SinceThe70s Posted September 27, 2018 Posted September 27, 2018 16 hours ago, Gugny said: Well ... I'd like to think Jake earned the Cy Young tonight. Got his 10th win. Struck out 10. 8IP, no runs. ERA is 1.70. It should be unanimous. 15 hours ago, Another Fan said: You’d hope But yeah really put the exclamation point home tonight I was listening to Jon Heyman on local radio today and he said the same thing. 1
Gugny Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24814782/yankees-cc-sabathia-ejected-two-innings-shy-500000-bonus CC Sabathia gets ejected two innings shy of earning $500K bonus. Needed to pitch 7 to get enough yearly innings for the bonus. Rays pitcher threw behind the head of a Yankees batter; both sides warned; CC said, "!@#$ it," I'm retaliating. So he hit a guy in the leg with a 92.5 MPH cutter. We never got Clemens back for hitting Piazza in the head (although, that was more Estes not being ABLE to hit him (ugh). We never got Utley back for breaking Tejada's leg (which has effectively killed his career). I'm not a big baseball fight guy, but there is a time when a team needs to retaliate. I think it sends a great message to the team and to all the other teams. I think Bobby Valentine is the last manager who allowed retaliation. I can't remember any since. Edited September 28, 2018 by Gugny
SinceThe70s Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Gugny said: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24814782/yankees-cc-sabathia-ejected-two-innings-shy-500000-bonus CC Sabathia gets ejected two innings shy of earning $500K bonus. Needed to pitch 7 to get enough yearly innings for the bonus. Rays pitcher threw behind the head of a Yankees batter; both sides warned; CC said, "!@#$ it," I'm retaliating. So he hit a guy in the leg with a 92.5 MPH cutter. We never got Clemens back for hitting Piazza in the head (although, that was more Estes not being ABLE to hit him (ugh). We never got Utley back for breaking Tejada's leg (which has effectively killed his career). I'm not a big baseball fight guy, but there is a time when a team needs to retaliate. I think it sends a great message to the team and to all the other teams. I think Bobby Valentine is the last manager who allowed retaliation. I can't remember any since. I wonder if CC knew it would cost him a half mill or he was just in the moment. I for one have no problem with throwing at a batter...but the head is off limits. Sounds like CC did it right. I don't remember who or when (probably the following year) but someone on the Mets plunked Utley. And he calmly dropped his bat and took first. Case closed. Oh God, Estes missing behind Clemens was freaking embarassing. But then didn't Estes go deep on Clemens?
Gugny Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 1 minute ago, SinceThe70s said: I wonder if CC knew it would cost him a half mill or he was just in the moment. I for one have no problem with throwing at a batter...but the head is off limits. Sounds like CC did it right. I don't remember who or when (probably the following year) but someone on the Mets plunked Utley. And he calmly dropped his bat and took first. Case closed. Oh God, Estes missing behind Clemens was freaking embarassing. But then didn't Estes go deep on Clemens? I don't remember Utley getting plunked. I hate that dirty bastard. Yes, I do believe Estes went deep off of Clemens. I also agree that the head is off limits. From what it sounds like, CC knew he needed to get through 7 for the bonus. My guess is that the Yankees pay him - which they should.
SinceThe70s Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Gugny said: I don't remember Utley getting plunked. I hate that dirty bastard. Yes, I do believe Estes went deep off of Clemens. I also agree that the head is off limits. From what it sounds like, CC knew he needed to get through 7 for the bonus. My guess is that the Yankees pay him - which they should. I've probably posted this before, but when Braden Looper was a Met he retaliated for a Met getting hit. When asked after the game whether he thought either hit batter was intentional he said something like "Sometimes things happen in a game....and then sometimes other things happen.". It was the perfect response. 1
SinceThe70s Posted September 29, 2018 Posted September 29, 2018 They just mentioned on the Mets broadcast that Scherzer will only start on Sunday if the game has any meaning to the Rockies, otherwise they'll shut him down. Thumbs up. If he does pitch, I hope he pitches the game of his life...but he still won't deserve the 2018 Cy.
Misterbluesky Posted September 29, 2018 Posted September 29, 2018 He looks like he's in pain right now.
Misterbluesky Posted September 30, 2018 Posted September 30, 2018 Keith with the '86 smack talk to Wright was classic...Kevin Mitchell is laughing somewhere?
Another Fan Posted September 30, 2018 Author Posted September 30, 2018 See if they can pull this win out before David addresses the fans! Nothing was worse than 2008. It was the goodbye to Shea after being eliminated by this same team
SinceThe70s Posted September 30, 2018 Posted September 30, 2018 4 hours ago, Misterbluesky said: He looks like he's in pain right now. I was talking to a father of my sons teammate Saturday morning who was at the game Friday night sitting 4 rows up from the on deck circle who said the same. A different father was headed to the game Saturday night after our sons game today. Both father and son are huge Mets fans, looking forward to hearing about their night. Nice send-off for #5. Didn't seem over-blown. Would have been nice for him to get a hit, the pitch he fouled out on was one he would've smoked to right back in the day.
Gugny Posted September 30, 2018 Posted September 30, 2018 What a night, fellas. I haven't cried that much watching TV since I had too many beers and watched "Beaches." 1
Another Fan Posted September 30, 2018 Author Posted September 30, 2018 Glad to see David get his day in the sun. He was always a grinder, solid player, and classy guy even in ugly years. I’d imagine #5 gets retired by the organization. It does feel like the end of an era now.
Misterbluesky Posted September 30, 2018 Posted September 30, 2018 After listening to Wilpon,it sounds like Mick &Co. are not so safe after all.He's going to give the new GM complete control.
Another Fan Posted September 30, 2018 Author Posted September 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Misterbluesky said: Is today Jose's last game? According to Gary Cohen most likely
Misterbluesky Posted September 30, 2018 Posted September 30, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Another Fan said: According to Gary Cohen most likely He's taking his final at bat now. Edited September 30, 2018 by Misterbluesky
Misterbluesky Posted September 30, 2018 Posted September 30, 2018 The start time of today's game was planned perfectly....the sun is setting as our season is nearing the end. 1
Misterbluesky Posted September 30, 2018 Posted September 30, 2018 I guess Jay is really ready for the season to end... 1
Another Fan Posted September 30, 2018 Author Posted September 30, 2018 20 minutes ago, Misterbluesky said: the sun is setting as our season is nearing the end. Your talking about the Mets or Bills or both? Yeah the Reyes at bat came at a good time, I already gave up on the Bills
Misterbluesky Posted September 30, 2018 Posted September 30, 2018 5:21 9/30/18. 30 minutes ago, Another Fan said: Your talking about the Mets or Bills or both? Yeah the Reyes at bat came at a good time, I already gave up on the Bills Mets are number one and most important in my sports life....the Bills failures are to be expected.
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