Reds @ Mets, Memorial Day IGT 5/25/26

[Edgy MD]

This all flows back to that screwed-up non-double-play.

After that, McLean went into I'm-gonna-have-to-do-this-by-myself mode, and threw a 1-2 pitch to the backstop, and he hasn't had his head on right since then.

I'm walking the dogs.  You know the drill.  Turn this shit around before I get back.

[Edgy MD]

7 minutes ago, Radar said:

As a veteran of the Vietnam era I totally agree. Most of us never came close to making the ultimate sacrifice.

Thanks, I certainly did not want to seem less-than-appreciative of vets like yourself.

[Frayed Knot]

So apparently Nolan McLean is no longer a good pitcher.

[ashie62]

Two homers today

[Radar]

2 minutes ago, Frayed Knot said:

So apparently Nolan McLean is no longer a good pitcher.

No. But they put a lot of pressure on him and I think it's showing.

[ashie62]

45 minutes ago, Centerfield said:

This team does nothing well. 

They're good at playing bad baseball 

[The Hot Corner]

What's the over/under that the Mets end up with more hits than the Reds do runs?

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

This is like a nightmare that won't end. 

[Centerfield]

Stepped out for a bit. What a disaster. Is McLean not good anymore?

[Radar]

4 minutes ago, Centerfield said:

Stepped out for a bit. What a disaster. Is McLean not good anymore?

Yes but he's asked to be something he's possibly not ready for. Man it's time we realize the problem and it's not on field.

[The Hot Corner]

3 minutes ago, Centerfield said:

Stepped out for a bit. What a disaster. Is McLean not good anymore?

Not today.  

McLean should be fine.  He's getting behind hitters and people are sitting on the fastball.  Unlike the Mets lineup, they are hitting it hard.

[Edgy MD]

Third inning redux here.

Vientos has a chance to re-write.

[Edgy MD]

Even scoring on a wild pitch is tough proposition.

[The Hot Corner]

Wow.  Vientos strikes out swinging a a pitch that hits him in his right shin.  This team creates ways to look bad.

[seawolf17]

Okay, the rookie experiment didn't work BRING BACK KIMBREL AND SLATER

[duan]

to think just 3 days ago I was thinking the offence was on it's way to resuming adequacy 

[Edgy MD]

Yes, but Marcus Semien can single-handedly erase 14.3% of that deficit, so ... .

[Edgy MD]

 

7 minutes ago, seawolf17 said:

Okay, the rookie experiment didn't work BRING BACK KIMBREL AND SLATER

Taylor down.  You might get Slater (currently a free agent) back sooner than you expected.

[duan]

seemingly it could be Jared Young. 

 

[whippoorwill]

They’re coming back!

[Edgy MD]

Let's hear it for Bleday!

[Edgy MD]

Keith knows when he shouldn't be telling a story, but can't help himself.

[Gwreck]

5 hours ago, Frayed Knot said:

I'm amazed that this knowledge is both knowable and findable. 

This isn’t exactly my area of expertise but I understand generally that since aviation is so highly regulated and tracked that there’s a lot of easily accessible info out there.

Also, I don’t think Delta keeps it a great secret that Flight No. 8883 is the Mets’ flight.  (The Reds are Delta #8880).

[The Hot Corner]

9 minutes ago, whippoorwill said:

They’re coming back!

I wish I had your optimism regarding this team.  I think "nice to actually score", then I remember that 8 runs is essentially a series worth for this offense.

[Frayed Knot]

45 minutes ago, Radar said:

Yes but he's asked to be something he's possibly not ready for. Man it's time we realize the problem and it's not on field.

This was McLean's 19th ML Game/start. Through his first 17 starts/100-1/3 innings (just under 6 IP/G) he pitched to a 2.50 ERA w/a 1.036 WHIP.  Was he not ready for those games? 

[Edgy MD]

Nathaniel Lowe is over there at first base wearing #31 in a blatant, open insult directed at John Franco and his family.

[Edgy MD]

What a gun on De La Cruz.

How many shorties throw it so hard that they tie up their firstbasemen?

[Frayed Knot]

4 minutes ago, Gwreck said:

Also, I don’t think Delta keeps it a great secret that Flight No. 8883 is the Mets’ flight.  (The Reds are Delta #8880).

Again, this is something that never would have occurred to even try to find much less know that those things are commonly known info.

[Radar]

4 minutes ago, Frayed Knot said:

This was McLean's 19th ML Game/start. Through his first 17 starts/100-1/3 innings (just under 6 IP/G) he pitched to a 2.50 ERA w/a 1.036 WHIP.  Was he not ready for those games? 

They have more film on him now for one thing. He'll be fine I think but asked go be your one or two is a lot to ask. Again Mr. Stearns put us in this position and I'll continue to beat that drum. As politicians like to say, "are you better off today than three years ago?". For me? NO!! Fire Stearns after this season. $10 million per year. Cohen you were fleeced swallow your pride and dump this guy.

[Edgy MD]

1 minute ago, Radar said:

They have more film on him now for one thing. He'll be fine I think but asked go be your one or two is a lot to ask.

There is not really any such thing as being a one or two.  Or a three or a four.  You are what you are.  Either you are a big-league starter or you are not.  You can't help if other guys on the staff are better than you or worse than you.