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Nymr83 wrote: dinosaur jesus wrote: Fman99 wrote: Josh Edgin gets it done. Stupid Heyward slides into first and it doesn't help him any. Yeah, that was pretty dumbass. I'm kind of sorry I didn't get to see Heyward and Duda collide at full speed. It would have been like the time they ran those two locomotives together. or like the time Cameron and Church collided and Church was never the same again... I'll pass on that. Now, waitie, I think you're conflating. Church was concussed during a spring collision with Marlon Anderson. He re-injured himself against these very same Braves busting his ass on a takeout slide trying to stop what became a game-ending double play. I guess Yunel Escobar was the shortstop then. Cameron collided (horribly) with Carlos Beltran.

Nice to see Buck go hard the other way. Wind may have held that up.

Eric Young really needs to get in the books. He's like oh-for-everything.

I just came in from mowing the lawn. Three runs on 10 hits through four? How have we contained the damage that much? Triple plays?

If Niese is the fifth starter, then something is going right. It may be only about 26.35% of the puzzle, these days, but it's something.

A little charity, gentlemen!

She catches babies falling from the sky and that's alright with me.

Puns are easy. Catching babies falling from the sky is hard.

Dani Torre, come on down.

Children-Catcha-Torre!

Probably could get a current ex-Met from 2012 to talk. Andres Torres, Jason Bay, Mike Nickeas, what gives? I'll bet you Fred Lewis leaks like a sieve.

Lennon doesn't hint at a source. Nor does he indicate whether any beat guys had this story but elected to sit on it. (I doubt that, but why is coming out now?) I'm also kind of surprised coverage hasn't led to two questions: (1) Did management know? and (2) Did it lead them to more vigorously pursue dealing Rauch in the second half?

Hey, they picked Paul Paez two years in a row --- signed him after going for him in Rd 38 this year after he turned them down for 18th round money last year. Looks dumb, but I imagine the money isn't all that different.

And I believe they were pretty well believed to have done a pretty poor job in 2012.

Reason for hope there? Fool's gold? They've given up one earned run in eleven innings between the two of them, which moves you to the front of the pack pretty quickly in Terry Collins' bullpen. Definitely a good way to fill the all-important non-Greg-Burke role.

Logan Quimuyog = equipment manager's nightmare.

Father was their coach.

He's got a brother two years older named Garin who is thirdbasinig in the Boston system and is absolutely rockin' it.

I can get distortion in many places. Please don't deliberately misread my very minor point. I've already advocated for his release today.

I gave this a college try and found it boring and maudlin (and to read ahead about what I missed, it only got moreso). Behind both That Thing You Do and, yes, even Eddie & the Cruisers among films with similar themes and time periods, even if very different tones. What an indictment of a generation, if only accidentally --- lazy sons of hardworking fathers, sproting big dreams and belief that their vision is superior, but no sustained gumption to pursue success and so instead hope to position themselves to maybe be handed opportunities.

Well, 120 innings, unfortunately, isn't exactly looming.

He certainly coughed it back up. I just think the real issues remain on the offensive. Meanwhoops, I have ESPN blocked at work, so I don't know the details, but Rubin writes today that the Mets can save money on Marcum by releasing him. Um, thanks for the effort, but... .

Dykstra went 3-7 in yesterday's doubleheader, with a walk, a double, two homers, and five RBI. His OPS on the season is up to 1.088. Over the last ten games, his line is at .484 / .614 / 1.032 // 1.646. Surely there's a way to escape from AA for this good, good man. The story yesterday was that the new net protecting the video scoreboard was effective in protecting it from the damage Dykstra had done to the board a few weeks ago. He's breaking ballparks, people!! How dangerous is he to Eastern League pitchers? Batting Average: .322 (fourth in league, Cesar Puello being third) On-Base Percentage: .471 (first, by 28 points) Slugging Percentage: .617 (first, Puello being second) OPS: 1.088 (first, 55 freakin' points ahead of Puello) Doubles: 18 (fifth) Homers: 12 (seventh) RBI: 47 (sixth, one behind Puello) Walks: 49 (first, one ahead of Josh Rodriguez) Strikeouts: 57 (tied for 27th) He's clearly reduced this thing we call "batting" to a formula and he's got it working to maximum effect. Set him loose in the Pacific Coast League and folks will start cancelling games to avoid him. He's now played 241 games at Bingo over three seasons, and all he does is produce. That ain't good. Recognize what you've got here, Mets. He could redeem the name Dykstra forever!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Terrible idea by Young there in the 8th, if he wants to continue doing that he can have another DFA. This game is blurry already. Is this about the bunt attempt? John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: And eff John Buck for whiffing on 3 pitches following Duda's leadoff hit in the 7th. I tend to suspect juicing with this guy. He's always angry, always looking to pull, always looking fastball, always bald. He's like Gary Carter on... well, on steroids. John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Oh, and Marcum sucks balls. Mebbe, but we offer him nothing. The only runs he got, he got from the Braves.--- giving Buck a free trip around the bases when he was trying to hit into a triple play.

Kimbrel's got to get hurt. Nobody can keep going like this.