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Ceetar wrote: that goes into the 'combined' no-hitter category now. I love that one as a caricature of Babe Ruth. makes me laugh every time. Obviously. But my issue was that the reliever, as opposed to the team, was once credited with a no-hitter.

Frayed Knot wrote: There were a whole bunch of stricken no-nos from the record books ... - the famous one where Babe Ruth (pitching) opened the game with a walk, then proceeded to argue ball four and got tossed. His replacement came on, picked off Ruth's runner, and then retired the next twenty-six straight. That one used to be counted, isn't any more because the reliever didn't face 27 hitters. I'm surprised that this game was ever counted as a no-hitter. I thought that one of the elements of a no-no is that the pitcher throw a complete game.

An MLB committee can reverse an official scorer's decision. A reversal would give the Mets -- who had gone 8,019 games in franchise history without a no-hitter until Johan Santana performed the feat June 1 -- their second this month. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/sports/pro/baseball&sa=MLB&eid=8049989

batmagadanleadoff wrote: ...and I'll kick it off with this bit of news. Two No-No's in one month? Mets manager Terry Collins said after the game that the team will appeal the hit, saying the play instead should have been ruled an error by third baseman David Wright, according to ESPNNewYork.com's Adam Rubin. http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=320613130 I didn't know that a hit/error call was appealable.

...and I'll kick it off with this bit of news. Two No-No's in one month? Mets manager Terry Collins said after the game that the team will appeal the hit, saying the play instead should have been ruled an error by third baseman David Wright, according to ESPNNewYork.com's Adam Rubin. http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=320613130

RA widening his lead according to ESPN's Cy Predictor.

RA Dickey NL Stats/Ranks Wins 10 (1st) K's 90 (3d) ERA 2.20 (2d) WHIP 0.94 (T-1st) Quality Starts 11 (1st) QS% 92% (1st) K/BB 4.11 (10th) K/9 9.0 (10th)

Fucking interleague play -- I'm rooting for the fucking Yankees tonight.

I hope RA squeezes them for every last penny they have.

Second best pitched game of the season, as per game score. RADiculous!

batmagadanleadoff wrote: NL second-basemen, min 150 PA's. It's Murph's power outage that's dropped him to the bottom of the pack, hitting-wise. Murph's other offensive numbers are satisfactory, at least relative to his peers. I realize Murph-E's slumping with the bat, but NL second baseman are tightly packed, hitting wise. An increase in OPS of .050 would slot Murphy closer to the hitting leaders at the position, and .050 worth of OPS ain't that much. If he were to get hot, he could be there in three or four games.

But if you get the tongue, you probably get the shades, too. And some teeth.

NL second-basemen, min 150 PA's. It's Murph's power outage that's dropped him to the bottom of the pack, hitting-wise. Murph's other offensive numbers are satisfactory, at least relative to his peers.

"Why does everybody think I'm an asshole?" I voted "tongue".

Vic Sage wrote: Terry said something sensible in today's DNews. When being asked about the bullpen, he made it clear that the only person who has a role is Francisco, and everybody else's role "is to get the guy out standing in the batter's box". Here here!... Except the Francisco thing, but you gotta start somewhere. I thought the same when I heard that Collins quote from yesterday's post-game presser.

Swapping Acosta for MikePiazza2000 would also improve the run differential.

I'd start by burning down the CF scoreboards. Then I'd grenade 'em. Then I'd stab 'em a few times. They don't get any uglier.

The Mets had the right idea. But the execution was lacking. And those pictures. Action shots that are so tightly cropped so as to be rendered pointless. And so many shots look like they were lifted from the Stars of Tomorrow section of old Mets yearbooks. Look at Mazzilli's ticket ferchrissakes. He's probably the biggest heartthrob in team history and the Mets couldn't have found a geekier photo of the Italian Stallion if they tried to.

You'll notice how the Dodgers and Yankees (cf. Mets 2012 Mets tickets) produced their ticket images in monochrome or sepia tones (probably to overcome the fact that some of the source images were in color while others were in black and white) thus creating consistent imagery.

A number of teams this year had licensing deals with Topps and used card images on their season seats. http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Kerry-Wood-Last-Game-Strikeout-Unused-Season-Ticket-Mint-Cubs-Baseball-/110892837572?pt=Vintage_Sports_Memorabilia&hash=item19d1ba6ac4 I believe that the Cubs are the only team that issued Topps produced season tickets this year. It is a trend, though. Other teams that produced Topps themed season tickets in recent years include the Padres (2007/8?), Reds (2010) and Braves (2009). Billy Williams's '61 Topps card appears on the ticket for the Mets 6/26 game at Wrigley; Jim Hickman's '70 card appears on the ticket to next day's Mets/Cubs game. Thus, Hickman's image appears on tickets for two different teams this season (Mets and Cubs). Some of the more ambitious season ticket issues for this season include the Yankees' -- 39 images representing some of the organization's greatest moments: and the Dodgers, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dodger Stadium, also with a greatest moments tickets set. These two ticket sets were produced so that any image might appear on any given ticket.

Forget standings, Strasburg will be shut down Joel Sherman The Mets had pitch-count guidelines for Johan Santana, then the lefty began to throw his no-hitter on June 1 and, well, so much for the plans. The Mets infamously had never had a no-hitter. They were in the midst of an unexpectedly positive season. There was a fan base ready to storm Citi Field if Santana were removed. Thus, the emotions of the moment served as an avalanche to wipe out pre-planned, post-shoulder-surgery logic. Manager Terry Collins let Santana throw a career-high 134 pitches. And if you think that was a difficult choice, then just wait for potentially the most seismic decision of 2012, when the Nationals shut down their ace, Stephen Strasburg. Strasburg, like Santana, is coming off surgery (Tommy John). But he is just 23. The lack of a no-hitter pales in comparison to not reaching the playoffs in three decades. The Nationals last appeared in the postseason in 1981, when they were the Expos. Now the moons have aligned for the franchise. The Phillies are down. Bryce Harper is an insta-star. But the Nats are in first place mainly due to an elite rotation in which Strasburg is honoring the otherworldly expectations for him. The Yankees will miss the fireballer this weekend because Strasburg goes tonight against Toronto. He is 7-1 with a 2.41 ERA. In 71 innings, he has struck out 92, walked 19 and yielded 55 hits. And here is the item that just might matter most � Strasburg�s season is about half over. Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo has vowed no matter Washington�s standing, Strasburg will be shut down before the end of the season. The expectation is about 160 innings because that was roughly the limit for teammate Jordan Zimmermann (1611?3) last year coming off Tommy John surgery. Rizzo won�t say the number. Actually, he doesn�t want to say much on the subject because it is such a tinderbox, and he knows it is going to explode further later this season. When we talked by phone yesterday and the topic was broached, Rizzo said, �Joel, you are killing me.� Then he promised, �This is the last time I am discussing this with any member of the media. It is well-chronicled. It is not changing.� Strasburg threw 68 innings as a rookie before his elbow broke and 24 innings late last year just to get back on the mound. �To ask [strasburg] to throw 200 innings now [off those previous totals], that is not a prudent way to do business with a 23-year-old, top-of-the-rotation starter we plan to have for a long time,� Rizzo said. �[shutting him down] is going to be painful, and we are going to take grief. But I will not shy away from it. I am the caretaker of this organization for the long haul.� Rizzo said there are no plans to artificially restrict Strasburg before then � skip starts, go to a six-man rotation � to assure he can pitch in September and October. �We don�t want to gimmick this thing up,� Rizzo said. Translation: Strasburg is going to become a controversial bystander in about eight weeks, renewing debate if pitchers are babied too much these days and whether Rizzo has taken the Nationals� best chance ever to win and flushed it by being overly cautious. �The situation hasn�t changed, and it won�t matter where we are in the standings,� Rizzo said. �[Making the call to shut Strasburg down] is not about guts. It is the right thing to do.� Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/more_sports/forget_standings_strasburg_will_KT6cNUN2pHDEnnORtXVyhP#ixzz1xglEdbzs

Benjamin Grimm wrote: This is from an e-mail survey I just got from the Mets: The Mets are considering designating one weekday game each week for a "throwback" ballpark experience with live organ instead of recorded music and fewer PA Announcements. How likely would you be to attend games on the Throwback day? Please assume all game days and start times would work with your personal schedule. Note: This is hypothetical concept that the Mets have not committed to; you are evaluating the concept for research purposes only. Don't fall for this trap. It's an excuse to bring back the hideous black drop shadow uniforms. The season was barely two months old and they already trotted them out for John Franco day. You keep it classy, Fred.

Rays don't stand a chance tomorrow night. Not with Dickey and his Radically Altered knuckler. We should beat 'em even with eight Jason Bays in the lineup.

bmfc1 wrote: Gary is reading the forum because he just said what FK just wrote. There's no doubt, at least in my mind, that Gary lurks here. I've noticed two or three other recent GC references that mirrored comments here, and the nature of the CPF posts and GC's timing is too coincidental.