IGT 8/15 Was it over when the Germans bombed the Beatles? Mets vs Mariners 7:10 SNY

[ashie62]

Of course not!



Lindor 6

Soto 9

Nimmo 7

Alonso 3

McNeil 4

Vientos DH

Mullins 8

Alvarez 2

Mauricio y



Manaea 1

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[MFS62]

I have known a virulent Met hater who roots for the Mariners for over 20 years.

C'mon, Mets. Bust out the hitting and straighten out the pitching.

It's about time.



Scheduling note: Sunday's game will be honoring the Little League World Series, will be shown on ESPN and scheduled for 7:10 PM, so expect a lot of non-essential ESPN-type BS.



Later

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[Edgy MD]

They're playing by 1965 rules and going without a DH.



1. Harrison, cf

2. Taylor, 2b

3. Lennon, ss

4. Evans, 1b

5. Martin, lf

6. Aspinall, 3b

7. Starr, c

8. Epstein, rf

9. McCartney, sp

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: They're playing by 1965 rules and going without a DH.

[CROSSOUT]Does that mean they can bring one into the game later?

Or can this pitcher actually hit better than anyone they have on the bench?

I'm not sure if that was written before or after I edited my post with information about Sunday's game.[/CROSSOUT]



D'oh!

Later

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[Frayed Knot]

RH Luis Castillo (no, not that one) goes for Seattle tonight and, unlike Bryce Elder, he's like actually good and stuff: 3x AS, 5th in AL CY 2023



A 3.52 ERA and 1.18 WHIP are his career numbers nine seasons into his career that has seen only one ERA as high as 4.00 (4.30 in his first full season in 2018).

Not exactly a late bloomer as he made his debut at age 24. But, being from the D.R., he signed young and was traded five times, four prior to making the majors.

- SFG signed him as a teenager but dealt him away three years later to Miami.

- the Marlins then dealt him to SD as part of a multi-player deal at the trading deadline in 2016.

- he was Padre property for Two Days!! at which point they sent him back to Miami in a separate swap.

- Miami traded him that winter to Cincinnati and he'd finally make his ML debut later that season.

- he made 137 starts for Cincy across five seasons until he was deemed expendable at the 2022 deadline and so he found himself in Seattle



In all, a combination of playing in/for Seattle and having a far too generic name have combined to keep him out of the consciousness of most baseball fans save

for those denizen of the rotisserie set where those who chose him probably got some valuable points from his consistently above average results and his ability

to make almost every start: 33, 25, 33, 30, 24 (and counting) since 2021.

[ashie62]

1-0 Mariners



Alvarez is wearing teal gear, the Mariners color

[Edgy MD]

Both Franciscos now have the same batting average.

[ashie62]

A lead



Nimmo couldn't cash but they got two runs

[Edgy MD]

Quite the see-saw battle thus far.

[ashie62]

The Big Dumper



Manaea is not fooling anyone



The pitches are coming in flat

[Frayed Knot]

So it looks like we're eschewing the big inning that's characterized NYM games recently in favor of a series of small innings.

1 + 1 + 2 so far for Manaea

Mets = 1 + 2 + ?

[Edgy MD]

Two in a row and [CROSSOUT]Alonso[/CROSSOUT] Nimmo looking to make it three.

[ashie62]

[bIGPURPLE] Lindor Soto BOOM[/bIGPURPLE]

[Frayed Knot]

Lindor had to HR first so Soto could follow ... since we all know that if there were still guys on base then Soto's ball couldn't have gone out.

[ashie62]

Two of us hitting homers, in a row

[Frayed Knot]

OK, Manaea. You put up a zero in the 4th inning. Let's see if you can do it again.

[ashie62]

Rogers couldn't get it done last night. He gets another chance here

[Edgy MD]

I've only seen Raleigh once this year, and wow, I guess he really is that good.

[Edgy MD]

=ashie62 post_id=201372 time=1755304936 user_id=90]
Rogers couldn't get it done last night. He gets another chance here

[Edgy MD]

Instead, the seventh/eighth/ninth batters put a rally together.

[ashie62]

Let's just keep trying what doesn't work

[Edgy MD]

Gary just called the groundout to third as "Handled by Vientos."



My boxscore has Mauricio at third and Vientos at DH. Which is right?

[Frayed Knot]

Johnny Bench: 45 HRs in 1970 (age = 22): 38 as C, 7 other (1 as 1B, 2 as LF, 4 as RF) ... he also played 3B that year plus 2 games in CF!!



Salvatore Perez: 48 HRs in 2021 (age = 31): 33 as C, 15 as DH



Cal Raleigh: 46 (and counting) HRs in 2025 (age = 28): 37 as C, 9 as DH



Todd Hundley: 41 HRs in 1996 (age 27): 41 as catcher







There are a number of ways to determine who holds the season record for HRs by a 'Catcher'

[Frayed Knot]

Mauricio is at 3B

[ashie62]

Use Stanek instead of Helsley, please

[ashie62]

Maybe his intro will be over before the commercial ends

[ashie62]

Both catchers are wearing teal colored gear. I don't get it. Players Weekend colors?

[ashie62]

Mendoza keeps pushing the wrong buttons

[Edgy MD]

=ashie62 post_id=201380 time=1755305598 user_id=90]
Use Stanek instead of Helsley, please

[metirish]

I'll away camping and happy I can't watch, not liking the blown lead notifications though