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Well, Lindor really hustled on that single down the line, but a 2-0 hole is not the plan.

Strange that Lindor was nowhere in the vicinity of that run-scoring groundout to McNaggles.

If you are a Hall-of-Famer on the Will Rose Be Inducted? committee — let us say you are Jim Palmer, a relative contemporary, but one who came into the league later and retired earlier than Rose. As a Hall-of-Famer, you've always had a high profile, but certainly not as high as Rose's. You knew the rule, and you know everybody knew the rule, and in your heart, you are disgusted with the way Rose thought he was above that rule and he denied it long after everybody pretty much knew he was guilty. He hurt the game and it is your game. But now, you are 79 years old, and while you never got big bucks in the game, you got enough for a comfortable retirement in Arizona, and get a pretty nice supplemental income from autograph shows and golf outings. But the fans turning over the money for such things are old and white. Hustlin' Pete has always been an ideal for them. Also, they have a flaky and dubious sense of justice. When the subject of Rose comes up, they all want to talk about that one time in Pittsburgh where he did something gritty and me and my brother could not BELIEVE it. If Barry Bonds comes up, the word "punk" and "phony" quickly follow, but if Rose comes up, the words are "hustle" and "grit" and "Ray Fosse." If there was a way some of these folks could absolve Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire without also absolving Bonds, they probably would, but them's the breaks, guys. Apart from being a white ideal who played for dudes who are now old, vs. a black scapegoat who played for dudes who are now middle-aged, Rose also has the advantage of being dead, and grace for the dead is a lot cheaper than for the living, as Rob Manfred has demonstrated. So, you are Jim Palmer. If one of your grandkids pins you down, yeah, you know those old folks who want to shake your hands are pretty hypocritical and a little more obviously racist than you are comfortable with, but you also know these guys pay for your mortgage. You sit at the $40 table at the autograph shows, and you kind of feel sorry for Bobby Grich who sits at the $20 table. Grich was a heckuva player but he doesn't have the Hall-of-Fame pedigree to go along with the good citizenship merit badge. You really don't even like to make eye contact with Glenn Hubbard and Johnny Ray at the $10 table. So, say it is a ten-man committee voting on Rose, and you know he has six votes. Do you really have the guts to be the vote that keeps Rose out of the Hall? I would like to think I would, but if I am Jim Palmer, living the good life, with the Hall of Fame pin on my lapel and the good citizenship merit badge — beloved beyond Baltimore and not really wanting to fly out to Maryland (where I can do no wrong) more than once a year if I don't have to, I may not want to make waves and have all the money-spending old coots mad at me. Baseball reinstated the guy, and I can reason with every bit of my self-interest hidden behind my back that this means it isn't on me to consider his sins at all.

Yeah, a long man to me is a guy who comes in to eat innings when the competitive nature of the game has take a big turn — a team has either fallen behind or pulled ahead by a large number. This guy is put in early to be the primary competitor in a game that is hopefully close, but he is pre-scheduled to enter not as a response to the situation, but regardless of the situation.

I am betting the same way. I amn't sure that the committee will cave to the president directly, but certainly the shift in the cultural winds that the president both represents and fans. There is, of course, a nuanced racial subtext to it all, and Rose was a childhood hero to a ton of white people of a certain age.

In many ways, it resembles a John Sayles film more than a Redford one. The protagonist even seems to be to be styled after and shot like Springsteen.

Well, serious-ness is a matter of judgment, but Rose will be facing a very different jury — with a different motivation, a different reading of the qualifications, and a different standard of serious-ness than Bonds et al.

When a reliever is used to start the game, throwing just an inning or two before handing the ball to the guy who is scheduled to take the bulk of the innings, hopefully pitching deeper into the game than he might otherwise have, and perhaps get the lineup flipped over for him, we have a name for that guy. He is the opener, and he is pretty much called that across the league. A new strategy emerged and the lexicon adapted. But what of the guy he gives the ball to? He wasn't in the lineup, but he was scheduled to enter the game when he where he did before the game even started, just like a starter, and it is likely his scheduled second- or third-inning entry was even publicly announced before the game, if only un-officially. He is asked to carry the workload of a starter while not starting. Is he the headliner? The featured pitcher? The ball carrier? The mule? I feel like we have a hole in the lexicon here, and if we take the initiative to fill it, there might be some money in it for us.

Last night in the owners box, when Soto came up to the plate, Steve Cohen reportedly surprised guests in the box when he described Juan as “A really good kid. A very good player. Not a superstar.” Even more surprisingly, when Francisco Álvarez came up, Cohen added, “He thinks he's going to get Carl Crawford money. He's had everything wrong with him. He won't get it.”

Yeah, those quotes come from fans.

=Fman99 post_id=193121 time=1747672399 user_id=86] Definitely a made up Met. Memory zero of this guy

Grabbed off waivers from the Brewers back in November. Spent most of the offseason projected by Mets Roster Central to be a part of the Opening Day Roster, but was ultimately left behind at the end of camp. Threw all of two innings — the last two innings of the Mets' 8-3 victory over Arizona on April 29, which is, as of this juncture, perhaps the last time the 2025 Mets looked indomitable. Left through the same door he came in, getting claimed off waiver by the Braves, possibly as interested in disrupting the Mets' operations as they are in augmenting their own roster. Grew up a Mets fan. Not the creator of The Adventure of Tintin. [FIMG=500]https://cdn.mlbtraderumors.com/files/2025/05/KevinHerget-2025Mets-1024x683.jpg[/FIMG]

Too much Cody.

Bases loaded for Judge against Cabrera is sub-optimal. If he is going to get popped for PEDs, let it be now.

Lucas Alonso.

A lot of calls to the trainers this eve.

Soto is shlubbin it.

Brazzy. That is all.

Strangely less chuffed to see Baty sent down on three pitches. These Mets are digging some impressive holes.

Glad to see Baty hitting for Marte.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Lindor just looks awful this past week. He does. He looks distracted and Soto looks depressed.

That stranding the bases loaded could and should be the play of the game. Mets would really do well to build on that and score here. Also, some folks use the term "original Met" for anybody who played for the team in 1962, and others reserve the term for just the Opening Day 25 guys. I can hang out with both sorts.

If anything, Redford dials back some of the magic realism from the source novel, which is weird, since Redford has frequently tended to dial it up in films with more anglo-centric themes. Redford films also tend to be beautifully shot, with the like of A River Runs Through It, The Legend of Bagger Vance, and The Natural (which he didn't direct) all featuring green and gold fields of a pre-war America and golden-haired hero kissed by beatific sunlight. This one is shot in New Mexico, which is also gorgeous of course, but not in the same lush way. So even though it is set in his backyard, he doesn't let the cinematographer do all the heavy lifting and instead relies on a fun ensemble cast and a solid story THAT SPEAKS TO US TODAY!

It's weird that McNuggins is not only suddenly a preferable choice for center field than Nimmo, but he is also suddenly a better choice for an on-base guy.

Frayed Knot wrote: Alvarado ... Steroids ... Really? I never woulda thunk it! You don't get a beard like that eating Cheerios. Lefty Specialist wrote: Too bad, the Mets hit him pretty good. My impression is that they generally have done well against the Phillies bullpen for a while now.