IGT, April 26, 2017 -- Game #20

[Edgy MD]

FARTY GAME, GUYS!!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Thank god it's over, now I'm wide awake I should have turned it off.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

This season is rapidly becoming a train wreck. As is too often the problem with the Mets the past few seasons, you can't win games when you struggle to score. The lack of a consistent offense puts added pressure on the pitching staff as there just isn't much room for error. If a starting pitcher gives up 2 or 3 runs he is very likely staring at a potential loss, or possibly a no decision, if he's lucky.

Another constant of recent Mets teams seems to be the plethora of games lost to injuries. I suspect a lot of that is due to the rather old make up of the starting line up. An infusion of young players that can stay healthy and hopefully provide some much needed ability to simply get on base.

[Zvon]

Pretty pathetic.

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[Guest cooby]

Ew

[Lefty Specialist]

2016- team struggles to score runs.

2016 offseason- change no offensive players.

2017- team struggles to score runs.

Pretty simple actually.

[TransMonk]

d'Kong76 wrote: Thank god it's over, now I'm wide awake I should have turned it off.

I bailed during the seventh inning. It was the first time I've shut a game off early in a few years.

[Edgy MD]

When a team is down 8-1 in the bottom of the seventh, and get guys on first and third with no outs, and the next batter swings at the first pitch and hits a sacrifice fly, and he gets congratulations through the dugout, something is fundamentally flawed in their philosophy and approach. And they don't seem to realize it at all.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I agree, though its customary for the result.

I have to say it again this team tanked without Duda last year too. He's too big a presence to do without. And I'm mad at Gsellman (I think it was Gsellman) for the shitty throw that injured him, and for digging a struggling offense a hole again.

Gsellman! I was on your side and you BETRAYED me!

It bothers me that injury, bad weather and so forth have probably contributed to the rotten stretch we've seen while opponents playing in the very same conditions look that much more capable. I worry that they're not really prepared to answer questions like "How to get Aaron Altherr out?"

Also, while I'm sure things can and will get better, I worry about the stickiness of the notion that a club that loses 9 or 10 is always capable of losing 9 of 10.

[Guest cooby]

Edgy MD wrote: When a team is down 8-1 in the bottom of the seventh, and get guys on first and third with no outs, and the next batter swings at the first pitch and hits a sacrifice fly, and he gets congratulations through the dugout, something is fundamentally flawed in their philosophy and approach. And they don't seem to realize it at all.

Are these guys of the age group that as kids they were part of the 'everyone gets a participation trophy' movement?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Is it too soon to question how much of a genius Kevin Long actually is?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Edgy MD wrote: something is fundamentally flawed in their philosophy and approach. And they don't seem to realize it at all.

The official tweeterer doesn't realize it either...
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[Benjamin Grimm]