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  1. Gwreck
    Ceetar wrote: The attendance is not going to be markedly increased by keeping Scott Hairston, but whether it's Scott or someone else, the Mets are going to need a righty pinch-hitting outfielder next year. The percentages favor Hairston being better in that role, and the marginal increase in money from being 'competitive' the rest of this year is probably enough to pay for Hairston. Exactly what "percentages" favor Hairston being "better" in the role of "right-handed bat off the bench?"
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    Edgy DC wrote: I can think of at least a half dozen reasons. I think that's generous. 1. Might sign player to extension during balance of season/exclusive negotiating window. I'm not so clear on 2-6.
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    Edgy DC wrote: Trade-horny Twitterers beating the crap out of Sandy out there. They're not all wrong. If there's no reason to believe trades will get you to the playoffs this year, why are we keeping upcoming free agents with trade value? Is there any actual evidence to suggest that a player is "more likely to re-sign" with the Mets versus getting something back and then still having a chance to sign that same player on the open market just like everyone else? Can we just file that idea away already, together with the measurement of how "clutch" a player is?
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    Edgy DC wrote: Good play by Ike to get Belt. Surprised they pitched to Crawford, but then they gave up being cute and went ahead and walked him after 2-0. Keith giving it to Ike on SNY broadcast for not getting the double play.
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    Swan Swan H wrote: Rubin reminds us that this is the umpiring crew that bollixed up the series in Atlanta. Costa mentions that there is speculation in the Mets clubhouse that umps have lingering resentment of Alderson, leading to calls against Mets.
  6. Gwreck
    So I tune in, not seeing the lineups and after Bay walks, Ronny comes up. Nice hit. But then there's another hitter (not the pitcher) after Cedeno! And I think to myself, what kind of world are we living in where Jason Bay could possibly be hitting higher than seventh?
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    Thanks. Among other things learned from the video: Howie is a southpaw.
  8. Gwreck
    They did also win 116 games that year (admittedly with Ichiro a large part of that).
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    themetfairy wrote: Trust me on this one - I have in-laws in the Pacific Northwest. There were plenty of folks out there who had a team for 20 years but who never paid attention to them until Ichiro arrived. I witnessed that phenomenon firsthand - your point of order is denied. I think you (or your in-laws) are confused on the timeline and are forgetting that Ichiro did not arrive until 2001. As an example, the Mariners drew 3.2 million fans in 2000. To suggest their fans didn't exist before Ichiro is ludicrous.
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    themetfairy wrote: What a slap in the face to Mariners fans, who basically didn't exist before Ichiro. Point of order: The Mariners were already an outstanding team with tons of fan support before Ichiro. His Mariner tenure did not overlap with Randy Johnson, Ken Griffey Jr. or Alex Rodiguez. The Mariner fans were already packing their new stadium a couple of years before Ichiro showed up. As for the slap-in-the-face thing: yep. Mariner fan friends report this weeks' series as "surreal."
  11. Gwreck
    Bad call at first: Davis obviously safe.
  12. Gwreck
    Hey, Tony LaRussa: fuck you.
  13. Gwreck
    I wonder if we're on Carlos Lee's no-trade list.
  14. Gwreck
    Worst error at Dodger Stadium since Jeremy Reed.
  15. Gwreck
    Nice job by Dickey there.
  16. Gwreck
    I'd take Ike out of the game.
  17. Gwreck
    Actually, Jackie Robinson never played for either team in this game. He played in Brooklyn, not Los Angeles.
  18. Gwreck
    That fucking needs to be caught.
  19. Gwreck
    Frayed Knot wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Forget playing LIKE it; I think Duda actually does NOT want the ball hit to him. That's a coincidence, I don't want the ball hit to Duda either. Late night games like this make me come up with brilliant ideas, such as switching Duda and Davis' positions. Would we have a better overall defense if they switched places? I'm thinking, maybe.
  20. Gwreck
    Tigers wouldn't take Murphy; they can ill-afford another below-average fielder as they've already got Cabrera and Fielder on the corners. I bet they'd give us a sack of baseballs or two for Valdespin or Cedeno.
  21. Gwreck
    Where the fuck was Byrdak??? Cano: lefty. Teixeira: lefty Swisher: switch, admittedly better against lefties but not a huge difference. Ibanez: lefty. What the hell was he waiting for? I note that I had this same thought before the top of the 8th and said so aloud; the douchebag Yankee fans sitting near me could confirm. Really fed up with Terry here. Also, the rest of the team didn't exactly impress.
  22. Gwreck
    Francisco to DL.
  23. Gwreck
    Torres CF Tejada SS Wright 3B Hairston LF Duda RF Turner 1B Cedeno 2B Thole C Dickey P
  24. Gwreck
    ERROR on JETER. Excellent.
  25. Gwreck
    The host of the first couple years of "Kids Clubhouse" on SNY (2006-07, I think) was Amanda Cole, Kenneth's daughter.
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