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Marcus threw 94 pitches and is out of there in the 6th inning with a 9-3 lead. Castro now pitching. Annnnd he has the bases loaded with one out. Later

Edgy MD wrote: A sonic BOOM! from Confy. Cynics may say he's on a salary drive for a free-agent-to-be. I prefer to say he's heating up just in time for the pennant race. Later

Some answers: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/whats-next-for-rumble-ponies-season-after-covid-protocols-shut-down-entire-series/ar-AAO4TAlhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/whats-next-for-rumble-ponies-season-after-covid-protocols-shut-down-entire-series/ar-AAO4TAl The Rumble Ponies originally announced postponements of the club's home games Tuesday and Wednesday with Richmond “to allow for additional testing and contact tracing of members of the organization,” and then Thursday said the remainder of the series was "canceled." The Rumble Ponies' cancellations are taking place as the overall Broome County COVID-19 situation has worsened in recent days. According to county health officials, Broome County has averaged more than 100 new COVID-19 cases per day over the last three days, after the number of new daily infections had seemed to stabilize at about 50 a day for a short time. Mary McFadden, Broome County's supervising public health educator, said the health department is involved in all contact tracing efforts within the county, but she had no specific information about the baseball club's situation. But still nothing specific about whether any of the players have tested positive. Later

Several Binghamton games this week, including tonight, have been cancelled because of "COVID-19". I haven't read any additional information. Is it one player? several players? their opponents? Three top prospects (Baty, Mauricio and Vientos) are on the team. Anyone have more info? Later

Sage advice. If there's a hitter on another team you have trouble getting out, you should pitch around around him unless you have to.(e.g.- bases loaded and no place to put him) Later

Well, there goes the theory that he was safely sleeping it off. Later

Justin Upton. Later

Edgy MD wrote: I imagine the best way to find out is to start with catchers, and the sun person who has done the most catching for the Mets is Ramón Castro. That made me think back to the days of Jesse Gonder and Choo Choo Coleman behind the dish, but couldn't recall if it happened back then. It couldn't have happened back then because if it did, then the '71 Pirates would not have been the first team to pull that off. Ha ha. Very logical. You are right, sir. Later

If we find out he was working under the influence in the weeks prior to the trading deadline, can we get a do-over on some of the players he passed on? As I've posted before, I believe drunk driving is a serious crime that should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. There is no excuse for it. But sleeping it off in a parked vehicle means to me that he was aware of his situation and didn't want to endanger anyone (including himself). I need more details to know if that was the case. Later

Edgy MD wrote: I imagine the best way to find out is to start with catchers, and the sun person who has done the most catching for the Mets is Ramón Castro. That made me think back to the days of Jesse Gonder and Choo Choo Coleman behind the dish, but couldn't recall if it happened back then. I don't think there were enough non-white players on those teams to fill out an entire lineup. But Neal (2b) Chacon(ss) Mantilla (3B), Joe Crisptopher and Al Jackson (SP) would have been a start. Later

Gene Alley. Later

Bob Robertson Later

On this date in 1971, the Pittsburgh Pirates fielded a lineup consisting entirely of African American and African Latino players. When asked about the significance of his lineup, manager Danny Murtaugh replied with "Really? I thought I fielded a lineup of nine Pirates today." Later

I was going to ask about the IGT protocol in this situation and I'm glad you guys settled it to your satisfaction. Now, LFGM! Later

They had 'em all the way. (he says while reaching for his heart meds) Holy crap! Kudos to Baez for keeping it going. Later

It comes down to Pete. Later

Edgy MD wrote: Lefty shefty. Unless McNelt is hurt, hitting for him with Baez at this point is bad strategemery. Or is it a way to give him a chance to redeem himself? Later

=G-Fafif post_id=76072 time=1630440206 user_id=55] Genealogy of a game mostly played on August 31, including several players who came along after April 11, going in the books as having been played on April 11.

=G-Fafif post_id=76067 time=1630438281 user_id=55] Given that neither was on the roster April 11, stolen base off Hembree and Mazeika battery in game of April 11 on August 31 should be scored as temporal indifference.

The recent Mets hitting approach reminds me of some more oldies: Swings like a rusty gate Swings from his heels Foot in the bucket. Later

"Payoff pitch." Lindsay Nelson used the phrase for every full count. No one has continued the tradition. That reminds me, on a 3-2 count, Les Keiter would say, "Three and two. What'll he do?" Later

I don't see "no pepper" written on the walls of the grandstand any more. Some (fan) stranger I was talking to many years ago told me that 'no pepper games' used to be on the walls at stadiums because if a fan got hurt as the result of a pepper game the stadium (team) would be liable because pepper games didn't fall under the disclaimer language (incidental to the game of baseball) which was common on the back of ticket stubs -- which isn't the case anymore so they don't post. No idea if he was right, talking out of his ass or why I even remember him. (Non-baseball side note... I was telling my wife a few weeks ago when we were waiting on a subway platform there used to be stenciled signs on the floor that said 'no spitting' or such. She didn't believe me.) I recall that was the reason for the no pepper signs. And I remember the "no spitting" signs, too. And baseball is banning chewing tobacco (is it now a grandfathered right?) so there won't be a need for "no spitting" signs in dugouts, if they ever had them. Speaking of that (back to the thread) has anyone heard the term "Spitball" lately, or do they just say "foreign substance" on the ball? Later

Get well, Howie. And get plenty of rest. We'll need you all next year in the World Series Championship run. Later

or "keystone combo". Later

call a home run pitch a "Gopher Ball"? AND, What other baseball expressions haven't you heard or read for a while? Later