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Umpires. Specifically Angel Hernandez. He lost his discrimination lawsuit against MLB. AP (via Yahoo sports) https://www.yahoo.com/news/ump-hern-ndez-loses-race-181521882.htmlhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/ump-hern-ndez-loses-race-181521882.html Hernández claimed Chief Baseball Officer Joe Torre had animus toward him dating to 2001 and that Torre bypassed Hernández for crew chief and World Series assignments. Hernández cited generally positive Field Evaluation Forms he had received. I want to know who gave Hernandez those generally positive field evaluations. “The explicit reason MLB offers — that according to Torre, Hernández 'has not demonstrated the leadership ability and situation-management skills in critical high-pressure roles on a consistent basis' — is presented in clear and specific terms,” the judge said. He got that right. Later

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, I don't think the division is strong either. Each team has winning talent in their own way, but no team looks decisively stronger than the Mets. And the Mets seem the most reinforced among them. That said, Rojas' 2020 team underpeformed Calloway's 2019 squad with very much the same cast. So, that said, what is your prediction? Later

He CAN do it again. 45 G, .265, 5 HR, 23 RBI Later

.331- 22-88 NL All-star at second base. Later

He someone says he cheated, he was framed, though not as well as Jim has learned to frame pitches. He will be an asset to the staff defensively, and to the team offensively. 120 G, .266 - 15- 72. Later

Edgy MD wrote: I confess that I have some concern with how comfortably neckware might play in 2021. Check out the uniforms the little league team wears in the Steve Martin movie My Blue Heaven (1990). I couldn't find a picture I could post. Later

Great job as always. Have they done away with the title "Quality Control Coach" or is one of the current coaches working in that capacity? And, what did a quality control coach actually do? (did we ever answer that question?) Later

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The only thing I remember about Avatar was thinking that it would have been much better if they had trimmed it by about an hour. It had so many stretches of nothingness (except scenery), it could have been directed by David Lean. Later

SNY reporting that negotiations continue, but the parties are still far apart. Later

Lowrie Chair, Rehab Department of Alternate Site University Yep. Winner of this year's "Jed Lowrie What Might Have Been" Award. After long physical rehab, joins them in September and goes .270 - 5- 17. Later

1. The Mets record will be? 94-68 2. Where will The Mets finish in the NL East? Second 3. Will The Mets make the playoffs (yes/no)? Yes 4. If so, how far will they advance and the number of games in their final round? Lose to San Diego in the NLCS 4-2 5. Who wins the World Series (can be the same answer a Q.4)? Chicago White Sox 6. How many home runs will Pete Alonso hit? 46 Later

Todd Frazier has opted out of his deal with the Pirates and is a free agent. He says he doesn't want to retire and is looking for another major league deal. Later

Quick. Who led the AL in home runs last year? It was Luke f'n Voit!!! Who knew? Bruce will thrive in that bandbox. And they have such a dominating righty hitting lineup, they won't face too many lefty pitchers, so he'll get to play a lot. Later

Under current rules, the official scorer has the option of assigning the win to any pitcher if the scorer feels the traditional "pitcher of record" (the guy for whom the winning runs were scored) has pitched "briefly and ineffectively". Unfortunately, that does not apply to a starter. When discussing this rule, I have always proposed the following scenario: Starter goes 8 2/3 innings, leaves with a three run lead and the bases loaded. Reliever comes in, throws one pitch. The batter hits a bases loaded triple that clears the bases and the batter gets thrown out at home trying for the inside-the-park homer. First batter in the bottom of the ninth hits a homer. Should the reliever get the win? He pitched briefly (one pitch) and ineffectively (he let in three runs). But do official scorers give the starter the win? They can't under the current rules. The reliever gets the "vulture" win. That is unfair as well. I believe the rules should be changed with the recent move toward openers, to give scorers more flexibility to penalize ineffective relievers, but I'm not sure how. Later

Late addition for the pennant run(away). 27G, 31 IP, 3.47ERA 1-2 2 Saves, 8 H. Later

Freudis Nova sounds like a psychological Latin dance. Later

10-8 4.10 in 33 starts. He gets my nomination as the pitcher who gets deserted by his bullpen this year (the DeGrom Syndrome), depriving him of better win totals and ERA. Later

By the time he gets into games, the defensive replacements will be there as well. So he will be an effective arm out of the bullpen this year. 52G, 62 IP, 2.64 ERA, 34H, 6 Saves. Later

Ed Coleman teaming with pre-pregame guy Brad Heller on the radio, emphasizing this doesn't count. Ed is a good guy. I've never heard him say anything negative about anything. It is his way of saying, "don't worry. I know they look awful, but they'll get better". Later

Edgy MD wrote: Quite tragically, this appears to be a MLDB. Feel free to share any assholes in baseball orbit who need shaming in 2021. That makes me think there may be more players than fans in this thread by year's end. Poll worthy? Later

RIP, Randy. May you find that 100th strikeout in the Field of Dreams. Later

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154G, 27HR, 97 RBI, 117R, .296 AVG, Gold Glove, All-Star, 2nd in MVP voting to Alonso. And that is after he signs a seven year, $310 contract. Later

Jim Hickman Later

Cleon Jones Later