Ceetar

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Paternity leave not a controversy for Yankees since their guys have all long since had vasectomies and/or can no longer get it up #old I believe Jeter has his ladies sign a waiver of paternal rights before he even lets them undress.

well uh, that was fun.

Juan Lagares � CF Wilmer Flores � 2B David Wright � 3B Curtis Granderson � RF Chris Young � LF Josh Satin � 1B Travis d�Arnaud � C Ruben Tejada � SS Bartolo Colon � RHP

Citi Field A to Z guide actually has different directions to the park if you're arriving close to first pitch.

Conversation at lunch just now (we usually watch Millionaire at 12:30, but the Blue Moon Delivery guy was late) Yankee Fan: "Put on ESPN, I want to see highlights from the game last night." ESPN: interviewing some coach. ESPN2: First Take/DeSean Jackson I don't think we get the MLB Network at work. don't have a guide though so it's hard to tell.

I'm sure the odds fall on the Tommy John side, but Harvey's medical history has little to do with Parnell's. And they wouldn't be attempting the PRP treatment if it never worked.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I imagine most of those giving Muffy shit for missing time are intentionally being mooks. By the way, Terry is giving a news conference at 4pm, I guess he'll explain what the deelio is normal pregame stuff, but yeah, lots to address today.

I approve of paternity leave as a rule and wish it was mandatory anywhere. not that I'm biased or anything.

Edgy MD wrote: Well, agreeing as we seem to that ESPN has failed to deliver baseball news and programming in a manner and volume commensurate with their market position, our only conflict here seems to be whether to drive them, through shaming, toward their own redemption, or to ignore them entirely, and so further empower their competitors who better fulfill our baseball-loving mandate. I think we should petition our cable* companies to make ESPN an optional add-on instead of part of basic cable. hell, YES too.

d'Kong76 wrote: Mex17 wrote: If by "relatively small" you mean "enough to cause a huge problem on Opening Day", then you are absolutely correct. I have never heard of or seen circus tents in CitiField's parking lot during the baseball season in previous years. It was there last opening day too. I think it's funny, have trouble getting outraged over such silliness. The parking lots are part of the city park system. It would be funny if it's actually The Parks Commision or whatever it's called is really to blame and not the mean ol' Wilpeeze. I doubt the Wilpons are the ones hiring the traffic cops in charge of directing people to the lots.

When I want specifics I usually go directly to that gameday game on mlb.com or on the phone app and watch the highlights.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Pulaski Skyways closes for 2 years starting next week. Please adjust your travel time to Big Shea 2 years!?

But what's wrong with the look-ins? MLB Network doesn't usually stick at a place for more than a half inning anyway, and then go back to scores around the league.

Lefty Specialist wrote: What would be funnier is him hitting .180 with no power and striking out in every crucial situation, but the Yanks being unwilling to sit him down for the good of the team because he's Derek F'n Jeter, and he's got to get a fruit basket and a Winnebago from every team they visit. And with 'unnamed team players' saying it's all a distraction.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: PSST! THERE'S FREE PARKING IN CORONA, A SHORT WALK ACROSS THE GCP, AND FREE/CHEAP SPOTS AT THE MALL 1000 FEET DOWN ROOSEVELT AVENUE AND-- wait, why am I telling you my spots? the close spots in Corona were pretty packed. I got there at 10:05 and I had to park a block up. But yeah, there's plenty of parking. Yes, those extra 500? 1000? spots would've been nice, but it in no way would've alleviated the clusterfuck that is 44k people trying to get to the same place at once with traffic cops determined to direct you away from them that happens every single year without fail. I mean, I learned to, and how, to avoid that mess before I was old enough to drink. One year, and this was probably 2005 or so, I headed to a Subway Series game and ended up parking all the way out near the unisphere and it was a 12 minute walk to Shea and I easily missed the first inning and ended up literally driving through Flushing Meadows Park to some random exit to get out. I parked in the lot for the Home Run Derby, with the same space taken up by a different set of tents AND another chunk taken up by some sort of race track. Actually my wife parked fine because I met her there. and she's never driven to Citi Field before, and managed just fine. It got real messy on the way out with the cops just flat out refusing to let us towards the GCP West that ended up costing me an hour. (should've driven around the cops) This stuff is always a clusterfuck. Half the people have no idea where they're going. Cops are there to keep cars moving more than actually direct them anywhere productive.

Also not news that except for Opening Day that parking lot isn't even going to approach full. Also people park in the lot for the US Open too. How dare they. It's taking up a relatively small spot all things considered. the Mets lot is probably one of the biggest in baseball, at least in terms of actually adjacent to the ballpark.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I haven't watched ESPN for years, except if there's a Sunday Nite game on, or you know, a Nascar race or something. I sometimes watch the MLB channel, tho if I'm looking for scores or news in general it's this Internet thing. bah, MLB At-Bat app. hell, not even that. My phone has taken to telling me in the notification bar.

What are we paying, something like $6.50 a month for ESPN/ESPN2? Sure doesn't seem like money well spent.

Well, I am attempting to track first-pitch throwers all season, and so far we're 0-1 with the mayor, so..

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Still... booing in esse is just kinda dumb and, in this case, misplaced. Booing isn't for mayors (that's what disinterested, half-assed applause is for). Booing should be reserved for when you're drunk, and it's the seventh, and our guys are losing, and there's somebody five rows ahead wearing a Braves hat and JESUS CHRIST WE'RE NOT EVEN PLAYING THE BRAVES. props to the guy in the Mariners Cano jersey though. Because clearly, Mets Opening Day is where that's needed.

The Green Inferno comes out 9/5. That's a great name.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Ceetar wrote: bleh, hopefully the plasma works and it's 4-6 weeks not the rest of the year. It's the Mets ferchrissakes. MCL surgery? I'm worried that they'll amputuate. Which franchise it is is irrelevant. Isn't this what Niese went down with last year?

probably Black as he's on the 40 man and was there last year and was a late cut in Spring. You sorta hoped with the uptick yesterday that it was just slow rehab stuff. Or maybe it was and he tore it yesterday stepping it up. bleh, hopefully the plasma works and it's 4-6 weeks not the rest of the year.

what's the prize?

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Backup shortstops are almost always going to be low-hitting, glove guys so it's not like getting rid of Q and replacing him with [player X from the pile of available non-starters] is going to change things much. The problem, IOW, isn't really with the specific backup it's that, unless the everyday guy suddenly bounces back to 2012 form, the starter isn't strong enough. As for using Q yesterday, I though Terry made all the reasonable moves, especially seeing how he was hamstrung with a temporarily short roster. Q to 2nd for defense plus Young to LF and Brown out of the game in order to protect a one-run lead in the 9th was the way to go, but stuff like that all falls apart when what your pitcher really needs is a LF who's 18 feet tall. I don't think Young is appreciably better on defense than Brown and you essentially replaced Brown's bat with 0's. I was confused by the double-switching though. Like bringing in Recker for the final couple of outs of the 10th, you ended up being what would've been the tying run (with Q behind him). These double-switches didn't lengthen the lineup (just pinch-hitting for pitcher would've done better) and it wasn't that short since Young apparently could pinch hit. Then again, it always seems like this happens in extra inning games, managers somehow get all the subs in there. And Williams didn't use his closer tie game on the road either. Young is hardly a GG out there but he's a damn sight better than Brown and Q is better at 2B than Young. With a one-run lead in the 9th those moves are no-brainers IMO. The double-switches were mainly for batting order reasons (Ike for Duda, etc.) I'd have to re-check the d'Arnaud/Recker one. And while I've been critical of Terry in the past for over-using that tactic, I was OK with how he handled things yesterday. Young was bad on defense so yeah, I guess the infield and Parnell's tendency for grounders make sense there more than the OF, and I guess you're assuming you don't need the batting order. But the double switches for batting order cost spots. It's not like the relievers were due up 2nd. You could've pinch-hit Duda and left him in the game and gotten a whole new turn of the batting order.