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I've finally put pen to paper about the Mets' offseason. My first article in four years. I hope that you'll take a few minutes to read it over on @GoodFundies on Medium, which still exists. Happy to discuss.
goodfundies.com/the-mets-ter…
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I texted my children that we got the puppy they’ve been begging me for and sent them a link with pictures. 🐶When they clicked on the link, it took them to a webpage that said YOU’RE GROUNDED. They’ll be spending the weekend retaking our family’s cybersecurity training course.
I saw somebody complain that Misiorowski hasn't been giving the Brewers "length" this postseason. Like c'mon man. 5 IP and 1 ER will play any day of the week, especially with that monster bullpen.
So happy to see old friend Steven Matz pitching in Game One of the World Series. Hometown boy made good.
The Brewers are so good that Chad Patrick, a dude with a 3.40 ERA/1.7 WAR year both starting and pitching out of the bullpen, couldn't even make it as the last guy on the roster.
Tough luck for Chad, who helped the team get there. But so cool to see Brandon Woodruff back.
Five months to Spring Training. Awesome video.
Maddux was great but starting at about 0:25 in this video, Maddux got six comebackers/grounders on fastballs down the middle that Junior Caminero would send into orbit.
Greg Maddux did a little bit of everything in Game 2 of the 1996 World Series. He threw eight shutout innings against the Yankees, recorded two putouts and six assists in the field, and struck out two. The strikeout total wasn't huge because it didn't need to be.
This was Maddux controlling a World Series game with command, contact and defense all at once.
Nice call, Tieran. #HeAlreadyKnew
Jacob Misiorowski had just 76 good innings at Crowder in 2022. No other track record. 5.33 BB/9.
Yet the Brewers drafted him in the Second Round. What was Stearns cooking here. Amazing.
In case you need a reminder of how bad the Bo Bichette signing was, he is not even listed on MLBTR's Top 10 Free Agents list this year.
He is only listed as an Honorable Mention... and that's in a FA class considered to be one of the weakest in decades. The Mets owe him 2/$84M.
Maddux's velocity doesn't look crazy here, but the balls have some real zip on them. Too bad we'll never know his spin rate. I bet he had better-than-average rise and run on the fastballs, which made the changeup & curve more effective.
Greg Maddux in Class A ball in 1985, long before the four straight Cy Young Awards and all the command compilations.
The scouting material tied to Dante Bichette makes the footage even better because everybody involved is still trying to become somebody.
Hall of Fame careers always look obvious in reverse. Clips like this remind you they once existed in minor league parks with scouting reports and projections.
Random weird fact: as good as he was, Madison Bumgarner never eclipsed more than ten wins in a season after age 26. He had just two "full" years of 30+ starts after that. Just 134 wins in 355 regular season starts. But eight more in just 14 postseason starts.
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We must re-establish the train between NYC and the Catskills/Poconos. The rails are already there! The passenger runs continued through the 1960s, and the rails are still used for freight.
How far are you willing to go for your chance at the American Dream? Since the completion of I-80 in the 1970s, generations of New Yorkers have decamped to the Poconos, transforming a cluster of towns & enduring 3hr roundtrip commutes to their jobs in NYC. thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/…
Let me be clear: if you are mad at Carlos Beltran (HOFer, one of the best postseason hitters of all time, .278/.422/.556 in that postseason, and the only run scored in that game) then you are either (1) an idiot or (2) propagandized. We were so lucky to have him.
#OTD 2006 - In Game 7 of the NLCS at Shea Stadium, Adam Wainwright, on three pitches, strikes out Carlos Beltran looking with the bases loaded, giving the Cardinals a 3-1 victory over the Mets, their 17th pennant in franchise history, and a trip to the World Series to face the Tigers.
The New York outfielder, with the best HR ratio (11/81) in postseason history, is frozen by the rookie right-hander's two-out, two-strike incredible curveball.
Yadier Molina powers the offense with a two-run home run.
🎤 Mike Shannon
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