Mets - Page 55

Amazin69 · 08-03-2021, 09:26 AM

Well, everybody''s entitled to one bad inning per month, I'd say, I grant you that giving up a salami to Lewis Brinson, of all underachievers, is embarrassing, and being down four runs after four batters hit isn't so good when you team can only manage three all night, but I wouldn't consign Megill to the scrap heap just yet.

On the plus side, Baez drew a walk! Before he'd ever struck out as a Met, no less. What are the odds on that??? And Conforto got a hit,

But that's thin gruel. 4 out of 5 down the drain. Let's see if Walker's recovered from the ASG, yet.

Westheim · 08-03-2021, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Amazin69

On the plus side, Baez drew a walk! Before he'd ever struck out as a Met, no less. What are the odds on that???

Zilch. Javier Bum-ez struck out twice on Saturday, his Mets debut.

BBGiovanni · 08-03-2021, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

If there's ever a good day to go to the office and be drunk already, it's today.

Unfortunately, I'm a teetotaler.

Man, I can't get a break, huh??

Have you wised up and started drinking heavily yet? They play the last place team again in a few hours, start self-medicating now.

Also, I counted 3 position players last night that can't run at full speed, or weren't to try to avoid aggravating an injury. Such a mess.

Westheim · 08-03-2021, 02:18 PM

Luckily, the game is way past my bedtime.

Amazin69 · 08-04-2021, 07:30 PM

I guess I should quickly note the highlights of Tuesday's debacle before watching tonight's "fun":

• "Bombs Away!" Walker gives up HRs to Isan Diaz (3rd of the season) and Alex Jackson (1st of his career).
• At the time of the HR, Jackson was batting .037. Yes, you read that right.
• Walker also gave up a 2-run, 2-out single to Bryan de la Cruz, who entered the game hitting .071

Gary Cohen had a crap game calling it off of the monitor. He nearly called JD Davis's double a home run, and got way too excited for fly balls by McNeil and Alonso.

OTOH, he called the ball Alfaro hit to drive in the final MIA run "a broken-bat bloop". It landed on the warning track. Some "bloop", Gary.

(Btw, we had a play at the plate on Brinson…but Gold Glove Baez threw the relay halfway to Biscayne Bay. Sigh…)

Westheim · 08-05-2021, 01:11 AM

Mets won a game, and I see from the box score that PEEEETE stole a base, so I assume the Fish were afflicted with *at least* communal diarrhea to facilitate that, which also explains the 5-3 W the Mets limped away with.

I missed all of this series, but will get to see today's ******** **** womble. Huzzah!

BMW · 08-05-2021, 09:56 AM

El Mago. I'm not used to seeing such baseball savvy in the Mets uniform. That home plate slide was incredible.

Westheim · 08-05-2021, 12:28 PM

After seeing Villar, Pete, and Dom all reach base and stand their waiting with nobody out, and suffering through consecutive shambolics by Whiffis, Flailez, and Popforto, I need a drink.

Since I have neither alcohol nor carbolic acid handy, I'll try my luck with this (plonks down yellow bottle) dishwashing liquid.

Amazin69 · 08-05-2021, 02:53 PM

Hey, it's only the third time in four innings the Mets left the bases loaded. (7th and 8th last night, 1st today.)

Gotta keep the suspense going, right?

Westheim · 08-05-2021, 03:25 PM

For my thoughts on Jeurys Suckmilia, please concern previous pages. They haven't changed.

BBGiovanni · 08-05-2021, 03:33 PM

Oh hi fellow degenerates, isn't it fun watching the first place team* in the NL East play the last place team?

PS. As I was typing this the ball off Brinson's bat went in the gap. So let's say *** next to "first place".

Westheim · 08-05-2021, 03:45 PM

Javier Baez came to the plate five times today.

He struck out

and struck out

and struck out

and struck out

and... struck out.

Eight left on. Reminds me of an old post at Faith and Fear in Flushing.

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On a night when few did much and many did little, Bay continued to brave the storm in a skiff made of futility, standing in proximity to home plate six times for no immediately discernible reason. He produced a groundout, reached on an error and then struck out, struck out, struck out and…struck out.

0-for-6 with four strikeouts, none of which came with a Met runner on base, which prevents me, in all good conscience, from picketing the team hotel in L.A. this morning while chanting:

HEY, HEY, JASON BAY!
HOW MANY METS DID YOU STRAND TODAY?

http://www.faithandfearinflushing.co...y-for-arizona/

BBGiovanni · 08-05-2021, 03:55 PM

I didn't even realize there was such a thing as a platinum sombrero, but leave it to the $%@% Marlins to inflict one. Also I didn't know a team could make 5 errors and still win a game.

Let's all get drunk like it's the last night of the world first place!

Déjà Bru · 08-05-2021, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

Javier Baez came to the plate five times today.

He struck out

and struck out

and struck out

and struck out

and... struck out.

I had to look this up to verify and yep, 5 K's, all swinging. Wow. Gallo is going through the same thing on our side (Baez is doing just a bit better than him, though). Funny how some guys, when traded, freeze like a deer in headlights while others dive right in like a porpoise.

BBGiovanni · 08-05-2021, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Funny how some guys, when traded, freeze like a deer in headlights while others dive right in like a porpoise.

He did it like 3x in Chicago.

BMW · 08-05-2021, 09:38 PM

I mean close to half his outs are strikeouts. Either expect a lot of strikeouts or gnash your teeth for the next few months.

Westheim · 08-06-2021, 01:20 AM

All I'm saying is if somebody had bothered to call Ruben Tejada to cover for Lindor's absence, the Mets might have scored more runs today. Yes, Ruben's also gonna hit .210-ish. But he'd put a couple in play. Like, f.e., with the bases ******* stuffed.

I always loathed Javier Baez, but I saw him only a couple of times a year (I actually see quite a few Cubs games every year, since especially on Fridays they might be the only entertainment in town), but now he's on my screaming stupid team...

He can be all the nice guy to have around he wants to be. I loath Baez. I hate the type of player Baez is. I hate having the type of player that Baez is on my team.

Lindor's best buds with him? Good! They can go to L.A. next year together!

I'm going back to bed.

Amazin69 · 08-06-2021, 04:44 AM

First "platinum sombrero" for the Mets since Ryan Thompson in 1993. (Previous offenders were Ron Swoboda [2x], Dave Kingman and…Frank Taveras?)

I'm fairly sure that with Baez on the team, we won't have to wait 28 years for the next occurence, Perhaps not even 28 DAYS.

And isn't great that with 27 (or however many) arms in the bullpen, Boy Genus Rojas handles the staff so well that he needed to get key outs in the 8th from…Yennsy Diaz? I mean, Yennsy did fine cleaning up Familia's mess. But still.

Contributing to the "fun" of the Marlins' winning rally was the Mets twice failing to get easy outs at home plate. The first time, Defensive Stud James McCann whiffed on the tag. The second time, he dropped the throw. Yay for defense!

That said, the winners on the night had to be the offense:

Marlins gift us with 8 BB, 5 errors
Mets score 2 runs, have 15 LOB

Championship form! I can smell the champagne now!

BBGiovanni · 08-06-2021, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BMW

I mean close to half his outs are strikeouts. Either expect a lot of strikeouts or gnash your teeth for the next few months.

/whynotboth.gif

BBGiovanni · 08-06-2021, 11:34 PM

That was fast.

08-03-2021, 02:18 PM	#1084
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,598	Luckily, the game is way past my bedtime. __________________ 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.

08-04-2021, 07:30 PM	#1085
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 4,015 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	I guess I should quickly note the highlights of Tuesday's debacle before watching tonight's "fun": • "Bombs Away!" Walker gives up HRs to Isan Diaz (3rd of the season) and Alex Jackson (1st of his career). • At the time of the HR, Jackson was batting .037. Yes, you read that right. • Walker also gave up a 2-run, 2-out single to Bryan de la Cruz, who entered the game hitting .071 Gary Cohen had a crap game calling it off of the monitor. He nearly called JD Davis's double a home run, and got way too excited for fly balls by McNeil and Alonso. OTOH, he called the ball Alfaro hit to drive in the final MIA run "a broken-bat bloop". It landed on the warning track. Some "bloop", Gary. (Btw, we had a play at the plate on Brinson…but Gold Glove Baez threw the relay halfway to Biscayne Bay. Sigh…) Last edited by Amazin69; 08-04-2021 at 07:31 PM.

08-05-2021, 01:11 AM	#1086
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,598	Mets won a game, and I see from the box score that PEEEETE stole a base, so I assume the Fish were afflicted with at least communal diarrhea to facilitate that, which also explains the 5-3 W the Mets limped away with. I missed all of this series, but will get to see today's ****** ** womble. Huzzah! __________________ 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.

08-05-2021, 09:56 AM	#1087
BMW Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,030	El Mago. I'm not used to seeing such baseball savvy in the Mets uniform. That home plate slide was incredible. __________________

08-05-2021, 12:28 PM	#1088
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,598	After seeing Villar, Pete, and Dom all reach base and stand their waiting with nobody out, and suffering through consecutive shambolics by Whiffis, Flailez, and Popforto, I need a drink. Since I have neither alcohol nor carbolic acid handy, I'll try my luck with this (plonks down yellow bottle) dishwashing liquid. __________________ 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.

08-03-2021, 09:26 AM	#1081
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 4,015 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	Well, everybody''s entitled to one bad inning per month, I'd say, I grant you that giving up a salami to Lewis Brinson, of all underachievers, is embarrassing, and being down four runs after four batters hit isn't so good when you team can only manage three all night, but I wouldn't consign Megill to the scrap heap just yet. On the plus side, Baez drew a walk! Before he'd ever struck out as a Met, no less. What are the odds on that??? And Conforto got a hit, But that's thin gruel. 4 out of 5 down the drain. Let's see if Walker's recovered from the ASG, yet.

08-05-2021, 02:53 PM	#1089
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 4,015 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	Hey, it's only the third time in four innings the Mets left the bases loaded. (7th and 8th last night, 1st today.) Gotta keep the suspense going, right?

08-05-2021, 03:25 PM	#1090
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,598	For my thoughts on Jeurys Suckmilia, please concern previous pages. They haven't changed. __________________ 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.

08-05-2021, 03:33 PM	#1091
BBGiovanni All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Republic of California Posts: 1,911	Oh hi fellow degenerates, isn't it fun watching the first place team* in the NL East play the last place team? PS. As I was typing this the ball off Brinson's bat went in the gap. So let's say *** next to "first place". __________________ Let's Go (San Jose) Giants, Let's Go Mets! Current Project: WBAT/AABBA: Organized Base Ball And the "New Normal" World Baseball Aid Tournament 2023 trophy round underway!

08-05-2021, 03:55 PM	#1093
BBGiovanni All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Republic of California Posts: 1,911	I didn't even realize there was such a thing as a platinum sombrero, but leave it to the $%@% Marlins to inflict one. Also I didn't know a team could make 5 errors and still win a game. Let's all get drunk like it's the last night of the world first place! __________________ Let's Go (San Jose) Giants, Let's Go Mets! Current Project: WBAT/AABBA: Organized Base Ball And the "New Normal" World Baseball Aid Tournament 2023 trophy round underway!

08-05-2021, 09:38 PM	#1096
BMW Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,030	I mean close to half his outs are strikeouts. Either expect a lot of strikeouts or gnash your teeth for the next few months. __________________

08-06-2021, 01:20 AM	#1097
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,598	All I'm saying is if somebody had bothered to call Ruben Tejada to cover for Lindor's absence, the Mets might have scored more runs today. Yes, Ruben's also gonna hit .210-ish. But he'd put a couple in play. Like, f.e., with the bases ******* stuffed. I always loathed Javier Baez, but I saw him only a couple of times a year (I actually see quite a few Cubs games every year, since especially on Fridays they might be the only entertainment in town), but now he's on my screaming stupid team... He can be all the nice guy to have around he wants to be. I loath Baez. I hate the type of player Baez is. I hate having the type of player that Baez is on my team. Lindor's best buds with him? Good! They can go to L.A. next year together! I'm going back to bed. __________________ 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.

08-06-2021, 04:44 AM	#1098
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 4,015 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	First "platinum sombrero" for the Mets since Ryan Thompson in 1993. (Previous offenders were Ron Swoboda [2x], Dave Kingman and…Frank Taveras?) I'm fairly sure that with Baez on the team, we won't have to wait 28 years for the next occurence, Perhaps not even 28 DAYS. And isn't great that with 27 (or however many) arms in the bullpen, Boy Genus Rojas handles the staff so well that he needed to get key outs in the 8th from…Yennsy Diaz? I mean, Yennsy did fine cleaning up Familia's mess. But still. Contributing to the "fun" of the Marlins' winning rally was the Mets twice failing to get easy outs at home plate. The first time, Defensive Stud James McCann whiffed on the tag. The second time, he dropped the throw. Yay for defense! That said, the winners on the night had to be the offense: Marlins gift us with 8 BB, 5 errors Mets score 2 runs, have 15 LOB Championship form! I can smell the champagne now!

08-06-2021, 11:34 PM	#1100
BBGiovanni All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Republic of California Posts: 1,911	That was fast. __________________ Let's Go (San Jose) Giants, Let's Go Mets! Current Project: WBAT/AABBA: Organized Base Ball And the "New Normal" World Baseball Aid Tournament 2023 trophy round underway!