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It's pretty close to together as it is. I don't see how Polanco not see that guy taking ten seconds to get his curveball grip together, but it's doubly absurd to see them openly signaling the curve from the dugout. Pol can't buy a hit right now.

Damn, Marcee never hits homers.

Roberts didn't strike out! Good, right?!

Kinda feel like Smindor should have taken second on the throw. If he had, he'd be home by now.

Done. Next suggestion?

Hey, National League opponents! Mets pitchers go six! Deal with it!

That's 0-for-his-last-18 for Paul Anko.

I'm all about the Mets not failing. I'm also all about Phil Lynott.

I'm not sure I follow rooting for whiffs. Even is in wetter delay.

Yiminy!

That's two references in one day to 90s rap songs about panhandlers. I never knew that was my sweet spot.

Different hat. Different beard. Same exact dude. The guy on the left and the guy on the right both drink a lot of liquor, but they don't drink piss.

Please stop with your melanin-inspired hand-wringing. Of course this is Johnny Monell! Who else could it be?! Johnny Monell is the bum on my stoop I gave him fifty cents to buy some soup He knows the time, with the fresh Gucci watch He's even more over than my mayor Ed Koch! Washing windows on the Bowery at a quarter to four 'Cause he ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more Livin' on borrowed time and borrowed money Sleepin' on the street, there ain't a damn thing funny!! With the hand-me-down food and hand-me-down clothes A rockabilly past of which nobody knows Makes his home all over the place He goes to sleep by falling down on his face! Sometimes known as the leader of the homeless Sometimes drunk, man, the kid's always phoneless Sleepin' on the street in a cardboard box He's better off drinkin' than smokin' the rocks! Johnny Monell! Johnny Monell! Kickin' uptown, kickin' downtown, kickin' crosstown Johnny Monell! Johnny Monell! He drinks where he lies, he's covered with flies He's got the hand me down Pumas and the tie dyes Well, you go upstate and get your head together Thunderbird is the word and you're light as a feather! Detox at the flop house, no booze allowed Remember the good old days with the rockabilly crowd Memphis is where he's from (out in Tennessee) He lives in the street but he's no bum He's the rockabilly star from the days of old He used to have teeth all filled with gold He got platinum voice but only gold records On the bass (was Boots), on the drums (was Checkers) Louis Vuitton with the Gucci guitar Johnny Monell ... who do you think you are? Johnny Monell! Johnny Monell! Takin' the night train, drinkin' O.E Johnny Monell! Johnny Monell! One, two, three, four ... Donald Trump and Donald Tramp living in the men's shelter Wonder Bread bag shoes and singing "Helter Skelter" He asks for a dollar you know what it's for Man, bottle after bottle he'll always need more! He's no less important than you working class stiffs He drinks a lot of liquor but he don't drink piss He paid his dues playing the blues He claims that he wrote the "Blue Suede Shoes" Elvis shaved his head when he went into the army That's right y'all, his name is "Johnny" KICK IT!! Johnny Monell! Johnny Monell! Johnny Monell Devin Mesoraco Eli Marrero Mike Nickeas Brent Mayne Luis Torrens Jason Phillips Henry Blanco Mike Difelice Incorrect Answers: Patrick Mazeika, Tomás Nido, Kevin Plawecki, Anthony Recker, Josh Thole (#1), Travis d'Arnaud, Sandy Alomar, Sr. (#2), York (#7), Paul Lo Duca (#10). Scoring Cowtipper: 10 DocTee: 3 Frayed Knot: 3 Gwreck: 3 Johnny Lunchbucket: 2 MFS62: 2 Benjamin Grimm: -1 whippoorwill smg58: -1 metirish: -3

The upside of that Juan Soto injury is more Jorge Polanco for your buck! Now in all-new Batting Eighth flavor! Starting Pitcher Eury Pérez (RHP): 5-8, 3.56 ERA, 106 SO Lineup Liam Hicks (L) DH Xavier Edwards (S) 2B Otto Lopez (R) SS Kyle Stowers (L) 1B Heriberto Hernández (R) LF Griffin Conine (L) RF Jakob Marsee (L) CF Graham Pauley (L) 3B Joe Mack (L) C Starting Pitcher Nolan McLean (RHP): 7-7, 3.32 ERA, 142 SO Lineup A.J. Ewing (L) LF Francisco Lindor (S) SS Bo Bichette (R) 3B Carson Benge (L) RF Luis Robert Jr. (R) CF Brett Baty (L) 1B Marcus Semien (R) 2B Jorge Polanco (S) DH Francisco Alvarez (R) C

That would have been a great clue, but no, Kevin Plawecki has already been eliminated as an answer for #1. Devin Mesoraco Eli Marrero Mike Nickeas Brent Mayne Luis Torrens Jason Phillips Henry Blanco Mike Difelice Incorrect Answers: Patrick Mazeika, Tomás Nido, Kevin Plawecki, Anthony Recker, Josh Thole (#1), Travis d'Arnaud, Sandy Alomar, Sr. (#2), York (#7), Paul Lo Duca (#10). Scoring Cowtipper: 7 DocTee: 3 Frayed Knot: 3 Gwreck: 3 Johnny Lunchbucket: 2 MFS62: 2 Benjamin Grimm: -1 whippoorwill smg58: -1 metirish: -3

In terms of years, I'm putting all my chips on the Koosman → Orosco Tree.

This trade tree is, in a very real sense, still alive, and even providing value (albeit negative value) to the 2026 Mets, as the team select Nick Morabito 75th overall in the 2022 amateur draft as compensation for losing Big Noah in free agency.

Him keeping one of the longest trade trees alive was going to be one of my clues, but I was afraid that that interrupting technicality would make that clue more confusing.

Appeared in as many as 96 games for the Mets, due to injuries to others, but actually was a third-stringer for a not insignificant period.

I sorry, Spanky. I mean #7.

If the Mets have to take egg on their face by sending Peralta back to Brewers for less than they sent for him, maybe they can also trnasfer Brazoban back to the Marlins for more than they sent for him. I kid there, but I mostly agree smg58 the above. Folks jump on the next big thing in analytics while never having philosophically absorbed effectively applied the last big thing. If you can't get your players to not go up there swinging when the tying run is behind them in the ninth, then I don't want to hear no shit about no launch angles. We have space-age data available to us while we are ignoring stone-age cause/effect relationships. Richness won't protect you from this. It could, in fact, make you more prone to fad chasing.

Yorkie York is, sadly, incorrect. A hint for #2 #7 is that he had the chance to back up not one, but two Hall of Fame catchers. Devin Mesoraco Eli Marrero Mike Nickeas Brent Mayne Luis Torrens Jason Phillips Henry Blanco Mike Difelice Incorrect Answers: Patrick Mazeika, Tomás Nido, Kevin Plawecki, Anthony Recker, Josh Thole (#1), Travis d'Arnaud, Sandy Alomar, Sr. (#2), York (#7), Paul Lo Duca (#10). Scoring Cowtipper: 7 DocTee: 3 Frayed Knot: 3 Gwreck: 3 Johnny Lunchbucket: 2 MFS62: 2 Benjamin Grimm: -1 whippoorwill smg58: -1 metirish: -3

I understood that tat to read "Believe."

The Delaware infielder is Mr. Joey "Have a dollar" Wendle.

I like the radical self-examination here.