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Johan Santana is now second in the NL in ERA (2.64). He appears to be making a backstretch run for the Cy. Santana and Brandon Webb's stats are eerily similar. I said "Eerily". Santana first/Webb next IP 184/184 K's 153/153 H 162/157 BB 47/45 TBF 755/750 #PIT 2691/2676 WHIP 1.13/1.10 2B 25/25 3B 4/2 HR 20/9 SB 4/20 CS 4/5 BAA .231/.231 OBPA .284/.284 SLGA .370/.313 ERA 2.64/2.74 ERARC 3.01/2.57 W-L 12-7/19-4

Jon Matlack's uniform # was the same as the uniform # of this guy below. Sandy Koufax and Fred Wilpon were high school teammates on the Lafayette HS baseball team. Koufax was also a former Met advisor/spring training coach.

Does anyone remember Jon Matlack? The Mets also scouted Ron Blomberg rather heavily for that draft.

Nymr83 wrote: one could argue that the teams knew the tendancies of the umpires and a mass replacement mid-season (or installing Questec midseason) is unfair to some teams as well (like, say, a braves team that relies on calls 6 inches off the plate that they know they have been getting.) That dog don't hunt. You think that some teams are skilled at purposely hitting balls within an inch of the foul pole just to fuck with the umpires?

Is this the 3rd Hr Schneider hit since last week, when I wrote that he sucked? Schneider still sucks. But nice shot.

="KC"]bml: But then again, the Mets could keep on getting dicked again without instant replay. Maybe even more so than any other team, from here on out<<< That got old around here about five years ago. Well, I wasn't here five years ago, so I can't put my two cents into that one, one way or the other. I don't see the introduction of replay in mid-season as being problematic, mainly because the policy has no effect on the way the game is played. If, for example, MLB decided in mid-season, that all runs scored on Home Runs would count twice as much, so that a solo Hr would be worth two runs and a Grand Slam eight runs, I could see the unfairness. Teams could justifiably complain that the new policy favors home run hitting teams, and that the policy is unfair to teams that were built primarily around speed or fielding. Teams can't reasonably adapt to the new rule change in midseason and on a few days or weeks notice. But this instant replay has no effect on the actual play of the game; rather, it essentially affects the observation of the way the game is played, and nothing more. It would be as if MLB discovered a colony of Supermen with superhuman, infallible eye-vision to replace the regular old human umpires in midseason. Where's the unfairness to the game?

AG/DC wrote: Why doesn't it make sense for this season? I'm bookmarking this post. We agree.

KC wrote: I don't think it's appropriate to introduce it during a season. It gives some games better umpiring than other games and the Mets got dicked a couple of times this year.... But then again, the Mets could keep on getting dicked again without instant replay. Maybe even more so than any other team, from here on out.

All I'm sayin' is Ray Sadecki.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Was it Rogers who derailed the season by starting the magic number countdown last Independence Day? If you're following this thread, you would see that I'm counting up, not down.

metirish wrote: ="batmagadanleadoff"]metirish wrote: Well yeah , this will be my last post in this thread..... Did you ever vote in your Madchester poll? Only because you asked a question am I posting here....yes I did. Who says you have to answer me?

metirish wrote: Well yeah , this will be my last post in this thread..... Did you ever vote in your Madchester poll?

Maybe this is bad luck. FAFIF hasn't been heard from since posting on this thread. It's too bad FAFIF never cusses much. I like my salt salty.

Do you realize that three days ago, the Mets magic number was 38?

How come I can never log out on my first try? I get some crazy debug message on my first attempt. I have to log out twice to log out once.

metirish wrote: If we stop posting in this thread it won't keep going , OK? I dunno. Hey didn't you just post in this thread?

G-Fafif wrote: I hope clicking on this thread doesn't turn me into a pillar of salt. Then you shouldn't have looked. If you do though, I'm coming over to scoop up a couple a pounds. We're running low on salt over here.

It was 37 two days ago.

The Mets magic number to clinch their division is ... 35. Not that I'm counting magic numbers but just now, I did calculate the Mets magic number.

="TransMonk"]Yankee outfielder retires to pursue pig farming. Hey! This is a Met forum. What gives?

="TransMonk"]Mora! Mora! Mora! Would the Vietnam version be Bamberger Hill? I can't believe you got that. That's the exact same headline I was thinking about. You go!

="AG/DC"]Someone else take the reins. Will do. Here goes: Ex-Met set to star in Hollywood remake of WWII flick.

Mendoza Line wrote: WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARSE Ouch. Outstanding!

="metsguyinmichigan"]Singer dumps ARod, setting sights on Mets 3B instead Late City Final 2d Ed. A-ROD HAS LIMP ROD! Material Girl reportedly stuck at third base with Alex. But David Wright has the right stuff to stuff with.

AG/DC wrote: If there's any doubt whatsoever in the game, it's almost guaranteed to never come up. And I'm not justifying anything. I'm arguing that the ninth inning is harder, other things being equal. What's your favorite ocean: Pacific or Atlantic?