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Eddie Rules

by elliot on Apr 22, 2008 7:59 AM EDT

The NY Mets have a special set of rules for how Binghamton Mets relief pitcher and closer prospect Eddie Kunz can be used. One of the unbreakable rules is that he can only enter a game to begin an inning. On Sunday (April 19th), the B-Mets got clobbered by the Portland Sea Dogs to the tune of 13-2. Their bullpen is on the thin side, and the starting pitcher Jose Sanchez only went 5.1 innings. Robert Paulk was brought in to pitch in the 8th inning. With two outs, he allowed 10 consecutive hits before the manager absolutely had to get him out of there. Since they weren't allowed to insert Kunz unless it was to begin an inning, they put in Jonathan Malo, a second baseman. Kunz was brought in to pitch a scoreless 9th.

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wow, that's absurd.

Apropos of nothing, when I saw “Eddie Rules,” I thought this post was going to be an ode to Eddie the Cowbell Man, a Shea Stadium fixture for years.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Apr 22, 2008 9:17 AM EDT reply actions

Weird

I was pretty sure it was going to be an Iron Maiden-themed post. Cool stuff nonetheless.

by Eric Simon on Apr 22, 2008 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions

hmmm

i thot it was going to be a discussion on fluid dynamics, specifically the laws governing the event of the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid flows past an obstacle.

by kendynamo on Apr 26, 2008 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions

huh

All these years and I never knew Cowbell Man’s name is Eddie.

by JoshNY on Apr 22, 2008 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions

me either

My friends all refer to him as Mr. Cow-Bellman, since the back of his jersey is hyphenated weirdly.

by anonymous on Apr 22, 2008 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions

So

I guess the Mets aren’t planning to do a 4-out save, ones that Papelbon has made look easy

by BlackOps on Apr 23, 2008 2:26 PM EDT reply actions

Yea too bad...

... sometimes you need your closer in the 8th.

by ph0enyx on Apr 27, 2008 4:41 PM EDT reply actions

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