Edgy MD

It doesn't burn us after all. Heckuva challenge pitch from Reed.

"Man, Yoenis, you can't be caught playing that deep." � Eric Young, Jr.

Reed's slider has more of curveball-type a top-to-bottom break.

JERRY!!

My computer froze up and I missed it. Dwight Gooden, who played with Colon, predicted this on air (back in 2014, I think).

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Here's a triple!

I'm not vaunting the KC model but rather a hybrid. One that places the batting average (and all metrics) above average, but also spreads the defenders around, puts pressure on the defense, and is capable of grinding out single runs when needed, in addition to scoring them in bunches. I would also like if they could rotate my tires and help me get my poetry career off the ground, but since we were on the subject, I thought I'd mention it.

Man, Gervais is over-exposed, isn't he?

It amazingly worked. The batter hit it hard right into the shift and the runner on third held. The next batter faced a traditional configuration, and he hit a game-winning single through the hole between first and second that had just re-opened. I would have positioned two of those infielders deeper, but congratulations to Mattingly for such a non-traditional deployment. Two outfielders, five infielders, four of them between first and second, and all of them at the lip of the grass.

Make way for the number one draft choice folks. I was searching for a Jerry Manuel-as-a-Padre card, but I'd sooner find a leprechaun.

Contact hitting. Control hitting. It's a largely dead art and it's that much deader with Murphy gone. Our power all the way through the lineup is a nice thing, but I don't know how many times I can take going through the fifth with a no-hitter going against us. I don't know how many times I'm supposed to congratulate Granderson or Duda on well struck outs that got eaten up by the shift. I'd rather have the mid-70s Reds than the early sixties Yankees as it were. I mean, it's sure nice to be a good enough that that's something like a real choice, but with the power-ball era over, and the promulgation of shifts, somebody is going to be ahead of the curve on returning to Wee Willie Keeler's philosophy, hitting 'em where they ain't, using the whole field, bunting to keep the defense honest, and protecting with two strikes. I'd like that to be my team. Doesn't have to be everybody certainly. Let Cespedes swing a big meat hook every at-bat. But our best teams thrived on the virtues of contact hitters like Hernandez and Backman as much as on the big-ripping ways of Strawberry and Johnson. And even more true was the complement they provided to each other.

Not exhaustive, not complete, but pretty impressive: Amazin' Avenue cites a lot of songs with Met lyrics here. http://www.amazinavenue.com/2016/5/2/11541410/list-mets-references-music-rap-songs That's fantastic stuff. Wish I discovered it for the Metly bloggers thread. But all those reference and no Duke of Iron.

They're all stupid enough. We are all stupid enough. And if I learned nothing else in my years of playing Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, I've learned that intelligence ain't wisdom.

Granderson being robbed all night.

Looking lost and indifferent at the plate. Like they're all guess-hitting and guessing wrong.

Well, our starting pitcher just got one of those scoreless innings I've heard so much about.

Yeah, he's not fooling anybody. Don't go losing this game in your beautiful road gray kit.

Gotta expand a little, Jacob.

Taking Harvey's vitamins.

Damn, Derek Norris, cut that out. Pads hitting the ball hard.

Ty is living up to his first name and then some, hitting .421 through his first 72 plate appearances for Vegas this year.

"Alomar had nothing to be embarrassed about."

Welcome to the Padres. Can I take your order?