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Fk'n Braun with the spazz catch squelches the Met rally in the 8th.

Nice piece if hitting by Cespedes, ropes a double to the wall in left center. If Lags didn't score on the Grandy rip I would have thrown something at the TV. 5-3 Hineyhops

Frayed Knot wrote: Putting aside all the other embarrassments for a moment: if Plawecki can't throw any better than what he's shown then he can't be a major league catcher, and if he can't hit any better than he's shown then he can't play anywhere else. Depressingly agree. Mets finally run the string bean from the mound. We got something going in the 7th, which has included two hits. 2 HITS!! WTF? Both teams are playing little league ball. Cripes. We shudda scored there. Still 5-0 Lavern & Shirlys

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Between the lineup and the fielding, they are giving this game away. They already gave this game away. I do not feel a comeback in the air so a comeback would be that much sweeter. 5-0 Aleheads

One hit against this string-bean so far. Fielding like a little league team is not helping. Very nice inning from Matz there. Needed only 7 pitches After 4, 3-0 Beermakers.

Terry Collins in the hospital at game time. Was not feeling well and was brought there before the game started. Reportedly okay. That's all I've heard.

Not plating Grandy after the triple was bad, but we have been getting that done more than not. We even got that done in the 9th, too little, too late. Before last season we were ALWAYS stranding the guy on 3rd. ALWAYS!!! Today, that did hurt extra bad. But the home-run, Peralta's kaBOOM, was a sharp pointy metal tipped cowboy boot kick to the nutsack. I hope Walker is okay, but Kelly is like his clone so we should be okay there. I still want to see more of Reynolds. Could the entire problem there be that he's a righty batter?

I didn't get to see the bazaar end of this game until a few minutes ago. And all I can say ATM is I want to see that again.

Ashie62 wrote: Let it be same as it ever was Mr. Harvey. Agreed. Lets go Harvey. Same as it ever was! Lets go Mets! I1wg1DNHbNU

This ToppsNOW stuff presents an interesting question. These cards will be considered rare because of the limited printing run. So, the cards are printed to order, and when the time limit expires they halt the presses and the cards done, finis. Usually it is a 24 hour period from when they announce that the card is available to when they stop the printing. Some cards are more popular than others, and this is reflected by the amount ordered. The Bartolo Colon HR card was the best selling ToppsNOW card ever. There were 8,826 Colon HR cards were sold before the printing cutoff. Only two other cards in the (so far) 126 card set topped the 2000 mark. Matt Scherzer's 20K game ( 3746) and Noah Syndergaard's 2 HR game (3670). The average printing run for a ToppsNOW card looks to be somewhere between 500 and 600 a card. The week before Colon hit the HR he was pictured on another ToppsNOW card, this one commemorating his passing Pedro on the all-time wins list. 298 of these Colon cards were sold before the printing cutoff. And this poses the question. Which card will be worth more one hundred years from now? The one that was the in the highest demand now, and over 8000 circulated: the Colon HR? Or the Colon/Pedro WINS card, of which only 298 exist? The issue of demand & supply is a factor in overall worth, but rarity is also a factor. This is a new situation for a card collector because the most unwanted cards in this set will have the least amount of copies. How does this affect thier worth? Maybe using Colon is a bad example. What if the card that only had 300 printed was a Mike Trout or Bryce Harper? I guess what it will come down to is what is in demand in the future. But simple logic dictates the the cards that only had 100 printed should be worth more than a card that got 8000 copies into circulation. What if in 100 years someone is trying to complete this set from scratch? Could common cards end up being worth more than..., well none of these are common cards I suppose, but could a Joe Shmoe card be worth more than a Mike Trout, because Trouts card sold 3000 and Joe Shmoe only sold 62? On a side note: There is a Trevor Story ToppsNOW card that includes the Topps ROOKIE symbol (actually more than one). It's a highlight card and not a player card, but could this possibly end up being considered Story's rookie card? I really do not like that they are putting the rookie symbol on any ToppsNOW cards, because to me these are highlight cards. I have zero interest in collecting all ToppsNOW Mets. Well, not zero, but I won't be doing it at $9.99 a card (I have the Colon HR and Wright walkoff single). I don't think I'm that far back into the hobby where something like trading cards is feasible, but it's a possibility. I have bought a decent amount of cards the last three years. So this checklist is here for any Mets card collector who might be looking for this info. Mets ToppsNOW checklist for April and May, 2016. Grandy's granny-294 circulated [fimg=300]http://cdn.topps.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/500x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/r/artbb-16c2s-16tn-0031-1.jpg[/fimg] Walker ties Mets HR record-289 circulated [fimg=300]http://cdn.topps.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/500x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/r/artbb-16c2s-16tn-0037-1.jpg[/fimg] Cespedes granny & Mets 12 run inning- 325 circulated [fimg=300]http://cdn.topps.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/500x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/r/artbb-16c2s-16tn-0041-_2_-1.jpg[/fimg] Colon passes Pedro in WIns- 298 circulated [fimg=300]http://cdn.topps.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/500x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/r/artbb-16c2s-16tn-0046-1.jpg[/fimg] Colon HR- 8,826 circulated [fimg=300]http://cdn.topps.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/500x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/r/artbb-16c2s-16tn-0057-1_1.jpg[/fimg] Syndergaard smacks two HRs!- 3,670 circulated [fimg=300]http://cdn.topps.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/500x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/r/artbb-16c2s-16tn-0069-1.jpg[/fimg] David Wright walkoff single-1014 circulated [fimg=300]http://cdn.topps.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/500x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/r/artbb-16c2s-16tn-0088-1_1.jpg[/fimg] Grandy walkoff HR vs Dodgers- 626 circulated [fimg=300]http://cdn.topps.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/500x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/r/artbb-16c2s-16tn-0103-1.jpg[/fimg] Sidenote: Harvey pictured on Memorial Day card (699c). [fimg=300]http://cdn.topps.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/500x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/r/artbb-16c2s-16tn-0111-1.jpg[/fimg]

Gah! Lost 2 to the Bucs and Niese goes 7 shutout innings? WTF? Awful. I did see Pirate outfielders chasing down like everything hit out there but still, we gotta hit more, or at least in a more timely manner. I'm afraid this team will not jell until they drop the home run or die mentality.

Welcome to rain delay theater, already in progress: [fimg=500]http://theredlist.com/media/database/films/tv-series/police-and-crime/1960/columbo/011-columbo-theredlist.png[/fimg] "I don't think the thumb is connected to the back, no sir. I'm going to have to widen my scope. So now the centerfielder has a torn thumb? So in what way is he NOT disabled? *shakes head* This is a strange team sir. A very strange team."

cooby wrote: Yeah I know! I'm headed for bed now; I have to get up one last time At 5 am. poop. Awww. We will leave a complete journal of the game in this thread. First entry: Still raining! [fimg=600]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkTuWSMXIAAWcOP.jpg[/fimg]

Edgy MD wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Plawecki owes us Schaefer for today's game! Fans apparently have been giving him worse shit than this the last 24 hours, because he has deleted his Twitter account. I consider that a sign of weakness. ATTACK! Seriously, he should not react in any way to the assholes out there. Let that stuff scroll away and live to tweet another day.

Scan those pics. We'd love to see 'em And the wonders of modern technology gives us... a view of the park AT THIS VERY MOMENT! [fimg=700:3afno88p]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkTiHtGUkAAypoF.jpg[/fimg:3afno88p]

MLB.tv is blank with no info during rain delays. You're going to love the Pirates ballpark. It's really something to behold. [fimg=600:3lwec52a]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YD5kl4qb65M/V1YKK_7cUjI/AAAAAAAAoVg/Ju_XUxLbvUooKreGonL10TvJTMF546tSACCo/s1024/CinJ1PGUkAE_Lk3.jpg[/fimg:3lwec52a]

Nymr83 wrote: its time to find Nimmo. That would make things interesting. Or more interesting. If anyone's pressed it's going to be him, right? I do like the info on Bernadina though. And he's a bit more seasoned.

Rockin' Doc wrote: At least Harvey turned in his second straight strong outing. Hopefully, he has worked out his problems from earlier today. There is little other good to take from this loss. The Mets desperately need to get their offense straightened out. Of course getting Cespedes back in the line up and getting Conforto out of his month long funk would help immensely. This^. We took the series. I'll take that every time. AND Harvey pitched like Harvey.

DeAza will have to do a bit more to be immortalized in digital cardboard. That Fernandez kid can pitch, huh? He's like a Mack truck.

Gah, a weak single up the middle plates the first run of the game. 1-0 Aquatic Vertebrates

A good game. A nightmare for Plawecki. I feel for him but half of that feeling was anger. The play at the plate was so embarrassing. And then to get picked off! I'd bury my face in the dirt too. I don't think Plawecki is as bad as all this. But I am on the fence now, and I wasn't that down on him before this game. More importantly, Loney gappers, Flores and Reynolds doing stuff, and Familia with, did they say his 33rd save in a row? The Lagares catch was huge. He didn't turn the thumb too bad. He shouldn't be long. Cespedes...?

Prado! Gah! A qualifying member of my nemesis list.

According to #Mets PR, Yoenis Cespedes is out day-to-day with a sore right hip.