Independence Day IGT 7/4 MIA@NYM

[Edgy MD]

Declare your independence: from tyranny, from ugly, bush league hats, and from loyalty to pitchers educated in crayon. National League loss leader Matt Harvey takes on New Rochelle's own Tom Koehler � in a battle of pitchers with ERAs in the mid-fours. The ball is flying out, and in the late afternoon of Citi Field, something has to give.

You may think, "Oh, the hats CAN'T be any uglier, than we've seen, certainly not any uglier than the July 4th hats of previous years." You would be wrong. So terribly wrong. You're what's wrong with America. You're why we have Trump.



I hate you. I hat you and I hate you.

[Frayed Knot]

As Gary mentioned during today's telecast, this is a [u:7i6u2eli]4 PM start[/u:7i6u2eli] despite it saying 1 PM on a number of pre-season schedules.

[Guest cooby]

Wow I was honestly thinking today was July 4

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

It was likely all the fireworks the Mets set off against Lester and the Cubs that made you think that.

[Guest cooby]

No I was at a party and missed that

[Guest d'Kong76]

Granderson RF
Walker 2B
Cespedes CF
Loney 1B
Cabrera SS
Flores 3B
Nimmo LF
d�Arnaud C
Harvey P

[Edgy MD]

Looks likey a lot of late games today. It's like MLB wanted folks to take in their baseball in between the barbecues and the fireworks.

I'm really on the Bat Nimmo Ninth kick.

[Lefty Specialist]

Declare your independence: from tyranny, from ugly, bush league hats, and from loyalty to pitchers educated in crayon. National League loss leader Matt Harvey takes on New Rochelle's own Tom Koehler � in a battle of pitchers with ERAs in the mid-fours. The ball is flying out, and in the late afternoon of Citi Field, something has to give. You may think, "Oh, the hats CAN'T be any uglier, than we've seen, certainly not any uglier than the July 4th hats of previous years." You would be wrong. So terribly wrong. You're what's wrong with America. You're why we have Trump. I hate you. I hat you and I hate you.

Man, I never thought I'd be begging for the camo hats instead. But I am.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

I like the idea of wearing special caps -- but I don't like this style at all.

[Guest cooby]

Why isn't it blue? Blue is both a mets color and a flag color

[Edgy MD]

I don't know what color they're going to be wearing but all of the hats at that site were red or that deep navy.

[Zvon]

Those caps are horribly garish. I'm going to design an ALL-STAR cap for Mets players. All the other teams can kiss my ass.

Why was this moved to 4pm? It looks to be on SNY.

[Edgy MD]

Hecheveria with a two-out hit from the eight hole. Havvey, Havvey.

[ashie62]

Nimmo 2 Mets 0

[Edgy MD]

And a full count to the pitcher. Harvey struggling in an ugly uniform = bad entertainment.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, gerbil.

[bmfc1]

Granderson couldn't throw out a runner at the plate if he was playing 2B.

[Lefty Specialist]

I'm sorry but Harvey just didn't man up here. This inning is ridiculous.

[bmfc1]

I love replay because umps suck and are a blight on the game but replay on tag plays should be stopped. If the cameras can overrule the ump standing right frigging there than eliminate the ump and use the cameras all the time.

[bmfc1]

Lefty Specialist wrote: I'm sorry but Harvey just didn't man up here. This inning is ridiculous.

Ronnie did everything but call him "Niese".

[ashie62]

Maybe Reyes can play left til Conforto returns.

Not just this play but several times Nimmo has gotten lost in LF.

[Frayed Knot]

Lefty Specialist wrote: I'm sorry but Harvey just didn't man up here. This inning is ridiculous.

Obviously Nimmo's bad throw (and Granderson's non-throws) contributed to that inning, but maybe Harvey can try NOT giving up hits to 6 of the first 10 he faces.

** and now 7 of the first 12

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: I love replay because umps suck and are a blight on the game but replay on tag plays should be stopped. If the cameras can overrule the ump standing right frigging there than eliminate the ump and use the cameras all the time.

Trying to insert replay technology into calls but yet attempting to keep it limited has long been the blight on the whole idea.
The NFL is now, what?, 35 years into their use of it and their response to all its problems continues to be, 'oh we just have to tweak it a bit and then it'll be fine'.

[Edgy MD]

Koehler.

This is Koehler!!

[Frayed Knot]

And, once again, even our hits w/RiSP don't score any actual runners (although they would have had Granderson run like Ronnie said) which inevitably leads to the bases-loaded pop-out.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Boo on Curtis' baserunning there. If he tags on the Cespedes fly, he scores on that grounder.

Alas, Cabrera, after digging out of a 0-2 hole, pops in foul ground with the bases loaded.

[Edgy MD]

Harvey's on fire.

[Fman99]

Fuck you, Harv.

[Frayed Knot]

11 hits vs retiring only 9 batters (got 2 other outs on the bases).
But in addition to that, NO ONE on this team has made a good throw this entire game: not Granderson, not Nimmo, not d'Arnaud, not Harvey even when not throwing a pitch, and not Cespedes right there.

[Guest d'Kong76]

#buzzkill thanks, Harvster...