SinceThe70s

I'm assuming your facts about home prices and family incomes in San Ysidro are accurate. Do you know what the valedictorians family income is? Do the own or rent? Without that info some of your assertions seem presumptive.

Frustrating beyond belief. The plan looked great: Trade for a young, elite closer....Diaz has been average. Bring back a former closer who has success as a closer for a playoff team....Familia has been consistently craptastic and getting worse with each outing. Sign a lefty specialist...is Justin Wilson in the witness protection program? Push back your closer and 8th inning setup guys to innings 6 and 7...Gsellman has been good on occason, Lugo has been marginally better. IMO, VW did a reasonable job remaking the bullpen but they are flat-out not performing. It's on Mickey and the coaching staff to right the ship, but Lugo looks like the only ray of sunshine right now. At this point I'd like to see Mickey do what he said when he first came in, no set roles. Let Lugo close a game or two. Bring Diaz into the 7th. Could the results be worse than what we've seen?

I'm starting to long for the days when Josh Edgin was an option out of the bullpen.

Are you're suggesting that the valedictorian from San Ysidro and the salutatorian offspring of a TBD poster are both champions of the leader of the free world?

Could Monkey see, Monkey do apply to San Ysidro?

You literally took the words right off of my keyboard with the bolded. Based on the praise she gave to her parents it wouldn't surprise me if they felt the same way. My guess is that her complaints were legit. Where we disagree is I don't have an issue with using the forum she had. It was the spiteful tone I could do without. But she is just a teenager. Nobody's perfect.

Everyone who sees you thinks you should be smiling That girl she's so pretty, that girl she's so beguiling Everyone who sees you thinks you should be happy Thinks you should coo-coo her and start acting all sappy But it's Hard to laugh when you know that she's been cheating Had her Hands around him and she's been giving it a beating We'll it's Hard to laugh when you know that she's been lying But you Got to laugh to prevent yourself from crying

Laugh and say I'm green I've seen things you'll never see Talk behind my back I'm off the beaten track I'll take on anyone Ain't scared of a bloody nose Drink 'til I drop down With one eye on my clothes

Everybody wants to know where jimmy has gone He left town, i doubt if he's coming back home Well tony got a job, three kids and a lovely wife Working at the commerce bank for the rest of his life Nobody left to run with anymore Nobody left to do the crazy things we used to do before

Wish I was back on the Bayou. Rollin' with some Cajun Queen. Wishin' I were a fast freight train, Just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans

Utley was cut from the same cloth as guys like Ty Cobb and Pete Rose. By no means did his career compare to theirs, but they all played on the edge. Rose wrecked Ray Fosse in a freaking All Star game. The one thing I'll say about Utley's "old school" style is that when the Mets finally got around to drilling him the next year he put his head down, kept his mouth shut and walked to first. He was a douche but understood what was coming. Pitchers like Gibson and Drysdale were merciless throwing at batters. In the WS, Thor throws one a foot over a guys head and nearly over the plate and it's a big deal. Gibson and Drysdale would have laughed at that attempt at a brush-back pitch. BTW, eff Utley!!

Win looks inevitable. Shut out would be gravy. Cherry on top would be Marchand taking a big legal hit from someone.

No doubt. Surprising after two periods of play.

Just came across this article about the Mets recent use of a virtual reality simulator to prep batters for the pitcher they'll be facing. https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/virtual-reality-hitting-tool-mets-1.32309681

No new post in over a day, all good things must come to an end. This ones for WhoTom: I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea I'll sing my visions to the sky high mountains I'll sing my song to the free, to the free This song is over I'm left with only tears

Hunter Pence touches home plate on an inside the park HR before a fielder even picks up the ball. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/hunter-pence-hits-a-bizarre-uncontested-inside-the-park-home-run-at-fenway/

At the time he stood out as a classless d-bag amongst a group of respected vets (Chipper, Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine, Andruw, Lopez,...). But for a short period of time he brought it as a lights out closer. Glad it didn't last.

I'm not dialed in to the farm system or draft. Appreciate the info from you and others - wasn't aware of the high grade.

I'm the man who walks the hillside in the sweet summer sun I'm the man that brings you roses when you ain't got none Well I can run and jump and fish, but I won't fight You if you want to push and pull with me all night Give me little drink From you loving cup Just one drink and I'll fall down drunk yeah

I had a similar reaction to the headline except when I opened the link the first thing I saw was the kids name was Kumar and there's no way John Rocker named his kid Kumar. Rocker was a d!ck but at the time Mets/Braves was a great rivalry and he added to it. I loved hating the guy. And why do we always have a guy on a multi-year deal that we can't wait to get rid of. Bay, (sadly) Wright, Cespedes, Cano. The curse of Bonilla?

It will get worse before it gets better - when Bruce faces us. I'm still happy he's gone, nice guy, just not my type of player.

Great story. The fact that it was a highlight of your career (I'm assuming you went into the match somewhat intimidated) and you never lost serve speaks to your competitiveness.

So do you think the UF guy was more competitive, more talented, luckier? Did you ever give in due to any of these? To me being competitive means giving it your all until the game is decided. I never lost that. What I did lose over time was talent and the inability to get over a loss - the latter is a sign of maturity not lack of competitiveness IMO.

SNY just posted a great stat, wish I had a screen cap to share. In the past 7 years or so bullpens went from pitching around 33% of innings to 40%. In the same time their ERA went from around 3.5 to 4.5. Keith, Ron and Gary offered their typical great analysis: the shift to bullpen reliance is based on post season success and may not translate to the 162 game season. And sometimes post season bullpen success is the result of starters pitching out of the bullpen.

Turned on the Mets game tonight in time for the Mets and umpires taking the field. First and second base umps (both older looking gents) were having a foot race down the first base line when one reached back to his leg...clearly tweaked (or worse) his hamstring. Never saw that before.