Yes folks, we have to play tonight -- IGT 7/24/18

[Frayed Knot]

Game 2 vs the Padres.
Lefties all around: Matz vs rookie Eric Lauer -- 16 ML starts; 77.2 IP; 5-6; 4.87; 1.67 WHiP!, but better lately.
Has never faced the Mets so I'm going to assume that he's never taken a no-hitter into the 6th inning either.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Phillip Evans also gets called up and is starting at 3rd. Ty Kelly DFA'd. :'-(

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[ashie62]

I'd like to see Mesoraco as a Met next season

[Edgy MD]

Citi Field getting buzzed by air traffic like ol' Shea.

Padre pitcher seems to throw hard.

[Edgy MD]

Bautista not very swingy.

[Edgy MD]

Mesolithic!!

[Edgy MD]

"Where were those runs last night?"

— J. deGrom

[Frayed Knot]

Obviously I screwed up by announcing Matz as the starter instead of Wheeler. The oddity was that I was checking my facts when I had a weather-related internet interruption and I thought this post had died
before ever being born.



Meanwhile, on that Bautista catch, there was some chick in one of those seats behind the netting that missed the entire play even as it was happening 15 feet in front of her.
Not quite sure what she was looking at instead.

[Frayed Knot]

Ron: "Now we see the repercussions of the replay that no one though of when they put the rule in"

[u:tub6i5mv]I[/u:tub6i5mv] thought of them, Ron, and was constantly told that such 'what-if' calls would never happen and/or that they wouldn't matter, and that if I could just get my head out of the 1870s I'd enjoy all the 'progress' that the game is making.

[Edgy MD]

Way to screw both teams on one play, replay review umps.

[Edgy MD]

Let's hear it for the Conforto revival!

[Edgy MD]

1963 batboy Paul Lozito in the house, and breaking down on camera.

[Edgy MD]

Two-out hitting. Tack-on runs.

Not sure who it is wearing Mets uniforms tonight, but let's bring 'em back tomorrow.

[seawolf17]

Edgy MD wrote: 1963 batboy Paul Lozito in the house, and breaking down on camera.

That was a cool interview.

[Frayed Knot]

Keith is correct about the beginning of that '84 season: 9 straight on the road to open the season and 14 of the first 17
They hit Cincy, Atlanta, Houston, and Chicago all before the home opener. And then after 3 vs Expos at Shea, it was off to Philly (3) & Montreal (2)

[Fman99]

Edgy MD wrote: Two-out hitting. Tack-on runs. Not sure who it is wearing Mets uniforms tonight, but let's bring 'em back tomorrow.

Yes please!

[Edgy MD]

Fifteen Padres in a row.

Anybody they get for Wheelie better have some Griffey DNA.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Or don't trade him.

[Frayed Knot]

Phil Hughes doesn't look like he's missed many meals in the last few years.

[Edgy MD]

Let's shut this circus down, guys.

[seawolf17]

How about we not find out who our new closer is tonight? Just win this fucker.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Wow, books at 9:42.

[Edgy MD]

Way to finish, McNeil.

[Edgy MD]

To the left and to the right!

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[Edgy MD]

Gary discussed the reality that the Mets have two guys atop the bullpen pyramid who are 1A and 1B, almost suggesting it's a problem that they're both former starters who have demonstrated an ability to effectively go multiple innings.

[RealityChuck]