IGT 5/31 Hit Janson's Junk Mets vs Marlins 1:40 for Connect 4

[The Hot Corner]

Soto says "Welcome to the big leagues, kid"

No doubter grand slam driving home the message that walks kill to Josh White.

[Edgy MD]

Syracuse also beat Rochester 11-6 today behind homers from Morabito, Clifford and Cluff.

The Mets not in fourth place yet, but I can smell it from here!

[Edgy MD]

C'è 'na luna mezz'u mare
Mamma mia m'a maritare!
Figlia mia a cu te dare
Mamma mia pensace tu!

Se te piglio lu pesciaiole
Isse vai isse vene!
Sempe lu pesce mane tene
Se ce 'ncappa la fantasia
Te pesculia figghiuzza mia!

Là lariulà pesce fritt'e baccalà
Uei cumpà no calamare c'eggi'accattà!!

[Edgy MD]

A lot of danger to The Ordóñez Line today.

[Edgy MD]

Sanoja doing position player pitching for the TENTH time in his career.

Strange days.

[Edgy MD]

Peterson going for the four-inning save, which I decree should henceforth be known as a "Blackburn."

[Edgy MD]

SWEEP AVENGED IN KIND!

FOURTH PLACE SECURED!!!

[Centerfield]

Great win for the boys. One away from undoing the 5 game losing streak. 
 

[Edgy MD]

Ahead of that, they have a bit of a climb.  While they are out of last place in the division, they are essentially the best of the bad teams.  They need to climb four more games to join what is essentially the pack — Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cincinnati, Washington, and Philadelphia all sitting somewhere between even with and 1.5 games out of the last Wild Card spot.

[seawolf17]

Conveniently, we're about to play most of those teams. LET'S FUCKIN GO. (To Seattle for three before we do all that.)

[Edgy MD]

Speaking of which, we need an IGT, ashie.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I was at the game. My first time in nearly two years. (My last visit was June 1, 2024.) And my first time sitting at field level since the 1980s at Shea! 

A few things that I noticed:

1. It's no longer possible to park for free under the Northern Boulevard overpass. They've installed barriers and from what I've discovered upon investigating, this is intended to be permanent. There was a small island of potholes that wasn't barricaded. It was at the far end of the row of auto shops, right where Northern Blvd. slightly curves to the north. We were able to park there, but we very lucky to have found that spot. 

2. After looking around a bit, I finally found the 1969 and 1986 flags hanging high up near the right-field scoreboard. But the pennants for 1973, 2000, and 2015 were nowhere to be seen. And the other signs that commemorated the division titles and wild cards are gone.

3. I don't know if it was because of where we were seated, or if it's because of more noise in the stadium, but I didn't hear some of the in-game announcements that I would expect. For example, when Bichette and Soto were replaced late in the game, I noticed Brujan and Melendez taking the field, but no P.A. announcement. Nothing for pitching changes either. 

4. The seventh-inning stretch was pretty lame. There used to be a fun sing-along to Take Me Out to the Ballgame, but now we just see the organist playing an instrumental version. Almost nobody was paying attention. 

[Edgy MD]

It may well have gone unannounced, but one of the Mets PA announcers is Marysol Castro, morning news anchor at WPIX, and while she does a professional job, she presents her lineup changes sometimes in the same tone as light entertainment, and "Now batting for Jankowski ... number three ... Jesse Winker!" comes out with the same tone and cadences as "Everybody get up and do The Hokey-Pokey!"

It's fine and polished, but it can be the sort of birthday-party "Hey, it's Princess Crumblemuffin!" tone that dads often get into the habit of tuning out.  It lacks the classic Bob Sheppard "If you don't pay attention now, you could easily DIE!" gravitas, but hey, that's kind of silly, too.

[Edgy MD]

FUN FACT: The Mets accomplished that three game sweep at home while wearing three different uniforms.