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[GeoWar]

if mets are going to trade start with ----
lindor ss = interested teams might be braves , dodgers, giants, milwaukee
marte = angels , red sox , houston
pitching = pick a team and value --- diaz likely highest value
alonzo = angels , giants , red sox , tampa bay

just throwing out ideas

[Amazin69]

I shall mourn the loss of Zach Muckenhirn, even though I never saw him pitch, solely for the name.

And I would cheer the return of Chris Flexen, but he's Flex-ing his way out of town, being instantly DFA'd.

Still, I have no doubt that Westheim is glad that the Mets now have Gott on their side. Trevor Gott, that is. Where has Tim Teufel run off to? This would be a perfect time to dust off Bill James's old jokes about Tuff and (Jim) Gott "battling for control of the universe".

(If Teufel were still active, the Atlanta organist could serenade him with "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" everytime he stepped to the plate. Oh, well.)

[Westheim]

Gott shall have his chance to convert me from atheism, but looking at the stats... well... I don't see myself being occupied at church on Sunday mornings any time soon.

Weird trade for sure.

The last one with the Mariners was worse though...

[rudel.dietrich]

Originally Posted by GeoWar

if mets are going to trade start with ----
lindor ss = interested teams might be braves , dodgers, giants, milwaukee
marte = angels , red sox , houston
pitching = pick a team and value --- diaz likely highest value
alonzo = angels , giants , red sox , tampa bay

just throwing out ideas

You are out of your damn mind.

Atlanta would have zero interest in Lindor and I doubt he has almost any trade value at this point.

[Amazin69]

Now that I think about it, it's a pity Tim Teufel played before the era of walk-up music. "Sympathy for the Devil" would probably have killed at Shea.

("Please allow me to introduce myself," etc.)

The irony is that (perhaps because of the name) Tim was rather devout. One of the funny bits in Mookie Wilson's book was Mookie talking to Tuff after the Cooter's Bar fandango and being all "I expect this from those other guys, but you are a man of God!"

Well, not that night, apparently.

(And way to throw Ronnie and Doug Sisk under the bus, Mook. Lol.)

[Déjà Bru]

Here; you Mets fans, one in particular, may enjoy this column:

Why I Still Love the New York Mets

Gift article; available 30 days; does not count toward your allotment of free articles.

Chip … chip … chip. I can feel the New York Mets chiseling out a piece of my soul every week. A blown lead here … chip. A dropped pop-up there … chip. Getting swept at home by an utterly mediocre rival … chip. Maybe you remember that tale of Prometheus chained to a rock, while an eagle comes by every day to rip out his liver. I can relate.

Then he proceeds to explain just why he remains chained to the Mets. (But, in the end, he fails to convince.)

Side question: Here is the photo they selected to accompany the article. Who is the fattest man to have played for the New York Mets, this fellow or Daniel Vogelbach?

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Side question: Here is the photo they selected to accompany the article. Who is the fattest man to have played for the New York Mets, this fellow or Daniel Vogelbach?

Vogelbach sure seems to run better.

I thank you for this article.

[Amazin69]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Here; you Mets fans, one in particular, may enjoy this column:

Chip … chip … chip. I can feel the New York Mets chiseling out a piece of my soul every week..

Lying from the very first sentence, I see. Anybody who has followed David Brooks's career knows that he doesn't have a soul.

(That line fit better when I had originally confused Brooks with the more-overtly-slimy David Brock. But it still works, I say.)

[Westheim]

The Mets suck. But I saw Brett Baty run by my house as he fruitlessly chased Muncy's pop and waved hi. Then the thing hit him in the nose.

Sigh.

[Westheim]

Sunday's game has been moved into my closed-eyes time "due to weather" (is it still fire season?), which on the bright side means I can watch a Sunday day game without crying into my paws for 2:36 ...

[Westheim]

Someone please tell Gary Cohen that the 1992 Olympics were not in France.

[Amazin69]

Well, the winter ones were. Albértville was that last time that the Winter Olympics were in the same year as the Summer Games. Then they changed the rotation with Lilliehammer in 1994. What was the context?

ETA

1980, Moscow
1984, Los Angeles
1988, Seoul

1996, Atlanta
2000, Sydney
2004, Athens
2008, Shanghai
2012, London
2016, Rio de Janeiro
2020, Tokyo

Where WERE the 1992 Summer Games? Wakanda?

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by Amazin69

Well, the winter ones were. Albértville was that last time that the Winter Olympics were in the same year as the Summer Games.

Ooooooooooh...! That sailed past me. I thought entirely of -

Originally Posted by Amazin69

Where WERE the 1992 Summer Games? Wakanda?

...Barcelona!

I doubted Gary Cohen, who is undoubtable! Now I have to rob three times around Citi on my knees to atone for my sins.

[Amazin69]

Inspired by today's Immaculate Grid:

The Mets are the only team in the National League to never have had an MVP winner. FFS.

(Also the Rays. But screw the Rays.)

The Brewers and Astros both have had MVPs before and after the League swap. (Yount and Bagwell, old school; Braun and Altuve, new alignment.)

61 damn seasons. I mean, FFS.

(Darryl completely deserved it in 1988. You'll never convince me that Gibson was anything other than racism and anti-NY bias. And perhaps tinkering with the vote totals after the WS, despite this being a regular-season award.)

1985 voting:

1. Willie McGee, 8.2 WaR
4. Dwight Eugene Gooden, 13.3 WaR

(Maybe the voters just don't like people named "Eugene"? It's Straw's middle name, too.)

[Westheim]

"This was one of those games where the Mets needed Max Scherzer to go deep [...] and it hasn't worked out."

Oh come on, Gary. Don't be so negative. Scherzer DID go deep! FOUR TIMES...

Hapless bunch.

[Amazin69]

Recall, as recently as 2021, we might have joked about Jake or Thor "going deep" in a positive sense. Up thine, Manly Rob Manfred!

[Westheim]

Pete pumps a pair, Squirrel sneaks three RBI, and maybe Alvarez' paw doesn't have to be amputated - good game!

Doesn't change that we're still six-ish games behind a quintuplet of teams under a blanket for the three wild cards.

[Amazin69]

But clearly close enough that we're buying at the deadline, right? No Lindor-to-Oakland rumors or whatever.

One can hardly wait to discover what foolish trades lie ahead.

2023 New York Mets, part 2—Bad Money after Good!

[Westheim]

Thor and A Met Evoking Disappointment traded straight-up between the Dodgers and Ind-Guardians.

I'm watching Shohei vs. Kittens right now, and the Detroit announcers admit they were surprised to learn that Rosario was a -15 defensive runs saved this year.

I'm not. I saw him for years on the Mets. Always trotting into frame at the bottom of the picture while the ball was halfway to Nimmo. Amed Rosario ***SUCKS*** as a shortstop.

And now he'll win a ******* ring with the Dodgers.

[Amazin69]

Thor's putting a few miles on that hammer, isn't he? Four teams in two seasons. He'll be a good one for Immaculate Grid in 2050, I bet.

(Rosario's issues aside, I'll always remember that we traded a DP combo of AL All-Stars for $341,000,000 of Lindor.)