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They may *think* that is about efficiency. It's not true that this action will itself make things more efficient. Even if there was some claim that searching a backpack takes longer than, say, a messenger bag (dubious), they are still searching bags in the bag line. Plus, drawing more distinctions of what is and isn't allowed adds to confusion and delays. Now, I suppose it could theoretically be argued that it helps “efficiency” by trying to just discourage people from bringing bags in the first place but that's not something to be embraced. As noted, if efficiency and safety were real concerns, the team would hire more and better employees to oversee entrance to the park.
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The Mets have seen fit to update their security policy to ban backpacks at the ballpark. Any other style of bag is fine. They also made no change to the size limits on bags. So a tote/messenger bag/purse of the same size with a million pockets remains fine; it's just backpacks. The proffered reasons for the change are “safety” and “efficiency” which of course are not true.
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IGT 5/2 Reds v Mets Thor Pitches a Gaydame
Gwreck replied to ashie62's topic in Archived Game Threads
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the day after the home opener is an offday ..why? so that if it rains out you can play the next day and everyone who bought a ticket can still say they were at the "opener"? that is a good reason not to play on a Wednesday. on a friday? it sucks. That is precisely the reason that opening day typically has an off day afterwards. And given that the Mets sell out opening day, every year, at a premium price on every ticket, it seems that there are quite a few people who care about that. The Mets could presumably have their home opener as a Friday day game, with the off day on Thursday instead. That also though requires that the first Saturday game be a night game so the opener could be rescheduled as a doubleheader that Saturday. The Mets home opener was a Friday in 2016 and that'd be my preference.
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I've got some questions here. Familia threw 17 pitches yesterday and none on Sunday. So why wasn't he available? If Diaz and Familia were both unavailable, why was Vargas (not great, but not awful) pulled after 74 pitches? I get that Lugo is struggling and that's fine, it happens. But Mickey's bullpen management is real curious as a result.
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Do I recall correctly that we once determined this was actually the September 28, 1999 game? I don't know this Big Al fellow but I suppose we can overlook that missed detail...
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Sunday: You have (only) Wilson, Diaz, and Familia available. All pitched Saturday. Tie game, and you're going into the bottom of the 8th with Dozier, Adams, and Robles coming up (R/L/R). Who goes in to pitch? I would have said Familia. Mickey goes with Wilson, who does great and then is left to continue in the 9th, again to righty and lefty batters. — Saturday: I really didn't like pulling Familia with the bases loaded in the 8th and two outs, up 4 runs. Matt Adams (lefty) coming in to PH. Familia had thrown 22 pitches. Lugo takes over. The two decisions are strange when looked at side by side. Do you trust Wilson to pitch complete innings but not Familia? In the past, we've used Familia extensively for a full inning regardless of the matchup. Why does that change?
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84-78. Third place, no playoffs.
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=G-Fafif post_id=4909 time=1553481572 user_id=55]JCL arranged for Marty to speak at one of our intermittent Met Lit gatherings in 2010. He shared Amazin' stories and unvarnished opinions -- and was quite the gentleman in the process
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Edgy MD wrote: The vacillating between the Mets don't even try and the Mets are stupid for trying is dizzying. Except that neither of those is the point of the article. The point is that they tried insufficently hard. That's a fair criticism and isn't anywhere near the vacillating you suggest. It's almost as maddening as the swings between the Mets have to be willing to take on big contracts to succeed, and eat them if necessary and I can't believe the LOLMets are still paying Bobby Bonilla, LOLOL. I'm quite sure we both know which one of those are valid points. It's a mystery to me why people care so much about how a contract buyout was structured. It's not their money. I trust we need not give much concern to Madoff-related schadenfruede.
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Except that the main point of the article is actually this: They improved just enough to be competitive, even though nobody gives out trophies for simply being in the middle of an exciting pennant race.
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Wouldn't his inability to lay off bad pitches and not hit pop-ups in fact indicate that certain skills are not intact? Regardless, I doubt Jose plays another game in the majors, in view of his performance over the past two years and his personal history.
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My recollection is that this is an annual event. The Mets roll out an event with a bunch of new food items that are universally praised in the press at this one event but can be hit or miss in the park during the season. Also: it's interesting that they think new corporate partners is something people care about. Perhaps if they started by introducing some aesthetic standards with the advertisements. No, I'm not naievely suggesting the Wilpons remove all the ads.* They are obviously using them to make money. But how about limiting the color pallate just a little? Outfield wall ads can be one color on another. Same with the facings of the middle deck. I recall that Fenway has done this. *The RF scoreboard excepted. Remove the ads, put in a bigger board. Maybe the single easiest thing they can do to improve fan experience that isn't player-related.
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A giant missed opportunity for the Mets.
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So, spring training's started and no other team has yet capitalized on the Mets' failure to sign one of the two 26 year old free agent superstars available for nothing else other than a big pile of cash. The good news is there's still a chance to right this error. And perhaps even with some negotiating leverage. Let's offer both of them a 4 year deal, with opt-outs after year 2 and year 3, at, say, $40M a year. Hurry, Brody.
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Calling, say, Pedro Feliciano “mediocre” is wildly inaccurate, though. He was very good at what he did and helped the team win many, many games. Obviously his contribution is quantitatively smaller but not every player is a star. Maybe the overall talent level can seem slightly diluted if one started watching baseball before various rounds of expansion but these same players had the 24th and 25th spots on the roster whether or not they were only used to face one batter at a time.
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Idiotic proposals that are going to alter the game in bad ways? This is very sad.
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Inexplicably made the major league roster as a reliever to start the 2010 season, was ineffective and quickly injured. I recall blaming Jerry Manuel for this but I'm fuzzy on the details as to why.
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Exactly.
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The census uses something called Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and a larger Combined Stastical Area. For the latter, the NYC CSA is ~23 million. The Boston-Providence-Worcester CSA is 8.2 million. Add in the Hartford CSA, the Springfield MA CSA and the Portland ME CSA (essentially, the entire population of New England) and it's still only about half.
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I read an interesting take in a column comparing Harper and Machado. The source -- who was anonymous, of course, since it was a sports column -- said Machado in a 10-year deal will give you eight All-Star seasons and one MVP-caliber season. Harper will give you five All-Star seasons, three MVP-caliber seasons and two "what the @!#%^ happened?" seasons. Either one of those is fantastic. Let's sign one of them pronto.
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Even assuming all of the above, failing to sign one of these players is particulalry bad because of the unique opportunity to secure top talent in the free agent market while the players are still young. 26 year old stars don't hit the market that often, let alone 2 in the same year. Cespedes and Cano and Lowrie, and maybe even deGrom will all be long gone before Harper or Machado gets old and unproductive. This is the year to sign the player who finally puts the team over the top and upgrades the offense (the upgrade that has been badly needed for each of the past 7 offseasons and was not properly addressed in any). Because that player makes you better not just in the immediate short term but is also more likely than other potential FA signings to continue to help for years to come.
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I think the point was that the luxury tax, without even considering its problems, is not a valid excuse for not signing one of these players.
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Edgy MD wrote: and they also know that the stupid luxury tax means they'll be paying double for a big chunk of those huge contracts. Good thing the Mets are nowhere near that threshold, and still easily under it even if they signed one of the two to a $30M/year contract.
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=Centerfield post_id=1782 time=1548381701 user_id=65] And was immediately met with all sorts of spin articles from the local guys. It's crazy how the Wilpons control the narrative with some of these guys.
