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Harry Parker 1973 is one of those players that happens when you're destined for good or great things.

[youtube:1m8nwuv7]fLbjg4hMroA[/youtube:1m8nwuv7] Not a sentiment you want to hear from potential FA signings.

Swan Swan H wrote: I think this thread title has been sadly overlooked, and we all owe G-F a Vegemite sandwich for his fine effort. I'm just glad Dan Warthen hasn't had too many men at work in the Mets' bullpen lately.

Statistics cannot measure Ike Davis's true value. But here's one: He has become the second Met to collect 20 home runs at Citi Field, trailing Mr. Wright's 30 in the young history of the ballpark. Top 10 Citi Field Mets HR Leaders 1. WRIGHT 30 2. DAVIS 20 3. Pagan 15 4. Beltran 14 5. DUDA 13 5. Reyes 13 7. MURPHY 10 8. HAIRSTON 9 8. BAY 9 8. Francoeur 9

Murphy's aching back reportedly to have Valdespin turning around and heading to Philly to play 2B (or not 2B) for the Mets by Tuesday.

METS ALL-TIME HIT LEADERS Through Games of 8/26/2012 1. Ed Kranepool 1,418 2. DAVID WRIGHT 1,393 COUNTDOWN: Krane Minus 25 2012 GAMES REMAINING: 34

Davis 5.0 Hefner 4.5 Shoppach 0.5

Dickey 4.5 Turner 1.5 Bay 0.5 Francisco 0.5 Tejada 0.5 Cedeno 0.5 Rauch 0.5 Edgin 0.5 Hairston 0.5

Mets are facing Abad, pitcher today. That is pitcher Abad -- Fernando Abad, first major league start. They couldn't beat the 2-10 guy, but maybe he just wasn't Abad enough pitcher.

METS ALL-TIME HIT LEADERS Through Games of 8/24/2012 1. Ed Kranepool 1,418 2. DAVID WRIGHT 1,392 COUNTDOWN: Krane Minus 26 2012 GAMES REMAINING: 36 Congratulations to David on reaching another pre-Krane milestone with hit No. 1,391, his 200th HR. And sorry that hit No. 1,392 led to getting thrown out at second. The bitter with the sweet with the more bitter, as they say in the second half of 2012.

Wright 2.5 Niese 1.5 Tejada 1.0

seawolf17 wrote: WHO GIVES A CRAP THIS TEAM SUCKS. Well, there goes the rationale for this board. I wonder if maybe there's some protection for paternity leave players that they're not sent down directly after using their collectively bargained right. Hefner, long relief utility notwithstanding, has been adequate, mostly. McHugh excelled. Even if it is a ten-day demotion (will have to be after Sept. 1), it's a weird message.

I can live with Valdespin at any of his top three positions, but I wish they would pick one and let him get comfortable there for a week or more. He's not hopeless in the outfield, I don't believe, but he's not gonna get any better being jerked around. And he might get better at 2B if given some time there if they're having fourth or fifth thoughts about Murphy.

What was that conversation like? "Kid, we're sending you down so you can learn to give up just one hit and strike out ten."

Collin McHugh's historic major league debut earns him immediate demotion to Buffalo to make room for Jeremy Hefner and his bag of "It's a Girl!" Chick-fil-A sammies.

What didn't work yesterday is transformed into something else today. Tejada SS Baxter RF Wright 3B Davis 1B Turner 2B Valdespin LF Torres CF Thole C Niese P

R.I.P. No. 44 -- and I'm not just looking for an alternate way to say Bob Myrick. For all the hype that has accompanied the Isringhausens, Paytons and Milledges, nobody's ever "been" 44 to me except for Bob Myrick. I'd love to say it's because of some childhood fascination with him, but no, it's just one of those things. No pitcher who pitched in more games as a Met and only a Met had passed away until now. Myrick is eighth in that regard, fourth among retired pitchers (Innis, Apodaca, Baldwin ahead of him; also Feliciano -- said to be back in Sept with MFYs, Parnell, Pelfrey and Niese).

batmagadanleadoff wrote: The team's rebuilding; it's essentially in teardown mode. They're gonna suck for a while and there's no way around it. It's probably best to accept the status quo, suck it up and endure it. This was a long time coming. The FO was never willing to rebuild before, always believing that some past his sell date former star - a Mo Vaughn here or a Tom Glavine there - was enough to take the Mets over that last hump and to the promised land, all the while masking the barren foundation that the Mets were built on. The longer this rebuild was delayed, the more damage and rot there would be to fix. The day of reckoning has finally arrived and it makes no difference whether it was born from level-headed thinking or a financial crisis that threatened to strip the Wilpons of their team. The rebuild is here, and the team ain't gonna get fixed in half a season, watered down wild card or no watered down wild card. This is incisive analysis in the broad context of where this franchise stands, but after sitting through three of these four games, I'm utterly down with Screaming MF on this one. He's especially right about Collins and his BS about we tried, we were close. The last TC presser I sat in on, during the Marlin series, included "we're only losing by a little," which to me was an alarm bell rung by a desperate manager who has no idea what else to do or say.

METS ALL-TIME HIT LEADERS Through Games of 8/23/2012 1. Ed Kranepool 1,418 2. DAVID WRIGHT 1,390 COUNTDOWN: Krane Minus 28 2012 GAMES REMAINING: 37

McHugh 5.0

Harvey 4.0

BITCH! BUY A TOYOTA!

Tejada SS Cedeno 2B Wright 3B Hairston RF Davis 1B Total Fucking Waste of Time and Money LF Torres CF Shoppach C Harvey P

Gwreck wrote: I'd suggest that Daniel Murphy be given time in the outfield again. If we're not going to trade him, time for him to become more valuable as a utility guy who can fill in anywhere, and that means learning how to play left field again. Huzzah. Murphy seems like one of the more confident, less insecure players on the roster presently, perhaps possessing a different mindset than when overwhelmed by fly balls in 2009. It wasn't wrong to get him out of left field then but it wouldn't be wrong to try him out in left now. Murphy, Baxter, Hairston and Cedeno plus a legitimate righty-swinging backup catcher (and maybe first-half Valdespin, though you'd like to believe he could start) would form the nucleus of a reasonably reliable bench for a good team. Reminds me potentially a bit of the Mets of the Bambi's Bombers/Hondo's Commandoes period when you couldn't argue with Rusty as a PH, Jorgensen as a defensive 1B, Bailor as your all-around fill-in guy, but there was nothing much worth substituting for.

Get Duda back up here and put him at first for a couple of weeks. Davis hasn't earned a pass (and maybe needs to rest up from valley fever residual effects) and Duda, who is a horrible outfielder, should be given a stretch to see if he can hit consistently somewhere. Crank up his trade value or decide he's a keeper. Or give up on him. Too much in 2012 hinged on the assumption Duda would progress. Give him one more shot where he's allegedly comfortable. Pick a position for Valdespin and leave him there for two weeks. Not against righties, but against everybody. Enough with Hairston in the starting lineup. Trade him and get something. If Valdespin is still more idiot than horse, consider him not in your plans. But give him an extended look to find his inner horse. Let Thole catch Dickey, let out-of-shape Shoppach catch everybody else for a couple of weeks. Thole's earned nothing. Shoppach looks like nothing also, but he's the new nothing. Rauch closes. Francisco can be the 8th inning guy. Parnell can come in last week. This is a limited deck and there are few cards to play. Oh, and make everybody run laps. Or do something they don't want to do, besides take the field, which it is not clear they enjoy doing.