Oakland at New York, Game 2 (8/14/24)

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

The A's have the best unis in the game, of that there's no doubt. I used to say the Tigers and Cardinals are better but that's bullshit.

They looked absolutely great out there last night, and I don't mean that Shea Langoliers nearly cycled (he shoulda gone for it).

Good crowd last night that wanted the Mets to do something, may they show up again.

[kcmets]

Good crowd last night that wanted the Mets to do something

They showed the flood of fans coming in from train a few
times and it caught my TV attention.

may they show up again

Let's hope they do, and that the bats do as well.

[Benjamin Grimm]

There were no fans there yesterday at all. It was an empty stadium! The fans you saw on television were all AI.

[kcmets]

Right, all the real fans were at the Del Boca Vista charity
softball event. 10-20-30,000 it's hard to count there were
so many. So many, and never on the news.

Francisco Lindor (S) SS
Brandon Nimmo (L) CF
J.D. Martinez (R) DH
Jesse Winker (L) LF
Pete Alonso (R) 1B
Jeff McNeil (L) 2B
Mark Vientos (R) 3B
Ben Gamel (L) RF
Francisco Alvarez (R) C

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Alvarez getting the Ali Sanchez Treatment

[ashie62]

The Diamondbacks and Padres are killing it

A 5-6 or extended game losing streak here could prove fatal

WIN SOME GAMES

[Edgy MD]

The key lime pie in this lineup is J.D. Martinez coming right back after exiting early yesterday following a pitch off of his elbow, along with Alonso being back out there after eating a piece of last night's infield.

[Edgy MD]

The crowd doesn't seem quite so enthusiastic so far, but they perked up after Peterson got that third out — not getting the call on two pitches but still getting a foul tip strikeout on the 3-2 count.

[Edgy MD]

Ron reporting Rusty Staub's opinion that Mark Fidrych had a more incredible rookie season than Gooden.

That's something.

[ashie62]

The Mets are going to beat the living crap out of Oakland tonight

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Gamel can't be fouling out there

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, but McNuggles popped out to.

I was looking for the squeeze.

[MFS62]

I'm glad Vientos is back.
Later

[Edgy MD]

Nice to see Estes get taken deep after getting called out by the booth for being a dick.

[Edgy MD]

Raise a glass to the two grumpy-looking guys in SELL t-shirts behind home plate.

[Edgy MD]

Gary and Ronnie making cracks about the Chris Christie/GW Bridge scandal, forgetting perhaps that Christie is now one of their bosses.

[Edgy MD]

Beautiful three-pitch strikeout of Gelof with the tying runs in scoring position.

He's got three walks but he's throwing that fastball with confidence for strikes when he has to.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Is Estes wearing Wilma Flintstone's necklace?

[Edgy MD]

HUGE bomb by Alonso.

It interrupted the interview with Mike Cameron, and they almost forgot to go back to him.

[Edgy MD]

Bad send gets Gamel pegged at the plate, but it's cool to seem Mike Cameron watch his son make the play.

[Frayed Knot]

Bad send gets Gamel pegged at the plate, but it's cool to seem Mike Cameron watch his son make the play.

There were two outs, I had no problem with the send.
You usually want to send everyone.

[Edgy MD]

Peterson at 70 pitches entering the sixth is a pretty good situation, but a leadoff dubble probably wasn't part of the plan.

[Edgy MD]

I didn't know Peterson had 96.

[Edgy MD]

Peterson seems to be working with a 90-pitch cap.

Ron says Huascar Brazobán has been a steal. Show me, please.

[Edgy MD]

A rapid 6-4-3! A steal indeed!