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Despite growing calls for his demotion, Davis won’t be sent down to Triple-A before Friday’s series opener against the Braves, according to the New York Daily News.

“Maybe after the weekend,” a source told the paper.

It’s been a frustrating season for Davis, batting .147 with nine RBIs after getting off to a miserable start last year, too.

“I know I’m going to play better, especially hitting-wise. I can’t do any worse,” he said. “If ...

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1. baerga1 posted on December 18, 2012 at 01:54 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

nice tweet retard lol

2. asinwreck posted on December 18, 2012 at 01:57 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Well at least the Mets won't have the laughable problem of R.A. Dickey ruining their public relations anymore. I look forward to the Post's coverage of Syndergaard's arrival.

3. Shooty is in the Trust Tree

posted on December 18, 2012 at 01:59 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Meet the Mets...

Hilarious. On his first day as a Met, too!

4. Esoteric throws a 'hard slider' posted on December 18, 2012 at 01:59 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

*sigh*

Look, this is a dumb thing to say. It's also how a lot of young men talk to one another. It's classless and particularly stupid for someone in the public eye like him to do, but is this now going to be the Next Big Controversy?

5. NJ in NY posted on December 18, 2012 at 01:59 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The full context of the tweet was not immediately clear

Not sure if serious.

6. SoSH U at work posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:00 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

but is this now going to be the Next Big Controversy?

No.

7. BDC

posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:02 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Oh, I see, he spelled out that three-letter word. I was wondering how on earth "crocs" had become a slur.

8. Hello Rusty Kuntz, Goodbye Rusty Cars posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:02 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Dickey must have hacked into his Twitter account. That's the only explanation.

9. BDC

posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I mean, aside from the insult value of publicizing that somebody wears crocs.

10. Shooty is in the Trust Tree

posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:04 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Look, this is a dumb thing to say. It's also how a lot of young men talk to one another. It's classless and particularly stupid for someone in the public eye like him to do, but is this now going to be the Next Big Controversy?

Naw, we're just funning. Relax!

11. charityslave is thinking about baseball posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:05 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

No self respecting gay man would be caught wearing crocs. What does he think this is, 2005?

12. Shooty is in the Trust Tree

posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:06 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

No self respecting gay man would be caught wearing crocs. What does he think this is, 2005?

It's true that I have never seen Tom Cruise wearing crocs.

13. Rants Mulliniks (formerly Cold Prosimian) posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:08 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Mario Batali wears hazmat orange Crocs, and he could be gay, but I don't know.

14. John Northey posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:12 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Bet the Jays are glad this came after he was traded. After the Escobar eye-black issue last year the last thing they want to deal with is more players writing anti-gay slurs.

15. Ivan Grushenko of Hong Kong posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:13 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

How do we know this isn't a pro-gay exhortation?

16. formerly dp posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:14 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Dickey must have hacked into his Twitter account. That's the only explanation.

Alternatively, it could have been Yunel Escobar.

Look, this is a dumb thing to say. It's also how a lot of young men talk to one another. It's classless and particularly stupid for someone in the public eye like him to do,

I agree. It's my understanding that at this point, minor leaguers are regularly coached on how not use/not use social media. Maybe the lesson just didn't stick in this case.

17. RJ in TO posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:24 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Bet the Jays are glad this came after he was traded. After the Escobar eye-black issue last year the last thing they want to deal with is more players writing anti-gay slurs.

Some idiot minor leaguer doing this would normally draw a lot less attention than what Escobar did, but I'm sure you're right that they're very relieved this didn't hit the press until after he was no longer their problem.

18. thetailor posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:28 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

How do we know this isn't a pro-gay exhortation?

Dickey must have hacked into his Twitter account. That's the only explanation.

Good job, guys. It's the Mets, so I guess we need to have our jokes ready.

19. What did Billy Ripken have against Elroy Face? posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:29 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

He should have his children taken away. And adopted by a gay couple.

20. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:33 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I think Syndergaard deserves scorn for the comment but it doesn't make him a horrible person in my mind either. I think it's good that comments like this are roundly criticized, we shouldn't take jokes at the expense of any group lightly. I think criticizing the comment is a good thing.

21. What did Billy Ripken have against Elroy Face? posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:34 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Wow. Just googled around and refreshed my memory on John Rocker. I had forgotten exactly how much of a piece o'#### that guy was.

22. Voros McCracken of Pinkus posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:38 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Probably my favorite Kids in the Hall sketch. Running free...

23. Hello Rusty Kuntz, Goodbye Rusty Cars posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:40 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Probably my favorite Kids in the Hall sketch. Running free...

It's the only word in the first KITH sketch I ever saw.

24. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:53 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I think Syndergaard deserves scorn for the comment but it doesn't make him a horrible person in my mind either. I think it's good that comments like this are roundly criticized, we shouldn't take jokes at the expense of any group lightly. I think criticizing the comment is a good thing.

Yup. Twenty years ago, forty years ago, sixty years ago "the way a lot of young men talk to each other" or "the way a lot of young men x" could have been used to defend innumerable practices we're happy have been gradually dying out. That gradual dying out process is helped along by responses like this. Hey jackass, don't be a jackass.

25. What did Billy Ripken have against Elroy Face? posted on December 18, 2012 at 02:53 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The kid's immediate response upon being informed of the trade was probably "Huhhuhhuh. Dickey. Huhhuhhuh."

26. Jack Carter, calling Beleaguered Castle posted on December 18, 2012 at 03:15 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

An anti-gay slur was recently tweeted, and subsequently deleted, from a Twitter account belonging to one of the prospects the Mets acquired from Toronto for R.A. Dickey.

Of course it was.

Even so, nice thread y'all. 8 was simple genius, 19 rang a nice variation on a moldy theme, and Jose set exactly the right tone with,

I think Syndergaard deserves scorn for the comment but it doesn't make him a horrible person in my mind either. I think it's good that comments like this are roundly criticized, we shouldn't take jokes at the expense of any group lightly. I think criticizing the comment is a good thing.

Still, it feels like shooty's just mailing it in. What's up with that?

27. BDC

posted on December 18, 2012 at 03:18 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Hey jackass, don't be a jackass

Exactly. He's 20 years old and should start learning now. It's not excusable, but it's a "teachable moment"; he'll learn. As opposed, say, to 37-year-old media-savvy John Smoltz saying considerably worse.

28. Shooty is in the Trust Tree

posted on December 18, 2012 at 03:19 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Still, it feels like shooty's just mailing it in. What's up with that?

I'm a bit confused? Am I supposed to be angrier? Or was my Mets snark lacking? Honestly, the Mets have worn me out as a subject of snark. I'm like Dustin Hoffman after the 5th Indian girl when it comes to Mets snark.

29. YR Misses Reggie Bars posted on December 18, 2012 at 03:25 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Mario Batali wears hazmat orange Crocs, and he could be gay, but I don't know.

He does have a woman's haircut.

30. What did Billy Ripken have against Elroy Face? posted on December 18, 2012 at 03:31 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

He does have a woman's haircut.

Not unless the woman has a pretty bad case of alopecia.

31. Dale Sams posted on December 18, 2012 at 03:52 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

<----wearing crocs as we speak.

...with shoelaces no less.

32. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on December 18, 2012 at 04:16 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

31. Dale Sams Posted: December 18, 2012 at 03:52 PM (#4327882)
<----wearing crocs as we speak.

...with shoelaces no less.

Don't shoelaces sort of defeat the purpose of the crocs?

33. Shooty is in the Trust Tree

posted on December 18, 2012 at 04:24 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Don't shoelaces sort of defeat the purpose of the crocs?

It's for people who want to wear regular shoes but still have incredibly smelly feet?

34. depletion posted on December 18, 2012 at 04:45 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Well that didn't take long, did it? Sunderban gets the Jason Isringhausen Award for offensive remark by a Mets pitching prospect.

35. Bob Tufts posted on December 18, 2012 at 05:18 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Dustin Hoffman after the 5th Indian

Some days the magic works.....

36. gef the talking mongoose posted on December 18, 2012 at 05:19 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

<----wearing crocs as we speak.

Are you going to kill yourself now, or do you want us to handle it?

37. Lassus posted on December 18, 2012 at 06:00 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

A dipshit being a dipshit. I'm with Esoteric, until he keeps dipshitting, I'm ready to move on.

38. bookbook posted on December 18, 2012 at 06:01 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Yup. It was a stupid thing to say, and a good teachable moment to tell him (and everyone else) that it's simply not acceptable--without any penalties necessary in this case.

On the other hand, a league that features the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves (with the oh-so-classy tomahawk chop as a cheer, no less),...

Physician, heal thyself?

39. BDC

posted on December 18, 2012 at 06:13 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves

Have we had a "rename-these-franchises" thread?

Spiders is obvious. Crackers won't fly … I nominate "Peaches."

40. zonk posted on December 18, 2012 at 06:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Too bad Ted Turner doesn't own the Braves anymore, or the Braves could be the Atlanta TooFunny... or does he no longer own TBS anymore, either?

/Andy Messersmith

41. Fernigal McGunnigle has become a merry hat posted on December 18, 2012 at 06:29 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

If Ted Turner still owned the Braves there would be a reasonable chance that he'd rename them "the Atlanta Ted Turners".

42. Joe Bivens, Minor Genius posted on December 18, 2012 at 06:35 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It's true that I have never seen Tom Cruise wearing crocs.

You have evidence that he respects himself?

43. gef the talking mongoose posted on December 18, 2012 at 06:43 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I nominate "Peaches."

Neckstabbers.

44. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on December 18, 2012 at 06:46 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I told you guys nobody named "Noah Syndergaard" was going to be a good major leaguer. And I'm not so crazy about "Chase d'Arnaud" either. What happened to salt-of-the-earth All-American names, like "Howard Johnson" and "Mark Clark" and "Joe Orsulak".

45. Anonymous Observer posted on December 18, 2012 at 06:57 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

What happened to salt-of-the-earth All-American names, like "Howard Johnson" and "Mark Clark" and "Joe Orsulak".

And Mike Crudale.

46. DJ Funky and the Smile Time Variety Players posted on December 18, 2012 at 07:06 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I told you guys nobody named "Noah Syndergaard" was going to be a good major leaguer.

The paradigm has been broken. A guy who *wants* to be called Coco Crisp has like 5000 plate appearances. A dude named Paul Goldschmidt had an .850 OPS. Fausto Carmona became Roberto Hernandez and will suck even more now, I bet.

47. LargeBill posted on December 18, 2012 at 07:21 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

On behalf of those of us who couldn't care less, could we get a complete list of words that have magically become forbidden? I made sense to stop using the N word. However, since we succeeded in getting rid of that word (never mind its resurgence among idiot rappers and their idiot fans) other groups have jumped in saying "Hey, that word hurts my feelings. No one should ever say it again and if someone does all of society should act shocked. Where does it end? Just last a moron congressman was forced to apologize for using the word midget and a radio announcer referred to it as the "M" word out of fear of making same mistake as the congressman. At some point, we should just tell the next aggrieved group to "lighten up, Francis."

48. Double-Spin Mechanic posted on December 18, 2012 at 07:27 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

And I'm not so crazy about "Chase d'Arnaud" either.

How about Travis D'Arnaud?

49. Bowling Baseball Fan posted on December 18, 2012 at 07:28 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

45 wins.

50. Double-Spin Mechanic posted on December 18, 2012 at 07:28 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

On behalf of those of us who couldn't care less, could we get a complete list of words that have magically become forbidden? I made sense to stop using the N word. However, since we succeeded in getting rid of that word (never mind its resurgence among idiot rappers and their idiot fans) other groups have jumped in saying "Hey, that word hurts my feelings. No one should ever say it again and if someone does all of society should act shocked. Where does it end? Just last a moron congressman was forced to apologize for using the word midget and a radio announcer referred to it as the "M" word out of fear of making same mistake as the congressman. At some point, we should just tell the next aggrieved group to "lighten up, Francis."

"Idiot" and "moron" come to mind:-)

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