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CBS has Paul Blackburn as the listed pitcher for the Mets as of now

Paul Blackburn RHP
[4-2, 4.41 ERA, 38 SO]


Tyler Anderson LHP
[8-9, 2.96 ERA, 99 SO]

Every time the team goes to Anaheim, I think Willie Randolph-type thoughts.

They should give an award to the pitcher with the most decisions for the year. I will guess this guy is in the running (that ERA is pretty impressive too)

What does Shangri la mean? I mean here

whippoorwill wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 10:49 amWhat does Shangri la mean? I mean here

I'm thinking the 'la' is some kind of L A humor or such?

I bet fly balls really take off in Tibet though!

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 9:44 am Every time the team goes to Anaheim, I think Willie Randolph-type thoughts.

I think of Willie Randolph first, and Jose Reyes' major-league debut second.

kcmets wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 12:14 pm

whippoorwill wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 10:49 amWhat does Shangri la mean? I mean here

I'm thinking the 'la' is some kind of L A humor or such?

I bet fly balls really take off in Tibet though!

That gave me a yak.
Later

The Mets have played twelve games in Anaheim and have won seven of them: https://ultimatemets.com/parks.php?ThisPark=43

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 12:31 pm

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 9:44 am Every time the team goes to Anaheim, I think Willie Randolph-type thoughts.

I think of Willie Randolph first, and Jose Reyes' major-league debut second.

Steve Trachel's 1 -hitter, and the crazy game where Marlon Anderson hit an inside the park home run and Cliff Floyd hit a game winning (?) extra inning HR

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 1:05 pm

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 12:31 pm

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 9:44 am Every time the team goes to Anaheim, I think Willie Randolph-type thoughts.

I think of Willie Randolph first, and Jose Reyes' major-league debut second.

Steve Trachel's 1 -hitter, and the crazy game where Marlon Anderson hit an inside the park home run and Cliff Floyd hit a game winning (?) extra inning HR

Am I making up the inside-the-park home run game? I don't see it on the list

Maybe it was this game at Shea? https://ultimatemets.com/gamedetail.php?gameno=6960

Best part is Marlon blowing the bubble as he rounds second base.

Never mind. I figured it out. I mis-read the scorecard.
Later

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 1:29 pm Maybe it was this game at Shea? https://ultimatemets.com/gamedetail.php?gameno=6960

Thank you! For some reason I remembered this as an away game. But what a whacko night

Nineteen years ago... you're entitled to be a little fuzzy with your memory.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 2:18 pm Nineteen years ago... you're entitled to be a little fuzzy with your memory.

holy crap

Here's the IGT with our pals Willpie, Spacemans Bong, Martin, Rotblatt etc.

One reason I thought it was out of town? The rain delay made the game start & end later than a NYC game, though I only remember the end.

archives/100/f14_t188.shtml

An ode to Paul Blackburn

Now that you've found your new Mets team
This is your pitching staff to command
You can get on the hill and polish year seems
Or sit in the dugout with the Trumpets on hand

Here's your reward for pitching so well
Gone are the gopher balls in the big yard
Gone are the days always on the IL
You just want to sit in your Shangri La

Put on your jockstrap and sit next to Carlos
You've reached the Mets and you can't go any higher
You're in your uniform not an A anymore

Sit back on the old bullpen stool
You do need to worry you do need to care
You can't use spider tack anymore

Shangri La
Shangri La
Shangri La

Not a great peg by Kennedy. Like he slung it in slow motion.

Francisco Lindor (S) SS
Brandon Nimmo (L) LF
J.D. Martinez (R) DH
Pete Alonso (R) 1B
Mark Vientos (R) 3B
Jose Iglesias (R) 2B
Tyrone Taylor (R) RF
Francisco Alvarez (R) C
Harrison Bader (R) CF

Paul Blackburn RHP
[4-2, 4.41 ERA, 38 SO]


Nolan Schanuel (L) 1B
Luis Rengifo (S) 3B
Logan O'Hoppe (R) C
Willie Calhoun (L) DH
Taylor Ward (R) LF
Mickey Moniak (L) RF
Zach Neto (R) SS
Jo Adell (R) CF
Luis Guillorme (L) 2B

Tyler Anderson LHP
[8-9, 2.96 ERA, 99 SO]

Marlon's clearly safe there, I don't know what Molina thought he saw.
But even a halfway decent relay has him out by ten feet which, considering it
was maybe a 100ft throw, made it a terrible peg.

Gotta say. I don’t know what Stearns sees in Blackburn. Nothing in his stats suggests he’s any good. If he hits on this he must really be able to see things others don’t.

Hopefully this is not another Houser.

Seems like he's here to eat innings.