SinceThe70s
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7 hours ago, The Jokeman said:
Too many to mention but one I didn't see was Safety Dance by Men Without Hats.
Nor should you. That was god-awful IMO ?
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4 hours ago, Gugny said:Callaway is having a very rough rookie season.
So tough, that I think he'll never be a good manager. He has been !@#$ing horrible in EVERY SINGLE !@#$ING FACET OF THE GAME.
I agree with statement 1. I think it's worse due to the strong start...remember when we were talking about .500 the rest of the way gets us near 90 wins?
2 remains to be seen, but if he flames out here he may not get a second chance (see: Willie Randolph). On the other hand, in a different era, Joe Torre was widely considered a bust after being a player/manager for the Mets (and almost traded for Guidry) and ineffective manager for the Braves and Cardinals before he went to the Yankees and perceptions changed.
I'm not buying into 3. There's plenty not to like, but every single facet is an over statement IMO. The starting pitching has been outstanding lately despite losing Syndegaard for a week plus. Tell me you saw that coming. And that includes contributions from Matz, Wheeler and....wait for it....Vargas!
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7 runs in 6 games. At home. And if I got this right, 1 run in 35 innings.
This is bordering on when we had John Mayberry Jr. and his sub .200 batting average in the cleanup spot against Kershaw in 2015.
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7 runs in 5 games. At home.
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1 hour ago, DC Tom said:
Again, not car problem. Operator problem.
Well if we're doing operator problem can we do operator/passenger problem?
Me and a friend planned on leaving Thursday after work to go skiing. As the day progressed the promising snow storm turned into a snow/ice storm and right before we were about to leave a state of emergency was declared for where we had to drive through.
My friend Einstein (not his real name) suggests we can bypass the worst of the storm by driving up to the east and then cut-over further north. We'll take it slow and who cares how long it takes. Not so deep down I know this is a bad idea, but fresh snow and an empty mountain await just north of the ice storm.
Did you ever see stories of hundreds of cars stranded overnight on a highway and think what a bunch of dumb-a$$es? Yeah, that was us.
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Brake line went as I was leaving a restaurant. Not a good feeling pressing the brake pedal to the floor and nothing happens. Restaurant exit was uphill and I was driving a stick so it was manageable after the initial scare.
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27 minutes ago, Gugny said:Well, since the Wilpons are still at the helm, my guess is that this will work out in a way that has the Mets paying Wright for the next 25-30 years.
My son and I are going to Thor Bobblehead night in August.
A couple years ago, we went to Syndergaarden Gnome day. First 15,000 fans. We were, it seemed, fans 15003 and 15004. That sucked.
For a 7:10pm game, what time do you think we should get in line to get in? The first 25,000 fans get the bobblehead and I don't want to miss out again.
Well if it we're out of the race you shouldn't have a problem. A half hour before game time should be way more than enough time. If we're in the mix maybe an hour to be on the safe side, but probably less is fine.
If you go in early the food lines won't be ridiculously long and you can also walk around and check out the park. You can get right up to the bullpen and watch the pitchers warm up, check out the Mets Hall Of Fame (or whatever they call it) and check out the view from different parts of the park.
If you haven't done this already, another thing to do before you enter the park is find the home plate and base plaques for Shea out in the parking lot.
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There are better ways to do this, but you could add the photos to a Word document, resize them directly in Word and then print.
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7 minutes ago, Golden Goat said:Welcome to the Mets, Jarred Kelenic!
https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-draft-of-jarred-kelenic-in-first-round-1.18971375
You got your guy, eh? Nice call.
On a completely unrelated note, here's another insult heaped on Mets fans this past weekend. The Todd Frazier replica pull-over giveaway didn't happen on Saturday night due to a quality control issue:
Instead, the first 15,000 fans got vouchers for the pull-over. And according to a co-worker they were giving out left-over Conforto jerseys from the night before and other t-shirts.
For the record I got the Conforto give-away on Friday and it is surprisingly nice. Might be the highest quality giveaway with the least intrusive advertising I've ever gotten.
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1 hour ago, Misterbluesky said:I'm willing to bet Bruce is going to end up in Minnesota.
I'd be happy to be rid of Bruce, but why would Minnesota want him? And I don't see getting much of value in return...and that would be dependent on us eating contract which also seems unlikely.
59 minutes ago, Captain Murica said:Yeah, I’m pretty much there myself saying we need to rebuild. Keep Thor, DeGrom, conforto, and Nimmo. The rest of the misfits can be shipped off.
It worked wonders for the Phillies, Braves and Astros. Too bad we can follow our cross town neighbors model. By building up the farm system and continue to sign/trade for big names to win now and for the future.
I'm not ready to throw in the towel yet even though my expectations for the rest of the year are pretty low (although starting pitching has been pretty encouraging lately). Farm system looks pretty bare. Besides Alonso I'm not sure who we'd want to make room for this year.
I don't see any sense in giving up on Rosario. Mesoraco has shown me enough to continue his tryout. I'm also not ready to give up on Matz who has been very good lately.
Gsellman and Lugo could easily be traded, but I don't think dumping promising young pitchers is a good idea.
Familia would be a hot commodity. Someone would take Blevins...left handed pitcher with a pulse. And I'd be fine with moving on from Wheeler for the right return.
Cabrera is probably our best example of a guy we could sell high on, I'm just not ready yet.
1 hour ago, Gugny said:Two words: Bobby Valentine
He'd have his team in first place. Guaranteed.
His World Series outfield was Benny Agbayani, Timo Perez and Jay Payton.
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4 minutes ago, Captain Murica said:My step-father has told me that several times during this young season. I wasn’t born yet during the Seaver era and not to date myself but was only 1 during the 86 WS team, but I knew he was great due to being told stories about his greatness and how my step-dad could name almost every player in the trade that sent him over to the Phillies.
One year old in 86? That makes you pretty young for the four falls.
You my friend are a resilient sports fan. All I can say is that you will be richly rewarded when the Mets and Bills win it all. And they both will.
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6 minutes ago, Captain Murica said:Just saying, he was screwed out of pitcher of the month due to the lack of “wins” but had a .69 era and scherzer had a 2.21 and won it. I feel at times we don’t deserve someone of this caliber with how putrid this offense has been.
I love ERA as a stat and that's a great comparison with Scherzer.
Felix Hernandez won the Cy Young with a 13-12 record so there's hope.
As far as deserving someone of this caliber with a putrid offense, we had a far better pitcher with a much more putrid offense years ago and the "amazing" thing is the guy somehow racked up the wins: Seaver.
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13 minutes ago, Captain Murica said:Is it a stretch to say DeGrom is the best pitcher currently in baseball? Batters are 0-31 against him with RISP.
A stretch? Absolutely not. But Verlander would like to plead his case.
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I was at the Mets game last night and saw something that was new to me. In between pitches Amed Rosario would circle around the runner taking a lead off second. I had no idea what he was doing until the guy sitting in front of me clued me in. He was blocking the runner so he couldn't steal the sign from the catcher.
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On 5/31/2018 at 10:59 PM, Misterbluesky said:If you're sitting where you have viewing access to our dugout...please do me a favor and see how much Mick is communicating with Disarcina.Much appreciated..and enjoy the game. And yes about dD.
The few times I checked up on Calloway and DiSarcina it looked like they were attached at the hip.
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6 minutes ago, Misterbluesky said:If you're sitting where you have viewing access to our dugout...please do me a favor and see how much Mick is communicating with Disarcina.Much appreciated..and enjoy the game. And yes about dD.
No tickets yet, no clue where we're sitting but I'll try to keep Mick/Disarcina in mind. Trouble is, it's really just an excuse for me and an old friend to have a night out, catch up, drink some beer and agree/disagree about much of the same things we agree/disagree with here.
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I'm not a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.
But I think you'd be hard pressed to find a team that went on a spending spree and built a perennial winner. Or put another way, for every team that spent heavily and had success there are probably more that tried that approach and failed and it haunted them for years.
I like the model of building through the draft and then augmenting through free agency. Having cash to spend next year is great, but success will be predicated on the state of the roster when the cap space is available. Based on what I've seen from McBeane so far I'm optimistic.
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5 minutes ago, Misterbluesky said:Yes sir,he's a better batter than Conforto (walk king) is. Don't call me silly but den Dekker is hitting the ball solid out west..just some food for thought.
No doubt Nimmo's the better player this year, but Conforto gets a long leash. Can't let either one be the next Murphy or Justin Turner.
Love that you're dialed in to the minors, keep it coming. I remember den Dekker as a plus CFer, problem is he swings lefty, no?
Headed to the game tomorrow night. If we fall below .500 you can blame me.
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I've said it before, it took me a long time to come around on Nimmo, I never thought he'd pan out after so much time in the minors.
I'm all in now. Check out his HR tonight. He wasn't a step and half out of the box and he was head down thinking triple. Love it.
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This ones for you @Gugny ? Is help on the way?
David Wright plays catch at Citi Field
https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-cubs-1.18875944
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5 hours ago, Fadingpain said:
Her name is Ilana Becker.
She is kind of homely and just has really odd proportions to her facial features.A horse walks into a bar. Bartender asks "Why the long face?"
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7 hours ago, Gugny said:Taking Vargas out after 2 hits and 65 pitches was not a smart move, in my opinion. But it worked out. Silver linings - we got the win and Peterson got his cup of coffee. But Vargas was pitching very efficiently and effectively. Yes ... he'd have been going through his third time through the order; but give the guy a hit or a walk before pulling him. That was a head-scratcher.
I'm 47 and have been avidly watching baseball for well over 30 years. That double play was one of the best I've ever seen. Rosario and Cabrera deserve equal props. That barehanded exchange and perfect throw were insane.
Now the interesting part ... Familia comes in, in the 8th. Faces their toughest batters and (miraculously) gets through it.
Why not leave him in for a 6-out save? Their best batters are behind him?
Add this to the fact that Gsellman was ready for the close last night ... I'm wondering if Familia has been relegated to a setup role and Gsellmann has been, unofficially, named the closer.
It'll be interesting to see how this unfolds.
Footnote - thank God they sent Conlan down. That kid isn't ready.
Let's Go Mets!!!!!!!!
I hated pulling Vargas (did I just type that?) but was OK with how he handled Familia. I don't trust Familia for 6 outs, but more to the point I think that was Calloway's M.O. with Cleveland. Use your closer in the high stress inning instead of waiting for a clean ninth that maybe never comes. It's debatable for sure but kind of what I expected more of with Calloway.
But really you just gave me an excuse to post one of my favorite Mets double plays:
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Vargas gets pulled after 5 innings, 65 pitches, 0 runs. He has a look of disbelief in the dugout. Keith and Gary speculate it's because it's 3rd time through the lineup.
They brought in a guy making his major league debut.
I hope it works, but this may be a case of using analytics instead of common sense. The events of this week and state of the bullpen should be considered, not just the numbers.
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59 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:
I hate the weed wacker/yard trimmer. I ended up going with a battery operated one this season and it's been good but it's still new. Yet it has a push button line feeder that will hopefully make things a whole lot easier than the old fashioned wind and twist methods.
So many jokes, so little time.
The one I use from EGO has two buttons you have to press to engage. It's pretty easy all things considered.
I went with a battery powered one a few years ago and I love it. One problem I have is that it is supposed to feed the line automatically but I don't think it ever does. I suppose the battery life could be a problem, but I can get my yard done easily if it's full-charged.
I also have an electric hedge trimmer that uses the same battery so if I remember to keep them charged I'm good. The hedge trimmer is great too. I used to do it by hand and it would take forever. Only problem is one the I got a little carried way, trimmed to much on a smaller plant and ends up killing it.
On the gas side, I have a Husqvarna leaf blower that starts every time and runs well.
Favorite songs from the 80s
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I remember getting hooked on the first self-titled album, then they lost me on "The Skull" and then the second self-titled album was great. After that I lost track of them.
Very Ozzy/Sabbath... a good thing.