Ceetar

HahnSolo wrote: If we weren't already there, I think we've gotten to the "what are they waiting for?" point. I think it's the question about whether demotion is going to fix him or not. It's not as simple as "He's got a headache, give him some advil". Demoting him makes the most sense from a "stop hurting the Mets" standpoint but they also want to get him right not just go away.

metirish wrote: Pretty damn good starting pitcher last night too , and relief pitchers. Charlie Morton sporting a 4.35 ERA should help....... Yup, and a bad hitting team and Niese needing a bounceback and theoretically being a good pitcher. I think it's a good representation of whether the Mets are currently in a losing mode, or a winning mode.

he had a little bit of a slump already, when the Mets played the Giants. average dropped from .500 to .375. I hope this one isn't as long.

On the Murphy one it almost seemed like he was so focused on getting back that he stopped tracking the ball and really was just reacting as it came down.

hes real bad.

see? now he sounds like Rick Peterson.

Frayed Knot wrote: Now if we could only figure out a way to convince the Pirates to use our BP pitcher to start tonight's game. it was Manny Acosta.

I want him to say that to Niese before he starts, not look for excuses afterwards. Because that's his job? I want to hear something from Warthen occasionally that sounds profound or at least like he's got a clue how to make Niese match his FIP or help Gee with a game plan that keeps him from melting down completely during starts.

Edgy DC wrote: Cheap shot by Ceetar against Warthan? Check. not any cheaper than Warthen publicly questioning Niese's worth ethic.

Maybe he trusted in the quality of the scouting report passed to him by his pitching coach. oops.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Ceetar wrote: well, i'd rather be the team with the nice pretty new stadium that's fun to watch a game with than the team forcing MLB to wade through standing water and cram into a crappy building. You're right, 5 years apart is probably already pushing it for NYC All-Star Games, and having it at Citi is going to be a much better experience. What are you talking about? The Mets coulda hosted the ASG during the Bobby V era and still host it next year or soon after. yes, but when it came around 2005 and all that the stadiums were going away and it was the last chance for such, given that it seemed very unlikely for the Mets to host the game at Citi Field for decades if they did it at Shea, i'm glad it went this way. I wasn't giving credit to Citi for being functional, I was cringing at the idea of being at Shea with 60k people and trying to do anything but stay glued to my seat. And I know that's generally the point of a baseball game, but it's not quite the point of the All-Star days imo.

well, i'd rather be the team with the nice pretty new stadium that's fun to watch a game with than the team forcing MLB to wade through standing water and cram into a crappy building. You're right, 5 years apart is probably already pushing it for NYC All-Star Games, and having it at Citi is going to be a much better experience.

I'd peg 'third place' as the most likely option at the end of the week.

Tuesday Next.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: And the Mets could be there too before the week is done. or they could be in first.

Edgy DC wrote: It just seems to me, if you're going to spend a half hour in a coffin, with machinery grinding all about you, you might as well spend your time chilling on your back and thinking of England. Isn't that the plot of Dracula? I've never been in an MRI. hoping to keep that streak going another 30 years or so.

laying down in the shower seems like a bad idea (spoiler alert: take a bath) but I could use a nice seat with a cupholder.

Jeter lives uptown right? think Chuck is Jeter's pimp?

Gwreck wrote: $190/strip for standing room in 2006? Sounds about right. I figure maybe $250/strip for that in 2013, and maybe $400/strip for the worst seats. yup, I actually tossed them up on ebay or stubhub or something the week before and didn't get a bite. (I'd bought them on a whim figuring I could easily make a $100) So I took off from work (that didn't go real well, but they're assholes so..) with a friend Monday morning and drove to Pittsburgh.

I think the Pittsburgh strip was $190, but I think it'll probably be at least twice that. I assume the Mets will also sell a couple of thousand SRO tickets, and that'll probably be the vast majority of what's available to the masses without a plan.

themetfairy wrote: D-Dad and I still have two tickets left in our block of seats for Sunday. Come join us, see the placards and meet cooby! Banner Day! I'll be there Saturday, not Sunday.

Edgy DC wrote: So, rooting for a team that hasn't hosted one of these things in my lifetime, I have to ask... who goes to All-Star games? Are the seats filled by fans of the local team delighted with the opportunity to host the greatest players or is it all out-of-town swells cashing in on one more entitlement? Not that we don't have plenty of in-town swells. In 2006 I spotted jerseys of every major league team, except the Rockies. We hung out in the left field twirling ramp hoping for a just fair home run during the derby with two Cubs fans and just generally had a good time. For the game we stood out in left field. It was fun, people were into it. It certainly wasn't electric or anything like that, but it felt focused on the field and the action. It felt like a lot of baseball fans just enjoying the game. We knew it didn't really mean much, but baseball is awesome, so it always means something. And there were a lot of cool players on the field to watch, that you could actually appreciate without feeling guilty. It's okay to watch and root for Pujols at the All-Star Game, even though when you normally see him in person it's because he's visiting NY and you want him to fail horribly. I might equate it to what an early Spring Training game would be like with 45k people that know all the players. You're tangibly excited to see whoever stride up to the plate or pitching, but you're not living or dying with whether or not Josh Johnson strikes out David Ortiz with one out and Michael Young on third. I'm sure there were suits and celebrities everywhere too, but it the ballpark and concourses were not obviously full of them. More baseball jersey density than you get at even a normal baseball game. The percentages might obviously be different next year given it's New York over Pittsburgh, but I think it'll be a good time.

Looks like we're probably getting Vinny Rottino back for this series. Probably at Schwinden's expense I'd imagine.

since men and women cannot be in the same space, the women went across the street to the tennis place....and they live-streamed the event over the internet for them.

if they do send him down I bet it only lasts 10 days. I'm pretty sure it won't even be considered until Tejada is back though. It's not just about Ike but who would play first in his absense.