29 Responses to “Link Dump: July 6th, 2008”

1. Comment posted by Simons on July 6, 2008 at 12:10 am (#751000)

   first

2. Comment posted by Eli on July 6, 2008 at 12:37 am (#751006)

   C’mon Simons, you’re the tone setter; you have to write something besides “first”

   Some minor league tidbits.

   B’Mets are well-represented for the All Star break:

   The Binghamton Mets will send four players as well in ace right-hander Salvador Aguilar (9-1, 2.82), pitcher Robert Parnell, and infielders Mike Carp and Nick Evans, the latter of whom made his big league debut earlier this season.

   Murphy is having a good year offensively but perhaps his defense (15 errors) has kept him off?

   Liriano has put together at least two very impressive outings for the Minn AAA team - no runs, a total of one BB and more strikeouts than innings. He could help Minn win their division. I am sure Santana is pulling for him.

3. Comment posted by Grand Inquisitor Ramon on July 6, 2008 at 2:41 am (#751009)

   Interesting factoid of the day:

   For as bad as Oliver Perez’s numbers have looked this season, he has been a little lucky. Yes, that is right–Perez has been lucky. Although he has a line drive rate that ranks as the 9th highest in among ML starters (22.9 %), his BABIP ranks as the 13th lowest among ML starters this season (.267). Now, imagine if his BABIP actually matched up with his LD%? Ouch!

4. Comment posted by NjMF on July 6, 2008 at 6:30 am (#751010)

   I am in Philly today with Ollie the Wild man
   Wish me LUCK


5. Comment posted by grex in austria on July 6, 2008 at 6:54 am (#751011)

   nice read! http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2008/07/05/2008-07-05_jose_reyes_gets_the_short_end.html


6. Comment posted by MetsFanSince71 on July 6, 2008 at 8:46 am (#751012)

   Good luck, NJ!!

7. Comment posted by NjMF on July 6, 2008 at 9:08 am (#751014)

   Thanks 71 ;)
   I hope Good Ollie shows up

8. Comment posted by sheadenizen on July 6, 2008 at 9:08 am (#751013)

   NjMF, I felt the same way going to the Mets/Yankees game last Sunday, but Ollie came up huge. Hope he can do the same today. Enjoy! Go Ollie!

9. Comment posted by sheadenizen on July 6, 2008 at 9:17 am (#751015)

   Put me in the worried column about Ryan Church. I don’t believe the Mets doctors…nor do I believe Church. I hope they’re smarter than they were last time and seek some outside help. Leaving it up to Church to tell you he has a migraine is abject negligence on the part of the Mets. How does anyone know it’s a migraine and not post concussion syndrome? Because Dr. Church told us so?


10. Comment posted by MetsFanSince71 on July 6, 2008 at 9:26 am (#751016)

    I’m not buying the migraine story either.

    I had migraines on and off since I was about 5 or 6 and I can tell you his face wasn’t showing true migraine symptoms during last night’s interview.

11. Comment posted by Doc believes! on July 6, 2008 at 10:12 am (#751017)

    I’m not buying the Migrane crap either.

12. Comment posted by Doc believes! on July 6, 2008 at 10:15 am (#751018)

    Lupica making sense.

13. Comment posted by Eli on July 6, 2008 at 10:32 am (#751019)

    Shea and others, I agree. His concussions and his “migraines”/dizziness are probably all related. It might even be the opposite - that whatever is/was causing his headaches/dizziness might have made him more prone to getting concussions.

14. Comment posted by sheadenizen on July 6, 2008 at 10:36 am (#751020)

    Lupica and Shipgel seem to be the only NY writers who get the whole Reyes thing. Give them credit for having some perspective and not falling in line with the other idiots who are screaming “the sky is falling.” What we always fail to remember is that most of the writers care more about selling newspapers than they do about writng the truth. Sensationalism unfortunately sells more papers.

15. Comment posted by lucienlc on July 6, 2008 at 10:50 am (#751021)

    Put me in the worried column about Ryan Church. I don’t believe the Mets doctors…nor do I believe Church. I hope they’re smarter than they were last time and seek some outside help.

    The thing is, I’m not sure there’s much you can do about it at this point. If it is post-concussion syndrome, like most of us think, I’m not sure there’s any treatment for it, except to treat symptoms when they flare up. Time is the only real cure. Usually, in three to six months, the symptoms abate.

    From what I’ve read about it, it doesn’t sound like Church is or can worsen the condition by playing, unless he gets another concussion (which is why football players shouldn’t play again so quickly, where another concussion is so much more likely). Just expect that it’ll flare up sometimes, and when it does, that he won’t be able to play.

    From wikipedia:
    

    Though there is no treatment for PCS itself, symptoms can be treated; medications and physical and behavioral therapy may be used, and patients can be educated about symptoms and their usual prognosis. The majority of PCS cases disappear after a period of time.

    From the Mayo Clinic site:
    

    There is no specific treatment for post-concussion syndrome. Instead, most doctors treat the individual symptoms you are experiencing.

    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/post-concussion-syndrome/DS01020/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs

    This site also had some interesting info on the subject:
    http://www.whiplash101.com/SchmitzManual.htm

16. Comment posted by sheadenizen on July 6, 2008 at 10:54 am (#751022)

    Dr. Luci…..thank you. I appreciate your research and actually feel a bit better about the whole thing. But I’ll still worry a tad if it’s okay with you…..lol!

17. Comment posted by lucienlc on July 6, 2008 at 11:02 am (#751023)

    Hey, Shea, I worry about it too. But it does sound like one of those things where symptoms persist long after the condition that caused it has passed. Kind of like shingles or keraticonjunctivitis.

18. Comment posted by metswin2008 on July 6, 2008 at 11:26 am (#751025)

    keraticonjunctivitis.

    Thats a really big word ;-)

19. Comment posted by sheadenizen on July 6, 2008 at 11:27 am (#751026)

    For anyone who cares, the Phils just announced they have signed Lidge to a contract extension. I don’t know the details…only that it happened. The Phils phans were hoping the press conference was to announce they had traded for Sabathia or Burnett. I just read all that on on a Phillies blog.


20. Comment posted by Jessica on July 6, 2008 at 11:34 am (#751027)

    3 years, 37.5 million:

    http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080706&content_id=3076058&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb


21. Comment posted by Dep on July 6, 2008 at 11:44 am (#751029)

    METS

    SS Jose Reyes
    RF Endy Chavez
    3B David Wright
    CF Carlos Beltran
    1B Carlos Delgado
    2B Damion Easley
    LF Marlon Anderson
    C Brian Schneider
    LP Oliver Perez


22. Comment posted by Dep on July 6, 2008 at 11:46 am (#751031)

    delcos:

    Ryan Church is not playing today. He’s still feeling it from the migraines. He’s not supposed to be out in the sunlight because the sensitivity to his eyes can trigger another one.

    He has shut it down for the day.

    John Maine reports there is still some soreness in his left arm, but feels good enough to resume his normal routine, which includes playing catch today.


23. Comment posted by Dep on July 6, 2008 at 11:47 am (#751032)

    Nadal almost has Federer beat! he must finish him off.


24. Comment posted by Dep on July 6, 2008 at 11:49 am (#751033)

    Since June 10th, the Mets have moved up seven places in the NL standings, from 11th in the wild card, to fourth in the wild card with the second best NL record…

    of 13-11.

    Out of 16 NL teams, only 5 have a record over .500

    AL has only 4 teams UNDER .500

25. Comment posted by sheadenizen on July 6, 2008 at 11:53 am (#751034)

    We should be truly grateful we are in the NL. If we were in the NL West (which I have begged to be moved to….lol) we’d be tied for first. Doesn’t say much for the competition, which makes it all the more frustrating for the Mets to be stinko.

26. Comment posted by Ellis Dee on July 6, 2008 at 12:27 pm (#751039)

    Normally, there are more teams below .500 than above. At least that’s the way it’s seemed to me. We are NOT mediocre just cause we are hanging around .500! Of course, if we stay here for the rest of the year we probably aren’t making the playoffs either.

27. Comment posted by sheadenizen on July 6, 2008 at 12:45 pm (#751042)

    I’m not sure I understand your premise, LSD. If you win one game, lose one game, win one game, lose one game and have been playing .500 ball since last June which seems to me to be the definition of mediocrity, what is it you perceive as making us mediocre?

28. Comment posted by Ellis Dee on July 6, 2008 at 1:02 pm (#751046)

    Shea, I’m just saying that in most years it seems more than half the teams play under .500. So, mediocre is actually somewhere below .500, not at .500.

    Mediocre would be the mean win percentage for a given year in the league, which would probably be .4xx something.

    This is how we were able to gain ground by playing around .500.

    However, with the unbalanced schedules, win percentage is less meaningful than it was when there was more balance.

29. Comment posted by sheadenizen on July 6, 2008 at 1:07 pm (#751047)

    Oh…like grading on a curve. I get it….lol!

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