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Keith. 2nd place. When we're talking Mets, he's like Liberace. You don't need to hear his last name to know who I'm talking about.

Edgy MD wrote: Well, the 2,200 eliminates Rickey Henderson, the greatest walker of all time, and I'm pretty sure he would be #1 if the limit was 500 or 600 at-bats.... Could be. Rickey flirted with a .400 OBA for most of 1999 until he trailed off a bit with an end of season slump. But 2000 might have clinched it for him -- his batting average fell through the floor, but his OBA remained at HOF caliber strength. Like the end of Willie Mays's career.

I'll go with Dave Magadan, 2nd best walk rate.

Frayed Knot wrote: And it turns out that Wayne Garrett actually IS the winner of the Wayne Garrett inspired quiz. With a stunning IsoW of .111 [.247 BA / .348 OBA] he is the #1 walk-drawer-rate-guy of all NYMs Olerud, btw, is at .110 but doesn't qualify for this quiz as he barely cracks the top 50 in NYM ABs PlacePLAYERWalk Rate 1)Wayne Garrett.111 2) 3) 4) 5) T-6 T-6 T-6 9) 10) BatMags = 5 Points It had to be Garrett. Garrett's OBP's were as good as anybody's in franchise history, but he was putting up sub .250 batting averages. He had to have been a walking monster to do that.

=smg58 post_id=14677 time=1561935908 user_id=62] You could go on baseballreference.com and find all this information out in about 10 minutes. This isn't rocket science.

OK. Put me down for Wayne Garrett, top tenner. Let's make him #1 all time. Why not?

You just disqualified John Olerud. What a drag.

Someone was appreciating Garrett's on base skills. He batted leadoff. Dave Magadan never batted leadoff. Garrett could put up top five league leading OBP numbers with batting averages in the .230s. I wonder if Garrett has the best walk rate in franchise history, maybe even better than Mags and Olerud?

Wayne Garrett in the booth admitting he was unhappy when he batted leadoff - because, sez Garret, he wasn't a leadoff hitter. He wasnt fast enough. Crazy talk. He was a walking machine who would've led the league in walks with at least 130 of those every year if he ever got to play day in and day out. Check out his stats.

I hope Mickey finds a way to get Dom Smith some at bats.

Oh, absolutely. But one of Brodie's missions over the winter was to shore up the pen, and he unquestionably did that. The fact that it didn't work is some combination of injury, mismanagement, and misjudgment. The question is what percent is what. I'd add bad luck. I do think Familia is genuinely hurt, but I don't know what's up with Diaz. And assigning numbers is always tricky. Misjudgment: certainly, as that deal is a failure if Diaz is merely pretty good -- and maybe he'll work his way all the way up to "pretty good" by the season's end. Mismanagement: well, Diaz hasn't been overworked, and there were definitely situations where more could/should have been asked of him, but he's not pitching at a level where we can assume more favorable results if he were used better. Diaz might be injured. He's suddenly throwing "cement mixer" sliders -- all spin and no movement. This might be indicative of an elbow or bone chip injury that's preventing Diaz from getting that last bit of extension that makes all the difference between a devastating world class out pitch and a high school slider. And without a slider, Diaz's fastball is suddenly very hittable as well because batters can wait for it, knowing they can adjust to a flat slider. Every major leaguer can hit a fastball if they know it's coming. https://www.sny.tv/mets/news/scouts-execs-on-mets-edwin-diaz-whose-slider-could-be-part-of-reason-for-struggles/308590992https://www.sny.tv/mets/news/scouts-execs-on-mets-edwin-diaz-whose-slider-could-be-part-of-reason-for-struggles/308590992

So what's the score here?

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: This is like a Jerry Manuel Era bullpen epidemic Jerry Manuel's half season of managing the Mets when he first replaced SmallBalls was the best managing the Mets got going back almost 20 years to BobbyV. (I know that the Gangsta eventually turned into a pumpkin, but still....)

=kcmets post_id=14363 time=1561649778 user_id=53] It wouldn't be the same as what I mean, Uncle Grumpster...

=kcmets post_id=14361 time=1561648985 user_id=53] It's kind of nice that it's being done before this weekend so the anniversary crowds can see and enjoy it.

Typical cheap ass, a day late and a dollar short Mets. They do this when maybe Seaver's out of his mind. And if he's not, he might still forget everything 40 minutes from now. Who knows what world hell be in by the time that statue is unveiled? Citi Field's in its 11th season already.

[YOUTUBE]LQiOA7euaYA[/YOUTUBE] First Place Showdown https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40653592923_b6f1536d44_z.jpg> It's looking like another Mets season reduced to rooting for personal accomplishments. Last year, it was Jake deGrom's triumphant Cy Young quest. This year, it's Pete Alonso's ROY and potentially record-setting HR campaigns and Squirrel McNeil's pursuit of an improbable batting title in the Coors Field era, where a Rockie wins that award seemingly every other year.

Don't nobody be shocked when the other shoe drops and it's revealed that Jeff Wilpon is the one making in-game demands through BVW, who in turn, relays them to Mickey. What a clusterfuck. Wanna know why Mickey sucks at managing? Because the Mets signed him, that's why. Because if Mickey was any good at managing he woulda had other options, and woulda rejected this clown show of a baseball team. Like they're ever gonna sign someone like Joe Maddon whose just dying to get browbeaten by Jeff Wilpon the first time there's a three game losing streak. They're probably still hemming and hawing over Mickey's fate even though the time to dump him just came and went. Because Mickey's got guaranteed money coming his way even though he's one of the lowest paid managers in the majors. That's another perk to managing for the NL NY franchise.

So .... is Mickey still here?

=metirish post_id=13984 time=1561387716 user_id=72] I think it's plausible that Callaway has had enough , he is being held back and told what to do by a slick GM....he flipped and this was it

Edgy MD wrote: August 26, 1989, Jeff Mussleman (#13) relieved Ron Darling (#12). This, of course, falls short if Darling had already done his in-season swap to #15. Missed it by exactly three weeks, according to UMDB & MBTN. Darling switched to #15 on 8/5/89. That woulda surely been the low record, I'd guess.

All that's left to see, now, is whether Vargas loads up a squirt gun with bleach, tomorrow.

Mickey gave deGrom the zero run support lineup with Amed batting leadoff, Davis batting third and Lagares batting.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=13879 time=1561312633 user_id=68] No rush for the cheap ass Mets to hold a 1962 Mets reunion now, especially after they were blown off in 2012 on what should have been a glorious 50th anniversary celebration. The Mets have all the time in the world. If they wait another five or ten years, they can hold the reunion in a booth in Jay Horwitz's favorite diner. Which is probably the plan.

No rush for the cheap ass Mets to hold a 1962 Mets reunion now, especially after they were blown off in 2012 on what should have been a glorious 50th anniversary celebration. The Mets have all the time in the world. If they wait another five or ten years, they can hold that reunion in a booth in Jay Horwitz's favorite diner. Which is probably the plan.