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Monday Odds and Ends: Niese In, Dice-K Out, Why Not Kirk?, and More

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Jonathon NieseBaseball finally came back this weekend. And the game Friday was actually worth waiting for. The other two, well. . . .

Some odds and ends on a Monday morning as the Mets head to the Pacific Northwest.

* Jon Niese comes off the disabled list tonight and Daisuke Matzasuka has been moved back to the bullpen. Dice-K has pitched pretty well all year, both in the rotation and in the bullpen. For the time being, a revitalized bullpen gets stronger. Having Dice-K out in the pen for any length of time could be especially beneficial to Carlos Torres, since Matsuzaka can provide some length.

* When I went to the game the Saturday before the All-Star game, my friend’s son, with the exuberance and firm conviction that comes from youth, told me that “Kirk Niewhenhuis needs to play!” And I thought about that for a second, and thought about the other left field options and answered meekly, “Sure, why not?” Well, Kirk has been getting a little bit of a shot since then and he has done some good things with it. In a you-never-know sport, in a you-never-know world, right now does seem like a good time to give Kirk a whirl.

* The Brady Aiken and Jacob Nix stuff has an odor all around it. In general, this CBA was not well thought out by the Players Association. They sold out the amatuers with an tony clarkofficial slot system, and also didn’t understand the ramifications of the new free agent compensation system.  At the same time, more and more teams are manipulating young player’s service time, even at the risk of being able to properly compete, in order to depress player salaries. So much for the integrity of the game. If I’m Tony Clark I’m going to war in the next CBA and doing whatever it takes to get some of that back. I expect a work stoppage in 2017.

* Speaking of the integrity of the game, and I will be quick since this is a little stale, but the Jeter stuff, ha. Either the game does not count or Wainright should be suspended for trying to throw it. And I haven’t checked, has Steiner Sports released the signed edition of the Wainright and Jeter All-Star “Special Moment?” The irony here is that Adam pitches for the hallowed Cardinals, with the “Cardinal Way” crap, and Jeter, oh don’t even get me started again. Okay, I guess that wasn’t that quick.

* James Garner passed away the other day, and the news made me a little blue. Like many people I was a big Rockford Files fan way back when. I’m going to end my post today with a beginning, all of the classic Rockford Files opening credits phone messages from Season One of the series.

Rest in Peace.

 

 

 

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