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And Gonzalez sucks. A so-so home run call by Russo.

]Is anyone fairly enthusiastic about Soler? Yes

="Edgy DC"]Well, it is meaningful, just not definitively so, as long as you don't make too much of it, which apparently nymets.com did. 1) It's not like the 1965 Mets (or many of their cousins) considered themselves set in the rotation. They just threw the same guys out there for a lack of belief that they had any options. 2) Through 1967 or so, they'd have been working with four-man rootations. 3) (This one is most important.) It's not like virtually the whole intended rotation has been displaced like in 1987. We've just turned over the back end a few times. That's not good, mind you. 4) You can enter the season with all yoiur best pitchers hurt from the year before or from the offseason or from spring, maintain an ugly stability for the first quarter season, and look better, by this statisttic (or statisticky thing), than the team that had the back end of their rotation come up hurt after the season started. I think you missed my point completely. If they had said all of what you did, it would've been meaningful. But instead they told us it was the only season of their last 20 have the Mets used a ninth starting pitcher before their 65th game. So my response to that is: In how many seasons out of the past 17 did they use seven starting pitchers before their 38th game? And when in the past 26 seasons did they use ten starting pitchers by their 73rd game? (Actually, my response is "Who gives a crap?")

Edgy DC wrote: I didn't think Matsui's throw was that offline at all. More that Delgado was anchored in his stretch too early. Nope it was Matsui's fault. Matsui sucks, didn't you know Edgy? You should go out of your way to make sure you bash Matsui, even when it's not justified.

Centerfield wrote: Email from my buddy who is an MFY Fan: You spelled the word "moron" wrong.

Dupe.

Rotblatt wrote: "El Duque" over the last two years: 174 IP, 5.38 ERA, 1.49 WHIP, 7.40 K/9, 3.62 BB/9, 2.04 K/BB, 1.34 HR/9 Benson over the same: 234.7 IP, 4.26 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 4.83 K/9, 2.72 BB/9, 1.77 K/BB, 1.15 HR/9 Basically, Minaya completely fucked himself with these trades. Especially since Willie's going to give El Duque an inhuman about of rope to hang himself and our playoff chances in. Agreed.

We gave up nothing. We traded Julio at his peak value. Please don't lose sight of the fact that Julio has not had a good season since 2001.

Soler: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 0 HR

Only 2 of those runs were earned.

Like watching a thoroughbred run. I'm still bracing myself for the day his hamstring comes flying off. Valentin = deep sac fly. Beltran hits one to the right of the 410 sign. Caught.

Well yeah.

El Duque eats innings too, no? I figure if we're going to lose 10-5 on the fifth starter's day, let El Duque throw 180 pitches instead of letting Lima throw 75 and using the entire bullpen.

Edgy DC wrote: The baseball fairies were kind last night. How so? What did Piazza do?

Met bullpen: 11 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 HR, 5(!) H, 4 BB, 13(!) K,

Johnny Dickshot wrote: That bloggy guy hasn't even got an argument if Franklin doesn't cough up a homer -- on a 2-out, 0-2 pitch IIRC -- to a non-homer-hitter. And even though the HR was hit, he still doesn't really have an argument, since that pitch almost bounced.

Rotblatt wrote: I mean, the kind of guys he's talking about ARE rare in the bullpen, and they're rare for a reason--because guys who can do all that usually START. Unless, of course, they don't have the stamina for it, which isn't an issue for Heilman. Excellent point.

Speaking of which, does anyone think Reyes is going to go for a long time without sustaining a spectacular injury from diving head first?

Robbie Alomar was traded off the team, what, three years ago? Why do we still have people diving into first base? (Note to respondants: The argument about avoiding tags does not apply to yesterday's game.)

I think A-Rod should be allowed to use the word props. Edit: And of course this would be the first post on a new page.

The reasons why Vince Coleman was booed and the reasons why most players get booed are completely different. Using him as an example is not showing how booing "usually does operate just fine in a logical universe". So using Coleman as a representative case really doesn't address the issue of booing as a whole at all. Next?

Edgy DC wrote: ]So, calling McReynolds the "poster boy" for not being able to handle New York (when he actually is the "poster boy" for being able to handle an environment he didn't like) is, in fact, the dumbest accusation ever of a player not being able to handle NYC. Well, again, I'm not sure he meant that McReynolds was his personal poster boy or had become one due to the perception of others. Oh. If the latter is true but not the former, then I owe him an apology.

I usually interpret "unable to handle NYC" as "unable to perform on the field in NYC but able to perform in a less stressful place." That's another reason why I call it the dumbest accusation because, as you say, McReynolds played well.

Edgy DC wrote: Hardly the dumbest accusation ever Nope. Not "hardly the dumbest accusation ever". THE dumbest accusation ever of a player not being able to handle NYC. In fact he's the exact opposite of what the blogger calls him in regards to ability to handle New York. He was a country boy who disliked the spotlight, interviews, etc....hated everything that went with playing baseball in New York. And he excelled in this environment he disliked. He ignored all that makes playing in New York different and went about his business. So, calling McReynolds the "poster boy" for not being able to handle New York (when he actually is the "poster boy" for being able to handle an environment he didn't like) is, in fact, the dumbest accusation ever of a player not being able to handle NYC.