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Wilmer, a hit couldn't have said "triple" any more without an official ruling from the commissioner.

Well, Scott Boras can't be everywhere, but yeah, I would've guessed the high-powered agents assign a personal toady to each of their clients.

Moore is not impressing. Not seeing much movement or placement.

Mets equal yesterday's hit total. That glare off the building in right center is bad. I could see that getting a player hurt. Don't know why I never noticed that before.

Doesn't he have a buddy who will drive him to the park if he's sick (or if he's not) no questions asked, call the team if he's sick and sleeping, lie to his girlfriends, or bury a body for him?

Hey, there is a problem! Mets down 2-0 on a homer by Vice President Pence. Who are these guys? The Mets are allowed to play teams outside of their division? Do these games count?

Is there a problem?

Yeah, he was a late scratch two days ago and didn't play yesterday either.

Supposedly in uniform for tonight's game but not yet activated.

It's pretty impressive to go 30 games with but a single new Met and we may end up getting two or three in two or three days.

A noticeable paucity of Cecchini. [table:3f0kzlk5][tr:3f0kzlk5][td:3f0kzlk5][fimg=250:3f0kzlk5]http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/54/67/full/1208_new_york_mets-alternate-2014.png[/fimg:3f0kzlk5][/td:3f0kzlk5][/tr:3f0kzlk5][tr:3f0kzlk5][td:3f0kzlk5] [*:3f0kzlk5]Michael Conforto,lf[/*:m:3f0kzlk5] [*:3f0kzlk5]T.J. Rivera, 1b[/*:m:3f0kzlk5] [*:3f0kzlk5]Jay Bruce, rf[/*:m:3f0kzlk5] [*:3f0kzlk5]Wilmer Flores, 3b[/*:m:3f0kzlk5] [*:3f0kzlk5]Neil Walker, 2b[/*:m:3f0kzlk5] [*:3f0kzlk5]Jose Reyes, ss[/*:m:3f0kzlk5] [*:3f0kzlk5]Rene Rivera, c[/*:m:3f0kzlk5] [*:3f0kzlk5]Juan Lagares, cf[/*:m:3f0kzlk5] [*:3f0kzlk5]Jacob deGrom, sp[/*:m:3f0kzlk5][/list:o:3f0kzlk5][/td:3f0kzlk5][/tr:3f0kzlk5][/table:3f0kzlk5]

Hunter Pence uses MySpace. Mets apparently holding off on the lineup while they wait to see if Cheech arrives in time and in shape to be activated. #VegasBlues

Yeah, sure there's an argument—the same argument that justifies any trade: If the deal they want is available.

Milone has worn 33 at his last two stops. If the Mets really want to punish Matt Harvey ... .

Great job sourcing by Anthony DiComo. [tweet:1h0w413j] [/tweet:1h0w413j]

Name: Adam Wilk Met #: 1,028 Debut Date: 5/7/2017 Debut Performance: 3 2/3 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 3 HR / 0-for-1

Meet Tommy Milone's [crossout]junior prom date[/crossout] wife Tina Milone, who tells me she has the best hubby EVER. [fimg=500]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dqi6mlkaars/maxresdefault.jpg[/fimg] Tina likes animals, animal rights, their daughter Tina, and Bernie Brewer. Wait 'til she meets Mr. Met.

I'm not trying to indict them. I'm just curious how deflating this episode was for them. It was a terrible showing against a fill-in starter.

Unofficial, but Adam Rubin (Rubin!) is reporting that Gavin Cecchini is on his way, slated to take Cabrera's spot on the roster.

I'd go with Arlington, Texas. But Harvey might think it's Heaven. DooDoo isn't going to move while he's hurt, but Smitty might.

I also have old-guy ears.

I saw this film in a luxury theater-bistro. The cuisine was chef-quality, the service was solicitous, the seats were plush and roomy, the music and video before the preview trailers and feature ... were kind of creepy. But what killed me was ... with no expense spared for luxury, the sound really stunk. All the warmth of that seventies music that was embodied in the original GotG, and here I was getting a sequel with carefully Disney-curated 70's pop rock masterpieces, and it sounded like it was coming through laptop speakers. Passing strange. It ruined, like, 87% of the film for me. I guess what I'm saying is, if you're going to see this, make sure your theater has high-quality sound, because whatever warmth their was in the earlier installment was almost all absent for me. I'd still say a large chunk of the spirit of the former GotG was lost, lost in underwriting and forced moments, but I came ready to sacrifice myself nonetheless, but it wouldn't take me. And a little Surround SoundTM might have taken me.

Part of me thinks that David Wright, hanging around the clubhouse with nothing to do but captaining, would have made it his business to get any of the other 24 players to the ballpark and out of the shit, but in Harvey's case, he just said, "Fuck him, let him dangle." Reminds me of my Dad, getting a passed out Jim Beauchamp to the ballpark as an irate Yogi Berra fumed.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Kingsport! Welcome to Kingsport, Matt. I'm your manager Luis Rivera. It's great to have you here. All the other players are working out in St. Lucie. Well, half of them. The other half haven't been drafted yet and are in junior college or some godawful place. They pretty much don't exist yet. But I fully expect you to show up on time for workouts. The elevator down doesn't stop here. Gulf Coast League ... Dominican Summer League ... Venezuelan Summer League ... . Let's have some fun. John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Not that they have to but I'd trade his fat white ass tomorrow if it brought me a decent starting pitching prospect and some help at third base. What the Mets get is the benefit of not losing him eventually, and for already having gotten his best at a good price. It's true his stock is way down but you have to wonder at this point, how much more is to be achieved as a Met? 2013 is not coming back. I also root that he's traded someplace like San Diego or Minnesota. Or maybe to the Rockies LOLOLOLLL I get that his stock is down, but it's down for the Mets as they hold the stocks too, not just for the marketplace. That's lost futures for the Wilpons, who know something about that sort of thing. If trading is what you want to do, trade him for somebody else whose stock is down, and just try real hard to be smarter than the other team. Don't fear the market because the stock is down. Be the smart ones. Some days you pick somebody else's pocket and some days you're on a one-way bus to Turnerville or McHughston. There are 29 teams that want him at some level.

I'm curious what "rumors" Pony Paulie is talking about? Any and all speculation I've seen is what we have here—either that he was the clubhouse prankster or (apparently correct) that his party boy lifestyle was interfering with his obligations to the team. Has Paulie been reading some real dirt? Because in my mind, his tweet opened more doors than it shut.