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New York Mets 2011: The Fierce Urgency of Later

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Hysterically funny chart in this article. Look at the blue dots.

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"Nice grouping."
 
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JF_Gophers said:
Talked with the family over xmas, pretty much a done deal that I am going to see the Mets @ Braves series in September. Should be fun, despite the Mets already being 35 games out by then.
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My college suitemates and I are trying to plan a trip to Atlanta. One of them has relatives in the ATL area so we get free lodging. Just need to pay for flight down there, tickets, and meals. Could be worse.

I've never been to Turner Field so I'm looking forward to knocking another park off my list.

EDIT: I'll also be making my first trip to Fenway this year.

After this summer this will be my list:

Old Yankee
Shea
Citifield
PNC Park
Citizen's Bank
Camden Yards
Progressive Field
Chase Field
Fenway Park
Turner Field
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
My college suitemates and I are trying to plan a trip to Atlanta. One of them has relatives in the ATL area so we get free lodging. Just need to pay for flight down there, tickets, and meals. Could be worse.

I've never been to Turner Field so I'm looking forward to knocking another park off my list.
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Drive it! Roadtrips are fun!
 
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After Camden, the next stops for me are the "whatever the corporate whore name will be by then" homes of the Phillies, Pirates, Reds, and Indians. They are all close enough to get to without much difficulty.

My wife suggested we go down to FL for a week to watch some Spring Training. That is a good wife. :)
 
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Lifelong Mets fan here. I am with the crowd in the hopes that Alderson and Collins can stabilize the team this year with what they have. I too would like to see Castillo and Perez jettisoned, there is really no upside to either situation. I hope the Mets keep Reyes, I love to watch him play and hope I can see that one season in a Met uniform that he lives up to his ability. I have a connection with a broker who resells season tix at drastically reduced prices for excellent box seats and have been taking advantage of the situation to actually see a few games the past two years, this situation is fluid because if the team starts winning again the supply dries up. Give me a shout if you need anything. I love the new ballpark, even if the hitters don't. My stadium list is short , but I hope to make it longer after retirement, gonna try and enter the warm confines of the Philly park this year as well as New Yankee.

Shea
Old Yankee
Citifield
Fenway
Camden Yards
Topicana field
PetCo Park
 
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I think the hitters figured out last year that even though it isn't a bandbox like Philly it's a great doubles and triples park. We need more speed to take advantage of it, particularly in the OF to pinch the alleys (reason #108 why Dan Murphy switched to 2B).

Alderson seems to be on board with cultivating a high OBP through development and trade choices. And Collins may have enough statistical savy to have realized that bunting almost never makes sense (something Jerry was too old school to wrap his mind around). 2011 has all the red flags of a year when the floor finally gives out, so I think you'll be OK with your supply for a while.
 
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I would respect the Wilpons so much more if they used this as their season ticket campaign for next year.

 
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Spring Training is over, PIITB.

Let the long slide down the razor blade of the 2011 season commence.
 
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Everybody ready? Here are Your 2011 New York Mets:

Starters:

(the ghost of Johan)
Pelfrey
Dickey
Niese
Capuano
Young

Closer:

Rodriguez

Relievers:

Beato
Boyer
Buchholz
Byrdak
Carrasco
Parnell

Lineup:

cf Pagan
ss Reyes
3b Wright
rf Beltran
1b Davis
lf Duda (while Bay is in the shop)
2b Emaus
c Thole

Bench:

c Nickeas
ss Hu
2b-lf-1b-tbd Murphy
corner of Hairston
cf Harris
 
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Happy REAL Opening Day!

For what it's worth, I've read that Harris will start in LF today, Duda tomorrow and Sunday. There's speculation that this is because Pelfrey pitches to contact so better defense is more of a concern, and also because Harris has done well against Johnson in the past (though across only 22 plate appearances). I've also read that Harris will hit 2nd today. There's speculation that this is because Terry Collins is Jerry Manuel in disguise.
 
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jmh said:
Happy REAL Opening Day!

For what it's worth, I've read that Harris will start in LF today, Duda tomorrow and Sunday. There's speculation that this is because Pelfrey pitches to contact so better defense is more of a concern, and also because Harris has done well against Johnson in the past (though across only 22 plate appearances). I've also read that Harris will hit 2nd today. There's speculation that this is because Terry Collins is Jerry Manuel in disguise.
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With Jerry the 2b always had to bat 2nd because there was a "2" in it.

It would be interesting to see the range breakdown for a Harris-Pagan-Beltran OF. I guess Carlos gets a narrow splinter down the RF line. Or maybe just the part of foul territory Ike can't cover.
 
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Kepler said:
Everybody ready? Here are Your 2011 New York Mets:

Starters:

(the ghost of Johan)
Pelfrey
Dickey
Niese
Capuano
Young

Closer:

Rodriguez

Relievers:

Beato
Boyer
Buchholz
Byrdak
Carrasco
Parnell

Lineup:

cf Pagan
ss Reyes
3b Wright
rf Beltran
1b Davis
lf Duda (while Bay is in the shop)
2b Emaus
c Thole

Bench:

c Nickeas
ss Hu
2b-lf-1b-tbd Murphy
corner of Hairston
cf Harris
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Did they hold open tryouts for the bullpen?

I recognize 1.5 names...
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Did they hold open tryouts for the bullpen?

I recognize 1.5 names...
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The criteria heavily weighted names beginning with "B." They demoted the best one, though.

Other than KRod the entire pen costs less than they're paying Ollie not to pitch. We'll see. They're going to miss Feliciano but he was way too expensive. This is Captain Fastball's audition year for taking over Closer, as well (this could happen ahead of schedule given all the opportunities for post-game domestic violence during the season.)
 
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This team has some spunk and fight in them early.

Pelfrey...sigh...

The offense has been pretty good so far. Willie Harris has been a nice surprise.

Loved the Chris Young signing when it happened and his first start backed that up.
 
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Mike Pelfrey's been very bad but in a very small sample size. Chris Capuano has also looked pretty bad coming out of the pen -- he goes into the rotation when we need a 5, next week. Jon Niese, Killimanjaro, and Chris Young all looked fantastic. The Mets are hitting the crap outta the ball so far -- maybe their new hitting coach is helping or maybe Regression is their friend right now. We'll see if they go dark against Roy Halladay the way they did against Josh Johnson.

"It's a long season and you gotta trust it."
 
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This just in. Troy Tulowitzki is not bad.
 
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Kepler said:
This just in. Troy Tulowitzki is not bad.
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I can't believe that we finally are beating you guys in NY. We had lost something like 23 of 27 coming into this series. NY has been a house of horrors for the Rockies.
 
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