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Benjamin Grimm wrote: I hope this happens. Not sure yet what the likelihood is; we'll have to see how the story develops. An early litmus test will be the Masters Tournament, which is coming up much sooner than the All-Star Game. https://www.wsbradio.com/news/developing-calls-growing-major-events-pull-out-georgia-response-voting-law/ZPDWFXHMLJFJBFRNSNDUGVCFGQ/DEVELOPING: Calls growing for major events to pull out of Georgia in response to voting law I wonder if Georgia even cares. They'd rather have a Republican president and governor than an all star game, I'd bet. And two more GOP US Senators.

cal sharpie wrote: Colorado has a Democratic governor and a Democratic-controlled legislature. Of course. Both of its US Senators are also Dems. I'm going senile, I think, sometimes.

Talks are beginning in baseball circles to strip Atlanta of this year's All-Star Game in light of Georgia's recent enactment of its Jim Crow voter suppression bill. https://sports.yahoo.com/mlbpa-open-to-discuss-pulling-all-star-game-out-of-georgia-after-voting-restrictions-passed-chief-says-162446933.htmlhttps://sports.yahoo.com/mlbpa-open-to-discuss-pulling-all-star-game-out-of-georgia-after-voting-restrictions-passed-chief-says-162446933.html If baseball means what it says and follows through, almost half of all MLB teams wouldn't merit hosting MLB's All-Star Game what with a slew of voter suppression bills expected to pass in the near future. Here are the states, in addition to Georgia, that are expected to pass Voter Suppression laws in the near future where Republicans control both the respective state legislatures and Governor's mansion: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Texas and Missouri. Republicans in both Kansas and Kentucky don't control their Governor's mansions but have veto-proof majorities in their state legislatures. Still, those states don't have MLB teams. That covers eleven teams, more than a third and almost half of all MLB teams: the Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, Miami Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Whatevers, Houston Astros, Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals.

Bill James's Pitcher Rankings top.six: 1. Gerrit Cole 2. Jacob deGrom 3. Trevor Bauer 4. Clayton Kershaw 5. Shane Bieber 6. Max Scherzer Pitchers with a Mets connection: 26. Carlos Carrasco 29. Zack Wheeler 67. Taijuan Walker 70. Rick Porcello http://www.billjamesonline.com/polls_ratings/starting_pitcher_rankings/http://www.billjamesonline.com/polls_ratings/starting_pitcher_rankings/

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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Luchessi not Lucchesi Yeah, I know what you meant. But everywhere I look, it's two c's and one s. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lucchjo01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lucchjo01.shtml https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/39876/joey-lucchesihttps://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/39876/joey-lucchesi https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/sports/baseball/mets-taijuan-walker.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/sports/baseball/mets-taijuan-walker.html Joey spells it like the NY mob family featured in Goodfellas that Henry Hill was associated with, but with an "I" at the end instead of an "E".

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Luchessi not Lucchesi Yeah, I know what you meant. But everywhere I look, it's two c's and one s. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lucchjo01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lucchjo01.shtml https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/39876/joey-lucchesihttps://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/39876/joey-lucchesi https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/sports/baseball/mets-taijuan-walker.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/sports/baseball/mets-taijuan-walker.html

What drives me nuts is when I hear or read about position players griping that pitchers shouldn't win the MVP because they already have their own award. That's like saying that Marcell Ozuna shouldn't be recognized as last season's NL HR leader because Ozuna had already won the 2020 NL RBI crown. Of course, the thing to do is to create an award with the prestige of the MVP award but for non-pitchers only. (Then watch the old school writers/voters fuck it up by voting for an MVP that won neither the Cy Young award nor the new award for non-pitchers only).

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: By the way, it's one C, two S's ?

dinosaur jesus wrote: =batmagadanleadoff post_id=58783 time=1616875666 user_id=68] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=58781 time=1616873912 user_id=68] If it was up to me, pitchers would win the MVP way more often than not and way more often than they actually do. Starting pitchers who make almost all of their starts face 800, 900 batters a season. That's a coupl'a hundred more than the number of plate appearances everyday position players get in a season. So to answer the question -- Jake for MVP? Why not? He's the best pitcher in the NL and reports are that he's getting better, or at least not declining. But the reality is that a pitcher has to have a historical season to win the MVP. Like what Gooden did in '85. Or two years ago Jake. /sarcasm

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=58781 time=1616873912 user_id=68] If it was up to me, pitchers would win the MVP way more often than not and way more often than they actually do. Starting pitchers who make almost all of their starts face 800, 900 batters a season. That's a coupl'a hundred more than the number of plate appearances everyday position players get in a season.

If it was up to me, pitchers would win the MVP way more often than not and way more often than they actually do. Starting pitchers who make almost all of their starts face 800, 900 batters a season. That's a coupl'a hundred more than the number of plate appearances everyday position players get in a season.

Tom Seaver by Andy Warhol, 1977. [FIMG=555]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e9/f9/8f/e9f98ff2822815d036f8f43900ec58d7.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=555]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/cGm1kZP_TPFV05sztZaPEbXYvTl5TOJgUd19oAUZFAQZJMXw3yyOl68hkiA79a6Gqz9jYgOdLc_APzHNmJcyWoAaVttV2N3XhxD7XiVJM6Be9HaQOB-l8Iupcef05MHaDiFaeadwIHs[/FIMG] [FIMG=333]https://pccdn.perfectchannel.com/christies/live/images/item/WarholPastimes24900/5826490/original/NYR_3844_0024.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=333]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/EX5ZGbTQEcXRA6DOTVF5BFupv8imwW-jE9VLrT2lBcBZ0kflDlkcZ0n2QgDLk4-He20QAIE29dTTjLjC4sawCcf89Yy0eE4crN5hpSqQpyYR2C3wru0wiwEK5h4taQBZFDL-u9WG8UY[/FIMG] Sports portraits, 1977, by Andy Warhol [FIMG=777]https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihXtnfrWCkmY/v0/-1x-1.jpg[/FIMG] Did not know this 'till just now: Seaver also had a Mets cap with him during the sessions for the Warhol shoot. [FIMG=555]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51005538765_d71401c02f_o.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=555]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51074825257_1ca7cf77fe_o.png[/FIMG]

Deep Throat. Mark Spitz. So now that I have youuse's attentions, here's my offer youse can't refuse: (Get it? Offer you can't refuse? It's a Godfather reference. 1972. See? 1972) Take a look at the newest Topps Heritages. 1972 style. [FIMG=333]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FfUAAOSwyNJgW70A/s-l400.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=333]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2fcAAOSwcHlgWPjh/s-l1600.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=333]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2FwAAOSwlipgXBWM/s-l1600.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=333]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZGQAAOSwJEhgWm6N/s-l1600.jpg[/FIMG]

I believe Schneck holds the Mets record for most years on the MLB roster without ever getting his own Topps baseball card.

=Fman99 post_id=58548 time=1616612884 user_id=86] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=58534 time=1616609008 user_id=68] =Fman99 post_id=58454 time=1616587466 user_id=86] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=58452 time=1616585938 user_id=68] September 9, 1979. Where were youse? That was the only run Burrris allowed that game.Mets blow a 4-1ead to the eventual WS champs. John Stearns goes 3 for 4 with a walk and a double, but was also caught stealing - the weakest part of his game.

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Edgy MD wrote: After every three innings of extra-inning play, your roster can expand by one. If you have a non-roster player who happens to be with the team at the time, great. Otherwise, maybe you're able to get a minor leaguer rushed in from out of town. Maybe you activate a coach. Maybe you have a retired player that's still in good shape glad-handing it in the hospitality suites, and you rush to sign him. I think it'd be more fun if each team lost a player for every extra inning, instead of gaining players, plus letting teams play short-handed in extras, as well. So if you get to the 12th or 13th innings, teams might have just two outfielders. Or just one, perhaps. Maybe the strategy would be that when there aren't any baserunners, the fielding team plays without a catcher. I mean, whose gonna have spare players on hand to bring into a game? With your rule, might as well let teams pull new players from the stands. Maybe even a grandma, just for fun. Like when Keith Moon passed out in the middle of a Who concert and the band asked for drummers from the audience. "Is there a drummer in the house?"

Edgy MD wrote: After every three innings of extra-inning play, your roster can expand by one. If you have a non-roster player who happens to be with the team at the time, great. Otherwise, maybe you're able to get a minor leaguer rushed in from out of town. Maybe you activate a coach. Maybe you have a retired player that's still in good shape glad-handing it in the hospitality suites, and you rush to sign him. I think it'd be more fun if each team lost a player for every extra inning, instead of gaining players, plus letting teams play short-handed in extras, as well. So if you get to the 12th or 13th innings, teams might have just two outfielders. Or just one, perhaps. Maybe the strategy would be that when there aren't any baserunners, the fielding team plays without a catcher. I mean, whose gonna have spare players on hand to bring into a game? With your rule, might as well let teams pull new players from the stands. Maybe even a grandma, just for fun. Like when Keith Moon passed out in the middle of a Who concert and the band asked for drummers from the audience. "Is there a drummer in the house?"

=Fman99 post_id=58454 time=1616587466 user_id=86] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=58452 time=1616585938 user_id=68] September 9, 1979. Where were youse? That was the only run Burrris allowed that game.Mets blow a 4-1ead to the eventual WS champs. John Stearns goes 3 for 4 with a walk and a double, but was also caught stealing - the weakest part of his game.

In 2021, Jared Eickhoff, but not Drew Ferguson, will pitch the second no-hitter in Mets franchise history. Bookmark this post for posterity.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=58527 time=1616606704 user_id=68] In 2021, Drew will pitch the second no-hitter in Mets franchise history. Bookmark this post for posterity.

In 2021, Drew will pitch the second no-hitter in Mets franchise history. Bookmark this post for posterity.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Not for the quick-and-dirty purpose of this quiz, no. Who might have done that? Carlos Beltran? Howard Johnson? Todd Hundley?

Robin Ventura (quiz)