Vic Sage

my son and i loved it. The best superhero movies are about relationships, just like good non-superhero movies. Here, when the team is working together, or when they bicker, or are just hanging out, you have a real sense that they're real people with these real lives. That's one of Whedon's best talents, to take the fantastic and make it feel natural. Alot of good stuff in this one with Hawkeye, and i liked the Widow/Hulk romance... it makes Hulk's presence on a team a bit more plausible. Pietro and Wanda could've used some more time, but what was there was solid. And The Vision was terrific... both the role and the performance. And Spader as Ultron pretty much steals the movie. The numerous action scenes were well choreographed and exciting. CGI? yeah, i didn't notice a problem with it; it looked fine to me. I'm seeing it again on Sunday, so maybe i'll have some other thoughts after that.

Vic Sage wrote: YES TO: Harvey = Batman Wright = Captain America BUT: Flores = Cyborg (a teen titan that moves mechanically) Duda = Concrete (genial, slow-moving giant) Legares = Nova (he covers more ground than Spidey) AND: Recker = The Tick (huge chin) D'Arnaud = Gambit (French names) Colon = Matter-Eater Lad (ehem) Famiglia = Superman (the most saves) Gee = Robin (a sidekick at best) Murphy = GL/Guy Gardner (a-hole) Granderson = Flash/Jay Garrick (used to be fast) Tejada = Jarvis (doesn't do much but clean up aftewards) deGrom = Doc Samson (long locks + power) Cuddyer = Luke Cage (Hero for Hire) oh, and: Niese = Batgirl (Alfred's niece, and Harvey/Batman's bitch)

YES TO: Harvey = Batman Wright = Captain America BUT: Flores = Cyborg (a teen titan that moves mechanically) Duda = Concrete (genial, slow-moving giant) Legares = Nova (he covers more ground than Spidey) AND: Recker = The Tick (huge chin) D'Arnaud = Gambit (French names) Colon = Matter-Eater Lad (ehem) Famiglia = Superman (the most saves) Gee = Robin (a sidekick at best) Murphy = GL/Guy Gardner (a-hole) Granderson = Flash/Jay Garrick (used to be fast) Tejada = Jarvis (doesn't do much but clean up aftewards) deGrom = Doc Samson (long locks + power) Cuddyer = Luke Cage (Hero for Hire)

Since we seem to have given up on the Superhero contest of champions, here's something: http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/4/22/8475789/proposed-superhero-alter-egos-for-the-2015-mets This writer proposes the following superhero alter-egos: Matt Harvey = Batman David Wright = Captain America Juan Lagares = Spider-man Syndegaard = Thor Kirk Nieuwenhuis = Wolverine Duda = Hulk Flores = Green Lantern Others?

Surprisingly good. While i hated the characters, the story had great tension and haunting images (particularly at the end).

loved it

i've got no problem with it. Harvey going to the mound has become an exciting event in baseball, not just NY, and he's captured the imagination. The media dubbed him the dark knight and he's going along with it. good for him. I hope the team does, too, with a Harvey/Bat signal thingy that Mike Golic has been advocating on ESPN, and a pre-game video for each Harvey start that has clips of all the guys who've played Batman kicking ass, and the 60s tv theme song his entrance music, selling Bat ears hats with mets logo and Harvey's 33. Harvey may not be the hero you want, but he's the hero we need.

clearly BA is not the end all or be all, and should be given vastly less credit than it has been for most of the 20th century, but it's not meaningless. And walks are good, and have been undervalued, but they are not QUITE as good as actual hits. A walk isn't going to drive in a guy, unless the bases are loaded at the time. In which case, a hit would still drive in more. Given a guy who hits .250/30hrs and one who hits .300/30 hrs, I'll take the guy who hits .300, thanks. And yes, Duda hits the ball hard, and he's hitting LHPers better, even going the other way on occasion. These are all good things and bode well. But its still just 10 games. Even Duda realizes that and said as much. Can he maintain this new approach for a month, much less a whole season? I hope so, but its still an open question until he does it.

Look, I'm very happy Duda has had 10 good games and so has gotten off to a strong start, but he's a lifetime .250 hitter, so lets not designate him the face of the franchise for the next decade just yet.

Duda - 2.00 Cuddyer -1.75 Campbell -1.50 Flores -1.25 Familia -1.00 CTorres -0.75 Blevins -0.75 Mayberry -0.50 Gee -0.25 Lagares -0.15 Granderson -0.10

Niese -3.00 d'Arnaud -1.50 Duda -1.50 Lagares -1.00 ATorres -1.00 Cuddyer -0.75 Campbell -0.75 CTorres -0.50

deGrom - 3.50 CTorres -1.00 Blevins -1.00 Familia -1.00 Cuddyer -1.00 Murphy -1.00 Lagares -1.00 d'Arnaud -0.50

Harvey - 4.00 d'Arnaud - 1.75 Wright - 1.25 Granderson - 1.00 Cuddyer - 1.00 CTorres - 0.50 Murphy - 0.25 Flores - 0.25

Da da Da da Da da Da da Da da Da da Da da Da da BATMAN!

deGrom - 4.00 Montero - 1.00 d'Arnaud - 1.00 Murphy - .50 Lagares - .25 Nieuhenheis -.25

ok, sorry. i just thought Mole made an unintended error so i wanted him to notice, in case he wanted to edit his vote.

i'm fine with it, except i don't get Lagares/6 and Flores/9. I would flip-flop those two, so you get some speed in front of the top of the lineup.

Colon - 4.25 Duda - 2.00 d'Arnaud - 1.00 Granderson - .50 Familia - .50 CTorres - .50 Carlyle - .50 Blevins - .25 Wright - .25 Lagares - .25

what happened to Puello?

Bryant farmed out and irate. Union wants to litigate. yeah i heard about that. It's complete bullshit. No player or union can tell a team when they should or should not promote a player to a higher league, whatever their reason. Unless there is something in the CBA that requires such decisions be based on their best baseball judgment, not economic considerations. But I doubt the CBA does, though, because how could you possible prove intent? And how can you say the economic and baseball issues are unrelated... doesn't it increase a team's chance of winning over the long run if they're able to keep their best players for longer, before they become so expensive that they either lose them or keep them but are circumscribed in other moves they can make to improve the team? I would think the union would have to prove that the extra money a team saves if a star player reaches arbitration / FA 1 year later would not have otherwise be spent to improve the team's ability to win, but would instead go into the owner's pocket (as if that were a violation of the CBA). I am so rarely on the owner's side of any issue, but this is one i think is purely agent-driven. The union had the reserve clause struck down, and then won the right to arbitrate early in their careers. They have rightly gained the freedom and leverage they sought. But they don't also get to dictate to a GM who stays on the 25-man roster, or how many starts, or save opportunities, or ABs, a manager gives to a particular player, unless the union gets that right through a new CBA.... and good luck to them with THAT.

85-77 3rd place no playoffs (late run for the 2nd WC comes up short)

i just drafted a fantasy team with my daughter last night and we ended up with 5 Mets [wright, duda, cuddyer, d'Arnaud, and Harvey]. So its good to see The Dude getting his timing back.

Part 1: YES or NO 1) Curtis Granderson leads the club in HRs? NO 2) Jenrry Mejia leads in saves? YES Will be on the team's ML roster (or DL) the entire season? 3) Dillon Gee - YES 4) Bartolo Colon - NO 5) Travis d'Arnaud - YES 6) Anthony Recker - YES 7) Daniel Murphy - NO 8) Ruben Tejada - NO 9) Jonathon Niese - YES 10) Terry Collins - YES Part 2: OVER/UNDER 11) Lucas Duda -- 29.5 HRs - UNDER 12) Michael Cuddyer -- 119.5 Starts - OVER 13) Jenrry Mejia -- 19.5 Saves - OVER 14) Wilmer Flores -- 449.5 PAs - OVER 15) Bartolo Colon -- 17.5 Starts - OVER 16) David Wright -- 21.5 HRs - OVER 17) Kirk Nieuwenhuis -- 199.5 PAs - OVER 18) Noah Syndergaard -- 19.5 ML Starts - UNDER 19) Steven Matz -- 9.5 ML Starts - UNDER 20) Brandon Nimmo - 49.5 ML PAs - UNDER EITHER/OR 21) More PAs w/2015 NYM: Murphy or Herrera? MURPHY 22) More PAs: Nieuwenhuis or Mayberry? NIEUWENHEIS 23) More PAs: d'Arnaud or Plawecki? d'ARNAUD 24) More Saves: Parnell or Familia? FAMILIA 25) More IPs: Gilmartin or Leathersich? GILMARTIN