We have to play Game 2, they won't let us skip it (Rox @ Mets IGT)

[Frayed Knot]

Senga through the 1st inning untouched. Soto singles with one out in the bottom half.

[The Hot Corner]

I'm a glutton for punishment, so I'm back to watch this miserable mess again in game two.

[Frayed Knot]

Mets strand a pair in the bottom of the 1st.

No, this is not a cut-n-paste post from the earlier thread.

[metirish]

I thought Gary said 30 minutes between games ? The other first finished

[metirish]

I'm watching SNY through the MLB app on my TV , was I watching a game I thought was live but was already over? 

 

This SNY in MLB is useless 

[whippoorwill]

7 minutes ago, The Hot Corner said:

I'm a glutton for punishment, so I'm back to watch this miserable mess again in game two.

Hottie how are you watching this? Just curious 

[The Hot Corner]

MLB one team subscription for the year.  I need to be more judicious in my expenditures now that I am retired.

[Frayed Knot]

Well, the Rox figured out how to turn two singles and a walk into a run.   The Mets, OTOH, failed twice in the opening game to turn three runners within one inning into a run [BB, BB, 1B & 1B, 1B, BB]  

[The Hot Corner]

Semien is quickly thrown out on an attempted steal of second.

[ashie62]

These are dark times in New York Mets history 

[metirish]

Baty trying to so too much with an ill-advised throw from first

 

Gare sounds like he's had enough 

[ashie62]

So have I 

It would be negligent for the Mets not to make big changes now

Mendoza sounded like he's about had it in the game 1 postgame

[Radar]

3 minutes ago, ashie62 said:

So have I 

It would be negligent for the Mets not to make big changes now

Mendoza sounded like he's about had it in the game 1 postgame

FIRE BOY GENUIS!!! He is THE problem. Mendoza is Stearns sacrificial person. Cohen save the team and realize this guy was a mistake maybe understandable but a mistake. 

[whippoorwill]

29 minutes ago, The Hot Corner said:

MLB one team subscription for the year.  I need to be more judicious in my expenditures now that I am retired.

Yeah I know that feeling!

[Frayed Knot]

Twice today NYM BBs have been changed into a K via the ABS challenge, and both were by maybe 1/8th of an inch.

[Centerfield]

You have to fire Mendoza if they’re swept by the Rockies at home. 

[Frayed Knot]

Four runs through 21 innings vs Rockies' pitching.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

18 minutes ago, Centerfield said:

You have to fire Mendoza if they’re swept by the Rockies at home. 

I wasn't on Team Fire Mendoza. But if they get swept by the Rockies and score just one run in a doubleheader, I think they have to pull that trigger. 

I don't know if Beltran is a serious option, but they sure need something. 

 

[Edgy MD]

Benge wears a lot of bling.

[The Hot Corner]

At least Edward's is doing a nice job in relief.  He has a wicked old school curve.  Too bad that game is essentially out of reach with the Rockies leading 3-0.  Since the Mets have scored 2 or fewer runs in 13 of 27 games thus far, the likelihood of them coming back yo win this one is roughly 10% by my guesstimation.

[The Hot Corner]

At least Edward's is doing a nice job in relief.  He has a wicked old school curve.  Too bad that game is essentially out of reach with the Rockies leading 3-0.  Since the Mets have scored 2 or fewer runs in 13 of 27 games thus far, the likelihood of them coming back yo win this one is roughly 10% by my guesstimation.

[The Hot Corner]

Men on 1st & 2nd with no outs.  The Mets avoid the GIDP by lining into  DP right at the first baseman playing behind the runner.

If it weren't, friends for bad luck, we'd have no luck at all.  Gloom, despair  and agony on me.

[Frayed Knot]

Just now, Marshmallowmilkshake said:

... but they sure need something. 

Yeah, hits! Is a new manager going to wake up sleeping wood?

In 27 games (#28 is in progress) they've scored two or fewer runs 13 times; three or fewer in 17; four or fewer in 20. Keep in mind that 4.5/G is around average. Any of that changing by booting Mendoza or is this just demanding bloodlust whether it accomplishes something or not?

[Frayed Knot]

They're even challenging stupid today.

Now, this could come down to a 9th inning situation and if the Mets wind up the victim of an Eric Gregg strike (a pitch in the LF batter's box to a RH batter) they'll have no recourse. 

[Centerfield]

I’ve said it before. Getting the most of the talent you have on your roster is a big part of the managers job. Whether it’s getting guys to believe in themselves or whether it’s finding a way to motivate/play loose. Most managers are net neutral. They’re just there. And the team is what it is. 
 

A select few managers get more. Dusty, Bruce Bochy, Terry Francona. They win wherever they go. They’re outliers that get the most from their guys. 
 

Then there are the net negatives. Unfortunately at this point it’s clear Mendoza has no clue how to get anything from his teams. Even his miracle run was an 89 win season where they won the third WC by tiebreaker. 
 

You can’t let him steer the ship any longer. 

[ashie62]

I simply don't understand how anyone would support Mendoza at this point 

It's not about blaming him so much as do you hold him responsible and accountable for Mets failures as a team. Is the team ready to play everyday? I don't think Mendoza passes the smell taste here

[Radar]

5 minutes ago, Centerfield said:

I’ve said it before. Getting the most of the talent you have on your roster is a big part of the managers job. Whether it’s getting guys to believe in themselves or whether it’s finding a way to motivate/play loose. Most managers are net neutral. They’re just there. And the team is what it is. 
 

A select few managers get more. Dusty, Bruce Bochy, Terry Francona. They win wherever they go. They’re outliers that get the most from their guys. 
 

Then there are the net negatives. Unfortunately at this point it’s clear Mendoza has no clue how to get anything from his teams. Even his miracle run was an 89 win season where they won the third WC by tiebreaker. 
 

You can’t let him steer the ship any longer. 

You seem to think this team and probably the coaching staff that he's been given are much better than I do. Mendoza is not ,in my opinion, the problem. This team is just not that good. I would have no problem if they want to fire Mendoza but if Genius Boy doesn't go out the door with him that would be an injustice. But that's the way it usually goes. The guy who constructed the team gets to fire the manager who is the insulation for his own mismanagement.

[Fman99]

What's the opposite of an erection?  That's what I have now. 

It might be a divot

[Radar]

8 minutes ago, ashie62 said:

I simply don't understand how anyone would support Mendoza at this point 

It's not about blaming him so much as do you hold him responsible and accountable for Mets failures as a team. Is the team ready to play everyday? I don't think Mendoza passes the smell taste here

This team is not that good(thanks to Boy Genius). Mendoza may not be that great but the problem is more in the construction and talent Boy Genius has assembled.

[The Hot Corner]

Hollander is another in a long line of starting pitchers to have their best start of the season when facing the Mets.