IGT 6/29 Rolling Along

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Big test for Blevvy against a RHB here

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Frayed Knot wrote: Nice running by Reynolds ... first on the decision to go 2nd to 3rd and then 3rd to home. Neither one was a gimme.

Mets have these RH hitting second basemen types coming out of the their butts. Reynolds, Cheech, TJ, Flores -- all decent players.

[Frayed Knot]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Nice running by Reynolds ... first on the decision to go 2nd to 3rd and then 3rd to home. Neither one was a gimme. Mets have these RH hitting second basemen types coming out of the their butts. Reynolds, Cheech, TJ, Flores -- all decent players.

Yeah, although I wouldn't exactly tab Flores as Mr. Fundamentals
The rest though would bring a shot of youth and daring onto this team which hasn't had a lot of either recently. The vets on this team don't necessarily take either of those running chances, and if they did they might have been out.

[metirish]

Kevin Elster runs marathons and could use the Stair Master at top speed for an hour solid back in Spring Training, love those nuggets from Ron

[Lefty Specialist]

This J.T.Riddle kid is pretty good.

[Guest themetfairy]

metirish wrote: Kevin Elster runs marathons and could use the Stair Master at top speed for an hour solid back in Spring Training, love those nuggets from Ron

I have trained on a Stair Master and done three stair races (Empire State Building twice and One WTC once), I can tell you that stair work is incredibly grueling. I'm impressed!

[Edgy MD]

Opening the inning with Edgy over Blevvy. Big spot for The Edge.

[Edgy MD]

Wow. Eats Stanton up.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Nice job, Edgo

[metirish]

It's a beautiful day

[Frayed Knot]

Nice inning from the Edge. K's Stanton and induces Yelich into the GiDP


On the DP that ended the previous half-inning, not much Bruce could do on that one.
But more importantly, there seem to be a lot (as in far too many) of that type of hit off Reyes's bat this year, balls that start out looking like decent line-drives up the middle but wind up
without enough oomph behind them to even get out of the infield. Probably a sign that he's getting beat more often than he's used to. #slowbat

[Edgy MD]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Nice job, Edgo

Edgin, play the blues.

[Edgy MD]

Get a new helmet, Bour.

[Guest themetfairy]

Fuck You Ichiro!

[Edgy MD]

Series win, and pass the Marlins in the standings.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

That could have been the knockout road trip, instead 5-5 and gaining on their foes.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: That could have been the knockout road trip, instead 5-5 and gaining on their foes.

Mets go 7-2 Nats go 5-5.

Mets would be just 1 game under .500 at the break and a not disastrous 7 back in the loss column.

That's when we can get hope back out of it's box in the closet imo.

That's also oddly possible given how crappy the Mets have been most of the year.

[G-Fafif]

This was the 100th 6-3 win in Mets history. This inconspicuous score had not emblazoned itself upon a Mets victory since last September in Cincinnati.

Among the more noteworthy 6-3 wins in Mets history:

May 7, 2016: Mets 6 Padres 3; Bartolo Colon homers.

April 23, 2015: Mets 6 Braves 3; Mets finish 10-0 homestand, tie team record with 11th straight win.

April 9, 2015: Mets 6 Nationals 3; Matt Harvey makes successful return from Tommy John surgery.

April 5, 2014: Mets 6 Reds 3. Ike Davis pinch-hits come-from-behind walkoff 9th-inning grand slam after Terry Collins makes first replay review challenge (and gets a call overturned)

May 29, 2012: Mets 6 Phillies 3. Jeremy Hefner homers. Last Mets win after which it could be said the Mets had never thrown a no-hitter.

September 7, 2008 (N): Mets 6 Phillies 3. Santana and Delgado star in night half of Shea's last day-night doubleheader and last showdown between the two rivals who were fighting for the division lead.

September 21, 2002: Mets 6 Expos 3. Esix Snead homers to win it in the bottom of the eleventh.

October 3, 1990: Mets 6 Pirates 3. Frank Viola wins his 20th, the last time a Met would do so for 22 years.

September 13, 1990: Mets 6 Pirates 3. Doc Gooden beats Doug Drabek in critical NL East showdown, with Darryl Strawberry homering -- basically the last great moment of the best era in Mets history.

July 9, 1989: Mets 6 Reds 3. Juan Samuel homers off Rob Dibble, wreaking vengeance for the previous day's beaning by Dibble of Tim Teufel (and offering much satisfaction after the brawl that ensued).

July 22, 1986: Mets 6 Reds 3. Just the game where Dave Parker drops the sure third out in the ninth, the Mets tie the game, it goes to extras, Knight and Davis go at it, several are ejected, pitchers shuttle between the mound and the outfield, Gary Carter plays third base and, oh yeah, HoJo hits one out in the 14th.

July 9, 1982 (2): Mets 6 Reds 3. The formula for 1982 -- Kingman homers, Foster homers, the Mets win -- happens for the first time all year.

September 19, 1967: Mets 6 Dodgers 3. The Mets' first-ever amateur draft choice, Les Rohr, makes is promising major league debut and, in doing so, becomes the 54th and final player to appear for the bustling (if futile) 1967 Mets.

September 3, 1965: Mets 6 Cardinals 3. Jim Hickman becomes the first Met to go deep three times in one game.

August 24, 1962: Mets 6 Dodgers 3. It's the first 6-3 Mets win and the first time the Mets beat the former Brooklynites in Manhattan -- their only home win against the frontrunning Bums and, conceivably, the game that cost the Dodgers the NL flag, considering they wound up tied with the Giants at season's end and how on earth did the first-place Dodgers lose to the last-place Mets? They beat Don Drysdale, en route to a Cy Young (25-9), no less.

[Benjamin Grimm]