TransMonk

He'll be re-examined on June 24. If he is all healed, it will still most likely be at least 3 weeks of rehab before he is back with the big club. If he's back by the end of the All-Star break, it will mean everything from now until then will have gone ideally. I expect August 1st is more likely to be closer to his return. Same for Ike. We may very well have a race between David, Ike and Johan to see who can get back to the big club first.

metirish wrote: was he ever really all that good? I'd take his 2005-2008 numbers from anyone who wants to put them up. Certainly not CY Young years, but all pretty good in my book. 45-34 with a 3.51 ERA over that span. 742 Ks in 689.2 IP. 2009-2011 = 19-24 with a 5.54 ERA with 210 Ks in 299 IP.

I wonder what made him decline so steeply and rapidly. Still, I'd be OK offering a minor league contract.

With last night's win...the Mets are 14-13 since Wright went down. Not too shabby.

Yuck!

Niese 3 Byrdak 1 Rodriguez 1 Reyes 2 Beltran 1 Pagan 1 Harris 1

Yeah...don't trade him.

Good to hear those quotes by both Collins and Bay.

Nice work, FK.

Pelfrey 3 Tejada 1 Murphy 1

The end of that game was yucky.

While running this evening, "I Want A New Drug" came on my Slacker radio. I'm not a Huey Lewis guy, so it was weird...I consider it a sign. Of what, I don't know.

G-Fafif wrote: TransMonk wrote: .500 or bust! Maybe .500 or two games below .500? Don't want be in for "bust" just yet. Well, I've in for the bust since January, but you're right...just an expression.

.500 or bust! (lineups below)

I went to see this one on Saturday. I typically enjoy the X Men movies, although each one that they make seems to get worse and worse. I admired the first couple of films for their ability to combine a good action movie with a good deal of the social metaphors contained in the comic books. I thought this movie was better than the Wolverine prequel, but was still not on par with the original trilogy. Set in 1962, this movie did a great job with costumes and sets that made it a very believable period piece. The special effects were good and the action kept the excitement going through the whole film. The acting was hit and miss. James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender as Charles Xavier and Magneto were awesome in my opinion. They did a great job of playing younger versions of the characters already established in the original films. Kevin Bacon also did a fine job as the main antagonist in the film. I thought all of the female actors in this movie fell flat. January Jones was pretty awful (but if you�ve read any review of this film, you already know that). Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique was passable considering that her character seemed poorly written in the screenplay. Rose Byrne bordered on annoying in her role as a human CIA agent. The other young mutants were OK�it will be interesting to see how they develop in sequels. I guess my biggest problem with this movie was the plot. Prequels are hard to do�the writers have to go backward from something that is already established. I thought they did fine with Professor X and Magneto. But it�s hard for me to swallow that Mystique was so close to Xavier for so long when there is no indication of that in the original trilogy. Many of the X Men from the original trilogy are either referenced or have cameos in First Class, so it is not as if the writers were ignoring other relationships. I�ll put some spoilers below where this movie either confused me or insulted my intelligence. Even with the plot holes, I enjoyed this one. The X Men always provide an exciting 2 hours of fun. This was the first time in about a year that I have visited a movie theater. I don�t read the comics, so I�m sure some will enjoy this one more or less depending on their opinion of the comics. But I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars. SPOILERS/HEAD SCRATCHERS: Why doesn�t boy-aged Erik kill Shaw when he freaks out after his mother is shot? He obviously has the ability because he killed everyone else in the room. Why was Havoc in jail when we first meet him? Why isn�t there any reference to him being related to Scott? I suppose these could be cleared up in sequels. How does Hank know how to fly a plane? Why can�t Magneto find the submarine near the end of the film? Can�t he detect metal? Instead Banshee has to be converted into human sonar. I thought Hank designed the X Men suits to be bulletproof�how does Xavier get shot? What happened to Xavier�s parents? Again, I suppose the sequels may clear that up. If the CIA knows about Xavier�s powers, and they want to find him, why wouldn�t they just go to where he lives (where they academy is)? Xavier wipes agent MacTaggert�s memory, but that shouldn�t stop them from knowing about where he is. The Hugh Jackman cameo was the best part of the movie, IMO.

Capuano 4 Reyes 1 Murphy 1 Turner 1 Pagan 1 Bay 1 Beltran 1

Dickey 3 Tejada 1 Beltran 1

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Gee 5 Reyes 2 Duda 1 Turner 1 Pagan 1

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The Second Spitter wrote: TheOldMole wrote: Any thoughts on why Bay is so bad? He stopped using steroids. I don't see this as being the case. It's not as if he was hitting monster bombs and now he only hitting pop flies. His problem seems to be mechanical and has to do primarily with his hand/eye coordination. It's not an issue of strength...he's just plain not seeing the ball. His whole body (feet, core, head, hands) is out of whack. I don't know what the solution is, but I would start with detailed one-on-one cage sessions with Hudgens followed up with watching some tape of his swing. It may be that Bay is not taking instruction from anyone and thinks he can fix it himself over time. If that's the case, it's not working, and he's a douche that deserves to get booed and ride the pine.

Fun game and a fun series. The Mets have won the last 4 games I've attended to see them play in person. I like Miller Park more and more each time I visit it. I didn't miss not seeing Bay in the lineup. It was really nice to see an offense without Wright and Davis score some runs against one of the better pitchers in the league in Gallardo. The Mets really impressed me this week. I think we saw the Brewers big weakness this series: facing left handed pitching. Capuano and Niese both chewed up a lineup where the only lefty hitter of merit is Fielder.

Niese 5 Rodriguez 1 Pagan 2 Tejada 1 Beltran 1

All time fave: Dykstra. I had no idea he'd be such a douche.

Wright.