being an Oriole. [fimg=600]http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/orioles-prog1.jpg[/fimg] Sid was part of the welcoming committee to greet me on my first visit to Camden Yards 21 years ago last week.

"Concerts at the Shea" should've drawn 50,000 based on name alone.

Long before the Dark Knight swooped in to make Citi Field a safe zone, there was, on June 25, 1966, a live “Batman Concert,” featuring Adam West and Frank Gorshin (as the Riddler) at Shea Stadium. The Mets bore the brunt of several jokes, including, “Why are the Mets like my mother-in-law’s biscuits? ... Because they need a better batter!” and “The Mets are like a box of Kleenex because when they get boxed in, they pop out one at a time!” (The original script, to which I was directed by my baseball-averse but Batman-embracing brother-in-law, also penciled in Mayor Lindsay's participation -- he was gonna call on Batman to help the Mets -- but I'm guessing Henry Francis wisely steered him away from showing up.) The event, whose original bill included acts like the Young Rascals, the Chiffons and the Temptations (not sure if all of them made it, either), drew 3,000 young people to the ballpark. That same Saturday in Chicago, the Mets were beating the Cubs, 9-3, behind a complete game 11-hitter from Bob Shaw and home runs from Ed Kranepool and Eddie Bressoud, raising their ninth-place record to a pretty good (for them) 28-37.

I missed this feature. Appreciate having it back.

Box. ATorres 2.5 Gee 2.0 Familia 1.0 Goeddel 0.5 Gilmartin 0.5 Lagares 0.5 Cuddyer 0.5

Denard Span, CF Yunel Escobar, 3B Jayson Werth, LF Bryce Harper, RF Ryan Zimmerman, 1B Ian Desmond, SS Danny Espinosa, 2B Jose Lobaton, C Doug Fister, RHP

Curtis Granderson � RF Juan Lagares � CF Lucas Duda � 1B Michael Cuddyer � LF Daniel Murphy � 3B Kevin Plawecki � C Ruben Tejada � SS Dilson Herrera � 2B Dillon Gee � RHP

Prentice Redman, who you may remember from such films as "2003? Two-Thousand Me!" and "Howe Great Thou Art, Skip" is playing for the Long Island Ducks.

Just realized Ceetar misnumbered the IGT -- it was the 25th game of the year, not #26. No wonder his Mojo was disturbed.

Must-ish, if not a "must win". Don't let the fourth-place Nationals leave with any kind of head-to-head upper hand. Gee vs. Fister, speaking of body parts.

Box. Niese 4.0 CTorres 2.0 Tejada 0.5 Lagares 0.5

Harvey 4.0 Cuddyer 2.0 Murphy 2.0 Familia 1.0 Lagares 1.0

Curtis Granderson � RF Juan Lagares � CF Lucas Duda � 1B Michael Cuddyer � LF Daniel Murphy � 3B Wilmer Flores � SS Dilson Herrera � 2B Kevin Plawecki � C Matt Harvey � RHP

Plawecki 1.5 Granderson 1.0 Gilmartin 0.5 Duda 0.5 Lagares 0.5

Cuddyer 2.0 Duda 0.5 Campbell 0.5 Robles 0.5

Montero 3.0 Lagares 2.5 ATorres 1.0 Murphy 1.0 Granderson 1.0 Carlyle 0.5

Harper gives hacks a bad name. Madden should be furious.

Murphy 4.5 Gee 4.0 Familia 0.5 CTorres 0.5 Lagares 0.5

The black stuff was introduced as alternate. Had they remained alternate, they'd have been a shrug in the great sweep of Met history. Instead, as is the case when the Mets don't have enough faith or patience in whatever it is they were doing five minutes ago, it overwhelmed the color palette and getting rid of it became a cause. Bring back c. 1999 Edgardo Alfonzo to play second and black would be more beautiful than ever.

There's gotta be a Kevin Long for pitchers, a hitting coach whose sole brief would be to get these guys competent at this aspect of their job. One team does it and gains an edge and suddenly it's The New Market Efficiency and everybody will want in, including the pitchers who see hitting is possible for their breed. As always, fuck the DH. (Notice "Kevin Long" is framed here as a positive, at least through 19 games, probably the longest stretch of good vibes any hitting coach has generated here since we began noticing hitting coaches...which is usually only when things go wrong.)

Big ups for Collins Avenue reference.

Granderson 1.0 Murphy 0.5 Cuddyer 0.5 Goeddel 0.5 ATorres 0.5

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