IGT Padres at Mets June 11 2021 7:10 PM

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Maybe they should have let Jake try one more inning.

[Edgy MD]

Or three.



But I d'wanna be selfish.

[Edgy MD]

Go and get him, Luis.

[bmfc1]

We were having such a nice night.

[bmfc1]

Castro got a stiff neck from twisting it after the homerun.

[Edgy MD]

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Castro got a stiff neck from twisting it after the homerun.

[Edgy MD]

Had they double-switched, they might have gotten more than two batters out of Loogy.

[nymr83]

Important questions as deGrom remains on track for his third Cy Young award: Is he the MVP? Will he end the year hitting .300?

[Edgy MD]

If the season ended today, of course he's the MVP.



But right now, I'm just worried about the gamey game.

[kcmets]

deGrom = right flexor tendinitis.

[Benjamin Grimm]

And the right flexor tendonitis.

[Edgy MD]

None of our pitchers are leaving the field 100% tonight.

[kcmets]

Interestingly, both spellings are correct according to the googlegods.

[Edgy MD]

Deep breath.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Not Dom's best night.

[Edgy MD]

That's one.



Man, Tatis stays far off the plate. You can't come up and in on him.



I think Keith has about 15 words left in his throat. Let's get this done.

[Edgy MD]

Dos.



Manny, don't be a hero.

[Edgy MD]

Sheesh, that fastball was supposed to be high.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

YES!!!!!

[Edgy MD]

Wow.



I may give deGrom a PotG point or two tonight.

[Frayed Knot]

D ASS, D ASS

[Edgy MD]

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[Methead]

Fun team we've got here

[bmfc1]

Harvey and Hosmer in the same week... wins each time. PHEW!

[Fman99]

We caught the 9th inning on XM after driving home from watching the AAA Mets lose 5-3 thanks to shoddy bullpen work.

[Edgy MD]

Too bad. Nogosek had been money all season until tonight.

[Lefty Specialist]

4 up on the Phils, 5 up on the Braves. Nice.

[LWFS]

Just got back from Citi, where we caught our first live ball in two years, from Section 102, Field Level. (Vaccinated!)



It was electric. It was crowd-started two-strike clapping, stranger-high-fiving electric. It was Gooden-in-1985, Pedro-in-2005, Harvey-Day-times-ten electric.



Until Jake got pulled. Then it got quiet. Then it got tense, even mildly testy. Chatted up an old usher while waiting to reenter our section following a mid-Castro beer run, and he was all, "I bet Ronnie and Keith are going BONKERS right now." I didn't disagree.



Then some skittish moments... and then, man, does the home crowd welcome Diaz these days. All games should start with Jake and end with "Narco"-- preferably while dancing with your amped-up kid (or a borrowed one)-- and silly, silly sliders/absurdly-fast high fastballs.

[Frayed Knot]

Until Jake got pulled. Then it got quiet. Then it got tense, even mildly testy. Chatted up an old usher while waiting to reenter our section following a mid-Castro beer run, and he was all, "I bet Ronnie and Keith are going BONKERS right now." I didn't disagree.

Only Keith, no Ronnie last night ... and not really. The thing was, they could see a dugout discussion with the trainer prior to JdG disappearing into the clubhouse.

iow, it wasn't the usual handshakes/pat on the ass/"you're done" kind of transition so they knew, or at least suspected, that something else was up.

... and then, man, does the home crowd welcome Diaz these days. All games should start with Jake and end with "Narco"-- preferably while dancing with your amped-up kid (or a borrowed one)-- and silly, silly sliders/absurdly-fast high fastballs.

Yeah, lost in all the pre-, during-, and post-game JdG drama, was how efficiently on point Diaz was, and for the most part has been all season.

Coming in for a four-out save with just a one-run lead and inheriting maybe the league's fastest runner on 1st (whoops, now he's on 2nd), he closed it out facing (as it turned out) five hitters with a minimum of added angst.

And not just any five hitters but 1 thru 5 in a tough lineup including two top stars in Tatis & Machado, plus three more than decent hitters Pham, Croenworth & Hosmer, all of whom qualify (at least in this era) as very

tough-to-K guys. Hosmer, in particular, gave him a tough battle by fouling off some bastard pitches.

The result was a quite tidy: five guys, four outs, two Ks, 16 pitches, two fair balls. All of which, btw, only partially makes up for what is a truly questionable haircut choice by our closer.

[Edgy MD]

Hosmer was smiling through the whole at-bat. I thought he knew something Diaz and I did not, and I was terrified.