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Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Frayed Knot Jul 07 2021 04:25 PM

Hey friend[s], do it again. Ballantine Ballantine Beer! OK, that was an old MFY broadcast jingle, but for some reason it just popped into my head as I started to type and it sort of works here. We're going to see lefty Brett Anderson in the Cub Scout unis, a guy who we were supposed to see Tuesday night and then thought we'd see Wednesday afternoon. And the Mets will pitch someone ... at least I hope they will.

ashie62 Jul 07 2021 05:10 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

A Ballantine Blast! Peraza style.

Frayed Knot Jul 07 2021 05:13 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Stock, kind of stocky. And already better than deGrom!!

Edgy MD Jul 07 2021 06:06 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Stock seems to have found a groove.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2021 06:20 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Nothing gives me more of a confidence boost than when a team sends me out to the mound in #89.

Gwreck Jul 07 2021 06:28 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Stupid 7 inning rule again not working in our favor.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2021 06:35 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

And having gotten some chips against their pen in the earlier games, I'd have more confidence in the late innings against them ... if there were late innings.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2021 06:45 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

I'm anticipating a Tropeano debut in the [CROSSOUT]ninth[/CROSSOUT] seventh.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 07 2021 06:54 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

At first glance I thought there was a female umpire at third base

Edgy MD Jul 07 2021 06:55 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

He is pretty. I don't deny. Two great pinch-hit at-bats and the Mets have something going in the sixth.

Chad ochoseis Jul 07 2021 06:56 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Hook is a great name for a pitching coach.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2021 06:58 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Bases bloated, tying runs on base against Boxie, and the big bats coming.

Frayed Knot Jul 07 2021 06:59 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

I'll take an RBI hit with a box of burgers to go please.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2021 07:01 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Ah Lindy. You've got to pull the switch on that.

Centerfield Jul 07 2021 07:02 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Can't take a called strike three there. My god.

Gwreck Jul 07 2021 07:04 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Going to need a grand slam, thanks Pete.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2021 07:04 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Oh, Box.

Frayed Knot Jul 07 2021 07:07 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

How about this rule change: if a team calls time in order to have a mound conference, then ALL activity has to cease for the length of the T.O., included the pitchers throwing in the pen. This would at least eliminate the situation where the game is being stalled for the sole purpose of stalling the game.

kcmets Jul 07 2021 07:08 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Good lord.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2021 07:08 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Brad Boxbrger starring in Escape Room.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 07 2021 07:09 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Not going to get a better chance than that.

Frayed Knot Jul 07 2021 07:10 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

You just knew Pete was going to chase one of those high hard ones. It was just a question of whether Boxburger could get one high enough.

The Hot Corner Jul 07 2021 07:11 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Unbelievable. Bases loaded with no outs and Lindor-Smith-Alonso all strike out. Someone has to be able to put a ball into play.

The Hot Corner Jul 07 2021 07:18 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Castro seems lost of late.

The Hot Corner Jul 07 2021 07:21 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Just like that, Castro makes it so the Mets won't have to worry about facing Hader.

Frayed Knot Jul 07 2021 07:34 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Two very lackluster game twos in DHs this week with sweeps on the table in both.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2021 07:36 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Swinging 2-0, down by five in the [CROSSOUT]ninth[/CROSSOUT] seventh. Makes me wanna file a suit.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2021 07:37 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Well, those two series were remarkably similar.

Frayed Knot Jul 07 2021 08:25 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Yup. Clutch comebacks vs top-notch starters and shut-down closers only to follow that up with non-competative showings vs reclamation openers and no-name bull-penners.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2021 08:41 PM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Also, the rainouts forcing the series to finish with a jerry-rigged doubleheader. Also, both shutdown closers being lefties who clock in at 100 being taken deep for a game-tying solo homer by a righthanded hitter to left-center field, in the seventh-inning-disguised-as-a-ninth-inning in game two of the series/game one of the double-header.

Frayed Knot Jul 08 2021 04:54 AM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

More than 1/5 of our games so far (18 of 83 = 21.7%) have been scheduled for 7 innings. That overall percentage might go down as the season wears on but probably not by a lot; I believe we have opening week Covid makeups still to play. Couple that with the virtual elimination of extra innings* and MLB has now managed to achieve the goal of MLB haters everywhere: Less Baseball! I wonder if Ford or Kelloggs execs are sitting around wondering: 'We need to figure out a way to sell fewer cars/cereals' * we've played nine extras in slightly over a half-season. This compares to 43 in 2019

Fman99 Jul 08 2021 06:24 AM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

Edgy MD wrote: Swinging 2-0, down by five in the [CROSSOUT]ninth[/CROSSOUT] seventh. Makes me wanna file a suit. GKR touched on this the other night during a Seth Lugo appearance. They quoted Seth as saying that 3/4 of MLB hitters are fairly easy to retire if he's able to locate his pitches, because those 75% of the batters are all swinging for the fences on every pitch. That jives as true to me also. Applied to his own teammates as well, sadly.

Lefty Specialist Jul 08 2021 07:57 AM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

That inning where they loaded the bases with no out was typical of this. Lindor and Dom tried too hard to hit the grand slam with their swings, when a single would have been enormous.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 08 2021 08:53 AM Re: Brewers @ Mets IGT 7/7/21 - Game 2

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