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Without Adriana, perhaps Matt Harvey is .... Home Alone?

Duda - The Golden Child!

I'm trying to remember if Commando came before Red Heat in the Arnold catalog. I think Commando was '85 so I'll guess that was #1 when Cespedes was born.

Another Tootsie guess: David Wright.

I've got one more guess before I take the Golden sombrero. Reyes - Return of the Jedi

Cabrera - Rambo

Jay Bruce, Return of the Jedi

I'll guess Tootsie was tops the week of Curtis Granderson's birth

Not for nothing, but despite Colon being a shitshow and Freeman being out most of the first half, 41-43 right now is not too bad for the Braves.

I wish the Mets could get it together. I've been feeling an '07-Mets-like collapse for the Nationals brewing. Problem is I'm not sure we have enough in the tank to play the role of the '07 Phils.

Edgy MD wrote: Man, those humiliating 9-3 putouts are always a danger in the Babe Ruth Prep League. Might not have gotten him, but it was worth a shot. Problem was, not only did he not get him, the throw eluded the first baseman and the catcher backing up.

I love when Lindor and Santana whisper sweet nothings in my ear. Team Tribe.

With Little Solo now playing 13u travel ball, I figured he was past the "cute and fun" stage to post in this thread. But last night they had their version of the Buckner game, with Little Solo playing a big part, and wanted to report on it. His team trailed 7-4 in the bottom of the seventh--and last--inning. A runner was on second with two outs, I bet Fangraphs had their win probability at .00004%. Then the following happened: - tailing liner to left center; center fielder races over, reaches it, and promptly drops it. Runner scores from second and it's 7-5. - next batter taps a two hopper to the left of the third baseman. He bobbles and drops it. Still makes a throw, but we have a guy with some speed running. He beats it out and the tying runs are on base. - Next batter bloops one to the right side. First baseman looks at it; second baseman looks at it. Ball is not hit too high in the air, and by the time both of them realize the other isn't getting it the ball bounces between them. The pitcher fails to cover first and our guy reaches safely. Bases loaded, with the winning run on first. [now a break in the action] As the dad of a sometime pitcher, my heart aches for this kid on the mound. To this point in the inning, he's given up one hit, gotten two outs, had two errors and one mental error behind him. Kid should have been out of the game and on his second hot dog by now. [analyst commentary] After the bloop, the other team's manager calls time to walk to the mound. But wait! It's not to talk to the pitcher; it's to yell at his first baseman! That's not OK, coach. - Next batter walks on five pitches. Did the coach's antics spoil the pitcher's routine? He'd been hitting his spots up to that point. It's now 7-6, tying run on 3rd, winning run on second. Little Solo is due up. - I always tell him that either after a walk, or after a mound visit, the pitcher--especially a young one--will try to get ahead in the count and might aim a fastball. So I like him to be aggressive in those spots. He lines the first pitch to right field. Tie game! Or is it? The right fielder, seeing that his one chance to stop the tying run is to try to get the out at first, charges and hurries a throw. But the rushed throw is wide of the bag. Tying run scores! Meanwhile, both the catcher and the pitcher scramble for the ball--leaving home unoccupied. The catcher attempts to pick up the errant throw, now rolling toward the fence on the first base side, but it gets past him! No one goes to the ball as the winning run crosses the plate! SO your scorecard for that inning would be: hit, out, out, error, error, hit (mental error), walk, hit (plus error). Great win

Good to see that as early as 1977 TV was busting out the "token hot chick and token black guy who clearly don't belong". And that Met guy must have gone on to a career a decade or so later as a WFAN caller.

The Nationals ongoing quest to blow as many late-inning leads as possible finds them bringing in a feller you're all familiar with: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/19745212/francisco-rodriguez-agrees-deal-washington-nationals

Scans headline at work. "Benches clear in Pirates-Rockies game" Reads no more and has an immediate thought. "Cervelli has to be involved somehow" But of course. http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=19638822&sf88772831=1

3rd round: OF Quinn Brodey of Stanford U.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Our lefty murderer, remarkably, has only 26 AB's against lefties this season. That's crazy.

Which position do you think he takes the chunk of his playing time at? First base. I don't Duda can stay healthy. Why though? he had one major injury last year, and this year's time on the DL was because of Gsellman's inability to make a decent throw to first base. He's been great this year. Not to single you out, but something has been bothering me: the lack of respect shown to Duda by a lot of corners of Mets fandom--not necessarily here--is baffling. Nevermind that he's OPSing .975 this year (yes small sample size but 35 games isn't that small of a sample size) with 19 of his 32 hits of the XBH variety. The guy has proven he can hit at Citi Field, he got big hits in 2015 helping his team win a pennant, and he's been a model teammate who never embarrasses himself or the franchise (which usually means something to "play the right way" crowd). Yet I can't go on social media without someone calling for the guy to be benched for TJ Rivera (smh); or my favorite the guy who keeps advocating they bring back Loney!

Edgy MD wrote: Just a thought, but maybe the 2017 Mets travesty of a Sunday record (2-7, with a run differential of -43 and a pythagorean winning percentage of .176) suggests that maybe Harvey isn't the only one burning the midnight oil. To add to this particular intrigue, I believe the only Sunday wins were ESPN Sunday night games (MIA, @PIT)

You are speculating that the balls he is reaching due to better range and then flubbing are turning hits into errors. Batmags--I think--is saying hold on, a fair official scorer would still classify those as hits and not errors. I get the argument that he will create more outs based on the numbers presented, but I don't think you can just assume that all his errors are due to the fact that he has better range and gets to more batted balls.

Loved the park. Just a great baseball atmosphere. Tyler Pill tossed a ball to Little Solo, we met Manny Sanguillen, and the rain held off. And the Mets won! Good times all around.

Centerfield wrote: Taking the kids to see the game in Pittsburgh. Have never been to PNC. Any suggestions on food/experiences you can't miss are appreciated. Wish I wasn't so damn mad at the Mets. I'm going on Sunday with my 13-yo. it will be our first trip too. Hopefully the weather holds up for us as it looks bad. I hope you enjoy. We are going to try and do the Duquesne Incline(?) in the afternoon before the game. He saw it on line and thought it looked cool. Also on Monday before we come home we are thinking of going to the Forbes Field wall (a portion of which still stands at the University of Pittsburgh). Our hope is to head to the ballpark early (Sunday is a night game); walk the bridge and soak up the atmosphere outside. We are still researching food options for once we get into the stadium. Have a good time and let me know what you thought.

Nightmare flashbacks to the 2001(?) series at Miller Park that helped destroy that season.

I assume no opponents have more than Stanton's 20?