Ceetar

pretty sure the word existed Tom.

this'll be the 14-3 game presumably.

I did not enjoy that one.

I'm glad Rojas feels empowered to speak up to his bosses who didn't hire him, but it doesn't paint him as long for this role either. It's that last that's key. 'gravitating toward the analysts for help' If Pete Alonso is asking guys like me for help over Chili Davis, that's not good.

it's also not going to help when, in a long season after a short one, players get a little fatigued and the mets have fewer off days than everyone else. no IL for deGrom _yet_, but they were going to send down the reliever anyway, who wasn't available. And today they get an extra guy and 4 less innings because Manfred Hates Baseball, so they're not really losing out on roster spots.

=Fman99 post_id=63051 time=1620178824 user_id=86] Here's another reason why taking four extra days to do everything bites you in the hiney sometime. This move would have made more sense before the three straight games where the hitters all, you know, got hits and drove in runs. If it happens after the 1-0 loss on Friday in Philly, coming off of three straight games scoring less than two runs, that's when it's logical.

some good players do that, others don't. Some just drive the ball to one side anyway, and still succeed. Line drives can be caught be infielders, fly balls can't. That's mainly the difference. It's not a novel thing, the harder you hit it, the less time fielders have to field it, unless you hit it RIGHT AT them, which is why it tends to be better to get a little lift. And even if don't square it up necessarily, a fly ball can land in front of an outfielder for a hit, but no line drives land in front of infielders for hits. And then there's the double play thing. We'll never really know what Chili's day to day process was. But if it doesn't mesh well with the front office, then he shouldn't be there, even if the Mets were 15-2.

I don't know how much 'originated with Alderson' matters, if everyone agreed. nonetheless, sounds like they actually fired him a week ago.

quotes from his hiring. I haven't found one since. “For me, trying to hit the ball in the air doesn't work,” Davis told The Athletic in his first spring training with the Mets in 2019. “With the way pitchers are pitching you these days or changing the way they pitch you, that might work for a while, but what happens when it stops working? To me, a line drive is always the objective of a swing — trying to hit the ball hard, trying to square the ball up with a line drive. You allow yourself for misses.

Chili's approach, as I understand it, was to avoid fly balls, and just make 'solid line drive contact'. That's how you end up with a billion RISP and a bottom of the league power numbers. When it takes lucky HBP, pitchers losing command, and 3 hits to drive home more than one run, you tend to strand a lot of guys. Hit it hard in the air, good enough for Ted Williams, et al, good enough for the Mets.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Like I noted above I was shocked that nobody until Lennon asked about Donnie -- even he didn't ask "What's so great about Quatllebaum?" I agree the Mets under Rojas seem determined to make the same mistakes over and over, and a change will probably be good. All the lip service to Chili, and the guy worked remotely last year. Obviously Lindor looks awful and desperately needs something. Ceetar will disagree with this but this is also a situation where the reduced access to these guys and manipulative press approach really hurts us fans. I don't disagree with this necessarily, I think the media would've had a better sense on the clubhouse-Chili relationship had they seen any of them together in 20 months. Also they seem as a whole defensive of Chili Davis, as they seem to be with all firings that they didn't themselves write about already. And, this is an aside but an important one, getting themselves vaccinated AND grilling the Mets on when they're going to get 85% goes a long way towards restoring that access. They can bitch and moan all they want (Howie's mentioned not being in the clubhouse for the Donnie thing at least three times that I've heard and I haven't listened all that much) but there's one big clear obstacle and they're NOT picking at it. Anyway, I dislike this being phrased as disrespectful to Davis to talk about Donnie, I thought it was/is a fun little gimmick and I hate to see that sort of personality, like it or not, shut down due to some sense of decorum. Let's have some fun here. Also Lennon suggests that it was part of the signal that it was time to fire them, but making up a fictional hitting coach to the media, and/or firing a hitting coach BECAUSE of that gimmick, is bad process. I didn't like Davis, and I get that Cohen/Sandy just got 'here' so it's hard to just shove everyone out the door and replace them, but they probably should've. But maybe they would've had time if they'd hired a GM instead of a creeper or two. or three. As for Lindor, could he have been involved? Either explicitly or not? Either way, I think a change of hitting coach helps him just from the mental reset it might give him.

what happened, was he worried about becoming (more) irrelevant?

fake news, I definitely saw CPF reps in Gothenburg.

=kcmets post_id=62519 time=1619736482 user_id=53] I've often thought the Wiilpons knew Bernie was a a crook. Just commenting on the complicity slant.

Yankees were inept in their top half, then a sac-bunt and a sac-fly. Getting no-nothing Yankee columnists/fans to complain about the stupid rule might be enough to get Manfred to stop with the zombie runner.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=62499 time=1619724336 user_id=68] =Ceetar post_id=62496 time=1619723745 user_id=102] no way the Mets didn't benefit from that for years/decades. If they'd pulled it out in '06-'08, or even in '00 maybe, you'd kind of forgive '10-'13.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I got a call from the Mets the other day and the guy told me 2 pm. It might only be to exchange the tickets if you've already bought them, as we had makes sense. they like to parcel out things slowly to game the system. Doesn't matter, Probably still better for me to buy last minute.

no way the Mets didn't benefit from that for years/decades. If they'd pulled it out in '06-'08, or even in '00 maybe, you'd kind of forgive '10-'13.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Heads up. Mets ticks for rejiggered, reduced capacity games in may are on sale now. Tuesday Night Club replenished its games vs. Baltimore 5/11 and the Rockies 5/25 wait now? they told me tomorrow at 10.

The baseball card thread Ceetar was seeking. Thanks. I don't know if the search is working for things posted before the move. Here's three cards from my Tlopps pack. Nava spent season 17 in the shadows, but she'll be back withe Sunbeams for season 18 after being foreshadowed for Joe Voorhees. [FIMG=1200]http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20210428_100806-scaled.jpg[/FIMG]

don't you folks usually have a card thread? [FIMG=1200]http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20210428_100806-scaled.jpg[/FIMG]

I like it - I've been having trouble making it to the end of these 7:05 starts. I'm a tired old man with a head full of craft beer (hear more about it https://www.barleyprose.com/podcast/mets-on-tap-episode-6/on our podcast!) 7:10 even. I dunno, but I imagine the Mets appreciate the extra half hour to avoid the solution to spreading a pandemic. (Lindor and co get their second shots after the game)

I gotta coach softball until 7:15 though.

Mets On Tap podcast has pegged this as the turning point of the season, just fyi.

I don't know how players could stick to one song. That'd be so boring. I'd have dozens. I'd change it up constantly, even in the same game. I can almost guarantee I'd be told to stop well before the ASB. Ice Cream Truck jingle. A radio call of the opposing pitcher giving up a home run. A recording of the opposing pitcher's Mom berating him for not taking out the trash. That screech that only young people can hear. "Meet The Mets" but played backwards. Samuel L Jackson reading "go the fuck to sleep" A recording of the roar of a plane flying over Shea Stadium