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This guy is a pretty good lip-reader (some funny shit on what Strawberry hollers after he's thrown out of the game), good bit on Franco (as a Red naturally) and some astute analysis of the Knight-Davis fight.

I wondered if there were any other future MLBers on that roster, but apparently https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=ce7ac6cehttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=ce7ac6ce the only such teammate was the immortal Marshall Renfroe. The manager, and catcher, was G. Triandos, but it was the wrong G. Triandos, George, and not Gus, who I assume were related. George Triandos, incidentally, seems still to be on this side of the grass at age 93: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=triand001geohttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=triand001geo Maybe he'd be interested in putting in a bid.

We should find a way to start deG. in 7 inning games exclusively.

Another county heard from: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/are-the-mets-running-out-of-rope/https://blogs.fangraphs.com/are-the-mets-running-out-of-rope/ No need to read: basically, it's "The Mets need to get a quality starting pitcher. Right now. Need it bad." OK, smartass. Which starting pitcher? And what do you give up for him?

Unis! Unis! Getcher red-hot unis heah! Got 'em in horrendous, ugly, garish, tasteless, unappealing and extra-large! Getcher unis heah!

Frayed Knot wrote: And they'll stop making them when we stop buying them. I've never bought a thing. (Well, maybe a Mets cap back in the 1980s.) Somehow, they keep making them.

I'm getting to hate baseball. Seriously. Been a fan a long time, started hating when they introduced the DH (division play was okay with me, given the immediate result) and it's only been intensifying since. These horrendous unis may be the final straw.

Eff WAR

I don't mind a swoosh (although I haven't bought anything Nike in like the last 35 years) or a bitcoin symbol but that has to be the line in the sand or else it's gonna turn into a NASCAR freak show somewhere down the road. Umps should wear a patch showing how many egregiously blown calls and decisions they average per season. "Who's behind the plate today?" "Fishnehritz." "What's his patch?" "83." "Oh boy, here we go again!" I like this concept, and not just for umps. Pitchers' uni numbers should reflect the # of dingers they've given up so far this year, batters the # of Ks, managers the number of ejections, etc.

... and because two was cheaper than one. (Wacha and Porcello). Huh. This is like "No, I'll have two pounds of chicken feathers instead of the one pound of chicken breast. And you say my dining choice actually costs LESS? Way cool!"

Somebody remind me why we didn't resign Zach Wheeler?

He's so fine (doo-rag, du-rag, do-rag), Wish he was mine (do-rag, doo-rag, du-rag)....

Edgy MD wrote: Betances gave up 5 ER in 1/3 IP at low A St. Lucie in his first rehab appearance last night. Unless he can prove in a few more appearances that was just "getting the rust out", maybe early July is optimistic. And even if he does, his recent major league performance doesn't guarantee they'll bring him up. Later It's not like you can keep him on rehab assignments indefinitely. He's on the clock. Either he gets his game together or he doesn't and get waived or released. How many chances do we give Betances?

Lefty Specialist wrote: Lotta vaccine deniers in MLB, regrettably. I'm generalizing here, but to simplify, I'd put those who refuse to get a covid vaccine into two categories: One - those who harbor serious long term safety concerns about the vaccines because the vaccines were rushed to market in a historically unprecedented manner. No vaccines were ever developed and approved in so short a time prior to covid-19. People in this category will tend to be young and very healthy, like professional athletes; and Two - Those nutjobs who think that the government is using the vaccine to inject tracking devices into its recipients, or some other tinfoil QAnon-like stolen election lunatic suspicion. Three-- those who would do anything, including "die," if it pisses off a few libtards.

Imagine what happens when deGrom starts getting REALLY hot.

Trevor May not be as awful as we feared.

Lefty Specialist wrote: So, Walker for 7 and Lugo for 2? On Espn, they were extensively discussing the wisdom of taking Lugo out after his inning (10 pitches)--"That's just the way the game is played these days, Rojas has no choice, he's going to pitch May because of the matchups in the 9th," etc. Then when Lugo came up to bunt, it was all "Of course, you want Lugo to start the 9th, he's pitching so well," etc. These idiots can explain and justify all moves after they've taken place. I was ready to scream if I saw Trevor May. Trevor May be the worst reliever in MLB right now. I wouldn't let him in the ballpark in the 9th with a 1-run lead. Probably not the state, just to be sure.

He's the Jackie Kennedy of MLB.

Alonso hits another DP ball. Fortunately, there are already two outs. Phew!!

Personally, I prefer Carl Everett's theories about dinosaurs.

=Marshmallowmilkshake post_id=67199 time=1623101648 user_id=119] deGrom is actually getting better as he gets older.

Trevor May has been just terrible. It's "may have", not 'may has."

Since the Mets will have passed the one-third mark of the season by the next game that deGrom starts, this is a convenient point to project his accomplishments for the next two-thirds of 2021. Specifically, what will he need to do to break Bob Gibson's ERA record of 1.12? A quick, back-of-the-envelope answer is simply to take his current distance from that mark (1.12 minus .61 equals .51) and cut that figure in half (about .25) and add that to 1.12. That figure (1.37) represents the ERA that deGrom would have to reach, given an equal number of innings to his current pace) over the last two-thirds of the season in order to match Gibson's 1.12. In other words, he is way ahead of Gibson's ERA, but would have to maintain a spectacular 1.37 ERA for nearly four more months, just to tie Gibson. No one has posted an ERA nearly as low as 1.37 since Gibson did it in 1968. The best anyone has done is Gooden's 1.53 in 1985. So deGrom would still need to beat Gooden's Met record by a sixth of an earned run per nine innings from here on out just to tie Gibson's mark. It's still a very heavy lift. We could compute this number more precisely, but of course precision is nearly impossible in such matters: deGrom's 2021 numbers—innings pitched, games started, earned runs—will rely on his luck and his health in addition to his skill. I think the figure of 1.37 is close enough to the mark, given all the unknown variables, that further precision is futile. Of course, there is no way that he will come close to tying Gibson's number of innings pitched in 1968, so if he matches, or even beats, the 1.12 mark, there will be those who will credit Gibson with having accomplished a much harder task, and it's hard to argue with that point. Multiplying his current stats by 3, he's on pace to go 15-6, with 174 IP in 27 games.

I voted Lindor, too!!! Of course I voted after the game was over, so.....

OK, Piggy's out. That's too bad.