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Jerry Walker: https://www.theadanews.com/oklahoma/former-mlb-great-jerry-walker-passes-away/article_35410c56-4514-11ef-8182-471ede0bbed0.html

"Accidental Fentanyl Intoxication" is being cited as cause of death. Sounds like he bought what he thought was the good stuff, but it was laced with the bad stuff.

Gordy Lund: https://www.friedrichsfh.com/obituaries/Gordon-Thomas-Lund?obId=31561390 Johnny Jeter: https://www.goodsamaritanfuneralhome.com/obituary/johnny-jeter Jimmy Hurst: https://patch.com/alabama/tuscaloosa/tuscaloosa-baseball-legend-former-big-leaguer-jimmy-hurst-dead-52

Danny Fife: https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2024/05/legendary-clarkston-basketball-coach-dan-fife-passes-away-at-74.html Tony Scott: https://www.mlb.com/news/former-mlb-player-tony-scott-dies John Upham: https://cooperstownersincanada.com/2024/05/23/former-cub-and-windsor-coaching-legend-john-upham-dies-at-83/ Hank Foiles: https://www.pilotonline.com/2024/06/04/hank-foiles-94-was-a-legend-at-granby-high-and-spent-11-seasons-in-the-major-leagues/

06/08/24 St. Lucie Mets placed RHP Zebulon Vermillion on the full-season injured list.

An audition is when you give someone a tryout at something.

You are cherry picking your responses I'm showing there is considerable precedent for what I've said about Alonso and that it doesn't just happen now and then. Feel free to come up with your own evidence-based rebuttals instead of just issuing five-word critiques of mine.

More hyperbole No.

Players since 1980, 240+ lb., 150+ HR, .260 or worse BA (not exhaustive): G. Stanton: Declined markedly at 32. A Dunn: At 31. R Howard: At 32. C. Davis: At 30. G. Sanchez: At 27. M. Sano: At 27. P. Alvarez: At 30. J. Bell: At 30. L. Duda: At 32. C. Carter: At 30. J. Gallo: Outside of power, never really got good enough offensively to have been capable of declining markedly. To answer your question about trading people, yes, I'm all for it if that means building a core that will actually win in the future, more than one year in a row at a time. But they've been chasing that ghost since I've been following the Mets so maybe that will never happen.

No, I love the Mets. But they are not due our fealty just cuz we're fans. They are getting paid a lot of money to perform, and when they don't perform, they are justifiably ridiculed. I don't understand what is confusing about starting 2025 auditions now. If the team is building for 2025, they should be auditioning players for 2025—and seeing what works—now, not later in the season. I've said elsewhere that the Nimmo-Alonso-McNeil-Diaz core, with later additions of Lindor and Marte (and Ottavino, too, come to think of it), has been together for a long time, yet they're barely a .500 team. That is unacceptable and clearly not working as it is built. Time to tear down and start over. And yes, Alonso is in a collapse. Most pure power guys his size fall apart at some point and he's at that point I think. I want the Mets to succeed more than anybody, but I'm not convinced the Mets want the Mets to succeed.

Do you know how asinine the sounds? I mean wtf? All hyperbole I don't know how asinine it sounds, please elucidate.

All I can say is, if I ran the team, we'd be 162-0 right now.

The only thing that bedaffles me is why Alonso is still with this team. He's just taking up space. Time to start auditioning for the future now, not August 1. He's nearing his total collapse and the Mets might as well ditch him while he still has value.

Imagine how many Mets threw games in May and how much money they and their families won!?! In one of the game threads I actually mentioned that they were throwing games, tongue in cheek somewhat. But maybe they really are.

These are the guys getting CAUGHT. Imagine how many aren't. Imagine how many are throwing games right now. This is going to be MLB's next big scandal.

This is the most underachieving team of recent memory. Nothing has clicked. Time to clean house.

Hopefully a bunch of them are going to be traded. RIP Pete, it's been fun.

Mets traded cash for Pablo Reyes. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/05/mets-acquire-pablo-reyes-from-red-sox.html https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reyespa01.shtml (A Jose Reyes-related title seemed too easy).

Cuno Barragan: https://www.sacbee.com/sports/high-school/article288550829.html Buzz Stephen: https://www.recorderonline.com/gallery/buzz-stephen-former-big-leaguer-porterville-monument-works-owner-dies/article_357b3b78-120c-11ef-9ebe-279ffaba77ee.html Mike Wegener: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/ft-collins-co/mike-wegener-11577285

Joe Shipley: https://www.baue.com/obituaries/joseph-shipley Dave McCarty: https://people.com/dave-mccarty-former-red-sox-first-baseman-dead-at-54-8636541 Tom Tischinski: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/gladstone-mo/thomas-tischinski-11782337

Odell Jones: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2024/04/15/odell-jones-who-nearly-had-wild-no-hitter-with-brewers-dies/73328570007/ Kevin Batiste: https://www.carnesbrothers.com/obituary/kevin-batiste Larry Brown: https://mlb1960s.blogspot.com/2024/04/rip-larry-brown.html

Wayne Schurr: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/kpcnews/name/wayne-schurr-obituary?id=54749609 Chuck Seelbach: https://obits.cleveland.com/us/obituaries/cleveland/name/charles-seelbach-obituary?id=54701051 La Schelle Tarver (played in Mets system from 1981 to 1985; traded by the New York Mets with John Christensen, Wes Gardner and Calvin Schiraldi to the Boston Red Sox for Chris Bayer (minors), Tom McCarthy, John Mitchell and Bob Ojeda): https://kmph.com/news/local/former-fresno-correction-officer-mlb-player-la-schelle-tarver-passes-away-major-league-baseball-team-red-soc-the-mets-modesto-madera-high-school-all-star-game-drafted

Brant Alyea: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/02/brant-alyea-passes-away.html Jim Hannan: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/02/jim-hannan-passes-away.html John Oldham: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/san-jose-ca/john-oldham-11682791 Hector Ortiz: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/hector-ortiz-longtime-rangers-coach-and-former-mlb-catcher-dies-at-54-after-cancer-battle/ Tom Qualters: https://tributearchive.com/obituaries/30753869/thomas-frank-qualters/somerset/hauger-zeigler-funeral-home-cremation-services Bill Voss: He died in 2023, but news of his passing didn't reach the mainstream until 2024. Sandra Lundgren WWW.FACEBOOK.COM Chairs are in place, media and sound are set, the overflow room is ready and the love is felt all over the community. In honor and memory of Pastor Bill Voss, his Memorial Service is tomorrow. It...

A couple 2023 deaths that trickled in after the start of the New Year: Chuck Harrison: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/astros/article/chuck-harrison-former-astro-dies-18590186.php Dick Thoenen: https://musgroves.com/tribute/details/327650/Richard-Thoenen/obituary.html#tribute-start And a few from 2024: Don Lassetter: https://www.meredith-nowellfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Donald-O-Neal-Lassetter?obId=30522964 Al McBean: https://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/sports/former-major-leaguer-al-mcbean-passes-at-age-85/article_c3600b8b-e266-5ffa-b030-7a99c0bcc0a2.html John Pregenzer: https://www.pathwaymemorial.com/obituaries/john-pregenzer Steve Staggs: https://cooperstownersincanada.com/2024/01/23/former-blue-jays-second-baseman-steve-staggs-dies-at-72/ Red Swanson: https://obits.theadvocate.com/us/obituaries/theadvocate/name/arthur-swanson-jr-obituary?pid=206191428