IGT 9/29/2018: MIA @ NYM -- Playing the Former Kids

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Dietrich gets on base to open the inning by doing his best Nimmo impersonation. He barely flinched on that inside curve.

[bmfc1]

This game is so long that David Wright is going to be eligible for the Hall of Fame by the time it's over.

[Guest 41Forever]

Rockin' Doc wrote: The Mets offense must have got confused and thought this was a DeGrom start.

Bam!

Do how much Nimmo got tagged a couple times for not getting out of the way of a pitch, yet Deitrich pretty much stood there like a statue and gets to trot to first?

[MFS62]

bmfc1 wrote: This game is so long that David Wright is going to be eligible for the Hall of Fame by the time it's over.

And I'll be 76.

Later

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Finally!!!

[Edgy MD]

I love this offensively muscular era!!

[Guest 41Forever]

BOOKS!!!!!

[MFS62]

Thanks for the birthday present.
Later

[Edgy MD]

It's funny that Wright has picked up a little bit of a New York accent over the years.

[Guest 41Forever]

Pure class!

[Benjamin Grimm]

It's been about four months since I've watched a baseball game, and it will be another six months before I watch another one, but I had to come back for this one. I watched all 13 innings, and the post-game speech, of course. I'm really glad that David got a chance to do this, and I can tell he enjoyed it. When he first came up to the Mets I was 41 years old, and figured that I was past the point where I'd develop a strong sentimental attachment to a baseball player, but David Wright proved to be an exception. Great player. Great Met. I'm sure he'll still be in the Mets orbit one way or another, as a goodwill ambassador, or a roving instructor, or something else. And I'm also sure that he'll be back for a Number 5 retirement ceremony. (I'm a little surprised that they didn't announce it tonight. Maybe that will be covered in Jeff's address tomorrow. But it would have been nice if Howie had announced it during that video clip.)

Oh, and Olivia Wright throwing out the first pitch was absolutely adorable. Maybe it's because I'm also a father of two, but that moment provided the biggest throat lump of the evening for me.

[Edgy MD]

Olivia is up late at the press conference.

[Edgy MD]

Crack a smile or two, Jeff.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!