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I'm the only one with an RBI in all three.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: If Uribe not having played in over a month is a reason not to use him then he shouldn't be on the roster. He probably shouldn't be, but I do think he's the best option of all the relatively available options. I just don't know that it's a lock he's better than Cuddyer in any given AB.

Maybe the situation won't come up where he needs to PH for Conforto anyway. #BigLead

TransMonk wrote: I would want Uribe to be the primary righty off the bench. Cuddy looked pitiful last night. Uribe hasn't played in a game in over a month (And is, historically, a worse player) Maybe Terry sees something in BP today that can help him make the 'right' choice.

Edgy MD wrote: Have you ever seen anything ruled a four-base error? I guess the bounce of of Canseco's head had to be one, right? This is one I can't think of an easy way to quickly look up. Inside Edge says Cespedes made 100% of the 'routine' (90-100% made) plays (315) this season. But only 85.7%(14) of the 'likely' (60-90%) plays. Those are actually better numbers than Lorenzo Cain. The league averages are 99.3% and 81.5% for those.

Edgy MD wrote: If I'm eating breakfast at Taco Bell, that's a message from myself to myself that it's probably a good time to take a step back and take a look at the choices I've made. I don't remember seeing that sentiment in a commercial.

Edgy MD wrote: I have a job. I'd be datamining 24-7 if I could. Sure, but that one took me like 4 seconds ;-)

Some guy on Twitter reports the following hard-to-verify statistic: Pitches Chris Young has thrown 90 MPH+, by Year 2008: 36 2009: 0 2010: 0 2011: 0 2012: 0 2013: 0 2014: 0 2015: 8 (all last night) I shoulda gone to Princeton. Why is it hard to verify? http://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfx.aspx?playerid=3196&position=P&pitch=FA

soupcan wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: And maybe I get some sleep tonight. That'd be nice. Don't count on it.

come on guys, guarantee me a World Series game.

Edgy MD wrote: Lagares isn't a perfect solution, but he may be the better one. Aren't you advocating for the Cespedes-Lagares-Granderson alignment up there in this very thread? yeah, sorry, wasn't detracting. He's probably the better one but he's not the "OMG LOOK AT THAT THROW GOLDEN BOY" lock that I picture him as sometimes. 2014 Juan maybe throws out that second run. (And you know, Cespedes might too)

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Kind of feel like the Mets need to win it this year, because there's so much uncertainty about next year (especially on the offense). The Mets beat the Nats and the Cubs, but if you asked me to prognosticate, I'd see them more likely playing in the postseason next year ahead of the Mets. See, I don't think so. I think the Mets are still better than the Nats, depending on how the offseason goes (Mets still have some offense to figure out, but the Nats have a lot of question marks too). The Cubs are a good shot to be good, but the division is tougher, and other teams, like the Nats or Giants being better hurts the Wild Card chances too. It's hard to take, but the postseason is tough. I have confidence the Mets will return a few times over the next few years, but even if they're a better team it's not a super high percentage that they never advance this far again. Even if we have a rough week here, we had 7ish months, give or take a few losing streaks, of lots of fun. As hard as it'd be, I'd rather have another 3-4 of those than the Mets win the next four games here and having middling 84 win seasons in 2016-2017

Lagares' arm is still shot too unfortunately. who's turn is it to unplug the Fox truck?

I don't think Cespedes was ever catching that ball. I guess you credit to the Royals fans and a little bit of inexperience between the two out there playing together. Seemed like Cespedes thought Conforto was going to catch it and then realized he'd pulled up, and that's what caused the awkward backhand/bounce of the leg (which the broadcast never mentioned that it bounced off him)

I didn't like Johnson as the DH to begin with, and pretty sure I would've gone with Cespedes-Lagares-Granderson in the outfield. If you want Conforto in there, DH him. I'm torn, both broadcasts (Before the hostile takeover) mentioned the low % of fastballs. That's probably a reason for the low Ks. I'm not sure I like that. It feels like playing into the narrative of the Royals hitting heaters (they don't, they just do it better than everyone else). To me, go with your best and see if they still don't strikeout a ton. David Wright was kinda brutal, hopefully he got those nerves out or whatever because he hasn't looked like that roughly at all since coming back.

Fman99 wrote: I worked from home today and napped for an hour on my lunch break with the express intent of being able to stay awake for the entire game. But seriously, dammit. i snuck in 15 minutes in the 11th somewhere.

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Wow!!! That could be a momentum shifter! mass x velocity, and Colon's got one ofthose..

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Did Joe Buck just say that baseball is at its best when you have a man on the mound with a ball in his hand and a man at the plate with a bat in his hand? i think so, but I was trying not to listen to him.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Is this going to become a battle of the bullpens? That's the thing we were told to avoid. yes, that's what the "experts" told us, many of the same people that said the Mets had little to no shot at getting here to begin with.

okay, tied. but we can handle that. MORE RUNS.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Oops, not tomorrow. On November 5. the Taco Bell on my commute doesn't participate in breakfast.

I thought I was paying attention, but did Lagares sneak in there on me?

people still write letters to newspapers?

I kinda get that though. Pretty far apart, which means you're not butting up against the other fanbase in day to day life. Same state. Not a completely unreasonable drive if you want to catch a different game. Different league. And then against the 'big east coast city'? really not surprised. I know there's some fatigue from recent success, but it's how a lot of Mets fans probably feel/felt about the Red Sox. I bet there are many Giants fans that kinda pull for the Angels, and Dodger fans that pull for the As. (no one cares about San Diego) Frayed Knot wrote: I could sort of see that being a thing in the pre-inter-league days, being that they're two very separate markets hundreds of miles apart. But after the '85 WS and then once inter-league started pairing them together 4-6 times/year, it seems to me that that sort of dual loyalty had to start falling apart particularly as the Royals scraping the basement for so long at right about the same time the Cards began making the playoffs virtually every year. That's true, but I could still see Cards fans pulling for the Royals despite that. Plus anyone under 35 probably doesn't have much memory/animosity from that series.

if you pick fuckface for the other game gtfo out right now.