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There are better ways to do this, but you could add the photos to a Word document, resize them directly in Word and then print.

You got your guy, eh? Nice call. On a completely unrelated note, here's another insult heaped on Mets fans this past weekend. The Todd Frazier replica pull-over giveaway didn't happen on Saturday night due to a quality control issue: https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/mets/2018/06/02/ny-mets-pull-fan-giveaway-because-quality-control-issue/666704002/ Instead, the first 15,000 fans got vouchers for the pull-over. And according to a co-worker they were giving out left-over Conforto jerseys from the night before and other t-shirts. For the record I got the Conforto give-away on Friday and it is surprisingly nice. Might be the highest quality giveaway with the least intrusive advertising I've ever gotten.

I'd be happy to be rid of Bruce, but why would Minnesota want him? And I don't see getting much of value in return...and that would be dependent on us eating contract which also seems unlikely. I'm not ready to throw in the towel yet even though my expectations for the rest of the year are pretty low (although starting pitching has been pretty encouraging lately). Farm system looks pretty bare. Besides Alonso I'm not sure who we'd want to make room for this year. I don't see any sense in giving up on Rosario. Mesoraco has shown me enough to continue his tryout. I'm also not ready to give up on Matz who has been very good lately. Gsellman and Lugo could easily be traded, but I don't think dumping promising young pitchers is a good idea. Familia would be a hot commodity. Someone would take Blevins...left handed pitcher with a pulse. And I'd be fine with moving on from Wheeler for the right return. Cabrera is probably our best example of a guy we could sell high on, I'm just not ready yet. His World Series outfield was Benny Agbayani, Timo Perez and Jay Payton.

One year old in 86? That makes you pretty young for the four falls. You my friend are a resilient sports fan. All I can say is that you will be richly rewarded when the Mets and Bills win it all. And they both will.

I love ERA as a stat and that's a great comparison with Scherzer. Felix Hernandez won the Cy Young with a 13-12 record so there's hope. As far as deserving someone of this caliber with a putrid offense, we had a far better pitcher with a much more putrid offense years ago and the "amazing" thing is the guy somehow racked up the wins: Seaver.

A stretch? Absolutely not. But Verlander would like to plead his case.

I was at the Mets game last night and saw something that was new to me. In between pitches Amed Rosario would circle around the runner taking a lead off second. I had no idea what he was doing until the guy sitting in front of me clued me in. He was blocking the runner so he couldn't steal the sign from the catcher. https://elitesportsny.com/2018/06/01/new-york-mets-news-jason-heyward-yells-at-amed-rosario-for-sign-block/

The few times I checked up on Calloway and DiSarcina it looked like they were attached at the hip.

No tickets yet, no clue where we're sitting but I'll try to keep Mick/Disarcina in mind. Trouble is, it's really just an excuse for me and an old friend to have a night out, catch up, drink some beer and agree/disagree about much of the same things we agree/disagree with here.

I'm not a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein. But I think you'd be hard pressed to find a team that went on a spending spree and built a perennial winner. Or put another way, for every team that spent heavily and had success there are probably more that tried that approach and failed and it haunted them for years. I like the model of building through the draft and then augmenting through free agency. Having cash to spend next year is great, but success will be predicated on the state of the roster when the cap space is available. Based on what I've seen from McBeane so far I'm optimistic.

No doubt Nimmo's the better player this year, but Conforto gets a long leash. Can't let either one be the next Murphy or Justin Turner. Love that you're dialed in to the minors, keep it coming. I remember den Dekker as a plus CFer, problem is he swings lefty, no? Headed to the game tomorrow night. If we fall below .500 you can blame me.

I've said it before, it took me a long time to come around on Nimmo, I never thought he'd pan out after so much time in the minors. I'm all in now. Check out his HR tonight. He wasn't a step and half out of the box and he was head down thinking triple. Love it.

This ones for you @Gugny ? Is help on the way? David Wright plays catch at Citi Field https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-cubs-1.18875944

A horse walks into a bar. Bartender asks "Why the long face?"

I hated pulling Vargas (did I just type that?) but was OK with how he handled Familia. I don't trust Familia for 6 outs, but more to the point I think that was Calloway's M.O. with Cleveland. Use your closer in the high stress inning instead of waiting for a clean ninth that maybe never comes. It's debatable for sure but kind of what I expected more of with Calloway. But really you just gave me an excuse to post one of my favorite Mets double plays:

Vargas gets pulled after 5 innings, 65 pitches, 0 runs. He has a look of disbelief in the dugout. Keith and Gary speculate it's because it's 3rd time through the lineup. They brought in a guy making his major league debut. I hope it works, but this may be a case of using analytics instead of common sense. The events of this week and state of the bullpen should be considered, not just the numbers.

I went with a battery powered one a few years ago and I love it. One problem I have is that it is supposed to feed the line automatically but I don't think it ever does. I suppose the battery life could be a problem, but I can get my yard done easily if it's full-charged. I also have an electric hedge trimmer that uses the same battery so if I remember to keep them charged I'm good. The hedge trimmer is great too. I used to do it by hand and it would take forever. Only problem is one the I got a little carried way, trimmed to much on a smaller plant and ends up killing it. On the gas side, I have a Husqvarna leaf blower that starts every time and runs well.

Another favorite of mine is the reporter driving around in a snow storm telling everyone to stay off the roads.

Same. I had to look this up to jog my memory, but I think the tipping point for me was Holyfield/Lewis: https://nypost.com/1999/03/24/ali-calls-holyfield-lewis-bout-biggest-fix-ever/

I'll go with any publicity is good publicity and forget everything about this except Josie Loren.

One of the greatest lines of all time.

We had pirated cable boxes at the time and didn't have to pay. You joke about the 12 seconds, but that was a thing and it was phenomenal and was a major contributor to boxings success at the time. The quick KO became expected. Tyson invigorated the sport and when Douglas took him down it was like Luke taking down the Rancor, nobody saw it coming.

Oh great that's gonna cost me some sleep. What's interesting today is the decision to stick with Lugo. Gary and Keith attributed it to the double-header...the Mets knew they wouldn't use Lugo in the night cap and wanted to save Familia. Easy to criticize after the fact but great arguments on both sides. Hindsight guy (me) says Lugo had already blown the lead an inning before and we should've tried to lock down the win with our closer.

As I'm washing dishes tonight, my boys flip to the hockey game and I vaguely hear "Lets Get Ready to Rumble!!!!" in the background. NO WAY! Michael Buffer!! That is freaking awesome! Is this a thing or did they just trot hm out for the Stanley Cup? Reminded me of a sport that I haven't paid any attention to for a long time (I've never seen a Mayweather fight). Hearing Buffer brought back a ton of memories: Ali, Frazier, Norton, Foreman (before the grills), Holmes, Gerry Cooney (grew up a few blocks from me so probably an unknown to most), The Michael Buffer years were great: Tyson, Holyfield, Riddick Bowe, Lennox Lewis, Buster Douglas. Anyone remember Fan Man from Holyfield/Bowe? That was nuts. And that's just the heavyweights. How about Sugar Ray and Duran (No Mas)? So what are your memories and/or thoughts on boxing then or now?

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