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I thought that 1986 was more than 30 years ago It was. But I trusted that group. For me, things went south in the early 90s as soon as Fred became the de facto, if not the actual majority, owner.Then, in the blink of an eye, you had the worst team that money could buy, the 1993 golf club swinging, firecracker tossing, bleach shooting squad, then they lost the city to Derek Jeter and co. And it got even worse. IMO, we did not realize it yet, but things started to change when Doubleday Publishing sold to Doubleday with Fred worming his way into an approximate equal partnership... https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/11/14/Doubleday-Co-agreed-Friday-to-sell-the-New/4391532328400/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/11/14/Doubleday-Co-agreed-Friday-to-sell-the-New/4391532328400/ For sure. That was the key event that set the Mets on a downward spiral. By the early 90s, Doubleday had more or less checked out out of disgust.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=94382 time=1654119597 user_id=68] =vtmet7 post_id=94381 time=1654119222 user_id=80] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=94379 time=1654119059 user_id=68] Yeah. Like 30 years.

=vtmet7 post_id=94381 time=1654119222 user_id=80] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=94379 time=1654119059 user_id=68] =TransMonk post_id=94368 time=1654114968 user_id=71] Honestly, it's been a while since I had a group that I more or less trust in the owners box, GM suite, manager's office and clubhouse combined.

=TransMonk post_id=94368 time=1654114968 user_id=71] Honestly, it's been a while since I had a group that I more or less trust in the owners box, GM suite, manager's office and clubhouse combined.

Don't know if this was mentioned during today's game but the Mets 10.5 game divisional first place lead is the largest in NL history for June 1st.

=Gwreck post_id=94179 time=1654023664 user_id=56] If you're only the 5th or 6th-best team in the league, are you really that good?

=Ceetar post_id=94189 time=1654026409 user_id=102] =MFS62 post_id=94176 time=1654020572 user_id=60] =Ceetar post_id=94174 time=1654020114 user_id=102] keep an eye out for the guy with a broken arm and a blue Lindor jersey if I make it over that way.

=roger_that post_id=94181 time=1654024260 user_id=128] Sent down to Syracuse. That settles that.

Jacob deGrom ses he feels completely normal. https://metsmerizedonline.com/jacob-degrom-feels-completely-normal/https://metsmerizedonline.com/jacob-degrom-feels-completely-normal/

There are no rules or standards for retiring a baseball uni number. The owner can do whatever he wants to do. When we participate in these debates, framed as should this player or that player's number be retired, there really isnt a right answer. What we're really doing is saying whose number we'd retire if we owned the team and it was up to us. And in that vein, it makes no difference how many or how few numbers some other team retired.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Yeah, definitely the exception to the rule. What about a game used 1970 home Felix Millan jersey? Yet another instance where my idea to start a business like "Rent the Runway" for sports jerseys would make us a billion dollars If CF wants to give me a billion dollars, I will happily arrange for him to have that Millan jersey before tonight's game.

=seawolf17 post_id=93684 time=1653660688 user_id=91] Yeah, definitely the exception to the rule.

Maybe the Brewers. Because the Mets no longer hold a first round playoffs bye.

Dodgers get on board, 14wise. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/dodgers-to-retire-number-14-for-hall-of-famer-gil-hodgeshttps://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/dodgers-to-retire-number-14-for-hall-of-famer-gil-hodges _______________ Hodges now joins the following Dodgers with retired numbers: 1 - Pee Wee Reese 2 - Tommy Lasorda 4 - Duke Snider 19 - Jim Gilliam 20 - Don Sutton 24 - Walter Alston 32 - Sandy Koufax 39 - Roy Campanella 42 - Jackie Robinson 53 - Don Drysdale Nine of those with retired Dodger numbers, including Hodges now (in fact, everybody on that list but Sutton and Drysdale), were all members of the '55 championship Brooklyn Dodgers squad, although Koufax and Lasorda, both rookies in '55, were on the fringes of that team. But still, that's a lot of retired numbers from one season's team.

Lefty Specialist wrote: There's so much good food in Citifield that we never eat beforehand. But whenever we go to a day game we always stop at Junior's after. It's become a bit of a tradition with us. We're going to the day game on June 1st and I'm already fantasizing about the cheesecake. True. I was gonna say that, too. The last time I synched up a meal at Junction Blvd. with a Mets game, the Mets were playing at Shea, where the food was crappy. Stadium food at Citi Field is one of the Mets strong points.

I'm sure they do better around Mets games, but much better than say, 7pm on a non game day? ... Their business is not based on the Mets in anyway, their just happen to be communities of people nearby, and it's accessible ... Maybe but that area is close enough to the stadium. What? A three minute train ride? Or a drive about just as short if not for game traffic? The issue isnt whether the Flushing Asian food courts are better. It's about restaurants that are reasonably close to the stadium that are, in the writer's opinion, worth trying. Close enough to the stadium that it would make sense to tie a visit to one of those joints to taking in a ballgame. I think your post is a stretch, that the piece is primarily about generating clicks. Generating clicks is the point of everything. They are running a business that makes money on ad views. So since all their articles, and most other other sites articles except the very few without ads, are about clicks, lets move beyond that. Its a fine article in comparison to other articles. The Mets are damn affordable once you consider that unlike say the Knicks, they allow outside food into the stadium. You really dont need to spend more than the ticket prices and metrocard swipe. Then by that logic, everything the NYT publishes is "garbage". Same for WAPO. And The New Yorker. And The Athletic. Even before the web and clicks, print magazines like Sports Illustrated, recognizing that the cover subject impacts the bottom line, largely phased out less profitable horse racing and track and field covers in favor of more profitable major team sports covers like football and baseball. That's not grounds to dismiss the reporting out of hand.

Keith sez he'd have no choice of hat if he were to be inducted into the HOF. But I thought a player has a say when there are more than one acceptable or plausible choices. I mean, Rickey Henderson wouldnt have got the opportunity to go in with a Mets cap but given Keith's career, he might get to choose from between the Mets and Cards, or at least weigh in.

I want it to be "pook" so we can chant "pooooooooooooooooook" when he does something good. Should be "puke". I hope the booth has their baseball cards ready for some show and tell.

Yes. I agree with all of that analysis. I'm not saying that Lindor is awful. And he had an awesome April where he ranked top 10 in several categories. I just didnt get the sense that he'd rank so high in offensive bWAR. How's "formulaic "? Do you like that word better than "objective"?

=Ceetar post_id=93517 time=1653506921 user_id=102] I'm sure they do better around Mets games, but much better than say, 7pm on a non game day? ... Their business is not based on the Mets in anyway, their just happen to be communities of people nearby, and it's accessible ...

=Ceetar post_id=93514 time=1653506351 user_id=102] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=93499 time=1653499390 user_id=68] Cant find a more appropriate thread for this item and didn't wanna start a brand new one just for this. Francisco Lindor ranks in the top 10 (8th) this season in offensive bWAR (NL). How is that possible?

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=93515 time=1653506418 user_id=68] The 7 train may run 24/7 but most of those eateries are probably closed by 11PM. I'll bet anything they do much better right before or after a Mets game than at four in the morning. I dont see that article as forced or contrived.

The 7 train may run 24/7 but most of those eateries are probably closed by 11PM. I'll bet anything they do much better right before or after a Mets game than at four in the morning. I dont see that article as forced or contrived.

What's Gwar? Is that like bWAR?

Cant find a more appropriate thread for this item and didn't wanna start a brand new one just for this. Francisco Lindor ranks in the top 10 (8th) this season in offensive bWAR (NL). How is that possible?