Cowtipper

I can't even watch the game and this is astounding.

Mets are 4.5 games up, currently the largest lead in the majors. And they're still hitting just .246 as a team.

Man, the Mets are actually good.

I'm sure the Youngs will be coming down the line eventually.

Tennessee and Alex are incorrect, though I understand the confusion on both. Mason was a top prospect once who never really got a fair shake from anyone. When he played he was decent (.286 avg. from 2015-2019), but big league teams barely used him.

Dave Williams is correct! I thought he'd be the last one guessed.

Trevor Williams is correct!

Charlie and Mason are correct!

Williams One more batch today. Continuing the common-surname theme, can you name the five Mets with the surname "Williams"? 1. Charlie Williams, 1971 2. Mason Williams, 2021 3. Trevor Williams, 2021-2022 4. Dave Williams, 2006-2007 5. Gerald Williams, 2004-2005

Ben it is!

Rob is correct!

Mark Johnson is correct!

Bob, Bob and Kelly are correct!

Lance is correct!

Howard is correct!

Take a look at my Johnson Now, let's see if we can name the 8 men in Mets history with the surname "Johnson": 1. Howard Johnson, 1985-1993 2. Lance Johnson, 1996-1997 3. Bob Johnson, 1967 4. Bob Johnson, 1969 5. Kelly Johnson, 2015 & 2016 6. Mark Johnson, 2000-2002 7. Rob Johnson, 2012 8. Ben Johnson, 2007

29 games into the season and the Mets' ERA is still just 2.62. Its ERA+ is 149. This team's pitching is astoundingly awesome so far. Only 14 home runs surrendered. They have five guys with ERA+s over 200, including the bane of my 2024 existence (one of them, at least), Reed Garrett.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=191103 time=1745891738 user_id=68] =Cowtipper post_id=191002 time=1745864775 user_id=166] [Nimmo] was basically a two-year wonder in 2022 and 2023....

Frayed Knot wrote: =Cowtipper post_id=191050 time=1745870938 user_id=166] Okay excluding his rookie season and 2020, he still has averaged just 118 games and 411 ABs per season. Yes, I know, I'm the one who gave those stats, except I cited PA rather than AB because it's a more accurate appraisal.

=Gwreck post_id=191091 time=1745880834 user_id=56] Nimmo has a 3.200 OPS today.

=MFS62 post_id=191082 time=1745879549 user_id=60] Reports of Nimmo's decline have been put on temporary hold. Later

I think they're going to win.

It's different than when I was a kid so now I hate it.

NO >:-(

The ghost runner is the biggest insult to the game. But year-long interleague play really waters it down. Not letting the pitcher bat sucks because now we don't see the random, crazy stuff that enters baseball lore anymore. No more Rick Camps, no more Bartolo Colons, no more Tony Cloningers. It makes the game more formulaic. The overuse of random statistics throughout the game. Statcast is stupid. I just don't care. I just do not care how fast a ball comes off a bat. I do not care what angle this or that ball took. It's unnecessary and just adds clutter. The sport has become, whether consciously or unconsciously, something that exists more to cater to the whims of bettors and fantasy owners than the traditional fan. Speaking of betting, now they're allowing it. How stupid can they be? Has this game not been marred by multiple betting scandals in its history and now it's actively encouraging it? Are they retar--well I don't know if I can say that word here but I have faith you know where I was going. Getting too political. Whether we like or it not pride stuff if still very controversial for many people so dipping your toes into that arena is enough to ruffle a lot of feathers. I stopped watching football because it was getting too political. Sports were our refuge to get away from that stuff. I also stopped watching football because it was becoming more of spectacle and less of a sport. Baseball is, too. The hats after home runs, the stupid props, all that stuff. It's just so contrived and hard to watch. The bigger bases are dumb too, because they water things down. So does allowing the oven mitt. All the playoff spots re really bad. The Astros made the playoffs with a losing record in 2020. They should have at least put a clause in the rule that said if you have a losing record, you don't qualify, no matter what place you finish. Getting rid of collisions made the game a bit too tame and mild. Also disallowing wipeout slides eliminates even MORE excitement. And automatic four pitch walks. Yet another thing to make the game more formulaic. And the myriad tricks to try and shorten games. Instead of all these technicalities and shenanigans they could have done two things: Reduced roster sizes to 24 and put a cap of 10 pitchers on a team. That would have forced teams to be wiser in their pitcher utilization, whether they wanted to or not. So basically every major change since 2010 sucks. Manfred sucks. Bring back Selig and steroids.