Ceetar

Edgy DC wrote: Ceetar wrote: I'm tired of the silly 'unfair' argument about playing the Yankees. teams change from April to September anyway. It's not any different than the Mets playing the Astros real early. What if they were to trade for a stud or bring up a prospect that dominates late in the season? is that fair to the Phillies who may have to face him twice? Or just the plain dumb luck of maybe the Mets miss Halladay in the rotation and only face him 3 times, but the Marlins face him 6 times? I'm not sure I'm reading this correctly. The point is that the Mets are guaranteed play against a more challenging team than many of their opponents get. And that's not a random asisnment. They'll get them next year, and the next after that. You could make the case that playing 3 against the Rangers and 3 against the Red Sox is a tougher assignment. The Marlins play the Rays 6 times. The Mets also get 8 against the Pirates when most of the division gets 6. Did you read Joe Posnanski's post about the Yankees in 2013? It doesn't paint a pretty picture, but it's who we get to face 6 times. There is nothing special about the Yankees. they have no special divine right or handicap. Just because they spend more doesn't mean they'll always be a more challenging opponent. I get that the unbalanced schedule in general may give a tougher schedule to some clubs, but it doesn't keep the truly best teams in the league from making the playoffs.

Frayed Knot wrote: BN -- We've scored just 7 runs total over the last four games GN -- We're 3-1 in that time Can't keep that up forever though so it would be nice if someone other than the red-head decides it's time to start hitting. BN -- Won't always be able to win 2-1 type games. GN -- The offense will be adding Pagan next week, and David and Davis not too much longer (hopefully) after that. If they can keep playing sound baseball and winning some of those games, it'll put them in a great position if/when they get healthier.

shame that all the NL East won, guess we still have a chance in Anaheim, if Johan Santana can shut down the Braves. Sox killing the Cubs 10-5 to slip into second place.

themetfairy wrote: bmfc1 wrote: How awesome was the Mets bullpen tonight? And RA, too, stepping up big time in response to my crushing him last week. Crush him every week if that's what it takes! do Bay next.

Came literally inches (and only in that one park) from a third straight shut out. Here's hoping for a Olliesque explosion from Burnett tomorrow night.

metirish wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Bay is just killing this team. no power swing at all , this twat might not hit 20 home runs in the life of this Mets contract. he had a couple of deep fly outs recently, 3 hits yesterday and now looks like he's right back to bleh.

PiggiesTomatoes wrote: Think the captain would have made that play? Nice golf shot, young Daniel. Sure, Wright might have been playing there if it was a super overshift or something. Or did you mean Jeter? not even in '96.

metirish wrote: Can I get a what what for Reyes?......wow yes. great play.

Give Gardner a safe call he didn't deserve, Reyes rushes a throw on Jeter crediting him with too much speed and throws wide. another soft infield single for captain groundout.

bmfc1 wrote: Ceetar--I understand your point but who would you rather the Mets play tonight, the Orioles or the MFYs? Not from a view of "this is exciting" but from the perspective of making the playoffs? Over a 162 game season I believe the teams that are good will make the playoffs. it's not diluted enough that a bad team will sneak in. You could have an average team get hot for a couple of weeks and beat really good teams, and you could have really good teams play badly and lose to some crappy teams. I just don't think 'strength of schedule' is a legitimate argument in baseball. Now, that said the Mets played all 7 2006 postseason teams in 2007 and it's not much of a stretch to wonder if that was the difference between the playoffs and not. Would I rather play the Orioles tonight? Probably. But I'd rather play the Nationals 36 times and th Phillies not at all too..

I'm tired of the silly 'unfair' argument about playing the Yankees. teams change from April to September anyway. It's not any different than the Mets playing the Astros real early. What if they were to trade for a stud or bring up a prospect that dominates late in the season? is that fair to the Phillies who may have to face him twice? Or just the plain dumb luck of maybe the Mets miss Halladay in the rotation and only face him 3 times, but the Marlins face him 6 times?

Edgy DC wrote: He's also not the kind of cat to limit himself to one TV. That's his old place actually, near the original Shake Shack. His new place is 85th and Lexington, near the new UES Shake Shack.

Freddy Garcia has never allowed a Grand Slam in 1966 career innings. (despite giving up 10/13 runs via the home run this year) Yankees are holding opponents to a .135 avg with the bases loaded. Somethings gotta give right? Unmovable object meets unstoppable force?

TransMonk wrote: Ceetar wrote: If was bored and had the time off, I might hang by the entrance to the 6 train near Wright's apartment. although he may get a car service to go there? He's on the DL. I'm hoping he's watching the game on his 72" wide-screen HDTV in the comfort of his bedroom propped up by two dozen pillows filled with freshly shorn lamb's fleece while cherubs exchange hot and cold gel packs on his back every half inning. I swear I'm in denial. Everytime Turner fields the ball I do a double take. He's on the UES right by one of the train stops. 83rd or somewhere around there.

TransMonk wrote: Looks like we're going to be a couple of players short judging by that picture. Or, I'm guessing that the Mets feel like the players can make it to YSIII on their own. If was bored and had the time off, I might hang by the entrance to the 6 train near Wright's apartment. although he may get a car service to go there?

G-Fafif wrote: I take it Hawaii, where the Giants have traditionally been big, get the Phillies game because of the Flyin' Idiot. You mean the sitting on the coach because my leg hurts Idiot?

A mostly worthless stat, but still fun. R.A. Dickey's ERA against the #Yankees (2.66) is his second lowest against any team. (#phillies, 2.25). Minimum 20IP.

Edgy DC wrote: The Times and the Post are carrying some more water for Picard in reporting that Wilpon and Katz apparently shopping for fraud insurance in 2001 implicates them in more deeply in the Madoff fraud. Seems like a stab in the dark. It's all a stab in the dark at this point. Isn't it like not getting into a car with someone wearing a seatbelt because it must mean they don't think they're a good driver?

On Pagan/Martinez. I think they inferred Beltran DHing on Sunday. I'm curious if that's a hint that Pagan will be activated for Sunday and they'll send Fernando down. They're flying to Chicago, either after the game Sunday or Morning morning. Do they want to fly Pagan direct from FLA to CHI? can you even do that or would you have a layover in NY anyway? maybe they want him to fly with the team? If that's the case he might get activated. I think they may be rushing him a bit, he's been out a month and it's not like his timing was impecable before he went down. Wouldn't more than 3-4 Rehab games be advisable? Upgrading CF by the Phillies series would be nice, but I think we can live without him against the cubs.

Edgy DC wrote: My friend John Lowe of the Detroit Free Press reminded me of a classic thought uttered by Sparky Anderson years ago, when he considered what is the hardest thing for a team to overcome. His answer: �An aging star.� The Yankees have a bunch of them. Those aging stars have made 2011 an eventful year already, though the season is still young and the Yankees are, this minute, leading the wild-card race. There�s a whole lot of accomplishment on this team. It could be foolish to write them off. The fear-of-the-aging-star stuff always bugs me. Why are managers so afraid of this situation? You're going to get fired eventually anyhow. Rusty Staub was hitting fine (very fine) for the Mets in 1981, but the team came back from the strike and Joe Torre didn't see any point to trying to pass him off as a fielder anymore. He moved Kingman to first, Rusty to the bench, and he played three and a half more years and was part of the dawn of a new golden age for the team. Everybody happy and the star goes out in style, right? That was 30 years ago. I mean, look at Posada. Maybe if Girardi had held a hard line on his decision it wouldn't have blown up as it did. In a way he has, he's no longer playing everyday, but there's no way Jeter's going to handle it _better_ than that. If anything, the Posada thing almost guarentees they won't try something funky with Jeter or drop him in the order this year. Also, the Yankees HR average dropped yesterday when they bashed the ball all over the park off the emergency starter and the wet field certainly helped with extra bases. Used up all their runs yesterday.

The Second Spitter wrote: As at the commencement of this series, the Mets are 160-1 to win the World Series on Betfair. Very, very tempting. I got 165:1 on Bodog in December.

I think you wrote this on Tuesday. but good stuff. I'm disappointed the Yankees won tonight, going to 23-19 because it means in no way can we make them back to .500. And we need to sweep to pass them in the win % column. with some well coordinated efforts with the Nationals (they haven't scored since like last week, so they're due) against the O's we can make it so come Sunday night, the Mets are closer to first than last, and the Yankees are closer to last than first. (Might need some help from Texas too. or a couple of Phillies to go on the DL (oh, Vicky and Blanton? okay then))

themetfairy wrote: It was great hanging out with Fman and Fboy today. Let the record reflect that Fman is nothing in person like is is here, and Fboy is a truly delightful and polite young man. I have yet to meet someone that IS like they are on the internet. Here's Turner from Monday

that sucks, hope everything's okay. if anyone goes, the 'secret' beer kiosk is in the cafeteria area near the back wall.(at least as of last year) it's out of sight, so doesn't get many lines. you walk away from the field and turn right.

CEETAR wrote: Maybe closer to 250 AB, as he may get more time as a backup early on while Murphy is still learning the ropes so to speak. .270/.335/.410 ish. I'm perhaps the closest?