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IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

kcmets May 29 2019 11:30 AM

I dunno, maybe I should wait until the first inning starts? NYM (27‑27) Noah Syndergaard (RHP, 3-4, 4.93) LAD (36‑19) Walker Buehler (RHP, 5-1, 3.58)

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 11:42 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Syndy needs to come off my shit list. I can;t believe I'm saying this but he needs to be more like Matz

batmagadanleadoff May 29 2019 11:59 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Syndergaard's starting to remind me a little bit of Nolan Ryan. Thor's not struggling as much as Ryan did early in his career but I'm starting to wonder if Syndergaard's ever gonna have that dominant unhittable season or seasons that everyone was sure he would've had already, and if he ever does have those seasons, whether they'll happen in a Mets uniform.

kcmets May 29 2019 04:08 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/LAD.png> Pederson lf Muncy 2b Turner 3b Bellinger rf Seager ss Beaty 1b Verdugo cf Smith c Buehler p

Edgy MD May 29 2019 04:26 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Does anyone know who's pitching for the Dodgers? Anyone?

kcmets May 29 2019 04:32 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

I was gonna try that, but figured I'd lay an egg...

G-Fafif May 29 2019 04:52 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Amed Rosario – SS Dominic Smith – LF Pete Alonso – 1B Michael Conforto – RF Wilson Ramos – C Todd Frazier – 3B Carlos Gómez – CF Adeiny Hechavarría – 2B Noah Syndergaard - RHP Dom to LF!

Edgy MD May 29 2019 05:18 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

So much goodness. Please shine tonight, Smitty.

Frayed Knot May 29 2019 06:09 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Be nice if we could snag this one, whether because of Syndy or despite him, cuz the matchup for tomorrow sure doesn't favor our cause.

Edgy MD May 29 2019 08:14 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Dom is da bom.

Edgy MD May 29 2019 08:15 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

PETE IS THE MEAT.

nymr83 May 29 2019 08:16 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Alonso drives in Smith! they can play together!

41Forever May 29 2019 08:18 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

I love Pete Alonso. And now we can start voting to get him in the All-Star Game starting lineup!

nymr83 May 29 2019 08:34 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Noah!

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 08:52 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Get your shit together, Synderpaants

batmagadanleadoff May 29 2019 08:52 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Frayed Knot wrote: Be nice if we could snag this one, whether because of Syndy or despite him, cuz the matchup for tomorrow sure doesn't favor our cause. Oh my God! It's like the best starting pitcher in baseball against the worst.

Frayed Knot May 29 2019 08:58 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Would have been nice if Hecchavarria had still been on base to score via Syndergaard's hit. Not sure that his 'suicide run' towards 3rd was necessary, particularly with only one out, but I suppose that after Monday night's running debacles, he just wanted to make sure.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 09:16 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

We can't give this lead up, but we've given that lead up

Frayed Knot May 29 2019 09:31 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

This game is like a blueprint for Noah's whole season: pitches get fouled off forever, but not swung through, until one finally goes fair and finds a hole somewhere. And then if there are runners on the whole situation gets even worse. It's obvious that he's missing that killer slider but there also seems to be a degree of bad luck involved. Aside from the pop-ups/high-flies tonight, I think every ball they've hit tonight (except for maybe one right at Conforto) has found some grass and whether those balls are hit hard or not seems irrelevant.

Frayed Knot May 29 2019 09:34 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

In the meantime, the odds of this game ending prior to 2 AM EDT are dropping rapidly.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 09:53 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Alonso is turning out to be pretty good

Edgy MD May 29 2019 09:55 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

And how about that Smithlonso combo?

nymr83 May 29 2019 09:57 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

I havent been to Citi yet this year, MVP chants for Alonso yet?

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 10:03 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Gomez screws up the catch at the wall but cuts down Seager at 3B!

Edgy MD May 29 2019 10:04 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Go-Go didn't know where the wall was. But he knew where third base was.

Frayed Knot May 29 2019 10:07 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

'How many times do you see it, where the guy who makes a great tag to end the inning leads off the next half?'

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 10:13 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Hechavarria > Cano

Edgy MD May 29 2019 10:23 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

116 pitches. No big whoop.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 10:26 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Rosey

LWFS May 29 2019 10:28 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Rose tattoo, more like it. That wasn't a terrible pitch he hit.

LWFS May 29 2019 10:28 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Smith, to the same damn spot.

Frayed Knot May 29 2019 10:28 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 29 2019 10:29 PM

You're wrong, Gary, Urias just had his case adjudicated by Rosario on his first pitch. oe: and in case that wasn't enough ...

Edgy MD May 29 2019 10:29 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

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Edgy MD May 29 2019 10:34 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Remember when this place was a pitcher's park? Now, suddenly, it's like Arizona or Colorado. It's where you want to go to get your hitters straight.

LWFS May 29 2019 10:38 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

I LOVE that the SNY production team finds time to get the obligatory taillights-of-early-departures parking lot shot on-air.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 10:38 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Yeah the first Alonso HR looked bogus to me. He's got freaky strength but he barely struck it

LWFS May 29 2019 10:43 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Yeah the first Alonso HR looked bogus to me. He's got freaky strength but he barely struck it So what you're saying is, you think it was CGI?

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 10:44 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

something like that

Edgy MD May 29 2019 10:45 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

I was wondering why Michael Douglas looked so much younger.

LWFS May 29 2019 10:46 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

See, THIS is a Bashlor kinda night, Mick. Or should be.

Edgy MD May 29 2019 10:46 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

=LWFS post_id=11518 time=1559191088 user_id=84] I LOVE that the SNY production team finds time to get the obligatory taillights-of-early-departures parking lot shot on-air.

I miss them finding Met fan Hollywood celebs in Mets hats.

Edgy MD May 29 2019 10:47 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Centerfielder Gomez has a better arm than leftfielder Gomez.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 10:48 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Todd Z is holding back on revealing that he too performed in Dodger Stadium as an amateur high schooler. His Hart High team lost the 1982 CA state championships there

LWFS May 29 2019 10:50 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Deep background! Nice. Good hustle and all, I suppose, but am I wrong in thinking that was kind of a dumbshit move that just happened to work out for Joc?

Edgy MD May 29 2019 10:52 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

No, you are correct, Sir. I get unreasonably pissy whenever the Mets play the Dodgers and I'm reminded that they still have #14 and #31 in rotation.

LWFS May 29 2019 10:59 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Fair. But then, they haven't retired 34 or 55, either.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 11:04 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Fammy will make this one too close

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 11:20 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

I gotta crash. I'm so irresponsibly sleepy

Edgy MD May 29 2019 11:29 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Gosh, Diaz. Pitch Pederson away much?

Edgy MD May 29 2019 11:30 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

And Joc gives it a knoc. Two-run game.

Edgy MD May 29 2019 11:31 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Holy shnikes. One-run game. No outs.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 11:32 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Oh

nymr83 May 29 2019 11:33 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

WHAT THE FUX DIAZ??

Edgy MD May 29 2019 11:34 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Bring in Matz!!

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 11:34 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Good thing we gave up our best prospect for Diaz. After all he was quite the stud with Seattle last year

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 11:35 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Fcksht

bmfc1 May 29 2019 11:36 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Great job by Brodie Van Idiot, trading 2 Top 10 prospects for Diaz and Cano.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2019 11:36 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

What a disgrace

Edgy MD May 29 2019 11:39 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Well, that was fast.

bmfc1 May 29 2019 11:42 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

The type of loss that you never forget.

nymr83 May 29 2019 11:43 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

=bmfc1 post_id=11548 time=1559194953 user_id=73] The type of loss that you never forget.

Staying up late for this game was st00pid!

G-Fafif May 29 2019 11:49 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Holy fuck.

41Forever May 30 2019 04:35 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Went to sleep thinking the game was in hand. What a punch in the neck.

MFS62 May 30 2019 05:42 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Great job by Brodie Van Idiot, trading 2 Top 10 prospects for Diaz and Cano. This one is off to a hot start: http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=milb&player_id=672284#/career/R/hitting/2019/ALL And the second base prospect, Luis Santana, who he gave up in another deal, hasn't started his season yet. And I think he will be better than Kelenic. Later

Benjamin Grimm May 30 2019 06:06 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

http://potg.ultimatemets.com/images/schaefer47.jpg> Cast your vote!

batmagadanleadoff May 30 2019 06:28 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

WTF happened? I went to sleep after that half inning where Amed & Dom back to backed. Then Alonso singled and Conforto doubled with nobody out and the Mets stranded those two. Then I left thinking that normally, I'd be bitching that those LOB's are gonna cost the Mets. But not tonight. This one's in the bag.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 30 2019 06:59 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

I thought it was safe when Fammy got thru the 8th. Someday a team (probably not the appearance- and brand-marketing-obsessed Mets) will have a good bullpen by making the bullpen coach the ultimate decisionmaker on which of his guys gets which assignments.

dgwphotography May 30 2019 07:14 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

This is one game I'm glad I fell asleep on. If I saw that live, I probably would have nver gone to sleep. I hate west coast trips...

dgwphotography May 30 2019 07:19 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

We should be allowed to give negative points for blown saves, costly errors, not running out grounders, etc.

Centerfield May 30 2019 07:26 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

=dgwphotography post_id=11561 time=1559222056 user_id=78] This is one game I'm glad I fell asleep on. If I saw that live, I probably would have nver gone to sleep. I hate west coast trips...

Exactly this.



Although in this case, I'm glad I missed this one. Wow, what a shitshow.

Centerfield May 30 2019 07:32 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Also, I'm sorry for everyone who stayed up to watch this. I've been there before. Stewing. Angry. Wondering why I do this to myself.

bmfc1 May 30 2019 07:41 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

“Today was easily the worst day of my career,” Diaz said after blowing his second save of the season. “The worst game of my career, the worst game of the season for me. I thought I threw excellent pitches for strikes. I was throwing the ball where I wanted to and they just got me.” https://nypost.com/2019/05/30/edwin-diaz-implodes-in-ninth-as-mets-suffer-brutal-loss-to-dodgers/ If he was throwing "excellent pitches... where [he] wanted" then he, and they, and we, are in big trouble.

batmagadanleadoff May 30 2019 08:06 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

“Today was easily the worst day of my career,” Diaz said after blowing his second save of the season. “The worst game of my career, the worst game of the season for me. I thought I threw excellent pitches for strikes. I was throwing the ball where I wanted to and they just got me.” https://nypost.com/2019/05/30/edwin-diaz-implodes-in-ninth-as-mets-suffer-brutal-loss-to-dodgers/ If he was throwing "excellent pitches... where [he] wanted" then he, and they, and we, are in big trouble. Yeah. Either that or that fucking Dodgers team is fucking ferocious. Big market team with a league average team payroll, right?

batmagadanleadoff May 30 2019 08:10 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

“Today was easily the worst day of my career,” Diaz said after blowing his second save of the season. “The worst game of my career, the worst game of the season for me. I thought I threw excellent pitches for strikes. I was throwing the ball where I wanted to and they just got me.” https://nypost.com/2019/05/30/edwin-diaz-implodes-in-ninth-as-mets-suffer-brutal-loss-to-dodgers/ If he was throwing "excellent pitches... where [he] wanted" then he, and they, and we, are in big trouble. Yeah. Either that or that fucking Dodgers team is fucking ferocious. Big market team with a league average team payroll, right? Sarcasm alert for kcmets: When I refer to the Dodgers as a big market team with a league average payroll, I'm actually taking a shot at the cheapass Mets even though I dont say cheapass or Mets or even address the Mets in that comment.

Edgy MD May 30 2019 08:14 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

The pitches they were missing did seem to be fantastic pitches that the batters couldn't touch. And then the next one would be a meatball. The only really good pitch that somebody got a hold of was the one Bellinger hit.

dgwphotography May 30 2019 08:48 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

It also seems like Dodger stadium was a launching pad last night. I don't understand how Pistol Pete's first homer went out.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 30 2019 08:54 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

I read this morning that word spread thru the Dodgers bench after the 1st HR that Diaz' stuff *wasn't* good last night. I dunno, I didn't watch and don't wanna see it. But that's why I suggested my radical bullpen coach should overrule manager structure

Edgy MD May 30 2019 09:06 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

=dgwphotography post_id=11584 time=1559227686 user_id=78] It also seems like Dodger stadium was a launching pad last night. I don't understand how Pistol Pete's first homer went out.

Homers with topspin are always a sign that something may be amiss.



Those terrible first months of seemingly every season that Curtis Granderson had as a Met were filled with balls he struck the hell out of, but they were on low pitches that he didn't quite get under, and so the topspin would bite at the end of their flight, and they'd die on the edge of the warning track.



Mark McGwire's record-setting 62nd homer was on a topspin drive that took about a second and a half to get out. It seemed to travel 100 feet further than it should have.

dgwphotography May 30 2019 09:12 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Edgy MD wrote: =dgwphotography post_id=11584 time=1559227686 user_id=78] It also seems like Dodger stadium was a launching pad last night. I don't understand how Pistol Pete's first homer went out. Homers with topspin are always a sign that something may be amiss.

That's a good point, so both of his homers can be questioned. (I thought the first homer was the less than full swing)

Edgy MD May 30 2019 09:20 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Also, the whole country's weather is topsy-turvy right now with weird pressure systems in places they're not supposed to be, smashing into each other and creating dozens of tornadoes. Maybe the air in Chavez Ravine was particularly thinner than usual. I know I can't recall ever seeing Dodger Stadium play like that.

batmagadanleadoff May 30 2019 09:22 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

And the UFO's, too.

Vic Sage May 30 2019 09:23 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

so i watch until its 8-3, then fall asleep. And i wake up and its this. So Thursday now officially sucks. I thought we gave up one of our top prospects so this WOULDN'T keep happening.

batmagadanleadoff May 30 2019 09:32 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

We gave up our top prospect to get a 36 year old who missed a nice chunk of last season. Guys that age who miss that much of the last season fare dreadfully historically. They don't bounce back as easy as a 28 year old. Plus we know he's gonna decline which he might be doing right now, just weeks into his contract. All because the Mets were too cheap to sign Machado, a top tier FA. With a hole at 3B and with McNeil, who showed he could play second. But the NY NL team isn't allowed to go after baseball's best players. Well, the butcher's bill may already be due on Cano. You get what you pay for. Or dont pay for because the Mets gave away top prospects for Cano. Because they're cheap. And slimy enough to include Wright and Cespedes's contract when asked about their total payroll.

Centerfield May 30 2019 10:32 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

And not just a top prospect, but one that has glowing reviews comparing him to Mike Trout. He may or may not pan out, but that speaks to the market value he has right now. He's the type of prospect you trade only under the right circumstances. And those circumstances mean getting a game changing player back in return. Christian Yelich, Nolan Arenado. Or a Cy Young caliber starter. Certainly not a closer. No matter how good he was supposed to be. I've said before. There are trades where you take on a shit contract. There are trades where you deal away your top prospect. If those things happen in the same trade that is one trashfuck of a trade.

Edgy MD May 31 2019 07:51 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=11597 time=1559230367 user_id=68] We gave up our top prospect to get a 36 year old who missed a nice chunk of last season. Guys that age who miss that much of the last season fare dreadfully historically.

Well, he didn't miss it, so much as he wasn't allowed to participate in it due to a suspension. Although he got hurt sort of just as the suspension kicked in.

batmagadanleadoff May 31 2019 08:04 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Edgy MD wrote: =batmagadanleadoff post_id=11597 time=1559230367 user_id=68] We gave up our top prospect to get a 36 year old who missed a nice chunk of last season. Guys that age who miss that much of the last season fare dreadfully historically. Well, he didn't miss it, so much as he wasn't allowed to participate in it due to a suspension.

He missed it. He didn't play. He didnt face live MLB pitching. He lost the rhythm of MLB play. He missed it. That's indisputable. The issue is -- does the reason why he missed it matter? TBD

Edgy MD May 31 2019 08:08 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Of course it matters.

batmagadanleadoff May 31 2019 08:15 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Edgy MD wrote: Of course it matters. How do you know?

Edgy MD May 31 2019 09:09 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Because I am a creature of logic.

batmagadanleadoff May 31 2019 09:16 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Edgy MD wrote: Because I am a creature of logic. So what's your logic, Mr. Logic?

Edgy MD May 31 2019 11:30 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

A person who misses half a season because he lost a leg is probably a poorer bet to perform than a person who misse shalf a season to train and serve stateside with the Marines. A person who misses have a season because he got shot in the head is a poorer bet to perform than a person who misses half a season because of a prior commitment to play Premier League Soccer/Football. I didn't support the trade either. There is plenty to dislike about it.

batmagadanleadoff May 31 2019 11:36 AM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

Edgy MD wrote: A person who misses half a season because he lost a leg is probably a poorer bet to perform than a person who misses half a season to train and serve stateside with the Marines. A person who misses have a season because he got shot in the head is a poorer bet to perform than a person who misses half a season because of a prior commitment to play Premier League Soccer/Football. All of this is probably true. But none of it disproves the idea that a half season lost, even if not injury related, might bring about or hasten the decline of a returning 36 year old veteran. Did Cano go off to serve in the Marines? Just askin'.

Edgy MD May 31 2019 02:30 PM Re: IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

No, you're not. And I'm not trying to prove or disprove anything. I'm just trying to work from facts and reason. Canó was already the slowest secondbaseman in the league, and that feeds into declines in most secondary facets of his game, and we've seen that already. If that's the fact, he better be hitting like an MVP to make the trade worth it, in my book. And while he was still perfectly good 35-year-old hitter in the games he did play, an MVP he was not. And even, then, Roberto Alomar hit like and MVP the year before he became a Met, but his first season with the Mets, he hit like a sucker. And with him too old use to defense or baserunning as weapons, he was a bench player that the Mets were using full time. Canó could probably be a perfectly good complimentary player or part-timer, but at that salary, for those years, and looking to him to play every day, bat third, and show value until he's 41, is probably not the safest bet.There's certainly some factors on the other side of the equation, but not enough to make me celebrate that deal.