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Your roster moves for tonight: Danny Mendick optioned; Brett Baty and Jose Butto recalled; and Ronny Mauricio promoted. That makes 28 as we enter September.

Mendick Magic is on hold to make room for Baty, with Danny getting optioned.

Mauricio, Bo Derek fan that he is, has been assigned 10. Willie approved 24 for Barry, but even Barry Bonds wouldn't ask for it in SF.

Dominic Leone is once a Met, twice not a Met in 2023, having been claimed off waivers from the Angels by the Mariners, who will bring him back around to Citi Field for a second consecutive weekend of Old Friend action.

Thor officially released today, though not on vinyl.

Reading comprehension scores skyrocketed under Mayor Dickey.

Travel rules are the root of the start time. http://es.pn/2gJfzIZhttp://es.pn/2gJfzIZ

Trevor May notched his 15th save of the season for the 39-94 Oakland A's. No Met has registered more than 14 saves in 2023.

Don't look now, but Adam Kolarek has refused his outrighting to Syracuse and elected free agency.

Alex Cobb takes a no-hitter to 2 out in the 9th in San Fran. Spencer Steer doubles just above the glove of Luis Matos in RF. Cobb completes one-hitter of Reds, winning, 6-1. An earlier initial hit (high throw from 3B to 1B; not routine) had been changed to an error.

Pat Corrales, backup catcher to Johnny Bench, and later the manager the Phillies fired in 1983 while tied for first place, 82.

=Fman99 post_id=135844 time=1692914666 user_id=86] I think it's great. You're all nuts

Phil Bickford appears in line for his first Met win. May not be a save situation, though.

Expansive visit with Darryl Strawberry at Citi Field from ex-SI man Michael Bamberger in NYT. It was a lazy, humid weekday afternoon at Citi Field, and the early birds were taking a steam bath. Ed Kranepool, an original Met, was on the field near the Mets dugout, shaking hands, making the scene. Charlie Hayes, the old Yankee third baseman, was sitting on a cushioned field-level seat near third base. In a few hours, his son, Ke'Bryan Hayes, would be playing third and batting third for the visitors, the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nearby, on the field in foul territory, Jay Horwitz, Mets PR man since 1980, was doing the Jay Horwitz Pregame Shuffle, toes out, head bobbing, checking on this, checking on that. It only seemed like Old-Timers' Day. And then, three hours or so before the night's first pitch, an icon of New York baseball strolled into this summer-in-the-city scene. Darryl Strawberry, his own self. Forty years ago he was a Mets rookie with a 30-inch waist and about six feet of shoulders. For a long time, Strawberry wasn't an active Mets alumnus, but under the team's newish ownership — Steven A. Cohen, take a rare bow in this dismal season! — Strawberry has been coming around, at least now and again. The owner remembers Strawberry in his prime. He roots for him as all New Yorkers root for him. Darryl Strawberry — there was always something about him. You could see it in his face. Strawberry can't tell you much about the Mets' left-handed bats off the bench. His life in baseball has come and gone. But he knows and appreciates the doors baseball opened for him, and he was at the ballpark on that recent night to meet and greet some big-check donors to the foundation he runs with his wife, Tracy Strawberry. Among other things, the foundation helps pay for treatment programs for addicts of every kind. Strawberry knows such programs intimately. So does his wife. Tracy Strawberry is an ordained minister, has a doctorate in theology and, like her husband, is an addict in recovery. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/sports/baseball/darryl-strawberry-mets-addiction-ministry.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/sports/baseball/darryl-strawberry-mets-addiction-ministry.html

=whippoorwill post_id=135514 time=1692575280 user_id=79] Wow great read! A lot of research!

He is in a bit of post-Met limbo but has apparently tired of the shuttle. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/08/mets-outright-jimmy-yacabonis-place-john-curtiss-on-60-day-il.htmlhttps://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/08/mets-outright-jimmy-yacabonis-place-john-curtiss-on-60-day-il.html Good (Cow)tip!

It's never too early for Yacamemories, but Jimmy withstood his DFA and is back at Syracuse, thus still in the organization (which sounds vaguely moblike).

Edgy MD wrote: Great job. In paragraph nine, you have a reference to Jerry Buchek that was seemingly meant for José Quintana, unless I'm misreading your meaning. I actually caught and corrected that a little while ago, but thank you not only for noticing but writing one of the unlikelier sentences of 2023. I'd like to think that on some big Mets school trip in which everybody is urged to buddy up, Jose Quintana and Jerry Buchek will now sit together on the bus.

A http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2023/08/20/on-the-1s/story about curiosity, research and Tom Seaver.

Plodding along like a boss.

Hartwig optioned for the sake of the Churve.

Lights out at Uceta Club, as Edwin has been claimed off waivers by the Cubs. If anyone has memories of dear old Eddie besides this thread, share them here. Or anywhere.

Clarification on the Three Met Firsts: a closer examination of game logs indicates Seaver was the first *starter* to be part of such a trio. On April 13, 1967, in Tom's first game (ND), another threesome put up their Met firsts, with Jerry Buchek homering, Ron Taylor recording the save and Chuck Estrada getting his first (and only) Met win, in relief of Seaver. This addition underscores that when a Tom Seaver comes along, attention must be paid.

Edgy MD wrote: José Quintana's first win as a Met. Trevor Gott's first save. And with Tim Locastro's first Met home run, a trifecta of those particular Met firsts — W, S, HR — took place in the same game (per my attentive if not double-confirmed scanning of Baseball-Reference) for only the second time in franchise history. The first was on April 20, 1967: first Met home run for Tommy Davis, first Met save for Don Shaw and first win for…Tom Seaver.