I just found out that the Mets traded for Gary Matthews Jr.
As I was halfway out of a third floor window, a co-worker shouted that the Angels were set to pay $21.5 million of the $23 million remaining on his contract. So I shimmied back off the ledge, and ran over to this computer. I had to figure out if maybe this wasn’t that horrible. I mean, $1.5 million over two years could be good, right?
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While listening to Sunday night’s Mets vs. Yanks game on ESPN radio, I found the answer to the following trivia question (adapted for nerd baseball fans):
In June 2009 baseball terms, what does the number 27 stand for?
a) OPS+ of the typical nerd
b) number of times Tim McCarver has described a bloop single as a “check swing plop job”
c) speed, in miles per hour, that the typical nerd pitcher can throw
d) the TOTAL number of home runs hit by the Mets 25 man active roster.
Sadly, if you answered “d,” you are correct.
Last night’s Mets/Phillies game lasted 10 innings (Phillies won 6-3).
10 innings = 30 outs on offense for each team. The game can’t end before you run out of these outs…these outs are valuable baseball commodities.
So can someone please explain why Jerry Manuel called for three (3!) sacrifice bunts? None of these occurred in the 8th/9th innings. Two of these occurred after lead-off doubles, so the runner was already in scoring position with no outs. The other occurred with a man on 1st and one out. All occurred with the struggling, soft-throwing Jamie Moyer on the mound (current ERA 6.11, current WHIP 1.49).
Had all three of these bunts worked as planned, the Mets would have conceded a full inning’s worth of outs. While playing against the team that has scored more runs than any other in the major leagues this season. And having Tim Redding as their starting pitcher (he actually threw a good game last night).
Someone please explain. PLEASE. I must be missing something.
After my earlier post about John Sterling’s player specific home run puns, I decided to try my hand at home-run-call-pun-writing. So without further ado, some home run calls for the 2009 New York Mets (P.S. Writing this was way more fun than I care to admit…):
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The Sports Illustrated baseball preview just arrived on my doorstep. I would give a full review of it, but after seeing what they wrote about the Mets, I was forced to burn the magazine in the desert as part of an ancient Jewish cleansing/heating ritual.
Citi Field apparently opened on Sunday with a game between St. John’s and Georgetown. From the New York Times article about the game:
Amid all the new touches, there was a familiar face. John Franco marched out to deliver the first pitch, peeling off his blue Mets warm-up jacket to reveal a bright red jersey from St. John’s, his alma mater. Franco promptly threw his pitch into the dirt, but the fans applauded him anyway.
It’s nice to see that the pitches Franco throws in retirement are so similar to those he threw during his career.
Time for a multiple choice exam:
What’s the most important issue facing the 2009 NY Mets?
a) The health of Santana’s elbow
b) K-Rod’s ability to handle the NY pressure
c) Jerry Manuel’s ability to teach clarity to the players
d) The drill
If you selected a, b, c, or d, you are WRONG!
According to TheWrightStache.com, it’s all about the facial hair (a topic that’s close to our collective hearts here at Nerd Baseball).
Does David Wright hold the key to the Mets’ season on his upper lip? Maybe…but even if he doesn’t, imagine if his 2010 Topps card looked like this!
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