IGT 09/05-NYM @ CIN-Red-eye matinee

[Benjamin Grimm]

With an expanded roster it seems needlessly risky to use Gsellman as a pinch runner.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

A 5-0 game against a bad team, would it not be better to give Robles and Blevins a little rest? Terry's been using them a lot.

[Lefty Specialist]

Loney should have had that ball.

[Edgy MD]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Kelly Johnson, 2016 Brave: One homer in 49 games. Kelly Johnson, 2016 Met: Nine homers in 63 games. It's worth noting, because, if it was the other way around, folks would be tearing their hair out. True. Part of it is that it almost never happens the Kelly Johnson (and Cespedes) way, does it? The best we usually get is a push.

My guess is this is more or less true as often as not. Especially in the second half of the Mets' existence.

[Edgy MD]

Smoothest turnaround game in Cincinnati since Al Leiter.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

That's a big, old-fashioned windup on that Reds reliever.

[Frayed Knot]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: That's a big, old-fashioned windup on that Reds reliever.

He used to do that on his first pitch of the game only.
Now he seems to do it all the time (provided, of course, that no one is on base).

[Frayed Knot]

And there was much rejoicing.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

In those books!!!

[Zvon]

Good thing we won easily. I laughed at Flores when he was out @ 3rd, but it was a nervous laugh.

Colon is just amazin'. Mah man Reynolds smacks a biggy. Good game

TS:
The Mets are 20-10 this year against the NL Central.

The Mets now have 12 straight wins against the Reds and 17 of their last 19.

Wilmer Flores is now hitting. 279 against RHP since the start of August.

[Frayed Knot]

And the team is 10-4 since my proclamation that we'd need to go 25-13 - which leaves us having to go 15-9 over the final 24 to get us to the theoretical 87-win WC threshold.

[MFS62]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: According to Howie and Josh, Matt Reynolds' seat mate on last night's overnight flight from Vegas kept him up talking. I'm no redeye veteran-- I've only been on two-- but, Jesus Christ, what kind of sociopath even TALKS on a redeye?

Terry mentioned Wilmer was "going for the cycle" in the post game interview.
He also noted that this is the second time that Reynolds flew to the game on the red eye and then hit a homer in the game. He quipped that he was going to fly Reynolds out of town and have him fly back on the red eye for the next game.

Later

[ashie62]

We could be tied for the WC tonight.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Cards winning 8-2 in the 5th, get back on the ledge Ashie...

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Edgy MD]

It's Dave Schneck!

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: It's Dave Schneck!

S'plain please, Lucy.

Later

[Zvon]

Looks more like Alfred E Newman's dad.

[ashie62]

A tweaked Mitt Romney.

[Benjamin Grimm]