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ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

G-Fafif
Mar 01 2021 01:08 PM

Mets lose their ST opener to Marlins, at least 2-0, running the bases with no particular sense of direction.



They're playing a bottom of the seventh in Jupiter to get more work in, but the game is effectively over.

Edgy MD
Mar 01 2021 02:36 PM
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Seven Mets pitchers each throw an inning, with Trever Hildenberger creating the most interesting line, striking out the side, but loading the bases in the process on two walks and a single.



He took 28 pitches to get through his workday, while Sean Reid-Foley pitched the second with just six pitches, five of them strikes.

MFS62
Mar 01 2021 02:50 PM
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Another interesting inning was thrown by my adoptee:(from SNY)

Thomas Szapucki allowed a bloop single to begin his outing in the fifth inning but followed by inducing a line out to right field that resulted in a double play. He then hit a batter, uncorked a wild pitch, and finished his inning by getting a strikeout looking.


Gave the fans a thrill, but probably didn't do much to enhance his chances of sticking with the big club.

Later

G-Fafif
Mar 02 2021 11:10 AM
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A Mets game is about to begin on SNY.

kcmets
Mar 02 2021 12:02 PM
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Meant to ask before, did Stroman look different to anyone? Maybe in my memory I'm

conflating his face with someone else.

Edgy MD
Mar 02 2021 12:10 PM
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Well, his blonde braids are sure new.



A McNeil homer represents the first Mets run of the spring.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Mar 02 2021 12:16 PM
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No doubter from a very shaggy McNeil.



Yamamoto just threw an inning

Johnny Lunchbucket
Mar 02 2021 12:23 PM
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Blevins coming in, also wearing his hair long and curly

Ceetar
Mar 02 2021 12:31 PM
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[attachment=0]nimmo.jpg[/attachment]

Edgy MD
Mar 02 2021 12:38 PM
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Curly does a good job working his way out of first and second, with no outs.

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 02 2021 12:58 PM
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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Blevins coming in, also wearing his hair long and curly




I thought that was Chasen Shreve ... who's gone.

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 02 2021 01:00 PM
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nimmo.jpg


Whoa!







[FIMG=555]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c3/07/50/c3075056fc7a80f266d78517e62bf1a8.gif[/FIMG]

Johnny Lunchbucket
Mar 02 2021 01:03 PM
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We should be applauding the triumphant return of Ceetar

Johnny Lunchbucket
Mar 02 2021 01:23 PM
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Big Blonde Dark Horse Sam McWilliams in and out of trouble, gets the "save"

Edgy MD
Mar 02 2021 01:53 PM
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Yeah, we're 1-0 in the era of Ceetar 2.0.

LWFS
Mar 02 2021 07:12 PM
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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Big Blonde Dark Horse Sam McWilliams in and out of trouble, gets the "save"


No Matzing around. I like the cut of his jib.

Edgy MD
Mar 02 2021 08:43 PM
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Some red hot Eickoff Action tomorrow.

LWFS
Mar 02 2021 10:47 PM
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Meant to ask before, did Stroman look different to anyone? Maybe in my memory I'm

conflating his face with someone else.


A little more junky, but in a very, very good way.



I'm starting to feel like he and deGrom have very similar thought processes on pitching... it's just that they seem to differ in terms of style/taste, not just aesthetics-wise, but method-wise.

MFS62
Mar 03 2021 05:58 AM
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=LWFS post_id=57258 time=1614750446 user_id=84]
I'm starting to feel like he and deGrom have very similar thought processes on pitching... it's just that they seem to differ in terms of style/taste, not just aesthetics-wise, but method-wise.



In one of his pressers he said his approach was to pitch according to a batter's weakness.

Jake pitches to his strength - superior stuff, and dares the batter to be able to hit it.



Later

kcmets
Mar 03 2021 08:20 AM
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Today's game against the Cardinals is on MLBN only in the tri-state area but not live.

Willets Point
Mar 03 2021 08:33 AM
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My main takeaway from watching yesterday's game is that Lindor looks really good in a Mets uniform.

Edgy MD
Mar 03 2021 10:18 AM
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Today's lineup action, brought to you by fOCO:




[TABLE][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE]
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METS[/TH]		[TH][FIMG=250]https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1423/4758/products/Fredbird_St._Louis_Cardinals_Mascot_Riding_Arch_Bobblehead_large.png?v=1611635634[/FIMG]

CARDINALS[/TH]
[TD][list=1]
  • [*]Kevin Pillar, cf

  • [*]Jonathan Villar#, ss

  • [*]J.D. Davis, 3b

  • [*]José Martinez, 1b

  • [*]Luis Guillorme*, 2b

  • [*]Tomas Nido, c

  • [*]Albert Almora, Jr., rf

  • [*]Mallex Smith*, lf

  • [*]Francisco Alvarez, dh
    • [/list]    		[list=1]
  • [*]Tommy Edman#, 2b

  • [*]Paul DeJong, ss

  • [*]Nolan Arenado, 3b

  • [*]Dylan Carlson#, rf

  • [*]Austin Dean, lf

  • [*]Andrew Knizner, c

  • [*]Lane Thomas, cf

  • [*]Justin Williams*, dh

  • [*]John Nogowski, 1b
    • [/list]    [/TD]
    [TH]Jerad Eickhoff, rhp[/TH][TH]Kwang Hyun Kim, lhp[/TH]

    LWFS
    Mar 03 2021 10:41 AM
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    I'm starting to feel like he and deGrom have very similar thought processes on pitching... it's just that they seem to differ in terms of style/taste, not just aesthetics-wise, but method-wise.


    In one of his pressers he said his approach was to pitch according to a batter's weakness.

    Jake pitches to his strength - superior stuff, and dares the batter to be able to hit it.



    Later


    Attack-the-hitter versus execute-the-plan? Makes sense.



    That said, Stroman's stuff can be PLENTY nasty. (Click through for a fastball/"split change" overlay. Really.)

    Edgy MD
    Mar 03 2021 12:05 PM
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    Mets plate three in the first following a leadoff triple by Kevin Pillar, then surrender one in the bottom of the inning.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 03 2021 12:06 PM
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    As I typed, two more scored in the second on a fielding error. Beta-Mets lead 5-1.

    bmfc1
    Mar 03 2021 12:12 PM
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    Edgy MD wrote:

    As I typed, two more scored in the second on a fielding error. Beta-Mets lead 5-1.
    That error was by Austin Dean at Roger Dean Stadium.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 03 2021 12:51 PM
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    The Cards have torn back against Eickoff and Jacob Barnes and now lead 7-5 after three.



    BET YOU'RE MISSING BRAD BRACH NOW, SANDY!!

    MFS62
    Mar 03 2021 01:46 PM
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    7-6 Cards at the end of 5.

    Later

    Edgy MD
    Mar 03 2021 02:11 PM
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    And now it's 10-6.



    Two of the three runs were unearned, but still, not a strong inning for The Great Rock 'n' Roll Windle.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 03 2021 02:27 PM
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    Crow-Armstrong, Mauricio, Vientos, Alvarez ... the Mets 2024 lineup is all getting their chances today.

    MFS62
    Mar 03 2021 03:06 PM
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    Interesting that Luis Guillorme started at second base against a lefthander and went 2-for-3.

    Nice to see they're giving him a chance to see what he can do against lefties instead of predetermining that he is only a platoon player.

    Later

    batmagadanleadoff
    Mar 03 2021 03:39 PM
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    I don't see what was so interesting about Guillorme's start. I wonder if you're making too much out of it? How many starts do you think Guillorme's gonna get this season with McNeil and Lindor on the team, barring a major injury to someone higher up on the depth chart?

    kcmets
    Mar 03 2021 06:04 PM
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    =kcmets post_id=57275 time=1614784814 user_id=53]
    Today's game against the Cardinals is on MLBN only in the tri-state area but not live.


    Guess I got some bad 411...

    G-Fafif
    Mar 03 2021 07:41 PM
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    MLBN will show it at 6 AM Thursday.

    kcmets
    Mar 03 2021 07:55 PM
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    Now that's a tape-delay!

    G-Fafif
    Mar 04 2021 11:34 AM
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    ESPN hosting a remote baseball-themed chat show, with one of the locations being Port St. Lucie. Some Mets-Nationals baseball going on in background.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 04 2021 11:37 AM
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    Mets winning that contest 1-0 in the second thanks to a leadoff homer from Brandon Zimmo.

    bmfc1
    Mar 04 2021 12:07 PM
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    =G-Fafif post_id=57371 time=1614882858 user_id=55]
    ESPN hosting a remote baseball-themed chat show, with one of the locations being Port St. Lucie. Some Mets-Nationals baseball going on in background.


    It's hard not to like Lindor but a whole inning spent talking with him while he's wearing a mask (good for him! but it makes him hard to understand) while looking into his phone is not great TV.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 04 2021 12:15 PM
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    A ground single in the third ups Nimmo's spring average to .714.

    whippoorwill
    Mar 04 2021 12:34 PM
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    Mets game was on the TV at Ruby Tuesdays but I couldn't read it

    whippoorwill
    Mar 04 2021 12:35 PM
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    Mets game was on the TV at Ruby Tuesdays but I couldn't read it

    Frayed Knot
    Mar 04 2021 12:53 PM
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    =whippoorwill post_id=57378 time=1614886498 user_id=79]
    Mets game was on the TV at Ruby Tuesdays but I couldn't read it



    =whippoorwill post_id=57379 time=1614886558 user_id=79]
    Mets game was on the TV at Ruby Tuesdays but I couldn't read it


    Double vision perhaps?

    Edgy MD
    Mar 04 2021 12:54 PM
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    Dellin Betances gets POUNDED in the fifth and the Mets fall behind 4-1.



    Dellin is a worry.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 04 2021 01:32 PM
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    Perhaps of less concern is Pete Alonso, who got all four of those runs back on a grand slam in the bottom of the inning, picking up Dom Smith who left three, striking out on a foul tip before Alonso came up.



    Mets up 5-4 in the top of the seventh. Gselly on the mound.

    LWFS
    Mar 04 2021 02:03 PM
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    That walk-to-strikeout ratio for this game is frightening... and these are our mid-to-high-leverage RELIEVERS.

    Centerfield
    Mar 04 2021 02:26 PM
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    Hopefully Alderson found some gems. The BVW crew is not great.



    Of course Alderson wasn't great with relievers the first time around.

    Frayed Knot
    Mar 04 2021 02:41 PM
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    Relievers: Can't live without 'em, can't shoot 'em.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 04 2021 03:27 PM
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    Your final is an 8-4 Mets win. Jake Hager joined the homer club with a two run shit in the eighth.



    Each team enjoyed eight free passes. Each team had a guy picked off.

    MFS62
    Mar 04 2021 03:40 PM
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    Edgy MD wrote:

    Dellin Betances gets POUNDED in the fifth and the Mets fall behind 4-1.



    Dellin is a worry.


    And he vultures the win, but leaves with an ERA that looks like the top speed of an F-22 Raptor.



    Later

    whippoorwill
    Mar 04 2021 03:48 PM
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    Frayed Knot wrote:

    =whippoorwill post_id=57378 time=1614886498 user_id=79]
    Mets game was on the TV at Ruby Tuesdays but I couldn't read it


    =whippoorwill post_id=57379 time=1614886558 user_id=79]
    Mets game was on the TV at Ruby Tuesdays but I couldn't read it



    Double vision perhaps?

    No I was too far away from the bar!

    whippoorwill
    Mar 04 2021 03:49 PM
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    Frayed Knot wrote:

    Relievers: Can't live without 'em, can't shoot 'em.


    Oh no. Not another shitty bullpen

    Lefty Specialist
    Mar 04 2021 03:55 PM
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    Edgy MD wrote:

    Dellin Betances gets POUNDED in the fifth and the Mets fall behind 4-1.



    Dellin is a worry.


    Yeah, when a guy says that he's lost 6 MPH of his fastball but he's learning to work around it, that's a concern.



    I still maintain that Betances is the MFY revenge for Pedro Feliciano.

    Benjamin Grimm
    Mar 04 2021 04:00 PM
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    Edgy MD wrote:

    Your final is an 8-4 Mets win. Jake Hager joined the homer club with a two run shit in the eighth.



    Each team enjoyed eight free passes. Each team had a guy picked off.


    A two-run shit? Yuck! I'm glad I wasn't watching.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 04 2021 04:14 PM
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    I'm not typing well of late. Still getting some of the winter rust off.

    MFS62
    Mar 06 2021 01:12 PM
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    It was announced today that Jacob DeGrom will start the season opener for the Mets.

    https://sports.yahoo.com/mets-jacob-degrom-opening-day-173712646.html
    In a bit of unsurprising news, Mets manager Luis Rojas announced Saturday that he expects Jacob deGrom to take the ball when the Mets open the regular season against the Nationals on April 1.

    “That's where it's lined up,” Rojas said. “He's our No. 1 guy, if you want to call him that, so we're setting him up to be the Opening Day starter.”


    I'll take "I Would Have Put Money on That" for $200, Mike.



    Later

    whippoorwill
    Mar 06 2021 04:06 PM
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    Benjamin Grimm wrote:

    Edgy MD wrote:

    Your final is an 8-4 Mets win. Jake Hager joined the homer club with a two run shit in the eighth.



    Each team enjoyed eight free passes. Each team had a guy picked off.


    A two-run shit? Yuck! I'm glad I wasn't watching.

    Ahahahshahah!

    kcmets
    Mar 06 2021 07:44 PM
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    Is there ever going to be a game on TV or one to DVR?

    G-Fafif
    Mar 06 2021 10:22 PM
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    =kcmets post_id=57500 time=1615085069 user_id=53]
    Is there ever going to be a game on TV or one to DVR?



    Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!



    Channel 11 at 1 PM.

    kcmets
    Mar 07 2021 07:06 AM
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    Fios channel guide has Paid Programming and then four episodes of Friends.

    In G-F we trust, see you there or here or somewhere!!

    bmfc1
    Mar 07 2021 12:35 PM
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    Jose Martinez, today's 1B, had to be helped off the field after he stumbled into umpire Greg Gibson who couldn't be bothered to get out the way.



    Umpires are terrible. All of them. Some are less worthless but all of them are pathetic sacks of overpaid garbage.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 07 2021 01:38 PM
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    Can we please standardize the size of the fake people to something like human proportion?

    Edgy MD
    Mar 07 2021 01:43 PM
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    Interesting interview with Blevins here where he acknowleges getting pitching tips off the hitting coach.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 07 2021 02:03 PM
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    Stephen Nogosek has inherited Tim Tebow's number and Craig Swan's face.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 07 2021 02:20 PM
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    Nogosek throws one of the most action-free tie-game ninth innings you'll ever see — BB – BB – SO – SO – WP – BB – full-count SO.



    Something like 35 pitches, no fair balls.



    Somebody's got to reintroduce the contact hitter to baseball.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 07 2021 02:31 PM
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    Game ends at 4-4.



    Very much a spring game. Nobody wins. Nobody really trying to.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 08 2021 02:54 PM
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    More of a PSTGT post, but the Mets absorbed a 9-5 loss to the Nationals today, with three errata leading to three unearned runz.



    Jordan Yamamoto, who executed one of the errors, took the loss. Jake Hager, who came into camp with something like four people to pass in order to make the team, whacked his second spring homer, driving in three, while Mark Vientos went 2-2, with two dubbles, scoring twice, and upping his OPS to a head-turning 2.125.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 09 2021 08:40 AM
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    Holy shit! The Cardinals have TWO thirdbasemen named "Nolan"!


    [TABLE][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE]
    [TH][FIMG=250]https://stlbaseballweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Joe-Torre-Cardinals-Manager.jpg[/FIMG]

    CARDINALS[/TH]    		[TH][FIMG=250]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IqLYAhVyj-8/WiGXiIiw8CI/AAAAAAABARE/4_NjJC6ZtsQMGF-YSM1Mt4LvUr8ftqIPQCLcBGAs/s320/450888702.jpg[/FIMG]

    METS[/TH]
    [list=1]
  • [*]Matt Carpenter*, 2b
  • [*]Nolan Gorman*, 3b

  • [*]Yadier Molina, c

  • [*]Austin Dean, lf

  • [*]Justin Williams*, rf

  • [*]Andrew Knizner, dh

  • [*]Edmundo Sosa, ss

  • [*]Evan Mendoza, 1b

  • [*]Scott Hurst*, cf
    • [/list]    [/TD]    		[TD][list=1]
  • [*]Kevin Pillar, cf

  • [*]Jeff McNeil*, 2b

  • [*]Pete Alonso, 1b

  • [*]Dom Smith*, dh

  • [*]James McCann, c

  • [*]Jonathan Villar#, ss

  • [*]Brandon Drury, 3b

  • [*]Albert Almora, Jr., rf

  • [*]Huggy Bear Fargas*, lf
    • [/list]
    [TH]Carlos Martinez, rhp[/TH][TH]Taijuan Walker, rhp[/TH]

    Benjamin Grimm
    Mar 09 2021 08:52 AM
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    Huggy Bear Fargas????

    kcmets
    Mar 09 2021 08:59 AM
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    The locksmith is seeing if we're paying attention?

    Edgy MD
    Mar 09 2021 09:06 AM
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    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/85/b2/a7/85b2a781f81b9d35c4875e65f38c338b.jpg>

    kcmets
    Mar 09 2021 09:56 AM
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    Lol, I never would have "gotten" that. Didn't watch S & H much.

    Willets Point
    Mar 09 2021 10:00 AM
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    Edgy MD wrote:

    Holy shit! The Cardinals have TWO thirdbasemen named "Nolan"!


    There's someone who would not want to play on the Cardinals and ruin his nickname.

    A Boy Named Seo
    Mar 09 2021 10:54 AM
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    Looks like today is on SNY. 99 WALKER on the bump.

    TransMonk
    Mar 09 2021 11:05 AM
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    I have a three hour phone meeting this afternoon that could have easily been an email. I'm going to try to keep my attention on the game...my first of the spring.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Mar 09 2021 11:07 AM
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    I'm all meetinged up today too suckzzzz

    A Boy Named Seo
    Mar 09 2021 11:08 AM
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    I am meeting the Mets. Eff u, work.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 09 2021 11:19 AM
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    A one-two-three inning for [fimg=15]https://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/jonathan-rey/star-wars-vehicles/256/Tie-Fighter-03-icon.png[/fimg]-1.



    Two strikeouts and then a grounder to third by Molina, and Drury honored regular-season tradition by taking his time to make Molina run all the way to first.

    LWFS
    Mar 09 2021 11:26 AM
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    Mike Shildt is the manager of the Cardinals.



    This is a fact I JUST learned now, despite the attendant facts that he has been so for four seasons and won NL Manager of the Year in 2019.

    A Boy Named Seo
    Mar 09 2021 12:22 PM
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    I hope Taijuan Walker ends up as good on the mound as he is in interviews. Quickly becoming a favorite of mine.

    LWFS
    Mar 09 2021 12:41 PM
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    Fun story from the booth about Ol' Yadier F's defensive work last week in a Spring Training game. The video-- including some ill-advised rookie trash talk, and some sustained eye contact-- is entertaining.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 09 2021 01:18 PM
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    Ron had Taijuan's game pegged. He was successful in the first using the get-ahead fastball, but he quickly fell into a pattern, and the Cards jumped on it in the second.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 09 2021 01:45 PM
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    The Mets were down 3-0 but a seventh-inning rally has them back in it.


    [list]

  • [*]Baty walks

  • [*]Ferguson singles, Baty to second

  • [*]Mallex Smith strikes the hell out

  • [*]Pillar singles, Baty scores, Fergy to third.

    Crow-Armstrong pinch-runs for Pillar of fire.

  • [*]Peraza grounds to third, Fergy scores. Crow-Armstrong to third.

  • [*]Alonso walks.

    =#FF0000]Seth Elledge replaces =#FF0000]Angel Rondon on the mound.

    Lee pinch-hits for Dom Smith.
    • [/list]

    LWFS
    Mar 09 2021 01:47 PM
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    There's white, there's white, and there's WHITE. Crow-Armstrong is, like, translucent.



    Notwithstanding Gary's weird praise of him earlier, C. B. Bucknor remains pretty f'ing awful.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 09 2021 01:49 PM
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    [BIGPURPLE]Super-white guy Pete Crow-Armstrong scores on the wild pitch!!! Tie GAME!!!![/BIGPURPLE]

    Edgy MD
    Mar 09 2021 01:50 PM
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    Khalil lee whiffs. Caleb Joseph takes to the plate with two out.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 09 2021 01:52 PM
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    [BIGPURPLE]Joseph walks!! Bags juiced again for Mauricio!!!![/BIGPURPLE]

    Edgy MD
    Mar 09 2021 01:57 PM
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    [BIGPURPLE]Hanging sinker!!



    Two-run single!!!!



    THE METS HAVE BATTED AROUND!!!![/BIGPURPLE]

    LWFS
    Mar 09 2021 02:01 PM
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    THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT against terrible, last-rung-of-the-baseball-ladder competish, but still

    TransMonk
    Mar 09 2021 02:03 PM
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    5 run 7th innings are fun.



    I've seen several level swings producing opposite field hits today. I like it.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Mar 09 2021 02:03 PM
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    yay

    Frayed Knot
    Mar 09 2021 02:18 PM
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    =TransMonk post_id=57647 time=1615323805 user_id=71]
    I've seen several level swings producing opposite field hits today. I like it.



    I imagine Keith does too.

    G-Fafif
    Mar 09 2021 02:41 PM
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    Sam McWilliams walks three, follows with three deep-count outs to close.

    LWFS
    Mar 09 2021 02:43 PM
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    =G-Fafif post_id=57653 time=1615326075 user_id=55]
    Sam McWilliams walks three, follows with three deep-count outs to close.



    ♫♫ Looks like a Thor

    Feels like Be-ni-tez ♫♫

    MFS62
    Mar 09 2021 03:18 PM
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    =G-Fafif post_id=57653 time=1615326075 user_id=55]
    Sam McWilliams walks three, follows with three deep-count outs to close.


    Gave the fans a thrill, and sent them home happy.

    Had 'em all the way.



    Later

    Edgy MD
    Mar 09 2021 04:30 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    =LWFS post_id=57654 time=1615326187 user_id=84]
    =G-Fafif post_id=57653 time=1615326075 user_id=55]
    Sam McWilliams walks three, follows with three deep-count outs to close.



    ♫♫ Looks like a Thor

    Feels like Be-ni-tez ♫♫


    Man, that Easy Spirit jingle is timeless comedy gold, isn't it?

    LWFS
    Mar 09 2021 04:59 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Edgy MD wrote:



    Sam McWilliams walks three, follows with three deep-count outs to close.


    ♫♫ Looks like a Thor

    Feels like Be-ni-tez ♫♫


    Man, that Easy Spirit jingle is timeless comedy gold, isn't it?


    And here I was, worried it wouldn't scan. (Lately, I also find myself dropping twists on the TCBY "All of the flavor/none of the guilt" in political debate/discourse with friends and family.)



    That said, as the kids say, I think I'm still here for McWilliams.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 11 2021 01:49 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Thursday evening matchup features three Cy Youngs and a disembodied voice inside your iPhone.



    Actually, it features something akin to your expected opening day lineup.




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    ASTROS[/TH]
    [TD][list=1]
  • [*]Brandon Nimmo*, lf

  • [*]Francisco Lindor#, ss

  • [*]Michael Conforto*, rf

  • [*]Pete Alonso, 1b

  • [*]Dom Smith*, dh

  • [*]Jeff McNeil*, 2b

  • [*]J.D. Davis, 3b

  • [*]James McCann, c

  • [*]Albert Almora, Jr., cf
    • [/list]    		[list=1]
  • [*]José Siri, cf

  • [*]Chas McCormick, rf

  • [*]Steven Souza, lf

  • [*]Taylor Jones, 1b

  • [*]Martin Maldonado, c

  • [*]Grae Kessinger, 3b

  • [*]Robel Garcia#, 2b

  • [*]Jeremy Peña, ss

  • [*]Colton Shaver, dh
    • [/list]    [/TD]
    [TH]Jacob deGrom, rhp[/TH][TH]Zack Greinke rhp[/TH]




    Don't forget to say hi to our almost-friend Robel Garcia, who started the off-season with the Reds, hit the waiver wire, got grabbed by the Mets, hit the waiver wire, got grabbed by the Angels, hit the waiver wire, and for now, is a Houston Astro.

    kcmets
    Mar 11 2021 05:48 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    The no TV thing is ridiculous, I thought we were rich!

    Edgy MD
    Mar 12 2021 06:03 AM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Somehow that lineup mismatch produced only a one-run win for the Mets.



    And somehow, Jacob deGrom hit 102 MPH. Seventeen strikeouts against one hit for five Mets pitchers.

    Fman99
    Mar 12 2021 08:02 AM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Yikes. Today's game is an SNY broadcast, about three hours hence, and features Dom Smith debut in the field. Plus Stro.

    Ceetar
    Mar 12 2021 12:02 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    baseball noises in the background. always fun.



    guillorme making a case for defensive spots, for sure.



    oh, i should make soda bread.

    Ceetar
    Mar 12 2021 12:06 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    also having one or two people moving among the cardboard is unnerving.

    MFS62
    Mar 12 2021 01:46 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    My in-game summary of today's game says, "player singled to left, Frank Tepedino scores".

    WTF?

    Is this an old timer's game?

    Frank Tepedino is 74 years old!

    And baseball reference doesn't have any other player with that name, not even in the minors.



    The next meeting of the Time Travelers Association will be held last Thursday at 7:30 PM. Usual place.



    OE: They've changed it to "player scores"

    I picked a heckuva day to stop drinking.

    Later

    Edgy MD
    Mar 14 2021 10:03 AM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Weird and annoying rule wrinkles in play this afternoon in St. Lucie, as the Mets use the DH rule while the Cardinals forego the same.




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    [list=1]
  • [*]Harrison Bader, cf

  • [*]Dylan Carson#, rf

  • [*]Yadier Molina, c

  • [*]Tyler O'Neill, lf

  • [*]Matt Carpenter*, 2b

  • [*]José Rondon, ss

  • [*]Nolan Gorman*, 3b

  • [*]Evan Mendoza, 1b

  • [*]Carlos Martinez, sp
    • [/list]    [/TD]    		[TD][list=1]
  • [*]Brandon Nimmo*, cf

  • [*]Francisco Lindor#, ss

  • [*]Michael Conforto*, rf

  • [*]Pete Alonso, 1b

  • [*]Dom Smith*, lf

  • [*]J.D. Davis, 3b

  • [*]James McCann, dh

  • [*]Luis Guillorme*, 2b

  • [*]Caleb Joseph, c
    • [/list]
    [TH]Carlos Martinez, rhp[/TH][TH]David Peterson, lhp[/TH]

    kcmets
    Mar 14 2021 10:08 AM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Game being advertised as on MLBN but I think it's also a PIX game here. For second

    Sunday in a row Fios channel guide has many Friends episodes listed instead.

    MFS62
    Mar 14 2021 10:49 AM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Other than at second, this looks like the lineup fullest of starters they've used for a while. Let's see if the offense can start producing runs.



    Later

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Mar 14 2021 12:47 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Guillorme is awesome.



    20 pitch ab! Still going on

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Mar 14 2021 12:49 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Works a 22 pitch walk.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 14 2021 12:55 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Down 4-2 in the fifth, but they got something going as Caleb Joseph gets plunked, putting two on and no out for Nimminoski.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Mar 14 2021 01:01 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    The thrills won't cease

    Edgy MD
    Mar 14 2021 01:08 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Nimmo hit tooo!



    Lindor walks!



    Conforto singles!



    Alonso singes!



    Mets up, 6-4!



    Still two on and no out!!



    Nobody's been hurt!!

    Edgy MD
    Mar 14 2021 01:11 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Holy shit! Khalil Lee just got plunked too!



    The Mets need to throw down!

    bmfc1
    Mar 14 2021 01:12 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Guillorme was down 0-2 and then...

    https://twitter.com/CespedesBBQ/status/1371173422982643713

    Edgy MD
    Mar 14 2021 01:17 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    The Cards had to go and pull the plug on that inning.



    There are three guys in the booth, but Ron Darling's is the only voice I recognized.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 14 2021 01:20 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts


    Guillorme was down 0-2 and then...

    https://twitter.com/CespedesBBQ/status/1371173422982643713


    That's terrific. Good managers remember that sort of thing.

    kcmets
    Mar 14 2021 01:21 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Garry Apple and Todd Zeile, I think.



    Not going to see a poorly pitched inning like that again for awhile.

    Frayed Knot
    Mar 14 2021 01:21 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Edgy MD wrote:

    There are three guys in the booth, but Ron Darling's is the only voice I recognized.


    They're running the gauntlet from A to Z today with Apple and Zeile

    Frayed Knot
    Mar 14 2021 01:22 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Luis G also started the game today with a defensive gem at 2B

    bmfc1
    Mar 14 2021 01:23 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    https://twitter.com/Ben_Fred/status/1371175749319819267/photo/1

    LWFS
    Mar 14 2021 01:23 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 14 2021 01:26 PM

    With most observers giving him only token consideration as a potential starter before spring training started AND wondering aloud about how much of a mirage his offense is... Guillorme just keeps bringing the damn work, doesn't he?





    He got through that inning "clean," but having seen it with mine own peepers: control-wise, Vizcaino is kind of a goddamn mess. Had poor Mazeika scrambling around like a hockey goalie during a rapidfire drill.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 14 2021 01:26 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Frayed Knot wrote:

    Edgy MD wrote:

    There are three guys in the booth, but Ron Darling's is the only voice I recognized.


    They're running the gauntlet from A to Z today with Apple and Zeile


    I thought that was Yapple Dapple, although he sounds scratchier.



    Zeile sounds a little like Seaver, which is way creepy.

    bmfc1
    Mar 14 2021 01:26 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    https://twitter.com/Mets/status/1371180518251855873

    Edgy MD
    Mar 14 2021 01:32 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Or maybe I'm confusing the two.

    LWFS
    Mar 14 2021 01:37 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Wait... wasn't Oswalt, like, NON-Metsy, right? I'm not hallucinating that he was DFAed a month ago, right?

    Edgy MD
    Mar 14 2021 01:46 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    He cleared waivers and was invited to camp as a non-roster Met.



    Luis Guillorme TOTALLY sounds like a New Yorker.

    LWFS
    Mar 14 2021 01:51 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 16 2021 01:48 PM

    "That is NOT the voice I expected out of THAT guy, or the face that I expected with that voice." -BetterHalfer, looking up momentarily from her book to catch a glimpse of Guillorme.



    Oh, I feel you, wifey.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 14 2021 02:02 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Terrific outing by Ozzy, who struck out five of six guys he fezzed.

    kcmets
    Mar 14 2021 02:23 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Booth lauding the upcoming runner on second thing in extras completely

    ruined an otherwise pleasant exhibition-game broadcast.

    Fman99
    Mar 14 2021 02:28 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts


    https://twitter.com/Mets/status/1371180518251855873


    That's amazing. Love how the bench got into it.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Mar 14 2021 02:32 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    I made an entire piece of toast with honey on it, and ate it, during Guillorme's ab, and posted twice.

    Frayed Knot
    Mar 14 2021 06:19 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Just watched the sequence; the best thing about that AB is that it started out 0-2 against a guy throwing 100+

    Maybe this helps nudge along the notion that there's room in this game for contact hitters.

    MFS62
    Mar 15 2021 07:01 AM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    I hope Manfred is reading this. I don't think any baseball fan who watched that at bat thought about how it was slowing down the game. The excitement built with every pitch. Those battles are part of what makes the game wonderful. Don't fuck with it.



    Later

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Mar 15 2021 11:46 AM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    I dunno though. This is an extreme example of what baseball has become--pitchers and hitters each becoming so good at what they do it's devolved into this kind of stalemate that too often winds up in an action-less result (a walk or whiff) and the time consumed by a dozen or more multiple-pitch encounters every game (maybe not a 22 but two 11s in a row, not that uncommon) has inspired them to try all kinds of stupid things to make up for the length of game.



    I'm not sure what the answer is, refer to the made-up rules) but maybe fucking with the number of strikes and balls (which was done A LOT until the late 19th century) oughta be tried.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 15 2021 11:55 AM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    The answer to me will remain the weakening of the organization of the league as a cartel model, creating higher stakes for winning and losing, challenging players and teams to creatively and continually make winning moves on the field, instead of playing their parts in a pre-written drama, refining mechanics, and being a good citizen.

    Benjamin Grimm
    Mar 15 2021 12:25 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    I'm not sure what the answer is, refer to the made-up rules) but maybe fucking with the number of strikes and balls (which was done A LOT until the late 19th century) oughta be tried.


    My first thought was the playground rule, four fouls and you're out. But maybe instead six fouls and you walk?

    batmagadanleadoff
    Mar 15 2021 12:44 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Benjamin Grimm wrote:

    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    I'm not sure what the answer is, refer to the made-up rules) but maybe fucking with the number of strikes and balls (which was done A LOT until the late 19th century) oughta be tried.


    My first thought was the playground rule, four fouls and you're out. But maybe instead six fouls and you walk?


    Never heard of that four foul playground rule. Is that a Long Island thing? The six foul walk rule is a bad idea because, I think, batters would be able to exploit that rule easily.

    MFS62
    Mar 15 2021 12:51 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts


    Never heard of that four foul playground rule. Is that a Long Island thing? The six foul walk rule is a bad idea because, I think, batters would be able to exploit that rule easily.


    I agree. The "bunt foul on the third strike and you're out" rule was put in because batters were fouling off pitches to stay at bat. So why should they get a base for doing something similar and the pitcher be penalized for throwing strikes?



    Later

    Benjamin Grimm
    Mar 15 2021 12:52 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    I remember it as a kid. Don't know whether or not it's specific to Long Island.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Mar 15 2021 12:52 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 15 2021 12:55 PM

    I'm thinking the former of your suggestions is better than the latter, though neither really addresses the prevalence of wiffs and walks as a percentage of outcomes... but might for example amp up the incentive to put the ball in play, maybe via bunt.



    (maybe 3 fouls and you're out, but you don't begin counting the fouls until after 2 strikes. So then the new full count is 3-2-2. at the same time you whack the rule about a foul bunt being a meaningful strike-event unless there are 2 fouls and 2 strikes. That would also have implications for the defense (do you bring the corners in at a 2-strike, 1-foul count? Does a creative ballplayer try and bunt anyway?

    kcmets
    Mar 15 2021 12:54 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    We often played four-fouls-you're-out in playground ball in the 70's. The olden days.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Mar 15 2021 12:59 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Yeah I think as kids we instinctively recognized the time- and action-wasting of foul balls (and the possibility they go down the sewer or into the neighbor's yard). Maybe the problem is the 6 dozen balls each game uses? Maybe somehow limiting fouls over the course of a game before they become strikes.



    "The Mets are down by 1 run here in the 9th, but they have the tying run on and 8 foul balls to go!"

    G-Fafif
    Mar 16 2021 11:36 AM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Jake is on SNY administering the punishment Rob Manfred didn't to the Astros.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 16 2021 12:33 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    deGrom gives up one run on two hits and ups his ERA to 1.00.



    I remember it was like this with Gooden. Anything less than perfect felt like a letdown.



    And speaking of perfect, Jeurys Familia is putting a Zero ERA of his own on the line.

    MFS62
    Mar 16 2021 12:36 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Dom Smith puts the Mets up 3-1 with a 3 run homer.

    Later

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Mar 16 2021 01:19 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Alonso and now Lindor also HR, now 7-3 good guys. Bad outing for Betances

    LWFS
    Mar 16 2021 01:53 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Castro-- who has ankles that look birdlike even on HIS skinny frame-- is throwing some mean stuff, though. His control is pretty Benitez-on-a-Bad-Day, but if it's ANYWHERE near the strike zone on a consistent basis, he could be interesting.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 17 2021 03:20 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Joey Lucchesi opened this afternoon's game with three hitless, but McNeil returned to his spring ways, going 0-4.



    The Mets nonetheless took a 2-1 lead over Miami into the ninth before Yennsy Diaz coughed it up and allowed a two-run walkoff homer to fringey infield prospect Joe Dunand.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 18 2021 01:25 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Mets struck first today, but individual runs given up by Familia in the sixth and Loup in the seventh have the Mets down 3-1.



    Strong start by Stro', going five and giving up a single run on two hits, striking out six an walking none. A Kyle Shawarma solo shot was the only damage.

    MFS62
    Mar 18 2021 01:38 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    I'm getting up on my soapbox for my annual spring training rant.

    I know the games and stats don't count. yadda yadda yadda.

    But that is in the standings.

    As Yogi Berra said, "Half of this game is 90% mental" and I don't like their losing to NL clubs in spring (especially NL East teams).

    I want those teams at all levels be so scared when they play the Mets that they feel all efforts are futile. It should start in the minors and continue when their young players face the Mets in Spring training. Let it be in the back of their minds every time, a stifling feeling of hopelessness in anticipation of a humiliating loss.

    If the Mets manager du jour wants to experiment with lineups, let him do it against AL clubs.



    I know nothing I say can or will change anything, but I wanted to get it off my chest for 2021.



    I'll climb down off my soapbox now.



    Later

    LWFS
    Mar 19 2021 12:11 AM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Edgy MD wrote:

    Strong start by Stro', going five and giving up a single run on two hits, striking out six an walking none. A Kyle Shawarma solo shot was the only damage.


    Stro looks REEEEEEEEEEALLY good. That he and-- to a lesser extent-- most of the rest of our depth additions (Lucchesi, Yamamoto, and incumbent Peterson) look so solid is helping allay my growing, extended Cookie panic attack.

    LWFS
    Mar 19 2021 11:59 AM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Walker looking solid as hell today, too. Good things generally happen for strike-throwers.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 19 2021 12:21 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    That's pretty much the lesson of 2015. Bartolo threw nothing but strikes and everybody else in the rotation got the message.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 19 2021 12:32 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    I feel like the Mets have had Carlos Martinez' number for a few years now.



    But thanks for the lousy defense, Cards.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 19 2021 12:35 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Until I learn different, I'm assuming new Cards pitcher Tommy Parsons is the grandson of 1965 Met Tom Parsons.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 19 2021 12:38 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    AND LINDOR CRUSHES A GRANNY!

    Edgy MD
    Mar 19 2021 12:52 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    After a big offensive inning for the Mets, they get a 1-2-3 lockdown inning from Jerry-Flo.

    MFS62
    Mar 19 2021 01:09 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Edgy MD wrote:

    Until I learn different, I'm assuming new Cards pitcher Tommy Parsons is the grandson of 1965 Met Tom Parsons.


    Ah, yes. Long(ball) Tom Parsons.

    I remember him well.

    Later

    LWFS
    Mar 19 2021 01:11 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Edgy MD wrote:

    After a big offensive inning for the Mets, they get a 1-2-3 lockdown inning from Jerry-Flo.


    He comes at hitters from a different angle than Loup. The way he and has locks are flowing this spring, I would NOT be crushed to seek him delay his SNY/MLBTV career another year.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 19 2021 01:13 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Ozzie, who had been having a big spring, is doing his best to get the Cards back into this one.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 19 2021 01:22 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Keith sounds like he's been eating the whole game.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 19 2021 01:25 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Not-So-Subtle Subtext of All These Harry Carey Stories: "Man, that guy was ALWAYS drunk, wasn't he?"

    Edgy MD
    Mar 19 2021 01:29 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    McNeil's been hit by three pitches today!



    That's six HbPs on the spring for him, versus two hits.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 19 2021 01:51 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    7-0 is now 7-5.



    I'm worried Oswald may not make the cut.

    LWFS
    Mar 19 2021 01:52 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Edgy MD wrote:

    Ozzie, who had been having a big spring, is doing his best to get the Cards back into this one.


    Ozzie, who had been having a big spring against guys who are now in minor-league camp, seems to REALLY crave upstate NY livin'.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 19 2021 02:07 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Johneshwy Fargas just drove one to left center, that was gathered up before it reached the track, and while I'm wondering if there's going to be a play at second, he was heading for third. And the throw there wasn't particularly close.



    He looked like Mookie going around the bases there.

    duan
    Mar 19 2021 06:16 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    Edgy MD wrote:

    The answer to me will remain the weakening of the organization of the league as a cartel model, creating higher stakes for winning and losing, challenging players and teams to creatively and continually make winning moves on the field, instead of playing their parts in a pre-written drama, refining mechanics, and being a good citizen.


    RELEGATION :)

    Edgy MD
    Mar 19 2021 08:49 PM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    There you go. duan knows best, folks.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 21 2021 10:48 AM
    Re: ISTGT 2021 — None of This Counts

    We're getting a pretty good preview of opening day this afternoon, with the Nats hosting the Mets, both teams using most of their regulars, both teams sending their top starters to the bump, and both pitchers batting.


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    Edgy MD
    Mar 21 2021 01:08 PM
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    Mets put up consecutive deuces in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings, currently cruising with a 6-0 lead. Lindor an Conforty both have gone deep.



    deGrom was sloppy by his standards, giving up three hits and two walks in his 4 2/3 innings of scoreless ball, striking out five and lowering his spring ERA to 0.67.

    Frayed Knot
    Mar 21 2021 02:03 PM
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    Nothing like a sloppy 1.07 WHIP

    Fman99
    Mar 21 2021 02:52 PM
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    Encouraging numbers today

    Edgy MD
    Mar 21 2021 05:01 PM
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    It would just be something to score a couple for the guy every fifth day and see just what he could do without the weight of the world on his shoulders.

    bmfc1
    Mar 21 2021 06:31 PM
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    If you want to watch/hear the final week of Mets spring games, here is where you can find the guys:

    22 Monday HOU Away 1:05 mlb.com--Astros TV and Radio

    23 Tuesday MIA Home 1:10 SNY

    24 Wed STL Away 1:05 mlb.com--Cardinals TV and Radio

    25 Thursday OFF

    26 Friday WSH Home 6:10 SNY/WCBS

    27 Saturday HOU Home 1:10 WPIX/WCBS

    28 Sunday MIA Away 1:05 mlb.com--Marlins radio

    29 Monday STL Away 12:05 mlb.com--Cardinals radio

    Edgy MD
    Mar 22 2021 01:06 PM
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    Today's version of the Mets features Joey Lucchesi getting touched for the first time this spring. Down 4-1 after six innings.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 22 2021 01:35 PM
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    Got no video, but it looks like the Mets have turned a triple play in this one.

    G-Fafif
    Mar 22 2021 01:45 PM
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    https://twitter.com/mets/status/1374083763668447233?s=21

    Edgy MD
    Mar 22 2021 01:59 PM
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    Triple-play Mets are rallying in the eighth and a three-run shot by Albert Almora, Jr. has pulled within 5-4.

    Benjamin Grimm
    Mar 22 2021 02:05 PM
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    I watched it three times and wasn't clear on what happened.



    I think it was a line drive to the second baseman, who then threw to shortstop to get the runner who was forced to return to the base, and then a throw to first to get the runner who was also forced to return?

    Edgy MD
    Mar 22 2021 02:09 PM
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    You tend to take for granted the multiple angles you get during a regular season game. And then you see a highlight from a spring training game or a minor league game, and you're thinking, "Is that all I'm gonna see?"

    Edgy MD
    Mar 22 2021 02:12 PM
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    Astros manager Dusty Baker is now identifying himself as "BAKER JR." on the back of his jersey.



    He came out of the dugout to examine a player who had been hit by a pitch, and I thought a son of his had joined his coaching staff.

    Benjamin Grimm
    Mar 22 2021 02:15 PM
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    Was Dusty Senior a ballplayer? I see no mention of that on his Wikipedia page. My first thought had been that Dusty's dad was a Negro League player and he added the Jr. because now his father is, retroactively, a major league player. But I see no evidence that that's the case.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 22 2021 02:21 PM
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    Sometimes, like our own Albert Almora, Jr., you wear the Jr. even if your father has no fame at all. Melvin Upton, Jr. too.



    It just seems notable to see it done so late in the game, after over five decades in a major league uniform.

    Frayed Knot
    Mar 22 2021 02:43 PM
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    Ronald Acuna goes by Jr. even though his pop never advanced beyond a low-level minor leaguer in the Mets system.

    It's become fashionable among a handful of NFL'ers with a namesake son to wear Sr. on the back of their jersey.







    Meanwhile ... where did that runner on 1st think he was headed in such a hurry?!?

    G-Fafif
    Mar 23 2021 01:00 PM
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    Lindor keeps homering, which is probably a good idea when negotiating a large contract.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 23 2021 01:15 PM
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    J.D. Davis also just baked up his first spring tater.



    If anybody can figure out how to get Jeff McNeil going, this team might be ready to go.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 24 2021 12:11 PM
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    Corey Oz pitching the A game as the Mets visit St. Louis, trailing 1-0 after 4.



    Taijuan Walker is supposed to be pitching a B game, but I'm not seeing it on the schedule, so it's probably unofficial.



    Mets pretty much have all the first-stringers going in that A-game, with J.D. Davis DHing and Guillorme at third.

    MFS62
    Mar 24 2021 01:03 PM
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    Edgy MD wrote:

    Corey Oz pitching the A game as the Mets visit St. Louis, trailing 1-0 after 4.


    He seems to pitch much better as a starter than as a reliever.



    Later

    Edgy MD
    Mar 24 2021 01:24 PM
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    Still 1-0 in the bottom of the eighth. Mets have outhit the Cards 4-3, but they need to get one across.



    Scoreless single innings from Familia, Betances, and Castro, yielding just one hit and two walks among them. Blevvy on now.

    MFS62
    Mar 24 2021 02:20 PM
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    Blevvy gives up 2 runs (1 earned) and the Mets lose 3-0 (with most of their starting position players in there).

    Yuch!



    Later

    kcmets
    Mar 26 2021 11:48 AM
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    Six o'clock-er today vs. Gnats on SNY.

    Fman99
    Mar 26 2021 04:35 PM
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    Nice grab there by Nimmo.



    In other news spring training broadcast crews suck.

    Frayed Knot
    Mar 26 2021 04:45 PM
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    Hey, we're getting some red-hot Anthony Recker action from behind the mic!

    Teaming with Wayne Randazzo

    G-Fafif
    Mar 26 2021 05:14 PM
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    Ed Coleman teaming with pre-pregame guy Brad Heller on the radio, emphasizing this doesn't count.

    MFS62
    Mar 26 2021 05:24 PM
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    Ed Coleman teaming with pre-pregame guy Brad Heller on the radio, emphasizing this doesn't count.


    Ed is a good guy. I've never heard him say anything negative about anything. It is his way of saying, "don't worry. I know they look awful, but they'll get better".



    Later

    kcmets
    Mar 26 2021 06:01 PM
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    I'm sure he's nice, but but he's been the least objective Mets media personality

    for like twenty-five years.



    Mets could be on ten game losing streak and he's like, 'ya know, there was some

    flash there a few games back that needs to resurface itself.'

    Frayed Knot
    Mar 26 2021 06:39 PM
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    Anthony Recker tidbit: he finished his ML career in2017 with 7 ABs for the Braves.

    Had he notched 2 hits in those 7 trips he would have had a .201 BA for his career.

    But he went 1-for-7 and wound up at .199 instead.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 26 2021 07:25 PM
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    I don't think Tarpley is making this team.

    kcmets
    Mar 27 2021 08:01 AM
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    So I thought Recker did a good enough job in the booth. The 'back when I was

    playing' stuff would get old really quick but as an occasional sub he did just fine.



    GKR's absences are travel-quarantine-so-ready-to-go come regular season, i presume?

    Frayed Knot
    Mar 27 2021 10:54 AM
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    =kcmets post_id=58768 time=1616853686 user_id=53]
    So I thought Recker did a good enough job in the booth. The 'back when I was

    playing' stuff would get old really quick but as an occasional sub he did just fine.



    Yup, I thought he was fine and seemed to be knowledgeable about indidual players w/a lack of cliches.



    GKR's absences are travel-quarantine-so-ready-to-go come regular season, i presume?


    Yes, but still doing road games from home, at least to start the season.

    MFS62
    Mar 27 2021 01:55 PM
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    Freudis Nova sounds like a psychological Latin dance.



    Later

    G-Fafif
    Mar 27 2021 02:27 PM
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    Jerry Blevins's scoreless ninth would be a poetic exit stage left, but I imagine he'd prefer to make the team if he's come this far.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 28 2021 11:29 AM
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    Mike Montgomery giving up three in the first to the Marlins this afternoon, and I'm guessing that pretty much seals up that fifth rotation spot for David Peterson.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 28 2021 11:34 AM
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    Down 4-0 following the Mets second error of the first inning (Almora, Lindor). Gilliam on for the Mets.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 28 2021 12:48 PM
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    A Nimmo solo homer represents the only blood drawn as the Mets trail 6-1.



    Fammy just got touched for his second run of the spring.

    Edgy MD
    Mar 29 2021 03:17 PM
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    A ninth-inning homer gives the Cards a 3-3 tie and the Mets end spring training with that result and a .500 exhibition record.



    Strongish game for Taijuan Walker and a two-run double for Alonso.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Mar 29 2021 03:21 PM
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    a .500 Spring Training is like the perfect record. It proves we can win when we want, but just enough to remind them they can lose.



    I'm getting more CAHNfident about this year allatime