IGT 5/19/16: WAS@NYM -- Throwback Thursday

[Fman99]

I'd like to throw this particular Thursday game back, thanks.

[Zvon]

Is it really true that while asleep you can't snore and dream at the same time?

No joke. I just read that and it concerns me.

[Edgy MD]

Zvon wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: I think getting Harvey back would more suit our 2016 interests. Yea, this. Walkers gonna be fine.

Well, I didn't say I want my Niese back. But Mr. .400 is putting on a hitting clinic.

[Zvon]

Awww, a home run might have cheered me up a little. Lil bit.

[Zvon]

The directors cut:

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[Zvon]

Sometimes a good catch in a bad game can sustain you.

[Zvon]

Muffy went 4-for-11 with four RBIs and two runs scored this series. Yea, I miss him too.

[Zvon]

Big Mets Fan ?@bigmetsfan1 5m5 minutes ago
Tonight, David tied Shoeless Joe Jackson for 399th on @MLB's all time hit list with 1772 hits @DavidWrightHits

This is not getting much publicity.

I'm just going to try an compile the good stuff. One thing twitter does is confirms the fact that there are soooooooo many assholes in the world.

[Guest d'Kong76]

[bmfc1]

I accidentally (really) put on the Nationals post-game show:
Johnny Holiday, claps his hands: "boy that was fun".
Ray Knight, claps his hands: "that was fun to watch."

Thanks Ray.

[Zvon]

Andrea Mallis ?@virgoinservice 10m10 minutes ago
It's not mechanical, it's Neptune square Matt Harvey Mars, a crucial planet for an athlete.dark night of the soul for the #Mets Dark Knight


I'm trying to confirm this report.....

[Frayed Knot]

Lost in the midst of the obvious bigger story of Harvey getting worse instead of better: a whopping 6 hits today, all of them singles.

[batmagadanleadoff]

excerpt (with emphasis):

Collins said he believes Harvey is suffering from a hangover after logging 216 innings last season. That was the most innings ever in a first season back from Tommy John surgery. "As I tried to explain to Matt again, there's some people that don't believe it -- this kid went above and beyond last year," Collins said. "And I'm not sure he's recuperated from it. I'm going to stand by it. It's not an excuse. We don't make excuses here. I think it might be a reason. I think there's a difference between a reason and an excuse. That's where I stand on it. I've told Matt, I still trust him. I still believe in him. I've seen him do it. But we'll take a hard look at what the next move is going to be." Nationals phenom Bryce Harper agreed that last year's workload might be catching up to Harvey. "It kind of goes back to, what, he had surgery last year and then he forced 230 innings?" Harper said. "I feel bad for him. He comes off the mound, and he gets booed. I work out with him in the offseason. Being around him a little bit when working out, he works his tail off. You never want to see a guy do that. All the best to him."

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15619331/terry-collins-says-new-york-mets-take-look-possibility-pulling-matt-harvey-rotation-temporarily

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[batmagadanleadoff]

G-Fafif wrote: Remember when Matt Harvey vs. Stephen Strasburg represented ace overload? We already had the ultimate showdown of 2016 on Tuesday in Syndergaard vs. Scherzer, but once upon a time, in April of 2013, Harvey Day was eclipsing Strasmas as the occasion of choice in the NL East and we all knew who was better.

Harvey took home the NL Pitcher of the Month award that April, 2013 -- the last time a Met won that award.

Presently, Jake Arrietta has won the last three NL Pitcher of the Month awards, dating back to August of last season -- an unprecedented NL accomplishment - matched in the AL by one-time Mets Pedro Martinez (BOS) and Johan Santana (MIN).

Bartolo Colon won the POTM award an impressive four times; twice with the Indians and once each with the Angels and Athletics.

QUIZ (Difficulty level -- kinda tough if you're not a fan of the team in question)

In one season, four different pitchers from the same team won the POTM award -- including a three consecutive month POTM winning streak.

In one single post, name the team and the four pitchers.

[Zvon]

ew, I'm not sure what year they started doing the player of the month thing.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Zvon wrote: ew, I'm not sure what year they started doing the player of the month thing.

'75 in the NL. '79 in the AL.

[Zvon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: QUIZ (Difficulty level -- kinda tough if you're not a fan of the team in question) In one season, four different pitchers from the same team won the POTM award -- including a three consecutive month POTM winning streak. In one single post, name the team and the four pitchers.

Braves?
Maddux
Smoltz
Glavine
& Avery

[batmagadanleadoff]

I figgered that someone would guess that era Braves staff, probably right off the bat. So here's a clue. It's not the Braves. And here's another clue for you all: The walrus is Paul.

[batmagadanleadoff]

QUIZ (Difficulty level -- kinda tough if you're not a fan of the team in question) In one season, four different pitchers from the same team won the POTM award -- including a three consecutive month POTM winning streak. In one single post, name the team and the four pitchers.

We were looking for the following starting pitchers on the 1979 Astros:

[fimg=350]http://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1979/Topps/534/Ken-Forsch.jpg?id=08bb7e40-fe2a-4d88-8607-68d76a0c1e39&size=zoom[/fimg][fimg=350]http://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1979/Topps/68/Joe-Niekro.jpg?id=a234a657-8095-415c-960c-b33a6a5aa50b&size=zoom[/fimg]

[fimg=350]http://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1979/Topps/471/Joaquin-Andujar.jpg?id=860dc27c-37ee-4ff7-b966-aa066f8e43b1&size=zoom[/fimg][fimg=350]http://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1979/O-Pee-Chee/310/JR-Richard.jpg?id=5008f6d6-15d8-4fe2-9f56-c36d0f5d27e0&size=zoom[/fimg]

who won the POTM award in April, May, June, and September of 1979, respectively.

J.R. Richard won the award in April of 1980, his second straight month as the NL POTM, giving those Astros five of the last seven awards.

Like Richard, two Mets won the POTM award in September of one season and then in April of the very next season;

Dwight Gooden ('85/'86) and Johan Santana ('08/'09). Those are also the only instances in which a Met won the award in two consecutive months.

Here's the list of every Met who won the POTM award:


Tom Seaver - June, 1975
Jerry Koosman - July, 1976
Tom Seaver - April, 1977
Pat Zachry - July, 1980
Jesse Orosco - August, 1983
Ron Darling - June, 1984
Dwight Gooden - September, 1984
Dwight Gooden - September, 1985
Dwight Gooden - April, 1986
Sid Fernandez - April, 1987
David Cone - May, 1988
Dwight Gooden - September, 1990
Bret Saberhagen - July, 1994
Bobby Jones - May, 1996
Al Leiter - June, 1999
Al Leiter - June, 2000
John Maine - April, 2006
Johan Santana - September, 2008
Johan Santana - April, 2009
R.A. Dickey - June, 2012
Matt Harvey - April, 2013

[Benjamin Grimm]