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Yeah, keep your eyes peeled for a leftfielder/firstabasio type. I wonder if the return of Gee could mean the Mets get a little drunk and go to market with Colon.

The former. He seems like a well-liked leader of men, but he has impressed me as strategically unsound every time we run into the Padres. I like a team, like the Twins, who weather down periods and stick with their manager and don't try and scapegoat him when things don't work out, but Black doesn't win me over like Gardy. And I'm rooting for him, as I root for any manager who isn't a former secondbaseman/catcher/reserve infielder. With regards to the general theme of this thread, it seems that, whatever the failures during the season, it seems to be unclear where the upgrade needs to be. The team's biggest problem has gravitated from fifth starter to closer to shortstop (for a while) to left field, with occasional visits to right field and catcher. If this team gets a chance to make an upgrade, it's got to be in left, correct? Or do you stick with shorty? Because, even with a sudden power surge from Young, and Lagares coming back, we're still far from money in the bank in left.

Well, I'm just asking you to accept it for the sake of argument. For an ephemeral moment, in order to explore the logic of the bunt play. It's a non-committal thing.

The difference with the bunt, to me: 1) Let's accept for the moment that taking the extra base and stealing and leaving your best/hottest/older players in when a team has a substantial lead in the late innings is a bad thing. By a Western version of a Japanese code of honor, it is good to honor your opponent by not being aggressive while your opponent is down, by forcing plays that would not otherwise occur, and heck, may risk injury. 2) Even in that context, it's generally accepted that those players remaining in a game should do what it takes to not make outs --- to hit, walk, take extra bases in stand-up situations at least, to complete homerun trots. They have honor of their own to protect. And it honors neither yourself, the game, the fans, nor the opponent to intentionally fail outright and subtract points from one's averages. It's a game of percentages. Failure is counted against you at the end of the year. 3) In that sense, why should the (very weak-hitting) pitcher be forced to give up his naturally occurring role there? He is forced not to accept what is handed to him ---- a sacrifice situation, which spares him the indignity of swinging the bat --- and forced to do what he is worst at and damage his own already abysmal batting record. It's good to have conversations about the unwritten rules of blowouts once in a while, because it means that our team actually blew somebody out.

If we have all the success arc --- plus a few more championships --- that has ultimately resulted in the half-hearted tomahawk chop, I'll sign up as fast as my Faustian lawyer can draw up that contract. When things become tired, we can be the force that pushes for something new. And I'll be you my "Who Let the Dogs Out?" CD single that tired won't seem all that tired if the team is winning. But the team organically finding a means to generate esprit d'corps? And the possibility that the equally (more?) demoralized fan base might jump on board? I'd suck the gas out of Matt Harvey's Escalade to get some of that juice. Lunchbucket wrote: But I'm digging this new spirit and of course it began following the Marcel Ozuna Game when I was moved for the first time this year to abandon all hope. I recall that the exact words were "I can't believe I'm waving the white flag on June 20." So, it's even more thrilling that this whole movement is a big symbolic/ironic/sarcastic FU to JC Lunchbucket. The Mets hate that guy. You show him, Mets!

I was trying to think about I'd trade one for the other, and then I realized the Yankees' bitter pill is costing them $10.5 million more to swallow. Crikey. Alderson may not have rolled the dice on the right guy, but at least he kept the terms so as to limit the burden of the commitment. No dummy, he. To answer, this game was truly wonderful. It cuddled up with me, spoke sweetly, and didn't stop till I wavered off to sleep, it's perfume sprinkle a summer rain lingering on the roses as I was claimed by a dreamland that could offer me few delights to compare.

He sure unpacked that delivery from Kaz Money.

And they do!!

Guy Conti: genius!!! Let's interview Young.

Well, unless a bullpen disaster occurs, that third homer will have to wait for another day.

El Releasiado batting sixth and playing centerfield tonight.

As the home team, we likely won't see an offensive ninth. So Young will need a Mets rally to get another shot.

Grandy should probably be out of the game by now.

The magic arm of Cespedes rendered powerless.

Can't bunt your pitcher with a seven-run lead? Silly unwritten rule #14.

Zvon wrote: I didn't expect this. Expect the Mets!

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Umpie calling a lot of low strikes and a lot of wide ones.

Like seeing the A's wearing the silhouette of the old elephant logo on their shoulders.

That's it! Colon's on board! One hit per Met!

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One hit per customer.

Oh, man, if this isn't about the best three innings of baseball this season.

That single up the middle? By Murphy? The one that Lowrie just missed? Tejada woulda had it. Second and third. keep in mind that these seven hits they have so far are against the American League's ERA and WHIP leader.