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WiggumFan267 posted...

he literally fucking publically admitted he's been the real GM the whole time

Reminds me of the insider analysis I read recently about the Orioles and how Peter Angelos and his buddy and former Orioles 'legend' Brady Anderson have basically been acting as the real GMs since about spring of 2014 and Dan Duquette has mostly been managing deals pertaining to movement within the minors.

I mean, just like the Wilpons, it's been blatantly obvious for a while but all the same it's grimly funny to hear it aloud.

this has been going on with the mets since they took full control in 200...4? and who knows when they had partial control since the late 80s?

Also , one of the Mets GMs they controlled was funnily enough, Jim Duquette, his cousin.
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BREAKING: Cobb County Police confirm a dead body was found in a freezer at Suntrust Park where the Atlanta Braves play. The deceased person was a third party contractor found by another person who works for that company. Its under investigation.
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..........omfg jeff wilpon actually said this

"John, JP, and Omar ... I plan to have the three of them come to me in the same way so it's just the three of them coming to a mutual decision -- which I think was happening anyway behind-the-scenes -- to go to Sandy and then have the final decision to come to me with."

he literally fucking publically admitted he's been the real GM the whole time
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BTW if you are wondering why the mets had hired an assistant GM 7 years after he was fired from being the worst Mets GM in history, its #Wilponning

from some tweets at the time of the hiring (this year) :

So, how is Fred Wilpons decision to hire his ex-GM to work with his current GM playing within the Mets organization? From one official: In the baseball world, Fred believes the world is flat.

#Mets re-up Alderson, but force him to take manager he fired (Collins), GM he replaced (Minaya). What those 2 have in common is beloved by Fred Wilpon. HIs fingerprints are all over this. #undermine

Words Ive heard from Mets people today regarding Fred Wilpons decision to bring back Omar Minaya despite reservations within the current front office:

embarrassing

stupid

undermining

insulting"

https://twitter.com/MarcCarig/status/944230235024838657
https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/944239055016951809
https://twitter.com/MarcCarig/status/944260834057965568
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Sandy Alderson's cancer came back.... he's taking a leave of absence. Get well Sandy.

Mets GM duties will be run by Assts GMs/Special Asst to GMs JP Riccardi and John Ricco, and .... Omar Minaya

Awful news for Sandy obv... hope he gets better

but to turn it back to baseball for a sec, having a 3 headed monster GM, all of whom have bad track records, and one of whom was already fired from being one of the worst GMs in Mets history operate as your GMs does not sound like a recipe for success for the next 20+ years of your franchise....

like not to be selfish or whatever to pivot away from a man with a life-threatening illness... but this is really really bad for the future of the Mets. Having those 3 in charge could set us back 20 years. literally the worst GM in mets history is back as mets GM.
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#KillTheTrop
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upo
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also added everyone
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who is gribber and kabazame
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https://twitter.com/lindseyadler/status/1010937532756918272

The difference between the Mets and their companions at the bottom of the National League is that the Mets told their fans they were trying to win this season. The other teams made it clear they are trying for the future. This is a bait-and-switch on a hyper-loyal fanbase.

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Also reliever Jerry Blevins is starting today bc of Vargas dl but playing Reyes is 100x worse
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Amed Rosario will get a few days off in place of Jose Reyes at short because Mickey Callaway says Reyes has been swinging the bat well lately. Said they'll take a couple says "to work on some things" with Rosario, things like hitting in the cage and fielding drills.

This is so unbelievably stupid. Lets sit one of the futures of the organization in a lost season because Jose Reyes hasnt been absolutely putrid the past few days. Just so stupid.

On top of that Callaway said he's looked good at shortstop lately. The Last 2 plays he saw were a dropped popup and a tailor made double play where he failed to step on second base
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friend code is SW-1709-0420-6613

i added a ton of you already through other means though
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News: Jason Vargas to the DL with a calf strain. Mickey Callaway says they're not sure who will start tomorrow for the Mets.

METS
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we'll be joining you in maybe a week or 2
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oh dang crush 40? including the vocalist?
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it is indeed 6 every day. 3 from queue, 3 from game

i have extra 3/8/10
need 2/7
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https://www.instagram.com/metsatwork/

This is my new favorite insta account. There are some goddamn slam dunk gems on here.
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I used to believe that until my statistics course, now I don't.

/xkcd
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mets are 7-22 in their last 29 now though after losing today!!!
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heres my trading link feel free to trade me things

https://steamcommunity.com/tradeoffer/new/?partner=34992662&token=HJkOcmCb

imma send you an offer now sphynx
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also hey Brandon NImmo is now a qualified batter!

6th in baseball in OPS (2nd in NL)
5th in SLG (best in NL)
5th in OBP (3rd in NL)
.284/.407/.585

MVP candidate!
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even before the wild card game I believe the Tiebreaker game/Game 163 was considered playoffs... like those games are included with your season ticket plan postseason package. But I use those words interchangeably.
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good game. fun if you like CV3 which I guess it basically is except much easier. the 100% basically involved beating it like 5 times with different combinations of characters (ignoring/Sacrificing/recruiting). But once you get to Ultimate Mode or just unlock the sacrificed powers in general the game gets way easier and Zangetsu just annhilates everything.

Boss Rush mode was a little tough, but still did it in one try.

looking forward to RItual!
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goddamn coors is such a shitshow lol
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this is a man <3

https://twitter.com/SteveGelbs/status/1008922323972444160
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4 hits today for nimmo, with 2 homers and a couple more non-homer RBIs

The Mets have scored more runs tonight than they did in deGroms last eight starts combined.
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i also hear this degrom fellow is pretty good at pitching
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DpObliVion posted...

Still don't want to see universal DH but it's probably inevitable. It'll happen sooner or later. I am hoping for a restriction on shifts though and think it could happen. People will grumble about it, but tough shit.

so you dont want to see travis d'arnaud switch between 2nd and 3rd every other batter? or will this kind of collinsism/maddonism still be allowed?

any hoo

YALL I FUCKING LOVE BRANDON NIMMO, SEND THAT BABE TO THE ALL STAR GAME JUST HIT INSIDE THE PARKER
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eaedwards6400 posted...

Also the mlb is trying to prevent that Terry Collins video from being shown now

https://twitter.com/SteeloCity/status/1007650852759392258

(text:)

Manfred: why dont people like baseball?
*cool baseball video gets 130k likes on twitter*
*Manfred takes it down*
Manfred: why dont people like baseball?
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ticket price is an issue but its far from the only issue or the biggest issue

MLB is awful at marketing so many of its stars

lately its been bad because theres a LOT more teams than normal that are just really bad. and while that mans theres more really good teams, when the best teams in baseball get even better, theres no attendance to gain
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its true

i confirm
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https://giphy.com/gifs/the-simpsons-milhouse-brain-freeze-H0XnfbBzG5Pi0
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obviously they still lose though. the moment the dbacks tied the game at 1 i said the game was 100% over and I was right. as every mets fan on earth would know.

literally every single person in the entire fanbase knew it was over as soon as that happened.
I know.
I asked them all.
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THE IMPOSSIBLE HAS HAPPENED
THE METS HAVE SCORED RUNS IN TWO DIFFERENT INNINGS IN A BASEBALL GAME
thats the first time theyve scored in 2 or more different innings in the last 10 games
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ok holy shit

this was fucking crazy. Remember in 2016 and Syndergaard was immediately ejected for throwing behind Psychopath Utley , with no warning at all, when he didn't even come close to touching him, as retaliation for when he tackled Tejada in the NLDS?

the ump and Terry Collins were apparently mic-ed up.
This is must watch.

https://twitter.com/TigersJUK/status/1006699315912495104

I already loved Tery Collins but love him more now

Please someone tell me what "Our ass is in the jackpot means"
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the mets are the most cursed team in the history of sports
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The Mets batted .147 on their nine-game homestand that ended Sunday. Since 1900, that was the lowest batting average by any major-league team on a homestand of seven or more games (of which there were more than 13,000).

WE NUMBER ONE BABY
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I need to also remember/remind myself its probably Jeff Wilpon pulling the strings anyway...
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Sandy Alderson stresses that any Jose Reyes roster decision "will be on the merits."

"We have to have someone ready to go that we want to replace him," Alderson said, implying that Reyes remains the Mets' best infield bench option at this time.

"He is a viable player for us."
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Sandy Alderson on infield prospect Jeff McNeil, who is batting .333 with a 1.053 OPS at Double-A: "Similar to Alonso, probably the next step for him is a possible promotion [to Triple-A] and that's something we continue to consider. ... We need to see more."

(McNeil is 26 and is a Minor League Free agent after the season. Alonso is a deeper prospect with high ceiling).

Ok, I'm 100% done with Sandy. Just look at what this fucking moron is saying. He had 2 of the worst offseasons I've ever seen the last 2 years, choosing to sign old shitty vets on the cheap and constantly play them over promising kids. He has fucking ruined this team, he was given a shit budget by the Wilpons, but he did as lousy a job as possible with what little he was given. I'm fucking sick of him. He needs to be fired ASAP, hopefully before the trade deadline.
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up
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OH FUCK YES GONZO IS RELEASED
they called up Dom Smith which is good but they are going to NEED to call up Pete Alonso at some point.

now do reyes PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (they wont)
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Also, remember when the Yankees didn't get Jay Bruce from the Mets? Because.....

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/8/10/16123764/mets-yankees-jay-bruce-trade-rumors
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nah like i said before that would never happen, despite it (possibly becoming) being the right thing to because the wilpons will never trade with the yankees because they hate the yankees more than they care about the mets. They would never do anything that helps the yankees win a WS no matter how good it is for the mets.

https://nypost.com/2017/12/21/fred-wilpon-irate-about-yankees-getting-giancarlo-stanton/

Also I can't see the Yankees doing that anyway because it should 100% cost Torres++, and I imagine the Yankees wouldn't want to remove talent from their current ML roster. Better fit for teams with elite prospect talent who aren't contributing to their current cause.

Plus, The wilpons are incompetent morons, and would interfere in the trade process and almost certainly get us a bad deal.
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anyway this series y'all now seen our complete offensive historic disaster of team, despite being supported by like excellent pitching ... and how much Reyes needs to go. And how great nimmo and deGrom are. so thats what we got going for us right now.

this shit is fucking daily with reyes. he needed to be gone quite literally last year. they resigned him because the wilpons are fucking cheap fuckbag meddlers. You want to know why I'm still mad even though we won?

The mets will never win anything as long as the Wilpons own the team. period. because they do moronic shit like keep reyes around, and every decision they make is made for a reason other than trying to win or put the best team on the field.
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until like 3 minutes ago i was 100% convinced they would lose.
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wooooooooooooooooooow

the yankees are horrible. They literally just lost to the worst team in baseball.

yeah ok, they're going nowhere if they make the playoffs. enjoy your 1 and done.

fire reyes into the sun.
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"Mets have discussed getting him on board with a retirement news conference as one way to manage his exit.

Unclear if he will agree to retire."

BOSS: We'd like you to retire.
EMPLOYEE: Nah.
BOSS: Oh well, I guess there's literally nothing else we can do.
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hey everyone watching this game

lol.

can you all see not only what a fucking complete cockwaffle jose reyes is, but also the wilpons for keeping him around?

literally the only reason he is here is because they like him as a person

he is a wifebeater who can't hit over .120 and is the worst defensive player in baseball history.

I JUST WANT THIS SHITFUCKER GONE FROM EXISTENCE.
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asdrubal has been playing hurt since early 2016 , so he finally leaves with a tight left hamstring

Mlb should ban second base
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