Ceetar

TransMonk wrote: Where they are at Memorial Day will be a good indicator to me. at worst, a 3 over team.

what's the word on Tejada? he started rehab games yet?

Edgy DC wrote: Yeah, and definite credit to Sandy and Terry and his teammates for working with him ans supporting him, giving the fans a cue. I can certainly hope that the support would be the same if his name was Ike Diaz, but... let's pretend it would be until there's evidence otherwise. Crowd was jovial in general. didn't boo Nickeas or Turner (hell, didn't even boo the Padres) even though maybe they had reason to. But it was a low stress game right from the get go so that make things easier too.

Edgy DC wrote: Seventy seven pitches through seven. Remember how awesome it was when a pitcher was getting the job done, and he came up in the eighth or ninth, and the crowd rose and gave him a standing ovation, and whether or not he acquitted himself well at the plate, that ovation seemingly bouyed him when he came out in the ninth and reached back for a little extra to finish the game. Let's see some of that shit today. oh, there was a ton of that today. 4PA day for Santana. he clearly was not going to swing in the 9th. was a fun day indeed. Santana actually hit 90-91 a couple of times too, and was just cruising. I think there was one hard hit ball that Duda caught at the track and that was it. a ton of soft crappily awesome contact. You could smell the CG in the 5th. Very good day indeed, and Wright didn't even get a hit (although a 390 foot out) aside, really really nice hand for Ike Davis when he was announced and even greater after the hit. Love that Mets fans are supporting him.

bmfc1 wrote: "Mike" Nickeas. As in, "the Mets activated Josh Thole and sent Mike Nickeas to Buffalo, keeping Rob Johnson as the backup catcher." lol. I'll be there today. Rusty Staub Bobblehead day. and Shake Shack day. and have a beer in the sun day.

metirish wrote: Going 5/15 courtesy of a competition Ceetar ran at , chuffed , thanks Ceetar and http://www.Seatcrew.com http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/ http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/2012/05/07/mets-ticket-giveaway-2/ how was it anyway?

G-Fafif wrote: Sure is pleasant when we win and ours is the first game of the night that's over. just noticed that. hoping the Giants can come back now, the Braves come back to tie and play 35 inning, and the Cardinals hang on to beat the stupid Phillies, who are apparently fighting in the dugout amongst themselves.

probably biggest risk of the game, probably (crosses fingers) safe now. would like to see Ike pop one here though.

Edgy DC wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: In fact, I'm calling it ... a HR or at least a long 2B from him before the game's out!! A two-run single. I'll take it. and a walk. wheee...

metirish wrote: McLouth DFA'd ......I imagine you would need to be really bad to get the booth for this offense. Quite the opposite I think. When the offense sucks you're struggling for any solution.

I found a -82% play by the Mets while on defense. *shudder*

Ashie62 wrote: Ceetar wrote: postseason logged anywhere? Ventura's Grand Single? Really...wouldnt this be an easy #1? nah, I guess bases loaded less than 1 out.. Ventura actually had a negative WPA in that game. Todd Pratt's walk preceding this was a 29% swing, Ventura's single was actually the fourth event in the game, behind a strike 'em out throw 'em out double play with Greg Maddux at the plate with the bases loaded in the top of the 6th. and then Olerud's home run in the first.

postseason logged anywhere? Ventura's Grand Single?

Edgy DC wrote: No doubt there was a comeback opportunity or two lost there. Last night, perhaps. Yes, but not 7, or whatever the differential is now.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Couldn't agree more. The Mets have been phenomenally lucky with the timing of their hits. Unless you wanna believe the stuff about players being purposely able to play better with men in scoring positions. And I know what your view on that one is. sample size randomness mostly. Now clearly you're more likely to have more batters up and more runs to drive in with two outs, but the difference has been stark. But it's just as easy to say the Mets are getting lucky getting those hits with 2 outs as you are saying they're unlucky to not get them with 1 out. 90 RBI to 53. OPS .758 to .644. Last year it was (1out/2out) 250 to 284 in RBI and .708 to .754 OPS. the Mets have 53 RBI with a runner on third and 2 outs and 50 RBI with a runner on third and less than 2 outs. (They nearly had twice as many RBI in the <2 out situation last year) it's really just statistical noise, especially if you buy into the idea that the Mets WILL hit for more power than they have.

Vic Sage wrote: * Blaming the negative run differential on Acosta seems like a stretch to me, but i'm open to the possibility. In any event, even if Manny is largely responsible for much of the negative run differential, he is unlikely to be the sole factor. I'd suggest our negative differential is an accurate reflection of this team's overall performance (i'm sure other teams with neg run diff over the years have had 1 or 2 guys you could point a finger at, too), and that it is the lineup's statistically unmaintainable 2-out success rate, giving us a league-leading come-from-behind win rate, that has created the temporary illusion of marginal success. * Dump Manny? sure, why not. how is Acosta's performance a temporary illusion of marginal success? The very idea that he's not going to stick around to continue this is pretty much the exact reason the run differential excuse for why the Mets will suck soon is silly. You're projecting a guy pitching like that the rest of the season instead of either him settling down or being replaced by a guy putting up a completely unknown result. But projecting that result out is inferring the Mets are going to give up another 80 runs, when the truth is you could call up someone that gives up 10. and yes, He's pretty much solely responsible. I think the deficit is 34 and Acosta has given up 30.

what was Piazza's home run valued at 6/30/2000?

I've run the numbers but haven't polished/edited the post but basically if we had Manny Acosta 2011 over Manny Acosta 2012 we'd only be being outscored by a very small amount and no one would be noticing the discrepancy.

Ramirez - 1.0 Wright - 3.0 Davis - 1 Duda - 1 Torres - 0.5 Murphy - 0.5

April 1980. only homered in two games out of 16. 2 in Wrigley, 1 in Montreal. No magic at home. [table:346zg3k0][tr:346zg3k0][td:346zg3k0]HR[/td:346zg3k0][td:346zg3k0]PA[/td:346zg3k0][td:346zg3k0]AB[/td:346zg3k0][td:346zg3k0]HR/PA[/td:346zg3k0][td:346zg3k0]HR/AB[/td:346zg3k0][td:346zg3k0]Sluggers[/td:346zg3k0][/tr:346zg3k0][tr:346zg3k0][td:346zg3k0]3[/td:346zg3k0][td:346zg3k0]617[/td:346zg3k0][td:346zg3k0]530[/td:346zg3k0][td:346zg3k0]0.49%[/td:346zg3k0][td:346zg3k0]0.57%[/td:346zg3k0][td:346zg3k0]J. Youngblood, D Norman (4/12) / J Morales (4/15)[/tr:346zg3k0][/td:346zg3k0][/table:346zg3k0] edit: I mixed that up. all three homers at Shea. the magic was back afterall. first road home run was June 1st that year.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I play in two deep fantasy leagues, both of which prize effective middle-relievers, and I have heard of, like, two Padre bullpen guys before. Padres pull effective middle relievers out of thin air it seems.

Fman99 wrote: This game is sucking some Thursday night wet sloppy cock. yeah, something like that.

also from shop.mlb where the Halladay one is, some Mets ones. Tell me what it says about Jason Bay that he's throwing instead of swinging. also, lego figures. i want. The website has a Frank Francisco one, but it links to the David Wright one when you click it:

I really thought power wouldn't be an issue for the Mets this year, and different year same story. I expected ~50+ from Duda/Davis. 15 from Bay. 10-15 from Murphy. And right now it's looking like we'd be lucky to get half that.

Another bad bobblehead: http://www.zoowithroy.com/2012/05/worst-bobble-head-in-history-concerns.html beat me to it.