soupcan

All-Star Game - The ONLY time the DH makes sense to use and they DON'T use it. Its crap.

I literally do wear Mets pajamas. Picked up a pair of lightweight blue drawstring pants with the orange interlocking 'NY' all over them at Modell's a coupla weeks ago.. They are my sleepwear. I don't have Mets Kool-Aid though. Yet.

Abuse him! Abuse him!

Really? You don't think you could just like baseball for baseball? Don't you just appreciate 'the game'? The strategies? The fact that you know this game probably better than 85% of the people who watch it? I can certainly understand why having no specific team to root for would take away from the enjoyment, you really think if the Mets were contracted for example that you could really just walk away? I don't think I would. Or could.

HA! I beat the dog.

I can still see Ray Knight's eyes bug out and face get all puffy dfter he popped Davis

Willets Point wrote: ->the Steve Henderson walkoff from 1980<- Special game for me. Speaking of Steve Henderson games - this one has always been a fond memory for me. Silvio Martinez first ML start, tosses a one hitter.

That doesn't even rhyme. Boo!

Jeriome Robertson My own investigative efforts have yielded little. Robertson was traded by the Astros to the Indians despite starting 31 games and leading all rookies with 15 wins in 2003 (15-9). The impetus for the trade was the acquisition by Houston of Pettite and Clemens. There was no room in the rotation for this son of an obviously dyslexic mother. In Cleveland in 2004 he simply pitched like crap and was sent to AAA. There is something about an incident with him hitting Maglio Ordonez with a pitch but that may or may not be anything. The Expos got him from Cleveland for a bag of balls in August of 2004 after Robertson went 4-5 with 7.27 ERA. for Buffalo. As Frayed Knot indicated - The Reds got him somehow and he did an unimpressive stint in Louisville. Robertson, was signed by the Newark Bears on April 18. This season with the Bears, Robertson pitched 12 scoreless innings, striking out 15, in his two starts this season, receiving no decisions in both starts. Why did I spend so much time finding out about this guy you ask? Because up until about 2 minutes ago I thought I was talking about Jeremi Gonzalez. Never mind.

Like shooting fish in a barrel. 1-B 2-J 3-E 4-G 5-D 6-I 7-A 8-F 9-C 10-H

]Now that it's Lima Tima ("kaboom sound included"), Lurker. ]...and finding good pen help is much more easily done. Really? Tell that to the Yankees. ] If Willie Randolph and Rick Peterson are dismissing the suggestion out of hand, it's worth bringing up the folly of relying on their own experience too heavily. Instead, a little bit of recognition of a capacity for error needs to be acknowledged, particularly concerning Peterson's part in getting Zambrano for Kazmir. 20/20 hindsight. ]The bullpen might seem shallow, but that's not really the case. Beyond closer Billy Wagner, Duaner Sanchez has been fine, Chad Bradford and Pedro Feliciano have their situational uses. The problem has been turning around Jorge Julio, because while he's doing a much better job of throwing strikes, he's also still doing a great job of catching too much of the plate in a way that only creates instant happiness (and souvenirs) amongst bleacher creatures. Captain Obvious. ]Enter Bell, who you might hope could help shore up the pen after notching 20 Ks in 13.1 IP at Norfolk. As we noted in this year's edition of the annual, Bell was among the most unlucky pitchers in baseball last season when it came to BABIP, but if he's finally harnessed his fastball/split combo, he could wind up being the second quality setup man the pen would seem to require to reassure Randolph's anxieties over moving Heilman to the rotation. We can certainly hope so, even if you aren't tired of seeing the Braves win--I'd much rather see the Mets take their best shot than allow their season to be poisoned by the contributions of Jose Lima and his ilk. Am I the only person who has a freakin' calendar? It's MAY.

cooby wrote: Haircuts two days in a row? Dontcha love how cooby's mind works? 2 different kids.

How much would a trainer actually know about that part of the issue anyway? Stupid hair cutter gal. She's pretty hot though if that matters.

You guys got nothin' for me on this? I'm very disappointed.

Not intended to be a joke, just passing along info. Take it for what its worth. I believe the gal's boyfriend is one f the trainers. Wife is going to get his name today to be certain. Will report back.

Elster88 wrote: Incorrect. It is as I explained it. IIRC, it is pretty much anytime a fielder has choices and gets an out but someone else advanced --- although it's dependent on whether the official scorer called an error. I agree with Elstah on this and that's how I always score it.

Here's a nugget - The gal who cuts my kids hair is supposedly the girlfriend of one of the Mets trainers. According to my wife who saw this gal yesterday, she said her boyfriend said (I know, I know) that the Mets are more than just a little pissed off at Zambrano for not letting them know about his 'discomfort' and that his career as a Met is pretty much done.

metirish wrote: Thanks Willets, Kazmir tonight went seven innings with nine SO's.....he is an ace. Doesn't it seem like Kazmir pitches every two days? I just don't want to hear about this guy anymore.

Pink bats? Yuck.

On 'FAN before the game they mentioned this pick up and alluded to 'personal issues' that temporarily derailed his baseball career after the promising start in Houston. Any ideas what that was referring to?

Absolutely. Why the panic?

Okay - it makes more sense now. Merci beaucoup.

Yancy Street Gang wrote: ="soupcan"]Don't mess with Yancy. OE: Does it count towards the batter's OBP? Nope, doesn't count towards OBP. At least, not as a positive factor. It does count as a plate appearance, so it would decrease the OBP. If a batter hits into an FC with less than two out and reaches base safely doesn't that increase his OBP? So with 2 out if the same batter hits into an FC and he technically becomes an 'LOB' - then it should count toward his OBP. no?

Don't mess with Yancy. OE: Does it count towards the batter's OBP?

Centerfield wrote: ="soupcan"] I took the scorecards from the first games my kids attended, put the ticket stubs and a picture of them at that game on a board, had them mounted and framed. The kids like them but I like them better. What a great idea. I'm going to steal it from you and pretend I came up with it. No problemo - I also indicated on the scorecard time of game and who was there. On one of them we went with my brother-in-law and his then-girlfriend. When his now-wife saw it about a year ago she wasn't too thrilled that the ex occupies a somewhat 'permanent' place in family lore. ="Rotblatt"]For force outs: Reyes walked with 2 outs. LoDuca grounds to second baseman, who flips to SS at second to get the force out. In Reyes's box, solid line from HP to 1st, labeled BB. A line halfway between first & second, with a hatchmark at the end of the line. In bottom left-hand corner of Reye's box, #3, circled. In LoDuca's box, 4-6. Bottom right-hand corner of his box is filled in to indicate that his was the last at bat. Ooh I like that - I'm stealing it and pretending it was my idea.