9/10/19 IGT - Now with more Rattlesnake recipes!

[Frayed Knot]

Cooks.com has a 'Southern Fried' preparation using just simple ingredients (salt, pepper, flour, eggs, accent) that anyone can make at home ... providing you first know how to find one, buy one, and then skin one.

The Food Network chips in with a 'Filipino Fried' dish, marinated in soy sauce of course. Not sure the the southwestern Diamondback is the same variety of rattler found in The Philippines however. Very different climates.

Backwoodsbound.com looks to have plenty of them plus the usual assortment of squirrel, frog, raccoon, turtle recipes because ... well because of course they do.





For the Mets tonight, a key ingredient will be young Diamondback Zac Gallen. "It's great (b)eating the older, more seasoned ones" said Mickey Callaway in today's presser, "but I really like to have me a big helping of the younger more tender cuts every now and then. Thems good eats!"

A serving of Gallen would be a good chaser following Monday night's devouring of Ketel Marte. Jacob deGrom was so enamored of the dish that he had three helpings all by himself although did manage to leave one serving for his late-arriving friend Seth.



The Mets have announced that they'll let Zack Wheeler carve the first slices in tonight's dish. Other table participants to be announced shortly.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Tuesday Night Mets Club reuniting at this one, we'll be in 407.



It's basically win out from here, right?

[Centerfield]

The "win out" part of the season started yesterday. But yes, no more losing.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Baseball Prospectus has the Mets at about 5% to get one of the wild card spots. And 0% to win the World Series.

[Ceetar]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Tuesday Night Mets Club reuniting at this one, we'll be in 407. It's basically win out from here, right?

you finishing out the string? I might try to sneak in one more game in two weeks against the Marlins by myself.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I will be there tonight and the last Tuesday home game of the year which I think is the Marlins in 2 weeks.



Also getting dragged to Friday's Dodgers games with some work people

[G-Fafif]

Jeff McNeil – LF

Pete Alonso – 1B

Michael Conforto – RF

Wilson Ramos – C

Robinson Canó – 2B

Amed Rosario – SS

Brandon Nimmo – CF

Todd Frazier – 3B

Zack Wheeler – RHP

[Edgy MD]

I think Wheeler sleeping through a base-stealer leaving early is an example of the Mets being underprepared, and it's cost them a run.

[bmfc1]

Do other teams allow runners to steal at will or only this team?

[Edgy MD]

I'll give Todd Frazier credit. Doug Eddings is calling low strikes, and while other guys are going down looking, Todd reached down and watched that ball.

[Guest 41Forever]

Five players in our starting lineup have names that end in O. When Syndergaard starts, Nido will make it six!

[Guest 41Forever]

Todd missed a three-run homer by about five inches.

[bmfc1]

He's safe. Just take Nimmo's word, he wouldn't lie.

[Frayed Knot]

I wouldn't over turn this one for the same reason I wouldn't have overturned the earlier one.

[Frayed Knot]

And it's somehow taken over an hour and a half to get through these 4 innings.

The two replays are but a part of the problem.

[Edgy MD]

This Jones AB is tense.

[Edgy MD]

But Wilson cooks himself a snake.

[Guest 41Forever]

Well, Pete didn't strike out this time. Tough game for him tonight.

[Fman99]

Christ, it's the 9th inning with a 1 run lead. I feel like I'm about to watch the part in Groundhog's Day where Bill Murray kills himself repeatedly.

[Frayed Knot]

So after Frazier's second double in the 4th inning: 2nd & 3rd, up 3-1 (should have been 4-1), still only one out, runners on 2nd & 3rd ... the Mets haven't had a baserunner since.

[Frayed Knot]

And here we go: leadoff runner on

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[Edgy MD]

Wilson's pounding the zone, but he can't get the swing-and-miss when he needs it, and now there's the tying run on.

[Edgy MD]

Well, he got Kelly to swing through a cutter. Let's see if he's got another in there.

[Frayed Knot]

This is just like his Philly inning so far: 24 pitches from Wilson and he's retired one batter.



oe: gets his 2nd out (of the 4 he needs) on pitch #26

[Edgy MD]

Lugo is cryogenically frozen for the night, right?

[Frayed Knot]

Five batters faced - two retired.

[Edgy MD]

Shabus ... no new pitcher. No mound visit. An all-star hitter.



AND OH, PISS MISSILE!!

[Guest 41Forever]

Brain freeze by Pete on that one. But at least he got one.

[Fman99]

I can't hardly look.

[Edgy MD]

Thank you, Wilmer.