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=Ceetar post_id=71426 time=1626392591 user_id=102]neither, btw, are the Mets, MLB, or any employer.

His implication seems to be that The All-Star Break festivities could end up being, if not a super-spreader, a spreader of some sort. Wouldn't be weird stupid if the Mets end up getting a competitive advantage by only having one guy in the NL locker room?

Wait a minute ... MFS62 is a Wilpon?

That would be against the law.

Suddenly I realized that I had Bats within reach right where I'm sitting. It is about 1985, but the the early chapters cover him putting the team together in the minors into his rookie season of 1984. [bLOCKQUOTE]Once the season began, Tidrow and Swan were getting hit pretty hard, giving up some long home runs, and I decided they and Mike Torrez had to go. I went to Frank, and I said, "I have to go with the younger arms down at Tidewater 'cause I'm getting shelled with these guys." He let me do it. I had to call them in and close the door and tell them. It was a painful experience. My only consolation was that I wasn't springing it on them. I had told them in the spring where they stood, and so when the end finally came, they weren't shocked. Swan took it like a man. He said he understood, but, of course, he didn't. No player really understands. Craig felt he could still pitch, and he hooked on with California. He had his arm operated on out there. He had a blood clot that was impinging on his circulation. He felt he would be back, but I don't think he ever will. When I released Tidrow, Dick didn't try to come back. He hung it up. I think he was happy I released him. On some level he know he had reached the end of the line. The toughest one by far was Mike Torrez. I cut him loose in June. Mike had just been through a divorce and had financial difficulties. He was an intense competitor, a battler, and a great guy. But I knew our future was ahead of us. We couldn't be respectable with a so-so thirty-eight-year-old starting pitcher. It was touch on him. He took it hard. He waned to go somewhere else to pitch, but he never did. I called up Brent Gaff and Tommy Gorman from Tidewater, and we traded for hard-throwing Bruce Berenyi. Then I moved Eddie Lynch from the pen into the starting rotation.[/bLOCKQUOTE] I'll find the Sambito passage later. Gots to work.

I'm against it too, but yeah, I agree that if they're going to do, it's good that they're doing it in a thoughtful targeted sort of way. Maybe Edgardo Alfonzo or Turk Wendell or Todd Pratt or somebody shows up for a first pitch.

I fall before the truth tellers. Yeah, I guess Johnson was flashing back to 1984 to recall his kill count.

In Davy Jonhson's Bats, he writes about Joe Sambito. The Mets try to farm him out and he comes to Davy and asks if they're just going to dump him, then dump him. Davy, trying to establish his dominion, says, "Look, I've released three veteran pitchers already this season, and if I wanted to release you, I would. Now go down and get into shape." The three pitchers he was referring to were Mike Torrez (his opening day starter), Craig Swan, and Dirty Dick Tidrow. I guess we're still waiting on Sambito pitching his way into shape.

In a dirty time in the history of a dirty sport, it's not just anybody who can carry around the nickname "Dirt." Hard to imagine a Mets Mustache Showdown where he doesn't at least make the final four. https://cdn.chatsports.com/cache/62/21/6221a81c21a9816eb55184ba4c28a273-original.jpg>

The Castellanos family shows up for Nick's first All-Star Game.

I don't know what the Mets' needs actually are — or at least what they'll be the last two months of the season. I can picture them falling apart and I can picture them tearing away from the division (although the Nats are probably the biggest real threat). Third base could be a real strength for them going forward. So if they really want to muscle up, the best move may be indeed to get a versatile guy like Kelly Johnson. Or Lowrie. Only not Lowrie. But I always want to stand pat.

With the return of the commissioner and the union president meeting the media during the All-Star Break, Commissioner Manfred indicated that the seven-inning double-header and the magic runner thingie are still considered part of COVID protocols and are not expected to continue past the protocol period.

It just seemed that GoFundMe was an outlet for people trying to assemble startup funds for a dream project, and now I almost exclusively hear it invoked for family medical emergencies.

Anaheim totally out-Metsed the Mets, going all-in and selecting pitchers in all 20 rounds.

Momentum toward Connie Mack's White Elephants finding a fourth home city has accelerated, as Commissioner Manfred https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31813025/mlb-commissioner-rob-manfred-says-process-whether-athletics-stay-oakland-endperformed his best mafioso during the All Star festivities. "This is the decision point for Oakland as to whether they wanna have Major League Baseball moving forward." I like that the transcriptionist quoted him as saying "wanna." "Las Vegas is a viable alternative for a major league club, and there are other viable alternatives that I haven't turned the A's loose to even explore at this point." He turns people loose.

A lot of that is me at my worst, insisting on doling out 10 macaroons per game. I gave him 3.94 points, in a broad loss, I think, and that averaged down to 0.79.

BRANDON FUCKING NIMMO GUYZZ!!

Well, damn, I mean, I wrote that back in May. I full well realize this is a moving picture. For what it's worth, even since the crackdown, he's still outperformed Syndergaard and Conforto. But sure, that could look very different on November 1.

"Keep it crass and stupid, Stephen, but not Cowherd stupid." 　　"How about Francessa stupid? Can I go there?" "Mmmm ... yeah, let me chew on that one."

I think you should sometimes pause before hitting submit.

Watching the Home Run Derby. Pete put on a record-breaking performance, goes to the next round. Number 8 seed Juan Soto beats Number 1 seed Ohtani, and the ESPN announcers are distraught. Jessica Mendoza actually said, "We can go home now." ESPN seemed focused on making this all about Ohtani, who understandably is an incredible story. Not sure if Stephen A. Smith's ridiculous comments were planned to stir the pot and play to the storyline, or whether he really is that stupid. Drew Margery https://defector.com/this-is-what-happens-when-espn-only-has-one-pundit/looks at the foot-shooting process behind Stephen A. Smith's awful hot take.

How are those two shots of Askew even the same pitcher? You see a big kick like that and you expect it to be coming from over the top, a la Gooden. Dontrelle had a massive kick, but he came from three quarters.

The offense starts waking up in June, but still, all of the team's PotW winners were pitchers.

So, side note: Am I the only one who thinks he's hair-pluggin'? He seems more or less as thin up top, but with a more defined hairline.

OK, nobody else saw this junk heap? Good?