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G-Fafif wrote: Realign the fucking Braves to another fucking planet. Amen! Later

Just got home after leaving work with the Mets ahead. Ugh! Anyhow, I hope I outlive Chipper Jones. I'd pay tribute to what I think of him by pouring a pint of Guiness over his grave. Of course, I'd pass it through my system first. Later

I just realized that this thread makes the threads around it better. Later

Frayed Knot wrote: The problem with your scenario is that the starter is still responsible for all those runners on base and that there's no one else to hand to win to. That's why I asked if the rule might be changed so that the scorer could award the win to the starter. Later

TheOldMole wrote: Go back to two 8-team leagues, get rid of the DH, bring back the player-manager, and bring the Dodgers back to Brooklyn. When you go to your high school reunion, you don't still ask out the girl who turned you down every time you asked her out and then dated the captain of the football team. Let them stay out West. Later

The scoring rules say that should the starter not go 5, the official scorer can award the win to any of the subsequent pitchers. It is usually awarded to the next pitcher. But it can be denied and awarded to another pitcher, should he pitch "briefly and ineffectively". Carrasco did neither. That "briefly and ineffectively" puzzled me, too. I wrote to MLB and presented them with this scenario. A starter has a 3-0 lead going into the top of the ninth with two out. A walk, hit and error load the bases. The manager brings in a releiver, who gives up a bases clearing triple. The hitter is tagged out oversliding third. The first batter up in the bottom of the ninth hits a game winning homer. By current rule, the win must be awarded to the releiver, because he was in the game when the winning run was scored. But, using the rule I cited above, he certainly pitched "briefly and ineffectively" Why can't the official scorer award the victory to the starter. The letter I got back was an unsatisfactory "that is the way the rule is written. The releiver gets the win", and not "Good idea, we'll take that into consideration at the next rules meeting". Fucktards. Later

One of the baseball "experts" on ESPN radio mentioned today that the NL Central owners are causing these realignment thoughts. They've been bitching (my word) for years because there are 6 teams in their division, and it makes their division race tougher than in divisions with fewer teams. He added that the recent comments by the D-Backs ownership that they wouldn't oppose a move to the AL may cause the idea to grow some legs. My comment - when some of the oldest teams like the Cubs and Cards are bitching, its going to get the commissioner's ear. Later

Parnell is so happy that he has feeling back in his finger that he just gave the Braves one - 3 Ks. EDIT: Make that 5 Ks in 2 IP. Later

If he had any guts, and it was all about the team, he should have moved to third and let A-Rod play short when he joined the team. Oh, and don't trade Reyes. Later

Here's the scenario for the hit, as I posted it in another thread. This seems to be a better place for it. Yanks down by a run, bottom of the ninth. Runners on first and third, two out, Jeter up. He hits a ball to the right side that hits the runner between first and second. The runner is called out, but, by rule he is credited with his 3,000th hit. Game over. Yankees lose! Yankees Lose! And the 3,000th hit is tainted (it wasn't a clean hit). Forever. If it happens it should be "awarded" to the official scorer and not held against any pitcher. Later

Thanks, FK. That "one player drafted from Georgia" factoid was a shocker to me, too. Later

Room service "rest" to the rescue. He left tonight's game with a "sore calf". I'm guessing he will return in time to get a few hits on their next road trip, then go for the record when his team returns home. I can't wait (ok , so more than a tad sarcasm there) to hear the tv and radio reporters try to say "three thousandth base hit" real fast without lisping. (try it yourself.) Later

bmfc1 wrote: I don't have the same animosity as most do toward Wayne. Maybe that's because he's not everybody else other than Howie... because almost everybody else other than Howie stinks. I don't dislike him because he's not Howie. I dislike him because he's Wayne Hagin, and he's not good at broadcasting baseball games for the New York Mets. Later

Ashie62 wrote: Rest assured the Mets will find a way to fuck this up. I have this feeling that they won't be the fuckers, they will be the fuckees. Two days after the Mets sign Jose to a long term contract, MLB will put his thyroid medication on the banned substance list. EDIT: BTW, I'm really pissed. My cable provider has had outages of SNY for over 24 hours. Later

The Second Spitter wrote: The hilarious thing about this is that Yankees had a player of very Greek heritage on their �52 World Series roster. Not that I'm a font of Yankee knowledge (nor do I want to be), but I'll give it a try- Gus Triandos? LAter

When the Mets signed Bobby B, Massive Mike and the Cretinous Canine (Francessa and Russo) were negotiating their own contracts (for $400,000 IIRC). If you listened to their show back then, they always seemed to be insanely jealous of the contracts the players got. When the terms of Bonilla's contract were announced, and for as long as he stayed with the club, they called him "The $29 million dollar man". They always made it sound as though that was his salary for one year, not the entire contract, and that he should be expected to put up incredible numbers. That said, with the exception of one short time, Bobby always hustled and, as he said when he signed, he gave the fans the numbers "on the back of his baseball card". I never had any problem with him. Later

As I've mentioned before, I am still trying to get my head around some of the newer statistical measurements. The one I've struggled with is WAR (wins above replacement player). I had heard this is the ultimate scrubbenie, a composite of statistics of someone barely on the 25 man roster. But I've never been able to envision the productivity of that baseline player. I just looked at Jason Bay's stat line for the year. Now I understand. Later

Re: the thread title. I would rather Wang Chung tonight. Later

Of the current Mets, Ike Davis (geezers dig the long ball, too) All-time favorite, Al Jackson (with Terry Leach a close second) Later

Edgy DC wrote: Angel gets a gift certificate for the Grand Central Oyster Bar for appearing with Ed. And Nick Evans gets his walking papers - DFA'd (according to Collins after the game). Does this mean we expact to see a Lucas Duda sighting very shortly? Later

Northrup and Pagan, game 7 heroes. RIP, guys. These things happen in 3's. If I were Bill Mazeroski, I'd watch my ass for the next couple of days. Later

Anybody know if Carlos Leyva is related to ex-major league manager (and ex- Mets minor league coach) Nick Leyva? I don't even want to think about any relatives of Cole Limbaugh. Later

Gwreck wrote: Jason, let me introduce you to the bench. You'll be spending a lot of time here. Let's start the cheer right now. Lu-cas Du-da Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap He's heatin' it up at Buffalo: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=1B&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=446263 Oh. That ending sucked. Later

I liked it when the idea for a multi-purpose arena to replace Shea was rejected in favor of a "baseball stadium". I'm a baseball stadium purist. Building for those other sports takes spectators in many seats far away from the baseball action. (Remember the multi-purpose ovals of the 70's and 80's?) Now, they played soccer at Citi? Feh. There goes the neighborhood. Later

Ceetar wrote: Because they're playing the stupid Phillies. Speak for yourself. After all these years, I still can't bring myself to root for them. So they beat them. OK, but all things considered, I was rooting for the meteor. Later