Gil Griffin

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The Baseball Gods work in mysterious ways. I collected Topps baseball cards as a kid and teen from '72-'88. For fun, yesterday I bought a random '25 pack. First card in the deck? The guy I so badly wanted #Mets to trade for.😲 Last in the deck?😳 You can't make this stuff up!

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Not to bore you on the topic, but...when collective self-deprecating and ironic gallows humor becomes subconscious self-hatred, that's a problem. Some could argue it's like Aussies using "mate," Italian men using "paesan," Hawaiians using "braddah," or "sis," or women using "girl." I disagree.

a cartoon of tom and jerry playing with a toilet ALT: a cartoon of tom and jerry playing with a toilet

Agreed. But as far as "reclaiming" the N-word? Nah. That word should be flushed down the toilet, into oblivion, with other waste, as with every other disgusting slur against any group of people. And for the record, I don't try reclaiming anything from toilets.😁

Yeah, I just learned a little more about his character. You're 💯 right.

WTF?!😲 What a racist, dick move. Based on that alone, I wouldn't bring him back. He's got a beef with a reporter and that's how he handles it?

🤔 Please refresh my memory. I was deeply disappointed in his using the N-word in greeting Dom Smith at home after #Mets walk-off homer and it clearly being audible on TV. Personally, I stopped using it many years ago with my people. We already have a true term of endearment: "brother" or "sister."

😳Has Marcus Stroman been THAT bad this year? Might it be worth #Mets while to take another flyer on him by putting him in AAA and letting him earn his way back to the bigs? At his best, he could be handy as a bulk reliever or rotation insurance down the stretch or in the postseason.

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Still hoping #Mets land a quality starting pitcher.

He bats and throws left.

New #Mets in last two days, acquired via trades:

Meet the new #Mets CF:

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Anthony DiComo reports #Mets have acquired Orioles' CF Cedric Mullins for three low-level prospects.

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Sorry, Jude, I don't speak Statcast.😁 (Not snarkily meant, btw) However, you could shift Nimmo back to CF and put the Gold Glove-winner Kwan in left. Or Nimmo could also shift to DH, and switch playing left and DH-ing with Kwan

How in any way was Kwan "awful"?

😂 All is fair in love and baseball. I had to choke back vomit all the time I had to watch Robinson Canó as a Met!

Why upset? He's a decent bat and a plus defender. It's not like we're missing out on Shohei Ohtani.

Is your friend a Major League scout? Better yet, is your friend psychic? 😁

Meh. Don't want an "average" CF. I'm going all in for Kwan, the All Star. Castro can't possibly match Acuña's speed and defense

I still am not crazy about him.

Why Castro? We already have McNeil, Mauricio, and Baty in utility roles. What do you see in Nootbar that maybe others don't?

Probably because they control him the next two years at an affordable price.

Bucs aren't dealing him, from the sources I'm reading.

Here's something else:

You also could check out, if you have it, MLB Network's Live Trade Deadline show, going on now.

TRADE: Kyle Finnegan to Tigers. Two A-ball pitching prospects go to DC.

Phillies getting Harrison Bader, per MLB Trade Rumors.