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Matzapequa. That one was a layup.

Lefty Specialist wrote: So is this the team they go to battle with? Or do Sandy/Temp Guy have something else up their sleeve? Cuz as currently constructed I think they come up short. Discuss amongst yourselves. I wonder what the 2021 Mets would look like if the Wilpons still ran things? Sheesh!

With his shirt on?

Syndergaard's looking a lot leaner this Spring. [FIMG=888]https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Noah-Syndergaard.jpg?quality=80&strip=all[/FIMG]

Edgy MD wrote: If Bauer signed with the Mets, it wouldn't have been because of anything I said or did. What would you do if Bauer signed with the Mets? Would you boycott the Mets? Not follow them? Root for the O's, instead? Leave this forum? Burn your Mets baseball cards? I wouldn't vote Bauer for President. (Unless he was the Democratic candidate). I'd probably take the good with the bad, and publicly advocate against his douchiness, as I did with Harvey. I've invested more in this team than he has. Fuck him.\ So then we're pretty much alike, there. I'd call him out, too, for his douchiness. But I'd still root for the Mets to win when he pitches and if he pitches anything like he did last year, I'd treat his Mets starts as must-see TV.

Edgy MD wrote: Indulging douchebags and treating their bullshit as merely colorful or something that peps things up is what gave us the fucking madman. At a deeper level, it also gives us Derek Chauvin. All good points. I agree. But I have no control over where Bauer signs, or signed. Not even a speck. If Bauer signed with the Mets, it wouldn't have been because of anything I said or did. What would you do if Bauer signed with the Mets? Would you boycott the Mets? Not follow them? Root for the O's, instead? Leave this forum? Burn your Mets baseball cards? I wouldn't vote Bauer for President. (Unless he was the Democratic candidate).

Put me down for wishing Bauer was a Met. He was sublime last season, the kind of sublime that I don't think was flukish, just like I thought that Daniel Murphy's 2015 metamorphosis wasn't flukish, either. I know Bauer's a douchebag. I'm not sure I care. Or not care enough to be glad he signed elsewhere. And it would be kind of a fun diversion to go through whatever verbal shenanigans and hijinx ensues. I just endured four years of a fucking madman in charge of this country. This is small-fry stuff, by comparision. OOOOOh. Bauer said that. Besides, just think how Bauer would pep up just this forum.

=MFS62 post_id=56893 time=1614266368 user_id=60] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=56892 time=1614265812 user_id=68] There was no spinach!

There was no spinach!

Frayed Knot wrote: If he had just labelled it "Giants" it would have been ok for me. It was labeled New York/San Francisco Giants which, to me, is the same thing as saying Giants except that it has the added benefit of removing any question as to whether they're talking about a franchise-long accomplishment vs a location-specific one. OK, good point. Why would there be such a question? Who would possibly think that, especially when the Giants event happened in NY and the Dodgers event happened in LA?

Carl Hubbell's lifetime Giants wins aren't the franchise record because the Giants would move to SF? As I said, of course they are, because they are a franchise record, not a moment in time, where he could have been more specific. I can see how it was the most important moment in that franchise's history, but the way he wrote it just didn't look right. A New York Giant hit the home run, not one from San Francisco. If he had just labelled it "Giants" it would have been ok for me. My life as a business consultant was spent answering questions from executives asking "What's wrong with this picture?" and then telling them how to fix their operational problems. When I see something that doesn't appear correct, I still do that. Sorry if that bothered you. I'm not bothered. I just still don't agree, and honest to god, I still don't even understand you. All of Carl Hubbell's Giants wins came while the Giants were in NY. There's no asterisk next to Juan Marichal's name on that list and there's no separate category declaring Marichal as the all-time leader of the Giants San Francisco pitching wins. The same with Thomson's cWPA even though that's a single game or single event record. But this works with single games, too. The Giants single game record for most strikeouts by a pitcher is 16 by Christy Mathewson, 1904. It's a franchise record, same as Thomson's cWPA, even though the Giants would move to SF after Mathewson's days. Whatever. Hey? But wasn't that a fun article?. I mean, for example, I didn't know anytihing about Tommy Davis's 1962 HR. And Davis would get traded to the Mets, too. He even picked up votes for MVP. As a Met!

Condescending? You could have avoided all of this snark had you simply answered this post: So how would you have liked for the events to have been organized? Because I'm not sure I understand you. But instead, you told me that "RIF" (reading is fundamental). And I'm condescending? Typical day for me at the CPF.

=MFS62 post_id=56858 time=1614199571 user_id=60] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=56856 time=1614198947 user_id=68] =MFS62 post_id=56855 time=1614198554 user_id=60] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=56854 time=1614198053 user_id=68] =MFS62 post_id=56851 time=1614197334 user_id=60]This isn't the teams listing in baseball-reference.com where they list all the cities where a franchise has played. This was about specific dates and events. His editor should have picked that up

=MFS62 post_id=56855 time=1614198554 user_id=60] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=56854 time=1614198053 user_id=68] =MFS62 post_id=56851 time=1614197334 user_id=60]This isn't the teams listing in baseball-reference.com where they list all the cities where a franchise has played. This was about specific dates and events. His editor should have picked that up

=MFS62 post_id=56851 time=1614197334 user_id=60]This isn't the teams listing in baseball-reference.com where they list all the cities where a franchise has played. This was about specific dates and events. His editor should have picked that up

So how would you have liked for the events to have been organized? Because I'm not sure I understand you.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: That's your takeaway? Yeah, really. It's the highest cWPA for each team/franchise. That's supposed to detract from the article? If the author ranked them by city, there'd be no Mets entry. Or Yankees entry. Or Angels entry. And just one Chicago entry. You think that'd make the article better?

Luis Rojas marvels at how deGrom shows up for Spring Training half a year after last season ended and hits 99MPH on the radar, effortlessly. "It's ridiculous", sez Rojas. And in an article for The Athletic published two days ago, deGrom sez he feels better than ever and that there's no reason he can't seriously compete for another Cy Young award.

Dyer and the ball off the wall? Whaddayouse talkin' about?

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: No they didn't have to win the world series, just the one play in the regular season that resulted in the largest percentage increase that they could win the world series. I also suspected the Ball on the wall play but wasn't precise enough. Look at the video-- and I'm shocked what a terrible center fielder Willie Stargell was. Geez Louise I didn't know Stargell played center. Or that he'd even be on the field for the ball off the wall play.

How about the ball off the wall play?

Edgy MD wrote: By "biggest play ever," I'm guessing you mean in the positive sense. I'm going to go with, um, Mitchell scoring on the wild pitch. I was thinking something like that. It'd have to be a play that happened while the Mets were behind, I figure, thus ruling out something like Swoboda's catch.

So before I peek, did the player's team have to actually win the WS to qualify? Or did the play in question have to favor a team that actually won the WS?

... horses or wild boars.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Opening Day. Same here. Excellent choice.