metsmarathon

Holy shit now I want there to be a Mario kart mid-inning promotion where random fans race each other for fun and prizes.

needs more pixellated artwork

I keep waffling on whether or not mid november after the world series would be a good time for the WBC. you might certainly start running into trouble perhaps with the various international leagues that play at lower latitudes, but i don't really know those schedules in the least. getting free agent major leaguers would be a challenge, as they may not be willing to risk having a minor injury be the last thing anyone sees of them, which takes money off their table (as opposed to taking their availability to their employers with a spring injury, of course! but at least the players like diaz are insured this way.) that would pose a risk for pre-free-agency players as well, i think. yeah, there would be a lot of player-assumed risk doing it after the season.... but anyways... players not on playoff teams could join their respective international teams, and probably start having more of an exhibition schedule through october, and adding in playoff participants as their schedules free up, with the world series winners being the last ones in. but then the players really are playing a lot more baseball than they would otherwise, instead of adding a few more higher intensity games when they otherwise would be playing games anyway. and you're shortening the time players have to recover between seasons, and reducing the time they have with their families. I still feel like, regardless of the increased risk of having players, who are already coming into camp in nearly game shape, ramping up just a little early to play a few more higher intensity games before the season kicks off, holding the WBC before the season instead of after is probably the best time. maybe in the future we start the season one week later for the next WBC go-around, and hold the WBC later in March, to make sure the participants have had enough ramp-up time, to cut down on some of the injuries. not that that kind of thing would have prevented sugar's injury...

yeah, he's mine. sad trumpets...

oh the humanity!

ah shit. that's what i was afraid of when he grabbed at the top of his knee. i don't know how you even do that with a happy little bunny-hop.

look at all those people shaking his damned hand. no wonder he ruined his elbow.

it's rather ironic that a mets player was injured in a fairly tame post-game celebration, what with our recent history of having a pack of wild dogs chase down a game-winning player and literally rip the jersey off his back. but, ho noes, they jumped around in a circle in celebration of a big emotional victory representing their country. the horror.

All I was thinking was, ‘celebrate gently!' It didn't look like they were going too hard on the jubilation, either. Fucking hell, man.

[bIGPURPLE]Motherfucker[/bIGPURPLE]

well, he won't actively make us miss taijuan walker until at least july, as he'll be out until at least then as he recovers from a bone graft on his dang rib.

june 3rd

yeah, if my kids are more able to stay up to watch the game more often, instead of maybe the first inning if we're lucky, then the pitch clock will be more than worth it. the one thing i'm actually a bit worried about is if the games go quicker, will there be enough time to actually go get concessions?

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=119006 time=1677613477 user_id=68] =metsmarathon post_id=119004 time=1677612071 user_id=83] who knows - maybe texas even said to him if he walks out that door to see if the mets would match it, the offer would be gone.

its certainly possible for someone to want to play for the mets, and also want to see if better offers are out there. it's not like he went to texas for a couple bucks more. he got a ludicrously bigger offer than even the feveriest of fever dreams would suggest possible. why even risk the chance of it slipping through your fingers? who knows - maybe texas even said to him if he walks out that door to see if the mets would match it, the offer would be gone. if he went to texas for similar money, or certainly for less money, then sure, we might be validated in feeling spurned, but fer chrissakes, that is not what happened here. he doesn't owe us anything, least of which is an explantion, when the answer is so seemingly obvious.

aw man... does this mean i need to join - gasp! - a random yahoo league!?

"KC1","AL","Kansas City","Athletics","1955","1967" "KCA","AL","Kansas City","Royals","1969","2021" madness!

bbref's football sister site has absolute madness going on for their TLAs. witness: San FranciscO (SFO) how? why? what? i guess it's the san franciso airport code, but that's a garbage reason. elsewise one of the damned jersey teams shoulda been abbreviated EWR already! sadly, and becasue i just checked, their futbol site does NOT have TLAs for each of the futbol clubs out there. they just full-name them the whole damned time. what a wasted opportunity, that.

fangraphs predicts the mets and braves flip-flopped from pecota, with 95 wins for the braves and 92 for the mets. i'm quite curious as to the major contributing sources to the disagreement between the two. i'm worried that fangraphs might be more right, just from the standpoint of there being a few more ways the mets could fall apart (literally) this year, what with old pitchers and such, whereas the braves really have to be worried about rookies and sophomores meeting expectations. i think we might have a higher ceiling, but also a lower floor, despite our seeming depth. that said, regression aside, we've basically added to our 101-game winning team from last year. and it's not like that team was loaded with outlier performances. so... fuck it. i'll go 100 wins. if we bonk, blame me.

damn. he was great, and really set the bar for future baseball analysts. at least in the humble opinion of my formative years. He wasn't as good, i don't think, once he moved on to fox, but damned if he and ralph didn't make for a terrific tv booth.

=vtmet7 post_id=118319 time=1676454624 user_id=80] I understand their desire to shorten games but...how about a compromise, have 1 real rules extra inning first before doing baby rules starting with the 11th?

but only one pitcher with more games started than jake has zero complete games. who is he? oh, i'll give the answer in a bit. this quiz is so rotten it stinks. you're sure to actively hate me for it. don't worry. if it's too hard, i'll put it on a tee and give out hints. our player of interest was once traded from his draft team to help bring back no less than zack grienke. don't lose courage. he once was a star - you could look it up if you wanted. is he "-izzi" oh "O" it stinks odor active active pitcher put it on a tee the texas rangers have a big T for their logo traded from his draft team. the brewers drafted him. less than jake zack grienke was traded along with yuniesky betancourt for lorenzo cain, alcides escobar, jeremy jeffress, and our guy. once a star he was an all star. he was also an astro. if this quiz went on longer, i would have shone a light on his identity by mentioning that his doppelganger according to bbref is chris young, or jeremy hellickson at the same age. i wanted to get a ray and a twin reference in. dangit. nice work. jake odorizzi, despite having started 237 games, has yet to complete a game.

our player of interest was once traded from his draft team to help bring back no less than zack grienke. don't lose courage. he once was a star - you could look it up if you wanted.

705 pitchers have started more games than jacob degrom's 209. Forty-three of these pitchers have as many or fewer complete games as jake. four pitchers with more games started than jake have only one complete game. they are erik bedard, kevin gausman, chris young, and robbie ray. ten such pitchers have two complete games. they include jose quintana, stephen strasburg and yu darvish. scott kazmir is one of a dozen pitchers with three complete games. kip wells is another. among four-shutouters are gio gonzalez, brad penny, mike pelfrey, and bruce chen. but only one pitcher with more games started than jake has zero complete games. who is he? oh, i'll give the answer in a bit. this quiz is so rotten it stinks. you're sure to actively hate me for it. don't worry. if it's too hard, i'll put it on a tee and give out hints.

fuck!