Gwreck

VALDESPIN!

I love seeing cheaters exposed.

Oh well. Maybe we can just wait until Halladay is out of the game.

I realize we have Valdespin as a lefty hitter on the bench but I'd use Hairston instead here. Edit: and Terry does.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: And then there were two. Two of what?

Having a position player pitch was certainly an option for the 9th inning in Colorado last week.

Update: Davis puts a couple guys on by strikes out Adrian Gonzalez and then gets opposing pitcher Darnell McDonald to ground into a double play to end the game. Orioles win.

Great game in Boston. Game goes to the 16th and the Orioles are out of pitchers, so they bring in their DH Chris Davis to pitch; he's throwing as fast as 90! Strikes out Saltalamacchia. Allows a couple of baserunners but the potential winning run is cut down at the plate. Top of the 17th and the Red Sox are also out of pitchers, so their DH Darnell McDonald (he ran for Ortiz several innings earlier) comes in to pitch. First batter Wilson Betemit gets on and is caught stealing. No matter, because a couple more guys get on and Adam Jones crushes a three run homer over the Green Monster. But Davis is now out to try to end it and get the win in the bottom of the 17th...

Frayed Knot wrote: But again, if you folks are planning on throwing a party if and when the next contract gets awarded to a different network you're going to be sorely disappointed when the only thing that changes is the number on your dial. Still worth a party if it meant the end of Buck and McCarver.

But very nice 2 run double from Hairston. LGM

Pretty crappy trip to the plate by Duda there.

Seems to make sense, except A. Richmond is an AL-market? B. Albany, GA?

metirish wrote: Kinda cool @AnthonyDiComo: All #Mets starters will be using Beastie Boys songs as their walk-up music tonight. -- Extremely cool. The Beastie Boys are (were) of course big Mets fans.

themetfairy wrote: metsguyinmichigan wrote: It would be neat of they could have a Wrigleyville kind of thing! Exactly! This might've been possible if they built the park in an existing neighborhood. I have a hard time seeing anything close to Wrigleyville materializing between those highways.

The Van Wyck is actually an interstate highway (I-678).

Who's standing next to Baxter? And who's in the last photo? Valdespin?

You make some good points but there are several that I will take umbrage with: Edgy DC wrote: Reyes was never that good before. Reyes WAR: 2006: 5.9 2007: 5.4 2008: 5.3 2011: 5.8 Reyes is a player who derives a large percentage of his value from his legs, yet he has frequently hurt his legs. Games Played: 2005: 161 2006: 153 2007: 160 2008: 159 2010: 133 2011: 126 Reyes, while seemingly like a sweetheart, has demonstrated a penchant for self-centeredness and disengagement when he's unhappy. There's no objective measure for this but if we're discussing the implications of giving him a big pile of cash, it seems unlikely that said big pile of cash is going to make him unhappy. While Reyes was hurt, his potential replacement performed very well. I'll give you "well" without the "very" modifier. 1.6 WAR in 2011 over 376 PAs. David Wright has pants made of sugar. Jose Reyes was the most exciting player the franchise has had in 20 years, if not more. A declining shortstop is a more fearsome thing than a declining thirdbaseman, in general. Assuming you leave him at shortstop and don't move him to another position. Reyes was never such a good player and it was easy to see his excellence last year as a particularly good year by a good player See WAR table above.

The Mets have only lost in the first round once in their seven post-season appearances (88 LCS). The Astros lost in the first round of the playoffs in each of their first seven post-season appearances.

Note the usher standing in the background doing nothing. Classy joint, that place. Disclaimer: it seems pretty clear she was being a douchebag herself.

Looks like we might miss Carlos lee, who sprained his ankle on Friday. Hard to believe Carlos is finally in the last year of that $100 M deal he signed with Houston six years ago. I wouldn't have guessed he was a 4.6 WAR player last year.

Edgy DC wrote: I guess it has something to do with sweeping the Mets. Wasn't a sweep; Mets lost 2 of 3 in Atlanta.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Still, always nice to win in extras on the road, seems as though the Mets haven't done that in 4 years or so. Would you believe the Mets were actually 4-1 in extra-inning games on the road last year? (A much crappier 3-5 at home).

In case you need some additional proof that Dodgers fans are among the worst in the league: -Fans doing the wave while the Dodgers are pitching...and a fan in the $500+ Dugout Club seats directly behind the plate turns around as the wave is passing through and moons the camera. Not coincidentally, Bryce Harper hits the pitch for a double. That's karma, douchebag. -Fan on the field as the Dodgers had multiple runners on in the bottom of the 9th. Then Mattingly has the temerity to come out and complain that the previous pitch (a swing-and-miss-strike) shouldn't have counted due to time being called for the fan running on the field.

Edgy DC wrote: What does it take to get Parnell into a game situation? This, apparently

Gwreck wrote: We're gonna need some more runs Some progress made, more needed