Frayed Knot

And there was much rejoicing!! Hits to the first three Atlanta batters of the game ... one after that. Hits = 13 to 4. Nice to be on the positive side of that ledger for a change. And, of course, Games = 2 to 1

But not Virgil Trucks.

I'm starting to feel little bit good about this game.

Hey Ozzie, you're no Ozzie.

Pending the outcome of today's Dodger game, that GiDP breaks a tie and vaults the Mets up to 29th place at turning GiDPs. They are, however, well above average at hitting into them this year.

Nope. Still just F.F.F.

Dylan Dodd in to pitch for Atlanta. Didn't Paul McCartney mention him in a lyric? Sister Suzy / Brother John Martin Luther / Dylan Dodd Uncle Ernie / Auntie Jin Open the door, let 'em in

At least the ones they actually tried to hit hard <Soto>

After the three hits to start the 1st, Peralta has retired 12 straight since and trimmed the pitch count down to a much more reasonable 67 thru 4 innings. Be nice if he can get to be at least Fab Six Freddie today

A lot of pitches were thrown in just the first two innings: 46 for Peralta; 51 for Elder

I'd like to see some on-field elder abuse today. Wait a minute, I'm old., so maybe I shouldn't have typed that!

So if Soto's hit wasn't a HR, what made the ball clear Yaz's glove plus the padded (orange) part of the wall only to then reverse course and come back onto the field? There are two choices in my mind: Backspin or Magic, and I want to know which the umps saw via replay. Because if they saw and claim to be able to not just read backspin but somehow knew it was what ultimately returned the ball to the field then just scrap the entire replay system NOW!!!! because they're simply making shit up. And if they're claiming it was something supernatural then that's even worse.

Mets are 9th in MLB in hitting into GiDPs despite being 29th in actually getting runners on to be DP'd

But of course.

The walk matters more than the reversal. Good AB by Semien.