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WE ARE GOING TO WIN THE WORLD FUCKING SERIES. (We can overreact both ways right?)

Great IGT. Absolutely stole that one. Don't know how Wheeler escaped the way he did but kudos to him. TC not managing to the win stat. Great observation and great job by Terry. Did not agree about the Edgin move last night but loved the call today. Never thought they would win this one until the last out today.

I would not make this move.

Line them up and kick every one of them in the ass.

So the Mets have known about Syndegaard's tightness all week. Although they hoped he might start, they knew he had this issue. So, of course, they: 1. Sent down Gilmartin. The guy who can make a spot start 2. Don't mention this at all to Harvey, who works out heavy on Wednesday, then finds out at 10 a.m. Thursday that he will start the afternoon game. How fucking dumb can this team be.

Wait, so Cespedes gets a leg injury. Instead of putting him on the DL (now only 10 days) they play shorthanded against their main division rival. Then bring him back too early, so that he aggravates it, then ends up on the DL for much longer. Where have I heard that one before?

Edgy MD wrote: Remember, we asked for this. We had a chance to skip our #5 starter and go right back to Blondie. I thought that was the plan. Why the change?

Why is Noah not starting?

Edgy MD wrote: Good to have Reynolds, but we miss the chance to d'Ouble d'Own on d'Arnauds. I'm not following.

I can't believe he didn't break his neck. And I love how Molina, even with the mask on, looks scared throughout the play.

cooby wrote: What do you call a pig that plays baseball? Asdrubal Cabacon Noah Swinedegaard Darryl Strawboary Roger McSowell

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Yes I think the difficult but sad reality is that Brucie and Grandy will have to fight for 1 position between them most nights. I think it might be a good idea to let Cespedes rest from time to time too. He's got fragile legs.

Some good news. Multiple reports have Lucas Duda coming off the DL when he is eligible (I think Sunday). That is some OBP and SLG coming back. I guess you move Bruce back to RF and then move Conforto to CF when that happens. I guess Granderson is the odd man out.

What is more likely tonight? A Scherzer no-hitter or a Mets win? Looking forward to Zack Wheeler nibbling around and hitting 75 pitches in 3 innings.

This team is pathetic.

Oh, and we're going to get fucking swept this weekend.

I don't know why we even bother to play Granderson in April. We should just put him on the DL until May 1. Conforto has to play every day. I know, let's play short-handed for a week before we put anyone on the DL. Even though the DL has been shortened to 10 days. Must be a bad cramp if you then have to get an MRI the next day.

I would say leading off the ninth inning down by two runs is one of those no brain situations.

Frayed Knot wrote: I see Wilmer continues his penchant for being unavailable right as a position is opening up for him. It's fucking uncanny.

You don't even have to bunt. You can just, like, try to take one the other way with 2 strikes. Which is kinda good hitting anyway no?

Edgy MD wrote: As for the shift, I'll take a backseat to NO ONE in decrying how they just give in to that shit. It's just bad screenwriting to ignore that gaping hole in the villain's defenses that seven-year-old filmgoers can see from the back row, but the hero ignores. It's maddening. Did you see how Yo took that ball up the middle yesterday? It was a thing of beauty. The SS was basically playing in the 3B dugout.

I feel like we have been waiting four years for Granderson's BABIP to level out. I continue to believe that it will not level out if: 1. They continue to put all fielders on one side of the field 2. Granderson continues to hit it to that side I wonder if this can be said up and down the lineup. The entire lineup is guys who don't hit for average, but hit for power. Which makes their spray charts predictable, which makes them vulnerable to shifts, which brings down the BABIP. Can you imagine if they tried to shift against Tony Gwynn or Ichiro? Those guys would have hit .800.

Kinda lost in the Jay Bruce heroics is the fact that no one else on the team did dick last night. Say what you want about the bullpen, a big part of the problem is that they have no margin for error night after night. A look at some of the numbers: http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/batting/year/2017/seasontype/2 Overall, it's not bad. 12th in runs scored in MLB. Seems like they score in bunches though, and mostly against Philadelphia. A few lopsided games skew this total, but I'm guessing you can say that about a lot of teams. They are 2nd in HR's only to Milwaukee, and that's only because that guy Eric Thames has hit 100 by himself. You figure if the Mets stay healthy they stay near the top there. But that's about all they do well. They are 21st in OBP, and 25th in Batting Average. And I know BA isn't what we once thought it was, but it's still definitely something. They don't run at all. Only 2 steals so far, which is good for last (tied with Toronto). All stuff we already knew, and all stuff we kinda expected coming into this season. Going forward, I'm guessing things will get better. Bruce will slow down, but Granderson will eventually hit some, Reyes will get better or benched, and Walker will pick it up at some point. Gotta get Conforto consistent AB's. Maybe we could call up Dilson Herrera.

Was it close?

Kelly Johnson appears to still be available. He can play first, third, and the corner OF positions. Gets big hits for us off the bench. It seems like each of the last two years did not take off until we signed him. I'm just saying.