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#721 |
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HIP HIP JORGE!
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#722 |
President of Freedonia
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Mets now one game under .500.....what frustrates me more than anything is the fact that they clearly aren't even trying to field the best possible 25-Man roster.
Despite being down one outfielder (Ryan Church)...they are insistant on carrying three catchers. The only reason you would ever do that is if one of the catchers has injury problems or one of them is a really good hitter...well, for the Mets its the latter, Ramon Castro is their best hitting catcher by far, but its always the 3rd catcher who gets the PH appearances, not Castro. ![]() And meanwhile...you have OF Chris Aguila and OF Valentino Pascucci hitting awesomely in Triple-A...but instead you call up IF Abraham Nunez who was hitting .133 in AAA before getting called up. The Mets only have two legit healthy outfielders right now (Beltran and Chavez)...they are playing an infielder in the OF every game. ![]() |
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#723 | |
You can't teach that
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I know that it is annoying, but they do have some reasons. When Church comes back, Nunez is back to AAA...And they didnt want to waste an Option on Aguila or Pascucci to bring them up for a short stint. THey will come up when rosters expand. I dont agree with the move, because they could drop a catcher and keep them in the majors, but at least they had a reason, right? But Nunez? Gimme a Break! |
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#724 |
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It'd be one thing if Aguila or Pascucci were hot shot up and coming prospects that the Mets didn't want to rush into the majors too soon but they're both 29 so what are they waiting for?
Looking at the minor league page on baseball-reference (greatest website on earth), the Mets AAA team is old as fuck. Youngest guy is 25. |
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#725 |
I'm all there is
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wow, yea, that is pretty old.
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#726 |
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Yeah it's an old team, that's what happens when you ship off a bunch of guys for Santana...and one of the 25 year olds (Argenis Reyes) pretty much was in Single-A his whole career I think before having a really good spring and skipping up to Triple-A. Good story. I'm hoping this year's Mets draft picks turn out to be good ones, the farm needs to be replenished.
Totally forgot that the Mets probably just didn't want to risk losing Aguila or Pascucci due to an option...with Alou coming off the DL tomorrow they'll prolly just send down Nunez, hopefully another team will be stupid and take him. But I think Aguila deserves a call-up regardless and the Mets could send down Raul Casanova, and they can bring up Pascucci too if Church gets DL'ed. I mean, supposedly, Pascucci is a shitty fielder so I can see why they wouldn't want to bring him up right now as they are already playing an IF in the OF everyday as is...but Aguila seems to be decent at least, and Val could be a PH which we need right now with the weak bench we have. |
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#727 |
You can't teach that
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It seems like these days AAA is home to serviceable vets, and top prospects go AA to Pro.
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#728 |
The Classic Dylan Staples
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Getting sent down has to be a terrible feeling. Especially if you've played in the majors for a while.
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#729 |
Temporary
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"It makes you want to puke. If I didn't have four kids and a good life, I'd kill myself right now. That's how bad it is. I'm a little bit more than just a baseball player. I have other things. But if I didn't ..."
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#730 |
The Classic Dylan Staples
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Who said that Chris Coste
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#731 |
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I'm pretty sure it was Billy Wagner actually.
Good guess though. |
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#732 |
Doin' It Right
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Congrats to KGJ!
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#733 |
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Well, after the most poorly handled injury of all time, Church has finally been DL'ed. Moises Alou will likely be activated from the DL to take his spot (as if he'll stay healthy).....which means fucking Nunez keeps his roster spot.
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#734 |
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Oh yeah, and congrats to Junior.
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#735 |
The Classic Dylan Staples
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Where is mrslackalack to say "Congrats to Reds OF Ken Griffey Junior who hit his 600th career home run off of Marlins starting pitcher Mark Hendrickson"
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#736 | |
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Funny story about the ball though. The guy who caught it had a dummy ball in his pocket and made the ole switcharoo and then acted like the dummy was the real one while everyone went after it. Genius. |
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#737 |
LAKE SHOW HOES
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lol Roger Clemens taking Viagra
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#738 |
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Nice, Abraham Nunez randomly got demoted, Chris Aguila is coming up.
![]() Apparently Moises Alou is sitting in tonight's game because of his calf...it's simply unbelievable to me that somebody can be THAT fragile. |
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#739 |
The Classic Dylan Staples
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WOW Billy Wagner get the fuck out of here. Did anybody not see that coming....seriously. Great job by Willie Randolph taking out Mike "8 IP 0 ER 5 H" Pelfrey after facing 1 batter in the 9th. Good thing Minaya won't fire Willie until after the season too.
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#740 |
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Get the fuck outta here....Pelfrey had thrown more pitches and more innings than he ever had, in a must-win game, you need your star closer to get those outs, you can't be cute trying to get the guy a CG. You can't blame Willie for this.....but fuck Wagner. I knew Reynolds would hit one out.
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#741 |
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"I am so willing to prove myself as a player, and a person, that I will donate ALL of my minor league earnings to your Club's charity. In the event that I earn the right to play at the major league level, I will gladly donate a significant sum to that same charity."
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#742 |
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Will Milton Bradley ever learn?
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#743 |
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what's he done now?
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#744 |
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Jun 12
OF Milton Bradley has had a relatively tranquil first season with the Rangers, but that calm was shattered Wednesday night. Bradley tried to go upstairs and confront Kansas City Royals broadcaster Ryan Lefebvre after he heard what he considered derogatory comments by Lefebvre during the game. Bradley was the designated hitter and was in the clubhouse between at-bats. General manager Jon Daniels and manager Ron Washington managed to intercept Bradley 20 feet from the broadcast booth. Bradley then went back to the clubhouse and broke down in tears. "I'm tired of people bringing me down," Bradley said to his teammates. "It wears on you. I love you guys, all you guys. I'm strong, but I'm not that strong. All I want to do is play baseball and make a better life for my kid than I had." Lefebvre, son of former major league manager Jim Lefebvre, and broadcaster partner Frank White were complimenting Rangers center fielder Josh Hamilton for his willingness to admit to past mistakes and suggested that Bradley ought to do the same thing. |
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#745 |
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LOL
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#746 |
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That's not funny, I feel bad for Milton.
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#747 |
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Yeah sucks for Milton. He's been playing really well this season.
On the up, Joel Zumaya and Fernando Rodney could both be back with the Tigers by the end of next week. Zumaya is throwing the ball near 100 mph and rodney has the movement back on his fastball |
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#748 |
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I can't believe I have 5th row tickets for Saturday's game...to watch Pedro pitch against the Rangers...and I can't even get excited for it. It almost seems like a burden to have to spend a Saturday night watching this shitty team try to play baseball.
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#749 |
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Jesus Christ shut the fuck up Vito and stop being such a whiny bitch. Are you fucking kidding me? Oh man I have these great, expensive seats to watch the greatest game in the world and a Hall of Famer pitch but I'm still going to be ungrateful and turn my nose up at the idea because my team doesn't do exactly what I think they should.
They're 3 games under .500 and not even in last place. Go talk to a Pirates or Royals fan about having to watch shitty teams play baseball. God just shut the fuck up and stop crying about everything. |
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#750 |
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Here we go A's!
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#751 |
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Ungrateful? What? Did I say I wasn't going to go? No...its just that today's game was the culmination of what I've seen for weeks now. About 90% of the team comes across as not giving a shit. I've seen no emotion, no hustle, nothing to make it look like they even care.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure I'll get more excited once it comes closer...and fortunately Pedro seems to be one of the few guys who give a shit. Its just the way they've been playing lately, I feel like I'll be sitting there watching the guys pack it in. That's what fucks me off about the Mets right now, and it annoys me more than anything. You mention the Pirates and Royals...well, I actually DO have a friend who is a Pirates fan. They aren't doing that bad yet, but even when they lose, he doesn't mind as much because they tend to show heart. The Mets right now have not, and that's what's annoying me the most. If they seemed like they cared about the game and not just collecting their paychecks, I might not be so pissed off at them right now. |
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Wow Dontrell Willis sent down to A ball
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#753 |
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Interleague play starts up again tonight.
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#754 |
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Wow, apparently tonight is the first time the Rangers have ever played the Mets at Shea Stadium...the only other time the Rangers have played at Shea is when the Yankees had to use Shea.
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#755 |
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might already have been discussed but MLB is pushing instant replay and plan to use it mid-season...
I like the idea to review home runs, but adding it mid-season? seems like a strange time for a rule change. |
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#756 |
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Yeah especially if one of the teams that got screwed earlier this year get left out of the playoffs and a team that makes the playoffs gets a review to their benefit. Could make some serious drama
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#757 |
Triple A
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Farnsworth coming in to save the game
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#758 |
love yourself
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oh god, I am dreading the bottom of the 9th right now. Praying Giambi will hit a home run or something because no way the Farns doesn't give up at least 2
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#759 |
love yourself
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Fucking Farnsworth hits Ty Wigginton COME ON
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#760 |
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Yeah I'm all for instant replay, adding it mid-season is weird but the sooner the better I think. Obviously they'll use it for home run calls, but anything else? Close plays at the plate could make for challenges too...just as long as they don't go overboard with it. Wonder if it'll work like the NFL where each team gets a set number of challenges, could add a little more strategy.
Definitely liked what I saw out of the Mets tonight, like a total 180 from the week of games previous...hopefully they can keep it up. Maybe Willie's job officially being on the line helped them out. ![]() Mets acquire Trot Nixon for either cash or a PTBNL. ![]() |
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