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MLB 2022: Playing Ball, But Is Anyone Still Watching?

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Russell Jaslow said:
Didn't the Mets start out strong last year?
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Wins in April don't guarantee anything, but it's still a win that will add to the total. Doesn't mean you can pack it in come May 1st. But also doesn't mean you should dig yourself into a hole in April.

Roger Bannister could easily beat any of us in the mile if he spent the first minute running in the other direction. I still wouldn't suggest it be officially part of his strategy.
 
French Rage said:
Wins in April don't guarantee anything, but it's still a win that will add to the total. Doesn't mean you can pack it in come May 1st. But also doesn't mean you should dig yourself into a hole in April.
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At 14-5, the Mets can match the '84 Tigers just by now going 21-0.
 
Russell Jaslow said:
Didn't the Mets start out strong last year?
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Not in April.

We were in first on July 4 2021, 3.5 ahead of the Braves. But at .538 we had the worst record of any division leader. Then deGrom went down and we were dead.

This year, we've done this with deGrom down already (uh... progress?).

On April 20, 2018 we were 14-5. We went 63-80 from then on.
 
Dylan Cease has a no-no through 5. The last thing we need is the White Sox throwing a no-hitter.

Eta: and it's gone. I feel like I'm the reason. So, good on me!
 
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All Hail NYC.

Not sure this has ever happened before. Top 4 records in MLB:

1. Queens
2. The Bronx
3. Manhattan
4. Brooklyn
 
unofan said:
Maybe they should stop crowding the plate. Bob Gibson or Nolan Ryan would keep plunking them (even when Ryan played for them...).
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The thing is, this has come under two different managers and three different hitting coaches. We aren't unduly crowding the plate. It's... weird.

I think it's SSS. I see no reason why we'd be headhunted -- it's not retaliatory (our pitchers' HBP are average) and it's not an attempt to neutralize us (we've been meh during most of the period).

Gibson would kill any hitter active today. He would see the body armor and think, "challenge accepted."
 
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