IGT, 2025-08-16 — "The rules that constrain other men mean nothing to McLean"

[MFS62]

How about ridin' that Soto pony for a while?



Later

[ashie62]

It feels like there is too much game left for the Mets to me

[Edgy MD]

They're sticking with Woo through 100 pitches.



IT CAN BE DONE!

[Edgy MD]

Good to see Soto back out there.

[Frayed Knot]

Well, at least one of our Sotos is having a good day.

[Edgy MD]

Tough to see Acuña in the dugout when we need to steal a run, but can't use him.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: They're sticking with Woo through 100 pitches. IT CAN BE DONE!

Are you still in Brian Woo?

You seem really just a shadow

of the game that we once knew?

I'm not crazy, I'm not high.

You're just an ordinary guy.

Does your manager have a clue?

Are you with me, Brian?[/i]











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Edited August 16, 2025 by Guest

[ashie62]

Diaz coming in for the 8th

[Frayed Knot]

Needles to say, this would be a really nice spot for Soto to drive in someone other than himself for the first time in .... I dunno, a coupla months?

[Edgy MD]

Got another run.



Now we have to believe in Diaz for two.

[Edgy MD]

Bad send, Sarbaugh.



Out by something mile-like.

[ashie62]

Lindor twisted his ankle

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Bad send, Sarbaugh.

Yeah, with one out that wasn't too smart.

Lindor wasn't near 3rd when Arozarena fielded the ball.

Edited August 16, 2025 by Guest

[ashie62]

100 RBI

[Edgy MD]

OK, Diaz got the last out. Game over, right?

[Frayed Knot]

A 14-pitch inning certainly invites sending him out for the 9th.

[Edgy MD]

If Diaz has any trouble in the ninth, go to Jason!

[Fman99]

I hope we win. What the hell is Mendoza doing, arguing about the lights and icing his own closer

[Frayed Knot]

Naylor kept trying to hit that elusive 3R bases-empty HR

[Edgy MD]

Running out of gas is Diaz.

[ashie62]

Anything but Hells Bells

[ashie62]

Nolan McLean 1-0

[Frayed Knot]

More in portent than the W

bigger than 5-1/3 scoreless by the rookie in his ML debut

better still than 3-2/3 1R/2H from the pen ...

There Were FIVE pitcher assists in the game!!!!!

[Gwreck]

I don't know about you, but I'm in favor of giving McLean another start.



Mets video team did a nice job showing him in the dugout for a second big ovation.



Crowd heavily booing Mendoza when he came out to take McLean out was well done.

[MFS62]

Nice.



Later

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, I can't say I was in favor of the hook either.

It seemed like something pre-ordained, like they made up their minds to pull him once the lineup got to the lefty-swinging power bat of Naylor.

I wonder whose call that was and how far in advance it was made.







In the early days of the two-point conversion there'd be NFL coaches queried after the game about why they did or didn't go for two in a particular situation and the inevitable answer would be something along the lines of 'Because my card said to go for it when we were ahead/behind by X' ... as if every game with the same score was to be treated identically.

I'd hate to think of baseball turning to where no leeway is allowed for deviation from a predetermined strategy due to conditions beyond just the raw inning/outs/score data.

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Bad send, Sarbaugh. Yeah, with one out that wasn't too smart. Lindor wasn't near 3rd when Arozarena fielded the ball.

We had a really good view of that from the high angle they shot the play from live*, and I noticed the same thing. I am usually aggressive with my sends but I was throwing up the stop sign hard.



* In fairness, we had a better angle than Sarbaugh.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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