Game 6

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

on 710 NOW!!!

Bob Muffy informs us the Weatherman may not cooperate.

Red Sox up 2-0 in the 3rd. Hmmm.

[Lefty Specialist]

Missed it. Did they win?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The Mets win. They win!

I hafta say, this was fun. Sat out back with a beer and a boombox.

Game pace was very fast. I think I'd forgotten that Clemens had a no-hitter going for awhile. I was also sorta surprised how quickly Gary Thorne jumped on McNamara for not going to Stapleton. He'd barely crossed the plate when he was on it.

[Frayed Knot]

Other plays you may have forgotten about from that game ... how 'bout Davey PH-ing for Raffy Santana in the 5th inning!

The bottom of the 5th started w/the Mets down 2-0, but a walk, SB, and 2 singles (first NYM hits of the game) had plated a run and set-up 1st & 3rd w/no outs. With the 8-slot up and the pitcher on deck, Davey decided it was time to go run-hunting. PH'er Heep did get the tying run in although did so with a GiDP which effectively killed off the big inning Davey was pining for.

What allowed Johnson to pull that off of course was the late addition of September call-up Kevin Elster to the active roster in that season of the "optional" 24-man squad. Inserted into the game to start the 6th, Elster wound up muffing the only ball hit to him (a subsequent GiDP bailed him out) and FO'd in his only AB before he was PH'd for by HoJo in the 9th in the much-discussed 'bunt or no bunt?' AB (first he tried, then he didn't, and eventually K'd). An inning later that batting slot was famously on-deck during the E-3 play.

And all this goes back to the fact that Knight started at 3rd that night rather than HoJo after Ray had thrown a fit when Davey had tabbed HoJo to start vs Clemens in Game 2. Knight made good on his 'Don't sit me vs RHPs' rant by notching the 1st NYM RBI hit of the game (off Clemens) and also the final RBI hit of the game (the first of the three 10th inning runs), that one off Schiraldi.

Edited May 27, 2016 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

Was there any real-time controversy over Clemens's departure from the game?

[Ceetar]

I would've listened to some of this for background noise, particularly the end, but if I own a radio it's not easily accessible. alas.

Looks like people were having fun with it on Twitter, though live-tweeting it seemed a bit much.

[Lefty Specialist]

Listened for a bit- it was a terrible recording. Fire those sound techs at WHN.

[G-Fafif]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I was also sorta surprised how quickly Gary Thorne jumped on McNamara for not going to Stapleton. He'd barely crossed the plate when he was on it.

Kudos to Thorne for being on this in the bottom of the eighth, when Red Sox had a one-run lead to protect.