Board 8 > ~MLB Official Discuss Topic 2: The Times They Are A Changin'~

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lol figures.

this game was over once the unearned run scored anyway, so it didn't matter.

Just hilarious that deGrom has to be literally perfect in order to win

at least the mets lost in 9 rather then drag it out 13 innings again only to lose at 1am
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the #MetsFalseHope, a trademarked classic
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Last 9 starts deGrom has an 0.81 ERA.

The Mets are 2-7 in those games.

And 3 runs in their last 51 innings overall
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also I just want to add about the DH, if your pitcher pulls a hamstring (or... two hamstrings in the case) running 90 feet in a straight line, I don't think adding the DH is going to solve anything.

also chapman got hurt later just pitching normally so gotta not allow pitchers to pitch too!

this is the hill I will die on
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Fuck pitchers hitting
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It's not a hill, it's a trash heap
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Deal with it.gif
he'd just as easily gotten injured running down a bunted ball
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it me

https://www.facebook.com/JimBreuer/videos/10155974752182025/
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the worst thing about the subway series is the overload of national media broadcasts, coverage, and meaningless hype. no one cares about this series anymore , and its less important since it's interleague. the FOX and ESPN teams are awful.
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Does anything make you happy?
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Big titties and popcorn
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eaedwards6400 posted...

Does anything make you happy?

Not in baseball. when you're a mets fan, even good news is met with worse news.
Mets fans are not allowed to be happy, until they win.
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Bartolo Colon was happiness.
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Bartolo Colon is the second best pitcher on the Rangers this year btw

Was the best for the first month or so of the season.
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and see ? mets don't score again beyond the first inning. the game was clearly over the moment the yankees tied it. Not being a pessimist. Just real. This is what actually happens. Every time

Also Cespedes had a setback during his rehab, was supposed to be back maybe next series.

So no, eaed. I have no reason to be happy as a Mets fan, ever. And those rare times when I do feel happiness, it is swiftly crushed in the most demoralizing way possible. So it's easier to just not feel happy.

Smoltz just said "Safe to say the yankees are going to be in the postseason". wish i could hear this about the mets in June.
once.
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Random Rangers update

Through 6 innings weve left 14 runners on base

That seems like a lot

This has been your Random Rangers update
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I don't have the numbers to back it up, but I feel like the Rangers have actually left less runners on base this year than in the past couple years (Where it felt like they were really, really bad about it)

Granted, if I'm right about that, it would 100% be because they're putting fewer runners on base LOL
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Reg posted...

I don't have the numbers to back it up, but I feel like the Rangers have actually left less runners on base this year than in the past couple years (Where it felt like they were really, really bad about it)

Granted, if I'm right about that, it would 100% be because they're putting fewer runners on base LOL

the mets were epically bad with RISP last year, and in 2016.

they solved that problem this year though, by a different solution I'm sure you can guess
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During the game just now they said we had the third worst batting average with RISP and 2 outs ....ever
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Reminder also that the Wilpons/Sandy "sold" many of their worthwhile players last year: a small fire-sale last year netted the Wilpons cash and no players of note. Then they kept the cash instead of reinvesting.
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The Mets drafted Biff Tannens son
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WiggumFan267 posted...

Reminder also that the Wilpons/Sandy "sold" many of their worthwhile players last year: a small fire-sale last year netted the Wilpons cash and no players of note. Then they kept the cash instead of reinvesting.

Want a potential rookie all star in Lewis Brinson instead?
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go braves were still in first place

brinson >>>> jay bruce
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Lmfao ESPN trying to pretend like the Yankees and Mets have a rivalry
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asdrubal has been playing hurt since early 2016 , so he finally leaves with a tight left hamstring

Mlb should ban second base
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I need a comeback season for Pedroia first to hopefully get him into the Hall and then I agree
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hey everyone watching this game

lol.

can you all see not only what a fucking complete cockwaffle jose reyes is, but also the wilpons for keeping him around?

literally the only reason he is here is because they like him as a person

he is a wifebeater who can't hit over .120 and is the worst defensive player in baseball history.

I JUST WANT THIS SHITFUCKER GONE FROM EXISTENCE.
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"Mets have discussed getting him on board with a retirement news conference as one way to manage his exit.

Unclear if he will agree to retire."

BOSS: We'd like you to retire.
EMPLOYEE: Nah.
BOSS: Oh well, I guess there's literally nothing else we can do.
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Dude your team is winning
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wooooooooooooooooooow

the yankees are horrible. They literally just lost to the worst team in baseball.

yeah ok, they're going nowhere if they make the playoffs. enjoy your 1 and done.

fire reyes into the sun.
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until like 3 minutes ago i was 100% convinced they would lose.
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Girardi would've gotten this team to sweep the Mets

#BooneOut
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anyway this series y'all now seen our complete offensive historic disaster of team, despite being supported by like excellent pitching ... and how much Reyes needs to go. And how great nimmo and deGrom are. so thats what we got going for us right now.

this shit is fucking daily with reyes. he needed to be gone quite literally last year. they resigned him because the wilpons are fucking cheap fuckbag meddlers. You want to know why I'm still mad even though we won?

The mets will never win anything as long as the Wilpons own the team. period. because they do moronic shit like keep reyes around, and every decision they make is made for a reason other than trying to win or put the best team on the field.
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I read something about the Mets trading DeGrom to us and I was like "oh god poor Wigs"
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nah like i said before that would never happen, despite it (possibly becoming) being the right thing to because the wilpons will never trade with the yankees because they hate the yankees more than they care about the mets. They would never do anything that helps the yankees win a WS no matter how good it is for the mets.

https://nypost.com/2017/12/21/fred-wilpon-irate-about-yankees-getting-giancarlo-stanton/

Also I can't see the Yankees doing that anyway because it should 100% cost Torres++, and I imagine the Yankees wouldn't want to remove talent from their current ML roster. Better fit for teams with elite prospect talent who aren't contributing to their current cause.

Plus, The wilpons are incompetent morons, and would interfere in the trade process and almost certainly get us a bad deal.
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Also, remember when the Yankees didn't get Jay Bruce from the Mets? Because.....

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/8/10/16123764/mets-yankees-jay-bruce-trade-rumors
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OH FUCK YES GONZO IS RELEASED
they called up Dom Smith which is good but they are going to NEED to call up Pete Alonso at some point.

now do reyes PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (they wont)
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up
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lol Mets stink go Braves were in first feels like old times back in the 90s

Sandy Alderson stresses that any Jose Reyes roster decision "will be on the merits."

"We have to have someone ready to go that we want to replace him," Alderson said, implying that Reyes remains the Mets' best infield bench option at this time.

"He is a viable player for us."
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Sandy Alderson on infield prospect Jeff McNeil, who is batting .333 with a 1.053 OPS at Double-A: "Similar to Alonso, probably the next step for him is a possible promotion [to Triple-A] and that's something we continue to consider. ... We need to see more."

(McNeil is 26 and is a Minor League Free agent after the season. Alonso is a deeper prospect with high ceiling).

Ok, I'm 100% done with Sandy. Just look at what this fucking moron is saying. He had 2 of the worst offseasons I've ever seen the last 2 years, choosing to sign old shitty vets on the cheap and constantly play them over promising kids. He has fucking ruined this team, he was given a shit budget by the Wilpons, but he did as lousy a job as possible with what little he was given. I'm fucking sick of him. He needs to be fired ASAP, hopefully before the trade deadline.
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I need to also remember/remind myself its probably Jeff Wilpon pulling the strings anyway...
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The Mets batted .147 on their nine-game homestand that ended Sunday. Since 1900, that was the lowest batting average by any major-league team on a homestand of seven or more games (of which there were more than 13,000).

WE NUMBER ONE BABY
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the mets are the most cursed team in the history of sports
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In 1951 Bill Barilko scored the OT winner to win the Leafs the cup, and then disappeared on a fishing trip a few months later.

The Leafs then went 11 years without winning a cup, even though they won 6 in the 10 years prior, and it wasn't until 1962, the same year Bill Barilko's body was found, that they managed to once again be victorious.

That seems pretty legit as far as curses go.
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... I just witness a pick off play go for a run.
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FROM FIRST!!! (caps)
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I saw a cool play today
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ok holy shit

this was fucking crazy. Remember in 2016 and Syndergaard was immediately ejected for throwing behind Psychopath Utley , with no warning at all, when he didn't even come close to touching him, as retaliation for when he tackled Tejada in the NLDS?

the ump and Terry Collins were apparently mic-ed up.
This is must watch.

https://twitter.com/TigersJUK/status/1006699315912495104

I already loved Tery Collins but love him more now

Please someone tell me what "Our ass is in the jackpot means"
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WiggumFan267 posted...

the mets are the most cursed team in the history of sports

Oh please.

You realize a championship once every 30 years is literally the average right?

Also, a list of MLB teams that haven't won a WS in a longer period than the Mets:

1. Cleveland Indians
2. Texas Rangers
3. Milwaukee Brewers
4. San Diego Padres
5. Washington Nationals
6. Seattle Mariners
7. Pittsburgh Pirates
8. Baltimore Orioles
9. Detroit Tigers
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