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IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 05:30 AM

Chris Bassitt takes the mound for the Mets in the biggest game of the season against the Braves and Charlie Morton. Bassitt has two starts against ATL this season, going 1 and 1. He gave up 3 ER in 7 IP on 5/2 (L) and 1 ER in 6 IP on 7/13 (W). Morton, who just signed a big contract extension, is 1 and 2 against the Mets this season. He gave up 4 ER in 5/3 (L), 5 ER in 5 IP on 7/3 (L), and 0 ER in 6 2/3 IP on 8/16 (W). https://www.mlb.com/gameday/mets-vs-braves/2022/10/02/661465#game_state=preview,lock_state=preview,game_tab=,game=661465 I would move Pete back to 4th in the lineup. If the Mets win they control their NL East fate as they win the season series against ATL so the Magic Number is 3 with 3 games left. It's on ESPN at 7:07 ET and not that weird 7:20 time from the last two nights. #LFGM

MFS62 Oct 02 2022 06:31 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Let's kick some A's. Later

kcmets Oct 02 2022 07:45 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

https://www.kcmets.com/CPF/NYM.png> Chris Bassitt (#40, 33, RHP, 15-8, 3.27) https://www.kcmets.com/CPF/ATL.png> Charlie Morton (#50, 38, RHP, 9-6, 4.29)

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 09:00 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

I'm putting the last two days out of my mind and focusing on tonight. Win tonight and we have three exciting days to win the pennant. "How did you get in my car?" and #LFGM!

kcmets Oct 02 2022 09:11 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=bmfc1 post_id=109513 time=1664722818 user_id=73]I'm putting the last two days out of my mind and focusing on tonight. Win tonight and we have three exciting days to win the pennant.

That's all they must do. That's all they can do, that's all we can do!



#lgm #ygb #ymdyf

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 09:17 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Go 1-0 today.

TransMonk Oct 02 2022 09:56 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Worries here. https://media3.giphy.com/media/14oABfwMhnvZfi/giphy.gif>

whippoorwill Oct 02 2022 10:30 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Lol love the thread title Praying for a win

whippoorwill Oct 02 2022 10:30 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Hoping to see more fishing lure people lol

Gwreck Oct 02 2022 10:45 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

LGM. We've got this. Fuck that stupid racist chant.

ashie62 Oct 02 2022 11:17 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

A Mets win allows them to control their own destiny

kcmets Oct 02 2022 11:30 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=ashie62 post_id=109521 time=1664731026 user_id=90] A Mets win allows them to control their own destiny

=bmfc1 post_id=109505 time=1664710229 user_id=73]If the Mets win they control their NL East fate as they win the season series against ATL so the Magic Number is 3 with 3 games left.

#lgm #ygb #ymdyf

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 11:41 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

The Mets winning is them controlling their own destiny, baby.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 01:05 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Fuck that stupid racist chant. Which they encourage by shutting the lights and letting the fans "chop" while holding their phones. It's cool but it's still racist. And F their attention-seeking organist. And F the guy I know in ATL who just sent me a text with the Braves flag.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 02 2022 01:07 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Francisco Alvarez is the last piece to the puzzle.

kcmets Oct 02 2022 01:48 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Lineups are posted, Alonso batting cleanup. Vogel[CROSSOUT]boom[/CROSSOUT]bach DH'n again.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 03:50 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Alonso back in the cleanup spot as well. Braves go with the exact same squad. [TABLE][TR][/TR] [TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TH][/TH] [TH][FIMG=250]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/new-york-mets-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][FIMG=250]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/atlanta-braves-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG] [/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH]#[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Pos.[/TH] [TH]#[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Pos.[/TH] [TD]=#FF5910]1[/TD] [TD]=#002D72]Brandon Nimmo (L)[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]cf[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]1[/TD] [TD]=#CE1141]Ronald Acuña, Jr. (R)[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]rf[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]2[/TD] [TD]=#002D72]Francisco Lindor (S)[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]ss[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]2[/TD] [TD]=#CE1141]Dansby Swanson (R)[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]ss[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]3[/TD] [TD]=#002D72]Jeff McNiel (L)[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]rf[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]3[/TD] [TD]=#CE1141]Michael Harris II (L)[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]cf[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]4[/TD] [TD]=#002D72]Pete Alonso (R)[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]1b[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]4[/TD] [TD]=#CE1141]Austin Riley (R)[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]3b[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]5[/TD] [TD]=#002D72]Eduardo Escobar (S)[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]3b[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]5[/TD] [TD]=#CE1141]Matt Olson (L)[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]1b[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]6[/TD] [TD]=#002D72]Daniel Vogelbach (L)[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]dh[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]6[/TD] [TD]=#CE1141]Travis d'Arnaud (R)[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]c[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]7[/TD] [TD]=#002D72]Mark Cahna (R)[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]lf[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]7[/TD] [TD]=#CE1141]Marcell Ozuna (R)[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]dh[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]8[/TD] [TD]=#002D72]Luis Guillorme (L)[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]2b[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]8[/TD] [TD]=#CE1141]Eddie Rosario (L)[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]lf[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]9[/TD] [TD]=#002D72]James McCann (R)[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]c[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]9[/TD] [TD]=#CE1141]Orlando Arcia (R)[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]2b[/TD] [TH][/TH] [TH]Pitcher[/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH]Pitcher[/TH] [TH][/TH] [TD]=#FF5910][/TD] [TD]=#002D72]Chris Bassitt (R)[/TD] [TD]=#FF5910]sp[/TD] [TD]=#13274F][/TD] [TD]=#CE1141]Charlie Morton (R)[/TD] [TD]=#13274F]sp[/TD]

kcmets Oct 02 2022 04:07 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Lineups are posted, Alonso batting cleanup. Edgy MD wrote: Alonso back in the cleanup spot as well. It's 6:07, 7:07 can't come soon enough!

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 05:05 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

So this us essentially the biggest regular season game for any team this year and ESPN is fortunate enough to have it land in their lap. So given that gift of being able to present this game to the entire country, what percentage of the game will they show with game shrunken via split screens or other interruptions? 40 - 60% ? 60 - 80% ? More than 80% ? Sorry, those are your only choices.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 05:12 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Nimmo starts the game with the traditional Mets weak groundball.

whippoorwill Oct 02 2022 05:16 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Haha! McNeil has a dog named Willow

Lefty Specialist Oct 02 2022 05:23 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

And the traditional first inning that could have been better but wasn't. And ESPN is so annoying to listen to. They've already decided the Braves will win both this game and this division.

Marshmallowmilkshake Oct 02 2022 05:24 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Ouch on that strikeout.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 05:24 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 02 2022 05:25 PM

I'm getting tired of trying to be OK with leaving runners on in the 1st inning via the justification of 'well at least we made their guy throw a lot of pitches ... and maybe that'll pay dividends later on'. Too often it hasn't been paying off.

whippoorwill Oct 02 2022 05:25 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Last night for a while I actually thought those people in the tackle box seats were those cardboard cutouts

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 05:26 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Well, there's that low fastball thing happening again. Cutter, anyhow. Though it didn't cut much.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 05:28 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Can Dansby Swanson play LF or CF? Asking for Steve Cohen's accountant.

Marshmallowmilkshake Oct 02 2022 05:28 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Rats.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 05:30 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 02 2022 05:30 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: I'm getting tired of trying to be OK with leaving runners on in the 1st inning via the justification of 'well at least we made their guy throw a lot of pitches ... and maybe that'll pay dividends later on. Too often it hasn't been paying off. Nope. They were getting 1 or 2 on the board but now the pitchers often get it together and we look back at it as a missed opportunity.

Fman99 Oct 02 2022 05:30 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

This inning actually perfectly summarizes the entire series thus far.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 05:32 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Have the Mets hit three balls in this series as hard as the last three ATL hitters did in the top of the 1st?

Lefty Specialist Oct 02 2022 05:34 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Fat Man goes deep!

Fman99 Oct 02 2022 05:34 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Yeah Vogey! Brand new ballgame

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 05:35 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

There's the Vogelbadness. Mebbe should have pinch-hit him with the bases loaded instead of batting Álvarez, but I've got to let some things go.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 05:35 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Pile it on.

Marshmallowmilkshake Oct 02 2022 05:36 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

We are Vogel-BACK in it!

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 05:37 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

I paid $$ for an ESPN streaming account just to watch this game and it's not streaming, and anger consumes me.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 05:38 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Is it possible to look worse than McCann just did?

Lefty Specialist Oct 02 2022 05:39 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

McCann's OPS+ is 50, lol. And that's before the 'non-competitive' strikeout.

Fman99 Oct 02 2022 05:39 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

McCannot ever ever

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 05:39 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Not surprising that McCann is swinging at the outside pitch since the ump is calling the outside pitch a strike.

Lefty Specialist Oct 02 2022 05:41 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Steve, I have another contract for you to eat.

ashie62 Oct 02 2022 05:42 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Escobar two RISP

ashie62 Oct 02 2022 05:42 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Edgy MD wrote: I paid $$ for an ESPN streaming account just to watch this game and it's not streaming, and anger consumes me. Can you stream SNY?

Fman99 Oct 02 2022 05:45 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Oh good, Republican ads. Because this channel and their broadcast isn't already hateable enough. Maybe they could drive up to Syracuse and stomp angrily on my crotch parcel

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 05:46 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Two innings, four hits including a HR, 1 BB ... and the result is the bare minimum of one run.

Lefty Specialist Oct 02 2022 05:47 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Mets keep getting two outs and then getting runners on base. Leaves no margin for error and two bad strikeouts to end innings.

whippoorwill Oct 02 2022 05:50 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=Fman99 post_id=109570 time=1664754322 user_id=86] Oh good, Republican ads. Because this channel and their broadcast isn't already hateable enough. Maybe they could drive up to Syracuse and stomp angrily on my crotch parcel

I want to know what a crotch parcel is but I bet I can guess :)

Fman99 Oct 02 2022 05:58 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Yeah Jeff McNeil ! 2-1 good guys

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 05:58 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

[BIGPURPLE]SQUIRREL-BOOM[/BIGPURPLE]

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 05:59 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Stick that in your 'Chop House' and smoke it!

Fman99 Oct 02 2022 05:59 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

OH MY GOD NOW SCORE TEN MORE RUNS PLEASE AND THANK YOU

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 06:00 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Back to back to back hits with no outs!

Fman99 Oct 02 2022 06:00 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

At this rate I think even James McCann has a chance at flying out to short left.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 06:01 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

This McNeil-homer-and-Alonso-single regime could be interesting. Unfortunately, it started the day Alonso was moved back behind McNeil.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 06:03 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Back to back to back to back hits with no outs and two runs scored!

Lefty Specialist Oct 02 2022 06:03 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

VOGELSEEINGEYE!

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 06:06 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

The baseball gods favor Riley.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 06:06 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Damn. It was time for Canha to eat and he let it pass.

Gwreck Oct 02 2022 06:07 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

We have to really think about hitting for McCann if he comes up with runners on here.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 06:08 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Yes, I'd've asked Guillorme to bunticle.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 06:08 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Runner on 3d, 0 out... ugh.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 06:08 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

We have Morton on the ropes, don't blow it!

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 06:09 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

They blew it.

Fman99 Oct 02 2022 06:09 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Not much there from the ass end of the lineup

Lefty Specialist Oct 02 2022 06:09 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

McCann really needs to look for another line of work.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 06:10 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=Fman99 post_id=109570 time=1664754322 user_id=86] Oh good, Republican ads. Because this channel and their broadcast isn't already hateable enough. Maybe they could drive up to Syracuse and stomp angrily on my crotch parcel

Most of the ads are local ads that can be personalized. E.g., I've gotten TWO ads already for hearing aids.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 06:11 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

I just saw the hearing aid ad too.

Fman99 Oct 02 2022 06:12 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Yes let's gush some more about the amazing Austin Fucking Riley. That'd be entertaining oh pardon me real quick

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 06:14 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Willets Point wrote: I just saw the hearing aid ad too. WHAT?

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 06:15 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

So following the Vogel single they had a walk + 8 hits which included 2 HRs and had made only six outs. It's almost impossible to NOT have more than three runs by that point but not only did they have just three but given three more ABs to add to it and they STILL have just three out of all that. I mean, I like having a lead and all but, man, they're leaving tons of shit out there.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 06:16 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Willets Point wrote: I just saw the hearing aid ad too. WHAT? I SAID "I JUST SAW THE HEARING AID AD TOO!" https://i.imgflip.com/vwagi.jpg>

Fman99 Oct 02 2022 06:18 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Muted. Enough already.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 06:18 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Bassitt looking to give the lead back

Lefty Specialist Oct 02 2022 06:19 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Still talking about Riley and that foul ball. And Bassitt is losing the plate.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 06:20 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Why did Led Zeppelin name their record label after Dansby Swanson, anyhow?

Lefty Specialist Oct 02 2022 06:23 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

The tongue bathy for the Braves here is nauseating.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 06:24 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Nice job, Willets.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 06:24 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Getting through the heart of this order with none on and two out is a lot to ask. Two thirds of the way there.

Lefty Specialist Oct 02 2022 06:25 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Braves fans gleefully enjoy their racist chopping.

Lefty Specialist Oct 02 2022 06:25 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Kinda big spot here.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 06:26 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

I might go to a lefthander against Olson.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 06:26 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Probably wasn't trying to do the equivalent of an IBB with 1B open but it was still an awesome way to do it.

whippoorwill Oct 02 2022 06:28 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Is that a bowl of mushrooms?

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 06:29 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

This is surfing in shark-infested waters. No, this is surfing drunk in shark-infested waters.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 06:29 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Bassitt doesn't want to show up Jake and Max.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 06:30 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Just as in the top of the inning, the catcher has the opportunity to blow the game open with two outs.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 06:33 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Sharks win.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 06:33 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

If only we had a catcher who could hit like that.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 06:36 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Willets Point wrote: If only we had a catcher who could hit like that. Maybe next year.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 06:36 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

They don't miss their opportunities. We miss ALL of ours.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 06:39 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Time for a FK time check of the first 3 innings.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 06:40 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

That inning was a hoax. There are MOUNTAINS of evidence saying that Braves stole that inning. I refuse to concede the lead.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 06:41 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Edgy MD wrote: That inning was a hoax. There are MOUNTAINS of evidence saying that Braves stole that inning. I refuse to concede the lead. They're in the right state for that claim.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 06:43 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Lindor is due.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 06:44 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

But not this inning.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 06:45 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Mets trying to end their inning in < 10 pitches.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 06:48 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Take a lead and have runners on 1st & 3rd w/none outs ... followed by six straight batters being retired without a ball leaving the infield.

Fman99 Oct 02 2022 06:57 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Me, yesterday: "Man, there isn't much worse than this Fox broadcast team." ESPN crew: "Here, hold my Braves hat."

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 06:57 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

By the time this game is over, Riley will have received an ESPY for letting a ball go foul.

Gwreck Oct 02 2022 06:57 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

This is a 1 run game. May gets Swanson and then I think they go to Peterson. (Or just to Lugo for the 5th).

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 06:59 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Howie Rose calls the Braves' rightfielder "O-cuña."

Fman99 Oct 02 2022 07:01 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Do you leave Vogelbear in to face the lefty fresh out of the pen?

Gwreck Oct 02 2022 07:01 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

I know complaining about the ESPN guys is old had but I'm convinced that Eduardo Perez does not have a triple digit IQ.

Gwreck Oct 02 2022 07:01 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=Fman99 post_id=109633 time=1664758862 user_id=86] Do you leave Vogelbear in to face the lefty fresh out of the pen?

Yes. Because he'll face righties later.

Centerfield Oct 02 2022 07:01 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Let's see Alvarez. 2 run Jack. Do it Buck.

Fman99 Oct 02 2022 07:02 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

And it's the kid

kcmets Oct 02 2022 07:03 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Has anyone kept track of how many outs the Mets have made to the warning track this series? A yard or so from the warning track? Seems like it's non-stop. (I know it's not as sexy as launch angle and exit velocity but just chiming in)

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 07:04 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

This would be the perfect time for a magic moment for the younger Francisco.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 07:04 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 02 2022 07:07 PM

I'll give ESPN this: not only have they put aside their split-screen/live-mic/let's-do-anything-but-show-the-game antics, but they've even shelved the constant crawl for the night. Usually the crawl only disappears during games they care about while sports like baseball are treated as fodder for them to advertise what else is going on, particularly if it's going to be on their network. It's like, for one night only, they elevated MLB to major league status and are therefore sparing us the WNBA scores, college football injury reports, latest Tom/Giselle marriage rumors, and all the other tripe that we specifically tuned in NOT to see. Watching a game on a full screen ... what a concept!!

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 07:06 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Good point, FK. They still suck but you're right about the welcome absence of the crawl which would have NBA exhibition scores.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 07:06 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Ball 4. Vogelbach could have struck out, too.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 07:07 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Swangin' at Ball Four triggers a big sigh.

Centerfield Oct 02 2022 07:09 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

I think we are never going to win again.

roger_that Oct 02 2022 07:09 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Frayed Knot wrote: I'll give ESPN this: not only have they put aside their split-screen/live-mic/let's-do-anything-but-show-the-game antics, but they've even shelved the constant crawl for the night. Usually the crawl only disappears during games they care about while sports like baseball are treated as fodder for them to advertise what else is going on, particularly if it's going to be on their network. It's like, for one night only, they elevated MLB to major league status and are therefore sparing us the WNBA scores, college football injury reports, latest Tom/Giselle marriage rumors, and all the other tripe that we specifically tuned in NOT to see. Watching a game on a full screen ... what a concept!! Coney is a great improvement over Smoltz.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 07:17 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Frayed Knot wrote: I'll give ESPN this: not only have they put aside their split-screen/live-mic/let's-do-anything-but-show-the-game antics, but they've even shelved the constant crawl for the night. Usually the crawl only disappears during games they care about while sports like baseball are treated as fodder for them to advertise what else is going on, particularly if it's going to be on their network. It's like, for one night only, they elevated MLB to major league status and are therefore sparing us the WNBA scores, college football injury reports, latest Tom/Giselle marriage rumors, and all the other tripe that we specifically tuned in NOT to see. Watching a game on a full screen ... what a concept!! Coney is a great improvement over Smoltz. My farts are great improvements over Smoltz... and we hope to hear him through the WS as F*x has the NL playoff games and the WS (after the Wild Cards--BTW, one of ESPNs 4 WC TV teams is Kay & A. Rodriguez).

whippoorwill Oct 02 2022 07:19 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Are we all getting the same ads? Such as legerzipro?

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 07:20 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=whippoorwill post_id=109647 time=1664759961 user_id=79] Are we all getting the same ads? Such as legerzipro?

I got that, too. I guess that these cheezy ads are national commercials.

The Hot Corner Oct 02 2022 07:21 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

It is mind boggling the scoring opportunities the Mets have wasted. They have 9 hits (2 HR) & 1 walk, that they somehow minimally converted into for 3 runs. On the other hand, the Braves seem to capitalize on every chance to score. They have 3 hits (1 HR) & 3 walks that they converted into 4 runs. Timely hitting appears to be a major problem. That and the bottom third of the line up just aren't producing.

whippoorwill Oct 02 2022 07:21 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Creepy. I want Rheingold back

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 07:24 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

If McCann came up without a bat he would have gotten on.

roger_that Oct 02 2022 07:25 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

My farts are great improvements over Smoltz... I don't remember the sound of your farts. Can you post a wav file or something?

The Hot Corner Oct 02 2022 07:26 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=bmfc1 post_id=109651 time=1664760268 user_id=73] If McCann came up without a bat he would have gotten on.

For the most part, McCann carries a bat for no apparent reason.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 07:27 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Nimmo walking is good beisbol.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 02 2022 07:28 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Is Dylan Lee related to Dylan Gee?

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 07:29 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

The Hot Corner wrote: =bmfc1 post_id=109651 time=1664760268 user_id=73] If McCann came up without a bat he would have gotten on. For the most part, McCann carries a bat for no apparent reason.

Whenever the post-season starts, I wonder if McCann should be on the roster; just go with Nido and let Alvarez back him up.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 07:30 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=roger_that post_id=109652 time=1664760318 user_id=128] My farts are great improvements over Smoltz... I don't remember the sound of your farts. Can you post a wav file or something?

It will be part of my next comedy album.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 07:31 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

TWO of the Mets 18 outs tonight have been in the OF [Lindor 1st inning FO to RF, Alonso's deep FO, also to Acuna] Everything else is K's, IF Pop outs, and (mostly weak) grounders.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 07:31 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Nimmo didn't really get a chance to steal there.

metsmarathon Oct 02 2022 07:33 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

This game is not giving me happy feelings.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 07:34 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Say goodnight Gracie

The Hot Corner Oct 02 2022 07:35 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Well, that sucks.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 07:35 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

I think I stepped on my dik.

metsmarathon Oct 02 2022 07:35 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Nope. Not happy feelings.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 07:36 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

If two Braves are going to homer in all three games, I question things.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 07:38 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Edgy MD wrote: If two Braves are going to homer in all three games, I question things. Question what, that Riley and Acuna didn't do it too?

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 07:40 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

This is still quite doable. Don't let two runs feel like 10.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 07:40 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: If two Braves are going to homer in all three games, I question things. Question what, that Riley and Acuna didn't do it too? Things.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 07:43 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Script: Act I: Get lots of baserunners early Act II: Cash in as few of them as possible Act III: Flat-line for innings 3 thru 9

TransMonk Oct 02 2022 07:43 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Edgy MD wrote: This is still quite doable. Don't let two runs feel like 10. Recently, these Mets make 2 runs feel like 10.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 07:44 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Man, are the Braves going to be sorry that they burned all their relievers before that Miami series.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 07:44 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Edgy MD wrote: This is still quite doable. Don't let two runs feel like 10. Recently, these Mets make 2 runs feel like 10. Don't let it!

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 07:44 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Yup. As mentioned earlier, they let the SP off the hook and they weren't doing that for months. Oh look, it's the deadline acquisition that the Braves got and Billy did not.

roger_that Oct 02 2022 07:45 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Can someone remind me which genius decided that Travis d'Arnaud was a turd that must be scraped off the Mets' shoe? I'm kinda missing him behind the plate about now.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 07:46 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Their big-time SS: 3 HRs. Ours: 0. Their big-time 1B: 2 HRs. Ours: 0.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 07:48 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Can September Escobar come back?

Centerfield Oct 02 2022 07:49 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Ok. So Wild Card. It is what it is.

roger_that Oct 02 2022 07:56 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=Centerfield post_id=109680 time=1664761792 user_id=65] Ok. So Wild Card. It is what it is.

It's possible that the best team won the NL East. There's nothing like a good old fashioned ass-kicking to persuade you that this might be true.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 07:57 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Honestly I'm starting to think that hitting rock bottom now may be a good thing in the long run. Let them work out whatever is wrong and get the suck out of their system now rather than the playoffs.

kcmets Oct 02 2022 07:58 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Uh, it's the seventh inning here?

Chad ochoseis Oct 02 2022 07:58 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=roger_that post_id=109677 time=1664761549 user_id=128] Can someone remind me which genius decided that Travis d'Arnaud was a turd that must be scraped off the Mets' shoe? I'm kinda missing him behind the plate about now.

The guy stunk up the joint for two full seasons and then had a batting average of .087 and OPS+ of -33 in his first 25 ABs of the third when they let him go. And I don't remember him as being any better than average defensively. It came back to bite us, but nobody thought it was the wrong move at the time.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 08:01 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

ESPN sharing racist rituals with the world.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 08:02 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Remember also that the Braves are TdA's third team after leaving the Mets. The Dodgers and Rays weren't real impressed either.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 08:02 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Willets Point wrote: ESPN sharing racist rituals with the world. A good lead up to the racist anti-Abrams ad.

nymr83 Oct 02 2022 08:04 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Willets Point wrote: ESPN sharing racist rituals with the world. the cellphone lights being waved up and down actually seems much better than the chop normally is! But, not to lose their chance, the Braves have a big "burning (digitally) A" that ESPN had to focus on, that made me think they were going to burn a cross on someone's lawn.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 08:06 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Good job by Joely.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 08:08 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Willets Point wrote: Willets Point wrote: ESPN sharing racist rituals with the world. A good lead up to the racist anti-Abrams ad. But instead it's a pro Abrams ad.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 08:08 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

The anti-Abrams ad came right after the chop. The pro-Abrams ad came in the next ad break.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 08:09 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Can August Cahna come back?

roger_that Oct 02 2022 08:10 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Chad ochoseis wrote: =roger_that post_id=109677 time=1664761549 user_id=128] Can someone remind me which genius decided that Travis d'Arnaud was a turd that must be scraped off the Mets' shoe? I'm kinda missing him behind the plate about now. The guy stunk up the joint for two full seasons and then had a batting average of .087 and OPS+ of -33 in his first 25 ABs of the third when they let him go.

He posted a 94 OPS+ in seven years with the Mets, which looks very tasty compared to McCann and Nido this season.

nymr83 Oct 02 2022 08:13 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Willets Point wrote: The anti-Abrams ad came right after the chop. The pro-Abrams ad came in the next ad break. i love that it was pushing legalized sports gambling. wonder if ESPN sponsored it themselves!

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 08:14 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Mets staying out of the double-play like pros.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 08:16 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Edgy MD wrote: Mets staying out of the double-play like pros. I'm sorry. I will now stick my dick in a power socket.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 08:18 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

We've moved way beyond 'Sorry' and have gone straight to 'Pathetic'.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 08:19 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

ATL calls up AA players and they keep hitting. The Mets call up minor leaguers and they need time to adjust. Billy's epic failures at the deadline lead to Vientos, Baty, and Alvarez getting big ABs when they should have been in the minors.

The Hot Corner Oct 02 2022 08:19 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Well, we have 3 outs left in order to salvage this game. At least we will have the top of the order in the 9th. I'm not expecting much at this point.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 08:24 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

If it's a NYY-ATL WS I might not watch a pitch.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 08:25 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Not only have Swanson & Olson out-HR'd the entire Mets team but their HRs have out-XBH the entire Mets team. Mets have FOUR XBHs in this series, one 2B plus 3 HRs with the HRs being all solo.

Willets Point Oct 02 2022 08:26 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=bmfc1 post_id=109706 time=1664763880 user_id=73] If it's a NYY-ATL WS I might not watch a pitch.

Ditto, to NYY-LAD aka The MLB Front Office Dream Come True.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 08:26 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

I think Diaz just won the rights to the song.

nymr83 Oct 02 2022 08:28 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=bmfc1 post_id=109706 time=1664763880 user_id=73] If it's a NYY-ATL WS I might not watch a pitch.

We already had that vomit-inducer in '96 and '99 - i didnt care much about the Braves in '96 as they hadn't really derailed a good Mets team yet. in 1999 i hated that series.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 08:30 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Don't swing at the first pitch, Delroy Lindo!

nymr83 Oct 02 2022 08:31 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Jansen's entire delivery feels like a balk

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 08:31 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

No sense in getting a ball out of the infield now.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 08:31 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

I don't believe that professional players "choke", sometimes the other player is better, but I'm reconsidering that position.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2022 08:32 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

And McNeil hacks also. Don't know how that is allowed to happen. But Boo.

TransMonk Oct 02 2022 08:32 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Uck.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2022 08:32 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

It hardly matters at this point because I'm it sure they'll win a game vz the Nats anyway.

The Hot Corner Oct 02 2022 08:33 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Well, those 3 outs went pretty quick.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 08:33 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

I guess the positive is we know that Wednesday's game won't matter so they can line up... the same 3 pitchers that sucked this weekend for the WC series. Sigh.

bmfc1 Oct 02 2022 08:35 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Frayed Knot wrote: So following the Vogel single they had a walk + 8 hits which included 2 HRs and had made only six outs. It's almost impossible to NOT have more than three runs by that point but not only did they have just three but given three more ABs to add to it and they STILL have just three out of all that. I mean, I like having a lead and all but, man, they're leaving tons of shit out there. Same shit, different game.

kcmets Oct 02 2022 08:37 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

I used to have that cool books-in-a-dumpster-fire image but couldn't find it. =kcmets post_id=108901 time=1664387715 user_id=53] I fear that a massive fold-a-roo is looming large on the horizon.

I'm sometimes right almost never.

roger_that Oct 02 2022 08:50 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 02 2022 08:50 PM

And I had SO been looking forward to this series and kicking the Braves' ass six ways from Sunday. Well, now it's Sunday, and my butt is very sore.

metsmarathon Oct 02 2022 08:50 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

The champagne will be sweeter, damnit. The champagne will be sweeter! [crying emoji]

Gwreck Oct 02 2022 09:21 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=bmfc1 post_id=109719 time=1664764418 user_id=73] I guess the positive is we know that Wednesday's game won't matter so they can line up... the same 3 pitchers that sucked this weekend for the WC series. Sigh.

Sometimes good players just don't play well. (See: 2014 Tigers. They started Scherzer, Verlander, and David Price in the division series and got swept). It can happen. I wouldn't bet on it happening next weekend.



There is hardly a team in all of baseball that wouldn't take deGrom, Scherzer, and Bassitt starting 3 games in a playoff series.

metsmarathon Oct 02 2022 09:31 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

at least now we won't have to fret over getting iced by the layoff...

batmagadanleadoff Oct 02 2022 09:56 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=Gwreck post_id=109728 time=1664767311 user_id=56] There is hardly a team in all of baseball that wouldn't take deGrom, Scherzer, and Bassitt starting 3 games in a playoff series.

The problem with having to play the wild card round, besides having to face the Dodgers in the very next round should the Mets advance, is that because the WC round is a two out of three series, it's virtually guaranteed that neither deGrom nor Scherzer will get to pitch more than one game against the Dodgers.

roger_that Oct 02 2022 10:05 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Yeah, we should hold a contest for "The Most Convincing Upside to Getting Swept by The Braves."

nymr83 Oct 02 2022 11:05 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

There is hardly a team in all of baseball that wouldn't take deGrom, Scherzer, and Bassitt starting 3 games in a playoff series. The problem with having to play the wild card round, besides having to face the Dodgers in the very next round should the Mets advance, is that because the WC round is a two out of three series, it's virtually guaranteed that neither deGrom nor Scherzer will get to pitch more than one game against the Dodgers. The wild card series: Oct 7: deGrom Oct 8: Scherzer Oct 9: Bassitt The best of 5 NLDS could be: Oct 11: Carrasco/Walker on 5+ days rest (Or Bassitt on 5+ if they sweep) Oct 12: deGrom on 4 days rest Oct 14: Scherzer on 5 days rest Oct 15: Bassitt on 5 days rest (or Carrasco/Walker if they swept the wild card and Bassitt started game 1) Oct 16: Carrasco/Walker/Bassitt on 4 days rest, or push deGrom on 3 days rest with the season on the line. OR do they do this? if deGrom and/or Scherzer get lit up early then Showalter gets the wrath of the NY media. if they win, he is the genius who "went old school" - sometimes your 37 year old ace just needs to march out there the day after he threw 7 innings and throw another one to beat the evil MFY. [url]https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI200111040.shtml Oct 11: deGrom on 3 days rest Oct 12: Scherzer on 3 days rest Oct 14: Bassitt on 4 days rest Oct 15: deGrom on 3 days rest Oct 16: Scherzer on 3 days rest

batmagadanleadoff Oct 02 2022 11:15 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

There is hardly a team in all of baseball that wouldn't take deGrom, Scherzer, and Bassitt starting 3 games in a playoff series. The problem with having to play the wild card round, besides having to face the Dodgers in the very next round should the Mets advance, is that because the WC round is a two out of three series, it's virtually guaranteed that neither deGrom nor Scherzer will get to pitch more than one game against the Dodgers. The wild card series: Oct 7: deGrom Oct 8: Scherzer Oct 9: Bassitt The best of 5 NLDS could be: Oct 11: Carrasco/Walker on 5+ days rest (Or Bassitt on 5+ if they sweep) Oct 12: deGrom on 4 days rest Oct 14: Scherzer on 5 days rest Oct 15: Bassitt on 5 days rest (or Carrasco/Walker if they swept the wild card and Bassitt started game 1) Oct 16: Carrasco/Walker/Bassitt on 4 days rest, or push deGrom on 3 days rest with the season on the line. OR do they do this? if deGrom and/or Scherzer get lit up early then Showalter gets the wrath of the NY media. if they win, he is the genius who "went old school" - sometimes your 37 year old ace just needs to march out there the day after he threw 7 innings and throw another one to beat the evil MFY. [url]https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI200111040.shtml Oct 11: deGrom on 3 days rest Oct 12: Scherzer on 3 days rest Oct 14: Bassitt on 4 days rest Oct 15: deGrom on 3 days rest Oct 16: Scherzer on 3 days rest But no matter how the Mets set up their rotation, should they advance, they'd be playing not only a well rested Dodgers team, but a team that will have its' rotation set up optimally. And the Dodgers' 3 and 4's pitched way, way better than the Mets 3 and 4's this season.

Gwreck Oct 02 2022 11:37 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Since the Mets' fate is essentially sealed, they can reshuffle and go Scherzer 1 and deGrom 2 in the Wild Card Round. That opens the possibility of Scherzer on short rest in game 5 of the DS. I see little possibility of deGrom going short rest in the DS.

Fman99 Oct 03 2022 03:52 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

John Lennon called, he wants his Lost Weekend back

ashie62 Oct 03 2022 03:53 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Funny Mets in full choke

Frayed Knot Oct 03 2022 04:23 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=nymr83 post_id=109733 time=1664773538 user_id=54] The wild card series: Oct 7: deGrom Oct 8: Scherzer Oct 9: Bassitt

There's no way they're losing three straight with that trio all lined up.

roger_that Oct 03 2022 05:10 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Funny thing is I strongly support this playoff setup. I've been saying for years that the team with the best W-L record should get all sorts of advantages like a BYE in the first round, and getting to face the WC card team off a tough series, at home, etc. Now it's not so funny.

Lefty Specialist Oct 03 2022 05:49 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

This team is gutless. They'll be two and out in the playoffs.

bmfc1 Oct 03 2022 06:08 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=roger_that post_id=109740 time=1664795406 user_id=128] Funny thing is I strongly support this playoff setup. I've been saying for years that the team with the best W-L record should get all sorts of advantages like a BYE in the first round, and getting to face the WC card team off a tough series, at home, etc. Now it's not so funny.

It didn't have to be this way as MLB proposed 7 teams per league for the playoffs but the MLBPA agreed on 6. If the MLB proposal had passed we wouldn't have THIS feeling as the weekend would have been for the NL East title which only would have meant the 2d seed (2 v 7) instead of the 3d seed (3 v 6, with LAD getting the only bye). (I might have posted this lament before, I don't remember.)

Lefty Specialist Oct 03 2022 06:13 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Frayed Knot wrote: =nymr83 post_id=109733 time=1664773538 user_id=54] The wild card series: Oct 7: deGrom Oct 8: Scherzer Oct 9: Bassitt There's no way they're losing three straight with that trio all lined up.

I see what you did there.

Frayed Knot Oct 03 2022 06:33 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=bmfc1 post_id=109744 time=1664798881 user_id=73] If the MLB [7 teams/lg] proposal had passed

... the concept of winning a division would become virtually meaningless.

Edgy MD Oct 03 2022 08:47 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Yeah, we should hold a contest for "The Most Convincing Upside to Getting Swept by The Braves." The online market for tickets to the Nats series just cratered.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 03 2022 09:16 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

http://potg.ultimatemets.com/images/schaefer6.jpg> Cast your vote!

whippoorwill Oct 03 2022 09:20 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Lefty Specialist wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: =nymr83 post_id=109733 time=1664773538 user_id=54] The wild card series: Oct 7: deGrom Oct 8: Scherzer Oct 9: Bassitt There's no way they're losing three straight with that trio all lined up. I see what you did there.

Made me giggle ruefully

nymr83 Oct 03 2022 10:44 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=bmfc1 post_id=109744 time=1664798881 user_id=73] =roger_that post_id=109740 time=1664795406 user_id=128] Funny thing is I strongly support this playoff setup. I've been saying for years that the team with the best W-L record should get all sorts of advantages like a BYE in the first round, and getting to face the WC card team off a tough series, at home, etc. Now it's not so funny.

It didn't have to be this way as MLB proposed 7 teams per league for the playoffs but the MLBPA agreed on 6. If the MLB proposal had passed we wouldn't have THIS feeling as the weekend would have been for the NL East title which only would have meant the 2d seed (2 v 7) instead of the 3d seed (3 v 6, with LAD getting the only bye). (I might have posted this lament before, I don't remember.)


However you structure the playoffs you are going to make regular season series more or less meaningful and whether that is good or bad for a given team will vary over time.



I think the current system is fine. I'd prefer going back to East/West with no Central in each league and then implementing the current system with 2 division winners and 4 wild cards. winning ANY division then has equal merit and the top 2 wild card spots also hold greater merit in hosting the 1st round.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 03 2022 10:54 AM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

=nymr83 post_id=109765 time=1664815448 user_id=54]I'd prefer going back to East/West with no Central in each league and then implementing the current system with 2 division winners and 4 wild cards. winning ANY division then has equal merit and the top 2 wild card spots also hold greater merit in hosting the 1st round.

I like that idea. Maybe they'll do that after the next expansion, if the number of teams becomes divisible by four. As it stands now, you'd have two divisions with eight teams and two with seven. That would complicate the schedule unless they went with something fully balanced.

nymr83 Oct 03 2022 09:01 PM Re: IGT 10/02/22-NYM@ATL-Sunday Prayer Service

Yeah, 32 teams does help a lot of schedule issues.