FAKE GAME #2 - Mets vs. Nats - 2/25

[Centerfield]

Division rivals clash in a pivotal match that could set the stage for the ENTIRE SEASON!!!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Lazy Q... tv?
Anyone have a fake game tv sched link?
I know, it's a lazy Q...

[TransMonk]

1:05 p.m. SNY

https://www.sny.tv/info/mets-spring-training-schedule

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[Guest d'Kong76]

Thanks! I did look around on SNY site last week and came up dry...

[Fman99]

I think this one is going on the DVR for some evening viewing. Exciting!

[Edgy MD]

Nats bringing the big guns to St. Lucie. Mets have something like their starting nine.

1. Trea Turner, ss
2. Adam Eaton, cf
3. Daniel Murphy, 2b
4. Bryce Harper, rf
5. Michael Taylor, lf
6. Adam Lind, 1b
7. Derek Norris, c
8. Neftali Soto, 3b
9. Clint Robinson, dh
   
   Gio Gonzalez, sp

1. José Reyes, 3b
2. Curtis Granderson, cf
3. Yoenis Céspedes, lf
4. David Wright, dh
5. Asdrubel Cabrera, ss
6. Wilmer Flores, 1b
7. Jay Bruce, rf
8. Ty Kelly, 2b
9. René Rivera, c
   
   Sean Gilmartin, sp

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First time Reyes and Wright have been in a lineup together since the first inning on September 28, 2011.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Dudarino scratched with back stiffness, Internet says, out a few days at least.

[Frayed Knot]

So, August maybe?

[Edgy MD]

Wow, I'm watching baseball.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm mildly tempted to turn it on, but I'm going to refrain. I like the idea of having my first exposure to baseball this year be when it counts, on April 3.

[Edgy MD]

Rosario at short now with Cecchini at second.

#future

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I love David Wright but hate this dumbass Gelbs interview.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

This Blevins is a disaster. Sad!

[Edgy MD]

Gelbs totally lacks Guys' ability to continue calling a game during an interview.

[Edgy MD]

Bases bloated and no outs.

Let's go, METS!

[Edgy MD]

And Rivera does the 1-2-3 double play.

H8!

[Edgy MD]

Plawecki down, man.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Man, that was ugly. Very, very happy to see him not carted off there, but def needed help coming down the dugout steps.

[Edgy MD]

McGowan getting pummelled.

They're extolling the arm of Rosario, but the throw came in high, which is what set Plawecki up for the injury.

[A Boy Named Seo]

This McGowan kid is tryna work the deGrom/Gsellman vibes, but his hair needs work, as does his game.

Yup, on Rosario. That replay shows a dead-on throw woulda kept Plawecki out of the line of fire. But Dom Smith looks smooth out there.

[Lefty Specialist]

GKR in mid-season goofy form. Keith wants to trade off the games he works, Ronnie wonders why they don't have a 'Two-hour rule' in spring training, and Gary busts Ron for being on MLB Network every single day.

Ah, welcome back, guys.

[Edgy MD]

Keith's best comment, which I wish he would have elaborated on, was that a developing player should be a good hitter first, and let the power come. In this case, he was backing Dominic Smith's approach.

[A Boy Named Seo]

I really like our Las Vegas/JV guys alot.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Radio guys criticized Smith for the Plawecki play, saying he threw to 2nd too soon.

[Edgy MD]

Nice to see a comeback, but it was a sloppy game. Asides from that Plawecki play, where a buncha mugs seem to have played it poorly, depending on your angle, the first run on an RBI single from Conforto, in which the big guy gave himself up at second totally un-necessarily.

It was also the second time in two games they come up empty after loading the bags with no outs.

Wright went on about the depth in his in-game interview, saying it was the most depth he had seen on any Mets team he's been on. That was probably at least half spring training glurge, but it was totally the second and third string who hit them back into the game.

[A Boy Named Seo]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Radio guys criticized Smith for the Plawecki play, saying he threw to 2nd too soon.

They saw it better, I'm sure, but from what I remember, Smith did pretty alright. He ran towards the hung-up runner who started to retreat to second. The runner at third is never gonna break for home until Smith throws to second anyway. As Edgy pointed out, Rosario woulda had him dead-to-rights at home with a better throw.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Smith does look as advertised with the glove, though. Real smooth.

And I already said it, but the Vegas boys - Rivera, Nimmo, Cheech, Dom Smith, and Rosario will be there soon enough, they looked very competent.