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Dying over here....

Not surprising that MLB would pop to the game , but I don't think there is a big buzz surrounding Rodriguez , not even sure if espn has Pedro Gomez following him around like a dog for all the insights that no one cares about.

Yeah , well played , got me.....congrats to Pudge.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I wonder if the prospect of spoiling, say, the Braves or a disliked Philly team provide any more motivation than, say, pride/winning for the hell of it. It's the ultimate losers role I think , for me nothing says lost season as much as playing the role of spoiler. These thoughts bring me back to 2002/03/04 and Fran Healy screaming through the telly about the Mets playing spoilers.

Gwreck wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Unless you kill the head, every other firing will eventually regenerate into the same old shit. Exactly. Omar has to go, immediately. I think he meant Wilpon( and I think you knew that)

I tell ya, speaking of Rubin , I miss the guy on the Mets beat in the Snooze.

My lunch wasn't the best so I fired all the coaching staff except Hale.I then fired Castillo, Rodriguez , Ollie and Alex ...oh ,and Omar

Maybe it's your arguing with Lennon , it's easy to rise him....

WOW, that's great.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: This is exactly the trap the smartypantsers are falling into as mentioned above. Jesus H., 95% of the guys in the NYP aren;t going to be big leaguers, "Wha???"

Ceetar wrote: Edgy DC wrote: I know good basebally is inside these guys. Heck, we've all seen it. The thing that hurts the most is that many people are starting to doubt this. And radio hosts perpetuate it. I just hope it doesn't lead to something extreme like trading Reyes, because THAT would demoralize ME. Dude , you tweets during every game add to this doubt, come on man.

Not sure if i buy it but they certainly look like a beaten team . I thought Gary was quite forceful in that last night when he admonished Pagan for the way he tracked a ball hit at him last night in LF(rather harsh I thought), he intimated that he thought the team looked like a team playing with no sense of urgency. Ron in the post-game was just as strong in his criticism of the sloppy play and so on.

I'd love to have Bobby back , i fear the Cubs will move for him.

Can we get a poll on this?

Edgy DC wrote: What is with all this faith in Wally Backman? Good question , if not as manager maybe have him up in the radio booth after we get Hagin fired.I'm sure he'd be great there too.

I'm inspired , thanks Greg...

.325 - 8 HR - 28 RBI - 8 SB - .400 OBP - .550 SLG The Cyclones can't be beat and my boy Rylan is a big part of that.(I added the bold) Buckets boy Darrell Ceciliani gets a good mention here to. The Cyclones are unbeatable! In this past week�s play, the team handily won five games in a row, easily beating the Ironbirds, and coming out on top against the hated Yankees. Here�s a look at all the action: Wednesday, July 28 Cyclones 7-Ironbirds 2 The mid-season day off on Tuesday didn�t affect Cyclone bats, as the team socked the second-place Ironbirds with 12 hits � seven of them coming from the first five guys in the powerful Clone lineup. Darrell Ceciliani � who is trying to become the first Cyclone to hit .400 � went 2-for-5 with another triple, while Joe Bonfe, who is no slouch at .357, knocked in three runs. The Cyclones took a 2-0 lead in the first on a Bonfe double. Aberdeen did get two runs off starter A.J. Pinera in the fourth, but that was all the offense that the Ironbirds would muster, and Wes Wrenn would get his third win of the season by blanking Aberdeen for the middle four innings, giving up just two hits. The Cyclones blew the game open in the fifth with two runs, one on Jeff Flagg�s 12th double of the year and then a subsequent single by Bonfe. ADVERTISEMENT Thursday, July 29 Cyclones 4-Ironbirds 2 A rare come-from-behind victory gave the league-leading Cyclones their third win in a row, and increased their first-place lead to five games. But this one wasn�t easy. The Ironbirds got on the board first, but the Cyclones tied the score in the third on Rylan Sandoval�s single, which plated Luis Nieves, who had tripled. And after the Ironbirds took the lead again, the Clones tied the score in the seventh on an error. The Cyclones finally broke it open in the ninth, with two runs. The rally started with consecutive singles by Joe Bonfe, Brian Harrison and Jeff Flagg. After a strikeout, Nieves bunted home the second run on a squeeze. Darrell Ceciliani went 1-for-4, dropping his average to .386. Friday, July 3 Cyclones 11-Ironbirds 3 Great pitching and a pummeling offensive machine was the secret to this win. Actually, the key was the fifth inning, when the Cyclones put up seven runs. The big blows were triples by William Cherry and Darrell Ceciliani (his ninth), a double by Jeff Flagg (his 13th of the season) and a homer by Brian Harrison (his fifth). Rylan Sandoval had homered to start the game, hitting his eighth. Starter Yohan Almonte gave up only three hits in his seven innings, yielding just one unearned run. The bullpen was a bit leaky, but the Aberdeen runs came too late. Ceciliani went 2-for-4, raising his average to .389. Saturday, July 31 Cyclones 3-Yankees 1 Starter Chris Hilliard won his sixth game against only one loss, thanks to six very solid innings, though the Yankees finally touched him in the seventh � an inning that also saw fiery manager Wally Backman get booted. The Cyclones were ahead 3-0 before that bizarre inning, thanks to a a third inning that saw a Juan Centeno leadoff double, a Ryland Sandoval single, a Darrell Ceciliani RBI double, and back-to-back SAC flies by Cory Vaughn and Jeff Flagg. The Cyclones had just five hits on the night, but they made them all pay off. The team�s record improved to a phenomenal 29-13, and the Cyclones� first place lead over the Yankees jumped to seven games. Ceciliani went 1-for-3, dropping his average to .388. Sunday, Aug. 1 Cyclones 7-Yankees 3 The Clones swept a two-game series with the demoralized Yankees in true Cyclone fashion: with great starting pitching and a shock-and-awe offensive display. First, the pitching: Starter Angel Cuan won his fifth game against no losses � and dropped his ERA to 1.68 � by striking out 10 Yankees in just 5-2/3 innings. Yes, he was touched for a solo homer in the fourth, but all the other runs were yielded by the bullpen. The Cyclones got on board first, on J.B. Brown�s two-RBI single in the second. Then, the Brooks put up another two-spot in the fourth on RBI singles by William Cherry and the scorching hot Rylan Sandoval. A line drive by Darrell Ceciliani would have brought in another run, but it was deflected by the pitcher. Two errors by the humbled Yankees helped the Cyclones score two in the seventh, though singles by Sandoval and Joe Bonfe certainly helped. Brooklyn capped the scoring with a Blake Forsythe solo shot in the eighth. Ceciliani went 2-for-4, raising his average to .391. Leadoff hitter Sandoval was 3-for-5 to raise his average to .333, and power hitter Cory Vaughn went 2-for-5, raising his average to .309. The first five men in the Cyclones lineup went 10-for-23. The Cyclones at MCU Park [1904 Surf Ave. at W. 19th Street in Coney Island, (718) 449-8497]. For info, visit http://www.brooklyncyclones.com.

Come on man , Cora is great , just a wonderful presence around the clubhouse , his guidance of the younger players is a key component for the team. Mere numbers will never show his true worth, if ever a player was going to be a manager it's Alex, or have you not heard that yet? I can't see the Mets cutting him just so his contract won't vest , they just don't do things like that do they?

It's all very predictable with the Mets , get humiliated on a Sunday at home , go on the road and look dead and buried the next night.

Great thread, I love how a query like Frayed's generates so many questions , answers and thoughts.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm a bit surprised by this. I mean, I know Wayne isn't popular, but I wasn't aware that he was so unpopular that a blog like this would be created. I have no opinion on him myself; it seems I'm rarely in the car anymore when the Mets are playing, and since I have the MLB Extra Innings package, I really don't ever have to listen to the games on WFAN while I'm at home. Is he really that bad, or is this blog over the top? I'm sure there are very few people who could speak extemporaneously for nine innings without saying something lame or awkward at least once. That's part of why I think it's weak , he's not that bad IMO, a little annoying but his banter with Howie is OK, yesterday he gave a good talk on why Keith Hernandez should get more or any consideration for the HOF.

A bit weak no?

One thing about Doc , and i have noticed this before, he wears the most ill fitting suits.