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Phils get their first hit in the 5th. A cheap single.

415 ft! (id have to check that-tho it was a bomb off the bat), exit vol, 102mph.

11 pitches for the 2nd. I won't get into how many pitches the Mets aren't looking at. In the 2nd New York came up and said, you wanna hit first pitch Philly? We can hit first pitch too! [bigpurple:1jvcvl79]LAGARESLONGSHOT![/bigpurple:1jvcvl79] First pitch. Ha. 1-0 Mets oe-no h!

Nah, Niese burned this bridge with his juvenile slander. I don't even want him wearing orange and blue casually outside the game.

Frayed Knot wrote: Still Cespedes-less Little purple humpf.

Bart only needs 4 pitches to get thru the 1st. That's not a typo. [bigpurple:1am3zvty]4[/bigpurple:1am3zvty]

soupcan wrote: I've got less of a problem with Strawberry than I do with Gooden but still, Straw can go suck an egg. Take 16 & 18 out of circulation? Why? Because the two of them made some All-Star teams while they were Mets? Rookies of the year? World Champions? Cy Young? How many ultimately mediocre players on every other team in the majors have similar accomplishments and don't have their numbers retired? Quite a fucking few I'm thinking. The only difference to me between those two is that Gooden's performance while he was with the Mets was affected by his drug use and Strawberry's wasn't. The Mets dodged a bullet when the Dodgers signed Straw. Unfortunately for the organization and their fans, they weren't so lucky with Doc. As to the revelation that Johnny Lunch just posted - I'm not nearly surprised. As Edgy stated, Dwight's looked pretty bad for a while now. Sad to say but I won't be surprised when in the next year or so we read about his ultimate demise. I wish that neither of those guys ever got involved with drugs and then played their whole career with the Mets. That didn't happen but you know what did? I invested a lot of my personal fandom and emotion in both of them. Almost 30 years later, I still harbor resentment towards Gooden, and Straw doesn't help his case by acting like the Mets owe him something more than EVERYTHING they've already given him. Pretty much this^. Retire their numbers? No way. Re: Gooden's demise- When I read that I winced & thought NOOOOO. But I noted Doc's gaunt appearance last season and I'm afraid that might be a real possibility. It was never resentment w/me. It was HUGE disappointment. I had those two homegrown Mets pegged for the Hall Of Fame. There was anger early in regards to their careers being derailed (of their drug problems I just felt pity). But that has all dissipated.

Getting retroactive w/it. Niiiiiice. I'm a bigger fan of the '76t border and not a fan at all of the multi colored 75's, but I like deGroms 75'-SPOTH card better.

Ceetar wrote: It's not just being 6 games back of WSH, it's being ahead of 3 of these 4 teams: LAD, MIA, STL, PIT. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/wildcard.jsp Wild Card is a mid-September word. Agreed. I don't even look at those standings before the break. Usually not until the dog days settle in early August.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Well, I wasn't too far off. OPS with RISP- .490 OPS with RISP and 2 out- .330 Them's some bad numbers. These new statistical yardsticks frighten me.

Gah! This new PC. I can't find that old man yelling at the cloud picture.

Hey how about an Honorable Mention to Granderson for getting his OPS up around .800. Not bad. Yeah, but his OPS with runners in scoring position is about .200. but his OPS in tie games is 1.134 I love the good. As far as I'm concerned he's been a great signing. The ultimate relic card:

seawolf17 wrote: I'm sure this is nothing, but I noticed it. https://twitter.com/cdorso/status/753073927006654465 lol. That's excellent work.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: I blame Bud Selig. Did you just come out of left field? When I saw the NL in road uniforms even though the NL is the host city, I lost interest. I watched the intros and that's it. Swear to god. I believe ya. I watched very little although it was on the whole time. Yes, as mentioned earlier the NL park AL rules just adds additional lunacy to this fiasco.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I blame Bud Selig. Did you just come out of left field?

Pete Rose is to a bow tie what Ken Rosenthal is to a speedo.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Colon, you know, prolly doesn't deserve to be there. But he is there and it's his manager and he should have gotten the fat old fuck in there. I say that with love. Hosmer, "I'll take the truck for pops." lol, awesome.

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Screw you, Terry! Screw you.

Shame on you TC. You're not the only Met I tuned in to see. Well, up side, rest for all. If Colon gets in the ASG next season and plays, I'll forgive him.

If TC loses his excuse will be he played to win...cause it counts.

TC will use the closer for closer excuse, and I'll accept that the way they play the game these days. It's Colon that bugs me. Even for one batter. He's the "long guy" Buck? There is no "long guy" in the All Star game ya dunce.

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: And now Jansen? I know this shouldn't upset me, but it does. The defending National League champs won't get a single one of their players in the game? We're seeing closers who were traded mid-season and NOT the guy leading the league in saves? I get saving Bart and Strasburg if this goes 10. But at least give us Familia. There's only one way he don't end up smelling like a pile of poop. We have to tie it vs. Britton. ha

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Booth just said Terry told Fox it's important to get every team's uniform in the game at least once, so I have to assume we're getting Bart of Familia next inning. Unless he counts his own trip to the mound to get Lester out of there. ha. Still no Mets? This is kinda fucked up.

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Would Terry become the first All-Star manager not to use a single one of his own players? That would make for some interesting press.Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Familia's gotta close, no? Terry won't use him early. The NL's not gonna get a ninth inning to pitch if this keeps up. Obviously. But Terry's not going to use him otherwise. We all know his M.O. But he also has that loyalty factor that he throws into the mix at the strangest times.

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Terry's running out of time to get Familia in there. If Fammy gets in I predict he has an aweful outing. He's due and I'd rather he have that outing here rather than when the season resumes. I don't wish it on him or anything but if he's gonna mess up any time soon, let it be tonight.