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Murphy 3.3 EYoung 2.6 Torres 1.9 Valverde 1.1 Farnsworth 0.8 Wright 0.3

Familia 3.5 Lagares 2.6 Germen 2.5 dArnaud 0.8 Wright 0.5 EYoung 0.1

Colon 5.8 Tejada 1.5 EYoung 1.0 Farnsworth 0.7 Duda 0.5 dArnaud 0.5

Germen 4.7 Valverde 1.8 Davis 1.7 Farnsworth 1.1 EYoung 0.4 dArnaud 0.3

i think he's done reasonably well to put together a team that appears to have a bright future (though it was brighter before harvey went all tommy john) without making any really bad moves that threaten to hamstring hte team for years to come. i think hte biggest complaints for this season are hat the mets failed to spend money for hte sake of spending money. and that's really what signing stephen drew would be, plus a draft pick. the players i would have liked to see hte mets get were players that went elsewhere for more money than i would have liked to see them signed for. notably ellsbury and choo. i think that his extended honeymoon comes in large part from the realization that he ahd two very long shadows from which to come out from - minaya's payroll and the wilpons finances. and he's still not all hte way clear of hte latter. he has made, for the most part, very astute trades and signings. i think a B+ grade is very fair. it certainly has hte potential to go up from there.

jeez, did he break his hip on that play? i hope he was wearing his lifecall pendant.

Davis 3.4 Gee 1.9 Granderson 1.8 Torres 1.3 Tejada 0.9 Lagares 0.7

Mejia 4.2 Duda 2.8 Farnsworth 1.2 Valverde 1.0 Granderson 0.4 Recker 0.4

Wheeler 3.3 Granderson 2.6 Germen 1.8 Lagares 0.8 Satin 0.5 Davis 0.3 Duda 0.3

Lagares 3.0 Wright 1.6 Germen 1.5 Colon 1.4 Tejada 0.8

this whole "fatherhood" thing is kindof a big deal to me. the notion that a father's entire obligation to his family is a sperm cell, a continuing paycheck, and maybe some harsh words for a snotty brat, is insulting and preposterous. it is a relatively modern yet thoroughly antiquated construct based on chauvinism and sexism. it needs to end. women shouldn't put up with it and men shouldn't make them have to.

Frayed Knot wrote: ...and Francesa's brag about him going to work the day after (or was it ten minutes after?) his kids were born is a lot easier to say and do when... when your job is to sit in a chair and talk sports for a few hours a day, and maybe not fall asleep while doing so.

i can't even believe this is an issue. seriously cannot fucking believe it. when minimm was born, i took a month off work. you know why? because i could. when �mml&r were born, guess what? i took another month off. you know why? because i could. i had the available leave and the flexibility in my workpalce allowed it. i'm super thankful for it. and i wish i could've taken more time off. you know why? because i'm a man, a father, a husband, and I AM A MAN. but what is a man? is a man just a meatbag with a hairy penis? is that all that makes me a man? a y-chromosome and 18 years under my belt? no. a man is a MAN. he is a provider for his family, and its protector. (allow me to dive off hte deep end of societal stereotyping and mookery here. men are so much more and so much less than that. but i cannot assault the argument without first fully embracing it). that's what a man does. that's what a man is. a man who does not provide for and protect his family is no man at all. amirite? well, once we've got that nonsense out of the way. let me ask a question. how exactly does one provide for his family? what does that even mean? is it just money? is that all i do? make money, give it to the family, and then my manly responsibilities are fulfilled? of course not. a man must provide love and support to his family. and when does a family need more love and support than when a new child is born into it? the babies need love. the mother just pushed a watermelon out of her (or had it cut out of her freaking abdomen!). your watermelon! you think she doesn't need love? babies are helpless. do they not need support? does that watermelon-producer not also need support, to the best and utmost of your abilities? and what of protecting the family? by loving and supporting hte mother and new babies, a man also protects his family proactively. protect the family from undue stress and difficulty, and also to a lesser extent from whackadoodle inlaws. a man protects his family from dangers not only physical, but also mental and emotional. and when are families more emotionally and mentally stressed than when a new child is born into it? no, manly man, your provisions and protections extend beyond a paycheck and a smelly armpit, especially when you are able. now, mind you, if a family is so fully dependent upon the paycheck of the man, then it is the man's obligation to find hte proper balance, for to forego pay altogether to be there for a new child can be counter-productive. so a family that's living paycheck to paycheck, more or less, may have to sacrifice the time the man spends with the new baby. but lets be real. the murphys are not in any way living paycheck to paycheck. daniel murphy is making $5.7M this year, and while i don't know if paternity leave is paid or not, even if its not paid, he'll undoubtedly be just fine. and while he's not yet reached his free agent years and has not yet gotten a long term contract, his job is fairly safe, and he may look forward to a decent major league career with tens of millions of dollars in salary over its course. he's already cleared the bar of providing for his family, financially. taking a month off may not be adviseable for him, in that it would then become detrimental to his career and also to his team. but three days is an exceedingly small drop in the bucket. moreover, and importantly, he is entitled to taking three days off. his union has won that provision and it is his to use. and use it he should. to not use it would be to not provide for his family, as the exceedingly small financial and career benefit does not outweigh the emotional and mental and physical benefit of him being with his new family for htose three scant days. a pro football player might not have the flexibility to miss a game or three following the birth of a child, as his season is shorter, his contract is not guaranteed, his career is more fleeting, the loss of a game check more pronounced, and hte threat of replacement on the depth charts more immediate. especially for a marginal player. but for an established major league baseball player? please. surely there are those who were unable to avail themselves of any such provision in their own lives, and who had to make the sacrifice of not being there for their newborn child because their own financial situation outweighed or threatened to outweigh the benefit of being there, but they should not begrudge him his luck and his success. and for mike francessa to begrudge him is preposterous. fuck that noise. fuck it right in the neck.

y'know, it occurred to me that if this spate of pre- and early-season elbow injuries had happened in a WBC year, the entire world of baseball would explode with the fury of a thousand supernovae. but since its not a WBC year, there's a collective whimper, a sigh, a "whaddayagonnado", and we all go on with our lives.

except that it's the same injury. might of course be some differences in where exactly the tear is in the ligament, and that could drive the decision to attempt the prp or not go ahead with the surgery. but the important pieces here are that its the UCL in the throwing arm of a major league pitcher. those things get heavily stressed, and not fixing them all the way means eventually breaking htem all over again, or breaking other things, some of which could be much worse things to break. and successfully healing a ligament takes a known amount of time, with some variation. that variation is extremely unlikely to extend all the way down to 2 weeks, or really any period of time that should allow bobby parnell to return to the field this season without causing massive risk of near-future injury. prp is valid therapy if hte player might not go ahead with tjs, and might want to attempt to go full-rehab instead of the surgery path. and since i doubt that it would negatively impact the outcome of an eventual tjs, there's no reason, really, not to do it. especially if you have the money.

i wonder if taking the two weeks off, and having the prp treatment, might be a thing to do to improve outcomes. but i have no fucking idea.

i think the specifics of the medical file would allow some refinement of hte injury timeframe, but really, i think that based on her background and hte info available, her diagnosis and prognosis is very likely to be correct. i think that a partially torn UCL is not something that can simply be healed away quickly in any way that will allow for a speedy return to action, unless the initial diagnosis greatly overstates the injury (grade 1 instead of a grade 2 strain, perhaps). also, given her schooling in physical therapy, i think she's very reliable in terms of being able to forecast recovery times. maybe bobby pee is a freak like adrian petersen, and wil be back to 100% in 4-6 months. but i really wouldn't hold my breath.

Ceetar wrote: I approve of paternity leave as a rule and wish it was mandatory anywhere. not that I'm biased or anything. bah, like babies need their fathers.

Lagares 2.8 Valverde 2.2 Wright 1.9 Brown 1.9 Gee 1.2 OE: i had to edit my tally; i'd forgotten to credit gee for the (quality) start

i've still got a bunch of leftover, unused juan signs, if you want them.

Name the first Met of 2014 to: 1. Reach base safely eric young 2. Get a hit eric young 3. Draw a walk david wright 4. Hit a double david wright 5. Hit a triple juan lagares 6. Hit a home run curtis granderson 7. Steal second base david wright 8. Reach by error eric young 9. Hit a grounds-rule double travis d'arnaud 10. Score a run eric young 11. Drive in a run curtis granderson 12. Get hit by a pitch ike davis 13. Drive in more than one run in a single plate appearance david wright 14. Hit into a double play ike davis 15. Get caught stealing OR picked off base eric young 16. Strike out ike davis 17. Bunt for a base hit juan lagares 18. Get tagged out at home juan lagares 19. Pinch hit lucas duda 20. Be pinch-hit for dillon gee 21. Commit an error ruben tejada 22. Play a batted ball by an opponent in fair territory ruben tejada 23. Be called on to relieve scott rice 24. Strike out 6 or more batters in the same game zack wheeler 25. Hit an opposing batter with a pitch zack wheeler Bonus: score the first double play the Mets turn 4-6-3

complications can be such a terrifying word. i hope all is well, and that hte mets are merely doofuses at public relations.

85-77 2nd no, but it's damned close.

i promise to try not to fall offa tha wagon in august again...

its a technicality at least as delicious as dwight gooden.