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I think you'd be surprised how many fans could pick out Mike Trout tbh. More than Aaron Judge I bet.

I actually took this picture my last visit and forgot about it. clearer look at the faces, less so the signature. [FIMG=300]http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220607_130625-scaled.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=300]http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220913_130400.jpg[/FIMG]

it's addressed to Dr. Cahill. Is it Al? I'm getting 'T' but again, I suck at sigs. Mays was only in uniform through '79 right? I don't see anyone with a 6* number on MBTN that seems to match, are all the coaches there? could this be some sort of all timers day later appearances? The doc isn't a young guy, but I assume this is a post playing days signature, not like "I had surgery in the offseason" surgery.

it appears to be a two digit number.

sorry, I should've re-arranged it. It's in a doctor's office desk and there were all sorts of magazine nonsense in front of that too. It's an unrelated award.

McCann still getting at least 60%+ of the playing time,, interesting to see if that changes in the playoffs.

50:1 he pitches an inning.

This was about instituting new rules, not revoking other ones, so it's mostly unrelated to the zombie runner. Hopefully they drop that, but they have no incentive to. The whole point is to be able to more reliably block out the amount of time a game is on television for so they can budget schedules and sell advertising. I suspect much of the shift stuff is the same nonsense people that complain about it tout. Despite it being driven by competitiveness, it feels "unfair" like when your older brother stands real close and over you and tells you to try to make a basketball shot. It's not like that of course, banning the shift is not going to make baseball "better" but it will institute some weird offsides penalties and delays.

it looks like if you throw a third time it's "sudden death" if you don't get him, he gets second. (and other runners get a free base) That's slightly better, but I can't see a lot of guys throwing over a third time unless the guy's 40+ feet down the line. So it's almost a gimme stolen base UNLESS the batter fouls it off. It's clearly poorly thought out, like everything Rob Manfred does.

wait, why is anyone against bigger bags? even in the obvious sense (average foot size over the last 100 years is bigger, the other thing too probably), separating the fielder and the runner a bit just makes sense. Plus there will be a few less minute over-slides that a lot of people think shouldn't be outs, this will help with that. I won't go into the shift thing again, it's stupid, this won't help, it's clear Rob Manfred ais team of morons don't think about these things in a baseball sense, only a marketing/television sense. What bothers me about the pitch clock stuff is the pickoffs. Mandating 2 pickoffs is dumb. Only a moron would look at the pitcher-runner interaction and think "no one likes that! They're booing because they hate it, not because it's part of the fan-interaction entertainment element of baseball!" It's going to make all sorts of weird "technical foul" type errors, and runners with 60 foot leads, etc. Also trying to lockdown mid-inning songs/entertainment (like Lazy Mary) And long walkup songs, because clearly no one likes those. (hint hint, they mostly happen off-camera, so there's no TV value derived from it)

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Edgy MD wrote: Curious that it's going down at Citi Field and not PNC Park. I think there's often something to the idea that the MLB offices are in NYC, so it's an easy trip for big wigs to rub elbows and what not.

Edgy MD wrote: =Fman99 in the Game 1 Thread post_id=106581 time=1662574354 user_id=86] I'd be happier still if we could score runs via a series of sequential singles and doubles, instead of just taking 27 cracks at a dinger like they've been doing. I'd encourage you to keep making wishes while you're hot. I found a magic lamp and rubbed it. I put the lamp in my pants first

Edgy MD wrote: One-zip on a bases-loaded walk and a real big chance to break the game open with a two-out hit here. OE: Or, maybe, a fifth walk. You got another run and the fifth walk but they were unrelated!

Chad ochoseis wrote: Next question for quantification is that of how relevant the difference is. I've always been dubious of pinch runners because I suspect that in the vast majority of situations, the added expected value of having a Gore or even a Naquin on base instead of a Vogelbach isn't as great as the expected value lost from giving up Vogelbach's bat for the remainder of the game. But I've never seen any numbers, and I'm too lazy to look them up. Speaking of things I'm too lazy to look up, birdsong? I know "vogel" is "bird", but isn't "lied" the German word for "song"? sure, it's stupid. bach as in Bach, music, song... Bird composer? hang on... (tried to do a quick Bach as a bird AI thing, didn't work well)

Mets sprint speed leaderboard, from Nimmo at 28.8 to Birdsong at 23.9 https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/sprint_speed?min_season=2022&max_season=2022&position=&team=NYM&min=5https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/sprint_speed?min_season=2022&max_season=2022&position=&team=NYM&min=5 Minimum 5 springs, not that it matters for Dan, he's 11th slowest in all of MLB. Gore doesn't get a lot of playing time to measure, but 2019 when he did his Spring Speed clocked in at 30.2 ft/sec, which would be just off the lead this year behind guys like Corbin Carroll and Bobby Witt Jr. Here's a digital race: Dan is still only at like 76ft when Bobby Witt Jr. gets to first. Naquin is at 85, Ruf at 79 https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/running_splits?player1=596129_L&player2=571980_L&player3=573131_R&player4=677951_R&type=raw&bats=&year=2022&position=&team=&min=5https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/running_splits?player1=596129_L&player2=571980_L&player3=573131_R&player4=677951_R&type=raw&bats=&year=2022&position=&team=&min=5

I mean, if only there some way to quantifiably measure this!

=kcmets post_id=106405 time=1662400866 user_id=53] =Ceetar post_id=106401 time=1662397742 user_id=102]I'm sure McFadden's will become a Crypto-only sports betting joint before long

I'm sure McFadden's will become a Crypto-only sports betting joint before long, and you'll be able to validate parking in the Shea Parking Garage between Citi Field and the Point72 Casino

=MFS62 post_id=106337 time=1662317903 user_id=60] He hit #53 today. Later

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Don't forget to check out the Seaver statue, you can probably ignore the Wilpon Ebbs Brewery and just go in. The good beer is still mostly at Empire State craft type places, field level by the foul poles. I need to pop over there for another game at least before the playoffs. running out of time.