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Swan Swan H wrote: ="metsguyinmichigan"]="Frayed Knot"]="metsguyinmichigan"]And is that the last we see of him, or does the injury buy him some more time? Well, who are your TWO replacements: Niese and .... ? Figueroa? There are too many bodies in the bullpen now. Two pitchers out, a pitcher and a bat back in makes sense to me. Meanwhile, Murph with some more leather. I can't bear to watch anymore. Oy, the carnage.

I watched sporadically and played board games with the wife after the kids went to bed. But not much to see. I was struck by the eternal optimism of Fboy. When the Braves went up 6-0 after the McCann HR we went into the bathroom, to brush his teeth and get ready for bed. When we came back out he was excited that the Mets had gotten two outs. "They're that much closer to winning now!" is what he told me. Gotta love that.

In my premature curmudgeonness I will admit that I hate everything on TV, new shows, old shows, dramas, comedies, all of it. But, seriously, is there any programming less necessary than the ESPYs?

Tonight's game is later because they are going to retire Maddux's number in a pre-game ceremony.

metirish wrote: Do we have a bunch of posters on the DL?, IGT's of late have been slow. LWFS is doing trojan work though. Golf night. Will try to chip in more tomorrow.

You can't stop Alex Cora, you can only hope to contain him. (Yes, he sucks. All heart, no bat.)

The perfect 'day after the ASG nothing on' thread! So, which big shot brings the most to the Mets as an organization? Not necessarily the funniest Met lovin big shot, or the hottest, or the most famous, but the best, however you wish to define it. Putting choices up there from that spun off thread, feel free to nominate your own if you don't like those which came up already. Maybe, the question to ask is, which of these big shots would be the best add to the CPF (assuming they're not already here incognito)? Vote and expound please.

="Edgy DC":1wweomsw]They have developed their own Halladay and his name is Bobby Parnell. If the SHaMs start Parnell, by August, the notion that we were once interested in selling the farm for Halladay (and giving him $100 mills+ over five years) will seem quaint.[/quote:1wweomsw] Wow, I've been drinking for a few hours now, but this seems euphoric even to me. I love it. metirish Jul 15 2009 08:16 PM You crack me up fman Ashie62 Jul 15 2009 08:22 PM ="Edgy DC":1tcz4d67]They have developed their own Halladay and his name is Bobby Parnell. If the SHaMs start Parnell, by August, the notion that we were once interested in selling the farm for Halladay (and giving him $100 mills+ over five years) will seem quaint.[/quote:1tcz4d67] Son, is this some sort of a sick joke? Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 10:42 PM Call my bluff and start him. MFS62 Jul 16 2009 08:00 AM I agree with Edgy - let's see what Parnell can do as a starter. Also Halliday, Holliday, Shmaliday, Shmoliday, Joel Sherman put his two cents in intimating Minata hasn't been trying: http://www.nypost.com/seven/07162009/sports/mets/holliday_slumber_shows_omars_failures_179579.htm?&page=0 Later Ashie62 Jul 16 2009 08:11 AM ="Edgy DC":3f7k326p]Call my bluff and start him.[/quote:3f7k326p] Edgy. I was actually joking..Earlier in the year I posted giving Parnell a shot as a starter but the common response was he couldn't bring heat for more than an inning or 2 and he didn't have enough pitches. If the season gets uglier come late August I'm all for starting him for a 5 or 6 start sample. Edgy DC Jul 16 2009 08:26 AM I don't recall that exchange. I understand steering guys with a limited array of pitches toward the pen, but there are plenty of guys who've succeeded as starters with only two pitches. There are plenty more who throw their third or fourth pitch only five times a game. Centerfield Jul 16 2009 09:31 AM If you're a two pitch starter, but pitches are plus pitches. Parnell has a good fastball, ok slider. I see him in middle relief. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 16 2009 10:07 AM Parnell's slider is just okay. Iffy command, middling movement. Also, he didn't throw nearly as hard when starting (91-92 rather than 95-96). Since his slider is 86-87, that would make his speed differential just about 5 mph... meaning that hitters wouldn't have to adjust their timing significantly to hit his "off-speed" stuff. Unless he does some serious workshopping on the slider and/or a third pitch, and that work proves successful, there are significantly better options in Niese and/or Holt for late-season show-me starts.

="Centerfield":398mkj62]Seriously. All we did was slam him on talk radio. Marines Fans > Mets Fans[/quote:398mkj62] Yeah but can they fight ham like the Nippon Ham Fighters? I'm a Jew and I can't resist ham. Ashie62 Jul 15 2009 08:27 PM Valentine is not going to the Nats..not enough spotlight. He may use them to negotiate. Fred and Jeff..Fire the Fuckstick we have as a manager and offer Bobby V a quadrillion dollars! now! Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 10:51 PM He's still got a job, hasn't he? Triple Dee Jul 15 2009 11:05 PM ="Ashie62":6zlpizip]Valentine is not going to the Nats..not enough spotlight. He may use them to negotiate. Fred and Jeff..Fire the Fuckstick we have as a manager and offer Bobby V a quadrillion dollars! now![/quote:6zlpizip] How about no? Mex17 Jul 16 2009 03:53 AM ="Triple Dee":9a3ipcdv]="Ashie62":9a3ipcdv]Valentine is not going to the Nats..not enough spotlight. He may use them to negotiate. Fred and Jeff..Fire the Fuckstick we have as a manager and offer Bobby V a quadrillion dollars! now![/quote:9a3ipcdv] How about no?[/quote:9a3ipcdv] How about yes? (Not the quadrillion dollars part. . .more like what he is making in Japan.) Edgy DC Jul 16 2009 05:36 AM Still got a job, hasn't he? I think the Marines have a worse record than the Mets. Managers aren't alchemists.

="Edgy DC":2o053drn]This isn't a wank contest. But sure, you give your body to Stewart and I'lll give mine to Glenn. I'll be in Scotland before ye'.[/quote:2o053drn] Edgy, let's quit the bullshitting. We're on the internet. This whole place is a wank contest. You go to Scotland. I change my vote to Julia, I'll get myself a Scott paper tissue. G-Fafif Jul 15 2009 02:58 PM Fman is literally in midseason form. Benjamin Grimm Jul 15 2009 02:59 PM For Fman, it's all about the wank. He's perpetually 14 years old. Anyway, it seems that Ray Romano may not be not one of us after all. In a Q&A piece in the Daily News a week or so ago, he said he grew up as a Yankee fan in a Yankee household, even though he lived in Queens. Perhaps he made the switch to the Mets at some point, but you wouldn't know it from that article. Benjamin Grimm Jul 15 2009 02:59 PM Hey, wait! I thought I was in the Met-Loving Big Shot thread!

="Edgy DC":3v5kxhrn]Glenn Close, baby.[/quote:3v5kxhrn] She may be the most, uh, handsome Mets fan out there. Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 02:52 PM This isn't a wank contest. But sure, you give your body to Stewart and I'lll give mine to Glenn. I'll be in Scotland before ye'. dgwphotography Jul 15 2009 02:54 PM ="Edgy DC":1yldf61i]Glenn Close, baby.[/quote:1yldf61i] Glenn Close, the Yankee bandwagon joiner? Fman99 Jul 15 2009 02:57 PM ="Edgy DC":2o053drn]This isn't a wank contest. But sure, you give your body to Stewart and I'lll give mine to Glenn. I'll be in Scotland before ye'.[/quote:2o053drn] Edgy, let's quit the bullshitting. We're on the internet. This whole place is a wank contest. You go to Scotland. I change my vote to Julia, I'll get myself a Scott paper tissue. G-Fafif Jul 15 2009 02:58 PM Fman is literally in midseason form. Benjamin Grimm Jul 15 2009 02:59 PM For Fman, it's all about the wank. He's perpetually 14 years old. Anyway, it seems that Ray Romano may not be not one of us after all. In a Q&A piece in the Daily News a week or so ago, he said he grew up as a Yankee fan in a Yankee household, even though he lived in Queens. Perhaps he made the switch to the Mets at some point, but you wouldn't know it from that article. Benjamin Grimm Jul 15 2009 02:59 PM Hey, wait! I thought I was in the Met-Loving Big Shot thread!

="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":86wcqmmz]="Edgy DC":86wcqmmz]I think I made clear that I don't "piss on... his bonafides. But I certainly oppose his nomination as America's Best Met Lovin' Big Shot.[/quote:86wcqmmz] Who's your horse?[/quote:86wcqmmz] Yeah, I smell a CPF poll once some nominees are settled. So far I'd toss out Stewart, Seinfeld and Julia Styles. Who else ya got? Tim Robbins? Matthew Broderick? Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 02:48 PM Glenn Close, baby. Fman99 Jul 15 2009 02:50 PM ="Edgy DC":3v5kxhrn]Glenn Close, baby.[/quote:3v5kxhrn] She may be the most, uh, handsome Mets fan out there. Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 02:52 PM This isn't a wank contest. But sure, you give your body to Stewart and I'lll give mine to Glenn. I'll be in Scotland before ye'. dgwphotography Jul 15 2009 02:54 PM ="Edgy DC":1yldf61i]Glenn Close, baby.[/quote:1yldf61i] Glenn Close, the Yankee bandwagon joiner? Fman99 Jul 15 2009 02:57 PM ="Edgy DC":2o053drn]This isn't a wank contest. But sure, you give your body to Stewart and I'lll give mine to Glenn. I'll be in Scotland before ye'.[/quote:2o053drn] Edgy, let's quit the bullshitting. We're on the internet. This whole place is a wank contest. You go to Scotland. I change my vote to Julia, I'll get myself a Scott paper tissue. G-Fafif Jul 15 2009 02:58 PM Fman is literally in midseason form. Benjamin Grimm Jul 15 2009 02:59 PM For Fman, it's all about the wank. He's perpetually 14 years old. Anyway, it seems that Ray Romano may not be not one of us after all. In a Q&A piece in the Daily News a week or so ago, he said he grew up as a Yankee fan in a Yankee household, even though he lived in Queens. Perhaps he made the switch to the Mets at some point, but you wouldn't know it from that article. Benjamin Grimm Jul 15 2009 02:59 PM Hey, wait! I thought I was in the Met-Loving Big Shot thread!

="themetfairy":17rucwsm]From The Daily Show - [/quote:17rucwsm] With all apologies to Jerry Seinfeld (who hasn't done much since his TV show ended) and uber-hot Julia Styles, Jon Stewart is America's best Met Lovin' Big Shot. He'd fit in perfectly here. (Merged from Stewart Split, 7/17/2009) Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 12:47 PM Pbbb. Disrespected the apple and Shea at all chances, hopped on the bandwagon about the Randolph firing being somehow extraordinary, and isn't as funny as half the posters here even with a staff. dgwphotography Jul 15 2009 01:23 PM I'm glad I'm not the only one around here who doesn't think that Jon Stewart is all that. G-Fafif Jul 15 2009 02:09 PM Any doubts I may have had about Jon Stewart's Met authenticity (and I didn't really have them) were allayed when Kevin Burkhardt interviewed him at Citi Field and he mentioned what a great home the Brooklyn Dodgers have here, or words to that effect. Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 02:12 PM Yeah, but by then it was a cheap easy cliched shot. I have no doubt that he has a long history with the team, but Citi was made (and Shea torn down) for people like him. metirish Jul 15 2009 02:17 PM ="dgwphotography":2z4zs6w9]I'm glad I'm not the only one around here who doesn't think that Jon Stewart is all that.[/quote:2z4zs6w9] Oh we are here..... G-Fafif Jul 15 2009 02:20 PM ="Edgy DC":prk3eg5e]Yeah, but by then it was a cheap easy cliched shot. I have no doubt that he has a long history with the team, but Citi was made (and Shea torn down) for people like him.[/quote:prk3eg5e] It was all in the timing. People like him? Late night basic cable hosts? metirish Jul 15 2009 02:21 PM That's on basic with your package? Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 02:25 PM The rich and the smug. He didn't even make the 500: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2009 02:28 PM ="Edgy DC"]Yeah, but by then it was a cheap easy cliched shot. I have no doubt that he has a long history with the team, but Citi was made (and Shea torn down) for people like him. Call a spade a spade, sirrah-- you're an anti-hostite. He's gotten a bit haughty at times of late-- the hang-'em-high righteousness with which he went after Jim Cramer was a bit unbecoming-- but I've been a fan of his work since the standup days, and wouldn't deign to piss on his-- nor most other folk's (save those mouth-breathing "I root for New York teams" fence-straddlers)-- Met-fan bonafides. G-Fafif Jul 15 2009 02:30 PM The ticket prices below Promenade reflects a Richness Outreach Program, for sure. But the fine print on the back indicates nothing regarding either smugness or humility. There is no official No. 501, but John Stewart with an "h" came as close as anyone. People just didn't turn it into quite enough gold. G-Fafif Jul 15 2009 02:31 PM ="metirish":37z63oby]That's on basic with your package?[/quote:37z63oby] Right there between ABC Family and E! Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 02:37 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jul 15 2009 02:39 PM ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]="Edgy DC"]Yeah, but by then it was a cheap easy cliched shot. I have no doubt that he has a long history with the team, but Citi was made (and Shea torn down) for people like him. Call a spade a spade, sirrah-- you're an anti-hostite. He's gotten a bit haughty at times of late-- the hang-'em-high righteousness with which he went after Jim Cramer was a bit unbecoming-- but I've been a fan of his work since the standup days, and wouldn't deign to piss on his-- nor most other folk's (save those mouth-breathing "I root for New York teams" fence-straddlers)-- Met-fan bonafides. I think I made clear that I don't "piss on... his bonafides. But I certainly oppose his nomination as America's Best Met Lovin' Big Shot. metirish Jul 15 2009 02:37 PM I think I started tuning Stewart out when the notion that he was a bona fide news man started gaining traction , or more precisely I would read that it was from Stewart that "young" people were getting their news. Not for me , I stick to the BBC for that stuff and NBC Evening News with Brian Williams. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2009 02:40 PM ="Edgy DC":ugckwhun]I think I made clear that I don't "piss on... his bonafides. But I certainly oppose his nomination as America's Best Met Lovin' Big Shot.[/quote:ugckwhun] Who's your horse? Fman99 Jul 15 2009 02:48 PM ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":86wcqmmz]="Edgy DC":86wcqmmz]I think I made clear that I don't "piss on... his bonafides. But I certainly oppose his nomination as America's Best Met Lovin' Big Shot.[/quote:86wcqmmz] Who's your horse?[/quote:86wcqmmz] Yeah, I smell a CPF poll once some nominees are settled. So far I'd toss out Stewart, Seinfeld and Julia Styles. Who else ya got? Tim Robbins? Matthew Broderick? Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 02:48 PM Glenn Close, baby. Fman99 Jul 15 2009 02:50 PM ="Edgy DC":3v5kxhrn]Glenn Close, baby.[/quote:3v5kxhrn] She may be the most, uh, handsome Mets fan out there. Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 02:52 PM This isn't a wank contest. But sure, you give your body to Stewart and I'lll give mine to Glenn. I'll be in Scotland before ye'. dgwphotography Jul 15 2009 02:54 PM ="Edgy DC":1yldf61i]Glenn Close, baby.[/quote:1yldf61i] Glenn Close, the Yankee bandwagon joiner? Fman99 Jul 15 2009 02:57 PM ="Edgy DC":2o053drn]This isn't a wank contest. But sure, you give your body to Stewart and I'lll give mine to Glenn. I'll be in Scotland before ye'.[/quote:2o053drn] Edgy, let's quit the bullshitting. We're on the internet. This whole place is a wank contest. You go to Scotland. I change my vote to Julia, I'll get myself a Scott paper tissue. G-Fafif Jul 15 2009 02:58 PM Fman is literally in midseason form. Benjamin Grimm Jul 15 2009 02:59 PM For Fman, it's all about the wank. He's perpetually 14 years old. Anyway, it seems that Ray Romano may not be not one of us after all. In a Q&A piece in the Daily News a week or so ago, he said he grew up as a Yankee fan in a Yankee household, even though he lived in Queens. Perhaps he made the switch to the Mets at some point, but you wouldn't know it from that article. Benjamin Grimm Jul 15 2009 02:59 PM Hey, wait! I thought I was in the Met-Loving Big Shot thread!

Still have not seen this -- I don't get to the movies much anymore. But the book covers in depth not only Dillinger, but Nelson, Floyd, the Barker gang, Bonnie and Clyde and Machine Gun Kelly all with great detail and minus the inaccuracies and liberties taken by the filmmakers in the name of dramatic license. I'd recommend the book to anyone -- very enjoyable non-fiction.

My vote is in that 30-34 range. They just look so god awful at the plate recently that I don't see how they put up the runs they'd need to win 40+.

="Edgy DC"]I hear Willie Mays wore a Giants hat. Even as a Mets fan, I can cheer hooray for that. And then I see he wore a dumbass Giants batting practice hat. Booo! "Hey, Willie, we're in a white void. This is not the change that we seek. And what's with the dumbass cap?" With that backdrop, shouldn't Laurence Fishburne be in there too, telling them that they're really just batteries?

="Edgy DC"]]REASON TO WATCH Fair-and-balanced portrait of the game's greatest, Joltin' Joe excepted. Dame un descanso. Yeah, I spit on this too. Are they saying that Joe D was better than Teddy Ballgame? Don't think so. Stupid Newsday.

="G-Fafif":9sn5sc6y]="Fman99":9sn5sc6y]="Centerfield":9sn5sc6y]I will be really pissed off if he's good for them.[/quote:9sn5sc6y] HIs escape from the orange and blue virtually assures him some measure of success. Having said that, once he puts that stupid red hat on I will loathe him like he's a Hawaiian outfielder.[/quote:9sn5sc6y] Benny Agbayani just filed an anti-defamation suit.[/quote:9sn5sc6y] No, I meant a ****y Hawaiian in a red hat, who runs out of the basepath and doesn't get called for it, and not any of the Hawaiians of the Mets' glory days. I heart Benny. Centerfield Jul 15 2009 08:03 AM ="G-Fafif":3kbm59a8]="Fman99":3kbm59a8]="Centerfield":3kbm59a8]I will be really pissed off if he's good for them.[/quote:3kbm59a8] HIs escape from the orange and blue virtually assures him some measure of success. Having said that, once he puts that stupid red hat on I will loathe him like he's a Hawaiian outfielder.[/quote:3kbm59a8] Benny Agbayani just filed an anti-defamation suit.[/quote:3kbm59a8] Anti-defamation suit? Suing someone for saying good things about you? Nymr83 Jul 15 2009 08:28 AM ="Centerfield":6a3936hp]="G-Fafif":6a3936hp]="Fman99":6a3936hp]="Centerfield":6a3936hp]I will be really pissed off if he's good for them.[/quote:6a3936hp] HIs escape from the orange and blue virtually assures him some measure of success. Having said that, once he puts that stupid red hat on I will loathe him like he's a Hawaiian outfielder.[/quote:6a3936hp] Benny Agbayani just filed an anti-defamation suit.[/quote:6a3936hp] Anti-defamation suit? Suing someone for saying good things about you?[/quote:6a3936hp] his reputation as a "bad boy" has been irrepairably tarnished!

="Frayed Knot":2unjnheu]="Edgy DC":2unjnheu]Gotta be a better publication than the CPF for this, no?[/quote:2unjnheu] Maybe he unnecessarily insulted the shit out of everybody on every other forum too while trying to claim victim status to the point where no other outlet will take it.[/quote:2unjnheu] I'm sure Jack Clark thinks he's an ass. Which makes him A-OK in my book. Great read, thanks for supplying it.

Nice of the NL squad to do their Metliest, and lay down over the last several innings on their way to a loss. Fuck.

Oh good, the Rivera cock-suck-a-thon has commenced. Yes, we know. Saves. Got it.

I would love to see ol pool murder boy blow the save in the 9th here. That'd be mint.

Howard chases a dogshit pitch. On to the 9th.

Frankie up in the pen.