Frayed Knot

So the Yanx follow up their (attendance mandatory) God Bless America rendition with Bohemian Rhapsody?!? Was the corpse of George Steinbrenner consulted about this?

Tough to claim that Tonkin "didn't work out" for the Mets, as Gary said, when he made just five appearances.

Unfuckinbelievable!!! 10 of the Mets 64 RBIs w/bases loaded this season have come from either a BB or HBP (15.6%). 5 more from Sac Flies They have just 20 bases loaded hits (20/97 = .206)

The bases-loaded HBP ... Our go-to move!!!!

Gleyber Torres = 340 ft HR Tyrone Taylor = 390 ft single

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Meanwhile, a couple hits from our side would be nice. Now that that wish was granted, how 'bout some XBHs? Not quite but it shoulda been !!!

Frayed Knot wrote: Meanwhile, a couple hits from our side would be nice. Now that that wish was granted, how 'bout some XBHs?

Quintana limiting the damage so far but, geez, 79 pitches thru 4 That's 5-1/3 innings worth of pitches even though giving up just one. Meanwhile, a couple hits from our side would be nice.

Yeah, not sure what he brings to the table that Bader doesn't, except not as good a stick. Last time JBJ had a BA over .210 or an OPS over 600 was back in 2020

You are correct. Tonight's game is PIX locally And TBS nationally (although blackout rules likely in play) ... as opposed to Wednesday night which is ESPN exclusively.

The Yanx, meanwhile, played a day game yesterday ... at home.

Mini-KTE Yanx sit at 18 games over .500 (a loft we haven't sniffed so far this year) with a +109 run differential … but that doesn't mean they don't have issues. For starters they're sub-.500 since the start of June. And after going 25-8 from May 3rd to June 6th, they're 15-23 since; 10-19 since June 15 They, like us, are coming off a four-game split of a wrap-around weekend series with a Florida team. They relied on their pitching over the first two months allowing a 658 & 595 OPS-against for April and May but that's turned into 805 & 707 in June/July even with the return of Gerritt Cole. Their ERA in Apr/May were 3.06 & 2.44 which then turned into 5.26 & 3.72 Then, when a playful set of messages to Luis Severino from his ex-teammates accused him of ‘ducking them' as he's not scheduled to pitch in this series and missed them in the first one, he responded with ‘why would I do that, you only have two hitters?' Funny … and not too far from the truth. Judge & Soto have been ridiculous (1111/OPS/OPS+ and 1029/186 — 1st & 3rd in MLB) and between them have hit 41% of the team's HRs (60/146). But every other regular is below par w/OPS+ except for Stanton (119) and he's (say it with me folks) currently on the IL. - Anthony Volpe: 757 & 812 OPS in Apr/May, 547 & 574 in Jun/Jul - LeMahieu, Rizzo and Stanton are old and out. - Alex Verdugo (286 OBA) and Gleyber Torres sport matching 82 OPS+ badges which noses out that of 3B Oswaldo Cabrera (79). - Recent 1B call-up Ben Rice has an eye and some pop but just a .200 BA and K's about 30% of the time. They tend to win lately only when they win big (ie. Judge & Soto go wild). Of their last eight wins only two have been by less than five runs [11, 7, 10, 5, 5, 8] We'll see Luis Gil and Cole on the mound, the same two we saw in the CitiField series where we beat them both up. Both though have been better since: two good starts out of the three since then for Gil, three good out of his last four for Cole. Tuesday SNY. Wednesday is an ESPN exclusive

Do I even have to list the messy details for this one? Three run lead, Marlins get a run in and leave the tying runs in scoring position and the walk-off run at the plate with a hot power hitter up. And all that despite getting just one ball out of the infield all inning: K, 1B, BB, IF-1B/Brain-Fart, RBI GO, Pop-up

Two infield ground balls with a force all around = one out (and barely).

You've got to be kidding me!!!!!! 4%

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: 15% Nine up nine down vs MIA bullpen = 10% Good defense and a 1-2-3 bottom 8th kicks this up to 30% 60/40 Mets win

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I have this nagging feeling that the Mets have about a 20% chance of winning this one. 15% Nine up nine down vs MIA bullpen = 10% Good defense and a 1-2-3 bottom 8th kicks this up to 30%

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I have this nagging feeling that the Mets have about a 20% chance of winning this one. 15% Nine up nine down vs MIA bullpen = 10%

I went Roger Cedeno (0.5%) My first thought for SD/PHI was John Kruk which turned out to be everyone else's first also. That 29% fluffed my rarity score up to 81

Frayed Knot wrote: I have this nagging feeling that the Mets have about a 20% chance of winning this one. Marlin HR = 15%

I have this nagging feeling that the Mets have about a 20% chance of winning this one.

Several series to start off the week which involve multiple NL playoff contenders facing each other. - Braves hosting Reds for three games Reds up 4-0 in the 5th - Pirates at St Louie for three 1-1 heading for the 7th Also: Cubs hosting Brewers; Arizona at hot KC; Giants at Dodgers

Strike, Strike, Strike (1), HBP ®, Strike, Strike, FC (2), Strike, Strike, Weak PO (3) 10 pitches, three outs, only run via a gift (aka: our most potent offensive weapon) It's like they stay up at night inventing ways not to score.

Bases Loaded, No Outs ... WE'RE DOOMED!!!!

I'm not as sure as Gary & Keith are that that ball was foul ... or at least that it would have been overturned if challenged.