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IGT Thurs Apr 5 Mets @ Nats "Gay Dame Redux"

Fman99
Apr 04 2018 11:48 PM

Let's keep the weekday momentum going before a weird stupid Friday off day.

Strong pitching matchup, deGrom vs Strasberg. Pretty sour that this is an afternoon game, I won't be able to watch it.

Edgy MD
Apr 05 2018 01:17 PM
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This is the home opener for the Nats, who are also sporting a rookie manager and a pitcher-batting-eighth lineup.

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[*:1kbrf74i]Rendon, 3b[/*:m:1kbrf74i]
[*:1kbrf74i]Harper, rf[/*:m:1kbrf74i]
[*:1kbrf74i]Zimmerman, 1b[/*:m:1kbrf74i]
[*:1kbrf74i]Kendrick, 2b[/*:m:1kbrf74i]
[*:1kbrf74i]Turner, ss[/*:m:1kbrf74i]
[*:1kbrf74i]Montero, c[/*:m:1kbrf74i]
[*:1kbrf74i]Strasburg, sp[/*:m:1kbrf74i]
[*:1kbrf74i]Taylor, cf[/*:m:1kbrf74i][/list:o:1kbrf74i][/td:1kbrf74i][/tr:1kbrf74i][/table:1kbrf74i]

Ceetar
Apr 05 2018 01:44 PM
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Mets fans with mlb.tv in the Washington area, sorry, you can't watch. Why can't these games be streaming for all somewhere?

Edgy MD
Apr 05 2018 02:20 PM
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Mickey going with a far-more traditional lineup, with Céspedes third and the pitcher ninth and the shortstop eighth and the catcher seventh and stuff.

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[list=1][*]Michael Conforto, cf[/*:m]
[*]Asdrubal Cabrera, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Yoenis Cespedes, lf[/*:m]
[*]Jay Bruce, rf[/*:m]
[*]Todd Frazier, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Adrian Gonzalez, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Kevin Plawecki, c[/*:m]
[*]Jose Reyes, ss[/*:m]
[*]Jacob deGrom, sp[/*:m][/list:o] [list=1][*]Eaton, lf[/*:m]
[*]Rendon, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Harper, rf[/*:m]
[*]Zimmerman, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Kendrick, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Turner, ss[/*:m]
[*]Montero, c[/*:m]
[*]Strasburg, sp[/*:m]
[*]Taylor, cf[/*:m][/list:o]

Fman99
Apr 05 2018 02:35 PM
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Well, sadly, and happily, I am working from home today with my daughter who has a fever. Which does allow me to fire up the stream and watch while I work. Sad my child is ill but happy I can at least have the game on.

A Boy Named Seo
Apr 05 2018 04:05 PM
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I guess the jury is still out on Adrian Gonzalez, but man, I like seeing Conforto's name back in the lineup. Tough draw for Jose today, as Rosario gets the "nasty right-hander day off". @Fman, hope the Fchild feels better!

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 05 2018 04:09 PM
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Let's fuck these guys up. Of course this will go to the end but here's a chance to make a statement aka the wonderful opener of 2015, which felt like a winning season from that day even when shit went sideways later.

sharpie
Apr 05 2018 04:41 PM
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Two days in a row for Plawecki who has now started more games than Travis.

cooby
Apr 05 2018 04:44 PM
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Hope Fgirl feels better soon!

A Boy Named Seo
Apr 05 2018 05:08 PM
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What network is this shit on? I can't get it on MLB.tv.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 05 2018 05:09 PM
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on sny here in my house

A Boy Named Seo
Apr 05 2018 05:14 PM
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Facebook must have broken my MLB account. Damn you, Zuckerbro.

HahnSolo
Apr 05 2018 05:18 PM
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Four pitches in and behind. Yuck.

A Boy Named Seo
Apr 05 2018 05:19 PM
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Got on just in time to see Jay Bruce fumble that ball in right to allow Eaton to score.

cooby
Apr 05 2018 05:23 PM
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Fman99 wrote:
Let's keep the weekday momentum going before a weird stupid Friday off day.

Strong pitching matchup, deGrom vs Strasberg. Pretty sour that this is an afternoon game, I won't be able to watch it.

I wouldn’t get my hopes up for a Saturday game either

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 05 2018 05:31 PM
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Balk U, Strassberg. Tied game!

A Boy Named Seo
Apr 05 2018 05:33 PM
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Any way we can get one against this dude. Balk is an earned run? I guess so.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2018 05:52 PM
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Two out in the third and deGrom has only thrown 28 pitches.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2018 06:00 PM
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I'm glad that this "Cespedes" guy is on the team.

Ceetar
Apr 05 2018 06:09 PM
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big bomb, pitch down and out of the zone. Strasburg has given up a home run on literally 1/4th of flyballs.

Fman99
Apr 05 2018 06:13 PM
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Good start to the inning for Plaws.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2018 06:21 PM
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I'm glad that this "Conforto" guy is on the team.

Zvon
Apr 05 2018 06:24 PM
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batmagadanleadoff
Apr 05 2018 06:24 PM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 05 2018 06:28 PM

Ceetar wrote:
big bomb, pitch down and out of the zone. Strasburg has given up a home run on literally 1/4th of flyballs.

Three HRs in five games. Could this be the return of "The Babe Ruth Show", starring Yoenis Cespedes?

Fman99
Apr 05 2018 06:24 PM
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BLAMMO!

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 05 2018 06:28 PM
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Conforto goes from maybe missing all of 2018 to returning in the first week of play and homering off of Strasburg in his first game back.

Edgy MD
Apr 05 2018 06:33 PM
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HAR-VEY'S BET-TER! clap! clap! clap!-clap!-clap!

Zvon
Apr 05 2018 06:42 PM
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"I want Strasburg." -Conforto before the game

Lefty Specialist
Apr 05 2018 06:46 PM
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Liking what I'm seeing. I was worried Conforto's bat would be slow, but I guess it's fast enough.

And Jacob's just deGrommin' as usual. Worried about the late-inning bullpen, though. He can't use Fammy again.

Fman99
Apr 05 2018 06:47 PM
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Fgirl is feeling a bit better, she napped. She's disappointed in the new clean cut deGrom, she thinks his new haircut is "disgusting."

Zvon
Apr 05 2018 06:47 PM
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Wow, and congratulations!
[tweet:1vday75w]https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/981944277013024768[/tweet:1vday75w]

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2018 06:50 PM
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Jacob in a jam here. Bases loaded, nobody out, Mets hanging on to a 4-2 lead.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2018 06:51 PM
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Zimmerman pops one up. One out now.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2018 06:54 PM
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Reyes catches a line drive. Two out now.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2018 06:55 PM
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TREA TURNER STRIKES OUT ON THREE PITCHES!

deGROM PITCHES HIS WAY OUT OF THAT JAM!

Nice job!

Fman99
Apr 05 2018 06:55 PM
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Wow big K there! Turner pitching a baby fit.

d'Kong76
Apr 05 2018 06:55 PM
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Pretty slick three-out escape sequence for Jacob!

A Boy Named Seo
Apr 05 2018 06:56 PM
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deGrom, holy shit. What ballsy pitching!

Nymr83
Apr 05 2018 06:56 PM
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SUCK IT NATIONALS!

Zvon
Apr 05 2018 06:57 PM
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deGrom, escape artist.
[fimg=400:1y6sfzvv]http://stuffnobodycaresabout.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Houdini-Emerges-from-jail-cell.jpg[/fimg:1y6sfzvv]

Lefty Specialist
Apr 05 2018 06:58 PM
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Wow. Massive balls by deGrom.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2018 07:01 PM
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I think those are actually keys that you're seeing there.

Nymr83
Apr 05 2018 07:01 PM
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Nimmo: "oh hey dont forget about me!"

Lefty Specialist
Apr 05 2018 07:03 PM
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Zimmo Zimmo!

A Boy Named Seo
Apr 05 2018 07:03 PM
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Dang, Conforto looks great. Crushing balls to the opposite field and taking pitches just off the plate. Looks so locked in already.

Fman99
Apr 05 2018 07:13 PM
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.

[bigpurple:in8rkuib]GRAND SALAMI![/bigpurple:in8rkuib]

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 05 2018 07:13 PM
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Oh baby

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2018 07:13 PM
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And Bruce blows the game open with a Grand Salami!

d'Kong76
Apr 05 2018 07:14 PM
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.
.
Bruuuucccce![/bigpurple]

A Boy Named Seo
Apr 05 2018 07:14 PM
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YASSSSSS JAY BRUCE, GRAND SALAMMO

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2018 07:15 PM
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Dear Mr. Bruce:

Zvon
Apr 05 2018 07:16 PM
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GRAND SALAMIIIIIIIIII!

Nymr83
Apr 05 2018 07:16 PM
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Nimmo comes on and doubles and must be thinking "wow, I STILL look like the 4th best outfielder today"

Zvon
Apr 05 2018 07:18 PM
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[tweet:24cxxc6c]https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/981974124598910976[/tweet:24cxxc6c]

Lefty Specialist
Apr 05 2018 07:21 PM
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WOO-HOO!!!!!!

Zvon
Apr 05 2018 07:30 PM
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I don't usually talk politics on-line....

Zvon
Apr 05 2018 07:31 PM
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[tweet:dvmb2csp]https://twitter.com/mikemayerMMO/status/981976848144969728[/tweet:dvmb2csp]

Centerfield
Apr 05 2018 07:39 PM
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Let’s play four outfielders.

Zvon
Apr 05 2018 07:40 PM
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A thing of beauty.

Centerfield
Apr 05 2018 07:46 PM
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Also let’s pitch Robles every day.

Lefty Specialist
Apr 05 2018 07:51 PM
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You know, I could get used to games like this.

Zvon
Apr 05 2018 07:51 PM
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Lugo gets the 9th......

Fman99
Apr 05 2018 07:55 PM
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Lots of live arms in the pen this year.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2018 07:57 PM
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Zvon wrote:
Lugo gets the 9th......

I guess he's at least three days from his next start, with a day off, then Matz and Harvey coming up.

Lefty Specialist
Apr 05 2018 08:01 PM
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They might need him to go for a few innings behind Matz.

Zvon
Apr 05 2018 08:02 PM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
Zvon wrote:
Lugo gets the 9th......

I guess he's at least three days from his next start, with a day off, then Matz and Harvey coming up.

In Mickey we trust.

Zvon
Apr 05 2018 08:06 PM
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Mets turn on the wipers! BOOKS!

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2018 08:07 PM
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Gary Cohen tells us that Mickey Callaway joins Joe Torre and Davey Johnson in the "Won Five of Their First Six Games as Mets Manager Club".

d'Kong76
Apr 05 2018 08:07 PM
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Nice to spoil the Natfan's home opener day. In a word, suck it! Well, two.
Stupid day off tomorrow and Saturday looks like a washout.

Zvon
Apr 05 2018 08:09 PM
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[tweet:1g6qxqpl]https://twitter.com/InMetsWeTrust/status/981986262872739841[/tweet:1g6qxqpl]

A Boy Named Seo
Apr 05 2018 08:10 PM
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That was immensely satisfying.

Edgy MD
Apr 05 2018 08:10 PM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
Gary Cohen tells us that Mickey Callaway joins Joe Torre and Davey Johnson in the "Won Five of Their First Six Games as Mets Manager Club".

Hmmm .... Also the three youngest managers in team history.

Lefty Specialist
Apr 05 2018 08:18 PM
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A Boy Named Seo wrote:
That was immensely satisfying.

Wasn't it? Beating one of their aces, and spoiling their home opener, boy it doesn't get any better than that.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2018 08:18 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:
Benjamin Grimm wrote:
Gary Cohen tells us that Mickey Callaway joins Joe Torre and Davey Johnson in the "Won Five of Their First Six Games as Mets Manager Club".

Hmmm .... Also the three youngest managers in team history.

Johnson made it to six-of-seven before getting his second loss. Torre did one better, winning seven of his first eight.

d'Kong76
Apr 05 2018 08:27 PM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
Johnson made it to six-of-seven before getting his second loss. Torre did one better, winning seven of his first eight.

No pressure, Mickey.

Zvon
Apr 05 2018 08:31 PM
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Via SNY:

Things you should know about today's game...
1) Jay Bruce's seventh-inning grand slam broke open a 4-2 game. The blast came immediately after Jacob deGrom worked out of a bases loaded, no-out situation in the bottom of the sixth. Bruce narrowly missed a homer in the second inning when he doubled off the right-field wall. He scored the Mets' first run on Stephen Strasburg's balk with two outs in the second.

2) Michael Conforto played his first game since injuring his shoulder last Aug. 24 and slugged a tie-breaking two-run homer in the fourth off Strasburg. The 25-year-old also walked and finished 1-for-4 with two runs scored. Yoenis Cespedes homered for the second straight day for his third long ball of the season.

3) DeGrom (2-00 allowed two runs -- one earned -- on four hits and three walks in six innings. He struck out five and managed to retire three straight batters in the sixth after loading the bases with nobody out.

4) Five Mets relievers combined for three scoreless innings and six strikeouts.

News and notes...
The Mets' 5-1 start is their best since the 2006 squad won eight of their first nine games.

New York entered Thursday with a 56-93 (.376) record against the Nationals since the start of 2010.

DeGrom improved to 19-8 with a 1.97 ERA in 40 daytime starts. That is the lowest ERA by any pitcher (min. 200 innings) since 1913. He has won five of six decisions while posting a 2.76 ERA in seven career starts at Nationals Park.

Since joining the Mets in 2015, Cespedes is hitting .302 with seven doubles, six homers, 13 RBIs and 20 runs scored in 31 games against the Nationals.

New York struck out 11 batters Thursday, giving them five double-digit strikeout performances through six games.

Seven of the Mets' eight runs were scored with two outs. Of their 30 runs scored this season, 18 have come with two outs.

Phillip Evans was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas to make room for Conforto. Evans was hitless in three at-bats.

Centerfield
Apr 05 2018 08:40 PM
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Lefty Specialist wrote:
A Boy Named Seo wrote:
That was immensely satisfying.

Wasn't it? Beating one of their aces, and spoiling their home opener, boy it doesn't get any better than that.

I don't remember a single moment in 2017 that came close to being as cool as today's win. Like not one.

When we are all drunk at the ticker tape parade in November, we're going to remember that bases loaded no one out jam as the moment that this team took off and never looked back.

I mean, think about it. Bases loaded, no one out. No runs score. The next inning, the other team gets a few breaks from the umps and then hits a grand slam. You can't get any more 2017 Mets than that.

Zvon
Apr 05 2018 08:46 PM
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Centerfield wrote:
When we are all drunk at the ticker tape parade in November, we're going to remember that bases loaded no one out jam as the moment that this team took off and never looked back.

Ohhhhhhhhhh yea, this.^

Ceetar
Apr 05 2018 08:47 PM
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Mets capitalized on the Braves window closing in 2006 and should've had a nice run out of it. Perhaps they can slam the Nats window shut and run away with this thing.

but I get ahead of myself.

d'Kong76
Apr 05 2018 08:47 PM
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Centerfield wrote:
When we are all drunk at the ticker tape parade in November*, we're going to remember that bases loaded no one out jam as the moment that this team took off and never looked back.

* and mooning people from Lunchbucket's office

Centerfield
Apr 05 2018 08:51 PM
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Also, a few thoughts.

We got two breaks in that grand slam inning.

One was the Cespedes checkswing. It looked like he did not go, but lazy umps have been calling that strike 3 for the past few years. Very fortunate there. We were even more fortunate on the 2-2 pitch to Bruce right before the GS. That was a strike. I feel like the pitcher thought so too, and felt like he had to get a lot of plate to make sure he didn't walk in a run. The rest is history.

Some of this is offset by the bullshit strike 3 on Cabrera, but in 2017 no way we get those breaks.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2018 09:01 PM
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Centerfield wrote:

I don't remember a single moment in 2017 that came close to being as cool as today's win. Like not one.

I think you're right. The best thing I remember from 2017 is the TRESPEDES game, where the Mets clobbered the Phillies before we knew that the season was going South. But a win against the Nationals and Stephen Strasburg is much more of a statement than a win against the Phillies.

And now that I've dug up that cover, I see that even that day was tainted with bad injury news.

G-Fafif
Apr 05 2018 09:24 PM
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Mets are four above .500. Last year, they rose to four above .500 (7-3) with that 16-inning win in Miami and never sat that high again.

Let's not be that way this year.

Frayed Knot
Apr 05 2018 09:58 PM
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Centerfield wrote:
We got two breaks in that grand slam inning.

One was the Cespedes checkswing. It looked like he did not go, but lazy umps have been calling that strike 3 for the past few years. Very fortunate there. We were even more fortunate on the 2-2 pitch to Bruce right before the GS. That was a strike. I feel like the pitcher thought so too, and felt like he had to get a lot of plate to make sure he didn't walk in a run.

All of those pitches were borderline -- the Trea Turner strikeout too -- and certainly could have gone either way. And when there are multiple coin-flips you don't figure to win all of them.
But, breaks or no breaks, how does Dave Martinez not have one (or more) of his Four LHRs ready for Bruce when a single in that situation breaks the game open and the worst case scenario essentially puts it away?!?
110 points of OPS lower for his career when facing L as opposed to R. And while Kintzler was one of their big relief acquisitions last year and a guy they're counting on, he's also the guy who just loaded the bases.

This is where the old saying about making your own breaks comes into play.

MFS62
Apr 05 2018 10:35 PM
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Luck is the residue of design ... unless you're really lucky.

Later

cooby
Apr 05 2018 11:25 PM
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Via SNY:

Things you should know about today's game...
1) Jay Bruce's seventh-inning grand slam broke open a 4-2 game. The blast came immediately after Jacob deGrom worked out of a bases loaded, no-out situation in the bottom of the sixth. Bruce narrowly missed a homer in the second inning when he doubled off the right-field wall. He scored the Mets' first run on Stephen Strasburg's balk with two outs in the second.

2) Michael Conforto played his first game since injuring his shoulder last Aug. 24 and slugged a tie-breaking two-run homer in the fourth off Strasburg. The 25-year-old also walked and finished 1-for-4 with two runs scored. Yoenis Cespedes homered for the second straight day for his third long ball of the season.

3) DeGrom (2-00 allowed two runs -- one earned -- on four hits and three walks in six innings. He struck out five and managed to retire three straight batters in the sixth after loading the bases with nobody out.

4) Five Mets relievers combined for three scoreless innings and six strikeouts.

News and notes...
The Mets' 5-1 start is their best since the 2006 squad won eight of their first nine games.

New York entered Thursday with a 56-93 (.376) record against the Nationals since the start of 2010.

DeGrom improved to 19-8 with a 1.97 ERA in 40 daytime starts. That is the lowest ERA by any pitcher (min. 200 innings) since 1913. He has won five of six decisions while posting a 2.76 ERA in seven career starts at Nationals Park.

Since joining the Mets in 2015, Cespedes is hitting .302 with seven doubles, six homers, 13 RBIs and 20 runs scored in 31 games against the Nationals.

New York struck out 11 batters Thursday, giving them five double-digit strikeout performances through six games.

Seven of the Mets' eight runs were scored with two outs. Of their 30 runs scored this season, 18 have come with two outs.

Phillip Evans was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas to make room for Conforto. Evans was hitless in three at-bats.

5) Jay Bruce earned me 16.5 fantasy points today!

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 06 2018 01:40 AM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Let's fuck these guys up. Of course this will go to the end but here's a chance to make a statement aka the wonderful opener of 2015, which felt like a winning season from that day even when shit went sideways later.

Was this just what Dr. Johnny ordered or what?

Chad Ochoseis
Apr 06 2018 12:31 PM
Re: IGT Thurs Apr 5 Mets @ Nats "Gay Dame Redux"

G-Fafif wrote:
Mets are four above .500. Last year, they rose to four above .500 (7-3) with that 16-inning win in Miami and never sat that high again.

Let's not be that way this year.

Yeah, I was thinking that, too. My memory is that the April schedule last year was really soft. I think 7 of the first 10 were against Miami and the other three were against Philadelphia. If we continue beating up on the Nats, I'll start thinking this team is for real.

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2018 12:53 PM
Re: IGT Thurs Apr 5 Mets @ Nats "Gay Dame Redux"

Frayed Knot wrote:
But, breaks or no breaks, how does Dave Martinez not have one (or more) of his Four LHRs ready for Bruce when a single in that situation breaks the game open and the worst case scenario essentially puts it away?!?

So, basically, the Mets are in first place because our rookie manager hasn't (so far) been undermining his cause like the division's other rookie managers?

Matheny didn't seem to be particularly doing the Cardinals any favors against the Mets either.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 06 2018 01:12 PM
Re: IGT Thurs Apr 5 Mets @ Nats "Gay Dame Redux"

Cast your vote!

Centerfield
Apr 06 2018 02:04 PM
Re: IGT Thurs Apr 5 Mets @ Nats "Gay Dame Redux"

Saw a good Newsday cover coming out of yesterday's game. If nothing else, next year's TCD will hopefully be better.

I find I have to keep telling myself it's just one game and I should calm down. We are a different team when it's not deGrom or Noah, and they are still missing Murphy, etc. Still, so much fun smacking down Washington.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 07 2018 08:19 PM
Re: IGT Thurs Apr 5 Mets @ Nats "Gay Dame Redux"

Benjamin Grimm wrote:
Benjamin Grimm wrote:
Gary Cohen tells us that Mickey Callaway joins Joe Torre and Davey Johnson in the "Won Five of Their First Six Games as Mets Manager Club".

Hmmm .... Also the three youngest managers in team history.

Johnson made it to six-of-seven before getting his second loss. Torre did one better, winning seven of his first eight.

And now Mickey has matched Davey Johnson's start.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 09 2018 02:52 PM
Re: IGT Thurs Apr 5 Mets @ Nats "Gay Dame Redux"

And now Mickey has matched Joe Torre's seven of eight! I have a feeling he might make it to 161 of 162!

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 19 2018 03:37 PM
Re: IGT Thurs Apr 5 Mets @ Nats "Gay Dame Redux"