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IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Centerfield May 01 2018 03:46 AM

Mets go for two in a row. Noah versus someone not as awesome as Noah.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2018 10:30 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

1st meeting of the Tuesday Night Mets Club in 2018. Took advantage of early season dynamic pricing and snagged some 300 levels behind first.

bmfc1 May 01 2018 11:45 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

The Braves might consider these "statement" games against the 1st place Mets. It's time to put them in their place and remind them that they are playing for next year.

A Boy Named Seo May 01 2018 04:38 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Looks like we're getting the Braves #3 (according to MLB) prospect Mike Soroka, who just got the call up today. 6' 5", hard-throwing righty. Has 1.99 ERA at AAA with 9.5 K/9.

Edgy MD May 01 2018 05:15 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Ooh, Atlanta's number three! Their number three! Your callup's just a question of TIME, Soroka! Ooh, he's here in NYC! He's here, I see! Take the time to hit the Gugen-HEIM, Soroka! Nimmo's leading off! Gonna walk! Pitch below the knees! Turn your head and cough! Please piss here! Test for PEDs! Mike, Mike, Mike, Mi-Mi, whoa! M-m-m-Mike Soroka! M-m-m-Mike Soroka!

seawolf17 May 01 2018 05:44 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Great. Rookie pitcher. Pencil in seven shutout innings for the kid.

cooby May 01 2018 07:19 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Edgy MD wrote: Ooh, Atlanta's number three! Their number three! Your callup's just a question of TIME, Soroka! Ooh, he's here in NYC! He's here, I see! Take the time to hit the Gugen-HEIM, Soroka! Nimmo's leading off! Gonna walk! Pitch below the knees! Turn your head and cough! Please piss here! Test for PEDs! Mike, Mike, Mike, Mi-Mi, whoa! M-m-m-Mike Soroka! M-m-m-Mike Soroka! Nice!

Frayed Knot May 01 2018 07:24 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Quickie scouting report from John Sickels: Soroka was drafted in the first round (28th overall) in 2015 from high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His rise through the system has been extremely rapid for a high school arm: Low-A in 2016, Double-A in 2017 at age 19, now Triple-A and the majors in 2018 at age 20 (not 21 until August) His performance has been excellent especially given his youth. He holds a career 2.85 ERA in 353 innings with a 311/76 K/BB. This includes a 1.99 ERA in four starts for Triple-A Gwinnett in 2018 with a 24/5 K/BB in 22.2 innings. https://www.minorleagueball.com/2018/5/ ... nta-braves So that'll be two 20 year-olds (Soroka & Acuna) plus a 21 y/o (Albies) in the starting lineup tonight. Even for a franchise known for signing them young and promoting them fast, that's highly unusual and you'd probably have to go back a while before you can find a similar circumstance aside from maybe some September games. I'm sure Gary will be all over the specifics of exactly when/who this last happened.

Edgy MD May 01 2018 07:43 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

[fimg=225]http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/1969Yearbook.jpg[/fimg] [list=1][*]Ozzie Albies (S), 2b[/*:m] [*]Ronald Acuna Jr. (R), lf[/*:m] [*]Freddie Freeman (L), 1b[/*:m] [*]Nick Markakis (L), rf[/*:m] [*]Kurt Suzuki (R), c[/*:m] [*]Dansby Swanson (R), ss[/*:m] [*]Ryan Flaherty (L), 3b[/*:m] [*]Mike Soroka (R), sp[/*:m] [*]Ender Inciarte (L), cf[/*:m][/list:o] [list=1][*]Asdrubal Cabrera (S), 2b[/*:m] [*]Michael Conforto (L), cf[/*:m] [*]Yoenis Cespedes (R), lf[/*:m] [*]Jay Bruce (L), rf[/*:m] [*]Todd Frazier (R), 3b[/*:m] [*]Adrian Gonzalez (L), 1b[/*:m] [*]Amed Rosario (R), ss[/*:m] [*]Tomas Nido (R), c[/*:m] [*]Noah Syndergaard (L), sp[/*:m][/list:o]

G-Fafif May 01 2018 07:56 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: 1st meeting of the Tuesday Night Mets Club in 2018. Took advantage of early season dynamic pricing and snagged some 300 levels behind first. Will stomp my feet from the 500s by way of saying "hey". My long-awaited 2018 debut.

Lefty Specialist May 01 2018 08:11 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

A first major league start against the Mets usually results in something like 6 shutout innings on two hits. Prove me wrong, Metsies.

seawolf17 May 01 2018 08:15 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Lefty Specialist wrote: A first major league start against the Mets usually results in something like 6 shutout innings on two hits. Prove me wrong, Metsies. Right? I said the same thing. We won't even get a baserunner until the fourth.

Edgy MD May 01 2018 08:27 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

I'll take that bet, you Shleprocks.

bmfc1 May 01 2018 11:20 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Ugh, this is supposed to be one of the two good starts.

HahnSolo May 01 2018 11:38 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

I’m think this one might get overturned. Oops. Wrong.

Edgy MD May 02 2018 12:27 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

You've got to put your runners in motion there.

Edgy MD May 02 2018 12:37 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Nido runs like a catcher. A veteran catcher.

Ashie62 May 02 2018 01:14 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Beat the Braves Beat the Braves!

cooby May 02 2018 01:15 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

When does this shindig get underway?

Edgy MD May 02 2018 01:48 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Markakis is a LIAR!

Edgy MD May 02 2018 01:50 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Frozen rope by Gonzalez!

Fman99 May 02 2018 01:50 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Whoa, there's a break!

Edgy MD May 02 2018 01:50 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Wasn't really worthy of the pepper grinder, there, AG.

Edgy MD May 02 2018 01:52 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Rosario is, like, contact averse.

Edgy MD May 02 2018 01:53 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

I bat Reyes before Flores to avoid the DP, but the wild pitch obviates all that.

HahnSolo May 02 2018 01:53 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Rosario stinks. Let’s go Wilmer

bmfc1 May 02 2018 01:56 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

That Rosario AB--maybe telling him to fake bunt was too much for him considering how badly he's hitting.

MFS62 May 02 2018 02:14 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Cray-yup! (Sorry. That was my best Southern accent) Later

d'Kong76 May 02 2018 02:24 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Probably would have been better to just let Rosario hack.

Fman99 May 02 2018 02:34 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Dangit

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 02 2018 11:20 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

So the Tuesday night club met for a pregamer at Mikkeller. Not a bad spot for a beer, I think they had something like 60 or 90 on tap?? The bar however was cut off to walk ups except at one end where a long line formed. So we joined the 2 tap line instead. There was also a guy with a wagon of cans you could flag down. Tonight we went "excelsior" , came fairly close to a foul ball and had access to the Foxwoods club. What an incredibly poor use of space that joint is, it's about 5 times the size of the Prom Club for about a fifth of the people, the single-passenger SUV of stadium clubs, dozens of unsat-at tables. Cool view of the TV director room on the way in. Whoever said the Braves were there to make a statement were right; you don't need me to tell you this but they completely ambushed Synderpants. I think it's time to sit Conforto for a day or three. He is not getting it done as a leadoff guy, or a slugger. We got pretty excited at the play at the plate (good job, Blevins and Ramos. Cough), the little 9th inning rally etc but they need an on-base guy in that lineup in the worst way. The between-innings nonsense seems as bland as ever this year, no lame "race" to rip off, still torturing us with pianoman. Last night they had some dude from the Zac Brown band give a live "Take Me Out" - I'm sure that was a promo appearance and not a regular thing. The ZBB is playing 2 dates at CF. Really? I ain't hardly heard of them.

Fman99 May 02 2018 11:24 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

It's country music, so, you know, it's supposed to suck, in the way that Republican voters who love country music also suck.

Lefty Specialist May 02 2018 11:55 AM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Lefty Specialist wrote: A first major league start against the Mets usually results in something like 6 shutout innings on two hits. Prove me wrong, Metsies. Well, I was pretty goldurn close, unfortunately. Shut them out through 5 and 1 run through 6.

seawolf17 May 02 2018 12:17 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The ZBB is playing 2 dates at CF. Really? I ain't hardly heard of them. They're actually incredibly talented, and one of the best live bands out there, from what I understand. I keep missing them when the chance arrives, unfortunately, but I'm definitely a fan.

Frayed Knot May 02 2018 12:28 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Yeah, ZB (and the ZBB) are kind of hard-edged country so it's not all fiddles and sappy love songs to old dogs and pick-up trucks. I've seen him on a few television appearances here and there. Did a thing with Springsteen at one of those event-type shows in DC a few years back - although I forget now what song(s) they played. Has an excellent beard and a thing for hats and other headwear.

Centerfield May 02 2018 01:24 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Um, these Braves can fucking hit. If they do that to Syndergaard, I cringe to think what they will do against Vargas.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 02 2018 03:27 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

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Benjamin Grimm May 02 2018 03:42 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets

Cast your vote!

Benjamin Grimm May 24 2018 02:05 PM Re: IGT - May 1 - Braves vs. Mets