metsmarathon

knocking down houses would've been another thing to kill the wilpons over. the thing about shea was that the whole thing opened up around you. it was expansive. it was overly large and it surrounded you. i was awed the first time i stepped onto the field in a run to home plate. it was enormous. i think that's what i don't like about citi. it feels like we traded down. it's also a little bland on the inside, though i haven't been there this year to experience the blue walls. it lacks architecture. it has some design, but it lacks architecture, and therefore character. it feels more like a replica than an authentic construct, though that's fairly true of all ballparks today (i actually feel like ysiii is worse in that respect) shea was familiar to us. we knew it well. it's hard to replace that. it was a dump, though i didn't mind it too much. i felt that it could have been rehabilitated, though that probably would have cost as much as building a new stadium. the wilpons are awful. i like the mets despite my dislike of them. the mets were here first, and i trust they'll be here last. the wilpons have done a shit job building a stadium, maintainting a fanbase, and, for hte most part, building a long-lasting competitor. my only hope is that somehow, the thought process whereby they added sandy alderson and his compatriots may signal some sort of enlightenment whereby they are open to not only new but good ideas. and indeed, tehy are not the worst ownership group in sports, nor are they the worst ownership group in this sorry little team's sorry little existence. i do not cheer them for this fact, i allow it to temper my disregard for them. i don't know what this has to do with anything, because i don't know what any of all of this has to do with anything. but i sure as hell hope they find a way to resign david wright at a reasonable price in a reasonable time frame.

Duda 3.8 Gee 2.9 Murphy 1.3 Torres 0.8 Hairston 0.8 Nieuwenhuis 0.4

Hefner 4.2 Quintanilla 1.4 Hairston 1.4 Francisco 1.2 Davis 1.0 Parnell 0.8

Hairston 3.1 Rottino 1.7 Ramirez 1.6 Egbert 1.3 Rauch 0.8 Niese 0.5 Torres 0.5 Nieuwenhuis 0.5

Dickey 5.8 Byrdak 1.4 Murphy 1.0 Francisco 0.9 Wright 0.5 Duda 0.4

Santana 5.5 Nickeas 1.4 Rottino 1.3 Hairston 1.0 Davis 0.5 Torres 0.3

Gee 5.6 Baxter 1.1 Duda 0.9 Davis 0.8 Byrdak 0.8 Ramirez 0.4 Murphy 0.4

Wright 3.7 Ramirez 3.1 Davis 1.3 Rottino 0.7 Duda 0.6 Turner 0.6

had a busy work week last week, and am furiuosly playing catchup. should be able to vote on these games by the end of today.

while you're investigating a distant, ancient alien civilization, which may ultimately come to destroy all of mankind, kick back with a frosty barley-pop

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Steve Henderson's homerun on June 14, 1980 was good for a .919 WPA, taking. Can any single hit in their history top that? You'd practically need a walk-off grand slam to give the Mets a one-run win: the highest WPA value hit possible. you'd need a 2-out, down by three, walk-off grand slam to get hte maximum WPA. bonus points if you find yourself in a low run environment. if runs are easier to come by in a given year, or period, then those 3 runs you're down by are increasingly insurmountable.

regarding howie, i suppose that's true, but it depends on what you're looking for. if you want a description of what hte player plays like, you wont get it from the stats. if you want to know how well the player plays, you might not get a full picture from teh scout.

if a demotion is the best way to get ike to bounce back, then it doesn't so much matter what kind of production we get in his spot in the meantime. although, with his current production at a -1.1 fWAR anda -1.3 rWAR, it shouldn't be all that hard to find someone to provide at least that much production.

Hairston 5.5 Johnson 1.7 Torres 0.9 Murphy 0.9 Carson 0.8 Wright 0.2

Wright 3.5 Cedeno 2.1 Turner 1.3 Murphy 1.1 Parnell 1.0 Dickey 1.0

Santana 3.9 Parnell 1.9 Duda 1.7 Baxter 1.3 Wright 0.7 Davis 0.5

damn! too bad it comes in after the fact, but i just calculated a 6.0 schaefer vote for ramon ramirez in the 0-8 brewers loss. the fuck, you say? well, he threw 5 strikeouts in 2.2 innings, against a walk and two hits. he also stranded an inherited runner. this adds up to a baseline score of 13.51. in a typical game, with multiple contributers, a 13.51 should be good for about 3 schaefer votes. but when he's the only one doing anything of note (baxter's next with a baseline of 2.50), it scales differently. i should point out that in the strict sense, he actually got a 7.2, but i hit the limit, so he gets bumped down to a 6.0. for this game, my vote would have looked like this: Ramirez 6.0 Baxter 1.3 Acosta 1.0 Wright 0.3 Murphy 0.3 Cedeno 0.3 in the prior game, i had batista down as a 6.0, and the 'bot had him at 5.95. fwiw.

a conventional manager chooses rauch, with his 59 career saves. i believe that to be the highest save total of any current met other than the to-be-deposed closer. the correct choice is probably parnell, who is pitching hte best in the bullpen, with the possible exception of byrdak, and who also allows for growth potential as a future closer. francisco's peripheral stats indicate that he should be doing better, has possibly been somewhat unlucky, and should bounce back once he's handed hte setup role. so, um, now that i've made this decision, can, uh, i have my old body back. i don't mind the job as mets manager so much, its just that i'm more comfortable in my own skin, and i really have no idea where terry's skin has been. i'm afraid to touch it.

Niese 4.7 Turner 1.7 Murphy 1.5 Nieuwenhuis 0.7 Wright 0.7 Rauch 0.7

Dickey 3.4 Wright 2.7 Torres 1.7 Murphy 1.2 Byrdak 0.6 Parnell 0.4

Santana 4.1 Davis 1.4 Byrdak 1.4 Baxter 1.2 Wright 1.0 Ramirez 0.9

Davis 3.4 Torres 2.7 Acosta 1.3 Byrdak 1.1 Turner 0.8 Duda 0.7

piazza over wright? no. i wonder how this list compares to out more thoughtfully-created listing...

Edgy DC wrote: Gwreck wrote: 4 home runs for Josh Hamilton tonight at Camden Yards. Also had a double to bring it to 18 total bases. And barely garnered PotG honors. i had him down for 4.4 schaefer votes, but have since tweaked my algorithm to escalate votes for homers more than 2 and for total bases more than 10. blame goes to neftali feliz for having a good outing of 6 innings, 4 hits, and 8 strikeouts, with none of those pesky at bat thingies that tend to drag down our own pitchers' performances.

Acosta 2.4 Nieuwenhuis 1.9 Wright 1.7 Duda 1.7 Byrdak 1.3 Rauch 1.0