SpencerRealDirtyMets

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Date registered: 3/26/2012-2:28am

Latest posts

  1. Mets sweat one out over Braves 6-5: miss u GKR — 8/12/2012-10:49pm
  2. Mets beat Giants 2-1: I’m too tired to be clever here — 8/2/2012-1:14am
  3. Don’t Look For Narratives Where There Aren’t Any — 8/1/2012-10:53pm
  4. Mets lose 5-2: At Least We Didn’t Have to Watch Batista Pitch Again — 7/25/2012-3:04pm
  5. Last Night On The Farm- 7-21 — 7/22/2012-6:00am

Most commented posts

  1. Don’t Look For Narratives Where There Aren’t Any — 75 comments
  2. I Play Devil’s Advocate: Andres Torres Should Get His Job Back (Partially) — 72 comments
  3. In Defense of Mike Pelfrey — 55 comments
  4. UPDATED- (Mets lose 5-4 to Phillies: Phillies are nonbelievers in thy Mighty Dickey): WIN 6-5 ON A WRIGHT WALKOFF AND I’M A SCROOGE! — 40 comments
  5. Mets lose 6-5: Bullpen is so bad — 38 comments

Author's posts listings

Apr 25

Mets Beat Marlins 5-1 Behind Dickey and Wright

The first four innings went something like this. Dickey and Buehrle (predictably) traded quick, efficient, scoreless innings, and put the game on pace to end somewhere around 7:15 (give or take five minutes). Then in the 5th inning, Omar Infante continued to hit home runs like Babe Ruth, hitting one that, as Howie Rose described it …

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Apr 24

I Play Devil’s Advocate: Andres Torres Should Get His Job Back (Partially)

Stats in this post do not reflect yesterday’s doubleheader, as it was written before the games took place. The hottest topic among Mets fans these days is what should happen when Andres Torres returns from the DL, and the general consensus is that Captain Kirk should keep the job when Torres comes back. Andres Torres …

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Apr 18

Mets Can’t Weather Storm, Lose 14-6

If you’re at work and don’t have too much time to read this, the next sentence is all you need to know about today’s game. RA Dickey was pitching, it was raining, and the Mets as a team left 25 runners on base. Box Scores: mlb.com fangraphs.com After a quick first inning for both pitchers, …

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Apr 09

In Defense of Mike Pelfrey

GUYS THE METS ARE 3-0 AND ARE GOING TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES AND EVERYTHING HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA. Just kidding. I’m here to go on a different sort of rant, a rant in defense of Mike Pelfrey. We all thought after 2008 that we had a budding young star in Pelfrey, who was going to lead our …

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Apr 06

The Opening Day Experience

When I heard I was going to Opening Day this year, I was thrilled. I haven’t been since 2008, and haven’t been to Citi since June of last year. What follows will be a bit of a running diary of my experience at the game. Pre-Game Surprisingly it was easy enough to get into the …

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Mar 31

Thinking Outside the Box: Solving the RF Defense Quandry

Just wanted to say before you read this, this is just an idea I am tossing out for discussion, just something to chew on. I don’t necessarily think they should do this, just wondering what the community here thinks of it. Last season the Mets were an abysmal defensive team, finishing dead last in the league in …

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Mar 28

Mets Reportedly Send Loewen to Minor League Camp, Tell Baxter He Has Job

Andy Martino of the NY Daily News is reporting that the Mets will soon send Adam Loewen to Minor League Camp, after losing his battle with Mike Baxter. Martino cites a team source telling him there is a “99.9%” chance of that being the scenario. This means that the bench will look something like this: …

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Mar 27

Patience is a Virtue

Before I write this, I just wanted to thank everyone here at TRDMB for giving me the opportunity to voice my opinions and hopefully add some different viewpoints to the site. If anyone has any questions/comments/complaints/compliments they can send me an email at spencerrealdirtymets@gmail.com , send me a tweet at @SpencerDirtyMet , or just drop …

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