Frayed Knot

Picked up two games on the Braves this weekend, and also one on Philly while staying even with WAS & MIA

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.

Are you frickin' kidding me on that reversal????

When you do get around to reviving them all could you please erase the one I wrote in 2008 where I predicted that this whole internet was just a fad? Thx in advance.

even if it's not (yet) the 4th of July A 4:10 start featuring Martin Perez for the Braves vs ... some guy in a NYM uniform, probably one to be quickly followed by another guy in the same duds. Odds favor Sean Manaea in the second role though auditions are still being conducted as to the lead. Kevin Costner has been ruled out as being too old, ditto Tom Cruise for being too short, and Brad Pitt's rate, even for just a one day appearance, is more than David Stearns is willing to pay. Martin Perez is the now 35 y/o lefty who was once highly touted prospect with Texas in the early 20-teens. Although never quite becoming a star he has been a fairly reliable 'takes the ball' kind of guy since his 2013 rookie season as he's wandered from the Twins to Red Sox, then back to the Rangers for their WS season. Since then he's spent brief stints with the Pirates, Padres and White Sox before landing this past off-season with the Braves. Naturally since he's in Atlanta he's off to a good start [3.02 ERA / 1.06 WHIP thru 13 G/10 starts] and sports a H/9 rate that's the lowest of his career [6.4]. I sense Mark Vientos being untied from the bench for the day.

Braves have flipped every call they've challenged.

Misiorowski: CG, 1-hit shutout, 15 Ks, 0 Walks, 95 pitches / 72 Strikes Brewers 6 - Phils 0 Oh yeah, and he hit 104.5 mph on the gun

I tacked on the deets of the inning to my previous post.

Four successful ABs starting with two outs/none on: Melendez 2B, Torrens IF single, Benge HBP, Bichette GS I'm used to seeing that kind of stuff happen to us but not by us.

Talking about long innings with high pitch counts, Howie fails to remember the 45-pitch 1st inning that deGrom had vs Philly. The odd part about it was it became a 45-pitch SCORELESS inning as he left 'em loaded after lots of walks and foul balls. deGrom didn't come out for the 2nd https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI201805130.shtml A breakdown of that inning: - 7 pitch walk to Cesar Hernandez - 8 pitch walk to Aaron Altherr - 9 pitch walk to Odubel Herrera - 6 pitch K of Rhys Hoskins - 5 pitch (although 0-2 count) GO by Carlos Santana - 10 pitch K of Maikel Franco

Is it an official game yet?