batmagadanleadoff

I'm so apathetic that even if the Mets were to make the playoffs, I could see myself missing a Mets playoff game, or watching it half-assed while I was doing something else. I never missed a live Mets post-season game since I became a fan. I mean, eight teams qualify, including likely sub-.500 teams? What a load of crap.

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=batmagadanleadoff post_id=45348 time=1598901805 user_id=68] I take tremendous satisfaction in that all but one of deGrom's runs allowed today are unearned. I'm on a deGrom watch way more than I'm on a Mets watch this season.

I take tremendous satisfaction in that all but one of deGrom's runs allowed today are unearned. I'm on a deGrom watch way more than I'm on a Mets watch this season.

(Secondarily: the Pods look like tons of fun, and a good secondary NL rooting interest prospect in the playoffs.) Neat new unis, too. [FIMG=333]https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6af183a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6541x4238+0+0/resize/1486x963!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F38%2Ffe%2Fe31a0da34b9aabe1b7a613d248fe%2F498632-padres-178.JPG[/FIMG] [FIMG=333]https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/fetch/w_736,h_485,c_fill,g_auto,f_auto/https%3A%2F%2Ffriarsonbase.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fgetty-images%2F2017%2F07%2F1207585953-850x560.jpeg [/FIMG]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Fully expecting 80s Mets getting the thicker New Coke font. Typewriter Chewing Gum pays attention to its fans. [FIMG=333]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50291068567_2db27ff0ad_h.jpg[/FIMG]

WTF happened here? I took a nap at 7-2 and woke up little while ago. I don't even wanna know the gory details. At 4-2, I was stewing because Alonso couldn't score from third on a pitch that got away and went to the backstop, figuring they'd pay for that eventually. But at 7-2 in the sixth, I was OK. I should've known better.

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You're killing it in this thread. Lockett is carrying the bag of balls he would be traded for. and Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Like the Classic logo touch on Garrett. Fully expecting 80s Mets getting the thicker New Coke font. The 80s Mets teams were happy with any coke they could get.

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2:35:55 - The Mets turn their second triple play of the season and then, Brian Giles with a full extension all-out defensive gem as good as you'll ever see.

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That guy, at some point, hadda be Curt Schilliing's roommate.

It's 1982 all over again. Mets 1982. Riveting, huh? Airplanes flying over Shea beware because big George Foster is a-comin'. Joel Youngblood gets traded mid-game. Pete Falcone and Rusty Staub combine to snap a Mets 15 game losing streak. The debut of the racing stripes (roads only). And the Mets turn their first triple play since 1966. Some maniac had his VCR working all year, that 1982, taping snippets here and there of this and that. Marv Alert. Warner Wolf. And Ralph Kiner. It's a coupl'a hours of Mets "highlights" from 1982. bhttps://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M1MJIYlJR8www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M1MJIYlJR8 [YOUTUBE]_M1MJIYlJR8[/YOUTUBE] Let me know if anyone finds Gary Rajisch's tremendous outfield catch. 'Cause I only skimmed this vid for about five minutes.

Meanwhile, this one's a dead heat. We might hafta have a Power/Speed champ tiebreaker if this holds up. [FIMG=522]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50269484156_bf7a1ae7a2_b.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=522]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48706213043_a62a2b8301_c.jpg[/FIMG]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I assume they are authentic to the style.... Bingo.

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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Dear Typewriter Chewing Gum, I'm more than a little concerned that the prototype cards shared here have considerable style inconsistencies. You mean "variations". Surely you do. And there's more-a-comin'. It's by design. (Get it? By design? Hoohah. LOLOLOLOLO!!!) We did this in 2017 --the variations-- and our test marketing -- and sales -- indicated that it was a big hit. [fimg=277]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50272199076_e5c478c0e7_b.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=277]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50271530418_ddf829d86b_b.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=277]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50271530508_c5a85d341f_b.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=277]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50272370812_2123eb71f3_b.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=277]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50271530528_d2b790d2f7_b.jpg[/fimg]

Edgy MD wrote: How many times yesterday did the Mets have a runner on third and the nearest defender closer to second than third? If you take what you're given, the game gets a lot easier. When I was a kid, and I'm talking elementary school, junior high school age, and we'd play some version of nine on nine baseball, usually softball or punchball, there would, from time to time, be some kid playing second base who wasn't too baseball savvy, even accounting for his youth. And so he'd play the field by standing directly on second base instead of covering the hole between first base and second base -- obviously believing that a second baseman stands on the base as the name of the position might imply. I would always exploit that lack of knowledge by hitting a grounder through the undefended hole for an easy single. I'm right-handed and became a pretty good opposite field hitter as I grew and I'm sure that this tactic helped me.

Ryan Cordell has been DFA'd. Cordell will be memorialized, forever, in a Typewriter Chewing Gum complete or total Mets 2020 baseball card set, currently in the design and planning stage. Sneak Preview Test Cards. The 2020 Typewriter Chewing Gum Total Mets Set -- Code Name: Real. [FIMG=333]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50290969571_4fdbe92a0d_h.jpg[/FIMG][FIMG=333] https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50324813362_83acc14ff5_h.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=333]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50287195327_744c4749b6_h.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=333]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50287280161_58591f8abc_h.jpg[/FIMG]

That must've been some good pitch framing because that called third strike on Guillorme looked like a ball.

The phone lines are now open. The Bat-Phone lines, that is. So does Julie Newmar de-throne Kathy Kersh as the new Power/Speed champ of the Batman Mets cards universe? Tell us here at Typewriter Chewing Gum who and why and you may win a fabulous prize. Act now, while supplies last. [fimg=511]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50269484156_bf7a1ae7a2_b.jpg[/fimg] https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50269484156_bf7a1ae7a2_b.jpg>

Lefty Specialist wrote: Not pitching deGrom in a situation where he might pitch a 7-inning complete game, on schedule to pitch another one 5 days hence, is criminal negligence. It's like the Mets are owned by Rachel Phelps. Totally agree. OTOH, it's been reported that during the Mets covid interruption, none of the team's pitchers have been able to do any kind of warming up, practicing, soft-tossing, etc. Yesterday, they threw for the first time since the hiatus, so, perhaps, deGrom wasn't as ready as some of the other pitchers.