IGT 5/9/18 - Mets @ Reds - 12:35 First Pitch

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Pound the zone, man. Make them earn it.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

nice job to get outta one of those too

[Lefty Specialist]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Not a good sign that the Mets have to struggle so much to beat a team like the Reds, who have an adjective of "lowly".

Conversely, the Reds were probably happy to play somebody who's as bad as they are right now.

[Edgy MD]

Leadoff walk for Nimmo is WHERE IT'S AT!

[Lefty Specialist]

Fumft. Time for the bullpen to give up a cheap run.

[Edgy MD]

Is Céssie available to pinch-hit?

[Guest d'Kong76]

Let's score some runs NOW!!!

[G-Fafif]

Yo on deck.

[G-Fafif]

But Yo won't bat...yet.

[Edgy MD]

So, Robles and Blevvie are both unavailable?

[bmfc1]

Well, we always had April.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Jesus H

[G-Fafif]

That certainly rates an "ah, fuck."

Ah, fuck.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Ladies and Germs, your 2018 4th place Mets...

[Edgy MD]

Buck it the putz.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Reds take two out of three. This is seeming less and less like it will be a championship season.

[HahnSolo]

Ramos is a disaster.

[bmfc1]

After Sunday, the players talked about how much they were looking forward to playing in a hitter's ballpark. That lasted exactly one game. Perhaps you need real hitters to take advantage of a hitter's ballpark.

[G-Fafif]

bmfc1 wrote: After Sunday, the players talked about how much they were looking forward to playing in a hitter's ballpark. That lasted exactly one game. Perhaps you need real hitters to take advantage of a hitter's ballpark.

Can a ballpark with the Mets in it truly be considered a hitter's ballpark?

[bmfc1]

G-Fafif wrote: bmfc1 wrote: After Sunday, the players talked about how much they were looking forward to playing in a hitter's ballpark. That lasted exactly one game. Perhaps you need real hitters to take advantage of a hitter's ballpark. Can a ballpark with the Mets in it truly be considered a hitter's ballpark?

They don't even make a sound.

[nymr83]

Ramos blows bhmc

[Fman99]

Centerfield wrote: Is this for real? I don't even know where to start.

For fuck's sake. Really glad I didn't wait to watch the SNY replay, knowing this was going to happen.

[Lefty Specialist]

This game now available for Hindenburg voting.

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: After Sunday, the players talked about how much they were looking forward to playing in a hitter's ballpark. That lasted exactly one game.

Really it lasted half a game because, after scoring in each of the first five innings on Monday [1, 1, 3, 1, 1], they were shut-out for the rest of that game and in 20 of the next 22 innings while scoring a total of 3 runs in those two isolated frames.
We can blame the starters, or the bullpen, or Mickey and today's lineup snafu all we want, but when the bats put up 2 runs or fewer in 7 of the last 9 games, a 1-8 stretch is about what you can expect.

[Centerfield]

Frayed Knot wrote: bmfc1 wrote: After Sunday, the players talked about how much they were looking forward to playing in a hitter's ballpark. That lasted exactly one game. Really it lasted half a game because, after scoring in each of the first five innings on Monday [1, 1, 3, 1, 1], they were shut-out for the rest of that game and in 20 of the next 22 innings while scoring a total of 3 runs in those two isolated frames. We can blame the starters, or the bullpen, or Mickey and today's lineup snafu all we want, but when the bats put up 2 runs or fewer in 7 of the last 9 games, a 1-8 stretch is about what you can expect.

Which is to be expected when you don't improve your team in the off-season. Last year, the Mets finished 19th in runs scored. This year, after failing to make acquisitions to improve the offense, the Mets are (big surprise coming up here)....19th in runs scored.

[ashie62]

We are in 4th place

[Lefty Specialist]

At this rate they’ll give the Marlins a run for their money.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Benjamin Grimm]