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d'Kong76
May 12 2014 12:02 PM

NY Mets at NY Yankees
When: 7:05 PM ET, Monday, May 12, 2014
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
SportsDirect Inc.

The 18th edition of the Subway Series begins Monday when the New York Yankees host the New York Mets in the first of four straight between the teams, two apiece at their respective home venues. Both enter the series after late-inning drama Sunday, but on very different notes. The Mets scored three times in the ninth and again in the 11th to steal a 5-4 win from Philadelphia while the Yankees dropped a 6-5 decision on a walk-off hit with two outs in the bottom of the ninth at Milwaukee.

The Mets won all four meetings last season, their longest winning streak over any stretch of the series since it began. However, the Yankees are 8-3-6 in season series and 13-3 in home season series against the Mets. The opener of the four-game, two-borough set features the return to Yankee Stadium of outfielder Curtis Granderson, who played four seasons with the Yankees before signing a free-agent deal to cross town this offseason.

TV:
7:05 p.m. ET, PIX11 (Mets), YES (Yankees)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Mets RH Bartolo Colon (2-5, 5.36 ERA) vs. Yankees RH Hiroki Kuroda (2-3, 4.43)

Colon has thrown seven innings while giving up three or fewer runs in four of his seven starts, including Tuesday against Miami when he was on the short end of a 3-0 loss. Colon's road ERA stands at 7.23 due to rocky outings at Colorado and the Los Angeles Angels and he has a 4.90 mark while pitching at the two Yankee Stadiums, much of that when he was with the Yankees in 2011. The 40-year-old has allowed 55 hits, but has walked only five in his 43 2/3 innings this year.

Kuroda hit his stride once the calendar turned to May after posting a 5.28 ERA in five April outings. He has let up four earned runs in 13 2/3 innings while striking out 15 and walking one this month, but remains without a win over his last four outings. Kuroda is 2-5 with a 4.14 ERA in nine career starts versus the Mets.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Yankees SS Derek Jeter is 15-for-39 with two home runs against Colon.
2. Mets 3B David Wright needs two RBI to become the 20th active player with 900, five of whom are Yankees.
3. The Yankees have outscored the Mets 75-48 in 14 meetings at the current Yankee Stadium.

G-Fafif
May 12 2014 12:22 PM
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Mets have never lost a Monday night regular-season game to the MFYs, having Mlickied them in 1997 and beaten them again in 2013.

seawolf17
May 12 2014 12:23 PM
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Regardless of what happens over the next four days, I hate the stupid Yankees. That is all.

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 12:39 PM
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Not too pleased with the Rockies, Marlins, and Phillies still. I
could really give a fuck about the Yankees and this contrived
rivalry. Glad it's shortened.

Edgy MD
May 12 2014 12:47 PM
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Monday, May 27, 2013
NYM 2 NYY 1
W: Lyon
L: Robertson
S: Parnell
HR: Wright
Boxscore
Niese went 2-2 off Yankee starter Phil Hughes.

[list]Tuesday, May 28, 2013
NYM 2 NYY 1
W: Rice
L: Rivera
Boxscore
Harvey started and struck out 10 in eight innings in this one. Ike Davis debuted in his new career as an eighth-place hitter.

[list]Wednesday, May 29
NYM 9 NYY 4
W: Hefner
L: Phelps
HR: Byrd, Boesch
Boxscore
Mets came out with five runs in the top of the first and there was no looking back.

[list]Thursday, May 30, 2013
NYM 3 NYY 1
W: Gee
L: Nuno
S: Parnell
HR: Byrd, Cano
Boxscore
Dillon Gee, starting his run of success that continues to this day, was at his best, striking out 12 (and that's 12 YANKEES, which is always a delight), walking ZERO, and giving up one run on four hits, in 7 1/3 innings.[/list:u][/list:u][/list:u]

It was enough to make any true New Yorker Met fan grow an inch or two. My heart, in fact, grew three sizes on that day.

And then the team went out and got swept BADLY by the Marlins: 5-1, 8-1, and 11-6. Blurgh.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
May 12 2014 12:52 PM
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Yeah with that Marlin shit, at least Seawolf was happy.

Series this year is followed by a weekender in Washington.

Ceetar
May 12 2014 12:57 PM
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The Yankees game notes would like you to know that John Lannan is 2/5 against Hiroki Kuroda with 1 HR.

Kirk Nieuwenhuis 0/3.

Omar Quintanilla 1/5.

Edgy MD
May 12 2014 01:03 PM
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It's that sort of attention to detail that had led to a never-before-seen level of combined anger, distrust, frustration and dismay directed collectively at the Yankee organization by its fans.

Ashie62
May 12 2014 01:11 PM
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Lets just beat them and the media may STFU...

G-Fafif
May 12 2014 01:29 PM
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Why the fuck wasn't Lannan called up for this series and why isn't he batting leadoff?

John Cougar Lunchbucket
May 12 2014 02:07 PM
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EYJ LF
Muffo
Wright
Grandy
Abreu DH
Doodoo 1B
CYoung CF
dArnaud C
Tejada SS

Flores still out with sickness as is Gonzalez Germen.

seawolf17
May 12 2014 02:18 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Yeah with that Marlin shit, at least Seawolf was happy.

Nah. TK didn't pitch in that series.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
May 12 2014 04:49 PM
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"Hey, did you know that this is Derek Jeter's last Subway Series?"

-Every fucking local, regional, and lazy sports media outlet fucking ever

metirish
May 12 2014 04:59 PM
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
"Hey, did you know that this is Derek Jeter's last Subway Series?"

-Every fucking local, regional, and lazy sports media outlet fucking ever

I know, the dick at NBC 4 is the worst....

metirish
May 12 2014 05:01 PM
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Yes yes yes.....Jeter is a big game player , Keith says so.....didn't mention all the times he didn't come through .....hate this shit

metirish
May 12 2014 05:12 PM
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Mets up 1 with 2 out...EYJ singles , steals and two ground outs gets him home...Grandy with a hit

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
May 12 2014 05:12 PM
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MOAR FLY BALLS TO RIGHT PLEEZ

metirish wrote:
LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
"Hey, did you know that this is Derek Jeter's last Subway Series?"

-Every fucking local, regional, and lazy sports media outlet fucking ever

I know, the dick at NBC 4 is the worst....

That is uncanny. He was the exact twist that broke the seal on my temper.

metirish
May 12 2014 05:19 PM
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He's no Len Berman

OMFG, Bob Shepard talk now

Gwreck
May 12 2014 05:22 PM
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Excuse me while I vomit at the sight of Beltran in a Yankee uniform.

batmagadanleadoff
May 12 2014 05:25 PM
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Gwreck
May 12 2014 05:29 PM
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Beltran, Roberts, Jeter, McCann, Soriano - we'd be in real trouble if we were playing the Yankees in 2006.

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 05:43 PM
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Nice, I sign on to the forum and a grand slam. See-ya!!

TheOldMole
May 12 2014 05:44 PM
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I hate MFY grand slams.

metirish
May 12 2014 05:48 PM
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@7line have taken over a section , that s why we are(were) hearing a lot of LGM chants ....

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 06:09 PM
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Met bats have their ground balls working real well tonight.

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 06:12 PM
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Ellsbury flashing the true-NY'r leather in top of fourth.

Gwreck
May 12 2014 06:22 PM
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Boom. Your stupid minor-league sized ballpark works both ways.

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 06:22 PM
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d'ARnot goes Yankee yard ... first row!

Nymr83
May 12 2014 06:23 PM
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Gwreck wrote:
Boom. Your stupid minor-league sized ballpark works both ways.

Haha boom!

TheOldMole
May 12 2014 06:24 PM
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d'Kong76
May 12 2014 06:24 PM
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He battled.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
May 12 2014 06:25 PM
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I love when people say about a FA/this place, "This stadium suits his swing."

This stadium suits anyone-- platoon shortstop, pinch-hitting pitcher, monkey with a novelty bat-- who can hit it to right/right-center, like, 1/3 of the time.

Zvon
May 12 2014 06:25 PM
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We just need a few more pop up homers. Or what's Youngs doing will work.

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 06:30 PM
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Apparently medium fly balls count as runs in American League parks.
I really need to better familiarize myself with their rules.

Zvon
May 12 2014 06:33 PM
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I must thank the Skanks for making the orange brims hat suddenly look okay to me. Cause those white brimmers are awful.

Nice catch Dude.

Zvon
May 12 2014 06:34 PM
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Hah, figures, Jeter, 3 hits. Lil dribbly hits.

Ceetar
May 12 2014 06:39 PM
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Zvon wrote:
Hah, figures, Jeter, 3 hits. Lil dribbly hits.

44% of his hits are infield squibs.

44% of his homers would be outs in other parks

Fman99
May 12 2014 06:42 PM
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KA-GRANDER-BOOM

Nymr83
May 12 2014 06:44 PM
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Can we trade Granderson to the Yankees for a bag of balls? he BELONGS in this park and will keep striking/flying out in ours.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
May 12 2014 06:44 PM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 12 2014 06:46 PM

I'll allow it.

Zvon wrote:
Hah, figures, Jeter, 3 hits. Lil dribbly hits.

Assisted mightily by Ruben and Murph's Jeteresque fielding range.

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 06:45 PM
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That could be the first HR in the Bronx by someone wearing a #3 New York uniform since Ruth retired!

btw, loving that 3-0 swing

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
May 12 2014 06:47 PM
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"Yeah, but you just know Lord Sandy of Nordbrow-Aldersonia doesn't."

-Anonymous, flopsweating beat writer

Zvon
May 12 2014 06:49 PM
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Fman99 wrote:
KA-GRANDER-BOOM

Huge- no matter where

4-4 METS!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
May 12 2014 06:53 PM
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I have to say, I enjoy the 7 Line Army bid'ness a bit more as a road-deployed weapon.

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 06:54 PM
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How did they get a whole section? I mean, I know they
are a powerhouse but a whole section?

Will they be there tomorrow?

Gwreck
May 12 2014 06:55 PM
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That was really crappy, Bartolo.

Fman99
May 12 2014 06:57 PM
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Ugh. Colon is taking a pounding out there.

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 06:58 PM
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That last hit might have been the first time missing Lagares out in CF
He either catches that or at least doesn't play it into a triple

Gwreck
May 12 2014 06:59 PM
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The Solarte sequence was really poor. Your team just got the game tied and then you went and shut the bed. Just poor, Bartolo.

Gwreck
May 12 2014 07:03 PM
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I also am confused why Meija was so quickly yanked out of the rotation but we keep putting Colon out there every 5 days unquestioned.

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 07:07 PM
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d'ARnot with the gun to center.

TheOldMole
May 12 2014 07:14 PM
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A sinkhole in Yankee Stadium? I'm listening on radio. What's it look like?

Gwreck
May 12 2014 07:15 PM
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Frayed Knot wrote:
That could be the first HR in the Bronx by someone wearing a #3 New York uniform since Ruth retired!

Vance Wilson, June 29, 2002

Zvon
May 12 2014 07:16 PM
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Gwreck wrote:
I also am confused why Meija was so quickly yanked out of the rotation but we keep putting Colon out there every 5 days unquestioned.

You know the answer to that.
$
If Mejia doesn't accept his new role he's done as a Met. I do feel that they should have given him the start in this series, but I thought it was crazy to sit EYj going into Colorado. So what do I know?

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 07:16 PM
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TheOldMole wrote:
A sinkhole in Yankee Stadium? I'm listening on radio. What's it look like?

It was really cool - it swallowed up the entire RF bleachers.

Actually the new Yanqui pitcher just didn't like the ditch in front of the rubber and they had to repack it.

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 07:17 PM
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Gwreck wrote:
Frayed Knot wrote:
That could be the first HR in the Bronx by someone wearing a #3 New York uniform since Ruth retired!

Vance Wilson, June 29, 2002

Nice!

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 07:17 PM
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They filled that hole nice and quick!!

Fman99
May 12 2014 07:19 PM
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What a joke of a right field fence this park is. 7-6 now after the two run shot from EY.

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 07:19 PM
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Another Kaboom, I like Yankee Stadium!

Zvon
May 12 2014 07:20 PM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 12 2014 07:20 PM

kaboom

Gwreck
May 12 2014 07:20 PM
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Boom. Not dead yet

Fman99
May 12 2014 07:21 PM
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IT IS HIGH, IT IS FAR, IT IS... GONE! FOREVER YOUNG!

Gwreck
May 12 2014 07:23 PM
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Frayed Knot wrote:
Frayed Knot wrote:
That could be the first HR in the Bronx by someone wearing a #3 New York uniform since Ruth retired!

Vance Wilson, June 29, 2002

Nice!

I'll admit to looking that one up. I remembered Easley hitting one but after checking it was at Shea (the Tyler Clippard game, I think)

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 07:23 PM
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Swing the bat, pop one to right Wright.

Zvon
May 12 2014 07:24 PM
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Ugh, Wright! How could you just look at that meatball. Wasn't it appetizing? Aren't you hungry?

Zvon
May 12 2014 07:30 PM
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wtfmuff

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 07:35 PM
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I've said this before, but if the Yanx are going to do this 7th inning dog and pony show every game and insist on televising it every game that time should come out of their commercial time.
These games are long enough without turning a two minute between-innings break into a four minute break just because the now dead owner wanted to prove he invented patriotism.

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 07:38 PM
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Commie :+)

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 07:44 PM
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Mej�a thrown right into the fire ... like it.

Zvon
May 12 2014 07:45 PM
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Ha^

Yea, throw Mejia right out there.

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 07:48 PM
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d'Kong76 wrote:
Commie :+)

Better red than dead.

Zvon
May 12 2014 07:48 PM
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Nice. And he smiled. Maybe he's gonna be okay out there.

Zvon
May 12 2014 07:54 PM
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NICE!! Campbell takes a chance. Make it count!

Zvon
May 12 2014 07:55 PM
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That was ripped and all but I don't know how that is not an error.

Fman99
May 12 2014 07:56 PM
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Great slide!

Zvon
May 12 2014 07:56 PM
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GRREAT SLIDE!BIG HIT! TIED!

Ceetar
May 12 2014 07:59 PM
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Seafood Bisque!

what?

Zvon
May 12 2014 08:00 PM
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CYOUNGYARD!!!

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 08:00 PM
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CYoung with a NoN_Cheapy!!

John Cougar Lunchbucket
May 12 2014 08:00 PM
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Suck it, Kernan

Nymr83
May 12 2014 08:01 PM
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A team can hit more homeruns in a night at Yankee Stadium than they do in an entire week at home. Little league.

Fman99
May 12 2014 08:01 PM
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Wow, Chris Young with the deep shot! Last time someone went that deep it was Ruben Sierra, tearing into me like CC Sabathia eating a moonpie!

Mets Guy in Michigan
May 12 2014 08:02 PM
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Sweeeeeeet!

Zvon
May 12 2014 08:03 PM
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I disagree Ronnie. We need 2 from Mejia, at least. As it now stands.

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 08:04 PM
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Definitely want to see Mejia return for bottom 8 at least.

Zvon
May 12 2014 08:04 PM
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He only went 4 Ron! He can go two.

Zvon
May 12 2014 08:05 PM
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Hey, if he fails, he fails. But we need to see if he can do exactly what we need right here.

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 08:06 PM
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Man, that's like five or six hard-hit balls for Ruben in the last two days.
Not sure he had that many all year prior to yesterday.

Ceetar
May 12 2014 08:07 PM
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Wait wait, Duda drove in Campbell.

The Campbell racetrack's five miles long
Oh! Duda day!

Ceetar
May 12 2014 08:08 PM
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Frayed Knot wrote:
Man, that's like five or six hard-hit balls for Ruben in the last two days.
Not sure he had that many all year prior to yesterday.

he did. he was trending near the the top of the "hard hit leaderboard" that Mark Simon was tabulating for most of April.

Granderson too.

Zvon
May 12 2014 08:10 PM
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Cheap hit. Shut em down Mejia!

Fman99
May 12 2014 08:12 PM
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Yeah baby 3-6-3

John Cougar Lunchbucket
May 12 2014 08:12 PM
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363

Zvon
May 12 2014 08:13 PM
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Nice steadyeddie double play Duda!

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 08:14 PM
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Zvon wrote:
Cheap hit.

Jeter woulda caught that.

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 08:18 PM
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Mejia!

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 08:19 PM
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Ceetar wrote:
Frayed Knot wrote:
Man, that's like five or six hard-hit balls for Ruben in the last two days.
Not sure he had that many all year prior to yesterday.

he did. he was trending near the the top of the "hard hit leaderboard" that Mark Simon was tabulating for most of April.

I remember far too much air under far too many Ruben Tejada outs. And maybe that study gave him credit for 'hard hit' if the ball winds up in deep or semi-deep OF but there no way can he be an effective player getting under the ball.

Either way, EVERYTHING he's hit since yesterday has been hard, even his outs.

Zvon
May 12 2014 08:21 PM
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Nice hitting Murphy. Now, with the running thing...calm down a bit.

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 08:22 PM
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Be nice if Wright would join the party here.

Zvon
May 12 2014 08:25 PM
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Frayed Knot wrote:
Be nice if Wright would join the party here.

He had one good pitch to hit, took a good swing.

Muffy flies to third. See, what do I know.

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 08:25 PM
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Zvon wrote:
Frayed Knot wrote:
Be nice if Wright would join the party here.

He had one good pitch to hit, took a good swing.

Muffy flies to third. See, what do I know.

Hey, he got the runner to 3rd!!

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 08:27 PM
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3-run saves are blown far less often than 2-run saves.
Just sayin'

Mets Guy in Michigan
May 12 2014 08:33 PM
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Farnsworth?????

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 08:35 PM
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Jeter battles.

Nymr83
May 12 2014 08:36 PM
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Was that the Jeter Retirement Tour Strike Zone there? 2 of those balls were strikes, one obviously so.

Mets Guy in Michigan
May 12 2014 08:41 PM
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Seriously? Farnsworth? He's horrible!!! He's going to take out our hearts and spike them.

Gwreck
May 12 2014 08:41 PM
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I'm ready to try Valverde as closer again.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
May 12 2014 08:41 PM
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Jesus H. FARNIE.

Zvon
May 12 2014 08:42 PM
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DUDA!!!!!!!!!

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 08:42 PM
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And you guys were worried ...

Nymr83
May 12 2014 08:42 PM
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363 Duda!!

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 08:43 PM
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Didn't even realize at first that that was Wright on the turn at 2nd

d'Kong76
May 12 2014 08:43 PM
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Duda... TWICE!!
Challenge this, asshat!

Zvon
May 12 2014 08:43 PM
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wow, 3-5-3 this time.

Fman99
May 12 2014 08:44 PM
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That was some nerve wracking shit.

Nymr83
May 12 2014 08:44 PM
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Nymr83 wrote:
363 Duda!!

Make that 353, not something you see often, crazy shift

themetfairy
May 12 2014 08:44 PM
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Mets Guy in Michigan
May 12 2014 08:45 PM
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I was worried.

But the True New Yorkers win!!!

Ceetar
May 12 2014 08:46 PM
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Nymr83 wrote:
Was that the Jeter Retirement Tour Strike Zone there? 2 of those balls were strikes, one obviously so.

Brooks Baseball which is perhaps a little more accurate? has it as more balls, but the 5th still clearly a strike.

Lefty Specialist
May 12 2014 08:47 PM
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Jeez, Farnsworth is too scary for words.

Keith rarely gets excited about a first baseman's play but he was excited about Duda tonight.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
May 12 2014 10:44 PM
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"I guess you're not allowed to strike out Derek Jeter now."
-BetterHalfer, on that AB in the ninth.

When Duda makes you happy-yelp twice with his glove, you know it's been a ballgame.

G-Fafif
May 12 2014 11:34 PM
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G-Fafif wrote:
Mets have never lost a Monday night regular-season game to the MFYs, having Mlickied them in 1997 and beaten them again in 2013.

Monday nights: 3-0 vs MFYs.

Tuesday nights: 1-1, plus a win in the only World Series game that mattered from 2000.

Edgy MD
May 13 2014 05:11 AM
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Hard to think of a more fulfilling game to build on.
1. Taking a bitter rival.
2. On the road.
3. Packed house.
4. Starting a four-game series.
5. Successfully transitioning Mejia to the pen on a very positive note/positive performance.
6. Getting the offense going, and winning because of the bats, not despite them.
7. Coming from behind.
8. Twice.
9. The mopey rookie catcher, feeling heat from his backup, gets untracked.
10. The big-buckz free agent outfielder gets untracked.
11. Against his former team.
12. The outfield competition is rising all ships.
13. The goofy firstbaseman becomes a glove man.

Even the downsides are ideal:
1. If you've got to pick a pitcher to get lit up, you pick Colon, the transitional piece.
2. If a closer is going to struggle, then let him still grind out the save, but further grease the skids toward a transition to an in-house solution.
3. Jeter's three hits and a walk produced no RBI, and no runs scored. The guy's had a career of empty calories and there it is in a microcosm.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
May 13 2014 05:17 AM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

Farny was all fist-pumpy after that one, very funny.

HILARIOUS how fat and slow Teixera is. Beltran & Ichiro also hurting.

Edgy MD
May 13 2014 05:36 AM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

Now let's finish the Yankees of like the suckers they are and get our heads kicked in by the Marlins! YEAH!!

Benjamin Grimm
May 13 2014 05:53 AM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

Zvon wrote:
Gwreck wrote:
I also am confused why Meija was so quickly yanked out of the rotation but we keep putting Colon out there every 5 days unquestioned.

You know the answer to that.
$
If Mejia doesn't accept his new role he's done as a Met. I do feel that they should have given him the start in this series, but I thought it was crazy to sit EYj going into Colorado. So what do I know?

I think it's more about innings than dollars.

Benjamin Grimm
May 13 2014 05:53 AM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

The Yankees were actually wearing alternative caps? Isn't that some kind of sacrilege or something?

seawolf17
May 13 2014 06:46 AM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

Benjamin Grimm wrote:
The Yankees were actually wearing alternative caps? Isn't that some kind of sacrilege or something?

I was wondering the same thing. It looked wrong.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
May 13 2014 06:55 AM
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I know. It made them look like some kind of ersatz contender, full of expensive-yet-chintzy free agent baubles, aging merc pitchers finally showing their rust, and guys playing over their head for the first month coming back down to earth. Man, those hats!

Mets Guy in Michigan
May 13 2014 07:08 AM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
I know. It made them look like some kind of ersatz contender, full of expensive-yet-chintzy free agent baubles, aging merc pitchers finally showing their rust, and guys playing over their head for the first month coming back down to earth. Man, those hats!

Once Jeter put it on his head, they all got better.

metirish
May 13 2014 07:37 AM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Farny was all fist-pumpy after that one, very funny.

HILARIOUS how fat and slow Teixera is. Beltran & Ichiro also hurting.

seriously , if he were a thoroughbred horse he would have been euthanized on humane grounds after that run to 1st.

Centerfield
May 13 2014 07:40 AM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

Great thread guys. Lots of fun to read.

Edgy MD
May 13 2014 07:52 AM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

Benjamin Grimm wrote:
Zvon wrote:
Gwreck wrote:
I also am confused why Meija was so quickly yanked out of the rotation but we keep putting Colon out there every 5 days unquestioned.

You know the answer to that.
$
If Mejia doesn't accept his new role he's done as a Met. I do feel that they should have given him the start in this series, but I thought it was crazy to sit EYj going into Colorado. So what do I know?

I think it's more about innings than dollars.

I think it's more about building the pitching staff the best way they know how than innings or dollars.

Look, pretty soon, they'll have Colon, Niese, Gee, Wheeler, Mejia, Harvey, Hefner, Montero, deGrom, Syndergaard, and Matz (and other comers*, and the likes of merry wanderers like Matsuzaka and Torres) all fighting for spots in the same five-man rotation. Sooner or later, some of these guys --- like Familia before them --- were going to get transitioned to the pen. Mejia can still be a great asset there, and he can still get another crack at the rotation, but this is what honest competition looks like. And it could ultimately be glorious.

* For at the center of them all shall be a man named RAINY LARA.

metirish
May 13 2014 07:56 AM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

Wait, hasn't Colon been brilliant?, the booth keep saying so, except for that one start?

Benjamin Grimm
May 13 2014 08:09 AM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

I'd say he's been good, except for three starts. Or four.

Next time Bartolo has three or four good starts in a row, the Mets should trade him.

Edgy MD
May 13 2014 08:19 AM
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That may well be the plan, and perhaps a good 'un. But he's the guy who is supposed to buy you time to make decisions most responsibly.

And the reason he's in the rotation and not Mejia is that he's holding a spot for the best alternative to take it from him, and Mejia hasn't thus far shown that to be him.

Benjamin Grimm
May 13 2014 08:21 AM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

Edgy MD wrote:
That may well be the plan, and perhaps a good 'un. But he's the guy who is supposed to buy you time to make decisions most responsibly.

I agree, but he seems not to be doing that. I had envisioned him lasting the season with the Mets, but he's been shakier than they've probably expected. If the Mets get a chance to get out from under the second year of Colon's contract, they should consider taking it.

Edgy MD
May 13 2014 08:26 AM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

Sure he's been shakier.

But he had a 5.35 ERA going into last night, and Mejia's was 5.06. Given that Mejia is expected to be around as the logjam of talent intensifies, and Colon is not, the decision seemed perfectly justifiable. Mejia lit the place up! In a good way!

Yesterday, he was a pitcher struggling to find himself. Today he's a weapon!

Gwreck
May 13 2014 09:17 AM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

metirish wrote:
Wait, hasn't Colon been brilliant?, the booth keep saying so, except for that one start?

Heh. This was start #8.

He got lit up in start #3 in Anaheim, start #6 in Colorado, and start #8 last night.
Start #2 in Atlanta and #5 against St. Louis were very good.

The other three were middling.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
May 13 2014 09:23 AM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

Yeah, Colon has basically left the team with almost no chance to win thrice already. If the percentage of bad starts doesn't go down they're going to have to take him out of the 'ro.

Zvon
May 13 2014 01:27 PM
Re: IGT 05/12 Metsies at Skankees

One of Joes best !
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