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Amazin69 · 08-12-2021, 08:47 AM

So I watch in mild surprise as the Mets rally (twice!), take their first lead in a week and actually win a game. Thus perhaps justifying Gary Cohen's "stripped to the studs" sneering at Washington. (Psst, Gary…they still scored SEVEN runs off of our "great" pitching.)

Then I turn off rather than watch Game 2. since I don't watch Rob Manfred's 7-inning bullsh*t. (I also don't watch "extra-inning" games with pop-up baserunners. Off after 9, alas. [I used to LOOOOVE "free baseball". Because, duh…FREE BASEBALL!])

So I'm a little annoyed that a 3-game series has shrunk to 2 games (for me), but I'm ready for today's game. Except I just learned that Game 2 got rained out, we have TWO nonsense Little League games, and so I only get to see one game with the Gnats. Grrr…

See you tomorrow, Dodgers. Sigh.

Westheim · 08-12-2021, 09:29 AM

I see, we have different criteria here. I watch whatever beisbol I can get. At least until they start to ramp up fan "involvement" to the next level. How about this - on borderline calls, the fans can decide via their dumbphones whether it was a homer or a wallbanger!

Oh well. Even if they hold of the Gnats today, two weeks with the Dodgers and Giants is nothing that this team can even remotely survive.

Westheim · 08-12-2021, 09:43 PM

PEEETE secures the sweep of the Gnats, and the Mets win three straight for the first time since June(!).

Phillies 60-55
Metsies 59-55
Barves 59-56

However, I'd be stunned if they were still above .500 two weeks from now, with 13 straight games against LA and SF. The Dodgers and Giants look two sizes too big for this team.

BBGiovanni · 08-13-2021, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

PEEETE secures the sweep of the Gnats, and the Mets win three straight for the first time since June(!).

Phillies 60-55
Metsies 59-55
Barves 59-56

However, I'd be stunned if they were still above .500 two weeks from now, with 13 straight games against LA and SF. The Dodgers and Giants look two sizes too big for this team.

You mean Mr Wheels, stolen base king? I love Pete even if he just turns out to be Boog Powell.

Hard to complain about a sweep, no matter how ugly... I expect the starters to get bombed by the Chavez Ravine Vandals but if they can stay in games long enough to get the bullpen clown car driving in they'll have a chance.

Will_L · 08-13-2021, 11:48 PM

Edwin Diaz in to pitch the top of the 9th in a tie game.
Walks the leadoff hitter, ex-Met McKinney.
Gets a bunted pop up for an out from Austin Barnes.
Balks the baserunner to 2nd.
K's Trea Turner.
How will it end?
OMG! He struck out Muncy, I was thinking that Muncy would take him deep on the 0-2 count LOL.
Now I'm hoping Rojas doesn't dare to send him out for another inning.

Amazin69 · 08-14-2021, 08:47 PM

Well, I see that big comeback was all for nothing. (I don't watch Manfred's garbage "extra innings", you may recall.)

Naturally this happens after Gary Cohen spent all game taunting the Dodgers about their crappy record in extra innings. You might want to cool the bragging, Gar. We're 59-56, FFS.

Robot Rojas, Boy Blunder, sat Dom Smith because a lefty was pitching. Never mind that Dom is hitting .340 against lefties. The idiot's excuse? "Well, we're playing a lot of games and I wanted to give him a day off sometime." Then sit him against a RIGHTY, moron. Dom's hitting .223 against them.

Of course, this left Dom free for pinch-hitting duty. He struck out, and is now 0-for-6 as a pinch-hitter. Not that Rojas had any idea, I'm sure.

(OT, but if somebody wants to beat Dr. Dave Chokshi's smug ass, I'm willing to donate to the legal defense fund. So sick of those ads.)

BBGiovanni · 08-16-2021, 12:38 AM

If there's one thing more fun than back to back extra inning losses, and that's giving up two touchdowns and needing to pitch two position players!

Westheim · 08-16-2021, 02:10 AM

I say we keep "Reed, J." and "Pillar" in the pen, and the others can go into the dumpster.

Funny thing: MLB.com says the Giants have "19 straight against playoff contenders".

They count the Mets as playoff contenders.

Magus978 · 08-16-2021, 10:28 AM

Dead team. Completely and utterly dead team walking. It'll be a miracle if they're still over .500 after this stretch.

BBGiovanni · 08-16-2021, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

I say we keep "Reed, J." and "Pillar" in the pen, and the others can go into the dumpster.

Funny thing: MLB.com says the Giants have "19 straight against playoff contenders".

They count the Mets as playoff contenders.

Jake Reed was the second player in as many weeks that I had no recollection of before I saw him on the field or in a box score. Hartlieb? I think that's the other one. Not only can't you tell the players without a scorecard, you can barely tell them with one!

Maybe some of these scrap heap guys will turn into something, at least more cannon fodder (the Italian expression is more accurate, carne da cannone= cannon meat) for next year.

Amazin69 · 08-16-2021, 05:24 PM

What a giant f*cking pile of sh*t.

Great moments in MetsCasting [ESPn edition]: Matty Vaz, getting the Boy Blunder's excuses in early, says "you run out of buttons to push when you don't have the personnel".

ESPn obligingly puts up a graphic of the teams who have the most players on the DL: Yankees, Rays, Mets, Dodgers, Padres. Huh. I guess Boone and Cash and Roberts and Tingler haven't run out of buttons to push, the way the Rojas-bot has. Poor Little Bot! Life is so unfair!

(Also, our best month was May [17-9] when 5/8 of our lineup was out of action. Just Dom, the catchers, and Frankie "$341,000,000 Down the Toilet" Lindor healthy. Billy McKinney for MVP, I guess.)

Amazin69 · 08-16-2021, 11:17 PM

Early report from SF: Rojas the Robot sends out the exact same lineup as last night. You know, the lineup that went 0-for-10 w/RiSP.

This features Michael Conforto in #2 hole. Now, Conforto's had a couple of good weeks, but part of the rationale last night was that Michael lights up Max Scherzer, specifically.

In case the Rojas-bot missed it, Kevin Gausman ≠ Max Scherzer. Just so he knows.

Westheim · 08-17-2021, 02:26 AM

I thought they might be going something remotely respectable like 4-9 during their Dodgers/Giants spree.

But they're now 0-4 and getting bluer in the face.

mytreds · 08-17-2021, 10:34 AM

Go Giants.

Déjà Bru · 08-17-2021, 01:28 PM

Westheim, he failed in football, so he's probably headed back to the Mets.

BBGiovanni · 08-17-2021, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Westheim

I thought they might be going something remotely respectable like 4-9 during their Dodgers/Giants spree.

But they're now 0-4 and getting bluer in the face.

But they allowed fewer than two touchdowns!

Last night was an opportunity as both Gausman and Rogers were definitely not their usual selves. If they can keep games close I have faith Pete will be able to hit one to Oakland of Jake McGee... if his pitches go over the plate.

Westheim · 08-17-2021, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Westheim, he failed in football, so he's probably headed back to the Mets.

Just got the crap, sell the cleats, and go back to school. Learn something proper.

Chef.

Accounting.

Yodel Diploma.

Just stay the **** away from the Metsies...

rudel.dietrich · 08-17-2021, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Westheim

Just got the crap, sell the cleats, and go back to school. Learn something proper.

Chef.

Accounting.

Yodel Diploma.

Just stay the **** away from the Metsies...

He did graduate with a degree in 2009. I do not know what it is in, and I doubt he has ever had to use it. But he did in fact graduate.

albatross11 · 08-17-2021, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by rudel.dietrich

He did graduate with a degree in 2009. I do not know what it is in, and I doubt he has ever had to use it. But he did in fact graduate.

Family, Youth and Community Science

Amazin69 · 08-18-2021, 11:34 AM

"Well, another fun-filled evening." —Jenny Calendar, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Welcome to sub-.500ville, kids! It will actually be an accomplishment if we manage to win 1 of the next 3 and reach the magic 60-62 mark.

(And, beautiful memories of 2016 aside, I've heard that 60-62 doesn't actually guarantee a 27-13 closing run. No Cabrera bat-flip with the extra inning walk--off, no Granderson switch-hitting HRs in extra innings…after all, we don't play extra innings any longer. Thanks, Manfred!)

08-12-2021, 09:29 AM	#1122
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,779	I see, we have different criteria here. I watch whatever beisbol I can get. At least until they start to ramp up fan "involvement" to the next level. How about this - on borderline calls, the fans can decide via their dumbphones whether it was a homer or a wallbanger! Oh well. Even if they hold of the Gnats today, two weeks with the Dodgers and Giants is nothing that this team can even remotely survive. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 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.

08-12-2021, 09:43 PM	#1123
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,779	PEEETE secures the sweep of the Gnats, and the Mets win three straight for the first time since June(!). Phillies 60-55 Metsies 59-55 Barves 59-56 However, I'd be stunned if they were still above .500 two weeks from now, with 13 straight games against LA and SF. The Dodgers and Giants look two sizes too big for this team. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 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.

08-13-2021, 11:48 PM	#1125
Will_L All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Laurelton, NY Posts: 590	Edwin Diaz in to pitch the top of the 9th in a tie game. Walks the leadoff hitter, ex-Met McKinney. Gets a bunted pop up for an out from Austin Barnes. Balks the baserunner to 2nd. K's Trea Turner. How will it end? OMG! He struck out Muncy, I was thinking that Muncy would take him deep on the 0-2 count LOL. Now I'm hoping Rojas doesn't dare to send him out for another inning. Last edited by Will_L; 08-13-2021 at 11:54 PM.

08-16-2021, 12:38 AM	#1127
BBGiovanni All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Republic of California Posts: 1,910	If there's one thing more fun than back to back extra inning losses, and that's giving up two touchdowns and needing to pitch two position players! __________________ 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!

08-16-2021, 02:10 AM	#1128
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,779	I say we keep "Reed, J." and "Pillar" in the pen, and the others can go into the dumpster. Funny thing: MLB.com says the Giants have "19 straight against playoff contenders". They count the Mets as playoff contenders. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 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.

08-12-2021, 08:47 AM	#1121
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 4,171 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	So I watch in mild surprise as the Mets rally (twice!), take their first lead in a week and actually win a game. Thus perhaps justifying Gary Cohen's "stripped to the studs" sneering at Washington. (Psst, Gary…they still scored SEVEN runs off of our "great" pitching.) Then I turn off rather than watch Game 2. since I don't watch Rob Manfred's 7-inning bullsh*t. (I also don't watch "extra-inning" games with pop-up baserunners. Off after 9, alas. [I used to LOOOOVE "free baseball". Because, duh…FREE BASEBALL!]) So I'm a little annoyed that a 3-game series has shrunk to 2 games (for me), but I'm ready for today's game. Except I just learned that Game 2 got rained out, we have TWO nonsense Little League games, and so I only get to see one game with the Gnats. Grrr… See you tomorrow, Dodgers. Sigh.

08-14-2021, 08:47 PM	#1126
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 4,171 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	Well, I see that big comeback was all for nothing. (I don't watch Manfred's garbage "extra innings", you may recall.) Naturally this happens after Gary Cohen spent all game taunting the Dodgers about their crappy record in extra innings. You might want to cool the bragging, Gar. We're 59-56, FFS. Robot Rojas, Boy Blunder, sat Dom Smith because a lefty was pitching. Never mind that Dom is hitting .340 against lefties. The idiot's excuse? "Well, we're playing a lot of games and I wanted to give him a day off sometime." Then sit him against a RIGHTY, moron. Dom's hitting .223 against them. Of course, this left Dom free for pinch-hitting duty. He struck out, and is now 0-for-6 as a pinch-hitter. Not that Rojas had any idea, I'm sure. (OT, but if somebody wants to beat Dr. Dave Chokshi's smug ass, I'm willing to donate to the legal defense fund. So sick of those ads.)

08-16-2021, 10:28 AM	#1129
Magus978 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Behind you. BOO! Posts: 1,894	Dead team. Completely and utterly dead team walking. It'll be a miracle if they're still over .500 after this stretch. __________________ Never forgive, never forget. http://twitch.tv/GanbaMagus

08-16-2021, 05:24 PM	#1131
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 4,171 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	What a giant fcking pile of sht. Great moments in MetsCasting [ESPn edition]: Matty Vaz, getting the Boy Blunder's excuses in early, says "you run out of buttons to push when you don't have the personnel". ESPn obligingly puts up a graphic of the teams who have the most players on the DL: Yankees, Rays, Mets, Dodgers, Padres. Huh. I guess Boone and Cash and Roberts and Tingler haven't run out of buttons to push, the way the Rojas-bot has. Poor Little Bot! Life is so unfair! (Also, our best month was May [17-9] when 5/8 of our lineup was out of action. Just Dom, the catchers, and Frankie "$341,000,000 Down the Toilet" Lindor healthy. Billy McKinney for MVP, I guess.) Last edited by Amazin69; 08-16-2021 at 05:29 PM.

08-16-2021, 11:17 PM	#1132
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 4,171 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	Early report from SF: Rojas the Robot sends out the exact same lineup as last night. You know, the lineup that went 0-for-10 w/RiSP. This features Michael Conforto in #2 hole. Now, Conforto's had a couple of good weeks, but part of the rationale last night was that Michael lights up Max Scherzer, specifically. In case the Rojas-bot missed it, Kevin Gausman ≠ Max Scherzer. Just so he knows.

08-17-2021, 02:26 AM	#1133
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,779	I thought they might be going something remotely respectable like 4-9 during their Dodgers/Giants spree. But they're now 0-4 and getting bluer in the face. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 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.

08-17-2021, 10:34 AM	#1134
mytreds All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 1,182	Go Giants. __________________ “Baseball isn’t statistics; it’s Joe DiMaggio rounding second.” “Once, centuries ago, it was the beloved national pastime of the Americas, Wesley. Abandoned by a society that prized fast food and faster games. Lost to impatience.” “ The term ‘WAR’ should be replaced by ‘WAG’. WAR isn’t an actual measurement; it’s just a wild-ass guess” -Bill James RIP National League 1876-2022 Floreat semper vel invita morte. I make custom ballparks.

08-17-2021, 01:28 PM	#1135
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Island Posts: 11,740	Westheim, he failed in football, so he's probably headed back to the Mets. Attached Images __________________ - Bru

08-18-2021, 11:34 AM	#1140
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 4,171 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	"Well, another fun-filled evening." —Jenny Calendar, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Welcome to sub-.500ville, kids! It will actually be an accomplishment if we manage to win 1 of the next 3 and reach the magic 60-62 mark. (And, beautiful memories of 2016 aside, I've heard that 60-62 doesn't actually guarantee a 27-13 closing run. No Cabrera bat-flip with the extra inning walk--off, no Granderson switch-hitting HRs in extra innings…after all, we don't play extra innings any longer. Thanks, Manfred!)