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Muno joins the third base brigade. One-two-three in the first for the Utleys.

NBC's go the scoop. Goin' to the Angels for Kash Kinsiderations. I don't know if the splits will bear it out, but he seemed to have more than his share of late- and extra-inning heroics. Let this be a lesson to you kids. Grow a beard during the season, if you must. As the culture of the team evolves, so may you. But start clean in the spring. The first time your life you show up to camp with a job to lose, and you double down on the attention-seeking character? That sort of thing almost always blows up in one's face. Be well, Kirk. Some good outfielding memories go with you.

Agreed. I like the notion of cornering the market on mascots. And Ruben Amaro wonders why the fans hate him.

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Too late, Larry Tate!

Reserves are limping along at .133 / .243 /.217 // .460. About what you'd expect from a benchful of Kris Bensons. And that's only their performance in games they haven't started. Add in what they haven't brought as fill-in starters and injury substitutes, and it's easy to see Met reservists as the main difference between first and second place this year. The Mets bench is like the 2014 Mets pitcher hitting situation. It's almost like, in this one facet of the game, somebody forgot to tell the team that the season had started. Worth noting is that .460 OPS is augmented by among the most inconsequential of pinch-hit homers last week � Ruben Tejada turning an 8�1 defect to 8�2 with a solo shot in the eighth. I'm OK with a launching our Castellanos Missle at the end of this series.

You want a list, then start it with Eric Campbell. He's our bat-first reserve infielder, but he's given so little to this lineup 100 plate appearances into his season that he has me looking closely at the likes of Casey McGehee and Alberto Callaspo. I... don't like... Casey McGehee and Alberto Callaspo.

dgw stole my igt mojo. I'm stealing it back. Noah Syndergaard, who that thief dgw promised would be in the minors by now, is looking to even up his record, taking on phringey Philadelphia journeyman starter Sean O'Sullivan.

Stormtroopers.

Don't ask Zvon about Wilmer Flores. Ask THIS Phillies phan: Nick Nykiel ?@Nick_NyQuil24 2h2 hours ago Fuck Wilmer Flores and everything he stands for My shit list has Troy Tulowitzki, Starlin Castro and Ian Desmond, who can collectively consume Wilmer's undergarments.

Yeah, 0-2 in bunting is an embarrassing failure. I'm all for giving Wally the reins if it means he doubles as bunting coach.

Sounds like the Steve Gelbs Hologram Generator is low on power.

Wilmer's the best thing they've got going right now.

The bunt is still damn close to a gimme.

Pick your extra-inning hero. I'm going with Laggy.

Zvon wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: But it wasn't a homer and that's what he was brought in to do ... or so I heard. I never said he was brought in for anything. I never put it that way. He was in. Our selection for the position was what we had. He was selected as the starting shortstop and the team is trying to sell me on his power, his ability to add punch to a line up that needs it. So I have my expectations. And he did punch that liner for an RBI. Bah, the team isn't trying to sell you on anything other than their guarantee that you'll have the time of your life. You're overthinking this.

Whelp, I guess it's too late to suggest we should have pinch-run for Duda. Not sure we still shouldn't, with Francouer in right, but it's not like there are any obvious candidates. (Muno?)

And the lead is wrested by the Brotherly Lovers. Bad pennage.

I'm all for the Mets laying bunts against the shift, as terrible as their bunting is. Bunt like fiends.

Ceetar wrote: it's certainly not my job to educate you. Sheesh, you can be a real snotty guy, you know that? I'll put my education up against anybody's. You made a claim. I respectfully disagreed, and then you got all opinion-stated-as-fact with "well, you can disagree all you want, the statistics bare out the truth." If you don't understand that puts the burden of proof on you, I don't know what to tell you. I often don't know what to tell you. Either you can back up this contemptuous claim or you can't.

He's like the Reverse Al Leiter.

Zvon wrote: It's all about expectations. Well, I have another list. And mine is all about wins.

Here's the thing, guys: I don't even like your bunting technique.

You won't find any non-Mets on my shit list because I don't give a shit about non-Mets. I don't care one iota about shortstops playing for other teams and what they have to do. I agree! Let's keep this in the family. 1962: Chacon � 22 errors at shortstop, 2 HR. Shit list. 1963: Moran � 27 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. List of shit. 1964: McMillan � 14 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. Name written in shit on a list made of paper, 1965: McMillan � 27 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. Name written in ink on the a list made of shit. 1966: Bressoud � 16 errors at shortstop, 8 HR. Don't sit next to that guy making a list. Trust me. 1967: Harrelson � 32 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. You give shit a bad name. 1968: Harrelson � 15 errors at shortstop, 0 HR. Lista de mierda. 1969: Harrelson � 19 errors at shortstop, 0 HR. Liste de merde. 1970: Harrelson � 21 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. List stercore. 1971: Harrelson � 16 errors at shortstop, 0 HR. Condemned by the Federal Bureau of Lists. 1972: Harrelson � 16 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. Even his mother shitlisted him after this season. 1973: Harrelson � 10 errors at shortstop, 0 HR. Why even bother writing? List typed up this season with a shit-covered ribbon. 1974: Harrelson � 17 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. It's like a shitty nocturne written by Liszt. 1975: Phillips � 31 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. Prospect watchers raved about his shit list potential. 1976: Harrelson � 20 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. You say shit. I say list. Together? Shit list! 1977: Harrelson � 6 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. Spray paint it on the wall if you want. It's still a shit list. 1978: Foli � 18 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. Crazy Horse made the Crazy Horseshit List this season. 1979: Taveras � 25 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. Mets/Battlestar Gallactica fans put him on their "Feldercarb List." 1980: Taveras � 25 errors at shortstop, 0 HR. You could pre-print your shitlist at the beginning of the year with Frank's name already on it. 1981: Taveras � 24 errors at shortstop, 0 HR. It's a stone cold fact that you can't bunt your way off the shit list. 1982: Gardenhire � 29 errors at shortstop, 3 HR. Such shit list potential this guy lost to injuries. 1983: Oquendo � 21 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. Perhaps our youngest-ever shit list member. 1984: Oquendo � 7 errors at shortstop, 0 HR. I had a nightmare this guy was on the shit list. I woke up and IT WAS TRUE. 1985: Santana � 25 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. By day, New York Mets shorstop. By night, denizen of The List. 1986: Santana � 16 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. Raffy actually made Schindler's Shit List this year, which I didn't even know was a thing. 1987: Santana � 17 errors at shortstop, 5 HR. Year of the Homer. Still, not a year without a shit list. No sir. 1988: Elster � 13 errors at shortstop, 9 HR. One of the great efforts in avoiding the shit list. It failed, of course. 1989: Elster � 15 errors at shortstop, 10 HR. Set a defensive record AND hit for power? You're still on the list, buddy. 1990: Elster � 17 errors at shortstop, 9 HR. Here, write your own name. I've got a cramp. 1991: Elster � 14 errors at shortstop, 6 HR. The neighbors don't talk to you anymore. They just refer to you to third parties as "The guy with all those lists." 1992: Schofield � 7 errors at shortstop, 4 HR. This one-year Met had ONE chance to make the list. He came close to missing but he WOULD NOT DISAPPOINT. 1993: Bogar � 8 errors at shortstop, 0 HR. A Ron Gardenhire for a new generation. Always trying to get healthy enough to make ONE MORE LIST. But he made one, and that's something. 1994: Vizcaino � 13 errors at shortstop, 3 HR. The shit list became computerized this year. On a shitty computer. 1995: Vizcaino � 10 errors at shortstop, 3 HR. Phillip Glass set the shit list to music this year, and included a Vizcaino Overture. 1996: Ord��ez � 27 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! Shit list. 1997: Ord��ez � 9 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. Among other records, Rey set the standard for most internal punctuation in a name on the shit list. 1998: Ord��ez � 17 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. Fran Healy said Rey's secret was that he went into the season CAHNFIDENT that he'd be on the shit list. 1999: Ord��ez � 4 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. A gilded year for infield defense. And the gold was wrapped in a list of PURE SHIT 2000: Bordick � errors at shortstop, HR. Sort of a Rey Ord��ez shit list interregnum. Get it? InterREYgnum. HA! HA! HA! HA! 2001: Ord��ez � 12 errors at shortstop, 3 HR. Shit list comeback of the year. 2002: Ord��ez � 19 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. Rey had his own shit list composed of Met fans. Turnabout is fair play! 2003: Reyes � 9 errors at shortstop, 5 HR. Copies of his rookie shit list are going for a pretty penny on eBay. 2004: Matsui � 23 errors at shortstop, 7 HR. ???????? 2005: Reyes � 18 errors at shortstop, 7 HR. Nobody made out a shit list like Willie Randolph. It was like calligraphy. 2006: Reyes � 17 errors at shortstop, 19 HR. OMYGAWD! A METS SHAWTZTOP HAS ESCAPED THE SHIT LIST!!!! 2007: Reyes � 12 errors at shortstop, 12 HR. A tie does NOT GET YOU OFF ZVON'S SHIT LIST, JOS�. You're back in the doghouse, man! 2008: Reyes � 17 errors at shortstop, 16 HR. YOU'RE FADING, MAN! 2009: Cora � 6 errors at shortstop, 0 HR. Cora was the first Met to lead shorstops in games played while not hitting a homer in 16 years. It's like he made the shit list through early admission. 2010: Reyes � 15 errors at shortstop, 11 HR. Get rid of this stooge. Shit list veteran at this point. 2011: Reyes � 18 errors at shortstop, 7 HR. Batting titles don't make up for shit lists, Jos�. 2012: Tejada � 12 errors at shortstop, 1 HR. He's on the All-Time Shit List Short List 2013: Quintanilla � 8 errors at shortstop, 2 HR. Suckiness etched in stone. Stinky, stinky stone. 2014: Tejada � 9 errors at shortstop, 5 HR. And finally, unless Flores anti-rallies with his glove, Ruben could be the last in a long line of shit-listers for quite a while. That's 53 years and 52 shit-listers. You, mein freund, have one impressively high standard.

The Florida State League's PotW is Michael Conforto. The second time this season he's won the honor. Click the link for more exciting stuff. He leads the league in total bases with 84, and is in his first full year of pro ball.