Brewers 3, Mets 1: As Usual, Bush Owns Dickey

Whacked.

I mean, I understand this is the Mets we’re talking about and stupidity is the name of the game. But I don’t see how even the Mets could be this dumb…he has a great ERA for the simpletons in the organization and his numbers are backed up by solid peripheral stats, which pleases the smart people in the organization (which sadly, is nobody…but at least it makes us and other saberpeeps happy). I just can’t see them being that cheap to outright non-tender him. Maybe a trade to maximize his value but non tendering him would be really really stupid, even for the Mets.

Looking to arbitration, I’d extend Dickey for a year, maybe 2. Three is pushing your luck considering that this is his first good season. In my mind, I think 2/10 would be reasonable for a guy coming off a career year and making his first real dollars in arbitration, but I’d be open to upping the dollar amount slightly if that’s what it’d take.

they don’t even merit a mention in ken burns history of baseball. even after 9/11.

was the announced attendance for this game? I’ve been looking for it, but can’t find it anywhere.

I guess the mets didn’t play any games since 1994. I thought Mike Piazza might come up, maybe once, especially in the september 11th segment, but apparently the yankees are the only NY team that continued playing in 2001.

Wow, how the crap did he wind up pitching in that many games that year? 12 more games than anyone else has ever pitched could qualify him for one of those “unbreakable records” lists that people make up in the offseason. I mean, we thought we’ve been working Feliciano hard the last few seasons, but that’s just absurd. (For those who are bad at math, 108 games is precisely 2 out of every 3 games over the course of a full season.)

their views on the “Tenth Inning,” I thought I’d share mine(full disclosure, I haven’t seen Part 1). I thought it was a waste of 90 minutes & should’ve been better than what it turned out to be. I didn’t like how they essentially turned the return of MLB post 9/11 into a Yankee thing(the only time the Mets were mentioned was when Olbermann brought up a discussion he had with a friend who I think was a firefighter). They didn’t even show the Piazza homer! Also, they overdid it with Bartman. Burns made it seem like the series turned when it happened, while neglecting to mention Alex Gonzalez’s error of the fact that the Cubs had a lead in Game 7. I sorta expected a ton of Sox/Yanks, but it was still meh. It was a chore to watch as it was a repeat of all the Sox/Yanks, stuff ESPN peddles. The only difference here is that we got to see Mike Barnacle tell us about a glove he’s had since 1954.

One Mets loss or one Tigers win will guarantee a bottom half finish.