ST IGT NYM @ HOU 2/26

[Edgy MD]

A lockup of aces, but Mets otherwise traveling light.

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[*:3w2d1jjo]Wilmer Flores ®, 2b[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]Jose Reyes (S), ss[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]Phillip Evans ®, 3b[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]Zach Borenstein (L), rf[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]Peter Alonso ®, 1b[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]Brandon Nimmo (L), cf[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]Jose Lobaton (S), c[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]Tomas Nido ®, dh[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]Matthew den Dekker (L), lf

Noah Syndergaard ®[/*:m:3w2d1jjo][/list:o:3w2d1jjo][/td:3w2d1jjo][td:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]George Springer ®, cf[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]Josh Reddick (L), rf[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]José Altuve ®, 2b[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]Carlos Correa ®, ss[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]Marwin Gonzalez (S), 1b[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]Brian McCann (L), dh[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]J.D. Davis ®, 3b[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]Max Stassi ®, c[/*:m:3w2d1jjo]
[*:3w2d1jjo]Myles Straw ®, lf

Justin Verlander ®[/*:m:3w2d1jjo][/list:o:3w2d1jjo][/td:3w2d1jjo][/tr:3w2d1jjo][/table:3w2d1jjo]

[Benjamin Grimm]

Sometimes I wish my name was "Myles Straw".

[nymr83]

Edgy MD wrote: A lockup of aces, but Mets otherwise traveling light.

Surprise ROY Alonso thinks otherwise!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Sometimes I wish my name was "Myles Straw".

Myles Grimm has a bit of a ring to it.

[Vic Sage]

so Flores is batting leadoff and Nimmo 6th? wtf?

[Ceetar]

Vic Sage wrote: so Flores is batting leadoff and Nimmo 6th? wtf?

perhaps as a road game this is a "veterans get first AB so they get second AB and to the showers/exit first?"

[Guest d'Kong76]

Programming/DVR note: this game is on MLB channel. Wonder if we'll get
the Houston announcers, that would be kinda cool for a change-up.

[Edgy MD]

Ron Darling moonlights with the MLB Channel. It'd be cool if we get Cliff Floyd. Not so much if we get Bob Costas.

Once upon a time, Costas was rivaled only by Tim McCarver among the most independent and intellectual baseball broadcasters. How they both became insufferable is a story and a half.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Costas has become insufferable? I haven't heard much of him or McCarver lately to have any opinion on their insufferability, but I've certainly heard that a lot about McCarver. I don't know that I've heard it about Costas.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Got the Astros' booth - Geoff Blum and Todd Kalas (the real todd kalas, not the fake)

[A Boy Named Seo]

Welp, Verlander looks ready for Opening Day.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Thor's first pitch to Springer clocks in at a cool 100 MPH. He's hit 100 and 101 against Redick and Altuve. I guess he's ready, too.

Where the 86 Mets has those thick racing stripes running down their uni tops, the Astros have some neat-looking tequila sunrise horizontal stripes on theirs today. They look kinda cool.

[Guest 41Forever]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Thor's first pitch to Springer clocks in at a cool 100 MPH. He's hit 100 and 101 against Redick and Altuve. I guess he's ready, too. Where the 86 Mets has those thick racing stripes running down their uni tops, the Astros have some neat-looking tequila sunrise horizontal stripes on theirs today. They look kinda cool.

They do. That's a nice new ballpark in West Palm Beach, too. I caught a batting practice home run last year. Very spread out. Some things I didn't like -- stretching nearly the entire first base line was a high-end section with tables. The Nats are there, too. But it's easy to get to, plenty of parking and you get to wander around and watch both teams.

[Edgy MD]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Costas has become insufferable? I haven't heard much of him or McCarver lately to have any opinion on their insufferability, but I've certainly heard that a lot about McCarver. I don't know that I've heard it about Costas.

Really? It seemed I had tolerated him a lot more than most.

He lost a great many New York Mets fans when he mocked the team for celebrating a walkoff victory back in 2013.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Noah done after 2 perfect innings. Robles, sadly, appears in mid-season form, too, giving up a huge bomb on his first pitch.

[dgwphotography]

d'Kong76 wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Sometimes I wish my name was "Myles Straw". Myles Grimm has a bit of a ring to it.

They both sound like a super hero alter-ego

[A Boy Named Seo]

Robles gives up 4 earned on 4 hits, including a wild pitch and a walk.

[Lefty Specialist]

Robles is talent without execution. It's early, but he appears determined to punch a ticket to Vegas.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Mets broke the lumber out while I had to work. Looks like Borenstein, Zimmo, and Neat-o did the heavy lifting.

[Edgy MD]

What kind of Spring Training name is Mike Hauschild? Shouldn't that be "Housechild" or "Hauskind"?

That's sort of language mashup may fly in AAA, but it's not gonna cut it in the bigs.

[Edgy MD]

Crazy finish here as the springtime Mets are in a 7-7 tie with the springtime version of the World Champs.

[Edgy MD]

They battled like battle bots, but go down with the bases loaded and the Brooklyn Cyclones' first baseman at the plate.

[Zvon]

A Benjamin Myles Grimm fairy tale.