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themetfairy wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: So has anyone checked out where the good delis in the new neighborhood are? Dry cleaners? Coffee shops? And bakeries. For the birthday threads, of course. LIQOUR STORES.

Bravo admins! And thanks for keeping this place afloat.

No really. Hit someone.

Let's hit Utley and brawl.

You guys are going to be pissed when you read about the comeback tomorrow morning! Who am I kidding. I'm probably done in another inning or two.

Who wants to see my Dae Sung Koo first double off of Randy Johnson tattoo?

I wonder how many will be de-flowered in this thread.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Hideous. I can't imagine why Bartolo's homer meant so much to that guy. Clearly this is a shot of Bartolo's mom's naked shoulder.

Seriously? I wouldn't even get a tattoo of my own first MLB HR.

Rubin had a tweet last night that it was less the elbow and more in the forearm. Well that's great Adam. That doesn't sound like a Tommy John issue at all! Fucking ligaments.

Edgy MD wrote: I like Dilson too, but one problem is that he did his share of first-half damage last year with the bat too. I think they call him up if and when there's some real playing time for him, if and when Wright or Walker go down. He's already first in line to replace Walker next season. That's it. I'm backing Rivera. The Mets have had had a C.J., two D.J.'s, and a J.J., so they need a T.J. Plus, they can add an L.J. next year. That's right! He looked like a hitter in spring. Doesn't walk much but won't take 2 called strikes with the bases loaded. Plays a bunch of positions. I'm down with Rivera.

Edgy MD wrote: He should have swung the bat, but those were two good sliders. I'm all for replacing him with a more versatile player, but that isn't Dilson. The guy we should have gotten, in retrospect, was Ryan Raburn. Tearing it up for the Rockies, apparently unaware that it's an even year. But what can you do. I hear you on the versatility, but I don't see an immediate upgrade that's available there. So let's just get a hitter.

Got a nice arm, quick release. Is his throwing much better than Plawecki though? I feel like Kevin is pretty quick with the release. Maybe it's just that I'm comparing him to TdA.

I know. He's a bench player. 25th men generally aren't good on any club. But I just find I get disproportionately pissed at him. Every time he bats I think to myself "How is this guy still on the team?" I know it's completely unfair, but I guess in my mind he's kind of the poster boy for the first half 2015 Mets futility. He's always going to be half of that Mayberry-Campbell-hitting-4-and-5 lineup. Wanted to strangle him when he popped up with 2 and 3rd and no one out. It was even worse when he turned into a statue with a 3-1 count and the bases loaded. He was definitely fishing for a walk there. Even he doesn't think he can get the job done. I went to bed after that and was convinced that those runs were going to haunt us. That the Noah Syndergaard Game was going to end up as the Eric Campbell Left An Army Of Men On Base And It Came Back to Bite Us In The Ass Game. And it's not like the guy I wanted (Juan Uribe) is lighting it up (.619 OPS) either. Dunno. Just don't like the guy. Let's call up Dilson.

soupcan wrote: I've wanted to hate Harper ever since he was a Sports Illustrated cover boy as a high schooler, but I can't. He's a great player and last year when the Mets just thumped the nats late in the season the guy was just not douchey about it. Every time I heard him or saw a quote it was respectful and mature basically giving the other team credit. No bitterness. The thing with Papelbon just showed me what an asshole Papelbon was. Now the 'fuck you' from last night is bad but still I can appreciate his frustration and Dusty's quote that everybody is intense and sometimes you have to let off a little steam here and there. I'm gonna give him a pass on this one. But just this one. Plus the hair. The hair makes you just want to hate the fuck out of him. But you are right on. He was absolutely classy throughout it all last season. And even last night he was sticking up for a teammate when he got tossed. He seems a decent guy, who is maybe just a bit douchy, and so is hated because he's good. But I'm good with him. But again, there's time. I may hate him after these next 6 games.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Boy, from the tone of those comments, signing him for a THIRD year would have been thought impossible. But yet, here we are. You know what's funny about this? We would have said the same thing even last year when he looked to be on his way out of the rotation. Even at the start of the off-season, it seemed a long shot. Only after the Niese-Walker trade did it seem like a possibility.

My favorite from the second thread: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 11 2013 06:18 PM Re: Bartolo Colon is so fat... ... his signing should help draw other free agents... gravitationally.

By the way, how insane is that Cubs record? They are almost '85 Gooden as a team.

NL East has 4 of the top 6 teams in the league.

It's been 2 days. I want to know why Colon's contract extension is not hammered out.

Wait, this deserves some recognition. On December 12, 2013: Benjamin Grimm wrote: I like it. It's a risk, but if you avoid risk entirely you never get anywhere, both in baseball and in life. I do think they need Colon more in 2014 than in 2015 when Harvey is expected back and guys like Syndergaard and de Grom and whoever else all have another year of experience. If Colon is still productive, and the Mets don't need him in 2015, he can be traded. If he's awful, then of course they've blown ten million dollars of their 2015 money, but as I said, risks are unavoidable. Andy Martino last night on Mets Hot Stove said that this makes the Mets a contender, at least for a wild card spot. I'm not sure if I'd go that far, but if it turns out that he's right, then the second year may just be the price that you pay for the first year. And who knows? Maybe he'll be pitching for the Mets in the 2015 World Series. Our rocky friend mentioned deGrom before his breakout rookie season. And predicted Colon pitching for the Mets in the 2015 World Series.

I wish they were better at making adjustments, talking to each other. I don't know how many guys have to strike out on that Rick Reed Tailing Fastball (I know some guy on the Braves supposedly threw one too) before they start telling each other "Don't give up on that pitch inside". Conforto's gotta get that bat off his shoulder. Too many called strikes on the inside corner.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Si, Senora! (I love Hispanics!) Making the forum great again.

Michael, that pitch is a strike. Fucking swing.

Hey, it's not three zeros anymore. Progress. Games like this just piss me off. Second one in three days.