Mets

Airdrop01 · 04-14-2018, 09:17 AM

Westheim wont do it, I’m sure, what with jinxes and all.........

But I will. The Mets are on a freaking roll. Starting off this way is so crazy good. That team was good anyway. With this, it will convince them that they are even moreso...

Déjà Bru · 04-14-2018, 10:30 AM

This thread will be like catnip . . . racoon nip? . . . to Westheim. I don't think he will be able to resist. However, to be even more enticing, you should have named the thread "Meeets!" No one else would know at first what you were talking about but he would, immediately!

TheMaus2 · 04-14-2018, 11:39 AM

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For the first time ever Wheeler, Syndergaard, DeGrom, Harvey, and Matz had consecutive starts for the Mets. They went 5-0. How long has it taken for this to happen? 4 years.

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Déjà Bru · 04-14-2018, 12:37 PM

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However, for catcher, they may want to take a page out of this book and have a couple of reserves sitting in the stands.

rudel.dietrich · 04-14-2018, 12:49 PM

So far the NL East has been surprisingly competitive in that there are 3 teams over .500 when it looked like pre season only one team (the Nationals) were projected to be over that mark.

As a Braves fan I don't expect this to last but it has been a fun ride so far and for the first time in years I am actually watching a fair bit of baseball and trying to ease myself back into the sport.

Westheim · 04-14-2018, 01:02 PM

Not trying to spit 11-1 in the mouth but the Mets have had their share of luck in their 9-game streak. There were quite a few games that could easily have tilted the other way, including last night; if Dan Jennings doesn't throw a wild pitch, and Santana(?) doesn't blunder to third against Cespedes, they probably lose. Also one of those in Washington, and I saw nothing of the Marlins series this week but the scores weren't exactly blowouts.

And no, I am still not blown away by their collection of old men trying to play whack-a-ball. It's funny though that they wound up with whatever is left in Adrian Gonzalez' body and the Braves are paying the $21m bill for it. With the Mets, normally it's the other way round.

And, yeah, their version of Tragic Travis. It's an unsavory nickname I created for one of my Furballs' pitchers, but d'Arnaud is the perfect fit for it, too. As Gary Cohen pointed out last night, this is the fifth straight year where Tragic Travis (my words, not his) lands on the DL by the middle of May (his words, not mine).

Well, at least the R.A. Dickey deal back then also gave us Syndergaard. Would look kinda sad otherwise.

Airdrop01 · 04-14-2018, 01:21 PM

Dude, you have to be thankful. The staff is very good. The margin between .600 and .400 baseball is razor thin over short periods of time, so while they aren’t the best on paper, starts like this are huge in light of 162 games, when the margin between .600 and .400 teams is enormous.

Airdrop01 · 04-14-2018, 01:22 PM

Don’t worry. I’ll still point out my fav Baseball day of the year....Bobby Bonilla Day!

Westheim · 04-14-2018, 04:59 PM

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Don’t worry. I’ll still point out my fav Baseball day of the year....Bobby Bonilla Day!

One of my favorite articles of all time is about the Royals btw: https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/5/...-failed-player

Airdrop01 · 04-14-2018, 09:58 PM

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One of my favorite articles of all time is about the Royals btw: https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/5/...-failed-player

Except for now we have a new monument to the Dayton Moore era. Hehehe!

Westheim · 04-15-2018, 09:14 AM

Mets bopped by Chase Anderson, Josh Hader - here comes the tailspin!

Déjà Bru · 04-16-2018, 12:50 PM

Looks like the Mets are finding Nimmo, heh. I happened to catch part of the game yesterday; it was amusing to watch him circle the bases and head into the dugout after his game-tying home run, all the way with a big smile on his face. A smile of pure joy with which I would assume the Brewers would not have any problem.

Andy · 04-16-2018, 01:54 PM

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Looks like the Mets are finding Nimmo, heh. I happened to catch part of the game yesterday; it was amusing to watch him circle the bases and head into the dugout after his game-tying home run, all the way with a big smile on his face. A smile of pure joy with which I would assume the Brewers would not have any problem.

He really is fun to watch. Btw, his twitter username is youfoundnimmo

Déjà Bru · 04-17-2018, 06:48 PM

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Mets bopped by Chase Anderson, Josh Hader - here comes the tailspin!

That was nothing. Yesterday's stunning loss to the Nats 8-6 after leading 6-1 in the seventh is a gut check, though. Let's see if they bounce back from that tonight.

swoboda · 04-17-2018, 07:50 PM

Bounce back coming, this team is resilient

Westheim · 04-18-2018, 04:43 AM

This team has lost two in a row the Gnats. Better hide and wait for better times in 2033 or so...

swoboda · 04-18-2018, 05:39 PM

Ye of little faith ....

TheMaus2 · 04-18-2018, 08:29 PM

Mets lose twice to playoff team! Get out your tanking caps now, SKY IS FALLING!!!!!!!

swoboda · 04-18-2018, 11:32 PM

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Ye of little faith ....

Mets score nine runs in eighth-inning rally to beat Nationals, 11-5

Déjà Bru · 04-19-2018, 11:47 AM

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Ye of little faith ....

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Mets lose twice to playoff team! Get out your tanking caps now, SKY IS FALLING!!!!!!!

Nah. That's part of Westheim's charm. It's analogous to me peeking at the Yankees score before calling it up on MLB.tv. Look, when you have been hurt as much as us, for as long as us (I'm also a Knicks and Giants fan), you develop such defense mechanisms to alleviate your suffering!

04-14-2018, 09:17 AM	#1
Airdrop01 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lenexa, KS / Wilson, WY Posts: 1,354	Mets Westheim wont do it, I’m sure, what with jinxes and all......... But I will. The Mets are on a freaking roll. Starting off this way is so crazy good. That team was good anyway. With this, it will convince them that they are even moreso... __________________

04-14-2018, 10:30 AM	#2
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Island Posts: 10,732	This thread will be like catnip . . . racoon nip? . . . to Westheim. I don't think he will be able to resist. However, to be even more enticing, you should have named the thread "Meeets!" No one else would know at first what you were talking about but he would, immediately! __________________ - Bru

04-14-2018, 01:02 PM	#6
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 12,798	Not trying to spit 11-1 in the mouth but the Mets have had their share of luck in their 9-game streak. There were quite a few games that could easily have tilted the other way, including last night; if Dan Jennings doesn't throw a wild pitch, and Santana(?) doesn't blunder to third against Cespedes, they probably lose. Also one of those in Washington, and I saw nothing of the Marlins series this week but the scores weren't exactly blowouts. And no, I am still not blown away by their collection of old men trying to play whack-a-ball. It's funny though that they wound up with whatever is left in Adrian Gonzalez' body and the Braves are paying the $21m bill for it. With the Mets, normally it's the other way round. And, yeah, their version of Tragic Travis. It's an unsavory nickname I created for one of my Furballs' pitchers, but d'Arnaud is the perfect fit for it, too. As Gary Cohen pointed out last night, this is the fifth straight year where Tragic Travis (my words, not his) lands on the DL by the middle of May (his words, not mine). Well, at least the R.A. Dickey deal back then also gave us Syndergaard. Would look kinda sad otherwise. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 88 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.

04-14-2018, 01:21 PM	#7
Airdrop01 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lenexa, KS / Wilson, WY Posts: 1,354	Dude, you have to be thankful. The staff is very good. The margin between .600 and .400 baseball is razor thin over short periods of time, so while they aren’t the best on paper, starts like this are huge in light of 162 games, when the margin between .600 and .400 teams is enormous. __________________

04-14-2018, 01:22 PM	#8
Airdrop01 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lenexa, KS / Wilson, WY Posts: 1,354	Don’t worry. I’ll still point out my fav Baseball day of the year....Bobby Bonilla Day! __________________

04-14-2018, 12:49 PM	#5
rudel.dietrich Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Posts: 8,608	So far the NL East has been surprisingly competitive in that there are 3 teams over .500 when it looked like pre season only one team (the Nationals) were projected to be over that mark. As a Braves fan I don't expect this to last but it has been a fun ride so far and for the first time in years I am actually watching a fair bit of baseball and trying to ease myself back into the sport.

04-15-2018, 09:14 AM	#11
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 12,798	Mets bopped by Chase Anderson, Josh Hader - here comes the tailspin! __________________ Portland Raccoons, 88 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.

04-16-2018, 12:50 PM	#12
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Island Posts: 10,732	Looks like the Mets are finding Nimmo, heh. I happened to catch part of the game yesterday; it was amusing to watch him circle the bases and head into the dugout after his game-tying home run, all the way with a big smile on his face. A smile of pure joy with which I would assume the Brewers would not have any problem. __________________ - Bru

04-17-2018, 07:50 PM	#15
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,218	Bounce back coming, this team is resilient __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson

04-18-2018, 04:43 AM	#16
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 12,798	This team has lost two in a row the Gnats. Better hide and wait for better times in 2033 or so... __________________ Portland Raccoons, 88 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.

04-18-2018, 05:39 PM	#17
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,218	Ye of little faith .... __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson

04-18-2018, 08:29 PM	#18
TheMaus2 All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The OOTP Forums. Always. Posts: 1,952 Blog Entries: 16	Mets lose twice to playoff team! Get out your tanking caps now, SKY IS FALLING!!!!!!! __________________ I write a monthly newsletter on the Food Baseball Association. I also listen to music no one's ever heard of in hopes of looking cool and alternative.