Edgy MD

Vin Scully is 100 years old and he's comparing himself to an outfielder who has perhaps lost a step. Amazin'.

No GIF for Synderbombs?

Good to see Walker back in the lineup.

No faith and no love for Logan Verrett.

In your or on the field? Because there's a lot of ways to measure that, as far as WAR to date, and full-season projections. I imagine the projections wouldn't support that (which isn't to say that they'd be right). How about if it's Harvey and Conforto?

Ceetar wrote: I like that Harper isn't afraid to speak his mind, engage in gamemanship, or be fiery. Trump=#00bce7]Harper2016=#00bce7]!

He's 23 and on his third manager. Fourth if you count Jim Riggleman, who was manager when he debuted in spring training. I think they're all terrified of him.

I certainly think 2016 is a go-for-it year. I think they all are. And I think the idea of adding the player who is, now, the best player in baseball — and has been for the last five years — is for it to be a go-for-it move.

I'm not advocating, but the Mets have to be operating from the perspective that Céspedes is in his walk year. Unlike Cespedes, he's signed for four years — at a rate that seems ridiculous on the face of it, but may end up looking bargainaraiffic pretty soon.

Yeah, well, it annoys me that he pulls a homer to left and we watch lighting fixtures exploding in right. I'M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN AND I DEMAND MY FREE MEDIA BE FREE ALSO FROM CONTINUITY ERRORS.

It's been a tough week for the Binghamton Bumblebees. Almost nobody is hitting and the pitching staff has a bad case of the bases-on-balls. The very Metly-named Casey Delgado had gotten off to a great start in St. Lucie, and had sure been looking like a heckuvan indy league reclamation project, but when he was bumped up to Bingo to replace and injured Rainy Lara, he got hit hard in his first start. Oh, well, keep an eye on him anyway. Jeff McNeil had gotten off to a hot start, and had been seemingly playing himself into prospect status, but he's been laid up with double (!!) hernia surgery, and is out until mid-season. The Mets are only a game below .500 at 14-15, and I don't know how they do it, but that still places them in a seven-game hole behind the Rubber Ducks of Akron, running away with the Western Division of the Eastern League. 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GET THAT #31 OFF YOUR BACK, PETERSON!!

Adrian ends an 0-33 stretch at home? My stars and garters.

Wood goes down looking with two in scoring position. The only thing standing between deGrom and getting out of it is Buttley.

Mets come back from a 2-0 defect in the second and they're still out there.

That is a great guess, though sadly not a correct guess. I can't say for certain, but our two remaining Hall-of-Famers may be close to something like the oldest and the youngest Hall of Famers to have faced the Mets.

seawolf17 wrote: 1) How many Mets pitchers have homered? 30 Exactly 30!![/bigpurple] This quiz is too goddamn hard my ass! seawolf17 wrote: 2) How many homers have Mets pitchers hit? 50 Mas que 50. seawolf17 wrote: 7) Which five Hall-of-Famers gave up homers to Mets pitchers? Nolan Ryan Greg Maddux Tom Glavine We actually have three of these guys — Carlton, Jenkins, and Perry. But none of these are among the remaining two. seawolf17 wrote: 8) Which six former or future Mets pitchers have given up homers to Mets pitchers? Tom Glavine Jerry Koosman Bartolo Colon Steve Trachsel Shawn Estes John Maine Trachsel[/bigpurple] is correct, and exactly the type of pitcher you should be guessing, giving up a homer to Rick Reed while pitching for the Cubs on 4/15/98. None of the others, though. Man, what a nothing post-Mets career Maine had. seawolf17 wrote: 9) What is the Mets winning percentage in games when they enjoy a pitcher homer? .500 Such little faith! Higher! seawolf17 wrote: 10) Who are the only two Mets relievers to homer? Jesse Orosco Not the Jess. seawolf17 wrote: 14) Which two future Mets pitching coaches gave up a homer to a Mets pitcher? Dan Warthen Bob Apodaca Warthan is already off the board. Neither him nor Apple Daiquiri seawolf17 wrote: 15) Which team have the Mets victimized the most with pitcher homers? Cardinals The Cards, despite being one of the Mets most frequent opponents, and despite training next door (and therefore easily scout-able) all those years, have only yielded two homers to Mets pitchers. Thank you, Busch Stadium. seawolf17 wrote: 16) Who are the only three players to hit a homer as a Mets pitcher and give up a homer TO a Mets pitcher? Shawn Estes Bartolo Colon Tom Glavine Sorry. None of the above. seawolf17 wrote: 17) Which two Mets pitcher have hit turnaround homers, turning a defecit into a lead? Doc Gooden Ron Darling Neither. As I said, one is of recent vintage, and one goes way back. seawolf17 wrote: 18) How many homers have Mets pitchers hit in interleague play? 3 Less than three. seawolf17 wrote: 19) Who is the only Met pitcher to hit a homer in the ninth or later? Skip Lockwood Locoweed[/bigpurple] is the man. On 7/17/78, Joe Torre went to the ninth with a 6-4 lead in the nightcap of a doubleheader. Lockwood had already given him two innings, but when the first two batters (Tim Foli and Joel Youngblood) failed to get the ball out of the infield, he decided to let Skip bat so he could go ahead and finish the game. Finish it he did, but not before first KABOOMING! the ball into a three-run pad. Good job.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Did he have the homer in the fewest Met at-bats? He did not. The guy I'm thinking of had but 17 plate appearances as a Met, netting a nothing-to-be-ashamed-of four hits, including one homer.

Good guess, man. He was a lefty and everything.

If I told him there was 40 million dollars in it for him, do you think I could convince C�spedes to sign up for some right field duty?

To review 1) How many Mets pitchers have homered? _____________ 2) How many homers have Mets pitchers hit? _____________ 3) Who hit the first? Carlton Willey — batmagadanleadoff 4) Who are they only two Mets pitchers to hit a grand slam? Jack Hamilton — Frayed Knot Carlton Willey — batmagadanleadoff 5) Who hit two in one game? Walt Terrell — John Cougar Lunchbucket 6) Which two Mets pitchers homered in consecutive starts? Tom Seaver — John Cougar Lunchbucket Ron Darling — Frayed Knot 7) Which five Hall-of-Famers gave up homers to Mets pitchers? Steve Carlton Ferguson Jenkins — John Cougar Lunchbucket Gaylord Perry — batmagadanleadoff _____________ _____________ 8) Which six former or future Mets pitchers have given up homers to Mets pitchers? _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ 9) What is the Mets winning percentage in games when they enjoy a pitcher homer? _____________ 10) Who are the only two Mets relievers to homer? Skip Lockwood — John Cougar Lunchbucket _____________ 11) Who had the most homers as a Mets pitcher? Dwight Gooden — John Cougar Lunchbucket 12) Which Mets pitcher homered in the fewest career at-bats as a Mets pitcher? _____________ 13) Which Mets pitcher, who homered as a Mets pitcher, had the most homers over his entire career? Don Cardwell — Frayed Knot 14) Which two future Mets pitching coaches gave up a homer to a Mets pitcher? _____________ 15) Which team have the Mets victimized the most with pitcher homers? _____________ 16) Who are the only three players to hit a homer as a Mets pitcher and give up a homer TO a Mets pitcher? _____________ _____________ _____________ 17) Which two Mets pitcher have hit turnaround homers, turning a defecit into a lead? _____________ _____________ 18) How many homers have Mets pitchers hit in interleague play? _____________ 19) Who is the only Met pitcher to hit a homer in the ninth or later? _____________ 20) Which two Mets pitchers pitched a shutout while homering? _____________ _____________

batmagadanleadoff wrote: 3) Who hit the first? (Carl Willey's) might as well be the first ever HR launched by a Met hurler, too. Carl Willey[/bigpurple] is the correct answer that keeps on giving! Congratulations to you! batmagadanleadoff wrote: 7) Which five Hall-of-Famers gave up homers to Mets pitchers? If you're gonna encourage guessing, put me down for Perry, Drysdale and Marichal as HOF'ers who surrendered HR's to Mets pitchers. Gaylord Perry[/bigpurple] keeps your hot streak alive. Gaylord was victimized 4/18/68 in one of the Cardwell Classics, but your guess luck dries up after that. I bet Drysdale hit one or two off the Mets, though.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: 4) Who are they only two Mets pitchers to hit a grand slam? Carlton Willey is the other. A slam and four shutouts for the '63 Mets. You are goddamn correct! Carl Willey[/bigpurple] went deep against Houston's Ken Johnson in the first half of a doubleheader on 7/15/63. Was a it a Polo Grounds cheapie? I can't say. But four runs scored, and the Mets walked off with a 14-5 laugher.

cooby wrote: 4) Who are they only two Mets pitchers to hit a grand slam? #4. El Sid? On 9/21/89, Sid Fernandez went deep, improbably, off of Dan Quisenberry, one of only two homers the sinkerballer allowed all season. But alas, it was a solo shot, so our second grand slammer is still out there. The big shot we're looking for is in fact the answer to a few of these questions.

Frayed Knot wrote: 13) Which Mets pitcher, who homered as a Mets pitcher, had the most homers over his entire career? #13 Don Cardwell Don Cardwell[/bigpurple] who had three homers during his Mets tenure, had 15 over the course of his career, going back to 1957, and is indeed the guy we're looking for. Always bet on guys named "Don." Drysdale, Gullett... Newcombe. They bring the lumber. Though honestly, Cardwelll's hitting numbers weren't so hot apart from the 15 homers. .387 career OPS. Great answer by you.