IGT 9/19/22 NYM@MIL Max Effort

[Chad ochoseis]

Max is back, or so the interwebs tell me. He's pitching against someone and as long as that someone isn't Jacob DeGrom, I again like our chances.

[kcmets]

Chad ochoseis wrote: He's pitching against someone...

Corbin Burnes is our sacrificial lamb du jour...



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Max Scherzer

(#21, 37, RHP, 9-4, 2.26)

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Corbin Burnes

(#39, 27, RHP, 10-7, 2.97)

[TransMonk]

I'll be in the crowd rooting at Max's return and for a playoff clinching win.

[Gwreck]

Interesting philosophical question: should there be a celebration for clinching a playoff spot? Or should the Mets wait to celebrate until the division is clinched?

[kcmets]

=TransMonk post_id=107879 time=1663605189 user_id=71]
I'll be in the crowd rooting at Max's return and for a playoff clinching win.

[kcmets]

=Gwreck post_id=107882 time=1663605466 user_id=56]
Interesting philosophical question: should there be a celebration for clinching a playoff spot? Or should the Mets wait to celebrate until the division is clinched?

[Edgy MD]

Related question: With new roster rules and DH nonsense keeping benches short even until September, will celebrations be more muted as teams can no longer field a full hangover lineup the next day, or will we see some day-after teams with a half the guys unfit for duty?

[Willets Point]

Clink together a single can of beer each in moderate celebration. No spraying of beer permitted.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I agree. A modest acknowledgement is the way to go.

[Edgy MD]

Hey, come on! No sheet cake?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think they should have balloons and pony rides.

[Frayed Knot]

Two words: Bouncy Castle

[Willets Point]

Edgy MD wrote: Hey, come on! No sheet cake?

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[MFS62]

I remember when cinching celebrations were spontaneously rowdy, involving copious quantities of bubbly alcoholic beverages in bottles. Now, with so many levels of clinching before the championship, I guess it has been diluted.

Nehi Orange and sheet cake seems to sum the appropriate level of enthusiasm.



Whatever the level of enthusiasm, win the game first.



Later

[kcmets]

I'm more of a six-foot Italian combo sub guy than a sheet cake guy. Nicely

seasoned red wine vinegar and oil and some hot cherry pepper slices on the

side please. No onion that time of night, I'll have nightmares.

[whippoorwill]

=TransMonk post_id=107879 time=1663605189 user_id=71]
I'll be in the crowd rooting at Max's return and for a playoff clinching win.

[Edgy MD]

This continues the tour of Daniel Vogelbach's former teams. Vogelbach once hit a walkoff pinch-hit grand slam as a Brewer. Walkoff, pinch-hit, grand slam. The only things that could make that sweeter would be if (a) there were two outs, and ( the Brews were down by three.



Oh, wait. They were down by three. Only one out keeping it from being the most dramatic homer possible.



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[Fman99]

I noticed it again in that YT video above. You never saw a guy more eager to untuck his shirt at the end of a game than Big Dan

[MFS62]

=Fman99 post_id=107901 time=1663614580 user_id=86]
I noticed it again in that YT video above. You never saw a guy more eager to untuck his shirt at the end of a game than Big Dan

[A Boy Named Seo]

I hope when the day comes, they acknowledge their accomplishment in some way, so long as it doesn't involve a snorkling mask. That's my line.

[Frayed Knot]

8:40 EDT first pitch, btw

[Benjamin Grimm]

Did they change it? MLB.com says 7:40 Eastern.

[Benjamin Grimm]

But the Brewers' website says 7:40 Central.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Anthony DiComo wrote: When asked about the clubhouse plans this week, veteran pitcher Max Scherzer was adamant: “You celebrate making the playoffs.” “There's a scenario where we fight for this division, come up just short, and then go to the Wild Card round not appreciative of where we're at, and then lose that round and then you haven't even celebrated your season,” Scherzer said. “I think that would be a mistake not to celebrate your season.”

[Edgy MD]

No rest for the weary.

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Christian, Rowdy, Hunter, Kolten, Jace, and Corbin, all starring in this week's episode of So, You Want to Raise Your Son in Texas?!

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, it's 7:40. Just a typo on my part whilst I was seeking to INform peeps not to assume an 8:10 start and wound up MISinforming them instead.

Not the first time, won't be the last.







Back to that Vogelbach/Reyes GS

Seeing a clip like that reminds me of the old Armando wars on the MoFo when many of the critters there (as well as a fair number of baseball fans in general) insisted

that only OUR closers blew saves in gut-kick fashion. After all, if a save falls in the forest but you're not there to feel the gut-kick, can we be sure that it even happened?

[kcmets]

[CROSSOUT]I've seen 7:40 EDT a number of times today.[/CROSSOUT]



Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: After all, if a save falls in the forest but you're not there to feel the gut-kick, can we be sure that it even happened?

Of course it does. It will show in the next day's box scores, will be counted in baseball-reference and discussed endlessly (about whether there is something called clutch or choke) wherever baseball fans meet.

There are no box scores in the forest.



Later

[Gwreck]

Edgy MD wrote: This continues the tour of Daniel Vogelbach's former teams. Vogelbach once hit a walkoff pinch-hit grand slam as a Brewer. Walkoff, pinch-hit, grand slam. The only things that could make that sweeter would be if (a) there were two outs, and ( the Brews were down by three. Oh, wait. They were down by three. Only one out keeping it from being the most dramatic homer possible. [media=youtube]lXX_tlyCS-Y[/media]

Eduardo Escobar cameo there too, scoring the third run.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Yeah, it's 7:40. Just a typo on my part whilst I was seeking to INform peeps not to assume an 8:10 start and wound up MISinforming them instead. Not the first time, won't be the last.

because unlike the Mets, the Brewers are on board with the more much reasonable 6:40 local start.



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