IGT 05/26 - DET at NYM - Wheelin' to .500

[kcmets]

DET (19‑30) Spencer Turnbull (RHP, 2-3, 2.68)

NYM (25‑26) Zack Wheeler (RHP, 3-3, 4.74)

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

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[Edgy MD]

Wheeler looks great in the first, but then a jam job leads to an opposite-field homerun.



Gary instantly calls bullshit on the ball.

[Edgy MD]

Interesting that they went to Ramos for a DGAaNG, even a DGAaNG in which he caught 11. It pretty much announces by implication that Nido-as-deGrom's personal catcher is a thing.



Maybe this should have been the game to debut J.D. Davis at catcher.

[G-Fafif]

Smith a little out of practice at thinking through what to do with purposely dropped bunts.

[Edgy MD]

Cost us a lot there.



Hey, look! John Oliver, MLBS!

[nymr83]

Best bunt ever!

[Edgy MD]

THAT'S WHAT BUNTING AGAINST THE SHIFT CAN DO FOR YOU, DUMBASSES!!

[G-Fafif]

Hech A Sketch is an underrated fun thing to have.

[Edgy MD]

Smith is living something of a charmed life today.

[nymr83]

GOGO!

[Edgy MD]

Smith's charm wears off, as he rips the cover off the ball, pulling it to the right. Into the shift for two outs.



Left side was left wide open. LEARN YOUR OWN LESSON, METS.

[Edgy MD]

Runner on first and Ramos up.



Get you bets down now.

[Edgy MD]

Was it me or did Hech just get rung up on crap swinging call?

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Interesting that they went to Ramos for a DGAaNG, even a DGAaNG in which he caught 11. It pretty much announces by implication that Nido-as-deGrom's personal catcher is a thing.

You knew this was going to be the case because Mickey was so intent on denying it as recently as last week.

[Edgy MD]

Mickey is in conflict with himself.

[Frayed Knot]

Or with the signals/instructions he's getting from above.

[Edgy MD]

Only two outs, but that may be Familia's best appearance of the year.

[Edgy MD]

Strikes out Hixx with the game on the ropes. One more.

[Edgy MD]

Game saved by a benevolent ump.

[G-Fafif]

Once in a while human fallibility calling balls and strikes is a good thing.

[Edgy MD]

Did anybody else think Kirk Gibson sounded medicated? It's hard to believe he's a broadcaster with those cadences.

[G-Fafif]

Gibson's suffering from Parkinson's.

[Edgy MD]

I'm sorry to hear that. It makes sense, sadly. Gibson was a football player first and second. An All-American. He only played a single year of college baseball at the suggestion of his football coach, and he killed it.



And, as anybody who saw him recalls, he played baseball like a football player, treating it as a full-contact sport. Does this not look like a footballer accidentally dropped onto a baseball diamond?:



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His comments on the 1984 Tigers were interesting. They won so often that they became scared of losing. 1986 Met Keith Hernandez could relate.

[Fman99]

Listened to the last few innings on my deck courtesy of XM, Howie & the other guy. Good times.