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Gsellie is looking gsassed.
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A family with Expos hats caught that foul.
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A lot of 3 unassisted for Flores tonight.
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The bunt was wide open for Bruce.
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Pinch-run Reyes at second?
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Edgy MD wrote: That play where the catcher threw the ball to second, and the fielder tags the runner ... what's that play called? It keeps happening. There has to be a word for it.
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That play where the catcher threw the ball to second, and the fielder tags the runner ... what's that play called?
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Growf.
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Does Nimmo run after the catcher takes a pitch off his shoulder?
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I like how the names gradually shrink in length as the lineup progresses. Replace Syndergaard with, say, Jeff Tam, and Rosario with Chin-lung Hu, and we could have a vanishing point.
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Very often, the walk is the failsafe for LOOGy. He comes in with big runners in scoring position, and a lefty threat at the plate, he goes with hard stuff up and in and big breaking curves away. Far better to walk the guy than give up a hit, so he tries to get the guy to chase. Obviously, the walk is less than ideal, but the team is still afloat if it shakes out that way, so I get that there are going to be periods where guys get away from him. But single-single-walk-double, in a game that wasn't even close so you don't have to nibble, that's terrible. Come on, Gordo.
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Phillip Evans silently sobs into his glove.
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To be fair, Gonzalez is old, Latino, and slow. And Flores is youngish, Latino, and slow. And Smith is young, gifted, and black. And slow. They're slow. But man, committing to working Nimmo into the lineup as much as possible solves so very much.
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Ka-POW!!
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Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.29 1988 vs 1991 revised
Edgy MD replied to Benjamin Grimm's topic in New York Mets Talk
How much do these two covers signify a team going in two grossly different directions, despite being a mere three years apart? -
Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.29 1988 vs 1991 revised
Edgy MD replied to Benjamin Grimm's topic in New York Mets Talk
It's a no-brainer, as the 1991-er looks more like a monthly fan magazine. But I have to say, on the 1988, Gary Carter looks like he is being stabbed in the back. -
Down by eight, in the ninth, two runners on ahead of him, ahead in the count 2-0, and Lóbaton swings. Such a messed-up universe.
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One plus three now. Nimmo does what Nimmo does, getting on base when we really needed him to get on base. Got to get him into the lineup.
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The amazing thing about the Reds is that one of the three contracts making up the bulk of their payroll is going year after year to Homer Bailey, who is giving them replacement-level pitching at $20 million per season. They can't develop a pitcher, but they can sure pay one.
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In the great tradition of Vance Worley comes the second organizational depth signing in as many days. Hopefully, he'll be the best Copeland to play in Flushing since The Police rocked Shea. Transactions, 4/19 DirectionCOMINGTransaction=#000000]Signed Away From Miami To Minor League ContractPosition Group=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[fimg=90]http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/571577.jpg[/fimg]NameScott CopelandDoB12/15/87B/TR/R
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Turns out those 1-2 starts weren't for the Mets in September, but for the 51s in April. A.J. has been released.
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Well, they're close to 14, but I don't think you do need 10 guys to use two guys every game. The two-inning guys would be on a three-man rotation. The five-six-inning guys would be on a four-to-five man rotation. Basically what it is now, but the guys pitching the sixth and the seventh (Gsellman, Lugo, Sewald) would be pitching the first and the second.
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What might be the next generation is to use what used to be the long reliever — two-three inning guy — first, starting him and then transitioning into the guys who used to be the starters: [*:1ai9ndza]allowing your star workhorses to appear deeper in the more crucial parts of the game,[/*:m:1ai9ndza] [*:1ai9ndza]allowing you to screw up the opposition's platoon lineups early in the game, and[/*:m:1ai9ndza] [*:1ai9ndza]allowing you to use your best pitchers only if the secondary pitchers (the two-three-inning guys) haven't dug a hole first.[/*:m:1ai9ndza][/list:o:1ai9ndza]
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Yeah, it wouldn't be fair to Mickey to make too much of the meltdown in the deGrom game, when that game saw the starter take a more typical workload and (more typically) get yanked only when he got himself in trouble late. To the extent that game is relevant, it's relevant because of the heavy lifting the bullpen had already done in previous games may (may) have left them less equipped to finish deGrom's show. The main problem with yesterday's yank wasn't that it would offend the Matz brand and the entitlement that may entail, but rather that Matz was cruising at that point and the turnaround may have been a cahnfidence builder. But there was a sweep on the line and if Mickey felt that was the time to go for it, I might argue, but good on him. It's not a game you want to sacrifice to building Matz's confidence.
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What do you think of the early hooks Mickey is throwing at his pitchers? Four, five, maybe six innings even when dominating. Letting his best starters max out at little more than 100 pitches, and yanking the lesser ones before they even hit 80, going to the bench for a pinch-hitter in the middle innings, using the pen liberally every night. It's mostly working, but clearly there are a lot of metaphorical balls in the air, egos that may need stroking, and performances that are going to be hard to sustain. The same bullpen that bailed out Matz last night utterly sank deGrom earlier in the series. And the runaway breaking balls of A.J. Ramos are going to take some getting used to. I'm all for relief pitchers going multiple innings. But when three-inning relief jobbies are part of the design, rather than a situational adjustment strategy, it seems a tough show to keep running.
