Edgy MD

Hey, Manny!

Oh, buttocks. 10-6.

Acosta not doing any better. What does it take to get Parnell into a game situation?

The way Levin says "Schwinden" is kind of like it's a shwanky nickname for a guy named "Linden." Wow, a bunt play didn't work!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: C Ramon Hernandez (45 PA, .273/.289/.545, 4 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 113 OPS+). 14-year vet, still a well-above-average offensive catcher. Five-time winner of MLB's Tom Henke "Looks Like A Substitute Teacher" Award. "Can anyone tell me where exactly you guys were in The Great Gatsby? Anyone?" Am I the only one who sneaks out to the bars at night and tries to pick up chicks with LeiterWagner's material?

That single gets Scott Hairston up to .200. Watch closely, Ike.

A moral roadmap at Deaspin to help you escape the censure of Sterling.

Hardly unique. Baseball has had many Meese.

Moose Skowron, five-time world champ.

That sort of question leaves us stuck in the ambiguity of tweets. I guess about not drafting Reggie Jackson. Who likely would have made Ed Kranepool obsolete pretty quick.

Howard Megdal wrote: Ed Kranepool takes a shot at John Sterling. Very popular sentiment. Howard Megdal wrote: "Kranepool also bitter about Steve Chilcott. And rightfully so." Can we just call him Ed Krankpool? What happened to the #Mets after 1976? Ed Kranepool: "The Mets had the worst front office in baseball." Howard Megdal wrote: According to Bud Harrelson, John Rocker was a cancer in the clubhouse as a member of the Long Island Ducks. Oooh, duck cancer.

They sort of have to go forward with the expectation that they'll get nothing from Young.

Or maybe somebody else gets hurt by then. Last year's spring trip to Colorado is where the 2011 Mets exploded, with a modest collision on the mound between Wright and Davis led to about a year's worth of infirmity between them. I'm kind of hoping that they can exorcise some ghosts while they're back in town.

Torres expected to be activated Monday.

We're just the best people in the world, aren't we? If only the world would act more like us.

Yeah, I hope we successfully grow enough good players that these things become real issues.

Hector Pellot would be Roberto Alomar. Francisco Pe�a would be... Tony Pe�a! I feel ya, man. Damn naked Tony Bernazard

I'll guess the kid was over it by the time America got wind of it.

He needs the commercials to change his diaper.

Get your presentation on video?

So, you're Heath Bell. You have David Wright on second with one out after you just got Lucas Duda on a groundout. Ike Davis is up. [list:1iadnxvo][*:1iadnxvo]On the one hand, Davis is slumping as much as anybody on earth. [/*:m:1iadnxvo] [*:1iadnxvo]On the other, he's historically a dangerous hitter and a threat to hit a two-run homer to win it. [/*:m:1iadnxvo] [*:1iadnxvo]On the one hand, you just got Duda, another lefthanded slugger, on a meek grounder. [/*:m:1iadnxvo] [*:1iadnxvo]On the other, Davis has the type of loop to his swing that can get under your sinker. [/*:m:1iadnxvo] [*:1iadnxvo]On the one hand, you can set up the double play by putting Davis on. [/*:m:1iadnxvo] [*:1iadnxvo]On the other, you'd be bringing up Josh Thole, who nobody is getting out. Not with any regularity. [/*:m:1iadnxvo] [*:1iadnxvo]On the one hand, the book says to not put the winning run on base intentionally. [/*:m:1iadnxvo] [*:1iadnxvo]On the other hand, the book also says to play for the win on the road and the tie at home, which suggests that you don't worry about the winning run, but worry about keeping that runner on second, and to keep him from scoring.[/*:m:1iadnxvo][/list:u:1iadnxvo] We know how this turned out. Bell pitched around him. Maybe he hoped Ike would chase, but Ike was too bright and he really pitched around him with seemingly no plan at all --- missing up, down, in, and out with the four pitches. Did he and Ozzie play it right? I think it all unraveled on Bell right there. Thole is just such a tough out, and he's got this loft-a-soft-liner-into-left thing going. He's been getting under the ball against righties, and he seems an unlikely doubleplay candidate there, and while the Turner battle was epic, he already had the tying run on third with less than two out. It all came down to Ike vs. Thole, or at least Ike vs. Thole-plus-a-double-play-possibility. And the way Ike is hitting, I think they made the wrong choice. And the pitcharound was just fugly. Bell looked lost from there on out --- and I was watching on Gameday.

Niese 3.43 Nieuwenhuis 1.74 Ramirez 1.17 Wright 1.00 Thole 0.84 Turner 0.76 Davis 0.57 Tejada 0.48 Baxter 0.02

And Reyes went 0-4. And home-grown Heath Bell was the last man standing at the end. Thanks, homies!

Need more butts in those seats.

Yup, and it was a 1-0 complete game shutout! Game time was 2:03. Might have gotten it in under two hours if they didn't send Mangual in to run for Joe Torre. On the other hand, they might still be playing if they hadn't sent Mangual in to run for Torre.