apparently this is about matz? horrifying that a guy the mets traded away might use them as leverage in free agent negotiations
put that coffee down, steve
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 15:38 (two years ago) link
He's raging about all these external things and:
1. Sandy Alderson is still involved even though he hired three scumbags for managers/gms.2. They still don't have a manager.3. Farm system is still a disaster.
― hocus pocus, alakazam (PBKR), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
He should probably be thankful Matz didn't give him a chance to outbid the Cards, that deal would've been even more lolmets embarrassing
― ✖, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
perhaps, even apart from being sandwiched between aldersons, the mets’ gm opening was so bad and hated because the billionaire owner is micromanaging back-end-of-rotation negotiations
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 17:24 (two years ago) link
Low threshold these days for what counts as news:
https://www.mlb.com/news/keith-hernandez-mets-jersey-retirement
With the new rule-of-Baines in place, I think it's almost a certainty that he'll eventually get into the HOF via one of the committees: 60.3 bWAR, his years as an announcer, famous Seinfeld episode (crucial to any serious HOF resume). I imagine his cocaine dalliance is long forgotten.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 14:39 (two years ago) link
I never knew Dusty Baker was part of that whole episode.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_drug_trials
― clemenza, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 14:44 (two years ago) link
would totally go to a game with a PBKR (cheap seats tho!)
perhaps we could even get j mod or m gill or mary j or j crunch
― mookieproof, Monday, 14 March 2022 22:39 (two years ago) link
Cool, the more the merrier! I will look at the schedule soon, offer some dates.
― move over GAPDY, now there's BIG THIEF! (PBKR), Tuesday, 15 March 2022 00:41 (two years ago) link
Yeah I might be down if the timing works out. I am due for another trip to NYC this summer.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 02:32 (two years ago) link
first place
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 April 2022 05:51 (two years ago) link
been thinking of our doctor friend this week. i wish nothing but pain for all mets fans but i do miss morbs
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 9 April 2022 05:53 (two years ago) link
I can understand the urge to cheer for this team. But this franchise has literally the worst luck.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 9 April 2022 05:58 (two years ago) link
they have the worst something but idk if i would say it’s luck
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 9 April 2022 06:01 (two years ago) link
They have angered a moderately powerful genie
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 9 April 2022 06:02 (two years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Saturday, April 9, 2022 1:53 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
same :(
― k3vin k., Saturday, 9 April 2022 12:31 (two years ago) link
I think for at least the 7th year in a row, Mets may have had the greatest potential for both incredible feats and incredible failure. There has been a lot of failure to say the least, and even the good years (‘15, ‘16, ‘19) have been filled with so many rip-your-hair-out-of-your-head moments. Former GM Brodie Van Wagenen literally started throwing chairs at one time.
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 9 April 2022 17:58 (two years ago) link
Lindor had himself a day. Hoping the old Lindor is back
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 15 April 2022 21:28 (two years ago) link
staff ace chris bassitt
― mookieproof, Friday, 15 April 2022 21:41 (two years ago) link
Marte is not going to sustain this for a season, but he's a way better player than I realized.
― we only steal from the greatest books (PBKR), Friday, 15 April 2022 22:37 (two years ago) link
And possible co-ace Tylor Megill!Feel like we are about to find out if Nimmo is actually unvaccinated though
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 15 April 2022 22:40 (two years ago) link
The beats: “Buck, what’s the status on Jake’s MRI?”Buck: “Well, I think first you gotta ask the question: what exactly IS an MRI? Something to think about. Anyway, next question.” https://t.co/uagbr4YAnn— Michael Drago (@iammichaeldrago) April 25, 2022
― mookieproof, Monday, 25 April 2022 21:31 (one year ago) link
Appreciate a manager who has already dealt the NYC media nonsense before.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 25 April 2022 22:53 (one year ago) link
get ready for some jordan hicks. a guy who throws 100 mph sinkers, 91 mph sliders, doesn't strike out as many as you'd think, and is now trying to become a starting pitcher with only two pitches. note: he was a starter in the minors before getting promoted very quickly, and upon reaching the majors as a reliever he dropped from 4 pitches down to his current TWO (2). a "deep cut" storyline of the cardinals this year is whether he can bring back a 3rd pitch and get the game into the 5th or 6th inning (at some point this year - his goal for today should be a solid 4 innings), or if the ship has sailed
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 22:16 (one year ago) link
I feel I am already familiar with the Hicks saga due to you KM! I remember when he first came up. Turning him into a starter is an interesting angle, considering his past injury / closer issues. If Flaherty is still around, do you think they still try this out? LGM.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 23:16 (one year ago) link
If Flaherty is still healthy, this doesn't happen. It's interesting, though, what would have happened when the inevitable injuries occurred later in the season - if Flaherty goes down in mid-May, does Hicks suddenly get the 5th rotation spot after being in the late-bullpen the previous 2 months? i don't think so, but not sure. i'm glad he's getting the opportunity - both hicks and reyes were once thought of as starting pitchers before injuries and circumstances led them to the bullpen. they're both so injury prone, it's hard to imagine a long-term future for either one. but i'm loving this opportunity to see what hicks can do while his arms is still mythical
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 23:35 (one year ago) link
every time alex reyes comes back it's like obi wan kenobi's ghost version. it's like hey, i see you there for a minute, and i love you, but goodbye
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 23:37 (one year ago) link
it appears the 2022 hicks era is already over
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 00:36 (one year ago) link
saying that from a doomer perspective, but i'm just not accustomed to seeing hicks (or reyes) for more than a few weeks without total disaster
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 00:37 (one year ago) link
Yeah the phrase “season-ending injury” is always hovering around both of them. Met batters have been averaging 1 HBP per game this month, and after each one Showalter’s glower power grows.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 04:05 (one year ago) link
hell yeah
Darryl Strawberry is here at Citi Field - and with his jersey on! pic.twitter.com/45tBcqEjDl— SNY (@SNYtv) April 29, 2022
― Karl Malone, Friday, 29 April 2022 23:51 (one year ago) link
(btw, just reviewing strawberry's 1983-90 stats -- DAMN! he was fantastic)
― Karl Malone, Friday, 29 April 2022 23:54 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
That cocaine is a hell of a drug.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 30 April 2022 00:13 (one year ago) link
hell of a ballplayer; dumb as a fucking rock
― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 April 2022 00:47 (one year ago) link
159-pitch combined no-hitter y'all
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 30 April 2022 02:35 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
Megill, scherzer, and Degrom all on the IL :/
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 19 May 2022 19:49 (one year ago) link
SOUNDS LIKE THE METS AM I RIGHT LOL
― na (NA), Thursday, 19 May 2022 19:52 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
Alonso has hurt me
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 19 May 2022 20:58 (one year ago) link
:)
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 19 May 2022 20:59 (one year ago) link
Great call by Mets booth too. What a rocket.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 19 May 2022 21:03 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
that alonso walk-off HR was beautiful
― na (NA), Friday, 20 May 2022 13:24 (one year 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 (one year ago) link