Benjamin Grimm

Two outs on four pitches.

Okay, here we go! Cueto a 7.88 postseason ERA. Hopefully he doesn't find himself.

Ex-Met Lenny Dykstra says he spent $500,000 on private investigators to blackmail umpires for smaller strike zone

If Uribe not having played in over a month is a reason not to use him then he shouldn't be on the roster.

d'Kong76 wrote: @cgrand3 RF #DavidWright 3B Murphy 2B @ynscspds LF Duda 1B d'Arnaud C @mconforto8 DH Flores SS @juanlagares2 CF @kcmets #cpftoocool Okay, so if the Royals bring in a lefty reliever mid-game, and Terry decides to hit for Conforto, does he go with Cuddyer? (in order to drive half this forum insane) Or Uribe? The only other right-handed bat on the bench is Plawecki.

I guess that four-bases errors have to be awfully rare, but I agree with LWFS. It's either a home run or a four-base error. And I'd be inclined to go with the latter.

It was scored as a home run but I think that's a strange decision. I'd think that if an outfielder lets a fly ball hit him in the hip it should be scored an error.

Yeah, the premise of this thread doesn't make any sense to me either. This postseason isn't about Art Howe or Wes Westrum or Steve Chilcott. It's about, in no particular order: * The players getting the rare and special experience of being on a prolonged championship run. * We, the fans, experiencing everything that's wonderful and special about this month. * Another notch in the franchise's belt. A flag to fly at Citi Field, and an eighth placard to add to the seven that already exist for 1969, 1973, 1986, 1988, 1999, 2000, and 2006.

Edgy MD wrote: Poor, poor, unredeemed Art Howe. Well, at least they battled.

Centerfield wrote: I think the only way to possibly enjoy this is to be ok with the fact that they might lose this Series. I just have no idea how to get to that mindset. I don't know, but here's what works for me: I'm aware that what the Mets do isn't really important. It doesn't affect my health, my family, my income, none of that. When the Mets lose, I remind myself of their unimportance compared to the things that really matter. And when they win, I don't do that. After a tough loss, like last night, or Game 2 of the NLDS, I dismiss the Mets as a frivolity and sleep well. After an exhilarating win, like NLDS Games 1 and 5, or NLCS Game 4, I don't temper my joy at all, and end up too charged up to fall asleep for several hours. As I said, this is what works for me. Anyone else's mileage may vary.

Zvon wrote: Again, TC, enough with the 4 out or more saves from Fammy on the front end of this series. I have no problem with that at all. He was coming off five days off, and there was only one more scheduled game before the next day off. With these frequent days off, getting an extra out or two from your closer is much less of an issue. He has time to recover. You know that Familia won't be needed on Thursday.

This is what an A.M. Crunchwrap looks like:

I think I said in the IGT that I would have preferred having Flores try to hit a double than have him give up the out in favor of Cuddyer, who's been stone cold. Conforto's been cold too, but he's at least been putting the ball in play pretty well. I prefer him as the DH over Johnson, but that's only an issue in one out of the next four games. When they get back to New York, I imagine that Conforto will be in the lineup (at least to start) over Lagares. But maybe starting Juan makes more sense. Although Conforto's decent in the outfield Lagares is better, and he is wielding the hotter bat lately. I don't think the fact that it was a "four-out save" is the reason Familia gave up the home run. (I know you didn't raise that as an issue but someone did in the IGT.) Jeurys was well-rested, and hadn't thrown a lot of pitches to that point. I chalk the homer up to the fact that human beings can be fallible. Can't really judge on one game, but Zobrist looks like he has the potential to be the pain-in-the-ass that Justin Turner was in the NLDS. I'm pretty confident about the next two pitching matchups, less so about Game 4. My hunch is that this series will be tied after four games, and it will become a best-of-three, with two of those games in Kansas City. And started by Harvey, deGrom, and Syndergaard, which makes that prospect a whole lot less daunting. The Mets have much superior starting pitching. I think they still have to be favored to win this thing, although it won't be easy. (Nor should we expect it to be.)

It's nice to see Yuchie again.

Sing it, sister!

It certainly is.

Mets now 0-5 in World Series Game 1.

And now there's a man at the plate with a bat in his hand.

Oh, Jeez...

We can't get an easy inning.

I think I just set a personal record for most yawns during a postseason game.

This is a hell of a lot of effort just to redeem Art Howe.

Bartolo gets out of it. On to the 14th!

Fman99 wrote: I worked from home today and napped for an hour on my lunch break with the express intent of being able to stay awake for the entire game. But seriously, dammit. That's gonna have to be my plan for tomorrow.

I thought I was going to be in bed by 11:30.