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Shit sandwich.

I've personally witnessed too many walk-offs at Miller Park. Friday night wasn't as bad as the Mother's Day game in 2006 (a day game after my bachelor party...my head still hurts) or Tom Glavine's first failed attempt at win #300 in 2007, but losing to a walk-off is no fun. For a casual fan, this game was a good one because it had a little of everything: home runs, decent pitching, some good defense (Nimmos catch was AMAZING!), baserunning blunders, a close score throughout and a thrilling finish. Unfortunately, I'm not a casual fan and was disappointed with the result. The Mets fans in the crowd did get loud in the 9th and even I was dancing in the aisle after Bautista tied it up. The Brewers fans thinned when the game went to extras and I was able to huddle with some Mets fans. We all looked at each other blankly when Blevins then Ramos came in. I think we all knew without saying a word that the win probability was tiny at that point. I had a seat near the Mets on deck circle. I sat next to a man and his two young kids, painfully listening to him give them confident but (in most cases) inaccurate tutelage on how baseball is played. This was my third year in a row seeing a game down near the on deck circle and, man, I feel for Wilmer. I don't know if it is just Milwaukee, but he gets a lot of mean jeering about the crying incident even though it was almost 3 years ago now. Headed back Saturday and Sunday. I am worried about Callaway's bullpen usage with Vargas and Wheeler pitching the next two games and the DH on Monday. With both Hader and Knebel up over 30 pitches last night, my hope is we won't see them on Saturday giving the Mets a better chance against the Milwaukee bullpen.

I did the thread title! I had softball tonight, but will be in attendance for the last three games of this series.

Looking for Thor to rack up double digit strikeouts today.

His douchey-ness aside, his talent in 2013 signaled a light at the end of a 5-year tunnel for Mets fans. It seemed to me that his performances that year were the first time that the fans at Citi Field had the optimistic energy that a fan base can get when they know something special was happening. Him starting the 2013 All-Star Game made me proud as a Mets fan. That said, for as good as he was in 2013 and 2015, I never expected that his 2016-18 would be so bad. It was time to part ways.

Send him down to figure it out. A Nimmo/Lagares platoon seems favorable at least in the short term.

MFS62 wrote: And YLDBs around the world are getting even more DB-ey. Yup. My Twitter feed (which rarely has baseball related content) exploded with Yankee love this afternoon.

Centerfield wrote: It occurs to me that Matt Harvey may be the first True Yankee before ever playing for the Yankees. When talking about him to non-Mets fans I know, I've been calling him "Future Yankee Matt Harvey" since 2015.

Fman99 wrote: Damn. Conforto is lost. Yup.

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Seriously, fuck this guy.

Edgy MD wrote: Just hit, Baby. JCL wrote: Yeah as stinky as the relief pitching has been at times, and as bad as the butt-end starters have been, we lose because we're not scoring enough. Conforto, Ces, Bruce all gotta start whacking. [fimg=400]https://img.discogs.com/HRjwGqXXXMQ7xqSh9K6kYORefw0=/fit-in/585x582/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-542107-1264519399.jpeg.jpg[/fimg]

Having nearly 72 hours between a bullpen meltdown loss and the next game is pure agony for me (and as of this post, I'm only halfway through that amount of time).

This is the right call.

Until we get to St. Louis.

Many of my pre-season worries about this team are starting to reveal themselves after the very successful first two weeks of the season. Harvey and Matz don't look much more effective than they were last season. The loss of both catchers from the Opening Day roster to injury have created a hole in the lineup. The bullpen (especially Blevins) has been a clear liability in the past few games. The offense is streaky and can look overmatched by mediocre pitchers for innings at a time. The rookie manager is making puzzling in-game moves, which makes him look like a genius when they work, but can be costly when they don't. I am grateful for the fast start, but now I feel that they are going to need all of every one of those early wins.

I have yet to see too much from the 2018 Harvey that is different from the 2017 Harvey. It's getting harder and harder to believe that he is going to turn around.

He was money against the big lefties last season. He obviously has not been the same in this young season.

I haven't felt this 2015 since 2015. Benjamin Grimm wrote: You know, right before that last pitch, I was standing in front of my TV thinking, "This feels like a game that they're going to lose." Agreed. There have been other wins where I felt that way this season, too. But good teams find a way to win these type of games. It has increased my optimism about this 2018 team.

It looked to me like he was checking a watch he wasn’t wearing. I have no idea why.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I would compare this series to the 2015 opening series This is what I was reminded of as well.

Lefty Specialist wrote: The Mets have a tendency to save their most dreadful performances for the national audience in prime time on ESPN. I'm hoping for a reprisal of this type of game.

Skipping Rosario yesterday is the only gripe I have. Winning 5 out of 6 and getting some stellar work out of the bullpen makes Mickey OK in my book so far. I do wish he would have had Bruce get some work in at 1B when they were in FLA.

Legitimate FB account? Man, the Russians are going to be pissed when they miss out on Thor.

Not cool with this exclusive Facebook thingy. Extra Innings tells me I'll get EVERY out of market game...but, evidently not this one. I'll be listening to the radio broadcast distractedly at work rather than giving the game my full attention later tonight on DVR delay. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!