Dick Hammer

“I knew it…I’m surrounded by assholes!” #Jets #Mets #Knicks #Rangers

[Dick Hammer @Ferraro41]

With the resources at his disposal, the inability to put together a top notch major league roster that can legitimately compete with the Dodgers is bad enough. But his forte is supposed to be the farm system and almost every prospect has digressed. Unfortunately the owner has a man crush on him so I wonder if Cohen will even force him to hire a GM....whatevs....what you reap is what you sow.

[Dick Hammer @Ferraro41]

While I am on record in the off season as not being nearly as high on this roster as maybe some others, I never in a million years thought they'd be this bad. I mean...it's insane to think that at this point, just to get to 81 wins (which isn't gonna happen btw)....they'd have to go 41-24 over the last 65 games...that's a .631 winning pct. For context, that's a slightly better pace than the Dodgers had in the first half. So we're definitely in the 70+ win range, maybe worse....all for $380M of Steve Cohen's money. Just an absolute disaster. #LGM

[Dick Hammer @Ferraro41]

@scriptdemon Very sobering indeed

[Dick Hammer @Ferraro41]

@ernestdove Fair

[Dick Hammer @Ferraro41]

Is that good? #LGM

[Ernest Dove @ernestdove]

All in all this is definitely a David Stearns type of Mets draft class. It's what hes going for. It's on player development to work with these guys obviously, many of whom like most amateur athletes will immediately change things after they arrive in their swing/arsenal.

[Dick Hammer @Ferraro41]

No offense to Steve but these guys keep calling these losses “stunning” when they’ve been happening with sunrise regularity since June of last year. #LGM

[Steve Gelbs @SteveGelbs]

A stunning loss caps an incredibly disappointing first half for the Mets.

They were on the brink of a much-needed feel-good story heading into the All-Star break. Instead, Francisco Lindor (after driving in both Mets runs in the game) boots what would’ve been the game-ending double play, Devin Williams can’t recover and the Mets fall 3-2 in extras, wasting a spectacular outing from rookie Zach Thornton.

[Will Ricciardella @WillRicci]

When ISIS butcher Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died, WaPo called him an “austere religious scholar.”

When commie dictator Fidel Castro died, The NYT called him a “Cuban revolutionary who defied the U.S.”

Lindsey Graham raised his younger sister after their parents died, served 33 years in uniform and more than 3 decades in Congress.

He dies, and prominent media voices reach back 6 years for an essay titled “History Will Judge the Complicit.”

This isn’t merely bad taste, it’s a moral hierarchy:

America’s enemies get context, euphemism, romance — American conservatives get a bill of indictment before their body is even cold.

[Dick Hammer @Ferraro41]

July 11 already catching it smh

[Danny Kanell @dannykanell]

Zero chance this plane doesn’t have mechanical issues

[Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze]

Neera is really hoping everyone just glossed over and forgot how she covered up for sexual harassment allegations by her partner at CAP and even outed the woman to the entire company.

[Brandon Fuller @fuller_brandon]

🚨 SCOOP from @adamlehodey: Zohran Mamdani's commissioner for international affairs, Ana María Archila (@AnaMariaforNY), scheduled a meeting with Amir-Saeid Iravani — the Islamic Republic of Iran's ambassador to the United Nations — for July 7 at 2 UN Plaza.

The United States is engaged in hostilities with Iran. It has no diplomatic relations with Tehran. And the State Department was never informed.

The meeting was only called off after State met with the Mamdani administration to "clarify acceptable conduct." Per a source familiar with the office, Archila hadn't even told @NYCMayor Mamdani — and was reprimanded and directed to cancel.

Who is Archila? A career activist and former co-director of the Working Families Party, appointed to run NYC's international affairs office with no diplomatic experience whatsoever.

And this isn't a one-off. In April, staff in her office were instructed to prioritize diplomatic engagement based on whether foreign officials are "in political alignment/leftist." That's a direct quote from an internal message reviewed by @CityJournal.

The office exists to attract foreign business and exchange best practices with global cities. Under Mamdani, it's looking more like freelance foreign policy shop for socialist internationalism.

https://t.co/dcoTU4nDpU

[Dick Hammer @Ferraro41]

My people #LGM

[SNY Mets @SNY_Mets]

Per @AnthonyDiComo, the Mets are calling up Dan Hammer. He has a 2.16 ERA this season in 27 games for Binghamton & Syracuse.

Hammer was in the Orioles system from 2021-2025 before being selected in last year's Rule 5 draft by the Rays. Hammer signed as a free agent in March.

[The Italian American Civil Rights League @TheIACRL]

Zohran Mamdani wants to ERASE Italian Americans.

First, he denied our permit for Unity Day 2026.

Now, he is excluding Little Italy as a recognized location all together on the map.

Italian Americans BUILT NEW YORK CITY. Not third world Ugandans,

We stand AGAINST COMMUNISTS!

[Dick Hammer @Ferraro41]

This guy is the spirit animal of every man who has driven more than 10 miles with his wife

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Flight instructor jumps out of plane midair with no parachute after telling student, “You know what you have to do, carry on” — leaving her to land the aircraft safely alone.

[Dick Hammer @Ferraro41]

Looks like a perfect Met so far! #LGM

[SNY Mets @SNY_Mets]

Westbury's Matt Seelinger is coming on for his major league debut in the 7th inning

[Siraj Hashmi @SirajAHashmi]

Every lib on here watching the World Cup today:

[Robert J. O'Neill @mchooyah]

I smoked your G.O.A.T while you were fucking your goat.

[Jack Elsom @JackElsom]

EXCL: Keir Starmer personally stepped in to stop FIFA bringing forward England’s kick-off last night as he feared Mexico were trying to gain an advantage.

The PM told the FA they were not to accept moving the match.

https://t.co/kaBAJZpUAt

[Dick Hammer @Ferraro41]

Baty has had 1199 major league AB’s, and with that has compiled a .229 career BA and a .653 OPS. When a player shows you what he is, believe him. #LGM

[SleeperMets @SleeperMets]

UPDATE

People within the Mets front office still hold the belief that Brett Baty will emerge as a lineup staple, which means they will not part with him for nothing, per @chelsea_janes

[Dick Hammer @Ferraro41]

I don't disagree with the prediction overall...but the Mougey/Glenn prediction really got my attention. Boy, if we get to the end of the season and Glenn hasn't even developed into an "average" NFL head coach, I would think Woody and Mougs really need to think "is this the guy we want to groom our rookie, top ten pick QB next year?". Because if you go down that path and find out he isn't, then your rookie QB is on to HC/OC #2 in his second season. Rinse. Repeat. #Jets

[Dick Hammer @Ferraro41]

Polanco should get as many AB’s as possible to make him tradeable at the deadline

[Ben Yoel @Ben_Yoel]

Jorge Polanco is coming to take ABs away from Mark Vientos and Jared Young.