Twitter Q&A-style thing

I’m still elsewhere. Here are some questions from last week. If anything has massively impacted since the weekend, maybe some of my opinions have changed since I wrote this. Maybe not. Some grim questions:

I don’t know… fear? Guilt? Shame?

Seriously why do so many people ask about what food I’d want if I were on death row? Do you know something about me that I haven’t figured out yet? Why not ask what food I’d want if, I don’t know, a genie came out of this here Vitamin Water Zero bottle and offered me any sandwich in the world?

Off the top of my head, and working from a very small sample size, it’s probably the breaded steak sandwich from Ricobene’s. I’ve been thinking about it since I ate it. I might get it with bacon on it, though — even if that wasn’t an option and doesn’t seem to go with the sandwich. It’s hard to imagine my last sandwich not having bacon.

Are we talking my last meal ever all told and I’m eating it at Citi Field, or my last meal ever at Citi Field? Stupid 140-character limits make it difficult to specify, I know.

If it’s the former, I’d probably try to get there early enough to brave the Shake Shack lines without missing any of the game. I don’t know what scenario has me eating my last meal ever at Citi Field, but there are worse ways to go out than eating a Shackburger and watching a ballgame.

If it’s the latter, and I’m at the game knowing I will for whatever reason never be permitted to eat at Citi Field again but that I’ll still be able to eat elsewhere, I’d probably get the tacos. As far as I know they are still unavailable outside the park.

A few people have asked me this and I keep answering the same thing: No reason to pick between Daniel Murphy, Justin Turner and Ruben Tejada yet. Since Ike Davis and David Wright look like they’ll be out until at least the All-Star Break, there will be plenty of at-bats for all three potential second basemen before the team needs to make any decision. Obviously teams should work with the most evidence possible, and since all three — and especially Turner and Tejada — are still dealing in small samples, there’s no rush to name a favorite.

But that’s a cop out. If we’re saying for the sake of things that Tejada, Turner and Murphy maintain their current lines (as I write this, Tejada’s is .274/.352/.305, Turner’s is .279/.348/.388 and Murphy’s is .291/.346/.409), then I would hope the Mets go back to the Murphy/Turner platoon, with Tejada starting at shortstop in Triple-A.

Tejada has played well and is likely the best defender of the trio, but he’s also likely the weakest hitter and I’m not certain he would save enough runs with his glove to make up for the difference on offense. Plus Tejada appears the best in-house option to replace Jose Reyes if he leaves via free agency or trade, so if the Mets are looking down the road a bit — even if they hope to sign Reyes — it can’t hurt to have Tejada racking up reps at shortstop.

Murphy could get the bulk of the starts against right-handers, with Turner starting against lefties and, if Terry Collins is looking to get him some at-bats, when groundball heavy pitchers like Jon Niese and R.A. Dickey are on the mound.

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