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Edgy DC wrote: I imagine most candidates get fat on somebody. Yeah, but this season, I've heard and read some of the dumbest commentary ever against Dickey winning the award.

Edgy DC wrote: I had thought Ford was to play Leo Durocher. I woulda cast Bob Balaban as Leo Durocher. He looks like a nice guy. ... Woody Allen as Jackie Robinson. He can channel Zelig to turn black. And he'd never fight back. ... Wallace Shawn as Branch Rickey ... and Tony Roberts as Pee Wee Reese The movie would end with the President requiring every homeowner to rename their foyer in honor of Jackie Robinson.

Edgy DC wrote: Dickey 4-0, 1.16 against the Marlins this year. Four starts, 31 innings, 4 ER, 8 hits, 1 shutout, 24 strikeouts and zero effing walks. They're slashing at .195 / .235 / .283 // .518. He's basically turned them into a lineup of Jonathon Nieses. Keep that magic going for one more start, Remaining Attraction. Ozzie Guillen served up another gem of a quote in his post-game press conference [three weeks ago] after RA Dickey and the Mets beat the Marlins, 3-0. �When he makes his speech for the Cy Young Award. make sure he mentions the Marlins, please. We appreciate that,� Guillen said. Dickey improved to 17-4 with a 2.63 ERA, boosting his front-runner candidacy for the NL Cy Young Award. He is 4-0 with a 1.62 ERA this year against the Marlins. http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/marlins/2012/08/31/ozzie-ra-dickey-should-thank-marlins-if-he-wins-cy-young/ RA's dominance over the Marlins can't last forever. But if it does, I wonder if, in a close race, the voters will hold it against RA on grounds of padding his stats against a weak team.

Gwreck wrote: None of Jurassic Carl? Only Marlins after Mets. Not Mets after Marlins. But here you go ...

Phillies 16, Mets 1 Reeling Mets Strike Bottom By ANDREW KEH Published: September 20, 2012 Excerpt: After a summer full of degradation and defeat, the Mets on Thursday burrowed to a previously unfathomed nadir. On no other night this year was their humiliation as complete. The Mets collapsed, 16-1, against the Philadelphia Phillies, extending their home losing streak to nine games. The game, a makeup contest for one postponed by rain, was viewed by a crowd of, at most, a couple thousand people, and played in the closest thing to silence attainable at an American professional sporting event. Imbuing one final insult to the night, the loss mathematically eliminated the Mets from playoff contention. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/21/sports/baseball/slumping-mets-sputter-at-home.html?_r=0

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Last win streak of the year (of at least 1 game) begins tonite. Winning streak poll? You should start a poll on how far behind the Marlins the Mets'll end up at season's end.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Edgy DC wrote: "It was up -- middle up," Edgin said about the fateful pitch to Howard. "That's what he's paid to do. He's a big guy, paid to hit home runs. I give him a meatball, so he's going to do it." I'm gonna have something with meatballs for lunch today. I can't get that picture out of my head. That meatball parmigiana hero sandwich I had this afternoon is still weighted down in my stomach, like a lead balloon. It musta multiplied in the last few hours. I feel like I have twin or triplet sandwiches in there. I'm done eating for today. Oh. And fuck you, Josh Edgin. bvso-HGJqs4

Cueto unscored on through six innings ... pinch hit for in top of 7th with Reds up 2-0 on Cubs ... in line for 18th Win ... cannot get loss today. http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=320920116&teams=cincinnati-reds-vs-chicago-cubs

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: David is now on pace to pass Krane on [crossout]Monday[/crossout] Tuesday, September [crossout]24[/crossout] 25, 2012, at home against Pittsburgh.

Madkes?

Are the Mets sliming Ike Davis now, too? By Howard Megdal 10:51 am Sep. 19, 2012 It was a familiar sight: a Mets player, surrounded by reporters, defending himself from criticism that came from the team employing him. This time, the player was Ike Davis, the 25-year-old first baseman who has been one of the few feel-good stories of the Mets' disastrous second half. Davis had struggled mightily in the season's first two months, dealing with the twin handicaps of returning after missing most of 2011, and a case of Valley Fever. But since early June, Davis had hit like an elite first baseman, and hopes for his 2013 and beyond are bright. ESPN New York's Adam Rubin reported on Tuesday morning that the Mets were looking to trade Davis this offseason to make room for miscast outfielder Lucas Duda at first base. And not content with merely making the baseball argument, the Mets apparently found it necessary to either tell Rubin, or the "baseball source" Rubin cited, that Davis stays out too late and doesn't respond well to coaching, either. At best, this was information that the Mets ought to have kept to themselves, lest they drive down Davis' trade value. At worst, this was a smear put out by the Mets to pave the way publicly for the trading of one of their few remaining popular players. The move probably should be patented by the Mets. They did it to Jose Reyes back in 2009, after misdiagnosing his injury, leading Reyes to have to conduct an emotional press conference at his locker defending his own toughness and desire. Naturally, an ill-advised comeback bid that September, inexplicably geared toward playing the final weekend of a lost season, resulted in further injury and surgery. With Carlos Beltran in 2010, the ire was public, including a conference call weighing legal options against Beltran for following the advice of multiple doctors and having his knee surgically repaired. And lest you think this is some kind of pre-Sandy Alderson routine, witness the efforts to convince David Wright to play through a pinky injury this April, complete with anonymous leak to the Daily News tying Wright's future contract options to his ability to prove he isn't "injury-prone". Most famously, of course, was Fred Wilpon himself, finding perceived weaknesses in the games of Wright, Beltran and Reyes, who were the three players most responsible for making the Mets a good team from 2006-2008. The point isn't that Ike Davis shouldn't be traded under any circumstances, though the difficulty in finding a trading partner who can improve the Mets through a deal for prospects, or better yet, a young, cost-controlled outfielder, may not be so easy. Instead, the Mets have managed to denigrate one of their own players, making their task even harder, providing a reminder to Wright and R.A. Dickey, both free agents after 2013, of what awaits them if they decide to stay in New York. As for Davis, who let's remember, missed most of 2011 in large part because the Mets misdiagnosed his injury repeatedly, and who has publicly credited the coaches for helping him to turn around his 2012 season, he may well be out the door this winter. It would be nice to think this will only happen because the Mets can improve a roster in need through trading him; sadly, there are other, cost-related reasons for such a move that are the likelier impetus. But perhaps the routine simply means that Ike Davis has arrived. After all, the Mets tend only to smear their very best. http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/sports/2012/09/6537276/are-mets-sliming-ike-davis-now-too

Edgy DC wrote: "It was up -- middle up," Edgin said about the fateful pitch to Howard. "That's what he's paid to do. He's a big guy, paid to hit home runs. I give him a meatball, so he's going to do it." I'm gonna have something with meatballs for lunch today. I can't get that picture out of my head.

Did you ever see two scoreboards so close together? It's uglier than my slash lines. Me, I might've gone for one big wraparound curvilinear scoreboard if the scoreboard absolutely hadda go there.

A "steamy shithole" of a AAA stadium for the Mets new farm team? Why am I not surprised? At least they'll still have a AAA affiliate.

You'd have to wade through more than a baker's dozen worth of Mets single season strikeout marks before coming up on a pitcher not named Seaver, Gooden or Cone. In his first season as a Met, Pedro Martinez struck out 208 batters, good for 14th all-time (but tied with Seaver) on the list of single season strikeouts by a Mets pitcher.

Which Mets pitcher struck out the most opposing batters in a single season among pitchers not named Seaver, Gooden or Cone?

Four bad innings and suddenly, Cueto's edge in sabrmetric stats isn't as imposing as it appeared. Also, between Operation Strasburg Shutdown and Kershaw' hip injury, Dickey might take the NL Strikeout crown by default.

The real action's in the NL Cy Young Award Race. Clayton Kershaw scratched from Sunday's start, to see hip expert Excerpt: �There was no fight,� Mattingly said. �He knows he can�t pitch with it.�

At least Cueto got bombed tonight. http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=320915128

Grimm's Chuck Taylor painted hat post in the Brewers KTE reminded me of Taylor's '74 Topps. I included his '75 card in the Expos/Nats post Mets post:

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