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  1. batmagadanleadoff
    Frayed Knot wrote: Peekin' ain't cheatin'. It might be asking for a heater in the ear hole, but it's not Houston video spying level cheating. This, ferchrissakes. Beat me to it. Peeking at the catcher's signs is legal because there's no WRITTEN rule prohibiting it. Now unwritten rules, OTOH ....
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    Lindor - .220BA Alonso - .229BA These two are getting like one, maybe two hits a week.
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    Edgy MD wrote: So, why did Scherzer bail after 83 pitches? ...the Mets pulled [scherzer] after just 83 pitches. He had not thrown his usual 100 pitches or so in a while. They had to be careful. Besides, he said, he was not at full cardio strength. “Actually, today, this was probably the most winded I've ever been in a start,” said Scherzer, who has made 427 of them in his career. “I was huffing and puffing. I wasn't tired. I was just out of breath because the last six days I haven't done a thing. I've been sitting in a neck brace. I feel like now I can get through this start, now I can get back in my routine, get my running in. That way I'm physically fit and can get out there and actually pitch better.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/05/14/max-scherzer-durability/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/05/14/max-scherzer-durability/
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    If not for this sudden rain delay, they woulda hadda bring out an oxygen tank for Vogelbach, who went first to third.
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    Edgy MD wrote: A 3-2 win certainly isn't a unicorn score, but it's a pretty good bet that it's the team's first 3-2 win ever where all the runs were scored on a three-run single. But not the team's first 3-2 decision ever where all the runs were scored on a three-run single (one of the batter's 4,256 hits). https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN198605110.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN198605110.shtml May, 1986. That was the month that Dwight Gooden's otherworldliness disappeared. Forever.
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    =kcmets post_id=125164 time=1683838522 user_id=53] Where's that worry thread?
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    Wow. Another group montage yearbook cover featuring like 15 Mets. How imaginative.
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    Does anybody still watch SNL? I haven't in decades. If I hear about a funny bit, I'll watch the clip on the web.
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    Then there was Phil Hartman, an SNL host who was murdered. But that doesn't count.
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    Edgy MD wrote: Also, there is probably a non-zero case for Hall-of-Fame Jerry. Baseball-Ref has him with more pitching WAR than Whitey Ford or Waite Hoyt. The lack of run support he got was pretty brutal. Also, probably nobody with 200 wins should be considered completely out of the conversation. OE: I shouldn't use the word "also" so much. Also I have seen a cranky Met fan say in his point of view, Koosman was a far superior pitcher than Tom Glavine! Also, of course this was a Wilpon hating, most likely oblivious troll, whom has good points, but goes way over board on blaming Fred & Jeff for everything wrong with the franchise, and stadiums, since trading Mitchell for McReynolds. And also letting Knight walk Over their first two seasons, which is all we're talking about here, Koosman was better than Gkavine. Way better and it's not even close or up for debate. And who, not whom.
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    I'd take the under on any pitcher after his first two seasons. Even if he's a bible-thumping tea-totaler instead of a party animal night owl hoping to be seen with the latest it girl. Jeez, Jerry Koosman projected to the Hall or close to it after his first two seasons.
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    Speaking about "what's a Met?", when the Mets first set up mail and phone lines for fans to buy tickets for their inaugural season, some fans requested tickets to the Metropolitan Opera.
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    Edgy MD wrote: "Usually, the Mets do really well at the start of the season, and then crash and burn, so maybe they're getting all of their crashing and burning out of the way, so they'll do really well later in the season, which is when it really counts." 　　— Ms. Edgy, 5/7/2023 Unless she's reading it wrong and the actual trend is for the Mets to play even worse at the end of the season.
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    Lefty Specialist wrote: Team appears flustered, which is something I thought Buck would prevent. I dunno. Some pitchers got bombed today: A back of the rotation guy coming off of a year and a half long injury and rehab and three relief pitchers that, 25 minutes ago, nobody's ever heard of. If I had to single out one Met to watch, right now it'd be Scherzer. If he doesn't get back to form, the Mets are in trouble. And if he's in decline, he'll get even worse.
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    Lefty Specialist wrote: Team appears flustered, which is something I thought Buck would prevent. I dunno. Some pitchers got bombed today: A back of the rotation guy coming off of a year and a half long injury and rehab and three relief pitchers that, 25 minutes ago, nobody's ever heard of.
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    Blue is the answer to one of my favorite "trick" trivia questions - who was the last switch hitter to win the American League MVP? Mickey Mantle was the only other switch-hitter to win the AL MVP award. It's been done numerous times in the NL. Here's a Mets related Vida Blue trivia question that stumped this forum a few years ago: Name the Met that was both Blue's High School baseball teammate and also, quarterback Blue's preferred wide receiver target on their High School football team.
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    Frayed Knot wrote: Ya hope he saved at least some of the money he made in between his purchase of the Cadillac Escalade in which he cruised into his first ST and all the powder he bought later on. I would guess that he did. When he was, briefly, baseball's best pitcher and had the world by the balls, the Mets were paying him half a mil for the 2013 season. Almost 10 years later, when he had to know he was kinda shot, the Angels paid him $11M. He should've then been playing it and living it as if there weren't gonna be any more paydays like that. On the other hand, he's real dumb, I'm certain.
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    I willfully ignore most of the stadium names and mentally refer to them by the stadium names of my youth. As far as I'm concerned, the Phillies still play in Veterans Stadium; the Pirates in Three Rivers, etc., etc. I have no idea what the actual current names are of most of baseball's present stadiums and have long lost interest in making even a minimal effort to keep up. They might as well have their stadium name signage made of velcro. A stadium's name should be somewhat permanent and evoke some meaningful connection to the team that plays there instead of some lawnmower. Like Dodger Stadium. Or Wrigley Field. Or, yuck, Yankee Stadium. The name shouldn't remind us that everything's for sale. Would you like it if your brother changed his first name every two years?
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    Edgy MD wrote: I guess we mean Saberhagen and Santana ... and Gooden? Winner. Winner. Chicken dinner.
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    Benjamin Grimm wrote: The only Met I can think of who won a Rookie-of-the-Year award and two Cy Youngs is Tom Seaver, and he certainly didn't miss the Hall of Fame. Your second guy is clearly Dwight Gooden. But I have no idea who the first one is. I edited my post. I thought Saberhagen won the ROY. He didn't.
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    =batmagadanleadoff post_id=124098 time=1683045802 user_id=68] ... his Hall of Fame case is dwindling, not improving.
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    Edgy MD wrote: Maybe his best remaining path to the Hall of Fame is to become a closer. Holy moley! You may be on to something!
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    Good read. Even better article title. The Ferrari That Is Jacob deGrom Is Once Again in the Shop https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-ferrari-that-is-jacob-degrom-is-once-again-in-the-shop/https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-ferrari-that-is-jacob-degrom-is-once-again-in-the-shop/ Some key takeaways: ... deGrom is pretty good when healthy. Extremely so. He's a starter that pitches like those untouchable relievers that can air it out on every pitch, knowing they're not gonna pitch to more than a handful of batters. And deGrom has the freaky dominating stats to prove it. ... pitchers who are diagnosed with the latest injury that's sidelined deGrom typically miss close to two months of action. There's a decent chance that deGrom won't pitch at all in the month of May. ... his Hall of Fame case is dwindling, not improving.
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    Lenny's Pizza on 86th Street in Brooklyn, made famous by SNF's Tony, who stacked 'em one on top of another, closes for good. [media=youtube]rRHY27aFpLA[/media] [media=youtube]ONm_sYsuM3E[/media] Also, this is one of my all-time favorite SNL skits: [media=youtube]8g5mD5C5X_I[/media]
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    deGrom pulled after three and two thirds with the Rangers up five zip. Another injury or something?
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