What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Brandon Nimmo has played 7 seasons with the Mets. With his new 8 year deal, that would give him 15 seasons with the Mets.
How many Mets have played 15 seasons on the club? I don’t know, who am I, Greg Prince? Kranepool? Anyone else? I just don’t you I don’t know.
15 seasons as a Met probably gets his number retired in the late 2030s/early 2040s.
In the meantime, I looked at his stats and they are surprisingly not that good! Are we sure this deal isn’t insane?
I used the word UNBELIEVABLE on a lot of tweets this summer. I also added this phrase to my twitter bio: You’re no fool and yet you choose not to see it
And to that I am talking to the baseball media, including at least one extra special person who reads my stuff. You guys know better, and nobody says anything.
Well, it seems that in the season I which Aaron Judge hit an unbelievable 62 Home Runs, there were at least three baseballs. An explosive report says…
Though the overwhelming majority of baseballs we obtained were dead, 36 of them fit the bill for what Wills dubbed the “Goldilocks ball” (not too heavy, not too light — but just right). Of those, most were found in one of three situations:
• Postseason games, including the World Series;
• The All-Star Game and Home Run Derby;
• Regular season games that used balls with special commemorative stamps (i.e. Texas Rangers 50th anniversary ball) on the outer leather.
The only Goldilocks balls we obtained from the regular season that did not have commemorative stamps were found in Yankees games.
Ummmmm……weird right? Insider adds
In the sample we accumulated, nearly all of our specialty-marked balls were Goldilocks, while the standard, MLB-stamped balls were almost always the dead ball.
There were, however, 20 exceptions — Goldilocks balls that bore no specialty markings on their covers. We found:
Nine in the postseason across four playoff rounds;
11 obtained from Yankees games.…
According to two sources familiar with MLB’s ball shipment process, the league not only directs where its balls are sent, it also knows which boxes its game compliance monitors – league employees tasked with ensuring each team adheres to league rules – approve and use before each game starts.
This is a fascinating read which quotes several players including Scherzer and Bassitt.
And remember, as I always point out, when you see some sort of unbelievable display of power, you should always be wary. This never ends well, and here we go again.
There are so many reasons baseball is unwatchable (it’s boring, the games are too long, half inning interviews by Gelbs) – many fans noticed that the audio was often (always?) ahead of the video on SNY Mets games….and that Gary Cohen often seemed like Nostradamus on his calls.
Just now, I read an awesome thread on twitter about the virtual-ads-boards on NHL telecasts, which I recommend you all read as it is quite educational and insightful. One tweet in particular caught my eye…
So that makes me thing (a) we aren’t crazy, and (b) the “SNY actually sucks” premise to all this isn’t that for off.
As for my SNY dig – ask yourself, do you like SNY or do you like Keith Hernandez? I bet you like Keith Hernandez. (Those who are honest will admit the Gary/Ron booth has shockingly little chemistry), I know there has been a legend created about SNY and how it’s awesome….but it it? Is the shoulder programming good, or does it happen to be next to the show that Keith Hernandez is on?
I realize these are difficult questions and the sort of thing people aren’t supposed to say in public…but be honest…Keith is the straw that stirs the SNY drink. And the audio is ahead of the video.
World Champion Justin Verlander who won 18 games last year (that’s a WAR of plus 13 over Jake, right?) reportedly has signed with the New York Mets.
Two years EIGHT SIX MILLION which is insane, but Steve is rich so whatever.
18-5 1.75 ERA and took 28 turns? Nice.
Anyway let him and Max sit hime until August 1….some idiots expanded the playoffs, let’s not waste innings in April and May. Hell let Matt Harvey take 10 turns and then release him. The Phillies have shown everyone the way, and the way is to waste half the summer. Nice head baseball.
Anyway, this is fun.
This $50 cap is The New York Mets Sleigh Blue 59FIFTY Fitted Cap which features an embroidered Mets logo at the front panels with Holiday themed embroidery throughout the crown. Additional details include a team colored MLB Batterman at the rear and a green undervisor.
