Edgy MD

Mets get the first extra-base hit as J.D. hits one that Bellinger can't run down. Gonsolin may look like Al Hrbosky from the front, but from the back ... he's got a strong ass game.

Teams playing even, but I think the Mets look tighter and cleaner so far.

Yup. Sugarman is there. Think I spotted Tatum O'Neal back there also.

But Walker plows through the hard part.

Weird to see Justin Turner and Cody Bellinger as the soft spot in this lineup.

Down goes Betts, 3-0 with a runner on second. That's not what MVPs do.

Got my first Mary Hart sighting, but haven't spotted Burt Sugarman yet.

Cahna taking advantage of the 2022 ball and giving up some deep outs.

But Luis Rengifo ends it with a groundout.

Angels, down 2-1 with two out in the ninth, just loaded the bases on a walk and two hit batsmen.

What the devil is on their left shoulders?

Davis getting the start over Nick.

That's repeated a lot, but the Mets before Cohen have dumped many bad and unwieldy contracts. It happens all the time. I haven't wanted to to make anything about it, because it becomes a proxy argument about the Wilpons in general, but sure they ate contracts. Paying for a player to lose games for you and paying for a player to not play for you isn't all that different no matter what kind of money you have. If a contract is immovable and the player isn't providing value, it's mostly all the same.

I don't think we should divide into Arisotilian and Platonic camps of ontology and tear at theories of likeness and universality for this. If you don't feel there is a meaningful likeness, I'm good with that.

Transactions, 5/29/2022 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90]Released[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/vizcaya-anthony-2022.png[/fimg][/td90] [td90]Name[/td90][td90]Anthony Vizcaya [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/venezuelan-flag-small.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]10/24/93[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]AAA (2022)[/td90] Anthony was in his first season in the Mets organization after starting his career in the Cleveland system and climbing the ladder with the Twins. He's also played a lot of foreign ball. Despite his solid minor league history, a 6.08 ERA for a 28-year-old in AAA wasn't cutting it. Transactions, 6/1/2022 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90]Signed Away by Aguascaliente (Mexican League)[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/vizcaya-anthony-2022.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Anthony Vizcaya [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/venezuelan-flag-small.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]10/24/93[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]AAA (2022)[/td90] Credit to the agent. He wasn't out of work long.

Felix seems to be laughing at the projectability of the Nido's 2016 Florida State League batting average.

Colors, size, and drop-shadows aside, is the font used on the Mets' road chestplate more or less the same thing Boston uses at home and on the road? [fimg=400]https://fanatics.frgimages.com/FFImage/thumb.aspx?i=/productimages/_4375000/altimages/ff_4375193-acb0eb3b5d561ce7926falt1_full.jpg&w=900[/fimg] [fimg=400]https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-1nrqf/images/stencil/500x659/products/195590/481680/AlexCoraBostonRedSoxRoadJerseybyNike__65480.1630608923.jpg?c=2[/fimg] [FIMG=400]https://images.footballfanatics.com/boston-red-sox/boston-red-sox-nike-official-replica-home-jersey-mens-with-hernandez-5-printing_ss4_p-12066775+u-11dkvxo5j6rdqhxk3lsc+v-a32c83b82f5548ea8970a56380eb8992.jpg?_hv=1&w=900[/FIMG] Not only to they both have the signature vertically centered serif, but if you compare the Y in NEW YORK to the X in RED SOX, they both put serif's just above and below the center of the letter when the center itself isn't available. Looking at it now, it seems a better match with the Boston road top, where the letters are similarly ovoid. The Boston home top seems to be more elongated, with the inside walls of the D and the O almost parallel to each other.

Not that everything about the DH isn't horseshit, but that special rule is horseshit.

Your move, Reds.

I'll be up late and eating terrible things.

Playoffs are over-rated. Regular season action should be for all the lasagna. This road trip would be that much more dramatic.

I guess the key is still the same. Go 1-0 over the next one and then see where you're at.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-christie-643395123/Andrew Christie

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brynalderson/Bryn Alderson

The Thomas Nido Game. I'm not sure how these things go — can a single guy have two eponymous games? Because http://phpbb3.leaptoad.com/mets/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=29598Tomás already has one. Same opponent, too! http://leaptoad.com/mets/scorecard_graph.php?game=9373&font=1>