Edgy MD

Now that Gilmartin is no longer the guy you don't want to use in a game situation, O'Flaherty has inherited that mantle. Unfortunately, even with those guys, circumstances still force you to use them in win-lose situations once every week or two, and last night was that night for O'Flaherty. Hopefully that's the last time such a circumstance comes up in August, and he can use the first half of September to try and find himself in lower leverage spots.

Here's a tip: When you've got an All Star hitter in a deep slump, you leave him the hell alone. Oh, look, he had a homer and a double last night. Too late.

He was alright. He was right near the mic pointed at home plate, so you could hear his claps and cheers.

Did you like 1979? John Paul II returns to Poland. The Happy Meal is born. The death of Sid Vicious, the breakup of ELP, and the conversion of Donna Summer leads to a simultaneous cultural abdication by punk, prog, and disco, leading to the ascendency of... I dunno... Eddie Rabbit or somebody. Did you like it? Because it's over. The Mets are now at least a .500 team over their last 5,832 games, going back to Tuesday, September 26, 1978, an improvement of 14 games, and several months. Yessiree, we're a .500 team back to 1978 and that's a key goal of mine for the season scratched off. The Mets are now an honorably mediocre team stretching across the lifetime of current Mets Juan Uribe and Michael Cuddyer, as well as former Mets Johan Santana, Chris Aguila, Jorge Julio, Dave Williams, Jon Rauch, Ryan Church, Dicky Gonzalez, Jaime Cerda, Aaron Heilman, Xavier Nady, Val Pascucci, and Jeff Duncan, still off somewhere thanking God for his fingers. All have lived their entire lifetimes in a world where the Mets are defensibly decent. Even more tellingly, this takes us past the trade of Jerry Koosman for Jesse Orosco, a meridian of a sorts itself in Mets history, trading a left-hander with a world of history behind him for a left-hander with a world of history in front of him. The Mets are a .500 team back into Jerry Koosman's tenure. And that's pretty cool. Historical redemption. That September day featured a Mets win, behind the arm of Craig Swan and the surprising bat of Tim Foli (3-3 with an HbP). Check it out, Keith! Dale Murray whiffed you in the ninth! [fimg=800]http://www.ultimatemets.com/scorecard_graph.php?game=2765&font=1[/fimg] That's a very Metly infield for St. Louis. The team's all-time winning percentage � .4791740 � is the highest it has been since Friday, July 12, 2012, when it sat at a slightly more lofty .479190.

Familia is a found man. Nice to show they still have the heart to win the tight one.

Nice to see Wright make that play without shuffling his hands and feets. Whew.

Familia looking for four.

Tonight's most fascinating person behind home plate is Pre-School Girl Captivated by Yearbook.

Get off the field, Phillies.

Shoulda pinch-hit for Johnson there.

#smarterthangary

Which Met hit the most homers at the Vet? Gotta go with Straw.

Gotta get nine more outs. Yes, I go to Clippard in the seventh.

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Strike two was your pitch, Davey.

Yeah, I was told this would be the third-best game of the season. What's up with that?!

Murphy to his left! Murphy to his right! I don't care As long as he comes tonight!

By the way, you've got a road trip to Baltimore and Phillie, whose dumb idea was it to send the team to Denver in between? Who make an itinerary like that, Steve Miller?

Nice knowing you, Daniel Murphy. Wear some extra armor out there.

I tuned in and Ronnie is asking "How can you not, in a game like last night, knock somebody down?" Ronnie, Cespedes got hit hard.

The Nat Daddies have reportedly re-set their rotation to ensure that Max Scherzer faces the Mets twice more going forward.

Notable is that Cespedes is one lazy-assed baserunner � including last night � and one of these days, I suspect, that trait of his will munch on the Mets' behinds.

I saw that. I thought that post was here and I was looking all over for it. I'd say your hypothesis is half confirmed, at least.

Heyman reporting that deGrom was feeling poorly yesterday, having eaten something that disagreed with him. I'm guessing... [fimg=500:617s09zx]http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2012-10-16-14carls_fbook.jpg[/fimg:617s09zx] But even the Cheese Steak Curse could stop the Mets.

Me, I flip/flop Wright and Cespedes. Then I flip/flop Conforto and Johnson. From day-to-day, I can't suss out the reasoning with regard to these lineups. From day-to-day, it mostly doesn't seem to be an issue.