TransMonk

I agree the unis look sharp. Give me the pins more than the snowballs at home, though. Can't wait to see blue caps on the road again. Along the same lines...I'm loving the blue walls at Citi. However, thumbs down on the ugly Party City logo.

Dickey 3 Duda 2 Wright 1 Thole 1 Parnell 1 Rauch 1 Francisco 1

Freese belts a 2-run HR later in the inning. 4 HRs given up by Gallardo today. Yikes!

Carlos Beltran with his first Cardinal HR in the 3rd. I already miss him more than I'll ever miss Reyes. Matt Holiday follows with a back-to-backer off Y. Gallardo. 3-2 Cards over the Brew Crew.

Metsblog showing the back of the rags.

Yup, give me the Brewers. Thanks!

Wright 2 Santana 2 Thole 1 Murphy 1 Brydak 1 Rauch 1 Francisco 1 Ramirez 1

It was my first time with Lewin and I think he's an immediate improvement over Wayne. It may be easy to get up for Opening Day, but we'll see how he does in a June blowout against the Orioles. I think he is going to be OK.

33/51 on Opening Day. It's almost automatic. I love baseball.

metirish wrote: Need some top notch IGTing today as the wankers at work have blocked all avenues for watching or listening to the game, and blocked Newsday's IGT thing too....fucks sake like. Get the AtBat App for your phone. It costs $, but at least you can listen to the Gay Dames this season.

Where did this cool burst logo come from?

G-Fafif wrote: "There isn't a big grace period," Jason Bay said... How about 2 years? Is that a big enough grace period, Jason?

Hi Jose, It's been a while. I just want you to know that I appreciate all of the good things that you did in your Mets career. Every triple was a joy to watch and every stolen base made me happy that you are the exciting player that you are. I am thankful to have been able to watch and cheer for you and the teams that you played for. I will never forget what you brought to the top of the lineup and the shortstop position for all of the years that you were here. That being said, I will not miss you. The Mets will win again without you. Maybe not this year, but eventually. You are with the enemy now. If I ever find it hard to root against you, I will simply recall my last memory of you as a Met: your bunt-off batting title to end a losing season. I wish you no ill will physically, but I hope that you have your worst year ever. It all begins tonight. Here's to a last-place finish for the [crossout:27frvgz0]Florida[/crossout:27frvgz0] Miami Marlins and a free agent bust in their shortstop. Sincerely, TM

Would have made a great drummer for the 'Mats.

Predict the total regular season wins for each club: 1. ATL 76 2. NYM 78 3. MIA 81 4. WAS 83 5. PHI 89 6. CHC 76 7. CIN 88 8. PIT 74 9. MIL 92 10. HOU 66 11. STL 83 12. LAD 81 13. SF 90 14. SD 74 15. COL 78 16. ARZ 87 17. NYY 84 18. BOS 89 19. TB 82 20. BAL 68 21. TOR 78 22. CLE 86 23. DET 92 24. MIN 71 25. KC 77 26. CHW 79 27. OAK 65 28. LAA 100 29. TEX 89 30. SEA 74 Predict the division winners: 31. NL EAST: PHI 32. NL CENTRAL: MIL 33. NL WEST: SF 34. AL EAST: BOS 35. AL CENTRAL: DET 36. AL WEST: LAA Predict the four wild card winners: 37. AL 1: TEX 38. AL 2: CLE 39. NL 1: CIN 40. NL 2: ARI Predict the Playoffs: 41. NL wild card play-in winner: CIN 42. AL wild card play-in winner: TEX 43. AL division round winner 1: LAA 44. AL division round winner 2: DET 45. NL division round winner 1: SF 46. NL division round winner 2: MIL 47. AL champion: DET 48. NL champion: SF 49. World Series WINNER: DET Predict the Awards: 50. Manager of the year: (on edit, they name one for each league? i'm not re-numbering, guess either to be right) Bobby Valentine/Ron Roenicke 51. AL CY YOUNG: Justin Verlander 52. NL CY YOUNG: Clayton Kershaw 53. AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez 54. NL MVP: Joey Votto 55. AL ROY: Jesus Montero 56. NL ROY: Yonder Alonso 57. AL GOLD GLOVE C: Matt Wieters 58. AL GOLD GLOVE 1B: Adrian Gonzalez 59. AL GOLD GLOVE 2B: Dustin Pedroia 60. AL GOLD GLOVE 3B: Adrian Beltre 61. AL GOLD GLOVE SS: Erick Aybar 62. AL GOLD GLOVE OF1: Alex Gordon 63. AL GOLD GLOVE OF2: Jacoby Ellsbury 64. AL GOLD GLOVE OF3: Nick Markakis 65. AL GOLD GLOVE P: Ricky Romero 66. NL GOLD GLOVE C: Yadier Molina 67. NL GOLD GLOVE 1B: Joey Votto 68. NL GOLD GLOVE 2B: Brandon Phillips 69. NL GOLD GLOVE 3B: Placido Polanco 70. NL GOLD GLOVE SS: Troy Tulowitzki 71. NL GOLD GLOVE OF1: Gerardo Parra 72. NL GOLD GLOVE OF2: Matt Kemp 73. NL GOLD GLOVE OF3: Andre Ethier 74. NL GOLD GLOVE P: Mark Buehrle Predict the League leaders: 75. AL wins: Justin Verlander 76. AL strikeouts (pitcher): Justin Verlander 77. AL ERA: Justin Verlander 78. NL wins: Clayton Kershaw 79. NL strikeouts (pitcher): Clayton Kershaw 80. NL ERA: Clayton Kershaw 81. AL HRs: Albert Pujols 82. AL Batting Average: Adrian Gonzalez 83. AL RBIs: Prince Fielder 84. NL HRs: Matt Kemp 85. NL Batting Average: Ryan Braun 86. NL Batting RBIs: Joey Votto Additional Questions: 87. Which League wins the All Star game? AL 88. Who is the World Series MVP? Justin Verlander 89. Which team scores the most runs? BOS 90. which team scores the least runs? SEA 91. which team allows the most runs? BAL 92. which team allows the least runs? PHI 93. which team has the most wins in baseball? LAA 94. which team has the worst record in baseball? OAK 95. which team has the best record of non-playoff teams? NYY 96. will there be a no-hitter this year? (yes/no) YES 97. Which manager is ejected from the most games this season? Dale Sveum 98. will anyone hit for the cycle this year? (yes/no) NO 99. will Nymr83 actually come back and update us on the winners of this overly ambitious contest? (yes/no) NO

Very nice work! The 2012 Braves don't really impress me...however, the 2011 Braves didn't really impress me on the way to their 89 wins either. Shows you what I know.

That's not horrible. As low as my expectations are for Pelf, I'm still pulling for him to do well.

1. First Mets hit of 2012 - Wright 2. First double - Wright 3. First triple - Torres 4. First home run - Duda 5. First run batted in - Davis 6. First stolen base - Torres 7. First caught stealing/picked off - Tejada 8. First multihit game - Wright 9. First RBI sac fly - Murphy 10. First sac hit (bunt) - Tejada 11. First infield single - Tejada 12. First ground-rules double - Wright 13. First to draw a walk - Murphy 14. First Met to strike out - Bay 15. First to hit into a double play - Duda 16. First pitcher to get a hit - Dickey 17. Pitcher with first win - Santana 18. Pitcher with first save - Francisco 19. Pitcher with first wild pitch - Dickey 20. Met player to commit first error - Wright

In the attitude of fairness and sportsmanship...I have Coco Crisp who went 0-5 in the first game. You can add him to the list. But, I'll understand if nothing can be done.

I'd trade him for a used jock strap or cut him if this continues more than a few weeks into the season. Platooning him is not going to make him any better even though it will help the team. At this point, he's never going to get back to replacement level without a little cahnfidence. The cascade of boos that he will hear during every at bat as a $16MM playoon player is going to ruin any cahnfidence he has left. I try to hold off judging any player's season until Memorial Day, but Jason's spring has been downright awful.

Best guess: Millionaires don't like to ride on buses for more than an hour or two if they don't have to.

I guess that's what I meant by "work" yesterday.

Yeah, I thought I had my lineup set last night, but I guess it reset everything either at the end of the draft or the start of the season. Luckily, Coco Crisp was the only player I would have had going this morning and he was 0-5.

Could be coolish...if you're into doing the work. I'm OK with whatever goes down tonight.

Vic Sage wrote: the trade was more about Ramirez than Torres. This. I love Torres' attitude and wish he was healthy. But I don't expect much of anything from him.