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IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

d'Kong76 Jun 13 2018 02:25 AM

NYM-deGrom (4-1, 1.57) ATL-Soroka (1-1, 3.68)

Ceetar Jun 13 2018 01:25 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

d'Kong76 wrote: NYM-deGrom (4-1, 1.57) ATL-Soroka (1-1, 3.68) Soroka just off the DL. He threw 73 pitches in his last rehab start, so a little patience, maybe some early runs would go a long way towards chasing him and winning this game..

Centerfield Jun 13 2018 01:30 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Ceetar wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: NYM-deGrom (4-1, 1.57) ATL-Soroka (1-1, 3.68) ...maybe some early runs would go a long way towards chasing him and winning this game.. LOLOLOLOL

d'Kong76 Jun 13 2018 02:03 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

[tweet:gy5pngy9]https://twitter.com/Mets/status/1006899077806731264[/tweet:gy5pngy9]

d'Kong76 Jun 13 2018 02:05 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Chop this... [tweet:bdk9rkys]https://twitter.com/Braves/status/1006887020801687552[/tweet:bdk9rkys]

MFS62 Jun 13 2018 02:23 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

d'Kong76 wrote: NYM-deGrom (4-1, 1.57) ATL-Soroka (1-1, 3.68) I'm not very confident about this one. While DeGrom pitches well in day games, the Mets couldn't hit playing a video baseball game. Later

Ashie62 Jun 13 2018 02:26 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

And around we go "If its Tuesday this must be Belgium"

d'Kong76 Jun 13 2018 02:36 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

I don't remember that movie, just Googled it and it looks like something I'd like and will check it out. Anyway, it's Wednesday and it's Georgia, and the Mets are due for a double-digit laugher. Mets 12-Braves 2

Fman99 Jun 13 2018 02:53 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Uh, let's go Mets? Sure.

Ashie62 Jun 13 2018 04:54 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Conforto on a 0-22 stretch, that is hard to do Free Pecan pie to any and all Mets who get a hit. Confident the eight slices I have we be enough. Slice per hit Metsies Pie over/under is 8

HahnSolo Jun 13 2018 05:02 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Another day that ends in a Y...Mets hitless through 3, meanwhile F. Freeman has an RBI. 1-0 Braves bottom 3.

HahnSolo Jun 13 2018 05:02 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

I also thought we left behind the "Mets crap the bed in Atlanta" theme when they abandoned Turner Field.

Edgy MD Jun 13 2018 05:03 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

In a big situation — close game and runners on — who is more dis-spiriting to see walk up to the plate? Bruce or Conforto? I figure if you're looking for a strikeout on a pitch up, Conforto's your man. If you want a soft liner off the end of the bat into the shift, go for Bruce. Gonzalez was the double play specialist. That position is currently open.

Ashie62 Jun 13 2018 05:03 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Mickey Calloway is clueless. You can pitch around Freeman

Ashie62 Jun 13 2018 05:05 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Edgy MD wrote: In a big situation — close game and runners on — who is more dis-spiriting to see walk up to the plate? Bruce or Conforto? I figure if you're looking for a strikeout on a pitch up, Conforto's your man. If you want a soft liner off the end of the bat into the shift, go for Bruce. Gonzalez was the double play specialist. That position is currently open. I could work others into this but you did just fine!!!

Ashie62 Jun 13 2018 05:09 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

We're going to get no hit???

d'Kong76 Jun 13 2018 05:14 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

If warning track fly-outs and Braves flashy infield D doesn't count, mebbe.

Ashie62 Jun 13 2018 05:21 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

18 outs

d'Kong76 Jun 13 2018 05:24 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

For those not watching SNY, they just gave a tiny tidbit to prep us for the next series: The Mets have scored just 52 runs in their last 17 games. The D'backs have scored 51 runs in their last 5 games.

HahnSolo Jun 13 2018 05:25 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Slight tangent and I'm in full-on "why don't they make the whole plane out of the black box" territory but if MLB really wanted to do something about pace of play and the length of games, they'd make every contest a midweek getaway day game.

HahnSolo Jun 13 2018 05:32 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

a baserunner!

Ashie62 Jun 13 2018 05:33 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

A runner is scoring position!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 13 2018 05:43 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

If the Mets aren't leading the league in pop-ups caught in foul territory I will eat my hat

Lefty Specialist Jun 13 2018 05:43 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

1 hit through 7 innings. Yeah, that'll get it done.

Centerfield Jun 13 2018 05:48 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Lefty Specialist wrote: 1 hit through 7 innings. Yeah, that'll get it done. You may not be happy with that, but I feel like the Mets avoiding the indignity of getting no-hit so far is a small victory.

cooby Jun 13 2018 05:48 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

I;m about to send these guys some frigging Wheaties

batmagadanleadoff Jun 13 2018 05:48 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Anybody ever win the Cy Young award with a losing record?

HahnSolo Jun 13 2018 05:52 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Anybody ever win the Cy Young award with a losing record? A good argument could have been made for Nolan Ryan 1987. 8-16 record, BUT... led the league in ERA, ERA+, Strikeouts, hits per 9, Ks per 9, and K-BB ratio. He finished fifth.

d'Kong76 Jun 13 2018 05:54 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

cooby wrote: I;m about to send these guys some frigging Wheaties Never mind cereal, it's time for Lebanon baloney.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 13 2018 05:55 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

HahnSolo wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Anybody ever win the Cy Young award with a losing record? A good argument could have been made for Nolan Ryan 1987. 8-16 record, BUT... led the league in ERA, ERA+, Strikeouts, hits per 9, Ks per 9, and K-BB ratio. He finished fifth. That's exactly who I was thinking of when I wrote that post -- Ryan87.

Methead Jun 13 2018 06:02 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Bautista just whiffed on 2 straight pitches, right where his wheelhouse used to be

Lefty Specialist Jun 13 2018 06:03 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Now I know how Bob Gibson lost 9 games with an ERA of 1.12 in 1968. He must have had the Mets hitting behind him.

HahnSolo Jun 13 2018 06:09 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 13 2018 06:11 PM

Their pen lefty made it look so easy... We have Blevins.

Centerfield Jun 13 2018 06:10 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Blevins in. HR for FFF. The Mets are so predictable. They might even be worse at poker than they are at baseball.

cooby Jun 13 2018 06:15 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

d'Kong76 wrote: cooby wrote: I;m about to send these guys some frigging Wheaties Never mind cereal, it's time for Lebanon baloney. That's too good for them

Benjamin Grimm Jun 13 2018 06:17 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

At least April was fun. That's more than we had last year.

Ashie62 Jun 13 2018 06:19 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

It's cheaper to fly Mickey back to NY from Atlanta than Arizona.

metirish Jun 13 2018 07:03 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Just seeing the score now, bleh

Edgy MD Jun 13 2018 07:27 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Amazin' that the team hasn't been no-hit yet. They're doing a great job distributing their 2-5 hits evenly across every game.

smg58 Jun 13 2018 08:08 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Maybe that's what it will take to hit rock bottom.

Ceetar Jun 13 2018 08:10 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

smg58 wrote: Maybe that's what it will take to hit rock bottom. 2015 Mets were 31-28 after Heston's no hitter. 59-44 the rest of the way. 2015 Mets were 89-72 after Scherzer's no-hitter. went 1-0 the rest of the way.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 13 2018 08:19 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Ceetar wrote: smg58 wrote: Maybe that's what it will take to hit rock bottom. 2015 Mets were 31-28 after Heston's no hitter. 59-44 the rest of the way. 2015 Mets were 89-72 after Scherzer's no-hitter. went 1-0 the rest of the way. And the 1927 Yankees also won a lot of games. You forgot about the 1927 Yankees.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 13 2018 08:22 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

If only Cespedes could go on another Babe Ruth spree. And we still had the Daniel Murphy of the second half of 2015. And Matt Harvey and Steven Matz pitching like all stars. And Familia pitching like the best reliever in all of baseball. Then we could win more games than we're likely to win.

Ceetar Jun 13 2018 08:42 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

batmagadanleadoff wrote: If only Cespedes could go on another Babe Ruth spree. And we still had the Daniel Murphy of the second half of 2015. And Matt Harvey and Steven Matz pitching like all stars. And Familia pitching like the best reliever in all of baseball. Then we could win more games than we're likely to win. Or like, Amed Rosario and Dominic Smith adjust to the majors and start mashing, and Conforto gets comfortable? yeah. That could happen too. Or they could trade for Machado. Or Cespedes could come back and yes, hit for a wRC+ of like 140. And it could be perfectly timed so they win like 13/13 games against the Nationals. Or any of the dozens of arms they've cycled in could get locked in in the bullpen. happens regularly.

MFS62 Jun 14 2018 12:50 AM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Just got home and saw the box score. In yesterday's thread, I said to pitch around Freddie F'n Freeman. Maybe if I etched it on a stone tablet and left it in the clubhouse, they'll read it. Later

MFS62 Jun 14 2018 12:52 AM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Edgy MD wrote: Amazin' that the team hasn't been no-hit yet. They're doing a great job distributing their 2-5 hits evenly across every game. Give them time. When is the next Julio Teheran start against them? Later

Fman99 Jun 14 2018 02:14 AM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

I listened on XM, except between 1:15 and 1:45, when I napped in my Jeep on my lunch break. That was probably the highlight of the afternoon, in retrospect.

Rockin' Doc Jun 14 2018 02:20 AM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

d'Kong76 wrote: cooby wrote: I;m about to send these guys some frigging Wheaties Never mind cereal, it's time for Lebanon baloney. Forget the Lebanon baloney. It's time for a big damn enema.

Frayed Knot Jun 14 2018 01:52 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Just got home and saw the box score. In yesterday's thread, I said to pitch around Freddie F'n Freeman. Maybe if I etched it on a stone tablet and left it in the clubhouse, they'll read it. Later No offense, dude, but you bring this up every time they play the Braves at which point somebody, usually me, brings up the stupidity and long-term losing strategy of essentially gifting players, even power hitters, a 1.000 OBA -- at which point you generally resort to claiming that you didn't literally mean it until the next Braves series when you say the exact same thing. In Monday's (small) sample size, Freddie: - came up in the 1st with a runner on 2nd/1-out and promptly K'd. Would you rather walk him there and go to 1st & 2nd w/1out? - in the 4th he lead off and they walked him. And although HE didn't actually score a run (he was out on that 1-2-5 DP) his leadoff walk set-up the first run of the game. "How 'bout that?' as Mell Allen used to say - in the 6th he again led off the the Braves' half and this time he HR'd - but considering that the Braves went on to tack on 2 walks, 3 singles, 2 steals, and an inning-capping Grand Slam, how's the outcome going to be any different there with him walking rather than being pitched to? I'll answer that: none, except that your way you go in KNOWING that he won't make an out rather than taking you chances where there's a greater than 50/50 chance he will. - and finally in the 7th, he lead off with a walk ... and quickly scored on the following double!!! His OPS v-NYM is slightly above his overall career numbers -- iow, he's not some kind of magical "Met Killer', he's merely a good hitter who's going to beat you, and them, and everyone else on occasion. So do us a favor, either make an argument for actually putting him on each time or drop this six times/season ritual. And claiming that you only want to 'pitch around him' but not actually walk him is a non-answer.

MFS62 Jun 14 2018 02:11 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

If I'd known you'd get that excited I wouldn't have written it. Your health is important to us. Yes, no excuse. I post it in the same way people started posting "Fuck Ichiro" and it turned into a thing. Its my perception that he does seem to do well against the Mets at the most inappropriate times, and I have no statistical backup for that. He's a pain in the ass against the Mets. I dislike him as much as I disliked Larry Jones. There have been some players who did well against the Mets who I respected - Stargell comes to mind. Freddie's not one of them. Maybe in the future, I'll just type "Fuck Freddie Freeman". Now get better. Later

Frayed Knot Jun 14 2018 05:38 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

It's just frustrating to hear that they should have walked him, but only after something bigger than a walk occurs. And again, if you want to make the case that 100% walksshould be the case then go ahed and make it. But the passive/aggressive approach is no approach at all.

Centerfield Jun 14 2018 05:52 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

MFS62 wrote: He's a pain in the ass against the Mets. I dislike him as much as I disliked Larry Jones. There have been some players who did well against the Mets who I respected - Stargell comes to mind. Freddie's not one of them. Maybe in the future, I'll just type "Fuck Freddie Freeman". Later Why the dislike? I don't remember FFF doing anything other than hit the ball alot.

Centerfield Jun 14 2018 05:54 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Frayed Knot wrote: It's just frustrating to hear that they should have walked him, but only after something bigger than a walk occurs. And again, if you want to make the case that 100% walksshould be the case then go ahed and make it. But the passive/aggressive approach is no approach at all. Right. This was my issue earlier in the year when the Mets seemingly (I don't know if it was intentional or not) were walking Bryce Harper at every opporunity. Runners on, 2 outs? Sure. Walk him. Leading off an inning? No way. Earn that shit.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 14 2018 07:44 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Centerfield wrote: MFS62 wrote: He's a pain in the ass against the Mets. I dislike him as much as I disliked Larry Jones. There have been some players who did well against the Mets who I respected - Stargell comes to mind. Freddie's not one of them. Maybe in the future, I'll just type "Fuck Freddie Freeman". Later Why the dislike? I don't remember FFF doing anything other than hit the ball alot. Yeah my take on Freddie is that he's awesome. Probably more than any player in baseball he's just *looks* like he's about to get a hit every time up, like he's designed to hit the shit out of the ball. It';s the stance but also his eyes and stuff. It's like he feels he has the advantage all the time. I watch him with my hands on my face.

MFS62 Jun 14 2018 10:55 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee

Frayed Knot wrote: It's just frustrating to hear that they should have walked him, but only after something bigger than a walk occurs. And again, if you want to make the case that 100% walksshould be the case then go ahed and make it. But the passive/aggressive approach is no approach at all. Why get angry with your frustration? You are generally one of the good guys here. This is out of character for you. I admitted I have no statistical backing to it, just gut feel. Maybe its just jealousy that the Braves have someone as consistently good as him and we don't. I dunno. I can root for or against any player at any time. It my right as a fan. What more do you want me to say? Later

Benjamin Grimm Jul 03 2018 12:59 PM Re: IGT 06/13 - NYM at ATL - Early Matinee