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Maybe Sh. Sh. catered the spread.

Zvon wrote: themetfairy wrote: TransMonk wrote: Can we talk about Lego Wright's facial hair? Yes - WTF? Technically it's a 5 o'clock shadow. And technically, it's Oyo Wright.

Not if that means getting rid of Recker, they shouldn't!

See if you can guess which one is the figurine. [fimg=400]http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Dillon+Gee+New+York+Mets+Photo+Day+4Wiif4EChURl.jpg[/fimg]

Possibly elevating Wilmer Flores to backup catcher.

"What I'm saying is I don't care WHO took my lunchbox. I just want it back NOW!"

I thought he was Brandon Ryan and Daniel Murphy's kid.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Not urban, "new-urban." "Nurban."

"Nothing but Flores," my eye! Laggy's turn to sit one out.

The center fielder already has his problems cut out for him by the big logo-shaped cutout in the grass in short center field.

And note the subtle tribute to Gil Hodges going on here!

I'm pretty sure the "outfield set" features the time-travelingl trio of Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Matt den Dekker, and Carlos Delgado.

I kinda wanted to see deGrom start over Montero. Montero had been uncharacteristically wild so far this season. deGrom has been money.

Spamming you with news of licensed Lego-compatible figurines [fimg=500]http://www.oyosportstoys.com/c.1116312/site/item_images/P-MLBNYMGS1-G1FB-3_md.jpg[/fimg] The Granderson one looks so much like him, it's uncanny.

The Mets presented Rivera with a mounted antique firehose nozzle, not that anybody calls relievers "firemen" anymore, but presumably that was the meaning. The FDNY participated in the ceremony. After the ceremony, the Mets and Yankees played a ballgame, which the Yankees were leading going into the ninth. Not only did Rivera blow the save, it was the first time in his career he failed to record an out. We should have taken back the nozzle from the big nozzle. Good morning: Double by Daniel Murphy. Good afternoon: RBI single by David Wright, advancing to second on an error by Brett Gardner. Good night: Game-winning single by Lucas Duda.

I hope that whatever the Mets give him, it's packaged in a shrinkwrapped basket.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Who Am I -- Traders and Traitors version. [fimg=333]https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2899/14155695516_625a328a2e_o.jpg[/fimg] This traitor is older Neil Allen, correct?

Wrong jersey, DJ. Is the lovefest program for Jeter going to be tonight or tomorrow?

Newsday invites you to meet Montero, complete with a Devo reference. Click through to the article and watch the vids. Rafael Montero: What to expect from the Mets prospect 10:54 AM By Cody Derespina Mets pitcher Rafael Montero looks on during spring training on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa) Rafael Montero, one of the top pitching prospects in the Mets organization, makes his major league debut in a start against the Yankees on Wednesday night. Here's what you can expect to see from the 6-foot righthander: IN CONTROL Montero's calling card is his excellent command. In 390 minor league innings, he's struck out 367 hitters and walked 85 -- a 4.32 strikeout to walk ratio.He's uncharacteristically walked 18 in 41.2 innings in Triple-A this season (with 41 strikeouts), but when he's on his game, he's not going to give any bases away for free. WHIP IT GOOD So if Montero won't walk hitters... how do they fare hitting against him? Not well. He's allowed 317 hits in 390 innings and his minor league WHIP is 1.03. Typically a starting pitcher will have a WHIP somewhere between 1.20 and 1.30. A very good reliever will be near 1.00. Montero achieves the best of both worlds, limiting hitters like a reliever, but enduring over a longer span. A HOME RUN In his 390 innings, Montero has allowed a total of 19 home runs. That's all the more impressive when you consider where he's pitched recently. The Las Vegas 51s, the Mets' Triple-A affiliate, play in the Pacific Coast League. The 51s home park is known for being a pitcher's version of purgatory (or worse) and the PCL is generally regarded as an offensive league. Still, Montero, in 131.1 innings, has allowed only seven home runs. He also permitted just 115 hits. For comparison, Zack Wheeler pitched 68.2 innings for Las Vegas and allowed nine home runs. ARSENAL Montero uses a fastball, changeup and slider. The first two are his best pitches, according to Baseball America, and his fastball sits in the low 90s, though it can reach 95 mph on occasion. PRESENCE Montero is highly regarded for his demeanor on the mound with Baseball America going so far as to note that despite Montero's small frame, "his plus-plus command and poise are such assets that he defies convention."

Sandberg and Papelbon are going at it over this loss. Interesting to see this thread diverting into a Shake Shack conversation, in light of Sandberg's alleged food poisoning.

Yeah, I use the word "prototype." Obviously, a season-ending blowup has a deep and innate horror that nothing in 1983 could speak to. But 10 walks in 3 1/3 innings is special. Torrez earned a 25 game score that night, as Wheeler did last night. Obviously, they don't factor in the buzzkill of ruining a Feast of Yankee Destruction. Glavine's game score of September 30, 2007? Eleven.

51s fall behind 4-3 in the 10th, but then Tacoma switched Logans... Pitching Change: Logan Bawcom replaces Logan Kensing. =#0000FF]Omar Quintanilla strikes out swinging. =#0000FF]Josh Satin singles on a ground ball to left fielder Xavier Avery. =#0000FF]Allan Dykstra doubles (13) on a fly ball to center fielder Abraham Almonte. =#0000FF]Josh Satin scores. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner =#0000FF]Kirk Nieuwenhuis replaces =#0000FF]Allan Dykstra. =#0000FF]Zach Lutz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Xavier Avery. =#0000FF]Kirk Nieuwenhuis scores. MAYHEM ensues. Dykstra's MVP tour: .317 / .464 / .615 // 1.079. That actually leaves him only fourth in OPS.

How did Wheeler only walk six yesterday? Clearly there's a missing digit and they mean 16. Anyhow, back to the game at hand. Montero's last start, going up against Salt Lake: 5.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 SO Suck on a little of that, Tanaka. And somebody's going to have to buy it today to make room for Mitsubishi Montero. Favorite seems to be Valverde, with a popular groundswell building behind Farnie.

Generally, the combined movement and speed of his fastball is what is supposed to give Wheeler an edge --- when he has an edge. But that was only giving him foul balls and fastballs dancing out of the strikezone yesterday. It was like a bad Billy Wagner nightmare. A guy trying to overpower batters and his pitches weren't down with the program. Obviously, learning how to grind is part of the growth. Finding something that works for you when your signature game isn't working at all. So it's a gift he got through this one without getting hurt and without the team taking the loss, but that. was. ugly. July 21, 1983 is the date I always hold dear as the prototype of ugly starts. Not the sort of ugly start where a bomb or two gets you chased in the first. But the one where you're constantly a pitch away from getting out of it, so your manager gives you another batter, and then another. And you keep bouncing breaking pitches, sailing fastballs, and walking guys, and walking guys, and torturing Heaven with each pitch you throw. if George Bamberger had stuck around, July 21 would have been the game that killed him, and I'm half surprised yesterday's game didn't make Terry explode. Lunchbucket almost set the IGT on fire.

Wonder if the Mets will try and bunt on him early. Get him a little huffy.