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  1. MFS62
    Frayed Knot wrote: Plus, in my mind anyway, I think one of the Wilpons' biggest weakness is them sticking to their comfort zone of known quantities rather than take a chance on the unfamiliar, and yet you want them to not even consider anyone but the currently entrenched threesome. That would be self-inflicted myopia. But track record tells us they are not exactly prone toward out-of-the-box thinking. Not expecting it this time, but would be pleasantly surprised if they break the mold. Later
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    G-Fafif wrote: I remember reading a magazine article about the Mets GM insisting there would soon be organizational uniformity when it came to executing fundamentals throughout the organization. The magazine was Inside Sports, the GM was Frank Cashen and the year was 1981. I've yet to see it happen. He brought the Orioles' organizational "playbook" with him, and when he arrived fundamentals were taught uniformly at all levels of the organization. They included everything from where to stand on cutoff plays to defending/ performing a double steal, bunting, hitting behind the runner, etc.. You know - baseball. And when players were promoted they didn't have to learn new systems. They fit right in. I saw it happen then, players brought up through the organization did them. And when players were brought in from other organizations, they had the baseball IQs to fit in. But it seems when Cashen left, they threw out the baby with the bath water. That's when we stopped seeing them. Later
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    d'Kong76 wrote: Feel bad for Gunk. Dump the Gunk! Dump the Gunk! It was beginner's luck. The only big, ugly superhero is Hulk. We need a hero. We need a cure for the disease infecting the Mets. Somebody find Deadpool's doctor. Yes, I'm a frontrunner. Later
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    d'Kong76 wrote: Hairless people are people too. The intolerance of others on this forum is approaching unbearable. Kase, I'm with you. There are only a few perfect heads. The rest are covered with hair. Later
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    We want Gunk! We want Gunk! Yer up again, Kase. Later
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    Centerfield wrote: Trotting him out there to fall on his sword, while sitting there using cue cards to try to look compassionate is absolutely positively the Wilpon way. In the military, we were committed to never leaving a man behind. The Wilpons left a Marine behind. Among other things they don't have, they don't have honor. Later
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    While he's gone, I'm not forgetting that JP Ricciardi WAS a major league GM (Blue Jays). Keep Minaya where he excels - player scouting and development, and let Riccio handle the contract and administrative stuff, with JP in charge. That's how I would organize the management team. Later
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    We were waiting for, some wanting, him to leave. Nobody wanted it to be this way. I can say from recent experience that facing your mortality is tough. And he's younger than I am. I wish you well, Sandy. Later
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    Frustrated

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    At least we could laugh at the 1962 Mets, happy for the return of National League baseball to New York, and hope for a better future. I'm not laughing, happy or hopeful. I'm way past frustrated and moving toward dynamic disinterest. And I never thought I'd say that about baseball. Later
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    Zvon wrote: I wish this was just a video game. Was I the first one to hit "OK"? Later
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    Some big names on that card. Thanks. Later
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    Edgy MD wrote: In a boxer-wrestler matchup 42 years ago at Shea, Andre the Giant bounces Chuck Wepner from the ring, and then fucks with his foot for good measure. I remember Chuck Wepner as the "Bayonne Bleeder" from his boxing days. Didn't know he wrestled, too. Later
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    K-Boom! Later
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    A lot of short at bats because of long home runs. Later
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    Lefty Specialist wrote: Ya gotta believe that this is not rock bottom. That'll occur when they slip behind the Marlins (who are more or less trying to lose as an organization) into last place. So it's not rock-bottom, but rock-bottom can be seen from here. If they keep this up, pretty soon they'll have to look up to look down. Later
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    Edgy MD wrote: There were no names on backs in those days. Thanks. Later
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    She's right here, and says "Hi!". She'll give you a call to let you know when she'll be available for the ceremony. Later
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    Zvon wrote: Watch Callaway's post game talk. Mickey is developing nervous ticks. If you meant that as "tick tock the firing countdown clock is ticking" that was a very good one. I salute you. If you didn't and just misspelled tic, it was funny anyhow. Later
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    Zvon wrote: 6 bombs for L.A. today, a new Citi Field record. Is a player in the batting box is considered "in scoring position"? He was today. Later.
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    Holy Terry Leach, Batman. This could be really embarrassing. Or, a great starter has been hiding in that reliever body all along and is ready to emerge. Let's hope for the best. LGM! Later
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    BRING HIM UP! I don't care if he fields like Dick Stuart as long as he hits like him. Later
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    I hat to lose. Especially to that team. The scars are still there. Later
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    G-Fafif wrote: Come to think of it, the Mets harbored two Smiths in 1964: Dick and Charley, each of them a major contributor to the legendary "did they win?" 19-1 romp at Wrigley Field that season. No need for distinguishing initials that season, given the mores of the times. But they did use middle initials when they had two pitchers named Bob Miller, but I don't recall if they were on the uniforms. Later
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    Lucas Duda back off the DL for KC. https://www.royalsreview.com/2018/6/23/17497306/did-you-remember-that-lucas-duda-is-on-this-team-well-hes-back Later
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    Don't know if it is worthy of its own thread, and the hadn't been a TWiB thread recently., so - last week, Adrian Beltre broke Ichiro's record of most MLB hits by a foreign-born player. And there is no doubt more than a few of his hits became home runs to left-center field. LAter
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