Edgy MD

First baseman are rarely in the path of the runner because there's a force on for all runners going to first, so virtually all plays are forceouts, and a collision wouldn't undo that. If a runner wanted to attempt a takeout slide to stop the firstbaseman from continuing the play after the putout, he would be prevented by the rule constricting him to the marked lane. Fielders covering the other bases, however, are more exposed, and responsible for their own protection.

Well, the problem is that post-season opportunities aren't equally distributed. Johnny Bench was blessed to play on a team surrounded by MVP candidates, and thanks to that sort of redundancy, he got to play in four World Series. Yogi Berra played in 14. FOURTEEN! I'll listen to any argument that suggests that Yogi Berra was the better catcher, but giving him an edge over Bench because of World Series performance would be a tough sell.

Frayed Knot wrote: Annnnnnnd, we should point out, that this wasn't one run to WIN the game merely to extend it so a second (or third or fourth) run held importance as well. Then throw in that the USA were NOT the home team so scoring one but only one run STILL would have left them with less than 50/50 odds of winning the game. Advantage: Not Bunting (or H & R) Well, let's see that win expectancy chart. Lastly, how do I get this gig? Like, seriously. Also, was the infield in or back?

Sure, but when the guy is a 20-year-old big leaguer, who has been off the sandlots and playing academy ball since he was 15, and pro-ball since 16 or so, hearing the guys in the booth say "You don't want to take away his aggressiveness," sure seems like a misfire to me.

Yeah, not all runs are created equal. And a tying run in the ninth is more unequal than most.

I tend to feel that the extension of the don't-make-outs logic is don't-hit-into-double-plays. Bunting, hit-and-running, stealing (among other plays) are ways to avoid that. Even getting caught stealing and then making an out at the plate forces them to get you twice. The two outs on one play is murder. Avoiding that like the plague is a good offensive philosophy.

=nymr83 post_id=120381 time=1679519446 user_id=54]... but the difference seems to be in who is being taught to be more selective at a younger age and who isn't - not that the major league teams are somehow promoting different virtues for different players in their systems.

They're not opening with expanded rosters this year, are they?

Sure they have. It's just that a lot of players haven't been with them.

"He hasn't developed his feel for the strike zone yet, but you don't want to take away that aggressiveness." I heard it when José Reyes was coming up, and I heard it when Amed Rosario was coming up — even as both swung at balls from their ankles to their eyebrows, and both ran into developmental hurdles. Now I see Ronny Mauricio hitting 26 homers last year, but pumping out an OBP of only .296, and the refrain carries on. Is there any truth in this? Why wouldn't we want our fastest guys to be learning to lay off of pitches as early in their careers as possible. Is there a double standard? Why is aggressiveness a virtue for black Dominican infielders, but restraint a virtue for David Wright and Brandon Nimmo? That you-can't-walk-off-the-island nonsense has to be universally dismissed by now, but there seems to be some trace elements remaining.

Vientos is getting Baby'd into the corner by allayouse. Also, I'm'a not sure why Escobar has now twice been asked to put his glove away in favor of the rook.

I always want to add Taylor Van Pelt to that guy's name. Also, I just want to recall: Edgy MD wrote: The National League West injury pendulum swings the other way as Joe Musgrove fractures his big toe dropping a weight on it. It's his left foot — his landing foot as a righthander — so it's perhaps not as threatening as if it was his pushoff foot, but #WhoKnows? #DizzyDean. He'll either be out for two weeks or forever. =Fman99 post_id=119056 time=1677688030 user_id=86] He probably had wet hands from touching his own slimy disgusting ears.

No, indeed, it's not necessarily true, though I suspect, as a lefthanded batter, Baty is more immediately pressuring Daniel Vogelbach. The guys barking up Ruf's tailpipe seem to be Álvarez and Vientos.

Of course, if anybody can over-do this, it's Nimmo, so I'm still exercising caution.

Well, that closes the book on that storyline. Darin Ruf gonna be a 2023 Met.

Terrific slider by Ohtani to end it.

Nothing tells your Mom you love her like dressing in the colors of her native country.

Doesn't sound like a Mets thing to me , course it will probably sell out Yeah, Cadillac always seemed like a Yankees-affiliated brand, too. [FIMG=550]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhcRlp-IgAAP8hk?format=jpg&name=900x900[/FIMG]

The guy to my son's left, and his wife, were some serious Jersey people. I told the guy he looked and sounded like he just rolled out of the Bada Bing club. He paused for a good 8-10 seconds and then went, "OK, enough of that." They were great. That guy had some good walrus features going on. I thought you were chatting up David Crosby.

Ken Griffey, Jr. decides that the best way to coach is to step in and show how it's done. [media=youtube]zBNVEp0rSsI[/media] I like that, at 53 years old, he is still constitutionally unable to take batting practice with his hat on forward.

I have my reticence.

That young man wouldn't come cheaply. A ready-to-open package like Mark Vientos may be more appealing to Cincinnati, but it's anybody's guess. There's a lot of variety in how different organizations value closers. I guess that's why they tend to move at the deadline, when people are making the equivalent of emotional, impulse buys. It's like they're displayed near the register, like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and you kind of throw them into the basket without doing a hard value calculation.

A Boy Named Seo wrote: What an incredible game. And posting this for all to revel in https://twitter.com/talkinbaseball_/status/1637977136777633794 That's what they mean by acting like you've been there before.

WAR is bullshit. ZiPS is bullshit. There's something about closing that they don't get. Because here I am the "one Met who can't be replaced" or something and they had me predicted for 1.4 WAR? Is that all I'm worth to you?! That you'd put my projection behind that of Daniel Vogelbach and Luis Guillorme?!!! At least, that's what I was thinking a couple of days ago. Then something exploded in my knee, and I was thinking that maybe WAR and ZiPS know something I don't. But don't let that stop you from predicting my year. You can make predictions about my recovery schedule, when I might be allowed to travel with the team, what kind of extracurriculars I will engage in, and stuff like that. The show goes on! [FIMG=375]https://www.amny.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AP22219857475700-scaled.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=375]https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/VQCH4KYNCVB7JBLFPEBAHNI6KA.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=469]https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/edwin-diaz-entrance-song-trumpets.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=281]https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/KLSOb2RCSqrk8DvBT3l5GQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTk2MA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_sports_articles_558/bfbe528d36d813361acffd6d72ba9484[/FIMG]

Yogi was not a 1962 Met. He joined the Mets in 1965.