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Westheim · 04-16-2025, 04:14 PM

“That stupid, head-first slide!” – Keith Hernandez, 2025

“Those stupid, clutchless, concrete-gloved Mets!” – your favorite talking raccoon, 2025

For seven innings, the hardest hitting the Mets did was Taylor Travison or whatever his name might be beaning Hunter Wendelstedt with a foul ball. Thankfully, Wendelstedt has a thick head and eventually walked off the field on his own two legs…

Keith also went where it hurts otherwise, including dropping the phrase “Indian Summer”, which is apparently a bannable offense now.

“Guardian Summer” …?

Pitching consisted of an inning-plus of Huascar Brazobán, three-and-a-third of a 28-year-old debutee that will retire with one day of MLB service time, and somehow it went wrong only afterwards with Butt-Oh and assorted pranksters. Boom-Boom Diaz also walked the leadoff man Bader in the bottom 9th, because why wouldn’t you put the winning run on base like that, even though Bader – who early in the game threw out Winker, assorted prankster, at home plate – was eventually caught stealing, even if only on a crew chief review.

At one point in the game everybody in the Mets lineup was batting .242 or less, except for Big Pete, who is currently tied for 299th all-time with 231 homers, tying Jimmy Rollins.

The Mets also had the bases loaded with one out and Soto batting at one point, which somehow dissolved into a 4-U double play, which baffled Keith tremendously, and then in the 10th had Big Pete draw a walk to add to the free bogus Soto on base, and then crapped the bed for a double play and a pop to third in two more pitches. The Twinks then garroted Garrett with Blitzin’ Buxton in no time for a walkoff and the Mets’ first losing streak of at least two games in 2025.

Other stupid **** only the Mets do: have an outfielder with a broken leg on the roster for a week, so when your scheduled starter is ill and you hand off Kranick to the minors, you can then claw him back by disabling the one-legged outfielder without waiting 15 days. Please don’t tell me they planned on that and/or knew that Canning was gonna be ill today in advance.

Never mind that you already played with a short bench for five days and whatever damage that has done in the meantime…

04-16-2025, 04:14 PM	#3092
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,524	“That stupid, head-first slide!” – Keith Hernandez, 2025 “Those stupid, clutchless, concrete-gloved Mets!” – your favorite talking raccoon, 2025 For seven innings, the hardest hitting the Mets did was Taylor Travison or whatever his name might be beaning Hunter Wendelstedt with a foul ball. Thankfully, Wendelstedt has a thick head and eventually walked off the field on his own two legs… Keith also went where it hurts otherwise, including dropping the phrase “Indian Summer”, which is apparently a bannable offense now. “Guardian Summer” …? Pitching consisted of an inning-plus of Huascar Brazobán, three-and-a-third of a 28-year-old debutee that will retire with one day of MLB service time, and somehow it went wrong only afterwards with Butt-Oh and assorted pranksters. Boom-Boom Diaz also walked the leadoff man Bader in the bottom 9th, because why wouldn’t you put the winning run on base like that, even though Bader – who early in the game threw out Winker, assorted prankster, at home plate – was eventually caught stealing, even if only on a crew chief review. At one point in the game everybody in the Mets lineup was batting .242 or less, except for Big Pete, who is currently tied for 299th all-time with 231 homers, tying Jimmy Rollins. The Mets also had the bases loaded with one out and Soto batting at one point, which somehow dissolved into a 4-U double play, which baffled Keith tremendously, and then in the 10th had Big Pete draw a walk to add to the free bogus Soto on base, and then crapped the bed for a double play and a pop to third in two more pitches. The Twinks then garroted Garrett with Blitzin’ Buxton in no time for a walkoff and the Mets’ first losing streak of at least two games in 2025. Other stupid **** only the Mets do: have an outfielder with a broken leg on the roster for a week, so when your scheduled starter is ill and you hand off Kranick to the minors, you can then claw him back by disabling the one-legged outfielder without waiting 15 days. Please don’t tell me they planned on that and/or knew that Canning was gonna be ill today in advance. Never mind that you already played with a short bench for five days and whatever damage that has done in the meantime… __________________ Portland Raccoons, 91 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.