IGT - Mets @ Pittsburgh, 7/15 ... make that 7/16

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, it really did feel like that was no one in the headsets helping him out.



That fight was odd in that it seemed to fire up the Pirates and take all the life out of the Mets. I imagine that's what life with Stroman is like. Someday he's the spark that lights you up, and some days, it's like, "Oh, more of this shit again?"



But coming out flat after a four-day break is a bad look.

[G-Fafif]

Stroman committing the sin of exuberance for retiring a batter evoked a memory of then truly unknown Terry Leach pumping a fist upon striking out Dusty Baker at Dodger Stadium on July 17, 1982 (almost 39 years to the day). When the Dodgers completed their inevitable ninth-inning comeback off Neil Allen, Baker, according to a few articles I was able to access, gestured angrily toward the Mets dugout, clarifying later that it was intended only for Leach and berating himself for stooping to Leach's level.



Given his career arc and background, I've considered Leach kind of a proto-Dickey. Perhaps I should amend that to proto-Stroman.



Leach for his part said he was just doing what he'd always done, which was a little surprising in that during is previous Met appearances, Terry didn't come off as particularly emotional on the mound and when he established himself a few years later, his manners couldn't have been much milder.



It was a big deal for a day or two. When the Mets stomped the Dodgers the next afternoon, they were very much “this is for Leach,” particularly Stearns and Bamberger. Still, Terry didn't mention it or his apparent trademark emotion in his 2000 memoir.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, this whole beating up on Pittsburgh part of the plan doesn't seem to be going very well so far.

Need to sweep the final two just to sneak onto the right side of .500

Edited July 17, 2021 by Guest

[bmfc1]

To steal from Stefon on SNL, that Mets loss had everything (note: with a win, everything is tolerable):

They lost.

They lost to a much worse team.

It was boring.

It was long.

There were many pitching changes (some of these overlap).

There was a rain delay.

A Met got hurt.

There was a fight which the other team started and it fired them up but not the Mets.

The Mets did nothing to get back at the player that started the fight (specifically, it was their #69 who was not nice).

Luis did something stupid (I don't remember anything specific but I'm sure that he did, let's go with using Familia).

The HP ump sucked (did he get a commission for every TO he granted?).

[Methead]

I think we touched on this earlier in the season, but the word around the league has to be that if you mess with Stroman a little, you can get in his head. It's no surprise that's what teams are doing. It's on Stroman to chill a bit and think about the big picture.

[Edgy MD]

I don't know if he has a chill gear.



I look at that footage of Richard Sherman going nuts in front of his in-laws house and I'm thinking that he's the same superhumanly intense Richard Sherman who was fascinating and entertaining when he'd tell off a media blowhard like Stephen A. Smith, altered into the crazy beast by maybe one or two too many beers.



I don't know if some guys become the stars they are by just banging up on Ritalin and Red Bull, or some just constantly put themselves in a hyper-intense, chip-on-the shoulder, fight-or-flight state of mind to generate enough juices to use as a PED, but Marcus seems like the buddy that's great to have in your corner, but kind of scary for you to be in his, because he just never seems to let up on the combative posture.