Ceetar

Insurance time! They will try to deny the claim, but be persistent.

More pitchers!

what? Jose Bautista is awesome.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: am i missing anything? The Qualcomm radio interview. I don't think this would be a story* if Hovvey hadn't nuked his twitter account; that drew passions of the fans who at some level were relying on him to entertain them and recast he and the team on opposite sides again. *-At least, not as much of a story, and even then, it's not much. It's not a "story". it's a one-liner if anything. volume != importance. But Harvey nuking his account is the right answer imo. It's a "fuck this noise" response. There's no need to cast him in some epic battle with the organization to fit some narrative and he's choosing to just withdraw from part of it. He became a bit of a lightning rod and thus has been used as a cog in that sort of story. It clearly wasn't worth the hassle to him, which is a shame. He wasn't a particularly interesting guy to follow, but it's sorta sad that he's found it a hassle to engage with the fans at that level.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: This, also, is not the job of the team spokesman. He's in charge of dealing with the media, not serving as the go-between with players and the front office. I wonder if Jay's most important job is serving as scapegoat for all this crap.

doesn't matter who you have as a PR guy, those leaks are going to happen. There are roughly 6 billion reporters in the clubhouse all trying to fill space and they all are badgering any employee they can get their hands on to slap a "sources familiar" label on and use the tamest of quotes to make a story out of. Barring telling all employees that they're not allowed to talk to the media, which would create it's own problems, it's an impossible task. The trick is not to treat momentary outrage as some systemic problem that needs to be addressed. the Mets don't have a PR problem. Boo-hoo, some fans wanted the Mets to wear certain caps on 9-11 and the league said no. Boo-hoo, the Mets injured ace, who is hanging out in the dugout and supporting his teammates despite being injured, tweeted his mother's picture of his surgery and him giving the finger. Big deal. Look, those people are going to get upset, and bitch and moan, but to think it means anything to the bottom line is foolish. 99% of these things are people looking to get up in arms about something. It's the ESPN/WFAN syndrome of screaming about sports without substance or fact that's been going on forever. The difference now is that the Internet and "new sports media" gives us avenues of intelligent discussion to get away from all that if we want to. But a lot of people don't want to. But those people aren't walking away and giving up on the team, the screaming and yelling is of the "All press is good press" variety. This is stuff all happens everywhere, people just haven't picked up on the fact that the volume of it in NY is a factor of the increased press/fans/blogs/interest and that more volume doesn't not mean it's worse than anywhere else.

None of that. (and most of it's not my job anyway) I'd tell the players to do whatever the hell makes them happy as long as it doesn't hurt themselves or their teammates. And would tell anyone that has a problem to fuck off. Like today, I'd pick some players and have them take pictures giving a Wainwright jersey the middle finger with the caption "we'll get you next time."

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Zvon wrote: Damn, that catch by Holliday was pretty awesome. Grandys throw home was not even in the vicinity. Very disturbing. I didn't get the camera (phone) up quick enough to focus. Did get Eric Young's catch a littler clearer, although no zoom on the phone.

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They were good. But nothing particularly special imo. Bread to meatball ratio was a little high. tons of garlic. (I like garlic, but I don't usually say "woah, this has a lot of garlic") But I'm a harsh judger of italian food that's not from my own kitchen. I probably won't get these again.

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Off to Citi. Hope this is better than the last time I saw Wainwright in Flushing. (I may be lying, I might have seen him pitch since 2006 and don't remember)

your "two specific sources" encompass hundreds if not thousands of writers and dozens of sites. Their standards seem to be higher than say the New York Post or the Bergen Record from where I sit. wildcat journalism sources have diminishing fact-finding capacity and accountability. I don't know what wildcat journalism is and I have no idea what you mean by diminishing fact-finding capacity. accountability? why? Because they can't be fired? Well, maybe not in the traditional sense, but a lot of those sites on SB Nation have a bunch of writers and those writers can absolutely be 'let go' if they're not up to snuff. And it's all a subsidiary of Vox Media. Whatever "Can't shut up about it" means, these people aren't the ones going up to Matt Harvey and asking him the specifics of a photo his mom took of him recovering from surgery.

Edgy MD wrote: Ceetar wrote: I'm not sure why SBNation is 'barely legit'. Because wildcat journalism sources have diminishing fact-finding capacity and accountability. For that matter, bleacher report comprises a lot of different people too. Silly to paint broad strokes. I'm not sure what your sentence full of buzzwords even means. Amazin' Avenue is one of the better places to get Mets news/talk/analysis that's out there.

themetfairy wrote: Yeah, I said it! The Mets prepare to use their newfound military might against the Cardinals yet again! No military tonight, just 0. Young, Jr � 7 Granderson � 9 Wright � 5 Murphy � 4 Young � 8 Duda � 3 d�Arnaud � 2 Quintanilla � 6 Gee � 1

I'm not sure why SBNation is 'barely legit' There is no story. Mets fans (really, fans in general, and people) are bad nasty people online and say mean things and overreact.

Edgy MD wrote: A Spider-Dude-themed uniform brings advertising onto the uni in a distinctly new way that brings us across the Rubicon. It's only a matter of time before they are the Sanyo Mets. I'd like to stay that execution as long as possible. yeah, maybe not clearly sponsorship ones. Maybe. I dunno, some of the silly stuff minor league teams seem fun. I know no one gets up in arms at that stuff because it's minor league ball, but it is a game after all. but the Mercury Mets (brought to you by Ford) Robot Mets. etc. Have some fun with it.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: I guess I don't mind the scoreboard and the uniforms, either. I do think one could debate whether the Jackie Robinson tribute night uniforms count as a separate uniform. It's the same uniform. I object to the concept of the camo uniforms more than the look of it. If you're going to start doing non-baseball type stuff like that, then I want to see a Spiderman themed uniform or something. Or bring back silly Mercury Mets type ideas.

The Cardinals brought up Michael Wacha last year, he made a few starts, they transitioned him to the bullpen a little, and then they put him back in the rotation. Haven't we been down on that in-out type stuff? Wainwright's really the guy everyone's talking about. He was a September call-up in 2005 and made the team as a reliever in 2006. They then jumped his innings 127 and he started in 2007 and was pretty good, but not great. His ERA dropped a half point from 07-08, though his FIP only slightly, and it wasn't until 2009 that he started garnering Cy Young awards. Who's to say the year in the bullpen didn't delay his development? Lance Lynn did the reliever thing in 2011 and then in 2012 was a starter except for a month near the end of the season and then they stretched him back out near the end of the season to use him in the playoffs and he got bombed. I wonder if that end of season stretching out was bad for him? Shelby Miller got a 2012 September call up as a reliever and started in 2013. Joe Kelly has done half and half in 2012 and 2013. They stretched him out last June for the rotation. It's certainly one way to do it, but It's probably not the best way. Nor the only way. And was at least partially born of necessity. And isn't Mejia an example of it too, and one that is almost universally criticized? Aren't Germen and Familia both examples? They transitioned Germen to the bullpen last year. They also transitioned Familia to the bullpen last year as well, after he got a September callup in 2012 as a reliever. The Cardinals prospects worked out better in terms of ceiling, but the process looks very similar. And there's been plenty of talk of guys like deGrom getting called up, and maybe even Montero, but for the sake of those guys development, they're starting where they can start, but that's a lot more valuable. It's not like those guys are locks to be lock-down relievers at this point in their development either. Their growing pains could very well be worse than Kyle Farnsworth. I'm all for molding the development plan of our young arms to those players, not to the whims of the major league roster.

no.

The Padres have equally ugly uniforms. In fact, a lot of teams are doing the ugly-camo thing.

well, they have the right um...cocktail..in the locker room to help with stuff like that.

according to fangraphs Granderson is Swinging at more pitches in the zone than league average. Swinging at the same amount of pitches outside the zone than average. Getting a lot fewer pitches in the zone. Making contact with less pitches in general. swinging and missing a lot more than league average. Taking less time between pitches than the average player.