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One way out of that spot is to celebrate that you have a several internal options at third if and when Wright can't answer the bell, and recruit elsewherez.

The Mets have plenty to trade, if that's what they want to do. Don't you worry your big orange head.

Yeah, if the problem with our (myriad) in-house solutions is a lack of OBP, I don't think Fray-Fray is particularly more appealing than Moustakas. If we're looking to add OBP, consider second base, or perhaps outfield, and consider the trade market rather than limit ourselves to the free agent market. (Though I McHate trades.) Or, if they want to go big, build a package around Smitty to go get Votto, but I've done enough damage to that horse.

Or maybe they looked at these guys, bandied their names around, and chose not to invite them for interviews.

How about a little life from the BEST POSTSEASON PLAYER EVER?

Lefty Specialist wrote: Kiner's Korner. Good one. And before it was Kiner's Korner, it was Greenberg Gardens.

Steve Blass Disease. Tal's Hill.

Dallas Keuchel, for what it's worth, has absolutely mowed the Yankees down in his career to date.

That's brain thinking. It seems to me that the cities and the leagues are already in place to build Division 2 and Division 3. Just declare an end to affiliation (which the courts should do anyhow) and they will naturally try to enrich their teams by paying loaner fees to the big league teams for their minor leaguers and pursuing players of their own. Gradually, big league teams will keep fewer and fewer non-big leaguers under contract as they suddenly have new competition for not-yet-ready players, and a balance will be struck among the lower divisions with regard to players under contracts of their own vs. ringers on loaner arrangements.

I would piss lemon juice for the chance to have Gary Apple's job. Instead, I'll take the TCD17. All hail Ben.

Jim Deshaies coined the term "getting Hubie'd" for the process by which a ballplayer appears on the Hall of Fame ballot and gets no votes, a la Hubie Brooks.

There's the Joba Rules, but I guess if the term isn't really used outside of discussing the actual player, it's kind of weak.

Two from the backstops: The Yeager Protector. The Buster Posey Rule.

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Yeah, one of my working assumptions was that NYY/BOS, CHC/STL, and SFG/LAD couldn't be broken up.

Yankees forgetting to stink this inning.

That's a big yup. Continuing to let pitchers hit isn't a cause that has a big natural constituency when the powers-that-be gather around the table. The main argument the persistence of the rule has in that room is that it's part of the National League's identity. No National League, and that angle is gone.

Getting spurned by Ausmus is kind of sticking in my craw a little bit. I can't tell you much about him, but he's certainly one of the handsomer managers around. Maybe he's already been promised the Boston job, but they can't hire him until they go through an official hiring process, and interview X amount other candidates.

You're Sandy Alderson, and you're torn. You look over the second half of your final 12 managerial candidates and you realize there are two ways forward. Younger guys (relatively younger) may be more potential than experience, but the old guys are old. Will they have the vitality left to run your show, or be able to keep up with current trends. The Mets assigned you only look at experienced guys to steer you away from having to live or die on a leap of faith. But it's a leap of faith any way it shakes out, isn't it? It's just a different type of faith. And now you're looking at six guys, four of whom are collecting social security. Who among them can you see managing the Mets on opening day? Pick TWO and LIVE with the consequences! MgrAgeTeam(s)YrsFromToWLW-L%TiesG>.500GWpostLpostW-L%postBestFinWrstFinAvRkPlyof AppWSwonPennWonASGMets Connection[fimg=90]https://d3k2oh6evki4b7.cloudfront.net/req/201709071/images/headshots/2/21414447_manager.jpg[/fimg]Brad Ausmus49DET420142017313331.4860-1864403.000163.31000[fimg=90]https://d3k2oh6evki4b7.cloudfront.net/req/201709071/images/headshots/3/37b017b6_davis.jpg[/fimg]Chip Hale53ARI220152016148176.4570-2832400343.50000Third base coach, 2009-2010; interviewed to be manager in 2010-2011 offseason.[fimg=90]https://d3k2oh6evki4b7.cloudfront.net/req/201709071/images/headshots/1/18ed0c6b_davis.jpg[/fimg]Davey Johnson75NYM, CIN, BAL, LAD, WAS171984201313721071.562230124452526.490151.96111Made last out of 1969 World Series for Baltimore; managed and instructed in Mets minor leagues, 1981-1983; managed Mets 1984-1990[fimg=90]https://d3k2oh6evki4b7.cloudfront.net/req/201709071/images/headshots/a/aaf0e288_davis.jpg[/fimg]Charlie Manuel74CLE, PHI12200020131000826.548017418262922.569141.76122[fimg=90]https://d3k2oh6evki4b7.cloudfront.net/req/201709071/images/headshots/4/46a871db_davis.jpg[/fimg]Bobby Valentine67TEX, NYM, BOS161985201211861165.50402123511311.542273.72011Mets player, 1977-1978; Mets third-base coach, 1983-1985; Mets manager, 1996-2002.[fimg=90]https://d3k2oh6evki4b7.cloudfront.net/req/201709071/images/headshots/2/2cd3542e_davis.jpg[/fimg]Whitey Herzog86TEX, CAL, KCR, STL181973199012811125.532315624092625.510162.66133Mentored by original Mets manager Casey Stengel; Mets third base coach, 1966; Mets minor league manager, 1967; Mets director of player development, 1967-72. The next-generation Stalker Sport 2 is the powerful, and easy to use baseball solution. Quickly and easily measure pitching and running speeds with (2) active speed windows. All 30 Major League Baseball teams use Stalker Baseball guns. In a class of their own, Stalker Baseball guns dramatically outperform other "toy radar" guns. Simple operation, certified accuracy, greater range, true pitch speeds, and consistent readings make Stalker Baseball guns stand alone. Use it to coach and scout at the amateur level, or bring it to the ballpark and end up in the custody of homeland security. Stalker! A gun whose very name suggests criminal intent!

You would have to stack a terrific amount of games (24 each?) against the same three opponents, and the majority of your games would still be extra-divisional. There are no good answers, except one big league, and no post-season.

I like how Wayne thinks the comma delineation rule should be used in the northeast and midwest, but not in the south and far west.

Oh, butt.

OK, maybe not, but Bregman brings one home. Hey, maybe this comes down to a pinch-hitting Beltran.

Let's go, 'Stros. You can't keep a Springer down!