IGT, 2024-07-28, ATL@NYM Here it Goes Again

[Frayed Knot]

Braves have had 7 baserunners in this game (thru 6 innings). Six of them (plus a Wild Pitch) came in a seven batter span.

Mets have also had seven baserunners (thru 5), but those were spread out to 1, 1, 2, 1, 2 per inning. And then, just for
good measure, they threw a GiDP and an 8-2 putout into the mix just to make sure that no runs were scored.

[Edgy MD]

We forgot to hit a double that inning. Hopefully, that flips the script.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Stanek, what an entrance

[Edgy MD]

Stanek just got Orzed.

[Edgy MD]

I just want you to know that I'll never any son of mine "Chase."

Ever.

[Frayed Knot]

Y'know you don't get a second chance to make a first impression, Ryne.

[Edgy MD]

And you know, I suspect I'm not going to name any of my sons or daughters "Ryne," either.

[Edgy MD]

Look at Gamel, batting against a lefty late in the game.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Gamel has had like 11 at bats all year. No way does he deserve to have a beard like that

[Edgy MD]

I suspect he didn't deserve that at-bat any more than the beard license.

[Edgy MD]

Well, kids, that's what runs look like.

Kids? Hey, kids, wake up!

[Frayed Knot]

Well that was clutch!
First runs scored in I think it's 22 innings ... so there's that.

[Bob Alpacadaca]

Almost like Senga’s injury sucked the wind out of their sails.

[Edgy MD]

Well that was something.

[Edgy MD]

Almost like Senga’s injury sucked the wind out of their sails.

Very much seems so.

[Frayed Knot]

It seems like fun early on but this series sucked.

Mets got blown out twice, shut out once (and barely avoided a second one), went 22 innings without scoring at all, and basically got lucky once
or they'd be on the wrong end of a 1-3 set. And this against a Braves team that was reeling and missing half their lineup.

Just 13 runs scored in a four game series, seven of them in one inning.
Mets came to bat 30 times, got blanked in 25 of them. No Max Fried, no Spencer Strider.

[Fman99]

Rough one. Napped through the competitive innings and hit the pool just as Olsen went yard. Floated and listened to Keith & Howie on XM so at least the call was good, if not the results.

[batmagadanleadoff]

It seems like fun early on but this series sucked.

Mets got blown out twice, shut out once (and barely avoided a second one), went 22 innings without scoring at all, and basically got lucky once
or they'd be on the wrong end of a 1-3 set. And this against a Braves team that was reeling and missing half their lineup.

Just 13 runs scored in a four game series, seven of them in one inning.
Mets came to bat 30 times, got blanked in 25 of them. No Max Fried, no Spencer Strider.

The Braves have allowed the least runs in the majors. That's their game.

[Frayed Knot]

Even taking that into consideration, it was a pathetic weekend of bat swinging.

- Game 1: a Lindor 2R HR and a gift run off a pop fly in the 10th are the only two run-producing hits
- Game 2: eight runs scored on 3 ABs and a bases loaded walk
- Game 3: shut out on three hits
- Game 4 - a meaningless late 2R HR

So there were six run-scoring hits in four games (even counting the over-run pop up) in four games, plus the usual 4/24 w/RiSP
Those numbers would have to improve dramatically before one can even call them sub-par.

The one-inning barrage in Game 2 and the lucky break in Game 1 made it seem like it was great series in process, but it never really was.

[Edgy MD]

For what it's worth, they're looking at it as something of a pyrrhic victory on the Braves' side of the ball as Reynaldo López' early exit was due to forearm tightness that may be nothing, but that early reports suggest has Atlanta worried and discouraged.

[ashie62]

Rough weekend all the way around

Bring on the Twinkies

[batmagadanleadoff]

Seeing Winker in #3 feels a little weird. I certainly don't think it should be retired, but explicitly putting a number on a memorial patch sort of makes it feel like it's otherwise out of circulation.

Of course, we've had Taylor in 15 while it's part of the Grote memorial patch.

It is creepy, would there be any harm in waiting on those numbers for a short while

He answered his own question. Taylor was already playing for the Mets in #15 before Grote passed away. Are you suggesting that Taylor should've changed numbers once it was decided that there'd be a Grote patch? And what if instead of Taylor, it was an established Met, maybe even a star Met that was wearing 15 or 3 at the start of the season?

[Edgy MD]

Yeah.

Really, my feeling isn't really that the number should be temporarily shelved while it's featured on a memorial patch, but more that it shouldn't be included in the patch design at all, if it's not actually retired or retireable.

I question the design of the patch, and the design of the silly Jackie Robinson memorial sculpture, and the creeping notion that the way to sum up a player's legacy is simply to display the number. It's really creatively lazy, and not fully thought out, that if the patch really meant what it seems to mean (but shouldn't) — that the numbers have died and go to the grave with Grote and Harrelson — then yeah, it shouldn't be issued to a player while being worn on a patch.

I don't actually believe that, but please note that my issue is therefore with their appearance on the patch far more than their appearance on the backs of those gentlemen.

[Bob Alpacadaca]

I like what the Cardinals do for their memorial patches. The number is prominent, but the name is there as well. I'm not sure of all of the team's memorial patches get this treatment, or just the players with retired numbers. I do like that they are standardized.

[Edgy MD]

All those Cardinal numbers (which are also cardinal numbers) are, of course, actually retired.

Willie Mays actually has had his number retired by the Mets, which suggest his number on the patch is indeed appropriate, and yes, it would look lovely if it was rendered in a replica of the circle of honor in which his number is displayed on the stadium's roof.