Edgy MD

The guy who cues the indian war dance seems to have fallen asleep.

I'd rather a Tejada homer here.

So, who do you have penciled in behind Parnell? Gilmartin? Robles? Goeddel? I mean, sure, Reed. But you know Terry's saving him.

Hi, we're the Mets. We'll be fucking with you for the next three hours.

Heckuvan effort from Maybin.

Good job, BP.

Somehow the Mets have only one error.

Wow! Tough break, Bobby.

Wow. What a time to go to Bobby Pee.

This is a lot like the pre-deadline Mets.

I'm more curious to see Bobby Parnell pitching for his Metly life next inning.

[fimg=600:o1hh2jjc]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/screen-shot-2015-09-13-at-3-42-42-pm3.png[/fimg:o1hh2jjc] Funky decision by the newcomer, going for the DP over the out at home.

Edgy MD wrote: I don't want to be cocky, but I tend to feel like the Mets are ahead 2-3. And now they're ahead in earnest.

Big at-bat for Curtis against the lefty specialist with the bags juiced.

Plawecki seems to have adopted a Wright-like stance.

MFS62 wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Duda not making it easy for Niese. Things like that have caused Niese to dissolve into a puddle of suck in the past. Let's see what happens. Later Niese has done fine. He gave up a two-run inning with one scarcely hard-hit ball. I don't want to be cocky, but I tend to feel like the Mets are ahead 2-3.

RealityChuck wrote: Don't worry. Just look up Mickey Stanley in 1968. So there's always Lagares. Not my ideal model!

Uribe? Or does that thought just add to your worries? Is Uribe at short with a post-season game on the line a palatable thought to you? I imagine not! (And just now a double-play ball goes through the wickets of Uribe at third.) That would be kind of like when Paul Molitor hadn't played third base for about for years, and suddenly had to play it in the World Series. Except far worse. Molitor was twice the athlete Uribe is now. And it's not like he ever played himself off the position. He was moved to DH because of a propensity for getting injured. And third ain't short. David Wright has appeared at shortstop a few times. And maybe Kelly Johnson can play there in a pinch? No, no, no! Worrisome! Shortstop depth chart: Flores Tejada Uribe Johnson Wright deGrom Six deep. No worries. Six deep... or deep six!

Meaning shmeaning. Does the falling of a leaf have meaning? Does the skipping of a stone? Does the whistling of a tune? Meaning is where you find it. You pay money, you cheer, you laugh, you go home delighted or disappointed. Meaning. If Mr. Met is there, how can there be no meaning?

The Mets have depth. The Mets' depth has depth. They are four deep at catcher and six deep or so at every other position. That is, except shortstop. They have two shortstops, and one of them is a guy you'd rather see at second or third. Their de facto third shortstop is Eric Campbell, and if he is in the game over there, something has gone very wrong, and something else very wrong might soon follow. And in fact, if he makes the post-season roster, not a few things have gone startlingly wrong. So, this is how they've mostly gotten through the season, and this is how they intend to make it through the post-season � assuming there is one. But wait, there's more. In order to beef up their roster, the Mets had to add the two remaining shortstop-first players on their roster to the 60-day DL. So Danny Muno and Wilfredo Tovar are ineligible to be activated in any emergencies that might happen over the next 20 games. If the Mets find a sudden need for a shortstop, some crazy roster machinations will have to take place in order for them to activate Matt Reynolds (probably) and his zero games of MLB experience. Reynolds or whoever might end up making his big league debut in the post-season. Like Matt Kiger. I'm trying to see all the angles here. And Sandy, God bless him, has most every angle covered with redundancy. Except at shortstop. Worrying won't help. But I worry.

The Mets are at least a .500 team over their last 5,882 games, going back to Tuesday, August 22, 1978, an improvement of 1 games. Yeah, it's a slow slog, plowing backwards through a loss-heavy season like 1978, but check this out. The Mets are at least a .480 team over their last 8,581 games, going back to Saturday, April 21, 1962, an improvement of 1 games. Yes, in the quest to return to .480, the Mets have dialed the clock back to a time before wins. With each win going forward, the Mets are now chipping away at the franchise's amazing 0-9 start. Tonight's win raises the team's all-time winning percentage to .4796227, the highest it's been since August 2, 2009, when it stood at .4797413.

C�spedes has also cracked the Top 100 in Career Mets Homers. ... T88) Ray Knight: 18 T88) Derek Bell: 18 T88) Ken Singleton: 18 T91) Kirk Nieuwenhuis: 17 T91) Ken Boyer: 17 T91) Vance Wilson: 17 T91) Joe Orsulak: 17 T91) Todd Pratt: 17 T96) Duffy Dyer: 16 T96) Tony Clark: 16 T96) Damion Easley: 16 T96) Yoenis C�spedes: 16 T96) Marv Throneberry: 16 T96) Tommy Davis: 16

Saves in a Season as a Metly, Metly Met Jeurys Familia (2015) Projected to End of Season: 45.63 1) Armando Benitez (2001): 43 2) Armando Benitez (2000): 41 T3) Billy Wagner (2006): 40 T3) Jeurys Familia (2015): 40 5) John Franco (1998): 38 6) John Franco (1997): 36 7) Francisco Rodriguez (2009): 35 8) Billy Wagner (2007): 34 T9) John Franco (1990): 33 T9) Armando Benitez (2002): 33 Worth repeating: This team has hired mercenaries to finish their games for far too long.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Wins are credited very unscientifically. The official scorer should have more discretion. Or we just objectively award partial wins and partial losses which better reflects the team nature of the game.

I'm out of books. Strange sweep. Some of these Braves are still grinding, while others (both of their catchers) seem to just be playing out the string. The Braves are the last team I would expect to see being operated like an insurance fire, but here we are.