Astros (Pecko) vs Mets (Thornton): 08/30/26, 3:10 PM

[metirish]

Oh man, wild throw home from Young and two runs score 

[Frayed Knot]

Two runs without a ball leaving the IF: K, walk, HBP, muffed come-backer*, 3U + E3 (2 runs), K

* is an easy inning-ending GiDP if he lets it go

[ashie62]

Frustrating painful game to watch

[ashie62]

32 minutes ago, Edgy MD said:

AJ Blubaugh on for the Astros.

A longtime favorite of the Camptown ladies.

Shouldn't that be AJ Bluballs?

[Edgy MD]

Well, Blubaugh is the pitcher of record in the winning side, so whatever color his balls currently are, he's got the drop on me.

But Benji has a real chance 2-and-0 here.

[Radar]

Need run(s) here for any chance......well that's it!

[Edgy MD]

Last chance vs. Hader.

Nobody more fun to beat, Mets!

[Frayed Knot]

Concerned that Ashie used the words: frustrating, painful, and bluballs in the same post.

[Edgy MD]

Might be a good time to let Pache hit for Ewing.

[Edgy MD]

1 minute ago, Edgy MD said:

Might be a good time to let Pache hit for Ewing.

Also a good idea for Ewing to double into the gap.  That's good too.

[Edgy MD]

Semien ends the day a-swinging at ball four.

I hates a-swinging at balls.

[kcmets]

Well, the igt god giveth, and the IGT GODS taketh away.

Nice way to end a season.

[Frayed Knot]

1 hour ago, Edgy MD said:

But the NFL doesn't cover, say, a Giants/Patriots game by rolling out Jason Pierre-Paul and Rob Gronkowski or the like, in order to project some sort of broadcast even-handedness?

(It seems awful condescending.)

Well of course every NFL game is done by one of the networks so they all have set teams in place to cover each game. 

I think NBC is just trying something different by using 'local' guys who 'know' the teams involved, maybe because it's been so long since they had a full-time working crew in place. And I didn't mean to imply that the analysts du jour are expected to root for one side, more like they're there to provide semi-insider knowledge. In this case Zeile certainly knows the current Mets. Whether some of these other choices are as connected to the squads they once played for or not probably varies.

[MFS62]

2 minutes ago, kcmets said:

Well, the igt god giveth, and the IGT GODS taketh away.

Nice way to end a season.

I blame Brock. 
the Mets haven’t hit well all season (as FK has documented). But it seems they are particularly bad in the last three innings of games. Are there any numbers to show that?
later

[Frayed Knot]

This kind of stuff is all very lookup-able.

Innings 1 - 3: .228 / .293 / .338 // 631

Innings 4 - 6: .252 / .317 / .409 // 726

Innings 7 - 9: .222 / .301 / .360 // 661

Looks mostly like random variation rather than any kind of predictable pattern.

[MFS62]

If you know what you’re doing. It looks like they’re consistently meh.

thanks

later. 

[Edgy MD]

The broader reality is that most teams tend to hit their best in the middle innings, when they tend to be facing either a flagging starter or the weakest end of the pen.

Innings 1-3: .242 / .313 / .405 // .718
Innings 4-6: .249 / .320 / .408 // .728
Innings 7-9:  .239 / .319 / .386 // .705

[Centerfield]

2 hours ago, Edgy MD said:

Also a good idea for Ewing to double into the gap.  That's good too.

I feel like this is his first XBH in like a month.