Edgy MD

Yes and he's still the man.

They eventually learned that it was ruled an illegal block by the Home-Recker.

Recker didn't block nuttin'. They were dumbfounded by his sexiness.

Well, I wouldn't say that they're ruining baseball, but I disagree with the call.

Hey, wayaminnit! Niese is Hawkman. Yesterday, today, always.

Is the Breuer thing breaking everybody up? I'm trying to get on board, but... .

The point is to note the progress in the effort to win 300 more games (indeed 361) and get even. I found it interesting and encouraging that � as historically slow a slog as that is, even when the team is playing well � they've knocked 2.7% off that deficit in the last 10 games.

And that's what the idea is. To push the date from which you can measure yourself as a winning team (or at least, a break-even one) back to the beginning of the franchise � something the Yankees likely did in their first few years of existence and haven't had cause to look back.

I'm not sure why we'd want that date closer, but looking more recently, they've played 1.000 baseball over the last eleven days, the greatest show on earth over that period.

I shudder when I hear of somebody getting a boner.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I wouldn't be too alarmed by injuries that occurred eighty years ago. Well put. Dean's injury is like Willie Mays' final year in that people tend to take it as more illustrative of... something... than it really is.

Maybe, but Redman John Franco didn't cash it in when his ligament blew out after 40.

Ceetar wrote: Julio (Capital of Iran) against Bartolo (final section of the digestive system) Col�n is also a port city of Panama.

Colon is Woozy Winks, I thinks.

Being an .800 team on a 10-game winning streak has it's historical advantages. One of them is that, with every win, the Mets erase some of the red on their historical ledger, pushing back the date further to which they can claim being historically a .500 team. Right now, as you might guess, the claim of decency takes the team back to the Joe Torre era, as true consistency did not arrive until his reign fell. Last night's win, specifically advances Mets decency backwards all the way to game 27 of the 1979 season, on May the 10th. That game, the last of a four-game losing streak, saw staff ace Craig Swan hammered for eight runs in 2 1/3 innings on the way to a 14-1 loss to Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium. Ugly things happened on West Coast trips back then. A sixth-inning homer by Lee Mazzilli accounted for all the Mets scoring that night. That was far more than offset by the homers the Mets yielded to Ron Cey, Bill Russell, and Steve Yeager. Congratulations, Wilmer and Lucas. You not only redeemed Dillon Gee last night, but you redeemed Craig Swan. With the right amount of pluck and luck, the Mets have a good chance to wipe 1979 clean off the ledger this season. [fimg=750:2lu4rvbv]http://www.ultimatemets.com/scorecard_graph.php?game=2796&font=1[/fimg:2lu4rvbv]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think that a roving reporter can enhance the game. I remember thinking that the guy before Kevin (I forget his name) brought nothing at all to the table... Chris Cotter, Fox Business reporter, damn glad to meet you.

I'm all about shallow outfield play. I think Keith is too. Get to the stuff in front of you, and anything that gets over your head is between the pitcher and the batter, but you don't want him reaching safely on junk. It's just, that play was the downside of playing shallow. Nonetheless, Young's wheels vs. Laggy's arm, everybody starting from zero, my bet is on EY every time. The real sin was the curve ball down and in that Young tattooed for a triple. Too much plate. I think by now we all know that you throw that guy heat high and away.

Of course the arm is over-rated. What has made his arm effective is getting to hits faster and getting rid of it faster. Standing and waiting for a fly to drop into his glove, while the runner is standing on third � all things are equal but the skills, and his arm isn't all that. But you know, this is a CATCH-ALL thread. That's content for the THROW-IN thread, should the need for one arise. [youtube:2wottojz]emKaIGh1BEU[/youtube:2wottojz]

It's not gonna be like this forever. Gotta enjoy it while we can. [youtube:9hlqauoj]c6vU_oN_Mwc[/youtube:9hlqauoj] [youtube:9hlqauoj]cz1CISxoyYY[/youtube:9hlqauoj] [youtube:9hlqauoj]8wGPKUyUEiE[/youtube:9hlqauoj]

I think they're waiting for warmer weather, or keeping her on a strict innings limit, or something.

Gwreck wrote: Edgy MD wrote: With a good Mets team on a tear and possibly on the verge of a gilded era, is there even a market for Megdal's scandalmongering act anymore? Actually, as Megdal - and many others - have said, winning is exactly what the Mets have needed to put this behind them. Win games and nobody needs to talk about the Wilpons' finances. Keep it rolling, Mets! Yeah, Megdal's a real prophet.

'Cuz he catches all. Get it? Like this Maysian grab.

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With a good Mets team on a tear and possibly on the verge of a gilded era, is there even a market for Megdal's scandalmongering act anymore?

Buddy gets the one-out win.