Zvon

d'Kong76 wrote: And that's just where they belong.

d'Kong76 wrote: Rollins is one Metspesky pain in the ass. I love how it's Rollins and Turner who punch us in the stomach and kick us in the balls (& cootch for you ladies). Edgy MD wrote: Maybone swinging in what may be his last Mets at-bat. Gahhhhd riddence.

A productive out. Nice. 6-1

Rib eye steak there for ya Conforto.

Nice quick throw by Flores on the relay. Good play. Plawecki still could be closer to the plate. The tag would have been easier.

Unfkin believable. Turner homers. Conforto hit it hard first time up, pulled a grass-cutter to first. Puig goes yard. Niese, go have your baby. 6-0

That's on Plawecki. He was too far in front of the plate. The throw had him. This is the kind of mistake we can't afford to make. 1-0 LA

This is pathetic. Absolutely inexcusable. And unfortunately, absolutely predictable. The front office will use injuries as an excuse, but every team has had injuries, including Washington. Bad luck happens. And when it happens, legitimate contenders field a lineup that is weaker than they hoped, but still competitive. You only get stupid lineups like this when you aim for mediocrity. This was "predictable" only if you know in advance that every single player on the roster (except, oddly, for Granderson as he was taking the most shit early in the season) is going to have an off-year. Mayberry: Career OPS = 734. 2015 = 550 Kirk: 708 >> 613 (and much of that was from one day) Campbell: 680 >> 576 Lagares: 703 >> 612 Duda: 830 >> 754 (and that's after a hot start - it's been about 550 sine June 1st) Murphy: 752 >> 708 Cuddyer: 813 >> 683 Recker: 646 >> 506 So, no, as big a blow as Wright exiting Game 9 with a hamstring issue and missing the season until at least mid-August is or d'Arnaud's two separate injuries are, it's not just the injuries, it's that, in addition to those injuries, the winter's biggest acquisition is failing miserably, that the non-injured established players have either flat-lined (Murphy) or regressed (Duda, Lagares), and that backups to these injured and/or under-performers are grossly underperforming themselves or are proving to be not ready (Flores, Plawecki + the entire bench). Sure the GM bears the ultimate responsibility for all this. But to label THIS level of ineptness as utterly predictable is hindsight. To use an example I've used before, Washington's GM Mike Rizzo is a genius this year in getting past his injuries because he went into the season knowing that Danny Espinosa was going to raise his OPS by nearly 200 points over what it was the last 2 seasons [581 to 744] and that 30 y/o career minor leaguer (13 ML ABs prior to 2015) Clint Robinson was not only going to be capable of replacing Ryan Zimmerman but out-hitting him [765 OPS to 611] as well. He also banked on the 32 y/o Yunel Escobar jacking his OPS up 120 points from 2014. And what those step-up players have allowed the Nats to do is that on days (like probably this weekend) when they have to start several from among the .211-hitting Matt den Dekker (OF), the .214-hitting Tyler Moore (OF), the .197-hitting Lose Lobaton ©, and the .192-hitting Dan Uggla (2B), it means they only have 3 or 4 holes in their lineup rather than 5 or 6. It makes a good bit of difference. Luck is the residue of design ... except when it's also the residue of luck. Great post. The drop in Cadaver is the killer. Watching him in spring I figured even if he suffered a slight drop due to age he'd serve well.

Colon: 5.7

Wow. That is amazin'. I'm a big Mullin fan. Post some of your dad's baseball stuff. I'll make a card from it .

Holy crow. Is TC doing this to spite Sandy? I read in today's NY Daily News (Harper) that the Mets front office does not want TC using Familia for any more than a 3 out save. Is there any truth to this or is Harper blowing smoke out his ass?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: No, I'm more than happy with Familia going for a multi-inning save. Same thing. It's all about getting shorter. Needing four good pitchers instead of five. Three good pitchers instead of four. Two good pitchers instead of three. But at some point, whether its your first RP or your 5th, you need to retire 1 batter before 3 runs score and you win the damn thing. Parnell didnt get it done. Howie and Josh remarked on how hard Moore hit the ball when he made an out, that should have stirred TC. It stirred me. Sandy is not on my hot seat but he's warming up his ass. I see a lot of blame to go around on this one. Parnell is the most obvious, but there were lots of opportunities missed in this one. This struck me as a pretty sloppily played series by the Mets in some aspects. For all of the fanfare over how important this series was and for having the starters set up the way they wanted, it didn't seem as if the Mets played like a team trying (needing) to make a statement. I agree with this estimate. It's almost as if they were more concerned about not looking too concerned (aside from Flores throwing his bat- which is lame). I also must take more of the blame than I thought, which was zero. I was responsible for these games as thread barer. When it's my game I always wear a Mets jersey. I wore it last night. I hung it on the top of the door to remind me to put it on again today. I just tried to close the door and it wouldn't close because my jerseys up there. GAH! I didn't wear the Mets jersey!

Tejada: .5 Murphy: .3 Nieuwenhuis: 2 Plawecki: 1 Synderguaard: 2 Robles: 1 Mejia: 1

Boooooooo! Was the second to last pitch to Newy like the same exact pitch that was called strike 3? UGH. Flores should have walked to open the inning.

sob! FLORES! YOU SUCK!

Lets see what this team is really made of. COMEBACK TIME!!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: .. . . . ... .. , . . . . . FUCKKKKKK[/bigpurple] [fimg=200]http://images2.westword.com/imager/rip-leonard-nimoy-long-live-spock/u/original/6591110/spockwake.jpg[/fimg] Double fuck, indeed.

FUCK!

Whew! That was some kinda exit velocity for Moore but Newys right there.

We need you to get the job done Parnell. 2 on, 1 out. 3-1 Mets

Me three. Actually not much reading involved, my kind of post. Is that a custom card of Glass? Does he think his 1st name is Joly?

I knew Noah would not last long but I was hoping for 6.

d'Kong76 wrote: I think they just said Walt, but I had left the room. They did. Great Walt story there Ronnie. Craaaaazy craaaaab.

Whew. I really thought we were gonna lose that one.

Ceetar wrote: Zvon wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: Ashie62 wrote: We have something going! Question is, 'How will they f*ck it up?' Who? The umps? That was not a swing (Duda). The rule is 100% subjective, so him calling it a strike literally makes it so. [fimg=200]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/dc/df/5b/dcdf5b42acb95fa3551faa23a2f1e9e4.jpg[/fimg] 3-1 Mets. 5th. Thor has thrown a lot of pitches.