Zvon

No, it's still Janson! Kershaw is just biting his nails in the pen.

Kershaw is coming in to close. I think he's the 60th pitcher used tonight.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: This is a great game. 4-3 LA, 7th. super long one too. Ridiculously long. I love it. FK? Kershaw spied talking to his pitching coach. I've been pulling my Rendons but he has set a new "post season" record for not hitting with RISP. OE: Oh, with runners on, anywhere. [tweet] [/tweet]

I was looking for a vid of Werth when he was out by a mile but it scrolled away. That was also very strange. There is this: [tweet:2mw0n44j]https://twitter.com/mattprov94/status/786763307873103874[/tweet:2mw0n44j]

And Bryce singles! 1st & 3rd.

This is veeeeery interesting. Roberts puts his closer in with no outs in the 7th. He must think Hiesey is Tug McGraw! Ha. No, they still have Kershaw up their sleeve.

This is a great game. 4-3 LA, 7th.

hahA. A comet. This is great cause I don't give a shit who wins. I would rather see the Nats go home but I don't really care what happens until the Cubs play again. Baseball might be even more enjoyable when you don't care.

I saw this and actually got excited. Not carnally, F-man.

Ashie62 wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm not sure if that's an ostrich or an emu. We may need to summon an expert on ratites. I thought ashie voted on all 162 I really wanted to and tried to keep up but like Sr. Regina Rose said in 7th grade,"Warren, you have mind like sieve.

Zvon wrote: An Outer Limits cards. If you can name who is behind the make-up you win a bonus card. The guy is still working. He's currently on a TV show that uses in initials for a title(ha, like half of em do these days). No one? I'm disappointed. He was Illya Kuryakin. [fimg=200]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5152/5904383239_e0cc9a2e86.jpg[/fimg] A meme for the MVP. [fimg=400]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ou0QBc-k_Z1ATXrn4a50GfWlphvSDHiR2qZcE7IqxX-VxHPPrhKbMl_VgmZbIv56oBU__W67Hzdw_PqPi8j2J_Cxf2iDyRgT5NWDsb4qoAL8o9sBcBuVNVuyVg-nFCWNA0VJIIt-jZpPAgBEN9T_HFMRntbnvwGQ9rSFKhVQwN3wA92AS_8f1niHLjoWJ7HBoIOhM4CR_9TWjFZc7ONXIcEtr0i0PtoIHSPdXBr4ruqR9Bk9_M7JId1OklYuw9Q-0fp7p8a1UsnMiBRRSnupbZF_fXelw5kk15np0O4SxUKF-P-xlvpf1wQSQpbRQ7H8ndry4vrquSfpVAH-P0uL9pl34KBhjBD87aUYym0tvz7kWNMiPBlehNwNHcW7EZMkRS1KcTGm46zc0JUD6jRQ4lbhQld2ZMkendpIsZ7E4ApYAVwnC0S7YS7E-d19y71PFj49yh4V_-7dkUpv_3alOrbdjnNN0VeGnbX38cdrG6xyV1cYBRiYiVbLnO9EiC22t-lREMQKEeY8ZlmRZsaNF8piAZMKxGNHYu2AqQjYtsyWe78bk6_zXAoMcTslefFHqflgrSPRWXZdklIVe4_40zibTy6ZKrsPt0C7Z9wt6TU6cIRxYw=w1112-h932-no[/fimg]

I know jack shit about Edwin but I do own this. [fimg=500]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qsK_4Hb39kbNPXEpazL6063LEX6DuqwrI7LGvlKiXEKVECTN3nPCIjitVKF5j8CsbSSw7ijj5tHVk5KtAcXEtQihn6uZ3BZKplfEUQb26dKdbkg46Ynf_fFGysZ0sW_fdS0boAUloN2hgWLXrWliIC8UYvEcVearVF8hvE6BXyHwrsnmwjQV83hd5KnWrWQPkE0EhOJCWehsN0IXRHuNv-yNyr2AK6Mf5jbnlgMjlGmbJJYLVgLEfZjxvcTYNm7aHcThTEOeMspdRictceuPZqb9k09XYjFqz41L-CAKRIct_OYZtnBF6cwZVCKpOuTFroOxSm-l-a-i4V_x5SRfFfJgLhprWYpgiDaTjqhJGnaNKuKY63T2r8DkYfE1hWjxdShQO6AnbeufbyHW4YPVj55VrRY7Hn_yxnfNbr_phCgkUxNpovIXgC3A8WialNpYmw04jUAD9qjiHGZA57E2AYT4Pxiay0uHyvOPPpuDfobkmNO5eJsmlRyk5LJLmhEMHsrUgYFYdL0ycjcCp8q5sy9KX1Nno8C8CoUOpJXx3NWidiADFuLdqt8tVQnO21siat-nA1c4XoG9WzWc38788Fa0bovI7JKm8CKi4_JNT6mGQ_0ODg=w1008-h741-no[/fimg] That's his autograph and a piece of his bat. I am willing to trade it to other collectors for all the Mets cards they possess. (I have no idea what it's worth- I always say I pull a guys rookie card and that's funny because they won't be worth what older cards from the past are. But I still do it out of habit, and it's fun. I learn their names)

I've really liked Ramos, what I've seen of him vs. the Mets anyways. But from what I read here we might have just seen his peak. Lets make Tebow a catcher.

Ha, they must have been these: I don't recall them being funny at all but then I thought the '66 Batman TV show was like the most serious and dramatic show EVER! I was eight. An Outer Limits cards. If you can name who is behind the make-up you win a bonus card. The guy is still working. He's currently on a TV show that uses in initials for a title(ha, like half of em do these days).

Centerfield wrote: I think there is something magical about that time in a boy's life. My idea of "baseball cards" look like Topps cards from 83-87. (ages 8-12). There is. Trading cards in general, I think. Before baseball cards (age 9,10,11) I collected Rat Patrol, Outer Limits, Man From Uncle cards, and those Batman cards that were all paintings. I also had some kind of Monster cards. Not the TV show. Movie Monsters? I vaguely remember these. I'll have to do a google.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Zvon wrote: Love the GREAT WALL OF CARDS. You're like me, more stuck in the 70s than any other decade. Not a bad place to be. Although I kept buying cards out of habit until the early 1990s, the 70s were the only decade in which I was really into them. The years that I'm most nostalgic for are 1971 through 1973, when my age ranged from eight to ten. Same here, 70 to 77, when Seaver moved on, I decided to grow up. And then Mookie (around '80) came up and I was tempted to get in touch with my inner child. But that wasn't enough. Strawberry had me at least grabbing a few packs in 84 (I wasn't aware of traded sets until around 1986). When Doc came up in 84 I dived backward into my childhood and went crazy collecting his cards. And then all the Mets. That reignited my collecting bug. I didn't hurt that the Mets were fielding a great team those years. That dimmed thru the '90s as the hobby became a bit of a circus (now it's WAAAAAAAY beyond that). And then with Matt Harvey in 2013,..it was like with Doc in 1985. Then all these new pitchers coming up that were showing so much promise, I had to try and get those rookie cards. I didn't go crazy. A blister here, a blister there. I've done good as far as regular issue cards go. Don't care much for the more recent fancy stuff (parallels and relics and whatnot). If I get one great, if I don't, I don't. As far as Mets go, I usually don't. But when I do it's a kool rush. I'm to the point I think I'll start to ween myself off the hobby again. I don't like that it's marketed towards older folks like you & I w/$$ to burn instead of kids (well, rich kids can get into it). Topps don't give a shit. They are laughing all the way to the bank. For now. When the children of today grow up Topps will have to shift gears. They won't be buying baseball cards. I see creepy clown cards in the future.

Love the GREAT WALL OF CARDS. You're like me, more stuck in the 70s than any other decade. Not a bad place to be. Fav banner: WARNING! DANGER APPROACHING!WARNING!WILL ROBINSON! So even Grandy beat Cabrera. That's interesting. And this is one of the better reflections of NY player performance out there. Maybe THE best. Great job as always Grimm.

All three up on the big club does not make sense as things stand. Flip flop em both, up & down to the farm to get at bats (until one hopefully breaks out)? I don't like that but if nothing is done about the situation I can see the Mets doing it.

Edgy MD wrote: Zvon wrote: d'Arnaud could frame my testicles in gold and it means jack shit if he can't block pitches properly or throw guys out. I've said it before. He has a stamina issue where he wears down way to soon. In individual games and over the long haul as well. Also that wrist cock thing. I wouldn't call it giving him a second chance. Come spring he gets to show if he has worked on and improved on where he lacks. If he hasn't he'll have to move aside for good, as far as being a first string catcher goes. He's pretty much already been relegated to 2nd string behind Rivera, IMO. Sure, but that was 2016, and now we are looking forward. Does the evidence really demonstrate that d'Arnaud distinctly or consistently allows passed balls or fails the throw out throw-out-able runners below the mean? Because I have my doubts that it does, especially considering he has worked with one or two pitchers who just don't keep an eye on the runners at all at all. Commenting as to Travis having a chance to prove himself in spring is me looking forward. To me, he does demonstrate that he is not the best choice we have for the position. I'm not concerned with "the mean". Just with what we have. He's been pretty weak behind the plate on things that he definitely can improve on. Simple things as far as I'm concerned. When was the last time Trav caught Thor? And who is the other pitcher? Now if d'Arnaud continued to hit the way we hoped he would hit, and consistently, I might feel different. He may come around someday but I'd rather not see him struggle through whatever he has to on the MLB level. I'd like to see him excel as a Metropolitan, but until he shows some improvements he goes behind Rene on my depth chart. Is Rivera the answer? For a full season? I'd think offensively we would suffer but behind the plate we'd be okay. I gotta say his bat, as bad as it was, surprised me this season. I think because a number of his hits were clutch hits. Ideally Trav or Kevin step up, or I think we need more from behind the plate than Rene. But if the team does certain things this off season to make for a better 2017, and Sandy goes with Rivera as our guy behind the plate, I'll accept it and root my ass off for him.

Ha, I can't believe I forgot to post this here on the anniversary. But I just posted this somewhere here recently, didn't I? I posted it all over social media yesterday. I even tweeted a copy right to Dykstra. [fimg=500:1whjsqc0]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1tWT8Q8qwNnCjcBNeAMMhyko_XDISQiLG3DnGlol895kzlLkNxOkYPYfz414fbFt__KvjWMIFabjp0gWbHmL-TRi3VUdPfckyo2-wgtQW2sAsmwZoqSPKcE6iN_gnMqjqGOftLDggzM-saj2ZQjTYXIreQyPLyLbj8nDsOZ1-eU4cN7Ipnj0wfCgijtyqUqmtO4Gq9AuXlu9JPs8F95wrzOJ4Y9hpyRbWgAe7c2FUVqFwu8ec9YyalBIGHh4-7h0XiiWXureH82IIc_dqtnmNl3X787FPT36b9YXBZw7cmk1WiDcAgUxtJvVwJKdlnWmObWixK2f1AHPrIuZpWHynl6sYNE6vo4IkKSkjhCAiEoIzAS_9mZhs1MRhusB22bZ5Z8SQablIu8PZDHAENfsBWBS1luWIcwnmZ0xM2AaFWhn2AqPJilXNIyuRCMjg8VFKAMomxyZcvSqbbebRhjrPHcqN4oYoHoNOHA4cBBzdIoY2MZu_n1C1_Q5whAtRAxfAC48HSvS_y4YbsUF2c_Oiw97n3wg4BVjowd8QThjcRs1_ky9_eV1d6hzXwRpcItNzXqlS7-OlJuczfC03hf38X8lJNal4dwjTWtxBrDti6hbecwoZA=w1515-h1900-no[/fimg:1whjsqc0]

d'Arnaud could frame my testicles in gold and it means jack shit if he can't block pitches properly or throw guys out. I've said it before. He has a stamina issue where he wears down way to soon. In individual games and over the long haul as well. Also that wrist cock thing. I wouldn't call it giving him a second chance. Come spring he gets to show if he has worked on and improved on where he lacks. If he hasn't he'll have to move aside for good, as far as being a first string catcher goes. He's pretty much already been relegated to 2nd string behind Rivera, IMO.

Frayed Knot wrote: Zvon wrote: And those replays of his tags during the season? I don't think I've ever seen anyone get that tag down so fast, no matter where the ball is thrown. I have. His name was Rey Ordonez. That's true. I forgot lil' Rey. What a game. If we took a lot of pitches vs. Bum instead of trying to attack him early, and we got into that pen, different ending. Great job by the Cubs. *tips cap They're goin all the way.

Awwwwww. [fimg=500:k0dhfkm1]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CuiM6YzWcAEnqna.jpg[/fimg:k0dhfkm1]

22 minute inning. FK, what say you?! Ugh. Cubs fucking up on the bases. Fowler gets caught in between. Tsk, tsk. 6th, 5-2 SF