Ceetar

Gwreck wrote: Out of town scoreboard: Diamondbacks have dropped 4 on the Dodgers in the first inning Colby Lewis of Texas has a perfect game through 7 I wonder if Colby still owns the longest current pitcher hit-streak.

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Braves announcers said there was some controversy in New York when the Mets gave number 32 to Steven Matz. It was apparently too much pressure to put on a left-handed Jewish pitcher. I have no memory of that. And I knew Matz was left-handed, but I didn't know he was Jewish. Aren't all NYers Jewish? Or purple-haired queers with AIDS. There are a couple of Italian guidos too right? no?

Frayed Knot wrote: sharpie wrote: Mets-Toronto would pit the biggest city in the US vs. the biggest city in Canada. And in one city people can take the A train while in the other they take the train, ay. Toronto's close enough for the fantasy of going to an away Mets World Series game. (if I didn't have a 1 year old)

stranded a couple in the second.

I was going to start listing them but you already posted the article which is basically the list. Boras speaks in a common sense fashion: The Mets have managed Harvey's innings fine and had a plan. Boras was well aware of it. him speaking out is passive-aggressive manipulation. He then inserts the caveat of "They've managed him well so far" and then immediately launches into an unsourced claim that they're going to now push him harder and longer than they planned. Perhaps past his career high. (WELL beyond he says) Is this the plan? doesn't seem like it. Part of that's because he hasn't pitched a full season ever. But that's his job, to pitch a full season. So yes, he may go past his career high. But that's sorta the point. He quotes, or paraphrases, James Andrews which is an oversimplification. Then bashes everyone that points out there is no evidence to innings limits in the same breath as claiming we say it's not science. But it is, there's not Scientific Evidence to that 180 number, or any number really. He then launches into his own almost personal experience of what may or may not happen after an injury he does not have. Like this somehow matters. He also talks about a managed recovery like Harvey isn't well past the recovery stage and more than 2 years removed from surgery. We're not talking about recovery, we're talking about how to avoid a pitcher getting injured, and We. Don't. Know. then he talks to 'random doctor that has not examined Harvey' to get a quote about 'maximum stress' without any real scientific evidence again. That number closely correlates to his 2013 like the reason he got hurt was because he pitched 178.1 innings and then POP. When Harvey exceeds that number, it doesn't put him at further risk, it provides evidence that he's healthy. Obviously you have to mention Strasburg. He does. He insinuates that Steve is healthy now because of the innings cap and them sitting him. When in fact, HE GOT HURT ANYWAY. He's been iffy this year because of injuries, which he waves away and mentions how good he was last year. There is zero evidence that keeping him out of the playoffs did any good because hurt their chances.

Wrong on so many levels.

Edgy MD wrote: Ceetar wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: What are we 'bogusly' outraged about now? the 9/11 cap discussion is always good for some outrage. Or reasonable objection. There's that too. you know there's no place for that on the internet.

d'Kong76 wrote: Wasn't even thinking that, I thought maybe it was some Atlanta thing that I wasn't aware of. nah, I think Atlanta's basically checked out.

d'Kong76 wrote: What are we 'bogusly' outraged about now? the 9/11 cap discussion is always good for some outrage.

Edgy MD wrote: Brace yourself for stupid hats. and bogus outrage about it!

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promising https://twitter.com/kplawecki26/status/642113011398873088

they're losing about 2200 a game off last year. (I'm sure some of those are still attending baseball in NY though)

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Milwaukee and Cincinnati had previously been eliminated, and Colorado is on the brink. not from the Wild Card.

Harvey's got the swagger and arrogance. Uribe's a hoot. d'Arnaud's got a quiet fire going on back there. Murphy's the steady presence, workhorse guy. Niese's nose ties back to Beltran. Thor (and d'Arnaud) tie back to Dickey. reasons to like so many of them.

Edgy MD wrote: I had some gastric pain last weekend where it seemed like I was trying to personally eliminate Atlanta. Don't ask. sounds awfully brave of you.

Edgy MD wrote: Amazing how so many threads, even IGTs, turn into offseason planning threads. Hey! Fantasy boyz! THIS IS THE FANTASY! Be here NOW! Still waiting for the coffee to kick in. But you're right, so to follow up on something I said earlier. Do we start Conforto more against lefties to see how he does the rest of the month? I'm of the belief that Cuddyer is still a valuable and good hitter, and if he's still healthy you play him, but it'd be nice to see if you have to pull Conforto against lefties in the 6th or whatever.

Edgy MD wrote: deGrom really seems to be having fun with his teammates. Even on his pitching days, when he's supposed to be surly and detached, he seems engaged. In fact, he's a great model for Harvey, who was in the celebratory scrum after his team got him off that huge hook two days ago, even if he did still seem like he just swallowed a lemon. I mean, it's easy to be ecstatic right now. But Harvey DID insist on being with the team last year. It was partially selfish driven by the desire to not be forgotten, but plenty of series went by without really talking about him. He wanted to be part of the team, not so much the center of the media's attention.

Centerfield wrote: It occurred to me yesterday that the Mets have never won a closely fought division race in my lifetime. In 2006, it was a run away. In '88 they won by 15 games. In '86 they won by 1000 games. That's it. 1973 was 2 years before I was born. Even the wild card in 2000 wasn't close. The only close race they've won during my life was in 1999, and that was the wild card. Maybe at the end of the day, this will be considered a run away, but for the first time, I might see a Mets team win a tight division. yeah. 1999 was it. At the time the Wild Card was fine, not a one and done. We've seen them _lose_ tight races. Same feeling without the joy at the end I suspect. This is mostly a runaway. At least in the sense that they've never really gotten to the point where dropping any one game is more than a 'oops, would've liked to have that'. Maybe that stupid Upton game, but that was too early.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yeah, if Cespedes vanishes they'll need to import a bopper. Conforto playing regularly will, I think, offset some of the loss of Cespedes, but I still think they'll need to bring someone in. And trading Matt Harvey may be the way to do it. I'd rather keep Harvey and need less runs than risk trying to find a power guy. power guys are hard to find that aren't one dimensional and often marginalized by Citi Field. Certainly, if Conforto is able to hit lefties, he could be an excellent help. When we focus on next year, it's still MI that is the priority i would think.

Duda is mine probably, although Granderson cracks me up. Lucas Duda (@wefollowlucasduda) • Instagram video INSTAGRAM.COM 4,199 likes, 193 comments - wefollowlucasduda on August 18, 2015: "Video cred: @cgrand3 As Curtis says "the Duda man getting ready for the game" #mets".

Centerfield wrote: Not to be lost in all this was a clutch double by Duda last night setting up that insurance run. Imagine if Duda gets hot as well? OMFG. Duda was carrying the team into the Cespedes acquisition. A big part of September just became getting and keeping Duda, Wright, Cuddyer and Murphy healthy (and everyone else too obviously)

Phillies are done.

Howie I believe said Terry intends to rest a few guys in this game

Imagine how bad the Nats would be if Bryce Harper wasn't hitting for two?