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Too many pissed away chances here

Too many nice defensive plays by Hotlanta.

Hunter has hunted down his slider.

Big top o' the ninth needed here before we go for the jugular.

Here we go. If you have a cap, put it in rally position.

No poo-poo at-bats, Mets!

Mets have gotten this far without playing the Jimmy Yacabonis card.

Escobar

Still got plenty to offer in that Escobat.

Man, they ran out of outs.

I expect a 17-1 victory in game two.

oh well. Just 1 less 3-run homer would have done it for us

High scoring loss, but when we revisit the highlights Braves made like
a half dozen really slick defensive plays.

Well, they battled

Can't get down 3-0 out of the box to anybody really

It was a fun game to watch however

Almost recovered from the Reyes size hole, almost. If they keep the bats hot for game 2 and get some more reliable pitching in the first half of the game it’s certainly winnable with that performance.

Enjoy the second game. Gotta check out for work tomorrow. I’ll look forward to listening to a Mets victory tomorrow. Let’s go Mets!

Methead wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 4:08 pm Well, they battled

Thank you, Willie Randolph.
(Or was it Art Howe?)
Later

Tamora wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 4:11 pm Almost recovered from the Reyes size hole, almost. If they keep the bats hot for game 2 and get some more reliable pitching in the first half of the game it’s certainly winnable with that performance.

Enjoy the second game. Gotta check out for work tomorrow. I’ll look forward to listening to a Mets victory tomorrow. Let’s go Mets!

Have fun*

Hard to win when you have a Triple-A pitching staff, already, and two 'starting' catchers that can't even hit .200. Or barely .100, in Nido's case.

The Mets have Michael Perez, Nick Meyer and Hayden Senger in the minors. All of them are awful, but wouldn't be any worse than Nido right now. Time to ditch Tomas for young minor league pitching depth (always needed desperately) and just use one of them.

Vogey so much more valuable when he's hitting doubles than drawing walks. True for everyone but moreso for Vogey

MFS62 wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 4:27 pm

Methead wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 4:08 pm Well, they battled

Thank you, Willie Randolph.
(Or was it Art Howe?)
Later

I was thinking Howe, but it sounds like something Willie would have said too

MFS62 wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 3:28 pm

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 3:23 pm Sean Murphy really would have had no business missing that pitch.

It reminded me of your comment a few days ago about the difference in productivity of the catchers of both teams.

Later

When his thread reemerged, I realized it was FK who noted this.
Later

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