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What a series.

Not over yet. Vlad due up.

Nobody can score with the bases loaded and one out.

Are you kidding me. What an inning.

Look at the stress on the faces of these fans. I'm convinced the only fans that enjoy post season baseball are the ones whose teams are not playing.

Vlad coming up with a chance to make history.

One run game going to the 9th. Fun series.

Play is right in front of him. Hernandez running full momentum toward 2B. Springer and Vlad due up. Just awful baserunning.

Holy fucking terrible baserunning.

Vlad up. Tying run.

In a way that mirrors spring training/actual baseball, I like that the TCD also takes time to get going before it gets good. We count down to it, but then it starts with underwhelming offseason covers. It's like waiting for pitchers and catchers to report. Then all you get are some videos of guys throwing.

Keith Hernandez was on Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman's podcast. According to Keith (very scientific), Pete is most similar to Harmon Killebrew. Killebrew is a better hitter overall than Pete. So I'm not sure Keith's eye-test would pass any real level of scrutiny. But you can't argue against his longevity. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/killeha01.shtml Stayed square in his prime through his age 34 season (.957 OPS, 41 HR). Was good through age 36. (.850 OPS, then .817 OPS). Fell off a cliff at age 37.

One of the most troubling parts of the 2025 season is the inexplicable poor performance from Sean Manaea. For me, I assumed he wasn't healthy. But to hear the loose bodies weren't bothering him, and that he's contemplating not getting the surgery (which to me makes no sense, but that's another story) and that he just pitched badly is alarming. Here's a guy who was slotted to be either our 1 or 2, and he ended up unpitchable at the end of the season. I don't know how to look up pitching metrics, but I'd be curious to see how his stuff compares to last year. Spin rate, swing and miss rate, etc. It certainly seemed like his velocity was down. Sean's not young. 33 years old. Maybe he just declined in one year? I can't remember the last time the Mets had a guy slotted to be their 1/2, who ended up pitching so poorly you could no longer start him. And to add to the craziness, this not only happened with Manaea, but also Peterson and Senga. All three were projected to lead the rotation, all three cratered, and pitched the worst baseball of their lives. How is that possible? I know Hefner is gone. And maybe that's part of the solution. But one of the things the Mets will have to figure out this offseason is why Manaea, Peterson, Senga, and to a lesser extent Helsley, Montas, and Garrett, pitched some of the worst baseball of their careers.

Thanks for sharing. Trying to think of the talent the minors signed during that window. Maybe Mike Pelfrey? I used to tell SC. That old guy in the gym is probably more badass than we can even imagine.

I find it surprising that she's not reviled by an entire generation of Mets fans. I know everyone hates Grant (what are the chances he comes up in back to back subjects?). But Linda was the team president and Chairman of the Board. She's the one that handed the keys to Grant and allowed him to run it into the ground. Of course, she's her own person, and she doesn't have to love the team, just because her mother did. But if you're given the keys to a team that means so much to so many people, you owe them a duty to put the club into capable hands.

From M. Donald Grant's wiki page: Yeah, put me down for hating anything introduced by M. Donald Grant.

My old man thoughts on uniforms. Home Pinstripes. I'm just ok with them. But they're the classic uniform. They should be worn the majority of home games. Black Uniforms. This is easy. Get rid of them. It was fine when they brought back the classic black unis as a once in a while thing, but the new ones are neither nostalgic or relevant. Plus they're ugly, and without the white outline, the orange gets lost and looks like pink. Put these out to pasture. City Connects. I don't like the entire idea of city connect uniforms. I think introducing a uniform with another set of colors dilutes the uniformity that you see among fans at the game. Nothing better than seeing a sea of blue with orange mixed in. How you see gray, and purple. Eh. That being said, if we have to have a city connect, these particular uniforms are fine. Road Gray. The classic road gray is as close to perfection as you can get. I don't know why you'd ever want to bring back the piping from the late 70s, early 80s Mets. It's ugly and it takes you back to a bad time in Mets history. Restore the classic gray, and wear it the majority of road games. Road Blue. I like the concept of a road blue. In fact, I like the idea of an alternative jersey that is primarily blue. As I mentioned, I don't like the piping, and I hate the 1987 script. If I were king: Home Games: Home pinstripes the majority of the time. Alternate home blue jersey, similar to this one. Away Games. Classic gray the majority of the time, alternate blue jerseys, design TBD.

There is no quit in this Blue Jays team. Fun to watch.

I feel like the Mets did not get a two strike hit like that all year.

=Gwreck post_id=207381 time=1761628628 user_id=56] Once again this game proves, if nothing else, how awful the free runner is in extras.

And Bellinger can play CF in the short term, while also giving our corner OF a day off, and play 1B.

I think The Mets can afford to pursue two firstbasemen at once. If they somehow accidentally come to agreements with both, they have the DH slot open as well. So they can kind of land an Alonso replacement and keep negotiating with Alonso, if necessary. That’s a great point. The case can be made that Okamoto and Bellinger would be good fits for the Mets even with Pete in the fold. Okamoto especially. He’s a RH bat that plays third, so can spell Baty, and McNeil with Baty shifting to second when that happens. Plays corner OF, so he can spell Nimmo. And plays 1B so he can fill in on days Alonso DHs. And can be the primary DH. Good fit overall.

The IBB of Gimenez seems unnecessary

Blue Jays read FK post about Teoscar and got tricked into an all time bad send.

The baserunning has been something.