IGT 5/13/2022: SEA@NYM — Strangers in a Strange Land

[Frayed Knot]

So it appears that hitting against the shift can curtail the use of the shift?

Wow! If only that bit of wisdom could have been foreseen.

[Edgy MD]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: The rebirth of McNeil is the best story of 2022 for the Mets so far--followed by 2 big 9th comebacks, the 5-guy no-hitter, onfield scrums with 2 different teams in the first 15 games, and Tylor Magoo

1. Rebirth of McNeil.



2. Ninth-inning comebacks.



3. Five-guy no-hitter.



　Sub-Story

• Not having to worry about Diaz.

4. Scrums.



　Sub-Stories

• Mets being doinked.


• Stubby Clapp taking down Alonso

5. Megill breakthrough.



6. Tom Seaver's erection.



　Sub-Story

• Screw-up on the four.

7. Buck Showalter's glare.



8. Undefeated in serieses.



9. Winning with deGrom on the shelf.



10. Off-season acquisitions fitting in and working out for the most part.

[Willets Point]

Jesse Winker was surely the name of a kid that was the main character's crush on a Disney Channel show.

[Edgy MD]

Good one.



Also, here's Eugenio Suarez ...



Front:



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Back:



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Commemorative Cookie:



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[Lefty Specialist]

Mets let their starter off the hook early and now they're doing nothing with the bats.

[Frayed Knot]

And they've even let Gonzales get back to a decent pitch count after it looked fer sure that we'd be getting into their bully early.



He threw fewer pitches in innings 3 thru 6 than he did in 1 & 2

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, we're having trouble following up on good first innings, offensively.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Gotta turn 3 here

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Cmon Max ya can't turn 3 if you whiff the guy

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Nice DP. Coulda got ugly there

[Edgy MD]

Got the triple play ball but one out too late.



I'll take it.

[Edgy MD]

Let's reward that Scherzer for that sack-up by getting him three runs.

[Edgy MD]

Good job by home-plate ump tonight.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Tip your cap to Marco Gonzales. He looked a lot like a guy who wouldn't have lasted 4 innings to get 6.2 and shpulda-been 7

[Edgy MD]

Not surprising that Nimmo's hit dropped in. The oufielders are really fighting the rain.



Paul Sewald time.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Paul Squirdward.

[The Hot Corner]

Let's go Mare!

[Edgy MD]

Seattle Sewald gittin' it done.

[The Hot Corner]

Marte strike out on a hanging high slider just begging to be hit hard.

[bmfc1]

Should Buck have pinch-run Jankowski for Nido?

[Edgy MD]

I'm an aggressive pinch-run advocate, but I don't think I pinch-run there. It's not the sort of thing I would've expected from Buckles.

[Edgy MD]

Seattle with a two-man bench.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Triple play gaydar activated... again

[Frayed Knot]

I thought about pinch running but I wouldn't have either.

[Edgy MD]

I'm not OK with the idea of J.P. Crawford as a heavy hitter to be feared.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Oh noes, first Magoo loses his magic, now Drew Smith

[Edgy MD]

That's the J.P. Crawford I know.

[Edgy MD]

One of these J.P. Crawford things is not like the others.



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[Frayed Knot]

Not a good inning obviously but it could have been a lot worse.



One run down with two cracks at it.

I like our chances.

[kcmets]

Sea-walled in the eighth.