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On the one hand, it's still May, and the Mets are only one game out of first place. On the other hand, the Nationals, the unanimous pre-season choice for baseball's best team, now practically back to full strength, are on a 17-4 tear. True colors? And then there's this: http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2015/05/15/catch-us-were-falling/

The Late Night Edition, including every late night score: [fimg=444]https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7769/17734589098_d3d6e1ff0b_o.jpg[/fimg]

The Early Bird Edition:

Another qualifier. I suppose. Maybe.

Jeez,with the Mets poised to absorb another demoralizing loss, I could practically smell the next Megdal hate piece.

Centerfield wrote: What's frustrating is that there is absolutely nothing the Mets can do right now. There is no hitting available. This is why you don't sign Michael Fucking Cuddyer and pretend you had a successful off-season. Geez, how do I respond, how do I express my approval, all without mentioning the dreaded Wilpon and Madoff words that cause a lot, or at least some people to lose their shit?

Zvon wrote: Who did the '71 Dock Ellis? That's excellent. http://www.hardballtimes.com/talking-ball-with-jeffrey-radice-director-of-dockumentary/

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Updated to include the Phillies late night loss last late night. [fimg=344]https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7777/17713795460_a86b1652e5_o.jpg[/fimg]

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Vince Coleman never misbehaved as a Cardinal.

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Zvon wrote: Technically no. Clendenon Field though, right? IIRC the other was Mike Scott and I don't think he was in the proper spot either. I'll be disappointed if you don't have a few bonifide 80's Sadecki Spotters up your sleeve. Your picture looks cropped. I posted that pic earlier, or maybe in the "retired" Butterball thread, to compare it to the Zimmer pic. It's Butterball Field.

Zvon wrote: I can only find two in my SS files. [fimg=400]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HFQ4mTWQk8k/UmrMMJ3FXKI/AAAAAAAAHHo/8IPxHNq4KvU/s800/%252524%252528KGrHqJ%25252C%252521rYFG-llUoTCBRy1u-RzE%252521%25257E%25257E60_57.JPG[/fimg] "I know the Sadecki Spot, and that ain't no Sadecki Spot." [fimg=666]http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/121002062704-sen-lloyd-bentsen-during-a-1988-debate-story-body.jpg[/fimg]

Next.... Hint: The Mets wore that style road uniform from '74 to '77. It's a road uniform because there are no pinstripes and the tone on Keith's uni inidicates white -- not powder blue. The only Mets infielders to wear #11 during that period were Wayne Garrett and Lenny Randle, and it ain't Wayne because the tone on the infielder's skin ain't no powder blue if you know what I mean. If it's Lenny, it's got to be 1977. Lenny was a two year Met, and in 1978, Lenny's second and last Met season, the Mets introduced their two button jerseys with sleeve piping, which that jersey ain't got. So it's a 1977 road game at St. Louis. You could tell it's a road game by the outfield wall in the background, also.

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G-Fafif wrote: ... the various iterations of Sterling Cooper never had a brewer for a client. Too bad for Miller because I'd bet that the Pryce was right. [fimg=544]http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2/2/4/74372224/MetsBannerMadMen_lbq4rhd6.png[/fimg]

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Game Oddity: Mets bat top home run hitter 9th for first time since 1967 By The Associated Press Saturday, May 16, 2015 NEW YORK � For the first time in nearly a half-century, the New York Mets slotted their top home-run hitter ninth in the batting order. Wilmer Flores, whose five homers top the power-starved team, was in the No. 9 hole Saturday against Milwaukee, behind Jacob de Grom. New York manager Terry Collins hit his starting pitcher eighth for the third time this season. New York�s top home-run hitter had not been ninth in the order since April 30, 1967, in a doubleheader opener at Cincinnati, according to STATS. Don Cardwell, New York�s starting pitcher that day, was in a seven-way tie for the Mets� home-run lead with one. Flores became the Mets� first outright home-run leader to hit ninth. http://www.newstribune.com/news/2015/may/16/mets-bat-top-home-run-hitter-9th-first-time-1967/

Frayed Knot wrote: ^ 7/9/82 ^ ^ ^ The Mets weren't yet wearing home racing stripes in 1982.