Johnny Lunchbucket

Look at Milner leaning in and getting around. He absolutely punished those pitches he liked. This was a Sunday afternoon; across the street McEnroe would beat Vitas Gerulaitis in the US Open final, internet says. I suppose I was to begin the 1st or 2nd week of 8th grade. Milner then was still the leading LH HR hitter in team history, Bob & ralph say. Excluding the switchies, Strawberry, Conforto, Grandy, Doodoo and Delgado have since surpassed him

Anthony DiComo reveals (to me for the first time) that Peterson's dad was a horse trainer famous for Seattle Slew's Derby success. Also that was injured in a "serious golf course accident" that left him disabled and later died of an "accidental overdose related to a medical error" when David was still a youngster. The vagueness of the description (golf course accident? medical error?) was interesting enough to me to look for some details. He was injured apparently when a cart fell on him, though not sure who dropped it. It left him disabled, using a walker and in need of additional surgeries when he ODed. His obits say he was a little know barn guy who took on Slew when he was ill with a viral infection, got him healthy and away he went. Post Slew, battled drug and alcohol issues. Anyway DiComo's story is pretty good in setting up how the tragedy -- along a broken leg-- plays into Petey's demeanor and suggests he's gonna be a rotation guy. https://www.mlb.com/news/david-peterson-s-path-to-metshttps://www.mlb.com/news/david-peterson-s-path-to-mets

I once interviewed the founder of DiMarini, Ray DiMarini. He was a custom motorcycle-part manufacturer and softball enthusiast looking for something else to do with the alloy materials he was working with. That company has since been acquired by one of the old-school sporting goods brands and their parents which are usually some kind of diversified holding company.

Yeah that's what the reference is to. Also Lunchie's old model. They are all making maple and birch now

We had to go out and get the Lunchpail a new baseball bat since he broke the one he got from granny on xmas the very first time he used it (at the batting cage, probably not a great idea but live and learn). His rec and school leagues strictly use wood bats. The one he broke was the same model, 1 inch longer than the one he'd used for 3 years and had hundreds of swings and hits with. That one also gave out with small hairline crack. As we learned shopping ash bats are no longer cool and birch and maple are where it's at. Almost all ballplayers today use them. You shouldn't be surprised to learn they cost a sobering amount more but jesus what a weapon we got. Looks and feels like a piece of Chinese furniture but light, hard, dangerous. Another thing about pricey bats, you'll be tempted to buy a cheap "practice" model. What a biz plan. Lunchie got the Tim Anderson birch model here [YOUTUBE]KonoXt42Qt8[/YOUTUBE] I'd never heard of Victus before, it is a sub-label of the Marucci brand, which I guess I recognize but is also kind of new. Founded by Kurt Ainsworth who you might recall was a pitcher for the Giants in the early oughts. (Marucci is the name of Louisiana trainer who made the originals in his shop). Ainsworth is the CEO now, the company got bought by a holding company last year for $200M and its Marucci and Victus brands are the top 2 in MLB market share today. The brands we knew as kids are vanishing faster than the $10 bat. Chandler? https://www.batdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-Opening-Day-Bat-Usage-Percentage.png>

I'm always impressed with Gselly's broad shoulders, it's like he left the hanger in his jersey before putting it on. That said, he's like the right-handed relief version of Matz: He needs to start getting it done or find another job. I'll err on the side of optimism this one last time: 3-1, 3.70, 1.3 WHiP, 50 innings, 50 whiffs

I watched. Still don't understand the distiction between orange guys and blue guys. Should be righty lefty that would be fun. The top 15 as of now-- 13 outstanding, All-Star level hurlers, a decent-kinda compiler in Bobby J Jones, and Jon Niese, who came of age in the high-whiff era

I like this shrimpy kid. Lotsa K's at Bingo, callup in September, gets a few garbage innings and gets hit hard but the stuff is there

I wore mine through the fall of 84. I remember that because I met a Met fan on freshman move-in day from another dorm who was also wearing one. It turned out that we were not only both into plastic Met replica helmets but we each had a unicycle. He was much more skilled in the clowning arts than me (I was only a dabbler) but often I'd see him on campus as he led the Juggling Club and other stuff like that. Sure enough https://michaelrosman.com/he went pro. Book him at your next party!

Edgy MD wrote: Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Sport magazine c. 1987 ran a best/worst uniforms piece, back when you had no idea people thought about such things. I remember the Mets were panned for their “War Eagles be damned” ensemble, an Auburn University reference. At the time I was insulted because how dare anybody criticize anything about the Mets, but I thought about it and the stripes plus stripes thing did seem a bit excessive. Still love ‘em for the reasons Phil Hecken cites in the above excerpt. They had a good run. I had that issue and have never forgiven either. I could barely understand the frame of reference which to me indicated how little perspective on New York the writer had. I thought, people here don't even care about college football I was at the premier for Rudy. I was working for J. Crew and one of the big shots in the family who ran the company was trying to make it in film. Inexplicably, the big wig chatted me up at the premier and asked what It thought. I hemmed and hawed and lied a little, though I thought any movie with Roc couldn't be all bad. He told me that he was kind of counting on this film to save his standing in the business because his last film was So I Married an Axe Murderer, and that had tanked. He really wanted my input but all I could think was, "Why are you screening this in Manhattan, where anybody who gives two shits about big-time college football is clearly a pod person?" I don;t think you've ever mentioned your J Crew career before

I thought the blue tops were pretty good looking, mostly as a fashion look, and I like that they incorporated the gray-silver into the numerals in the 80s. That was something of an underrated rare innovation with the Mets, using road grey in a new way and I was pleased they brought it back. I've always believed the Mets were capable of better looking duds, especially home jerseys. Never been all that big on pinstripes, for example. It's just that the Mets have never really had a design that does it all for me. I'm not even convinced they couldn't utilize black (or the grey-silver) if they just did it right. Hard to beat 75 Record Breaker road look though. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71XK0bYnMWL._AC_SL1000_.jpg>

=G-Fafif post_id=58263 time=1616378827 user_id=55] Sport magazine c. 1987 ran a best/worst uniforms piece, back when you had no idea people thought about such things. I remember the Mets were panned for their “War Eagles be damned” ensemble, an Auburn University reference. At the time I was insulted because how dare anybody criticize anything about the Mets, but I thought about it and the stripes plus stripes thing did seem a bit excessive. Still love ‘em for the reasons Phil Hecken cites in the above excerpt. They had a good run.

Geez.

I biked past CF yesterday and was tempted to join a pretty short line of vaccine-receivers at McFaddens. I'm still ineligible of course and need an appt but but figured if the guys were in the right mood they'd have let me right in. The security parking attendant booth on 126th "Seaver Way" still has a composite photo of guys who get access anytime including the Wilpons. I didn't see this myself but been told they are renaming a bunch of clubs inside including one of them turning into the Piazza Grill Sponsored By Some Premium Vodka Brand

Tuesday Night Mets Club looking like it's going to get shut out. We have tix but bought a la carte and so are on the end of the line. That said, if capacity rises Tuesday is a good day to have tickets. At any rate rolling over credit till next year I guess, once again. My plan this year was to bike to and from, avoid the subway. Can get there in 17 minutes

That's a good one

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Nobody gives poor Peterson any respect. The guy was 2nd best starter last year (out of two good ones, sure) and probably a top-5 performer overall and his reward? Gets his uni number slashed by 54 digits, and like 6 new competitors who all seem to have better reps and better chances.

I think his CAHNfidence score went up, as did mine, last year. No guy is perfect though. 2-4, 38 saves, 3.34. Gets it done at the plate with lots of whiffs and walks, let's say 13 k/9, 4 bb/9

I feel bad for the guy. Went from top prospect to suspect to throw-in in the Gimenez trade to hapless outta position flop in just a coupla years. Seems like a guy whose best shot now is some other team's SS getting hurt

Roughly translated, Yennsy is a term that means "disorienting but fun" "How are you feeling after that trip on Space Mountain?" "I feel totally Yennsy, man." Predicting the Mets deploy him as reliever in AA and he unleashes danergous levels of Yennsity upon the circuit, closes out the AA all-star game with a memorable 3-whiff performance and advances to Syracuse in August, after which his arm goes Yennsy. Sept. callup to the Mets, but no appearances.

He's been traded like 4 times already in his young career, so one of those guys who represents potential but also never quite demonstrated he'd be a star. I think he wears his cap stiff and sideways because he's always ready to swap it out for a new one. I also think he's probably one of the most likely to be traded guys (being a Body get), though I'm tempering that expectation now that Betances is so stinky. 2-2, 3.97, whiffs 10/9, walks 4/9, traded to the White Sox in July.

20-65-275/360/450

Gonna be deGrom. He's about as good as anyone who ever wore the uni

Alonso and now Lindor also HR, now 7-3 good guys. Bad outing for Betances