I’d say Mike Vaccaro saw my tweet about Tim Leary yesterday, but he blocked me years ago so I probably blocked him back – so this is just medium minds (his) thinking like great minds (mine). Anyway, Mike is correct and like REALLY CORRECT when he writes
Keep the ball away from deGrom until Sunday. For his own good. And for the team’s. Look, the Mets were already prepared to play two of their games in Denver with uncertainty. One was already labeled “TBA.” One was going to be the starting debut of Joey Lucchesi, who may or may not require an opener. (via NY Post)
And here’s the why.
Any Mets fan of a certain age — say, 48 or older — retains a horrifying memory of April 12, 1981, a Sunday in Chicago that reached a high of 38 degrees with winds whipping in from Lake Michigan. Tim Leary made his debut that day for the Mets. He was Dwight Gooden when Gooden was still a junior at Hillsborough High, a flame-throwing 22-year-old the Mets had deemed The Future.
Leary struck out the first two batters he faced that day at Wrigley Field, Ivan DeJesus and Joe Strain. He retired six of the seven men to face him, allowing only a walk to Ken Reitz. He fanned Bull Durham. He was electric. He walked off the mound after the second inning and sought out Joe Torre, the Mets’ manager.
“My arm hurts,” Leary said.
Then he disappeared for two years.
(via New York Post)
Unfortunately, the Mets never ever are smart and won’t heed Mike’s words….but they should.
Also remind you that I previously that the Mets were reckless letting JDG throw 100 in March. I am still waiting for something bad to happen from that and praying I am wrong.
