Johnny Lunchbucket

Paying through the nose for the guy with the most saves almost never works, and paying through the nose for relievers because last year's bullpen struggled is similarly inadvisable. Bullpens and relievers are simply too unpredictable. You are much better off developing your own closers and stockpiling cheap arms The Mets never learn this, *even though Sandy just showed them how*. Familia was one of the best closers in the game for a few years, cost nothing, and brought us back something on the trade market just before he got expensive. So what does that fucking idiot Omar do? Pay through the nose for the same guy, and trade 2 good prospects, 1 of those acquired cheap arms, a spare outfielder for the guy with the most saves --along with an unmoveable lineup anchor lazy steroid cheat. If it works, great. But you've introduced insane and unnecessary pressure to making it work, so when it doesn;t you're practically forced to make an ass of yourself. Mets would have been better off keeping Swarzak, leaving Gselly as the closer and using a sliver of Cano's $$ for other cheap-ass arms

Yeah I'm on board with all these ideas. Celebrities, fans, family pets, whatever works that night.

I mean, if you're into teams shitting all over themselves the Mets are incredible. Five straight!! I think they have to demote Diaz from the closer role or maybe they DL him to preserve his feelings. We'd have been better off had we just left Gselly in the role as he was more or less fine upon assuming the role last year, iirc.

We did it! We blew a lead in every game in this series!!

This is like a Jerry Manuel Era bullpen epidemic

My thought is, if we had Cesar Hernandez and the Phillies had Cano, we'd be in second place and they'd be in 4th.

unfuckingreal. Bring in Mazza!

/dies

Here we go. Diaz walks the leadoff guy ahead of Franco

Let's bring Mazza in for the save

Kicking Neris while he's down, I like it. Rosey needs to drive in the run here

How damaged am I that the first thing I thought was, "Now watch us give the lead right back!"

Oh wow

Put on your rally jocks. Conforto has a 1-out single in the 9th

Lagares is hitting .182 with a .515 OPS. Cano hitting 233 with a 631 OPS It was a real step change in quality there

TOM SEAVER...AND HIS MOUND! Tom Seaver: that powerful right arm. Tom Seaver: the player that truly put the SHEA...in Shea Stadium. Although Tom Seaver never threw that auspicious NO-HITTER (in a New York Mets uniform) that lifelong Mets fans have always yearned for with each spring passing. Although Tom Seaver was NEVER "THAT PERFECT"...indeed he almost was each and every time he took the mound in his oh so picture perfect Tom Seaver, number 41 of the New York Mets, way! It was in his mechanics... and he had the mechanics to "do it" almost every time. Seaver on the rubber he glides back with ball in glove over his head she goes; he powers back now balances on his thunderous and powerful right thigh now; and then a push and push and push till his right knee knew very well it was about to nurse and nudge its way ever so gently across the dusty dirt and mound out at Shea and like a shot from heaven straight towards home -a strike was called before he even threw it - before the umpire had even saw it - for each batter knew that much for sure. For Seaver had it upstairs more than most and downstairs as well where his lower body strength became as powerful as that wonderous right arm of his that everyone knew about and spoke about in time. Tom Seaver number 41 it was a matter of class each and every time he took the mound. Oh wouldn't Seaver's class act stick out like a statement hardly made in the sporting world of today?

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I don't know how the team isn't completely in the dumps as this "defining" road trip finally ends 3-7 so far with two embarrassing blowouts, losing two 4-games series to division rivals including 3 straight Ls to the reeling Phillies all on multirun lead giveways; 2 Seth Lego bedshits; 2 crushing walkoff losses; 2 coaches fired; unchecked aggression toward the fourth estate engendering fake, insincere apologies or in the case of Vargas, insensitive tone-deaf justification. One indignity we haven't yet suffered on this trip is getting no-hit but Mets haven't given up on that dream yet.

Not for nothing but you don;t put the address on the back of your house do you?

Let's hope Wheels can limit the longball damage today but you know, I'm not real optimistic. I don't know how the team isn't completely in the dumps as this "defining" road trip finally ends 3-7 so far with two embarrassing blowouts, losing two 4-games series to division rivals including 3 straight Ls to the reeling Phillies all on multirun lead giveways; 2 Seth Lego bedshits; 2 crushing walkoff losses; 2 coaches fired; unchecked aggression toward the fourth estate engendering fake, insincere apologies or in the case of Vargas, insensitive tone-deaf justification.

I can't believe Doctor K is beating Doctor K. If you're a magazine editor and you're choosing between images this should be a very easy decision

Jay Bruce, Mr. Hero

Yikes

This game is on Alonso for going down way too easy with a cookie on third base. Also Cano because he sucks Good job Diaz

This team is diseased

Alonso with a shit AB there.