IGT 4/15/2018: MIL@NYM -- New Streak Commences Now

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Not that I'm scoreboard watching in April but yeah... Ian Desmond with a 9th inning go-ahead solo homerun off number 42 and COL takes 3 of 4 from WSH (the last 2 without Nolan Arenado).

[MFS62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Mets have not yet had a walkoff win this year. Cespedes is overdue for his next home run. Let's see how good my psychic skills are.

THERE'S your walkoff.

Later

[Zvon]

We just have an amazin' team here folks!

Amazin'! Amazin'! Amazin'! Amazin'! Amazin'!...etc.

[TransMonk]

I haven't felt this 2015 since 2015.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: You know, right before that last pitch, I was standing in front of my TV thinking, "This feels like a game that they're going to lose."

Agreed. There have been other wins where I felt that way this season, too. But good teams find a way to win these type of games. It has increased my optimism about this 2018 team.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I know! That quick turnaround from fatalism to enthusiasm has me singing Meet the Mets as I'm preparing dinner.

I don't usually do that!

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: I thought Wilmer's ball was a double off the bat. No way did I think he hit it well enough to get out, particularly in this weather, but that boy do hit the ball hard at times.

It to me looked exactly like the homer he hit that after his crying jag.

[ashie62]

'Oh Wilmer, you came and we left without crying..."

[G-Fafif]

Good ol' No. 42 comes through again.

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Ashie62 wrote: 'Oh Wilmer, you came and we left without crying..."

And you sent that ball away...

[Edgy MD]

Mickey: "You can't make your starter pitch deeper into games."

Well, yeah, of course you can.

You may be strategically committed to not doing that, but it's been done, like, all through baseball history.

[Fman99]

Fman99 wrote: I believe you're up to the task, G. A new streak starts today, if you believe it does.

It worked!

[Fman99]

Zvon wrote: We just have an amazin' team here folks! Amazin'! Amazin'! Amazin'! Amazin'! Amazin'!...etc.

That is fan-flingin-tastic right there.

[Centerfield]

TransMonk wrote: I haven't felt this 2015 since 2015. Benjamin Grimm wrote: You know, right before that last pitch, I was standing in front of my TV thinking, "This feels like a game that they're going to lose." Agreed. There have been other wins where I felt that way this season, too. But good teams find a way to win these type of games. It has increased my optimism about this 2018 team.

Actually I thought they would pull this out but I can certainly understand why.

This team does need to start hitting though.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

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I'm no Benjamin Grimm but those are 3 great covers!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Blowout victory for the Post

[Centerfield]

I feel like the 2018 covers could already beat 2017.

[G-Fafif]

With his walkoff homer Sunday, Wilmer has joined an exclusive club and attained a singular distinction. Twelve Mets have ended games with home runs three or more times; only two have made a weekend of it; only Wilmer has done it in Loverboy style.

Details here.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

"Terry Collins turning over in his special advisors office" Great line!

[Edgy MD]

That really is a big deal, though, seeing the team's top reliever in a tie game at home, isn't it?

[Benjamin Grimm]

That's more of a road team thing. As the home team, the Mets would never have found themselves in a save situation once we entered the ninth inning with a tie score.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, yeah, right.

Boogers.

[G-Fafif]

You guys are right about Familia not facing a potential save situation. But I like the line (tweaking the paragraph nonetheless).

[Benjamin Grimm]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Blowout victory for the Post

This will be a hot topic in November when the Tabloid Cover Derby is underway, but I think I prefer the News cover, MR. FREEZE. I like that Cespedes and the barrel of Gatorade wasn't cropped out.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Bumping this to the current page.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Cast your vote!

[Benjamin Grimm]