(btw, just reviewing strawberry's 1983-90 stats -- DAMN! he was fantastic)
― Karl Malone, Friday, 29 April 2022 23:54 (two years ago) link
only got into 335 games from 1992-1999, and even with that ended up with 41+ career fWAR
― Karl Malone, Friday, 29 April 2022 23:56 (two years ago) link
That cocaine is a hell of a drug.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 30 April 2022 00:13 (two years ago) link
hell of a ballplayer; dumb as a fucking rock
― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 April 2022 00:47 (two years ago) link
159-pitch combined no-hitter y'all
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 30 April 2022 02:35 (two years ago) link
crazy to remember that strawb was on the 114-win “best ever” yankees in 1998. such a completely different era. i just looked it up and he hit 24 home runs that year. the next year, his last, he didn’t play much, but hit .327 with a 1.112 OPS.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 30 April 2022 09:58 (two years ago) link
I think it was 30 For 30 that did an episode about him and Gooden that I thought was really good. Explored their personalities and upbringings - and exposed a lot of the faults in the way teams treated their players (mentally/socially) at the time.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 30 April 2022 14:52 (two years ago) link
Noticed that Tylor Megill and Alek Manoah, both in their second year (Megill's a little older), have very similar old-school lines right now:
Megill - 4-0, 1.93, 28 IP, 18 H, 6 BB, 27 KManoah - 4-0, 1.44, 25 IP, 15 H, 7 BB, 25 K
― clemenza, Saturday, 30 April 2022 15:40 (two years ago) link
Megill, scherzer, and Degrom all on the IL :/
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 19 May 2022 19:49 (two years ago) link
SOUNDS LIKE THE METS AM I RIGHT LOL
― na (NA), Thursday, 19 May 2022 19:52 (two years ago) link
this game has been really, really funny
also, enjoying alonso make good on his vows to hurt people, lol! he's earned the right to hurt cardinals though - he almost got hit in the head AGAIN today
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 19 May 2022 19:58 (two years ago) link
Alonso has hurt me
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 19 May 2022 20:58 (two years ago) link
:)
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 19 May 2022 20:59 (two years ago) link
Great call by Mets booth too. What a rocket.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 19 May 2022 21:03 (two years ago) link
I love the Mets booth. Always the best part about playing them. Like how they focused on how Pallante closed his eyes on that one delivery, noting that they never seen that before. Not only would the cardinals crew never notice that, but...I mean. When Escobar made that error that tied the game in the 9th, Jimmy Edmonds said “that’s a big play right there.”
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 19 May 2022 21:10 (two years ago) link
I wish I were paraphrasing
Every win is important right now because the starting pitching is going through some things.
― PBKR, Thursday, 19 May 2022 22:58 (two years ago) link
Brings back some serious deja vu from last season, although the clutch hitting has been way better this year.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 19 May 2022 23:34 (two years ago) link
that alonso walk-off HR was beautiful
― na (NA), Friday, 20 May 2022 13:24 (two years ago) link
Need to find a gif of Alonso’s swing and subsequent beating of his chest.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 20 May 2022 14:39 (two years ago) link
This version of Alonso is fun.
― PBKR, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 12:05 (two years ago) link
He is putting up MVP-type numbers so far, especially with OPS being down all year. Funny to compare it to 2019, where he hit 53 HR, 120 RBIs, .941 OPS, and finished 7th in the MVP voting.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 14:19 (two years ago) link
This season/this team has been so much fun so far. Next month is going to be crucial (playing almost all 1st and 2nd place teams) and the injuries loom large, but it’s been a pretty perfect two months as far as results.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 30 May 2022 03:21 (one year ago) link
Met's offense reminding me of the 2015 Royals team they lost to in the WS. A lot of contact all up and down the lineup.
― life is a highway to the danger zone (PBKR), Wednesday, 1 June 2022 11:24 (one year ago) link
What's going on with Guillorme? He's hitting .360/.455/.908 in 86 AB.
― life is a highway to the danger zone (PBKR), Wednesday, 1 June 2022 22:30 (one year ago) link
It’s impressive. This is the first time he’s really had any sort of consistent playing time since he came up in 2018. He could be a late bloomer offensively a la McNeil. He does fit well in this new look Mets offense which seems to focus on putting the ball into play as opposed to launch angle / power.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 1 June 2022 23:11 (one year ago) link
Bobby Bonilla day!
I never get tired of this story (at least until 2035).
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34168816/what-bobby-bonilla-day-explaining-why-former-met-gets-paid-119m-every-july-1
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 1 July 2022 17:57 (one year ago) link
he should try to negotiate an extension while his value is still high
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 1 July 2022 17:59 (one year ago) link
remember that brief golden moment when it seemed like dom smith had finally figured it out?
me neither
― mookieproof, Saturday, 23 July 2022 16:54 (one year ago) link
His 2020 was pretty incredible. They retroactively said he was playing with an injury in 2021, but his 2022 has been worse. JD Davis, who is in a similar season-long malaise, has had some great moments/clutch hits this season, where Dom has just looked lost. A trade may actually help him out in that he would get regular playing time and start fresh.
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 23 July 2022 17:37 (one year ago) link
The team defense is so solid, especially compared to recent years.
― doomposting is the new composting (PBKR), Sunday, 7 August 2022 02:16 (one year ago) link
30 games over .500! Deadline pickups have been very good so far. Edwin Diaz has had a magical last two months. It feels like Showalter and Scherzer have shifted the clubhouse culture this year way more than anyone expected. There is a lot of chemistry on this team.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 7 August 2022 02:31 (one year ago) link
truly love putting on a squeeze play up four runs in the bottom of the eighth
― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 August 2022 03:01 (one year ago) link
I know starting pitching is a 5 inning affair these days, but the Mets have been wearing out starting pitching lately.
― doomposting is the new composting (PBKR), Sunday, 7 August 2022 23:18 (one year ago) link
They were saying Mets batters see the most pitches in the first inning. They do make pitchers grind it out. Love taking 4 out of 5 from the Braves.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 7 August 2022 23:39 (one year ago) link
#lgm
― mookieproof, Monday, 8 August 2022 00:21 (one year ago) link
Braves’ starters worked a total of only 24 innings in the five games, as the Mets knocked them out early.
― doomposting is the new composting (PBKR), Monday, 8 August 2022 11:09 (one year ago) link
Topic of conversation today on Bill James's site: who is the oldest living Met? It's not someone famous--Dave Hillman, turns 95 in September.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hillmda01.shtml
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 01:06 (one year ago) link
the metsening
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 September 2022 00:04 (one year ago) link
They should wait another two weeks for the full collapse for that real 07-08 vintage feel.
― Abel Ferrara hard-sci-fi elevator pitch (PBKR), Thursday, 15 September 2022 10:51 (one year ago) link
pirates to the rescue
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 September 2022 01:41 (one year ago) link
it’s good medicine
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 16 September 2022 07:53 (one year ago) link
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/09/mets-conducting-interviews-for-team-president-sandy-alderson-to-eventually-transition-to-advisory-role.html
it's a long shot, but i think everyone reading this should interview for the role of new york mets team president. trying doesn't hurt
― Karl Malone, Friday, 16 September 2022 18:07 (one year ago) link
Since when is Alonso hitting second?
― i need to put some clouds behind the reaper (PBKR), Friday, 30 September 2022 23:25 (one year ago) link
With Marte out, Buck has put Alonso in the two hole when the Mets have been facing lefties lately. Can’t imagine making your MLB debut in the biggest series of the year when you are 20 years old.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 30 September 2022 23:42 (one year ago) link
Did not know that.
― i need to put some clouds behind the reaper (PBKR), Saturday, 1 October 2022 00:14 (one year ago) link
UGH. This series is killing me so far.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 2 October 2022 01:22 (one year ago) link
Not good.
― i need to put some clouds behind the reaper (PBKR), Sunday, 2 October 2022 02:23 (one year ago) link
wonder what they're gonna do about these games, seeing as how it will never stop raining
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 16:17 (one year ago) link
Maybe they are waiting until the pain of this weekend subsides. Been a long time since I felt so acutely anguished by baseball.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 17:46 (one year ago) link