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Wow, look at these board admins!

Just wanted to announce that from now on, I will be known as "Giancarlo" Field. Thank you for your time.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Where do you park in Flushing? At a garage or lot near the 7 train? When I went to the game on April 7 there were very few spots left under the overpass and it occurred to me that I didn't have a fallback plan other than the Citi Field lot. There was a lot near Roosevelt that was very cheap. It was like $9 unlimited. It closed down though. Now we look for places at one of the hotels. It's more, but still pretty affordable. They're all a block or two from the Main Street stop of the 7.

We park for cheap in Flushing. Hop the train one stop to Citi, then hop it back leaving. No crowds either way since no one is approaching Citi from the Flushing side. Last couple of years though, because attendance was so low, we've just been driving to the ballpark.

I think it would be cool if the Mets crowd honored Chipper with a one time chant of "Chip-per, Chip-per". I'm cool with a video tribute for Jose. He should get a standing ovation his first time back. After that, he's the enemy and it's all business. In my ideal world, Jose gets showered with love walking to the plate. He hits a blistering line drive toward short that is grabbed by a diving Ruben Tejada. In his second at-bat, he blows out his hamstring running out a ground ball. Spends the next 8 years on the DL.

I don't necessarily miss the black uniforms, but I wasn't clamoring to get rid of them either. I guess it was time to retire them, but I never minded them. They reminded me of the late 90's and I thought that was cool. I think they wore them too often recently, but I thought maybe once a month it would be cool to see them. I hope they bring them back on throwback day or something. On the other hand, I really miss the black drop shadow on all the uniforms. I think it made for a cool effect. I will be upset if they get rid of the snow whites. Those and the road grays are my favorite Mets uniforms. But the one thing I feel more strongly about than anything else is that ridiculous orange dot on the top of the blue hat. If you're going to go back to tradition, go all the way. Get rid of that fucking dot. Does this not bother anyone else? How can they mess with that blue hat? It was perfect the way it was.

This game was big. Last year the Mets came in to Philly riding high, won on Friday night but then lost the series. Getting the series win in Philly is huge. Imagine what this team can do once Davis gets going. I'm liking this Niewenhuis kid.

#3. And we are 8 games in.

DameGay tells me Jason Bay was robbed. My gut tells me Jason Bay is getting booed.

[crossout:19jrfluf]Ike Davis[/crossout:19jrfluf] Jason Bay HR coming up.

2 run HR must be coming later then.

Duda does his part.

Let's score 20. Ike Davis HR coming up.

Now. Bottom 6. 2R HR to put the Mets ahead.

Throw Captain Kirk in there. I had no idea that this guy was so big. Who's down in Buffalo playing LF? Let's get rid of Bay and field a full team of homegrowns.

TransMonk wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: **** climbs mountain. I wish she would close that fucking gate. All kidding aside, do people really do stuff like this? I mean, that seems suicidal.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Ceetar wrote: TransMonk wrote: After 3 games, I would get behind a "Sign Wright NOW!!!" thread. I know it's early, but even his outs have looked MVP-ish. Got burned on that last year. sigh. David Wright does not have a lot of swings and misses this season yet. Nor in Spring Training. Three game streak is not unheard of in recent years (although he didn't do it before the DL last year) but it's a good sign to see. But, see, it's not just the hard contact. It's the fact that he appears to be standing closer to the plate, and that-- accordingly-- he's reaching and punishing (even if foul or at a fielder)-- or laying off, as appropriate-- that outside slider that's befuddled him in recent years... and still whacking inside fastballs. He doesn't look like guy on a hot streak. He looks like 2007 him. Yup. ©

Marlins losing is a big plus as well.

I knew this team was going to be good. I've been saying it all winter long. You guys just needed to have faith in the Wilpons. They like totally know what they're doing.

Quote: �It�s a perception,� Alderson acknowledged Sunday. �But I don�t think anybody in the division could add any more talent to their roster than we can. We�re talking about adding Johan Santana. We�re talking about adding Ike Davis. Daniel Murphy was the fifth-leading hitter in the league when he went out with his injury. David Wright missed two months. [All are expected to be full participants in spring training.] We�ve substantially improved our bullpen. �So, did we add talent? I think we did, the fact that we didn�t sign someone for $100 million notwithstanding. � It�s an uphill battle getting that message across.� Feel free to forgive Sandy for any moves/non-moves if you feel his hands have been tied, but I refuse to excuse him for saying stupid shit. You know why it's an uphill battle? Because it's a dumb thing to say. From a year ago, we've lost our two best players (Reyes and Beltran) and our best reliever (Rodriguez). We've replaced them with crap. Just rebuild. Stop insulting our intelligence. The bullpen looks good, and Duda is replacing Beltran, and none of that looks like crap. For all the talk of payroll drop, it's possible that the payroll on the field could be the same as last year. The "It's a lock for the Mets to finish last" comments out there are dumb things to say. The topic here is adding talent. Duda was here before we lost our good players. The players we've added added this winter do little to make up for the loss in production. And certainly don't result in a net gain. Discussion of how players returning from injury equals a gain is also problematic. If these guys return and there are no significant injuries this year, it will be a net gain. But in any given year, you have a certain number of injuries, guys will miss time. You can't tell. He doesn't think anyone in the division added as much talent to their roster? How about the team that took our best player? Anyone saying that any results are a lock is stupid. You have to look at what is within the realm of reason, and right now, there is no reasonable reason to believe the Mets will be better in 2012 than they were in 2011.

Quote: �It�s a perception,� Alderson acknowledged Sunday. �But I don�t think anybody in the division could add any more talent to their roster than we can. We�re talking about adding Johan Santana. We�re talking about adding Ike Davis. Daniel Murphy was the fifth-leading hitter in the league when he went out with his injury. David Wright missed two months. [All are expected to be full participants in spring training.] We�ve substantially improved our bullpen. �So, did we add talent? I think we did, the fact that we didn�t sign someone for $100 million notwithstanding. � It�s an uphill battle getting that message across.� Feel free to forgive Sandy for any moves/non-moves if you feel his hands have been tied, but I refuse to excuse him for saying stupid shit. You know why it's an uphill battle? Because it's a dumb thing to say. From a year ago, we've lost our two best players (Reyes and Beltran) and our best reliever (Rodriguez). We've replaced them with crap. Just rebuild. Stop insulting our intelligence.

Looks to be the type of loss that rips your heart out and leaves you bleeding to death: Loss of Jose Reyes There may be plenty of blame to go around the organization for not being able to retain Reyes, but I don't assign any of it to Alderson. It's tough to know for sure, but I don't think one can automatically absolve Alderson completely. I've maintained that the time to re-sign Reyes was Winter 2010, not Winter 2011. Alderson was on record saying he wanted to see how Reyes played. If he's covering for the organization because his hands were tied, then I can't pin this on him. But if that was his call, he fucked that royally. Not that I'm trying to take blame off the Wilpons. Fuck the Wilpons.

Looks to be the type of loss that rips your heart out and leaves you bleeding to death: Loss of Jose Reyes

I made fun of Gary Carter too. But, let's face it, he gave the world plenty of material. From the Hall of Fame party he threw for himself, to the unabashed campaigning for Jerry Manuel's job, it was hard not to make fun of the guy. But it really is unfair that out of all of the 86 Mets, that the devoted family guy who didn't drink or do drugs is going to be the first to go. Life sucks.

Every time I hear that phrase I think of Moises Alou.