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The whole outfield ran downhill. Leo Durocher said that from the dugout, all he saw was Mays' shoulders and head. And that was certainly an asset Mays used in playing shallow and going back on the ball. Seems to be running particularly starkly downhill once you hit the well, though, yeah.

Centerfield wrote: Of course, other Mets I swore would come back to bite us in the ass include Victor Diaz, Jae Seo, and Mike Jacobs. Mike Jacobs TOTALLY came back to bite us in the ass.

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 31st round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1995. But never played for 'em! October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency. Good! November 19, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the =#FF0000]Cincinnati Reds. But never played for 'em! August 15, 2002: Traded by the =#FF0000]Cincinnati Reds with players to be named later and =#BFBFFF]Elvin Andujar (minors) to the =#0000FF]New York Mets for =#BFBFFF]Shawn Estes and cash. The =#FF0000]Cincinnati Reds sent =#BFBFFF]Raul Gonzalez (August 20, 2002) and =#BFBFFF]Brady Clark (September 9, 2002) to the =#0000FF]New York Mets to complete the trade. And appeared in six games for 'em! October 11, 2002: Selected off waivers by the =#BF8000]Detroit Tigers from the =#0000FF]New York Mets. But never played for 'em! December 16, 2002: Released by the =#BF8000]Detroit Tigers. Suckers! April 3, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets. And appeared in 23 more games! December 20, 2003: Granted Free Agency. What the heck?! Are you mad?! I want you re-signed within 24 hours! December 21, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the =#0000FF]New York Mets. And appeared in 22 more games! January 24, 2005: Purchased by =#800080]Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (Japan Pacific) from the =#0000FF]New York Mets. Appeared 37 games, but they DON'T COUNT! I HOPE YOU LIKED YOUR 30 PIECES OF SILVER, OMAR! February 28, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the =#0000FF]New York Mets. And appeared 408 more games! November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency. And letting him do so was one of Sandy Alderson's first acts. Bad move, Sandy! January 3, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the =#000040]New York Yankees. And appeared in zero games! Not so dumb after all, Sandy! November 3, 2012: Granted Free Agency. Suckers! January 21, 2013: Signed as a Free Agent with the =#0000FF]New York Mets. Thus correcting historic errors! March 25, 2013: Released by the =#0000FF]New York Mets. Wait... what?! March 27, 2013: Signed as a Free Agent with the =#0000FF]New York Mets. Oh... OK?! And he goes on to appear in four more games and counting! In all, that's four (or six, depending on how you count it) tenures with the team, covering 463 games. Four other MLB organizations have had him and failed to get him into a single big league game.

Your Eastern League Pitcher otW: Mark Cohoon. Your South Atlantic League Pitcher otW: Seth Lugo

At least, but it was a name incurred back when there were two Pedros on the staff.

You got a Niese paragraph under Wheeler.

Zam! Brano.

Lefty Specialist wrote: The words 'small sample size' come to mind. Sounds like a Lucky vote to me, but I'm not seeing it in the ballot box.

Oh, man. Poorly done, Topps.

A perfectly reasonable position.

Poor Howard Megdal.

Ceetar wrote: Well, sometimes even random position players throw a good 2 innings, so.. It sounds like you're leaning lucky, but I don't see your vote up there.

Ceetar wrote: best hitter or not, it seems unwise for the Mets to invest large sums at first base. I'm not advocating, as I don't know this guy from Alay Soler, nor do I know what the Mets have available to spend on MLB-ready talent, but first base seems as good a position as any.

Chad Ochoseis wrote: EYjr in August: 48 PA, .182/.234/.250, 1 SB. Actually, I think he's been pretty awful since the Tim Hudson game. In that forest of data stands that one big tree that is his walkoff homer against Kansas City on August 2, giving the team their only win in that series and stopping the Royals nine-game win streak.

All seven batters he's retired have been lefties. His lone righty has represented his lone walk.

Citing that some prospects have failed isn't exactly very informative. Of course some have. Toca, while he did alright $$-wise, didn't exactly get a blockbuster bonus.

Pedro Feliciano has somehow pitched 2 1/3 innings spanning four games and allowed bupkis. Only a single walk has escaped his general veil of effectiveness. His seven other batters faced have been outs, and two of them have been whiffies. He's added .3 win probability points to the team. He has inherited six runners, and allowed none of them to score. He's done this while operating at speeds that can be referred to as [list:169bebhg][*:169bebhg]high school.[/*:m:169bebhg] [*:169bebhg]batting practice.[/*:m:169bebhg] [*:169bebhg]felicitous.[/*:m:169bebhg] [*:169bebhg]comparable to an emergency appearance by a position player.[/*:m:169bebhg] [*:169bebhg]delectable.[/*:m:169bebhg] [*:169bebhg]slower in delivery than a child of John Buck's.[/*:m:169bebhg][/list:u:169bebhg] Is this at all for real?

The camera just decided to be on me because the game was boring. Ummm... it doesn't really work that way, Muscles.

I'm curious what he's hiding behind that big popup screen. He could have added the graphics on the face of the outfield wall, to the left and right of the windbreaker-clad coachie, but he added this architectural oddity. Unless that wall is really there.

I think the is from the A Boy Named Seo graduation collection.

Are those, in fact, Mets and not Giants climbing those steps?

Look at these Mets, transacting like things matter and stuff.

Cuban firstbasemean defects. Considering the instant impact of Puig (and Cespedes, to a lesser extent), this guy is going to command truckloads of money. Considering the amount of mid-20th-century cars that have stayed on the road in Cuba decades past their expiration date, sometimes I get disappointed seeing reports on Cuban players and not seeing them wearing wool uniforms and stirrups.

Ex-Mets: Capuano Ex-Dodgers: None Recently acquired backup catcher Drew Butera is a former Mets' farmhand, shipped off to Minnesota in the Luis Castillo trade. Former Met blown circuit John Valentin is assistant hitting coach. Former last-guy-out-of the pen Aaron Sele is a special assistant for player personnel, as is former-penciled-in-facial-hair-infielder Jose Vizcaino.

Mets taking two of three on the road from a motivated team ahead of them in the standings is no small potatoes, and they somehow managed to keep pace with the front-running Braves, who lost their first game since the Mets played 'em two weeks ago. The Mets, however, lose a game on the second-place Nats, as the Phils are just rolling over and dying. In getting their sorry asses swept this weekend, the Phils get passed by Colorady and San Diegy, and caught by the Cubs. Don't stand beneath them. Brewers, as they're likely to land on you hard. It'd be nice to be playing those very same Phils, but as mentioned in another thread, we've got to through fire to get there, facing the red-hot Dodgers (winners of nine of their last 10) on the road, followed by the Pads (11 of 20) in the Animal House, a one-game swing through Minnesota (seven of 10), two against the Braves (nine of 10, 16 of 20) at home, and a day off before hosting the Tigers (eight of 10), before finally hosting the Phils who --- who knows? --- might be hot by then. It's a tough life, this baseball. TeamWLPCTGBNGBAtlanta7246.610��Washington5760.48714.514.5YOUR New York Mets 5461.47016.518.5Philadelphia5265.44419.527.5Miami4472.37927.057.5 TeamWLPCTGBNGBSt. Louis6750.573-2.0-2.0Cincinnati6552.556��Arizona5957.5095.55.5Washington5760.4878.010.5YOUR New York Mets 5461.47010.016.5Colorado5564.46211.020.5San Diego5364.45312.025.5Chicago5265.44413.031.5Philadelphia5265.44413.031.5San Francisco5265.44413.031.5Milwaukee5167.43214.545.0Miami4472.37920.5105.0