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IGT 6/18: Tomorrow I May Go as Far as Suicide

Johnny Lunchbucket
Jun 18 2019 08:18 AM

I picked up the paper this morning

And read all the daily blues

The world is one big tragedy

I wonder what I can do

About all the pain and injustice

About all of the sorrow

We're living in a danger zone

The world could end tomorrow

But I'm not gonna let it bother me tonight



[YOUTUBE]Ys9zWFgR3nA[/YOUTUBE]



The Atlanta Rhythm Section was what their name indicated they were, a studio band based in Atlanta that among other things backed Roy Orbison. They were Southern but not Southern Rock per se, nice mellow rockin groove with their best stuff.



They are one of those workaday groups that put out 1 album a year for 10 straight years, 1972-1981. Consider this a prelude to their forthcoming Desert Island Mix Tape.



deGrom is pitching, I think

kcmets
Jun 18 2019 09:47 AM
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NYM (34‑38) Jacob deGrom (RHP, 3-6, 3.38)

ATL (43‑30) Julio Teheran (RHP, 5-4, 2.92)

bmfc1
Jun 18 2019 12:33 PM
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Someone on Twitter, perhaps it was Mike Puma, said that if they lose this game they can start selling for next season.

Benjamin Grimm
Jun 18 2019 12:56 PM
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I'd start by trading Brodie for Chaim Bloom.

ashie62
Jun 18 2019 01:05 PM
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The usual folks are talking about selling



Lets win one game at a time



Teheran has been a Met hit denier

G-Fafif
Jun 18 2019 01:46 PM
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Do it or die now

Stand your ground

G-Fafif
Jun 18 2019 01:54 PM
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Jeff McNeil - LF

Pete Alonso – 1B

Robinson Canó – 2B

Michael Conforto – RF

Todd Frazier – 3B

Amed Rosario – SS

Carlos Gomez – CF

Tomás Nido – C

Jacob deGrom – RHP

Vic Sage
Jun 18 2019 02:48 PM
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deGrom is the best bat in the 2nd half of that lineup

whippoorwill
Jun 18 2019 03:13 PM
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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

I picked up the paper this morning

And read all the daily blues

The world is one big tragedy

I wonder what I can do

About all the pain and injustice

About all of the sorrow

We're living in a danger zone

The world could end tomorrow

But I'm not gonna let it bother me tonight



[YOUTUBE]Ys9zWFgR3nA[/YOUTUBE]

Good choice!



The Atlanta Rhythm Section was what their name indicated they were, a studio band based in Atlanta that among other things backed Roy Orbison. They were Southern but not Southern Rock per se, nice mellow rockin groove with their best stuff.



They are one of those workaday groups that put out 1 album a year for 10 straight years, 1972-1981. Consider this a prelude to their forthcoming Desert Island Mix Tape.



deGrom is pitching, I think

whippoorwill
Jun 18 2019 03:13 PM
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Good choice!

Edgy MD
Jun 18 2019 06:11 PM
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Situational hitting from Alonso is a heckuva thing to see.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Jun 18 2019 06:13 PM
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Mets prepping a little Champagne Jam tonight. 3 XBHs, 3 walks in 2+ innings so dar, Teheran working hard at 43 pitches

Edgy MD
Jun 18 2019 06:17 PM
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Three doubles in an inning is also a heckuva thing to see.

Edgy MD
Jun 18 2019 06:24 PM
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Rosie is alright. He wears my ring.

Frayed Knot
Jun 18 2019 07:17 PM
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I was on the verge of borderline depression following the long(-ish) fly out by Acuna leading off the 1st then the Dansby Swanson double because, with Freddie & Donaldson coming up, I had visions of this

game falling apart almost before it started. Fortunately, that descent into madness was forestalled.

41Forever
Jun 18 2019 07:27 PM
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Darryl's record might fall this road trip!

ashie62
Jun 18 2019 07:35 PM
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Wouldn't it be something if Pete gets 50?



Mets in a romp. I'm delirious

whippoorwill
Jun 18 2019 07:41 PM
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Hold off til the bullpen gets their crack at it

Frayed Knot
Jun 18 2019 07:48 PM
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Alonso robbed of what would have been his third double/4th XBH of the game.

Settles for a single instead.

Edgy MD
Jun 18 2019 07:51 PM
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Needed it for the cycle right?



Not counting chickens here, but two of things I like about this:
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  • [*]Disabuses the Braves of the idea that Teheran is an ace again.

  • [*]Disabuses the world of the idea that deGrom isn't.
    • [/list]

    Edgy MD
    Jun 18 2019 07:55 PM
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    Freeman swinging 3-0 down 8 to 0.



    Stupidity just won't go away.

    Frayed Knot
    Jun 18 2019 07:56 PM
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    Oddest strategy of the day?



    - Mets pulling off a double steal with 2 out/2-strikes and the pitcher up



    - Freddie swinging 3-0 while leading off an inning (7th) down by eight

    Edgy MD
    Jun 18 2019 07:58 PM
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    At least the Mets pulled it off. And hey, if the pitcher isn't looking, he isn't looking.



    But yeah.

    41Forever
    Jun 18 2019 07:59 PM
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    Jake is at 89 pitches. If he gets through the eighth reasonably easily, maybe he'll be allowed to go for the complete game.

    Edgy MD
    Jun 18 2019 08:02 PM
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    WE WANT BLE-VINS!!!



    Do you think these chumps are really going to take deGrom out?

    41Forever
    Jun 18 2019 08:02 PM
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    Yeah, I think Conforto got all of that one!

    Edgy MD
    Jun 18 2019 08:07 PM
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    McCann is a classick red-ass catcher, isn't he?



    When he isn't pissed about something in particular he always seems to be looking for something to get pissed about.

    Edgy MD
    Jun 18 2019 08:15 PM
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    Hilarious. He gets out of the eighth, and walks off the field as his fielders all offer him daps and he ignores them all.

    Frayed Knot
    Jun 18 2019 08:16 PM
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    Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jun 18 2019 08:32 PM

    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:



    The Atlanta Rhythm Section was what their name indicated they were, a studio band based in Atlanta that among other things backed Roy Orbison. They were Southern but not Southern Rock per se, nice mellow rockin groove with their best stuff.



    They are one of those workaday groups that put out 1 album a year for 10 straight years, 1972-1981. Consider this a prelude to their forthcoming Desert Island Mix Tape.


    ARS was one of those groups that got thoroughly squeezed out when radio stations started tightening their playlists.

    For a while there they were versatile enough to fit into several different formats but, because they weren't definitively representative of any one specific genre, they wound up getting

    dropped from all of them when stations chose to "focus" on their core sound. Not that they were ever superstars to begin with, but suddenly it was like they disappeared overnight.







    http://gloriousnoise.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_1886.jpg>



    I remember this image on more than few dorm walls

    Edgy MD
    Jun 18 2019 08:16 PM
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    And holy crap, they lettin' him hit.

    nymr83
    Jun 18 2019 08:18 PM
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    this is a fun game.

    Edgy MD
    Jun 18 2019 08:22 PM
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    Let's finish this game like the kings of yesteryear.

    MFS62
    Jun 18 2019 08:25 PM
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    Edgy MD wrote:

    McCann is a classick red-ass catcher, isn't he?


    Speaking of red recti (Is that the plural of rectum?), one of my co-workers spotted Paul O'Neill in a CVS pharmacy today. My co-worker is a Mets fan, but admitted to me he was't quick enough to ask Paul if he was there to pick up steroids.



    Later

    Edgy MD
    Jun 18 2019 08:25 PM
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    Ah poo.

    41Forever
    Jun 18 2019 08:26 PM
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    Freaking Freddie Freeman always seems to find way to spoil the fun.

    41Forever
    Jun 18 2019 08:29 PM
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    Double damn.

    Edgy MD
    Jun 18 2019 08:29 PM
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    That had no bidness getting out.



    Bring on Gsellie, I guess.

    Zvon
    Jun 18 2019 08:29 PM
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    Figures that it was Fkn Frdy Frmn who broke it. Annnnnnnnnnnnd, there goes another..........oy!

    Frayed Knot
    Jun 18 2019 08:30 PM
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    Eight run lead, two outs to go ... I'd say we have at least a 60% chance to win this game.

    Zvon
    Jun 18 2019 08:30 PM
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    Jake did look kinda beat coming in after the 8th. But I did want him to get the CG shutout.

    Bummer.



    Overall a great game though. At least so far.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Jun 18 2019 08:31 PM
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    Fasten your safety belts

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Jun 18 2019 08:34 PM
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    Books

    Zvon
    Jun 18 2019 08:41 PM
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    Yikes, I'm very rusty, graphically speaking.

    Good game.





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    HahnSolo
    Jun 19 2019 07:23 AM
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    Edgy MD wrote:

    McCann is a classick red-ass catcher, isn't he?


    Speaking of red recti (Is that the plural of rectum?), one of my co-workers spotted Paul O'Neill in a CVS pharmacy today. My co-worker is a Mets fan, but admitted to me he was't quick enough to ask Paul if he was there to pick up steroids.



    Later


    Probably would have been bad timing, as O'Neill's sister, the food-critic writer Molly O'Neill, just passed away the other day.

    Benjamin Grimm
    Jun 19 2019 07:44 AM
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    http://potg.ultimatemets.com/images/schaefer4.jpg>



    Cast your vote!

    Edgy MD
    Jun 19 2019 07:45 AM
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    Gary asked Ron if the bad ninth ruin all the positive vibes of the game, and Ron said that at the moment, he probably feels like crap, but once the game gets nailed down, everybody shakes hands, and he's standing in front of his locker, he'll be on Cloud Nine.



    But it was more like Cloud Four.


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    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Jun 19 2019 08:20 AM
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    deGrom's been pissed off all year.



    I wonder if he might be having Wifey troubles or something similar. It's like it's gone beyond simple in-the-moment sports frustration. I'm a little werried.

    Edgy MD
    Jun 19 2019 08:49 AM
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    Gooden's spoken about this with regard to deGrom, saying that as magical as 1985 was, not being able to go out and just do it again led to him hating the game.



    He had to come to realize despite all his work and skill development, a lot had that he couldn't control had to go right for 1985 to happen, and he had to get back to doing what everybody else in the league was doing, trying to take care of business one game at a time, one batter at a time.



    deGromio is hoping for a perfect game every time out. That's fine until you give up a run or two, and you still have to get your team deep into the game. You feel like you've already failed, because you have such high expectations of yourself, and you start beating yourself when bad results come, instead of adjusting to adversity.



    deGrom yielded something like a batting average of .015 with runners in scoring position last season. It felt like that, anyhow. He can pitch his ass off for 100 years and that still might not happen again.



    He needs to grow his hair, play with his kids — play the flute and dance and sing his song.

    Benjamin Grimm
    Jun 19 2019 08:55 AM
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    Edgy MD wrote:

    He needs to grow his hair, play with his kids — play the flute and dance and sing his song.


    While he's on the mound? THAT would be interesting!