Elster88

Griffey hits the Banco Popular sign beneath the scoreboard. The old Griffey is back. Edit: Actually it may have hit the part where the line score goes. A bomb.

A picture of Hernandez and Arroyo side by side with their leg kicks in freeze frame is disturbing. Arroyo does some sort of Rockette-style straight-leg kick.

A little help here. I'm a color guy not a play by play guy.

At this point I'd be shocked if Webb didn't get the start.

What's the most Met starters ever? Doc, Darryl, and Gary?

Nice diving play by Delgado to his left down the line, flip to Doo K who misses the bag with his front foot and has to tap it on the way by with his back foot.

It's only a five day trend, so that's not very telling, but I'm going to keep my eye on it. Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:38 am EDIT: .251 AVG/.326 OBP/.413 SLG//.739 OPS 29 BB, (projected 74.57) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:09 pm Before the 6/19 game opening the Red series: .269/.336/.439//.775 29 BB (pace for 69 BB)

="seawolf17"]="Elster88"]Reyes swinging at everything today. The past few games he's been in "swing and get hits but don't walk" mode. He can't seem to put the two together. I think his batting average has risen twenty points but over that span he hasn't gotten many, if any, walks. Reyes in June: .339 (21 for 62), .423 OBP (eight walks, but six of them came in a two-game stretch in Arizona and Philly). Still on pace for 72 walks on the season, which is pretty damn good, all things considered. That's what I was saying (I put the bold in). I could be anecdotally incorrect, but I thought he got all the walks first while his BA was still low...then started swinging and got all the hits but stopped walking. IIRC, in the deathwatch thread his OBP went up along with walks, but his BA hovered....then the BA went up but walks have stayed the same. I haven't updated that thread in a while, but it's an interesting trend to watch. His pace is for 69 walks right now, but I'd argue that that's pretty darn low considering the number or plate appearances he gets. But obviously a marked improvement for him.

seawolf17 wrote: ="Elster88"]Senile Tim McCarver called him Brandon a lot too during the playoffs. I know. Hence the quotes. Oh, I thought you heard it from Keith or Gary.

I've been on a BifL kick lately, but I think today's bunt might've been for the best. Double, bunt, ground out scores the run in the first. Bronson's a good pitcher. Maybe we don't score without the bunt.

Senile Tim McCarver called him Brandon a lot too during the playoffs.

Reyes swinging at everything today. The past few games he's been in "swing and get hits but don't walk" mode. He can't seem to put the two together. I think his batting average has risen twenty points but over that span he hasn't gotten many, if any, walks.

I think Kelly Ripa is pretty.

Lots of fouls here for El Duque. Count still 0-2, but I like what I see.

Keith and Gary sporting black SNY golf shirts. They know black is cool.

wrong thread.

Did he get a shutout? Did he finish the game?

Willets Point wrote: ="Elster88"]I believe the Mets should've worn pinstripes again today. What the hell is the point of the white unis? Better than god-forsaken black. At least the black is different. It has a point...to be different. The white has no point. By the way, the black is cool, you old coot.

What the ....? Brandon Phillips coming from third on a suicide squeeze. Bunt popped up. El Duque catches the ball, runs behind him up the line, so he's between third and Phillips. Phillips stand still, backs away slowly from El Duque. So El Duque walks towards him. Phillips backs away, then suddenly waves towards first in an effort to distract El Duque, then tries to sprint around him to the left. El Duque tags him and he was out of the baseline anyway. Even if neither was true, El Duque could've just thrown to third. One of the weirdest things I've ever seen. PLEASE watch the highlights and see this play. It's bizarre enough that you will want to see it.

I believe the Mets should've worn pinstripes again today. What the hell is the point of the white unis?

Your point cleon?

Ball down the right field line looked like it hit the ball boy's stool, but he hopped out of the way and got the stool up. Ball just caromed into the field by bouncing off the wall. Gary mistakenly said it hit the stool. Anyways, the carom into the field held Reyes to a double. Edit: By stool, I do not mean feces.

F'real?

Bold in Delgado if needed.

I wouldn't have expected him to be the leader necessarily, but I figured he could get a lot of run support this year. That combined with his good second half last year means it's not as big a surprise as a player who I thought sucked ass hitting over three hundred and throwing players out all over the diamond. Depends on what you mean by "biggest surprise" I guess. If it means "most important surprise" to you, then I agree Glavine or Beltran would be my pick. But I interpret it to mean "most shocking surprise". Your definition may vary, or course. I'm not trying to tell anybody what to think or to post.