Edgy MD

Lefty Specialist wrote: I'd like a wide-awake offense, please. We may have a thin-skinned Phillies reliever to thank for the wake-up call.

Bruce just let fly a "FUCK, yeah!"

Flip that bat, Brucie.

“I will not participate in the World Baseball Classic because Carlos Guillen is the least serious and most deceitful [person] that may exist,” Cabrera said, according to a rough translation of remarks reported by ESPN. “What a shame that Omar Vizquel, with all the respect he deserves, is accepting all this scoundrel-ness.” http://nypost.com/2017/02/09/asdrubal-cabrera-is-furious-over-double-cross/ Scoundrel-ness. That's the sort of intrigue that is afoot.

They should have tossed Ramos. And the double warnings are counter-productive.

Has this something to do with the WBC?

That was a weird way to end an inning.

Lucas Duda: All-time MLB leader in no-pitch intentional walks?

Good. First and third and no out. Let's get deGrom off the hook. And then put the Eick on it.

He's got it in the bag. Major leaguers now earn a pension after just 43 days in the bigs. Kelly has rocked it for 76 days of big league service time. He's shakin' the money tree.

Sad, soulful eyes. Human-proportioned body. Funny as heck on social media. Great comic spokesman for the lousy lot of minor leaguers. This'll be his second tour of duty with Toronto.

It seems to me that five-into-four is easy. Among left, center, right, and first, you have four positions to play five guys at, and each of them can play 80% of the time (more or less), achieving the status of "regular." Of course, that would mean Wilmer Flores' first base-against-lefties at bats would have to be taken more at second and third. But Walker and Reyes are certainly not making that an unthinkable option.

Lenny Dykstra's moral blindness is advanced to the point where he is unable to even perceive light. Somehow, in our search for leadership, the media finds more value in stories that begin with "We talked to this D-List trainwreck to find out what he thinks."

seawolf17 wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Eight of the first 10 being active is sort of impressive. Considering that the fences were so far away that the Mets didn't homer at all at Citi in its first four seasons, it's not entirely surprising. I guess I don't mean to suggest that the Mets are providing impressive power (though they are), but rather I guess that they are providing impressive retention. Daniel Murphy excepted.

I have a chronic condition. Dyschronometria.

So, the solution is a hostile march on Bristol?

Eight of the first 10 being active is sort of impressive.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Vinnie Sienna out getting high and missed the assigned photoshoot. Vinny-with-a-y grew up 50 miles away from L.J. Mazzilli, followed L.J. at UCONN, and is now following him up the system into the middle infield bottleneck atop the organization, so he isn't scheduled for his first recreational drug suspension until he reaches Binghamton.

The Mets head down the turnpike to take on the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phils join the Mets in a four-way tie for first at 3-3. (Atlanta's extra-inning win over the Mets in Game Two is their only win so far, so they remain alone in last at 1-5.) Jerad Eickhoff, a man who grew up with a name that either kills you or makes you stronger, defends for the Phils. Yes, it is spelled "Jerad." Righthander Eickoff gave up two runs in 6 2/3 innings against the Reds his first time out. He's not a star, but he's really steady, and while he doesn't scream #1 starter! at you, he may have the best line of any of your rotation fixtures at the end of the year, like last year, when he went 11-14 with a 3.65 ERA. Not particularly strong against lefties though. There's that. Maybe Neil Walker wakes up tonight.

I'm not posting very well, am'n I? Gotta get my head in the game.

There are no Phils-who-were-Mets on the 40-man roster, but it's Juan Samuel tasked with the crucial job of waving guys around third or throwing up the stop sign, and Bob McClure jogging out to the mound to check on his pitchers. Former Mets Extra guy Tom McCarthy is the Phils' lead play-by-play man.

It's a big, crazy scary world out there, and Otis Nixon has been reported missing. [tweet:boooab6z]https://twitter.com/WoodstockPD/status/851226452632756228[/tweet:boooab6z]

The story of St. Lucie in 2017 seems to be injured starting pitching so far. Former Mets assistant batting coach Luis Natera joins brand new manager Chad Kreuter and turn-of-the-century fringy pitcher Marc Valdes in guiding a team with almost a full rotation worth of pitchers on the DL. They've started out 2-2 however, and lefthanded hitting offensive catching prospect Patrick Mazeika has continued his raking ways, smashing to the tune of .333 / .500 / .667 // 1.167 so far. Firstbaseman Peter Alonso and shortstop Colby Woodmansee have jumped the Sally League and come to St. Lucie straight from Brooklyn. Alonso tore it up in Brooklyn last year, so that makes a lot of sense, but Woodmansee was just meh. St. Lucie is proud to introduce this year mugshots with backgrounds that match the color of our roster tables. 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The 2017 Phils aren't only about peanut vendors with racial hangups, they've also recently partnered with Uber. While inexpensive rides to and from the ballpark while you're perhaps drunk is a good thing on the surface, daily news briefs seem to spell out that Uber is just a terrible company run by bad, exploitative, rapacious people. Look for a nu partner, Phils, and one helpful hint might be to look for a corporate name that isn't evocative of the Nazis. You don't want folks to think Peanut girl is running the show. On the phield, Rebuild II is thoroughly underway, as along with the exits of championship-era collosi such as Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Carlos Ruiz, and Jimmy Rollins, so too gone are post-championship, Ruben Amaro-era fixtures such as Cody Asche (to the White Sox via free agency), Darin Ruf (traded to the Dodgers and subsequently released). Several return, but this is gradually becoming Matt Klentak's team. Cameron Rupp returns at catcher. He's an averagish hitter, which is kinda good for a catcher, but he doesn't have a standout skill, offensively or defensively. He's why the term "solid" exists. In his sixth season with the team, he's emerged as a veteran leader, but the phanz have a little trouble getting behind all that because he's an out-of-the-closet Cowboys guy. Lefty-swinging and blandly named Tommy Joseph is entering his first full season taking over at phirst. He's a big meaty Thome-ish white guy who probably went through the minors too fast, but the power is there. Not a huge strikeout guy either. He got off to a slow start this year, and I'm hoping he craps out, but he's better than Ruf on his worst day. Secondbaseman Cesár Hernandez was one of the more punchless guys in baseball for his first few years, but somehow ran into a few last year and put up six homers. (Insert cracks here about Bank One Ballpark and Freddy Galvis' pharmacist.) He's also responsible for the Phils winning their weekend series against Washington, providing a walkoff single yesterday afternoon. He's a small, tough, athletic, wiry guy that probably has a future, but not one with a whole lot of All-Star games in it. Moving on, we have ... I've got to get back to work ... .

. Victory pie![/bigpurple]