Edgy MD

Tying run at the plate, one out, cats and chicks. Hairston is the man on the spot.

If only mighty Davis could get a turn at bat.

Putz enters to "Thunderstruck," huh?

bmfc1 wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Because we'd likely be worse without him. How so? I'm not arguing, just asking. Because it's hard enough to build a roster without tossing people overboard between innings.

Nuttin'.

But we have two on and one out.

Because we'd likely be worse without him. My team is losing.

Well, I suppose there are faster ways to gay up a thread.

Harvey 4.13 Hairston 1.75 Torres 1.23 Edgin 1.07 Parnell 0.81 Tejada 0.64 Byrdak 0.38

Wright 3.02 Davis 2.17 Murphy 1.21 Nieuwenhuis 1.07 Torres 1.04 Acosta 0.94 Tejada 0.55

Stay away from Bay and this should be in the bag.

I see playing him in left and first gives them leverage to cover multiple holes come offseason no matter what decisions they come around to make. Or give him X% more value in the trade market. And yeah, stationing him in left reduces the amount of defensive liability. Like George Foster before him, Bay gets the veteran's privilege of staying in the same corner he'd always played, even if they had more ideal defensively poor candidates for left, be they Duda or Kingman.

More sloppy than an eighth-inning guy, I am.

The Mets bullpen has a 2.45 ERA in the Harvey Era, and momentum is suddenly ours. Make the most of it, Metties.

So, how did this goodness all go down? Well, many of you followed how the Mets won. The Bisons clobbering of the Bats came from a night of astounding production at the top of the lineup. Here's your first four hitters. PlayerPosABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOFred LewisLF434100010Josh RodriguezSS523300501Mike BaxterCF-RF512000102Zach Lutz3B313001320 On imagines we'll be seeing Baxter soonio. The game was also notable for a three-run inning of releag by Pedro Beato. Try harder, Pedro. St. Lucie got six innings of four-hit ball from Eric Goeddel and three innings of scoreless relief (boing!) from Hammie Bennett and Jeffrey Walters. Cory Vaughn hit his 17th homer which I imagine leads the system. Losing pitcher (and barely hanging on) in that one was Shawn Teufel. The Sand Gnats got seven brilliant innings from Alex Pantsload, giving up just an un-earned run, walking one, whiffing nine, and then they hammered home three in the bottom of the eighth to give the win to some other guy. Matt Reynolds with the big hit there. Brooklyn was down 1-0 after seven before slamming home five in the eighth and two in the ninth against Batavia (and no, the Muckdogs weren't employing the Mets' bullpen, thank you very much). Luis Mateo kep' it close for the Coney Islanders with 6 2/3 innings, six hits, one run, no walks, and seven whifferinos. Jace Boyd and Kevin Plawecki each went 3-5 with two runs scored for the Beach Boys, but the late rallies included everybody. It was late last night when I noted this sweep, what I didn't notice is that Kingsport swept a double-header, so Sterling-Mets kicked even more ass than previously reported. Game one was a 1-0 seven-inning shutout, with six of those innings going to recently re-deployed Steven Matz. The almost-forgotten top pick from X years ago gave up only two hits, while walking three and striking out eight. Wouldn't it be something if they had one more shining star of an arm down there? Game two was a 6-3 win in which the team garnered eight hits but six were singles and two doubles. Not a lot of power in the Appy League, it seems. The winning pitcher was somebody named Persio Reyes, who went five innings giving up a lone unearned run, walking two and fanning five. Forgotten former big shot prosect Juan Urbina pitched in this game, did poorly, and has a 10+ ERA.

Mejia moving back into the rotation with the Buffs. Duda started out in right, but he's expected to see more time in left and first, which is good.

Erik Turgeon released from AA and saying public goodbyes on the Twitter. 1h Erik Turgeon ?@ETurg38 Want to thank all my Mets fans out there for all your support. Might b in a different uniform but I will always be the same guy. Thank you t 1h Erik Turgeon ?@ETurg38 To my teammates for everything. Never forget you guys. Always friends even if im across the field. Much love 1h Erik Turgeon ?@ETurg38 @nymets945 its all good. On to a new team and new challenges! 1h Erik Turgeon ?@ETurg38 "@Collin_McHugh: @ETurg38 hands down best teammate I've ever played with! #Fact" thanks buddy miss you man 1h Erik Turgeon ?@ETurg38 Being released is not always a bad thing. Ask 90% of players ...hah. blessing in disguise!

Well, yes, but as remarkable as that is, it's not until after the short-season teams are in action that we have a whole slate of seven teams eligible to collect a win (or avoid a loss).

Working with the assumption that ech team has a 10% chance of an off day and a 5% chance of a rainout (both of them counting as a successful day by this system) and a 5% chance of a doubleheader (with a 75% chance of losing at least one of those games and destroying a perfect day), we have a 1.2961...% chance of such lovely night as last night's.

I think his 1992 Pirate teammates have sent him there as a plant in the name of long-delayed retribution.

Isn't this remarkable? In the second half, with seven teams operating, this is going to happen, like, less than 1% of the time, I think.

Fuck it. I just changed the name of my rock band to the Mercury Mets. We got us a symbol and everything.

Thanks. Keep the monuments coming.

RiP, Marylou Belles

Yells for Ourselves marks the 13th anniversary of the Mercury Mets.