Nothing beats Mother's Day at the ballpark! I mean, probably not, but ... I don't really know. But ESPN cares not, so our Sunday afternoon game is going to be played seven hours after noon. Twenty-four-year-old righty Bryce Elder goes for the Braves, having not yet found the form that made him effec...

Transactions, 5/11/2024 Direction NEUTRAL Transaction Cleared Waivers and Assigned to Syracuse Position Group Starting Pitcher https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/d_people:generic:headshot:67:current.png/w_213,q_auto:best/v1/people/668820/headshot/67/current Name Max Kranick https://m...

They're winless in that nasty new black top also. Probably not a correlation, though.

A lot of slow-or-or-slowish-but-nonetheless-versatile Met infielders qualify — Justin Turner, Eric Campbell, Tim Teufel, John Valentin, Kelly Johnson, Juan Uribe, Kevin Mitchell ... .

And that's just sniffing around the Mets part of my brain. And yet 4% went for José Oquendo. Remarkable.

I'm surprised that 4% chose José Oquendo as their shortstop/firstbaseman.

I went with Joe McEwing. I would imagine that to be a less rare selection (recency bias) but I don't know.

OE: Super Joe got 1%.

Gosh that's getting ahead of things, no?

Pretty big deal, as big as Springbone was at the time, to do that one-shot, sitting-in-his-kitchen "Brilliant Disguise" promo video. The zoom in is so slow that you don't necessarily know it's happening until well into verse two. As the shot closes in, he has to keep his head as still as p...

Congratulations to Yohan Ramirez for becoming 2024's second addition to the membership of Club McMichael!

I think I was most disappointed by them not scoring after the Alonso leadoff double in the second. This isn't a team that will profit by playing for big innings and frittering away little ones. Four more scoreless innings by the bullpen, coming from two of the more unexpected sources. Good on them f...

Cliff Johnson #17.

Quintana had to earn about six outs that inning.

Seeing how far the throw beat d'Arnaud by on the double-play, I'm thinking that maybe Baty might have been able to go for three.

A second and possibly third missed out on the next play.

And Gary keeps saying the uni looks great on TV.

Looks like the black alternative of the unis worn by Gary Carter's Fluorescent Mets teammates.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 8:48 pm These were supposed to be this year's version of black unis but Fanatics and Nike couldn't deliver on time

Should've stuck with that.

Wow. A season's worth of power against Quintana in a single inning.

Acuña gives the Mets a good idea of what he thinks of their uniforms.

I'm sorry. Did I fart? I seem to have cleared the room.

Suddenly, strikes are not getting by Alonso.

Mets black tops earlier in the year:



Mets black tops tonight:


Strange days.

What the living hell are the Mets wearing?

Preston Wilson, #28.

Lew Ford #38.

https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/atlanta-braves-logo-transparent.png https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/new-york-mets-logo-transparent.png # Player Pos. # [/size] Player Pos. 1 Ronald Acuña, Jr. (R) rf 1 Brandon Nimmo (L) lf 2 Ozzie Albies (S) 2b 2 Starling Marte (R) rf 3 Au...

kcmets wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 1:28 pm
Charlie Morton (RHP)
2-0, 3.50 ERA, 33 SO

Jose Quintana (LHP)
1-3, 5.20 ERA, 25 SO

That's one messed-up looking Indian in the new Braves logo.