his verse on "Got My Mind Made Up" really made me a fan

"Ayo, lyrical gat spittin' the criminal tactics
Non-believers get my dick and genital backwards
Let's face it, there's no replacement
Taste this mad underground basement shit I'm laced with
Avalanche on your whole camp when I'm splifted
Funk Doctor, who? Spock, bitch, don't get it twisted
I got connects like Federal Express
To get the fresh package of bless the dogs can't fetch
Got the clear spot from the rear block
To bust 'til every nigga here drop, men, I fear not
Hold your nose and blow out 'til your ears pop
Since your crew suit you to shift
Now, you claim that your gears locked
Whiff this underground cannabis
I'm dangerous like John the Bomb Analyst
Flip MCs like ki's
My degrees freeze consecutively, like EPMD LPs
Lick off a shot and hit your fam by mistake
So I erase the whole front row at the wake
I planned my escape in case Jake wanna snake
Bust it, I'm the one pushin' the hearse, in the first place
Confidence for you shaky-ass folks
Pump for Rockafella for the day he got smoke
Choke off this antidote, got you hope
Get roast by my lyrical Billy Dee .45 Colt
(And I'm out for nine-nickel)"

It was a dope song, but I didn't think as a kid that Red's verse was any better than anyone else on the track.  To me it just felt like a posse cut and group feel and then 2pac's presence sort of stands out even though 2pac allegedly (I disagree) isn't the most lyrical, you do feel his presence when he enters the room and Daz or Quik or whoever put in that bit of change up to the beat that fits perfect when Pac comes in.

First off--Rhyme and Reason.  I'm not the biggest Redman fan, but the thing that did make me check him out as a kid, was his part in the documentary Rhyme and Reason where he's like on the streets in the park like ol school style participating in park jams and shit like that and he's quoted saying, "YOU SEE ME I"M OUT HERE ON THE STREETZ--AND I"M GOLD, MY SHIT IS GOLD!"  I thought that was kind of dope just how he was hustlin like a no name artist who just loved the culture and wanted to be in the streetz but meanwhile the dude has a gold record.

Secondly, Eminem was always biggin this guy up as his favorite rapper.  So in 99' when Eminem became my favorite rapper, I was like, okay, I got to check out Redman.

Nolan Mclean - future ace...in 8starts he was 5-1 with a 2.06 ERA 48IP 57K...the only drawback I saw was the 18 walks but he tends to get out of the jams he does create

now for the rest

Kodai Senga - great rookie season in '23 coming over from Japan but since then he has been injured and when healthy inconsitent...he was also sent to the minors in September of last year when we were in the race becuase he couldnt get anybody out, never a good sign

Clay Holmes-came over from the Yankees and the Mets made him a starter...I like him but the doesnt go deep into games

Sean Manaea - signed a big contract after the '24 season and was injured and inconsistent last year when he came back

David Petersen - I like him, he had a very good 1st half and made the all star team but went downhill after the break

now the other 2 rookies

Brandon Sproat - I like his stuff but he only pitched in like 20 innings and had a 4.79 ERA...I need to see more though

Jonah Tong - he was maybe the biggest disappointment, he dominated in the minors last year but in 18 innings he gave up 16 runs and had a 7.71 ERA...no bueno

so basically I'm only confident in Mclean and Holmes and even then not 100%...I do have hope however that at least one of the other young 2 pitchers will develop

Yeah that looks hella suspect.  And even the two guys you are counting on still have a little question mark.  They are going to have to make a move.  There is no way you can expect to be a playoff team, and you are starting a season with only two starters you are confident in and then 3 other guys that you are giving an oppurtunity to. 

I watched this video and they had to list a couple guys that they want to go out and get from other teams just to fill in the rotation.



I thought the Mets were a playoff caliber team but if they don't add one or two legit starters before opening day then they are in some serious trouble--I don't care how good the offense is.  There is a saying in baseball they say good pitching beats good hitting.  So they can have all the hitting in the world but if the starter on the other team is having a good day then good pitching beats good hitting.

Yeah, the guy lives for hip-hop of course he is still going.  I appreciate that.  But I'd rather dig into his gems from the past in the golden era than check his new shit.

his verse on "Got My Mind Made Up" really made me a fan

"Ayo, lyrical gat spittin' the criminal tactics
Non-believers get my dick and genital backwards
Let's face it, there's no replacement
Taste this mad underground basement shit I'm laced with
Avalanche on your whole camp when I'm splifted
Funk Doctor, who? Spock, bitch, don't get it twisted
I got connects like Federal Express
To get the fresh package of bless the dogs can't fetch
Got the clear spot from the rear block
To bust 'til every nigga here drop, men, I fear not
Hold your nose and blow out 'til your ears pop
Since your crew suit you to shift
Now, you claim that your gears locked
Whiff this underground cannabis
I'm dangerous like John the Bomb Analyst
Flip MCs like ki's
My degrees freeze consecutively, like EPMD LPs
Lick off a shot and hit your fam by mistake
So I erase the whole front row at the wake
I planned my escape in case Jake wanna snake
Bust it, I'm the one pushin' the hearse, in the first place
Confidence for you shaky-ass folks
Pump for Rockafella for the day he got smoke
Choke off this antidote, got you hope
Get roast by my lyrical Billy Dee .45 Colt
(And I'm out for nine-nickel)"

8 starts is enough of a sample size to feel confident.  You don't usually see starting pitchers ball out for 8 straight starts, and then fall off the map.  I only recall seeing it once, the Royals had some guy called Brian Bannister (his father also played in the majors so you might recall the name) back in their 100 loss era of the 2000-2010 and he was lights out for 8 starts strangely and then got destroyed and ran out of the league.  Because sometimes a pitcher develops a pitch like this guy had some cutter or something like that, he had little armstrength, but he had one pitch that was working for him, and eventually the league caught up to it and he was finished after that

You see all the time, that one guy has some spot start and gives up no runs over 6 or 7 innings, but then gets bombed in his next games, that happens all the time.

So yeah, I would feel confident about Mclean if I was you. 

As for the young starters if they haven't impressed you yet then I would be really concerned.  Because I love these Sabermetrics terms like REPLACEMENT LEVEL PLAYER -- or the stat WINS ABOVE REPLACEMENT.   Because what that tells me when you say they are young starters that haven't impressed you yet, but that they are young so they may have upside.  To me, that is just saying that they are Replacement Level Players.  Meaning that there are all these guys on the margins between MLB and Triple AAA and so sure, you can always kind of bring up a guy playing well in Triple AAA and give him a shot, but that's true for every team.

So break it down for me.  Break down the Mets Projected Starting 5, just give me the names and at least one comment about them, and I'll look into it.  It will give us something to do in these dog days of January and February waiting for the season to start

Nolan Mclean - future ace...in 8starts he was 5-1 with a 2.06 ERA 48IP 57K...the only drawback I saw was the 18 walks but he tends to get out of the jams he does create

now for the rest

Kodai Senga - great rookie season in '23 coming over from Japan but since then he has been injured and when healthy inconsitent...he was also sent to the minors in September of last year when we were in the race becuase he couldnt get anybody out, never a good sign

Clay Holmes-came over from the Yankees and the Mets made him a starter...I like him but the doesnt go deep into games

Sean Manaea - signed a big contract after the '24 season and was injured and inconsistent last year when he came back

David Petersen - I like him, he had a very good 1st half and made the all star team but went downhill after the break

now the other 2 rookies

Brandon Sproat - I like his stuff but he only pitched in like 20 innings and had a 4.79 ERA...I need to see more though

Jonah Tong - he was maybe the biggest disappointment, he dominated in the minors last year but in 18 innings he gave up 16 runs and had a 7.71 ERA...no bueno

so basically I'm only confident in Mclean and Holmes and even then not 100%...I do have hope however that at least one of the other young 2 pitchers will develop

Yeah, the guy lives for hip-hop of course he is still going.  I appreciate that.  But I'd rather dig into his gems from the past in the golden era than check his new shit.   

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Happy New Year everyone 

that's like sayin kansas city and st louis is the same

 

no this is honestly my first time hearing that Sacramento is not part of the Bay

sounds about right

musta been right when the nba got cancelled or some shit

i still had no idea what was bout to happen early on but the nba shutting down was a big deal to me lol

Which brings me to a point that I want to make. Where did people place their anger in moments like that?

...Because unfortunately, people didn't place their anger in the most obvious place.  The frustration should have been directed at the very people that were telling us that we could not do the things that we had always done.  Because you see places like Sweden where life continued on like normal.  There were even some states like South Dakota, Florida, and Texas where things continued on relatively normal, and you didn't see everyone suddenly dying in those places.

So that was one of the most frustrating things for me.  That people didn't just simply say, "I have always done this and now these people are not allowing me!"   And place their frustration in that direction. 

Same thing

that's like sayin kansas city and st louis is the same

 

cbo is sacramento

Same thing