Ceetar

KYLIGHT IN OPEN OFFICE /DEN 3 LARGE BRIGHT BEDROOMS,1.5 BATHS, COMPLETELY YANKEETIZED REC ROOM IN THE BASEMENT,SEPARATE LAUNDRY AND OODLES OF CLOSETS. NOT A SELLING POINT

indeed it be Burke optioned for our Wonder Wheeler.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: They have one great pitcher (Matt Harvey) and one great hitter (David Wright). The Mets' only other good hitters are 27-year-old, fielding-challenged Lucas Duda and 35-year-old Marlon Byrd. Agree with the big picture ... the premise. (No surprise) But Neyer left out Murphy, a good hitter, better even than Byrd. Well, this year? Murphy's wOBA/OPS+: .310/101 Byrd's wOBA/OPS+: .344/126 Byrd's getting on-base more and slugging MUCH more. Sure, but go back two weeks and that's not the case. Getting Byrd at the peak of a hot streak and Murphy at the valley of a slump. And probably go forward two weeks and the same thing.

It doesn't matter how good the chef is, if all the fish he buys go rotten. Maybe it's the refrigerator's fault.

Edgy MD wrote: I don't think Megdal correctly understands the legacy of Wally Pipp. Many don't. Pipp is one of those adjectives that could do with a little less use.

cooby wrote: I'm sitting here, involved in the gentle art of embroidery, an in the tv room my husband is watching Hansel and Gretel. It sounds horrible. All I hear is screaming, grunting, shreiking, clashing of iron, and what sounds like cannons (?). Am I right to think it sounds awful? Has anybody seen it? re-reading this, are you sure he wasn't just watching porn? ;-)

I'm amused by the little twist, kind of want to watch it.

G-Fafif wrote: Does everybody wearing the same color to the game actually intimidate the opposition or rally the home team? I think it's neat sometimes, particularly when you get a splash of color (like Mets fans in Orange in a section at Yankee Stadium) but The White Sox even mentioning Black seems wrong.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Snooze's back-page scoop all about A-Rod's forthcoming return. That's going to be a disaster too. PR disaster, but it's almost definitely going to help them, perhaps too much. But even if they keep up this 'pace' they're not in the playoff picture.

I think the call was ultimately wrong with no runners on. Once he goes to make a transfer, in any way, the ball is caught and the play is over because there is no need to make a throw. But with a runner on, the transfer is part of the action that needs to happen so you can conceivably argue he could be trying to hurry and drop it because he's trying to do two things catch and transfer to be able to throw. With no one on, all he's trying to do is catch the ball. But whatever, a billion calls go against the Mets including ones where I would've sworn it was a catch and transfer thing and it was ruled a drop.

TransMonk wrote: Is it just me, or are the Mets involved in more walk-off games than usual this season? It seems to be happening more than most seasons on both the winning and losing ends. I suspect when you're a low scoring team this tends to happen more often. (but hey, they're creeping up towards 4 r/g)

either way though, giving it the two weeks to see what it looks like seems like the smart "more information" avenue to take. Remove the stressor and see what happens. vis-a-vis healing. Worst case is you get into that murky "well, it seems better, let's give it another 2 weeks" cycle, but being able to NOT cut into a pitcher's shoulder always feels like a great idea.

I played Google doctor a little after it was announced for some of the more recent cases. Two guys this year Both Chris Narveson and Roy Halladay had surgery. Tommy Hanson was diagnosed in August 2011, didn't have surgery that I can find, but had has poor 2012 blamed on the rotator cuff. Brandon Lyon had the diagnosis in April of 2011 and missed a month before returning for 3 games. He then developed biceps tendinitis and had surgery for that and the shoulder and missed the season. It's unclear whether the tendinitis was related, was based on adjusting his motion, or what not. It seems like surgery for that is rare, and Lyon's case was more of there just being too much wrong so let's go in and fix what we can. So Dr. Ceetar sees a glimmer of hope, but someone smart has to make sure Niese isn't altering his delivery. If he is, it very likely could mean reduced velocity like Hanson, or other injuries like Lyon. Now to the "why bother, the Mets suck" angle, which always bothers me. Guys want to pitch, they want to play, the team wants to win. You don't just wrap guys in a bubble until you can use them to fire the fatal shot. they might be rusted in the gun. But you don't want to go into the offseason with Niese as an unknown either. Sure, don't rush him back in a month, but you'd like to see him come back and pitch too.

vtmet wrote: prior to tonight's 2 doubles and a single; Lagares was hitting .286 with 2 doubles and a triple in his last 9 starts... 15 for 45. .333/.333 whatever that slugging is.

Or any stage. It seems like every team in the division is messing with each other. They're all in dire straights but maybe trying to let on like it's not so dire, because they're all in dire straights. I'm not sure that, if somebody offered me any team in the division, the Phils aren't at the bottom of my list. That's on paper. In reality, I don't touch the Nats. In terms of going forward, you have to seriously consider the Mets as the team you want to be. I don't know if the Braves are going to falter enough for a miracle '73 run, but with the Mets pitching.. starter ERA in june: 3.35 reliever ERA in june: 3.84 mets runs per game in june: 3.47 If they could just mix in one good hitter, or a one and a half..they should be comfortably outscoring their runs allowed.

vtmet wrote: Ceetar wrote: I was all excited about Lagares starting to hit until I realized he hasn't walked since April 28th and that's not going to cut it. baby steps...you don't get nibbled until you show that you can hit... nah, T here are so many bad relievers that just struggle to throw strikes. and he's always had this reputation.

I was all excited about Lagares starting to hit until I realized he hasn't walked since April 28th and that's not going to cut it.

Swan Swan H wrote: smg58 wrote: The downside to this is if the coaching staff in Vegas can straighten Ike out in a week, what does it say about the coaching staff in Flushing? I think it means that it took a shock to his system before he started to listen to anyone. well, there were like 45 billion people suggesting things, plus the level of competition, and park factors (Remember he was flying out to deep center quite a lot the last month or so)

Frayed Knot wrote: Is it my imagination, or has the opposition had like 75 infield hits against us in the past week? All season. I don't think our MI are particularly rangy (nor is David necessarily) plus Duda now isn't either.

Not missed by _everybody_ (I just didn't note it when it happened) http://www.amazinavenue.com/2013/2/8/3901952/new-york-mets-david-wright-records

vtmet wrote: metsguyinmichigan wrote: Big Pelf has a 6.40 era and is 3-6. Did they make the right call on that one? Citi Field is about the only thing that made Pelfrey appear to be a semi-decent pitcher...he obviously isn't as fortunate to be calling Minnesota home...he probably should have chosen a place like San Diego, Seattle or Miami to continue his mirage of being a MLB caliber pitcher... I disagree on the park factor thing, and I think he'll settle in, I think he's suffering from the missing a year thing. But they made the right call because at the time they made the decision it was unlikely he was going to pitch to start the season, and if you needed a fallback plan you might as well just pick a main plan and move on for the arb money. But i'm starting to think it's worth it to keep guys like Pelfrey and Byrdak around who seem to heal from injuries remarkably fast and at least trend towards overall health. Mets are hoping to have five starters better than Pelfrey, but for many teams an average ish pitcher like Pelfrey who you don't have to worry (well, only barely have to worry, he's still a pitcher) much about not being there is a nice thing to have.

honestly I wouldn't be surprised tosee him back if he continue to hit at this rate the next time the Mets are home.

Zvon wrote: Swan Swan H wrote: Simmons hit one that sounded like he was swinging a mop handle and it went to the track in left-center. The ball is definitely carrying tonight. I want so bad for Wright to have his first 3 HR game. Sooooooo, since I want that and I said that, it won't happen. With the current parameters he's scheduled for ~ infinity more AB, so I have faith he'll get it.

Swan Swan H wrote: The only way that could have been worse is if the dugout collapsed on Harvey and Wheeler. ...and jinx.