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Edgy MD wrote: They gonna send Harvey back out or do a double switch? Which way do they wanna go today? Get him a lil extra work (88 pitches) or save a few for...whenever.

Ronnie was right on about that at bat being a clinic on how to pitch The Lumberjack. He should have swung at the low fastball. Cause they still got his number on those inside curves more than not. This is his problem facing rightys. Kinda wish he would ALWAYS lay off that pitch, but I know he can't fix the hole that way.

CurBOOM. Ill take em one at a time if I have to.

Just saw it. Wow. And I thought I couldn't get any more excited about what Duda's been doing. Pepsi Porch!

Missed the last 15 minutes. Damn. Bour? & Duda hit another? Niiiice.

Ashie62 wrote: Did the booth say D'Arnaud was reinjured with a bone bruise. Yes, and that was the first I had heard of that.

Wow. Ronnie used the same baseball glove from 1985 to 1995. Amazin'.

Duda smacks one 400 feet to center. Nice poke but just a long out. 0-0 after 1

Tejada sees one pitch from the 2 slot. One pitch, ground out. Work that pitcher kid.

I thought he was tipping off his slider but what do I know. I also thought the last strike was a curve ball. Booth says slider. No matter, niiiiice pitch.

There is no doubt. I also hope. They gotta come up with some kinda new 21st century Mets bullpen cart for that walk in for the starter. A 3 seater for the pitcher, catcher, & coach. Warthen should drive em in while they wave from the back seats.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Who am I? You won't find me on a Topps baseball card in a Padres uniform. Or a Mets uniform. You might not even find me in the Mets records. Unless you know where to look. Talk about ephemeral. Bruce something? Dan something? EVentually I'll hit it.....Dante ...ill never get his last name right. Bitchcett? lol [fimg=400]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7678/16566956284_d9bc104e70_o.jpg[/fimg] I got 7 packs of these today and I'm doing good. Didn't get the Seaver (yet), but I got the deGrom, Harvey, Niese, a real nice Tony Perez and Steve Carlton, and a special card that states that Brian Harper is a pillar of Washington society. Really? Oh, i see, the card back says he bought some school a locker room. Whoopdeedoo.

Ashie62 wrote: What is a llort? Lol. I'm not exactly sure it applies. From another thread: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Edgy MD wrote: You don't know what a troll is? I mean, he is or isn't, but the definition is pretty clear by now. Yeah, I know what a troll is supposed to be. But what happens when someone you think is a troll writes the truth? When someone with, perhaps, an axe to grind, nevertheless writes something that's honest and accurate? And is there a word for something like a reverse troll? You know, like someone who goes to ridiculous, almost pathological delusional lengths just to post something positive on the topic on hand? Just to avoid or deny negative comments or criticism, no matter how deserved? Because if there isn't, there should be. How about llort? Like llama, but llort? It really doesn't fit either of us in it's entirety. I just thought it would be savvy & suave (& funny) to start throwing that word around.

Frayed Knot wrote: Zvon wrote: Hey, maybe I should be using RBIs instead of homers to decide Flores fate in my imaginary Mets world (where I possibly replace him at the ASB). And of course he should have more RBIs than errors at that point. So how should that go? Over 40 RBI by the ASbreak? I say homers cause that's how they are trying to sell him, and he's hitting his fair share, but I really don't care how he contributes offensively as long as he does. Like I said, I don't see him hitting for average. He's got 21 ribbys. It won't be easy. But that's what we really need from him. Jeeze, that's what we need from all of 'em. The thing is if you erase all the HRs with guys on you really don't have much with Flores. So to do that I imagine he would have to continue hitting the big homer from time to time. So he really should accomplish both. Would going by RBIs be fairer? Or maybe -- just a wild suggestion here -- you can judge him on the totality of his game without resorting to the need to invent some sort of pass/fail threshold based solely on using a couple of completely unrelated stats. And, while doing so, do keep in mind that he's a 23 y/o with less than a full season's worth of ML ABs to his name spread over parts of three seasons. Also, while we're on the subject, your whole premise here seems to be hanging on two "facts" which I don't see as facts at all. 1) that he, more than most other players, deserves to have these arbitrary standards put on him because he's already cast in stone as a low-avg/high-power hitter. But his minor league stats don't indicate anything like that (near .300 BA across 3,000 ABs but never as many as 20 HRs in a season) in fact the biggest question surrounding him as he came up concerned his power. Reports I read on him were, at best, mixed on how much he'd display which, when combined with the uncertainty about where he's fit on the field, is what kept him from the upper reaches of the prospect lists. 2) that the team has somehow "sold you on" him as a power hitter ... something I don't get at all. They obviously know he's not twinkletoes out there but they're hoping that his offense will more than make up for whatever else he lacks. I don't remember a word specifically about his power although if they were depending on it it seems to have worked seeing a how he's leading all of baseball in HRs by a SS (tied w/Peralta though in 25 fewer ABs) and 4th in RBIs. So how 'bout we see how his entire game, and the team's for that matter, all works out before jumping to conclusion by the AS break of his first full year based on nothing more than some arbitrary statistical coincidences? Hey, I'm just a fan being a fan. Stop being a llort. Did I use that right? Maybe I'm the llort. In that case I'll stop.

And the guy with The Hammer could be our #3 pinch hitter on off days. And Hairball can hit.

Lefty Specialist wrote: I'm fine with it for a little while. Weakest link goes to the bullpen. In any case, there's no way this persists past the trade deadline. It's to showcase all three of Niese, Gee and Colon, hopefully enticing someone to make a trade. Preferably they trade two of the three, making room for Matz in a five-man rotation. How about we stick Gee in the pen, call up Matz & stay with the 6-man rotation. One of the NY papers mentioned this and I'd love to see Matz up.

Duda: 3 Murphy: 1 Cuddyer: 1.2 Synderguaard: 4.6 Gilmartin: .1 Goeddel: .1

With the day off tomorrow I don't care how TC brings in this win. I guess Syndy isn't ready for a 110 or 120 outing. We really needed to step on the Phils here and we did.

Collins pulls Noah with 101 pitches under his belt in the 8th. BTW, very nice play by Muno.

Thor with 87 pitches in the 7th. By the look of it, 87 effortless pitches.

Ike Davis was the last Met to hit three HRs in a game for the Mets. Duda grounds out in the 6th. He will have another chance, I figure.

Grandy gets him in w/ a sac fly. Niiiiice. 7-0 Mets

Why would they hold Muno there? Pile it on. Make them make the play.

Thor swinging an oar. Gloves look so tiny on superheroes.

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