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Well, Matz wasn't 'lit up' so much as 'incinerated by standing under a Saturn 5 rocket at liftoff.'
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IGT 07/31 - Mets at Nationals - Let's Bury These Muthas
Lefty Specialist replied to a topic in Archived Game Threads
Edgy MD wrote: The Mets in DC came to play! Thus thought Mickey Callaway! But it's a bed-shit start for Matz! In a box, I spot Saul Katz! HEY, SAUL, TELL ME WHAT'S THE SCORE! 25 OR 6 TO 4! Here we've reached the trade deadline! Wilmer Flores still is mine! But he's pulled early from the game! Is Hand and Foot and Mouth to blame?!! NOW MY BUTTHOLE'S GROWING SORE!! 25 OR 6 TO 4! Is that Reyes on the mound?! Down by more than one touchdown?! Six more runs have crossed plate! Mickey, time to abdicate! THIS GAME'S RAPE-BY-DINOSAUR!!! 25 OR 6 TO 4! No more calls, we have a winner..... -
THE Jack Reinheimer? Wow.
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Archer to Pirates! Wow, Buccos are going for it. And he's controllable for a few more years at a reasonable price. Glad the Yanks didn't get him.
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Ceetar wrote: Wilpons always seem to be able to be pitched to, so I think there's a good shot New GM is able to convince them to spend a little more, at least in key spots. Wasn't that one of their supposed rules for when they hired Sandy? "Sell us on how you're going to make this team good" I mean, granted, sometimes it's a snake oil salesman. Omar did that pretty successfully, back when they had money.
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Yeah, I have to think the Nats still have a run in them. I'd keep them together if I were running things.
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In America, mound visits mean stalling for time. In Russia, mound visits mean Time for Stalin!
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I'd sell the team to the Russians in a heartbeat. Vladimir Putin wouldn't put up with this shit.
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Zack Wheeler looks completely different
Lefty Specialist replied to Centerfield's topic in New York Mets Talk
They only have one more year of control on Wheeler, so much as i like him, there may be no better time to trade him. -
Well, we're the only ones whose owners were part of a massive Ponzi scheme which cripples the team to this day. So there's that.
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Fman99 wrote: Edgy MD wrote: How do you feel about possibly dealing Flores? Bautista and Mesoraco? My wife would/will be devastated if Flores gets dealt, she's a sucker for a crying adult man. I think they should hold him, he's been one of their best hitters for the last several weeks and he's a product of our own minor league system. As for Mesoraco and Joey Bats, they are hired guns, I don't see them as being irreplaceable. Yeah, this. My wife would be bereft if they traded Wilmer. She wouldn't miss the others.
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A little random, but I'm curious nonetheless. . .
Lefty Specialist replied to Mex17's topic in New York Mets Talk
Actually the poll choice should have read; 'The Rays get the stadium replacing the stadium they're thinking about building now built.' -
IGT 07/28 - NYM at PIT - deGrom, For a Win!
Lefty Specialist replied to a topic in Archived Game Threads
I almost want them to trade deGrom to somebody who can score some runs for him. Almost. -
Far better than I thought he'd be. The lack of range was painful, but he never did anything stupid, played when others would have sat down, and was pretty clutch when it was needed. One of those few 'veteran free agent' acquisitions that actually worked out.
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The return was probably the best they were going to get as the Wilpons dumped salary again.
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The time to do this was in 2011. The true dimensions of the Madoff nonsense were known by then, and they just let Jose Reyes walk away without an offer (different Reyes at that time, he'd just won a batting title). It was obvious that they didn't have enough cash to run the team like a major-league franchise. If they'd forced them to sell then it would have been defendable. Now it's too late. The Mets muddled through just well enough to keep the Wilpons in charge. They got a loan from MLB, weathered a sexual harassment charge that luckily occurred before #metoo, signed Wright to a contract that'll mostly be covered by insurance, got to the World Series like a blind squirrel finding a nut, and gradually refinanced their looming debt at favorable interest rates. They're entrenched and they're going nowhere. Sucks to be us.
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Dumpster diving. Rather see some minor leaguers get those at-bats. Matt denDekker, white courtesy phone.
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On to Pittsburgh -- IGT 7/26/18
Lefty Specialist replied to Frayed Knot's topic in Archived Game Threads
bmfc1 wrote: Always great to see Cervelli. Nice of him to come off the DL today so we can see him pump his fist. Come in spikes high, Metsies. -
Pretty sure Bud left a message in his desk drawer for Manfred that read, "Don't do anything to the Wilpons, no matter what."
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We got ourselves a nooner! -- IGT 7/25/18
Lefty Specialist replied to Frayed Knot's topic in Archived Game Threads
Gah! Will no one rid me of this meddlesome Reyes? -
Wholly Inappropriate Poll, Part 2
Lefty Specialist replied to Centerfield's topic in New York Mets Talk
Two Magna Cum Laudes in the bunch, but somehow I don't think they were hired for their brains. -
We thought they had too much pitching last year, until they didn't.
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Centerfield wrote: The owners' interests are to feign a commitment to winning while turning enough profit to stabilize their finances so they won't be at risk of losing control of the team.
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Would have been nice if he'd shaken hands with the entire Yankee team before his start. This team is amazing, and not in a good way.
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Dunno, I'm not as big a fan as some others. Got the yips at some inopportune times. Using him three days in a row or for a second inning often portended disaster. Agreed that the Mets defense didn't help him out but sometimes you've got to pick up that defense.
