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Edgy MD wrote: Was Tony Batista even close to being a Met? No. Tony's card wasn't supposed to be there by design. I mixed it up with Miguel Batista's card. Fixed. Take a 'nuther look.

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Wilmer Flores goes three for four and clouts his 22nd HR of the season to lead the Giants in their 9-8 win over the Rockies. Flores never hit more than 18 HR's in a season for the Mets. [FIMG=177]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53174334611_4663080820_h.jpg[/FIMG]

cal sharpie wrote: I guesses Dizzy Dean for 200 Cardinal ks. He led the NL in strikeouts four straight times striking out between 191 and 199 batters. Maddening. I'd tend to avoid guessing 200K/season pitchers from pre WWII. Batters just didn't strike out all that much back then and a pitcher could lead the league in K/9IP averaging six or even five K's per 9 innings. I mean, if I could get in Walter Johnson, I'd go for him, though. I also got Palmered on yesterday's IG.

https://twitter.com/Britt_Ghiroli/status/1699848652884210099 Nat so fast If the number retirement thing is the holdup, maybe the Nats, being that they inherited the Expos history, can make a trade with the Mets: the Nats'll retire Gary Carter's number and the Mets can be done with the whole stupid, moronic retire Carter's Mets number thing, and in return, the Mets'll retire #37.

Our other interloper was the highly touted Mets prospect with the all-star caliber ceiling. Alas, he never got to play for the Mets, and never did make an all-star team, though he did fan more than 200 batters one season. https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1987/Donruss---Base/257/Floyd-Youmans.jpg?id=7bbc0a42-f3b0-4eb9-b0ae-3679178377e9&size=original>

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Edgy MD wrote: John Glass, fake Met. Fake Expo and fake National also, for that matter. In fact, I'm pretty sure he was Jan Brady's fake boyfriend. Winner! Winner! Half chicken dinner! Half, because there's another interloper in there, somewhere. Well, 26 RBIs leading a league is truly an interloper's wistful thinking…especially 87 off of the team leader's 113 He may be thinking wishfully, but that doesn't make him an interloper. More like an embellisher.

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I've got Alonso on pace for 49.01 HR's, because he missed nine games due to an injury. My calculation assumes he won't get injured anymore. The formula is (41 x (162-9)) / (137-9).

Just thought of Tom Paciorek instead of Marisnick.

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Edgy MD wrote: John Glass, fake Met. Fake Expo and fake National also, for that matter. In fact, I'm pretty sure he was Jan Brady's fake boyfriend. Winner! Winner! Half chicken dinner! Half, because there's another interloper in there, somewhere.

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⚾️ Immaculate Grid 154 9/9: Rarity: 89 IMMACULATE! 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 Play at: https://immaculategrid.comhttps://immaculategrid.com @immaculategrid x @baseball_ref [FIMG=555]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53163060818_622b4134c3_c.jpg[/FIMG] Fairly is the answer to a trivia question that came in handy on today's puzzle: the first player to have played for both Canadian teams. I think that this is the first time that I played a National instead of an Expo.

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Edgy MD wrote: I think the Saturday immaculate grid is the antithesis of the Sunday Times crossword ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 153 9/9: Rarity: 77 IMMACULATE! 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 Play at: https://immaculategrid.comhttps://immaculategrid.com @immaculategrid x @baseball_ref Yeah, today is a good day to look beyond getting nine out of nine and aiming for a good rarity score. I got a 77 too. I think it's harder to get a low rarity score on puzzle's like today's that are easier and full of statistical categories. The lowest rarity scores, I would think, come when all six categories are teams.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=135799 time=1692884917 user_id=68] ... and a coupl'a other one-time Mets who haven't played in the majors since 2022 (this list below is incomplete and needs some serious updating): Jerad Eickhoff Robert Gsellman Jed Lowrie Chris Mazza Oliver Perez Kevin Plawecki Joe Smith Jonathan Villar

Our interlopers, all three, are: the spectral Jim Bibby, owner of some of the hugest hands in baseball history, yada yada yada, shown below hiding Marv Throneberry's old Mets locker inside of his baseball glove. [FIMG=211]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53147102863_967dcd108e.jpg[/FIMG] The wrong Mike Bacsik, [FIMG=211]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1977/Topps---Base/103/Mike-Bacsik.jpg?id=84f67f43-3e42-4853-b620-275ea9268640&size=original[/FIMG] not the one-time Met Mike Bacsik who once gave up an historic HR to Barry Bonds and Eddie Yost, pictured on a 1955 Bowman TV baseball card, that card being a dead giveaway because the '55 Senators were the franchise that moved to Minnesota and became the Twins, not the new Senators who eventually moved to Arlington and became the Texas Rangers. [FIMG=444]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1955/Bowman---Base/73/Eddie-Yost.jpg?id=1e8e0a9b-3839-4c2d-a3cd-965f35936f0a&size=original[/FIMG] Thank you for not playing.

Edgy MD wrote: I'm quite certain that they've thought of all of that stuff and take it into account. These are game by game decisions for the most part. It certainly didn't appear to occur to Kevin Cash when his choice cost the Rays a World Series-winning game. He made clear after the game that pulling his pitcher before facing the third time through the order wasn't a game-by-game choice but a matter of policy, and that there was no circumstance he could think of that would change that. I think that's a bad policy. As for pitch counts, it's great that pitchers are having their pitches counted, but there's nothing magical about the 100th pitch and the decisions that are made based on pitch counts seem half thought out. And again, they sure don't seem to be averting injuries. Yeah, I know about Cash's World Series decision. That's why I wrote "for the most part". I wasn't necessarily advocating for or against any of the aforementioned policies. I was just answering someone's question about why IPs are down. Better hitters, smaller stadiums, a universal DH -- all leading to more offense -- and then coupled with pitch count limits and times through the opposing batting order. That seems to cover that topic quite thoroughly.

Edgy MD wrote: I've never been comfortable with the times-through-the-lineup thinking. It's true enough that pitchers — some more than others — are generally less effective each successive turn through the lineup. But (1) it doesn't necessarily follow that the starting pitcher is going to be less effective than the reliever you replace him with. In fact, when choosing between the starting pitcher (or the pitcher currently in the game) and a couple of relievers warming up in the pen, the guy on the mound is the only one who has really exhibited whether or not he's got his stuff for the day. Sticking with him may or may not be the best decision, but it's the most informed decision, and that's worth something. Everyone in the pen is a crapshoot until he gets out to the mound. Moreover (2), you don't want to get trapped into thinking that you have to make decisions on pulling your pitcher nine guys at a time. I'm quite certain that they've thought of all of that stuff and take it into account. These are game by game decisions for the most part. Also, I left out a significant factor as another reason why IPs are down -- pitch counts. The data is murky on just how effective pitch count limits protect a major league pitcher's health, but at this point in the evolution of that idea, teams don't want to take a chance and end up on the wrong side of the argument or have their aces sustain serious injuries while bearing high pitch count loads. Limiting pitch counts does appear to benefit the health of young and still growing and developing pitchers, though.

Eight out of nine. Had no idea on the 40 save Clevelander. The first two columns are all one-time Mets, thanks to the Royals and Mariners card threads I recently posted. [FIMG=555]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53157566875_e1f2183cbf_c.jpg[/FIMG]