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Acosta comes on like gangbusters. Hopefully Harvey does as well. Promoted From Buffalo And Added To Roster Demoted to Buffalo Transferred From InfieldStarting PitchersRelief PitchersOutfielders =#0000FF]33 =#FF8000]Matt Harvey DoB: 3/27/1989 =#0000FF]46 Manny Acosta DoB: 5/1/1981 =#0000FF]27 =#FF8000]Pedro Beato DoB: 10/27/1986 =#0000FF]1 =#FF8000]Jordany Valdespin DoB: 12/23/1987 2012 Mets (Orange Indicates Players Have Options) Starting Pitchers =#0000FF]43 R.A. Dickey DoB: 10/29/1974 =#0000FF]33 =#FF8000]Matt Harvey DoB: 3/27/1989 =#0000FF]53 =#FF8000]Jeremy Hefner DoB: 3/11/1981 =#0000FF]49 Jonathon Niese DoB: 10/27/1986 =#0000FF]55 Chris Young DoB: 5/25/1979Relief Pitchers =#0000FF]46 Manny Acosta DoB: 5/1/1981 =#0000FF]40 Tim Byrdak DoB: 10/31/1973 =#0000FF]66 =#FF8000]Josh Edgin DoB: 12/17/1986 =#0000FF]39 Bobby Parnell DoB: 9/8/1984 =#0000FF]62 Elvin Ramirez DoB: 10/10/1962Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders =#0000FF]52 Ram�n Ram�rez DoB:8/31/1981 =#0000FF]60 John Rauch DoB:9/27/1978 =#0000FF]4 =#FF8000]Mike Nickeas DoB: 2/13/1983 =#0000FF]30 Josh Thole DoB: 4/28/1986 =#0000FF]13 Ronny Cede�o DoB: 2/2/1983Infielders =#0000FF]29 =#FF8000]Ike Davis DoB: 3/22/1987 =#0000FF]28 Daniel Murphy DoB: 4/1/1985 =#0000FF]11 Ruben Tejada DoB: 10/27/1989 =#0000FF]2 Justin Turner DoB: 11/23/1984 =#0000FF]5 David Wright DoB: 12/20/1982Outfielders =#0000FF]44 Jason Bay DoB: 9/20/1978 =#0000FF]12 Scott Hairston DoB: 5/25/1980 =#0000FF]9 =#FF8000]Kirk Nieuwenhuis DoB: 8/7/1987 =#0000FF]56 Andr�s Torres DoB:1/26/1978 =#0000FF]1 =#FF8000]Jordany Valdespin DoB: 12/23/1987 Also on 40-Man Roster Starting PitchersRelief Pitchers =#0000FF]75 =#FF8000]Jeurys Familia DoB: 10/10/1989 =#008000]In Buffalo =#0000FF]32 =#FF8000]Jennry Mejia DoB: 10/11/1989 =#008000]In St. Lucie =#0000FF]34 Mike Pelfrey DoB: 1/14/1984 =#FF0000]On 60-Day DL =#0000FF]57 Johan Santana DoB: 3/13/1979 =#FF0000]On 15-Day DL =#0000FF]27 =#FF8000]Pedro Beato DoB: 10/27/1986 =#008000]In BuffaloRelief Pitchers Catchers Infielders =#0000FF]73 =#FF8000]Robert Carson DoB: 1/23/1989 =#008000]In Buffalo =#0000FF]48 Frank Francisco DoB: 9/11/1979 =#FF0000]In Brooklyn =#0000FF]16 Rob Johnson DoB: 7/22/1982 =#008000]In Buffalo =#0000FF]71 =#FF8000]Wilmer Flores DoB: 8/6/1991 =#008000]In Binghamton =#0000FF]74 =#FF8000]Reese Havens DoB: 10/20/1986 =#008000]In BinghamtonInfieldersOutfielders =#0000FF]65 =#FF8000]Zach Lutz DoB: 6/3/1986 =#008000]In St. Lucie =#0000FF]23 =#FF8000]Mike Baxter DoB: 12/7/1984 =#FF0000]In Buffalo =#0000FF]21 =#FF8000]Lucas Duda DoB: 2/3/1986 =#008000]In St. Buffalo =#0000FF]76 =#FF8000]Juan Lagares DoB: 3/17/1989 =#008000]In Binghamton =#0000FF]67 =#FF8000]Cesar Puello DoB: 4/1/1991 =#008000]In St. Lucie In Limbo =#0000FF]47 Miguel Batista DoB: 2/19/1971 Coaching Staff ManagerBench CoachBatting CoachPitching CoachThird Base CoachFirst Base Coach =#0000FF]10 Terry Collins DoB: 5/27/1949 =#0000FF]7 Bob Geren DoB: 9/22/1959 =#0000FF]51 Dave Hudgens DoB: 12/5/1956 =#0000FF]59 Dan Warthan DoB: 12/1/1952 =#0000FF]18 Tim Teufel DoB: 7/7/1958 =#0000FF]26 Tom Goodwin DoB: 8/27/1968Bullpen CoachBullpen CatchersBullpen CatchersHead TrainerAssistant Trainer Mascot =#0000FF]25 Ricky Bones DoB: 4/7/1969 =#0000FF]78 Eric Langill DoB: 4/9/1979 =#0000FF]79 Dave Racaniello DoB: 10/15/1981 =#BF8080].=#0000FF] Ray Ramirez =#BF8080]. =#BF8080].=#0000FF] Brian Chicklo =#BF8080]. =#BF8080].=#0000FF] Mr. Met =#BF8080]. .

Been thinking about "Casey at the Bat" today during my evening shower, after posting about it in the IGT. Score is 4-2, with the home team up in the bottom of the ninth. They have runners on second and third with two out, the runner on second being the tying run. Casey, according to the tone of the poem, is the only batter anyone respects in the lineup. We never learn the on-deck hitter's name. You don't want to put the winning run on, but the book says to play for the win on the road, and Casey sure seems more dangerous at the plate than on first. Nothing in the poem suggests who is on deck, suggesting he's far below the level of Casey's ability. On the other hand, you just gave up a single to a pudding and a double to a fake. We all know the big guy whiffs, but based on what we knew up until he stepped in, do you agree with the visiting team's strategy? Seems to me three managers in four pitch around him, and then walk him if they fall behind 2-0. The poem came out in 1888 --- a low-scoring era in which the National League OpS'd at a Reyesque .609.

Well, that was... neat.

They thought, If only Jason could but get a whack at that. They'd put up even money, now, if Bay was at the bat

The bullpen and defense sure knows how to get it done when we're trailing.

That's five, Jordany!

And... that doesn't work out.

Trying to match the Nats with a two-out rally here.

A hit by Zimmerman and a groundout by Morse: 11.35. Suck it, Orber Moreno!

Bryce Harper lines out: 11.51.

Manny Acosta ERA meter. Opening: 11.86 Popout by Lombardozzi: 11.69

Maybe we can get those runs back with a long shot from Dud.... SHIT! Oh, look, Manny Acosta!

That just might be it.

Neeson's an Irish dude with an Irish accent.

One of these days it's going to get so bizarre that they're going to cut him off in the middle of his broadcast. "Itchy-Itch makes that pitch his BITCH!! Close your mouth, Suzyn, you'll let the flies in. That's number three on the yea... OUCH! Ladies and gentlemen, there's a hook somehow emerging from the wings trying to grab me. If... you.. can just... hold... "

Movie party at Ceetar's! Popcorn's on me if you let me pick the first DVD. (Prince & Me! Prince & Me! *swoon*)

Predict the homerun call he will use for Ichiro Suzuki --- the one he is currently working on right now even as we post.

I got it the first time.

Jason Bay hasn't been the same since Ichiro fucked with his house.

I don't think we're gonna give you that much slack, there, magadan. OE: OK, fine, but 256 strikes and you're out.

Well, yes, I am, but the films --- or at least first film, the only one I've seen --- not specifically the character. (I've certainly absorbed plenty from the trailers for the subsequent films.) The Schumacher films, well, they fetishize everything.

Vic Sage wrote: ("fetishizing violence"? please.); he's a man who puts on a suit of armor, not a suit of armor with a man inside. I'm not sure what you mean there, but I certainly wasn't speaking of Batman the character, but rather Batman, the franchise, in the wake of Frank Miller.

I'm not sure who my real father was, but I know he's a narcissist former A-lister who played Robin Hood.

And man, how do we end up with a Star Wars night featuring special guest... Snooki? And then give away a truck unrelated to either? That's a freefall promotional evening, is what it is.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I would sooner whack Terry than Sandy, that's for sure. What bothered me as much as anything last night was that it was the second game in this stretch we could have won in regulation (if memory serves) if the pitcher could only get a bunt down. Not up to Terry to execute for them, of course, but somebody's got to answer for the hopelessly casual attention to the finer points this team has shown under his watch. I'm not sure, but you may be thinking about Nickeas' failed bunt --- the one that almost turned into a double play (and likely should have if not for DiMuro). It would take a lot of good stuff from Nickeas for me to get that taste out of my mouth.