Ceetar

seawolf17 wrote: Plus the writers have to wait for Terry to stop pleasuring himself over the joy of writing Eric Young's .315 OBP into the leadoff spot tonight. THOSE BALLS AREN'T GOING TO GROUND THEMSELVES OUT TO SECOND BASE, YOU KNOW. and the writers themselves are busy pleasuring themselves over the joy that is St. Louis and the best team/fans/uniform/etc/etc/etc in the Majors. Or they're all at the bowling hall of fame. Neat place.

Edgy MD wrote: Shouldn't we have a lineup by now? Soon. You're forgetting it's Central Time and we're off by an hour.

Those leaps of deduction would win gold at the Olympics. Yikes.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Edgy MD wrote: So, how far are you willing to take this batgrandersonleadoff experiment? I kinda love it. Sadly to end the second Eric Young gets back which could be today. We need someone who can do what Eric Young does; but we really need someone to do it better. Grandy is that guy, sorta. I just want someone with better than average OBP. Grandy might be our best power guy (not really a might) though so I'd prefer he bat with guys on. Maybe Abreu's the best. I have doubts about him continuing to hit, but plate discipline presumably doesn't age and maybe he's got the most experience with it and can get pitchers that haven't quite gotten warmed up to labor extra hard in the first inning.

Edgy MD wrote: Additional Ike bounty finally revealed: LHP Blake Taylor, Buccos' No. 2 pick in 2013 draft. Pretty decent PTNL, and a lefty. ___________ Toys! Toys! Toys! In the attic! Toys! Toys! Toys! In the attic! I'm suddenly attracted to the notion of thinking of a surfeit of not-ready-or-particularly-close, high-ceiling prospects as... likenable perhaps to a collection of toys in the attic. but but mouses keep getting into my attic and I don't really trust anything I store in there that's not in air-tight plastic bins.

Nymr83 wrote: Solution: don't read the Times sports section. Go to The Post's or News' website and print out the Mets stuff. They write about us every day. I'm pretty sure Saturday's Times coverage was more factually accurate and fair than the Post or News.

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Does Young have a one-year contract or a two-year contract. If it's a one-year deal, how much longer do you give him once Lagres and EYoung come back? he's still better than EY. But if Abreu continues to be valuable or someone else does, not long. I imagine you give him until it's unlikely he can do anything to be worth trading. Like, if he went the next month and hit .300/.350/.450 someone would probably be willing to float you a nice reliever or a single A MI prospect or something.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Once the rain delay hit an hour, the Mets win was NEVER going to be in the paper. They didn't have the Rangers result in there, did they? Publishing timelines are a bitch. At least there's nowhere else to really read about all the stuff that happens from 10pm up through the next morning.

team losing the DH And having the pitcher bat in the AL? starting pitcher pitching in relief? 14th inning stretch? More than 23 players in one game?

I am not going to this one, even though I should be going to this one. Wife's got a bachelorette party to attend and I'm hanging in the city all day. But the timing of the Mets game is perfect, and I just totally blanked on it as an option. So I'll wander around Manhattan drinking lots of beer instead.

I don't link performance and attitude. let people be who they are and don't worry about it so much. Harvey's rehabbing up here. people are going to ask him things. He doesn't mind talking to them. So far everything's been rather tame anyway. Harvey seems to be a typical douchy jock, but he also seems to still be a good guy.

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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Matt Harvey. Professional douchebag. Seaver has always struck me as the same way. But whatever, that's fine with me. If ego and attitude is your thing, then it's your thing. I have no desire to make you into someone your not.

if you noticed any sloppy camera work tonight on SNY, it's because at least the two camera men on the Excelsior first base side were flipping between the view of the field and the view of the Rangers game.

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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: So, if I'm a hearing you right, tonight and for the time being, you go: Flores, ssMurphy, 2bWright, 3bDuda, 1bAbreu, rfTeagarden, cYoung, lfden Dekker, cfColon, sp And you alternate den Dekker and Brown as needed, but leave Youngster alone, except for swinging him between left and center, and 9) re-evaluate the outfield situation as people come of the DL, and re-evaluate shortstop after after starting Flores eight of the next 10 games or so. Meanwhile, keep trying to swing a deal for some offense. Is that right? That's about right. Den dekker's become a bit of an issue too, I might sooner use C Young in CF, thereby getting Brown in LF to hit 6, and and hit the catcher 8th. Cory Vaughn is not realistic at this time, wasn't even hitting .200 in Bingo. Don't think you can bat Tea-Recker 6th regularly. I think I put Flores there and rotate the den Dekker/Brown/Abreu/Young Jrs/etc in and out of leadoff, at least until Lagares is back. From a lineup consistency standpoint at least. As long as we're spitballing, what about Wright first for a couple of weeks?

I have so many qualms with the lineup I've given up voicing them, but I think the desire to keep Duda lower is a result of not wanting him back to back with Granderson/lefties but keeping Murphy second, Wright third means Grandy has to be 4th and Duda has to be 6th.

If we're looking for any signs of hope, I guess the 11:11 K:BB ratio he's put up in the last 28 days with a .208 BAbip is..something. 4:0 SB:CS too. He's probably got a little time yet, until Lagares comes back or someone else really takes off, whether it's den Dekker, or Nieuwenhuis or Puello, or Brown. With the caveat that if Abreu doesn't continue to hit you'll need 2 guys to take up the OF spots. I thought he'd be better than this though, now I'd be shocked if he's still on the team in August. Either he'll be completely worthless and released/benched by then, or he'll play well enough that someone will offer a bag of balls for him and Alderson will move on to other guys.

It's really coming down here.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: sharpie wrote: 1. Ruben Tejada (R) SS 2. Daniel Murphy (L) 2B 3. David Wright (R) 3B 4. Bobby Abreu (L) RF 5. Chris Young (R) LF 6. Lucas Duda (L) 1B 7. Taylor Teagarden (R) C 8. Matt den Dekker (L) CF 9. Bartolo Colon (R) P Jesus christ Terry. I'd probably bat Jesus christ 5th as long as he hasn't gotten into the water.

sharpie wrote: 1. Ruben Tejada (R) SS 2. Daniel Murphy (L) 2B 3. David Wright (R) 3B 4. Bobby Abreu (L) RF 5. Chris Young (R) LF 6. Lucas Duda (L) 1B 7. Taylor Teagarden (R) C 8. Matt den Dekker (L) CF 9. Bartolo Colon (R) P Fail, when the lineup turns over it's R-R and that means the world explodes. Going to this game is a bad idea. It's going to pour.

Ashie62 wrote: Ceetar wrote: Going to this one. well *glances outside* MAYBE I'm going to this one. Ceetar is going to the game and spending good money on the ticket, food and extras. The Mets owe you. Have fun... Actually the tickets are free. (Friend's a lawyer, client tossed him some. Not terrific seats or anything, but acceptable) Food yes. The wife is okay with me dragging her to baseball games, and with me drinking, just not both at once so extras won't happen. I already have a couple of Mets onsies. In fact, I'll probably give more money the the city in tolls than the Mets.

Frayed Knot wrote: Ruben's decent OBP (.339) is being somewhat pumped up by his 5 IBBs, something that's more a matter of where he has hit than how. Take away those--which wouldn't happen if hitting 1st--and he's down in the .310 range True, but those were also a while ago. And his numbers are actually better recently.

Edgy MD wrote: Edgy MD wrote: well, in that case maybe the answer is just to play Flores. I kind of said as much. yeah. Then you started grasping for other ideas. Diluting the cause. None of those other things are going to happen for the same reason they're not playing Flores every day. Anybody else think I was serious about Allan Dykstra? I don't think you were serious, just spitballing.