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  1. Gwreck
    -Some of the various promos/special events the Mets are running require a special ticket to get a particular item/access a pregame reception/etc. if you want the “Backyard Baseball” hat tonight, you have to buy a special ticket.l that guarantees you that item. -As compared to many other “ordinary” promo games (giveaways of T-shirts, pennants, bobbleheads, etc.) for which there is no guarantee - it’s just offered to the first ~15,000 ticketholders to show up.
  2. Gwreck
    Subpar strategic decision making and subpar preparation (as evidenced by too many mental errors and lapses in fundamentals) are the two key reasons that stick out, and both are clear to the outside observer. The third reason (and I believe Centerfield has discussed this before) is the failure to maximize talent. This is of course much harder for an outsider to evaluate — but when so many players are underperforming for so long, it suggests a larger problem. Is Mendoza a poor motivator? A poor evaluator of talent himself? A bad communicator with the players? Very hard for me or anyone else on the outside to know, but something is obviously not working correctly.
  3. Gwreck
    Is there a hitting or bench or pitching coach that is doing a good job? I couldn’t identify one. I would fire Mendoza and try an interim external candidate because Mendoza is bad and the team can’t fall to sixth place. I can’t think of a justification for an internal candidate at the MLB level being worthy. Maybe the Syracuse manager?
  4. Gwreck
    First time at the park in a few weeks and man that was demoralizing. Bad approaches at the plate. Very sloppy defense. Total crap from Peralta. Team looks completely unprepared to play, let alone win. Just unacceptable all around.
  5. Gwreck
    Ok, reading these clues carefully now, it doesn’t say “current” stadium so the West Sacramento guess was clearly misplaced. St. Louis and Philadelphia used to host both teams in their parks but too many WS wins for both. Anything else that hosted two MLB teams is pretty obviously not this image (e.g, it’s not Shea). We know from the top at least one of those teams that played there was in MLB. But going by the careful wording, the second team might not be MLB - could be Negro Leagues, minor leagues, Federal League, etc. But if we need 3 World Series wins, it’s not some old park in DC or Cleveland or Boston (NL) and it’s certainly not Tiger Stadium or the Polo Grounds. The curvy roads don’t make sense for whatever came before Wrigley. So this has got to be Cincinnati or Pittsburgh? So, umm, Crosley Field or Forbes Field…and I guess the image has black and yellow so we’ll say the latter.
  6. Gwreck
    That has to be West Sacramento, or some other minor league park.
  7. Gwreck
    I agree with all of this except that I’m not sure mid-season is the optimal time to find a new manager. Mendoza should be fired because he does a bad job as manager, full stop. But if they’re not going to do so now, the one possible benefit to waiting is a broader candidate pool after the season ends.
  8. Gwreck
    This was the 12th extra inning game for the Mets this year (7-5). The Mets had 4 wins in extras in which the stupid free runner was inconsequential (for example, the May 29 game in which Melendez hit a homer in the bottom of the 10th in a tie game to win). 3 wins were aided by the free runner (ex. April 7 against Arizona; a single wins the game versus just having the winning run on first). By contrast, 4 (maybe all 5) losses were aided by the stupid free runner: -March 29 vs PIT: in the top of the 10th, Pirates get a Single, GIDP, Walk, Walk, Single, Strikeout. In a normal world that’s at most 1 run, but Manfred gifts them a second. -April 1 at STL: bottom of 10th, tie game: walk, GIDP, single. In a normal world that’s a runner on first with 2 outs and probably goes to the 11th. -April 19 at CHC: Wild pitch, K, sac fly. Mets lose without giving up a baserunner in extras. -May 2 at LAA: walk, single, 2 flyouts, single. Maybe that scores the winning run in any circumstance…maybe not. -Tonight in SEA, only hit was a single.
  9. Gwreck
    We are once again called upon to point out that Rob Manfred sucks
  10. Gwreck
    Maybe Lindor got him once as a Met? I forget exactly which years Kimbrel was in the AL versus the NL once he left Atlanta.
  11. Gwreck
    Sort of. Mendoza said that Myers will be on a “scripted” throwing program in AAA: “It’s just going to be more scripted,” Mendoza said. “Where if you’re going to go and throw 35-45 pitches, then he’s able to get the three or four days after that, something that at this level with the competition you aren’t able to do.
  12. Gwreck
    Not really if they are going to stretch him out to be a starter.
  13. Gwreck
    Tobias Myers to Syracuse today as a result.
  14. Gwreck
    He sure seems to be handled very gently this year.
  15. Gwreck
    Extra innings after a day off, and still no Devin Williams. Is he hurt?
  16. Gwreck
    What about…Juan Soto?
  17. Gwreck
    I couldn’t give the year with certainty but I definitely recall a David Wright 9th inning homer in Atlanta/blown save for Kimbrel. Maybe 2012?
  18. Gwreck
    Roster moves: AJ Minter and Jared Young activated from the IL. Nick Morabito and Jonathan Pintaro optioned to AAA Tyrone Taylor to IL. Infielder Eric Wagaman added to roster/called up from Syracuse.
  19. Gwreck
    2021: Mets scored 636 runs. 27th in MLB, (13th in NL). 2022: 772 runs. 3rd in MLB (3rd in NL). 2023: 717 runs. 20th in MLB (11th in NL). 2024: 768 runs 7th in MLB (5th in NL). 2025: 766 runs. 9th in MLB (6th in NL). The Mets have regularly ranked in the upper third of the league in runs scored., across those multiple hitting coaches.
  20. Gwreck
    This is one of those things that I can’t remember exactly how or when I learned it, but I’d bet it was one of those “behind the scenes” articles about the logistics of getting the team to playoff games, possibly around the time they did that travel at the end of 2024 from Milwaukee to the double-header in Atlanta, then back to Milwaukee.
  21. Gwreck
    This isn’t exactly my area of expertise but I understand generally that since aviation is so highly regulated and tracked that there’s a lot of easily accessible info out there. Also, I don’t think Delta keeps it a great secret that Flight No. 8883 is the Mets’ flight. (The Reds are Delta #8880).
  22. Gwreck
    The Reds didn't leave Cincinnati until late afternoon and landed at Kennedy 10 minutes ago (6:43 PM). Mets are scheduled to get in to LaGuardia at 9:47 PM.
  23. Gwreck
    They almost certainly weren’t. They carry a sewing machine, extra blank jerseys, and extra letters/numbers with them on the road. The idea that a number could be giving out “accidentally” is at least possible. That said, I don’t think numbers are generally given out without thought, and it makes sense that giving out 8 could have been a trial balloon.
  24. Gwreck
    That is on Mendoza. How does a batter not know going up that he has license to challenge if there are 2 left in the top of the 9th???
  25. Gwreck
    The Mets have 2 ABS challenges left. Wtf are we doing? Challenge that second strike.
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