IGT 8/29/2021 - WASH@Mets - Forgot all about this. Sorry.

[batmagadanleadoff]

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Edited August 29, 2021 by Guest

[batmagadanleadoff]

Looks like nobody cares, anyways. Woulda been fine by me if somebody else started this thread when it became apparent that I neglected this.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Brandon Nimmo's OBP's the last four seasons:



2018 - .404 (535 PA's)

2019 - .375 (254 PA's)

2020 - .404 (225 PA's)

2021 - .405 (295 PA's entering today's game).

Edited August 29, 2021 by Guest

[bmfc1]

Perhaps don't worry as much about a game-tying homerun from Soto when the guy behind him has a lot of power, too.

[ashie62]

Tylor has been serving a lot of HR balls of late. What advantage he had of the league has waned.

[ashie62]

Baez crushes it.

[bmfc1]

I don't have SNY available today but Howie thought that the reversed call was correct. It seemed as if it was possible that Lindor's heal grazed it while he was holding the ball. What did Gary and Keith say?

[bmfc1]

Villar did everything he could to add to his total number of times getting thrown out on the bases by 1) admiring the flight of the ball 2) jogging to first 3) turning his head to watch the ball and the fielders instead of focusing on the 3B coach and running as hard as he can.

[Edgy MD]

Pretty unusual to see righthanded pitchers plunking lefthanded batters multiple times.

[Edgy MD]

Nimmo left stranded like Marcia Brady with a broken nose.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Oh my nose!

Oh my nose!

[bmfc1]

The Mets would be better off if Luis made his decisions and then did the opposite, like George Costanza.

[Edgy MD]

No more pitching to Juan Soto.



Winning the game aside, there's a home run title on the line here.

[Edgy MD]

The irony, by not counting visits to the mound following the announcement of a pinch hitter, is that it pretty much guarantees there will be a visit to the mound following the announcement of a pinch-hitter.

[Edgy MD]

Base-hit RBI beat homeruns.

[Edgy MD]

Fedde got fingered.

[Edgy MD]

Man, it sure is nice to have Villar and Pillar swinging the bat again.

[bmfc1]

Wayne mentioned this Twitter feed:

https://twitter.com/would_it_donghttps://twitter.com/would_it_dong

As Villar's HR was a unicorn--it would not have been a HR in any other ballpark.

[Edgy MD]

God, grant me 20 more games just like this.

[bmfc1]

Edgy MD wrote: God, grant me 20 more games just like this.

Clever use of "grant" on the day that Ed Anser passed.

[Edgy MD]

I hadn't heard about Ed.

[bmfc1]

Good game today. Finally.

[Willets Point]

Two wins in a row!!! I didn't know that was even possible anymore.

[Edgy MD]

Three multiple-run innings in one game.



I mean, it's game three of a series against the post-abscission Washington pitching staff, but I'll take it.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: The irony, by not counting visits to the mound following the announcement of a pinch hitter, is that it pretty much guarantees there will be a visit to the mound following the announcement of a pinch-hitter.

I noticed this, and also mentioned it during an IGT, a couple days ago.

And after picking up on the trend, EVERY PH appearance since has triggered a PC visit.

Further irony is that twice in the last two days NYM hitters have knocked the first pitch from an incoming reliever over the fence... so maybe these conferences aren't quite as valuable as managers think.

[Frayed Knot]

Wayne mentioned this Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/would_it_donghttps://twitter.com/would_it_dong As Villar's HR was a unicorn--it would not have been a HR in any other ballpark.

Seems odd that the LCF gap in CitiField would be shorter than Wrigley in the same location, or in Philly for that matter, although some parks, Houston for instance, have higher, even if shallower, walls which would have kept that shot in the park.



Don't really care though as that was the most impressive HR of the day IMO despite the greater distance of the Baez or Bell shots.

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: The irony, by not counting visits to the mound following the announcement of a pinch hitter, is that it pretty much guarantees there will be a visit to the mound following the announcement of a pinch-hitter. I noticed this, and also mentioned it during an IGT, a couple days ago. And after picking up on the trend, EVERY PH appearance since has triggered a PC visit. Further irony is that twice in the last two days NYM hitters have knocked the first pitch from an incoming reliever over the fence... so maybe these conferences aren't quite as valuable as managers think.

And Smitty got an RBI single, though it took four pitches.

[Frayed Knot]

One of my proposed rule changes is that if a batter gets a hit immediately following a mound visit that team loses mound visit privileges for the next two weeks.

[nymr83]

Frayed Knot wrote: One of my proposed rule changes is that if a batter gets a hit immediately following a mound visit that team loses mound visit privileges for the next two weeks.

I have a better idea: 1 mound visit per team per game. that is it. play the game.

[Edgy MD]

I don't got nothing against mound visits in general. When they come in the midst of a rally, and the pitcher needs a reset, and the defense is gathered around to anticipate where to play and where to throw, there's generally something going on there. There's baseball substance. I just noted the irony of the rule change triggering a meaningful increase in one type of mound visit.