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Ashie62 wrote: Lets play Valdespin everyday and see for sure what we do, or do not have. Sandy did a crappo job assembling this OF... Agreed on both accounts. And of course, JV isn't playing today.

Zvon with an instant classic--the opposite of today's game.

Hardball Talk on last night's fiasco: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/05/10/bo-porter-wasnt-trying-to-pull-a-fast-one-he-actually-didnt-know-the-rules-and-neither-did-the-umps/ Incredible. And pathetic. What's the point of paying these idiots hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, including vacation weeks, and one game off if you work homeplate during a doubleheader, if they don't know the rules, can't see what is clearly shown on TV, and refuse to move to the right position to see the play? Fire them all and start over.

No, it wasn't Angel Hernandez bad but it was wrong and Joe West is paid to get the call right. I'm sick of hearing about "the human element" and how it's "part of the game." If they don't do their job right, fire them. The Mets are bad enough on their own without Joe West and Tim McLelland hurting them.

Swan Swan H wrote: The second-most arrogant Ump in baseball just cost the Mets a baserunner. Bite me, Joe West. Another horrible call by an umpire. Nothing from Shorty and nothing from the writers on Twitter. It's like bad calls are an accepted part of the game and there's nothing that can be done.

Tonight's game is so important, it's not televised in Pittsburgh.

Buster Olney is stoned. There is no way that The Crypt Keeper overturns this call because he upsets the umpires and sets a recent precedent. Why overturn this one and not McLelland's blown call against the Mets in Miami? Or tonight's inevitable blown call? We know that A. Hernandez should have been dismissed year's ago. I'm glad that everyone else is finally catching on. There really is no gray area with the disputed home run call in the Oakland Athletics-Cleveland Indians game Wednesday night: Upon further review, the umpires still missed an indisputable call on Adam Rosales's long drive to left-center field. There could be explanations. Maybe the television that the umpires have in Cleveland to review home runs is an old black-and-white from 1957; maybe it has a problem with its horizontal hold. Maybe the remote control ran out of batteries. Maybe there is some Magic Baseball thing going on, like the Magic Bullet Theory: The ball stops in mid-air, changes direction, goes down, changes direction again � back and to the right � back and to the right � back and to the right � The evidence is clear, and action is needed. Immediately. As in, the next few hours. The Athletics are in Cleveland and will play the Indians in a noon game today, and what needs to happen is for the Commissioner to use his powers and overturn the call of Angel Hernandez's crew, and replay it from the point of the disputed home run. The score would be 4-4, it would be the ninth inning. Then, after the resolution of that game, the two teams can play the regularly scheduled game. If Bud Selig did this, it would reinstall integrity to how the replay system was supposed to work in this case. Inaction from the Commissioner would be as inexplicable as the umpires' decision to not change the home run call. The reason why they put in replay was to provide umpires the tools to get the home run calls right, when possible, because Major League Baseball determined that a would-be home run could be so integral to the outcome of the game. And on Wednesday night, we saw this: Rosales's long drive would have tied the game in the ninth inning. Instead, the conversation is about the competence of the umpires and how the system doesn't work. The Commissioner can change this, immediately. There is precedent, of course, and George Brett knows all about this. In 1983, he hit a go-ahead home run against the Yankees, and the umpires called him out because they ruled he had too much pine tar on his bat. Upon further review of the call, American League president Lee MacPhail reversed that decision -- which was the right thing to do -- from the point of Brett's home run, with the Royals leading, 5-4. A longtime player watched the game in another clubhouse, in another part of the country, and couldn't believe what he was seeing. "How could we tell using the standard definition television in our clubhouse and [the umpires in Cleveland)] can't see it?" he said. "No television they were watching on was worse than what we were watching on. The whole point of having replay is to get the call right. If the process failed, whatever the reason -- since it's a reviewable call -- they need to right the wrong." If Selig doesn't do this, than this call is going to be brought up over and over and over, like a scab that keeps getting picked -- like the missed call at the end of the Armando Galarraga would-be perfect game. And if Oakland winds up in a tight race for a playoff spot, well, the Commissioner should prepare for a daily review of MLB's blunder. He can change all of that. Quickly. Decisively. And while there might be some mild response from the Indians' organization -- if any at all -- the Commissioner would be armed with the strength that he got the call right, which is the whole point of having replay available.

Very cool and creative:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/yankees-warn-eduardo-nunez-to-stop-showing-up-dere,32226/

Will you be getting the Mets and Phillies on FOX this Saturday? If so, you get Guys! doing play-by-play: AK: Anchorage Fairbanks--Red HI: Honolulu--Red RED--Atlanta @ Detroit: Kenny Albert, Tim McCarver BLUE--Cincinnati @ Washington: Thom Brennaman, Eric Karros GREEN--Philadelphia @ NY Mets: Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Verducci According to the 506.com forum: Atlanta at Detroit 70% Philadelphia at New York Mets 17% Cincinnati at Washington 12%

G-Fafif wrote: Four rugged innings at Coors Field yet a six-run lead...and Terry the leader of men took him out to preserve him for a start that would never come despite a weather forecast that could have told him as much. This. He wasn't pitching horribly, they had a lead, but TC wanted to make sure he used his rested bullpen and also save Laffey (not Johan, not Harvey, not Neise) to have him ready to go on short rest.

"Dream positive, think positive", test positive.

Are you getting Saturday's Mets game on your local FOX station? You are if you live in a "blue" area: AK: Red: Anchorage, Fairbanks HI: Red: Honolulu BLUE: Washington @ NY Mets, Kenny Albert, Tim McCarver Red: Detroit @ Anaheim, Justin Kutcher, Eric Karros Green: Minnesota @ Chi White Sox, Howard David, Bert Blyleven http://www.the506.com/mlbmaps/

SteveJRogers--I had the same reaction when I saw Jeter. He was used to represent the fact that every player wears "42" for a day and I groaned as well. The Jackie/Reese moment became a BIG IMPORTANT SCENE and went on for a little too long. Even the umpire thought so. Nice to see Citi Field, I mean Ebbets Field. Nevertheless, I loved the movie. Flaws here and there but well worth seeing. After reading so many qualifying reviews, I liked it more than expected. Most of us know the story so we carry our own expectations to the theater and that can affect your perspective. For an actor that hadn't played baseball since Little League, Chadwick Boseman certain came across as not only a good actor, but as a good athlete. I wonder what younger people are going to think about Red Barber's down-home expressions.

Chad Ochoseis wrote: Most of the Nats series are still open. I think bmfc usually likes to do the Nats. No thank you. It would be "F**k the Nationals, f**k their stupid fans... and Bob Carpenter sucks!" over and over again.

David Wright's girl... and others of note: http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/04/01/baseball-wives/#slideIdslide-0

Edgy: good looking house AND sign.

Parallel universe Mets Hall of Famer Mike Draper's real name is Dick Whitman.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/28/derek-jeter-to-new-york-drop-dead/

I wonder if the Mets will lose Ron Darling to FOX? http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2013/march/ten-best-candidates-to-replace-tim-mccarver-on-fox.html

I'd take the over. He won 20 games for a bad team and now he pitches for a very good team.

Your Mets Library... won't include this book: http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/03/25/lenny-dykstra-is-a-massive-turd-stain-on-humanity-racist-and-pretty-disgusting-new-book-claims/

Ashie62 wrote: Gold Glove fielder...at what level...His loss will not make or break the team... You're right! C'est La Vie!

I'm sorry if it was too emotional a response. I'll be more dispassionate and laissez faire whenever a half-decent Met gets hurt. "C'est La Vie!"