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Mets � Willets Point wrote: How good are we expecting Wright to be at this point? fucking awesome, he's David Wright. He's gonna be better than Uribe anyway.
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If the Mets win 14-9 again it'll confirm we're in some sort of nefarious loop and we'll all keep waking up on Friday 8/21 until the Mets find true happiness or something like that.
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Benjamin Grimm wrote: That's a good point. After September 1 he won't have to displace anybody, and he could come in handy. well, 40 man displacement.
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The7Line game again.
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ugh.
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8:05 game time. Niese vs. Rusin. on WPIX.
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d'Kong76 wrote: I think he meant a) they wouldn't be able to afford him (can't) they could, meaning would be allowed to... I hope. I'd like to hear some of the soccer heads tell us more about what's so wonderful about the UEFA or FIFA or whoever versus MLB. yeah, that. on both accounts.
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Edgy MD wrote: I'm merely pointing out facts that (should) contribute to the discussion. Here's two other facts: grass is green and the sky is blue. See how infuriating that is? my facts were relevant to MLB's monopoly and your point that the Boise Huskers couldn't sign Max Scherzer, when in fact they can.
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Edgy MD wrote: Ceetar wrote: The Long Island Ducks, and the Japanese leagues, and (probably not the Australian league, since that's sort of MLB) other countries are allowed to sign Max Scherzer when his contract expires. Reductionism is a terrible way to argue. You assume the stupidity of your opponent while engaging in willful ignorance of your own. Please stop. I'm not arguing anything. I'm merely pointing out facts that (should) contribute to the discussion. But maybe you're so set on how things should be you're just going to dismiss them as anomalies? I mean, there's no similar rules for the other sports right? But I don't see competing leagues taking off. CFL isn't even televised here and it might even be a better game. If they dropped the monopoly today, Where is your Boise team playing? Against who? Why would Scherzer or hell Puello, even consider playing for them? Where are they getting the money to pay competitive rates anyway?
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The Long Island Ducks, and the Japanese leagues, and (probably not the Australian league, since that's sort of MLB) other countries are allowed to sign Max Scherzer when his contract expires.
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Edgy MD wrote: Yes. This is well known to the general baseball fan. and to many of the players as well!
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There ARE some independent leagues. And other countries.
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Vic Sage wrote: Definitely glad they're not bringing David Wright to the thin Denver air, seems something worth avoiding. Given his druthers, somehow I think David would be willing to risk the discomfort of a long flight to hit in that thin Denver air. Sure, but a rehabbing player trying to get back up to speed doesn't need the associated problems with exerting yourself at that altitude and the fatigue associated with it. Additionally, there's some evidence that part of the reason players have such extreme Coors splits is that because the breaking balls don't break as much there, EVERY pitcher looks like Clayton Kershaw by comparison when they descend the mountain. Wright gets to avoid that adjustment.
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: Ceetar wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Well, the magic number has to be seen in the context of how many games remain. A magic number of 20 is great when there are 35 games remaining, but not so great when there are 22 games remaining. Nats still control their own destiny, when they don't is when it gets real. That's a wash. If the Nats control their own destiny, then so do the Mets. If both teams win all of their remaining games, the Mets finish ahead of the Nats. Of course, both teams can't possibly win all of the rest of their games unless all six remaining games between the Mets and Nats are canceled permanently. And even then, the Mets would still control their destiny in the division. Correct, it's a wash. When it's NOT a wash, is when it gets real. When it starts becoming no longer about just getting righted, but about hoping the Mets struggle.
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Benjamin Grimm wrote: Well, the magic number has to be seen in the context of how many games remain. A magic number of 20 is great when there are 35 games remaining, but not so great when there are 22 games remaining. Nats still control their own destiny, when they don't is when it gets real.
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8:40 start at Coors Field. Mets will Bartolo Colon who's slow fastballs hopefully won't be battered by the reduced break at that altitude. Definitely glad they're not bringing David Wright to the thin Denver air, seems something worth avoiding. Great breweries out there though, they miss the Great American Beer Festival by a month, in September. One day those two things will coincide and I will be drawn there for an amazing week. Average Temp:79� The 49-70 Rockies throw Jon Gray,
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Gwreck wrote: The London comparison is flawed because of the relative popularity of soccer there compared to everything else. New York does have 9 major professional teams. Call it 11 if you want to include the soccer teams. I don't. Might include the WNBA though. Pro/reg would probably be a disaster. And I hate the concept anyway. Even if there was a time that free expansion of MLB outside of it's monopoly would've ingrained it into culture like soccer in other countries, that time is past. I think in Baseball today it'd diminish dedicated fanbases. Sure, there will always be a core, but it'd be smaller. Many people, probably me included, would find a 'pro' team to root for if the Mets got relegated. That might be fine at first, like having an AL team, but what two years down the road when I've fallen in love with the new team and players and their story and the Mets get promoted again and I'm not as attached?
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Edgy MD wrote: Or really, it seems, how to conduct a meaningful study. But yay, us! Does anyone these days? This feels very much like the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Yay! We yell louder at our teams social media intern (and/or Andrew Harts and/or Will Carafello) than everyone else! We're so entrenched in data that laymen have easy access to draw conclusions from it. You see it with stats too, you see broadcasters and writers referencing things to draw conclusions that aren't really there. Of course, I suspect that it's not so much we're getting a lot of meaningless studies and conclusions, it's that we now have the technology to realize how many meaningless studies and conclusions we're being fed.
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I'll play, I'm going to be absolutely atrocious at it, but a lot of times these things boil down to dumb luck anyway.
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duan wrote: out of interest, can he come back within 10 days of being sent down if the rosters expand? I don't think so, barring injury. But it's not like it's a big deal if he's on the roster 9/1 or 9/4. it's two games and we have plenty of other bats.
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I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)
Ceetar replied to Frayed Knot's topic in New York Mets Talk
too good. http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/08/20/new-york-yankees-brian-cashman-derek-jeter-tulowitzki?xid=DerekUsedSteroids �Who would you rather have playing shortstop this year than me?� Jeter asked Cashman. �Do you really want me to answer that?� Cashman replied. �Sometimes honesty hurts,� Cashman told SI. �But if you're being paid to do the job, do the job. You have to honor the job description; if not, you're a fraud or stealing money. -
d'Kong76 wrote: Anyway, I'm anti-expansion and in the disliking more watering down of major league talent club.. If Montreal wants a team and can make it work, it should take an existing one that isn't doing well. I'm all for expansion myself. I don't think it'll water it down so much if you also push the boundaries of finding players. Plus more clubs means more interest means more kids pursuing it as a dream? Also, with more teams you get to keep the current playoff system of wildcards and lots of races late while lowering the percentage of teams actually making the postseason. Given the pitching situation these days, you could almost use some watering down. and screw soccer.
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d'Kong76 wrote: Ceetar wrote: I think all home runs should be measured in meters. I think we should change your name from Optimistic Mets Fan to Contrary Mets Fan. Metric over US any day. Let sanity reign.
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MFS62 wrote: Oh, and screw Montreal. home runs should not be measures in meters. Later I think all home runs should be measured in meters. I like the idea of a sub-100 meter home run. Only 2 or 3 this year so far, all at Fenway Park. Last year just two, one at Fenway and one at Tropicana.
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Let's blow away the blackout rules first, would save me some money.
