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This newly minted ex-Met was talking about his 4 1/2-year-old son: " He was crushed," XXXXXXX said. "He told me, 'you can be a/an xxxxx. I'm gonna be a Met.' And then he didn't come out of his room for almost an hour."

Lynchie.

Tom Glavine? I kid!

Thanks for giving that thread a chance. Mine is "I love playing in Washington," said den Dekker. "I got my first hit in Washington, actually my first home run. I could see the passion from the fans. It's probably one of my favorite places to play, just to see the excitement from the fans and throughout the game. It was a fun place to go and play games. I'm excited to be part of the team now." I'm going with... Mike O'Connor for the second.

Rock has seemingly bought into (1) the notion that, in order to be a Mets fan, you must be bitter, and (2) Spike's tired, dated thesis that MLB and the Mets in particular have betrayed the black fan.

Terry's given us some fair warning that Flores ain't been looking like Flores, having lost 10 pounds during his illness. Anybody want to give us a scouting report on them pitchers?

I see what you're doing putting d'Arnie far forward against the lefty, but he's been ice cold and looking lost.

d'Arnaud would be great because he looked awful the last weeks of the season. Can't figure out how he hopes to sustain the Julio Franco stance. I'm going little-d too, but betting on deGrom.

I love the body language on this: TC: "I mean... which is it, Matt? Are you selfish, a dumb- ass, or a fuck-up? Because those are the only three pos- sibilities anyone's come up with so far? Actually, I'm wrong. Those are the best three possibilities." MH: "(Just keep pushing me, little man.)"

Zvon wrote: Photos of him with his cap off always throw me. Guest-starring Bob Ross!

I'm Sterling Marte. I have professional pride.

That kid has sadly cursed his team. Hey, Bucfans... stop heading to the exits. Don't be like Yankee fans!

That's a first down, man! FIRST AND FUCKING TEN!!! Get over here, Dude!! I love you. YOU HEAR ME?!! I LOVE YOU!!!!

I'm declaring July 3 and July 26 to have been games one and two of this series.

The implication is that the strategy will be mostly futile, considering they were expecting Arrieta to go at least six.

So, this Kyle Scwarber character is a player, huh?

And as Pete Rose undermined the integrity of baseball and baseball games, this threatens to undermine the integrity of the upcoming Pete Rose decision.

Not in my 'sperience. Every other mook I run into on the social media tries to tell me that I Wright sucks and couldn't hold Alfonzo's jock.

It think that had to happen anyhow. Anyways, we've got what looks to be our NLDS roster set! 1) We have an 11-man staff with no fewer than six starting pitchers. Colon and Niese appear to be ticketed for bullpen duty, but are listed here as starters because I'm a little bit lazy. 2) Two guys (Gilmartin and Torres) who have been with the team all season long appear to be ticketed for Nowheresville. That really says something, though I'm not sure what. 3) The extra offensive slot goes to the amazingly redeemed Kirk Niewenhuis. The team can now pick between Johnson if they want a baserunner or Nieuwie for power. On the right side, they have Cuddy, and whoever isn't playing among Tejada/Flores. For speed and defense and the pinch-hitter they use when they used all those guys up, they have Lagares. 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OK, I'll start. [list:18k3e1q6]1) Tommie Agee: 10/4/1969 2) Wayne Garrett: 10/4/1969 3) Cleon Jones: 10/4/1969 4) Tom Seaver: 10/4/1969 5) Jerry Grote: 10/4/1969 6) Ed Kranepool: 10/4/1969 7) Ken Boswell: 10/4/1969 8) Bud Harrelson: 10/4/1969 9) Art Shamsky: 10/4/1969 10) Al Weis: 10/4/1969 11) J. C. Martin: 10/4/1969 12) Ron Taylor: 10/4/1969 13) Rod Gaspar: 10/4/1969[/list:u:18k3e1q6] 1969-10-05 Tug McGraw 1969-10-05 Jerry Koosman 1969-10-06 Nolan Ryan 1969-10-06 Gary Gentry 1969-10-11 Donn Clendenon 1969-10-11 Ron Swoboda 1969-10-11 Ed Charles 1969-10-11 Don Cardwell 1969-10-11 Duffy Dyer 1973-10-06 Felix Millan 1973-10-06 Rusty Staub 1973-10-06 John Milner 1973-10-06 Don Hahn 1973-10-07 Jon Matlack 1973-10-09 Harry Parker 1973-10-09 George Stone 1973-10-10 Willie Mays 1973-10-13 Ted Martinez 1973-10-13 Ron Hodges 1973-10-13 Jim Beauchamp 1973-10-14 Ray Sadecki 1973-10-14 George Theodore 1986-10-08 Lenny Dykstra 1986-10-08 Wally Backman 1986-10-08 Keith Hernandez 1986-10-08 Gary Carter 1986-10-08 Darryl Strawberry 1986-10-08 Mookie Wilson 1986-10-08 Ray Knight 1986-10-08 Jesse Orosco 1986-10-08 Rafael Santana 1986-10-08 Lee Mazzilli 1986-10-08 Dwight Gooden 1986-10-08 Kevin Elster 1986-10-08 Danny Heep 1986-10-09 Bob Ojeda 1986-10-11 Kevin Mitchell 1986-10-11 Tim Teufel 1986-10-11 Rick Aguilera 1986-10-11 Ron Darling 1986-10-12 Doug Sisk 1986-10-12 Sid Fernandez 1986-10-12 Howard Johnson 1986-10-12 Roger McDowell 1988-10-04 Randy Myers 1988-10-04 Gregg Jefferies 1988-10-04 Kevin McReynolds 1988-10-05 Terry Leach 1988-10-05 David Cone 1988-10-05 Mackey Sasser 1988-10-08 Dave Magadan 1999-10-05 Rickey Henderson 1999-10-05 Armando Benitez 1999-10-05 Edgardo Alfonzo 1999-10-05 John Olerud 1999-10-05 Mike Piazza 1999-10-05 Darryl Hamilton 1999-10-05 Turk Wendell 1999-10-05 Benny Agbayani 1999-10-05 Robin Ventura 1999-10-05 Roger Cede�o 1999-10-05 Dennis Cook 1999-10-05 Shawon Dunston 1999-10-05 Rey Ord��ez 1999-10-05 Masato Yoshii 1999-10-05 Melvin Mora 1999-10-06 John Franco 1999-10-06 Bobby Bonilla 1999-10-06 Todd Pratt 1999-10-06 Pat Mahomes 1999-10-06 Octavio Dotel 1999-10-06 Kenny Rogers 1999-10-08 Orel Hershiser 1999-10-08 Rick Reed 1999-10-09 Matt Franco 1999-10-09 Al Leiter 2000-10-04 Joe McEwing 2000-10-04 Rick White 2000-10-04 Lenny Harris 2000-10-04 Jay Payton 2000-10-04 Todd Zeile 2000-10-04 Derek Bell 2000-10-04 Glendon Rusch 2000-10-04 Mike Bordick 2000-10-04 Timo Perez 2000-10-04 Mike Hampton 2000-10-07 Kurt Abbott 2000-10-08 Bobby Jones 2000-10-11 Bubba Trammell 2006-10-04 Jos� Reyes 2006-10-04 Paul Lo Duca 2006-10-04 Carlos Beltran 2006-10-04 Carlos Delgado 2006-10-04 David Wright 2006-10-04 Billy Wagner 2006-10-04 Cliff Floyd 2006-10-04 Aaron Heilman 2006-10-04 Shawn Green 2006-10-04 Jos� Valentin 2006-10-04 John Maine 2006-10-04 Michael Tucker 2006-10-04 Chad Bradford 2006-10-04 Guillermo Mota 2006-10-04 Pedro Feliciano 2006-10-04 Endy Chavez 2006-10-05 Tom Glavine 2006-10-05 Julio Franco 2006-10-07 Chris Woodward 2006-10-07 Darren Oliver 2006-10-07 Steve Trachsel 2006-10-13 Roberto Hernandez 2006-10-13 Anderson Hernandez 2006-10-15 Oliver Perez

Truly Fairest System: Eliminate the post-season entirely. Have all Major League teams play all other teams the same number of times during the regular season, and declare the team with the best overall record to be the glorious champion � shimmering in the majesty of triumph. Use the extra time in the calendar for tournament play: a World Cup, a US Cup, a Federation Cup, etc.

Amazin', right? And he wasn't even hurt during those other months. He was just playing really badly and accumulating no pointage.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: How about this? It's sorted by game date by lineup position. It looks like the 100th postseason Met chronologically is the first alphabetically, Kurt Abbott. This list isn't in true order of appearance. In that first game, for example, Al Weis pinch ran for Art Shamsky in the fourth lineup spot, which puts him ahead of Ken Boswell on the list. If you want to refine the exact order, you'll have to take a look at how each game unfolded, but this should be a good starting point for anyone interested in doing that. 1969-10-04 Tommie Agee... That's good stuff. It shouldn't be too hard to sort out from here.

But 150 is within reach. Any chance you can place that in chronological order, with Agee, Garrett, and Jones up top?

Yeah, well, you should have won the division. Keep in mind, as disappointing as this "coin flip" of a game may seem with regard to just outcomes, the mere prospect of them gave us a month of exciting baseball as teams doggedly pursued the division title right up to the last days in order to avoid having to play one.