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Yawn. Someone please wake me the next time Jacob deGrom takes the mound.

The rumor is that it'll be a shotgun wedding.

Maybe Fred's stepping down?

Jeff's gonna tell us that though it might be just two first place finishes in 30 seasons, it's actually two first place finishes in 29 years. Then he's gonna pivot.

Tremendous writing about the great Gary, Keith' & Ron from the NYT. Some truly great lines, including a subtle dig at the cheapass Wilpons for cheaping up the broadcast booth, a dig at the Jacke Robinson rotunda because it honors Jackie Robinson and (I can really really really relate to this one) a nod to those crappy pizzerias that you nevertheless eat at all the time because they're so conveniently close to you. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/magazine/mets-baseball-gary-keith-ron.html

Centerfield wrote: 41Forever wrote: What's interesting is that what worked for the Braves wasn't necessarily spending big -- their payroll was about $30 million less than the Mets -- but that their guys were healthy. Wow! That really is interesting. Boy that will really stick in the craw of those guys who say a high payroll is a prerequisite to winning! In your face! This is so much bullshit. The less a team spends, the less margin for error there is. Like FK wrote, the Braves won because almost everything broke in their favor. That almost never happens. Money lets a team cover up mistakes and bad outcomes. The what if we had Cespedes argument is even more bullshit. Because you can say that about practically any team --- if everything went right, they would've won. If nobody got hurt and everybody had a career year, they would've made the playoffs. It's the most tiresome and nebulous and infantile argument out there. If the Nats players had great seasons and Murphy was available all season and in MVP form, they woulda won 100 games. If Jose Fernandez didn't die in a boat crash, the Marlins wouldn't have torn down their roster and they'd have the best team in baseball today at the right ages and they'd win 100 games. Yada, yada yada. It's so fucking obvious that the Wilpons are doing everything right because, you know ..... two first place finishes in 30 seasons.

What an iGT hog.

Centerfield wrote: Brandon continues to collect his walks (and his HBP's) but his hitting has taken a nosedive. BA for September is .215, and his slugging is a punchless .385. Only 2 HR's in September. That sucks Brandon. Sucks. I'll bet Nimmo's secretly more hurt than he's letting on from that HBP to the hand. That won't affect his BB and HBP skills, though.

Two first place finishes in six seasons.

Chad Ochoseis wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: John Olerud, 1B #29 I was going to ask Edgeward for a ruling on situations like this. I guessed Ole at #27. Does he then go off the board, or can someone else answer Olerud in a different position before Edgy gives the answer? And then closest one gets the points? And while I'm here, I'll guess big sexy Bartolo Colon at #62. I'd presume that Olerud's off the board because the scoring system awards points for an Olerud guess even if that guess slots Olerud incorrectly. Otherwise, I could submit Willie Mays over and over in every CF slot and score points for each Mays guess. There's no closest to provision in the rules.

Jeff Reardon. RP80

LaTroy Hawkins RP80

George Foster LF73

Julio Franco 2B69

Rick Aguilera RP55

Gooden P44

Saberbagen P39

Jesse Orosco, the other 36 reliever.

Tug McGraw, reliever 36

Gil Hodgez ---1B:29

Keith Hernandez-- 1B 22

The next catcher on that list (7) has to be Torre by process of elimination. But I'm surprised he's ranking that high.

Mensch on this: Who had the better wrist cock technique--Carter, Berra or Piazza?

Mike Piazza---C:5

Pedro Martinez---P:15