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Johnny Lunchbucket

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I don't actually believe they've demonstrated they can hit enough to play 700 ball the rest of the way, nor do I think they have the pitching that would allow for such a stretch anymore.



Tonight I was so optimistic that they would show something-- ots beyond obvious it was time-- and they embarrassed themselves against an emergency tomato can.



This feels at best like the kinda season that, even if they did reach the finish line, they'd deserve a one-game bounce-out by the kind of playoff peers that are routinely outclassed them on the field


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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Tonight I was so optimistic that they would show something-- ots beyond obvious it was time-- and they embarrassed themselves against an emergency tomato can.


Hey, they got four singles ... plus two walks!!


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MFS62

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I don't give up on my teams. But they are making that very difficult.

The physical talent is there, but they seem to just be going through the motions.

They need a brain transplant.

Or a new heart.



Later


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The Braves lost. 6 1/2 out (6 in the loss column) with 37 to play! 37! A familiar

number. Baby steps. Let's whittle it down to 2 out by Labor Day Weekend.



[Rocco]Difficult. Not impossible.[/Rocco]



We need someone to come out from behind the weeds and rip off a 7-8 IGT win-

ning streak and do it NOW!!!


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I won't spoil it because I had to Google. Even though I've seen that

movie like a dozen times lol...


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stevejrogers

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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:


37!


"In a row?"



(name that movie)


They are in production for a third sequel of it, right now in the same place that it takes place in.


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I'm not going to quit but I believe the Mets may have.



The lineup last night 1-7 was all hitters with serious resumes.



It is one thing to say they are unproductive but another to say the offense is fundamentally broken, which it is.


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I'm not there with the it's over yet but you have to think they need 4/5 of the hitters to go on a tear that wins them games in the first 3 innings because they sure as hell aren't gonna get the pitching they did back in April & May. I mean they've got 5 guys who can produce a month of 1,000 OPS - but they need ALL of them to do that in the next month or something batshit crazy like that.


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I took the West coast trip as a good time to check out for a while since I wasn't going to stay up late to watch. Had they done better in Cali, I would have checked back in, but after last night, I have no reason to believe they can pull off the miracle.



Yesterday, MLB's Facebook page decided to show me the highlights from https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI201508240.shtml08/24/15 which was the game against the Phillies where the Mets hit 8 HRs and won 16-7. Those are the kind of performances that we are needing to climb back into the race and this team does not seem capable of those performances. 2015 was a case study in pitching dominating the first half of the season while waiting for the offense to arrive. Luckily it did that year, but there are too many hitters on this team that look lost and have zero sense of urgency.



I feel like the 2021 team should be achieving more even with all the injuries. I have never had much faith in Rojas at managing the MLB club and that has dwindled down close to zero.


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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Team37 Dicks in a Row

Rogers


I guess that means I'm doing the Wild Card Game IGT with a certain quote as the thread title?



Though I like the idea of saying “HEY, TRY NOT TO WIN ANY BALLGAMES ON YOUR WAY TO THE PARKING LOT! Hey, get back here!”


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Ceetar

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I'm still in. If they lose more ground over the next say..10 days, then no, but right now I think, if were were starting the season today, on paper, you'd still take the Mets. They're better than they've been playing, and the Braves are worse than they're playing. Can they play 1 game better than them every week, and then beat them head to head to end it all? yes. that's reasonable.


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=kcmets post_id=75429 time=1629896034 user_id=53]
Even though I've seen that movie like a dozen times lol...

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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

So Team 2 Legit:

Seawolf

Duan

Any

Kc

Edgy

Mfs62



Team Quit

Jcl

Frayed?

Grimm

Lefty



Team37 Dicks in a Row

Rogers


I'm closest to the still legit.


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kcmets

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=Methead post_id=75453 time=1629911272 user_id=61]
=kcmets post_id=75429 time=1629896034 user_id=53]
Even though I've seen that movie like a dozen times lol...

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kcmets

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I'm not really on team 2 legit to quit, more mathematically alive and hope there's

a hot streak coming and it's almost impossible to continue leaving so many RISP.

But it's baseball, we'll see...


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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Team37 Dicks in a Row

Rogers


I guess that means I'm doing the Wild Card Game IGT with a certain quote as the thread title?



Though I like the idea of saying “HEY, TRY NOT TO WIN ANY BALLGAMES ON YOUR WAY TO THE PARKING LOT! Hey, get back here!”


Lolll


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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

So Team 2 Legit:

Seawolf

Duan

Any

Kc

Edgy

Mfs62



Team Quit

Jcl

Frayed?

Grimm

Lefty



Team37 Dicks in a Row

Rogers


I'm closest to the still legit.


Ashie autocorrected to any


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batmagadanleadoff

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Holy shades of 2019!



Holy News flash! The Mets don't give a shit whether or not youse gave up. Have a four-pack. Batman wouldn't give up.



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