Frayed Knot

Apparently teenagers need expensive new phones in order to keep their friends from seeing their screens.

1st & 2nd, no one out ... and they hit TWO GiDP balls!! I think this means they start the next inning with one out.

No, you're wrong. The offense needs to improve by several degrees before it deserves to be called 'Pathetic'.

McNeil's career hits as a NYM slots him just ahead of Carlos Beltran and just behind Keith Hernandez. RETIRE HIS NUMBER NOW!!!!

Let's see if this works better on light mode When we last saw the Athletics it was way back in 2025 when the Mets were taking two of three in West Sacramento, a town that neither MLB nor the A’s seem to want to mention. After finishing with a 76-86 record in 2025, this year they’re off to a 5-7 start, a record augmented by taking two of three in da Bronx this week losing only the opening game on an Amed Rosario 8th inning 3R HR. A 1-0 win (one-hitter) in the rubber/day game on Thursday gives them plenty of time to travel all the way to Queens where they’ll ‘Meet the Mets’ for a three-game series: Fri (7:10), Sat (4:10) and Sun (1:40) So who we gonna see? 1B - Nick Kurtz: he was the AL 2025 RoY but is off homer-less (36 in ’25) in the early stages of this season 2B - some guy named Jeff McNeil (6 hits, all singles in 2026) … Nope, he just hit a double as I was typing this (Wed night) 3B - Max Muncy (when/how’d he get here?) SS - Jacob Wilson: son of 2001-2012 SS, mostly with Pittsburgh, Jack. Wait! I’m watching a player whose FATHER played in this century!!! … FUCK, I’m old. LF - Tyler Soderstrom: another second generation player hough his father Steve pitched just three games in the majors (w/SFG in 1996) CF - Denzel Clarke (no relation to Horace or Washington afaik) - 2nd year player, hasn’t hit much but plays a good CF RF - Lawrence Butler: in his 4th year now but not the kind of bat you want in a corner OF position C - Shea Langeliers: sounds like he should be playing for the home team but had a solid 2025 season and is currently the AL’s leading HR hitter with five round-trippers. DH - Brent Rooker: coming off three decent/good seasons but a slow start to ’26 On the pitching side we won’t see Luis Severino cuz he started vs the Yanx on Wednesday, nor Jeffrey Springs who was Thursday’s hero by not just getting the ‘W’ but also by taking a no-no into the 7th in front of what must have been weeping Yanqui fans. But we will see one time NYM farm boy T.J. Ginn in the opener matched against Clay Holmes. Ginn was dealt to Oakland for Chris Bassitt in March of ’22. This will be his 4th game but 1st start of 2026. He pitched to a 5.00 ERA in 23 G/16 Starts in the ’25 season. Saturday brings Jacob Lopez, a 28 y/o lefty with 31 ML games/21 starts under his belt across parts of four seasons with TBR (’22 & ’23) and ATH (’25 & ’26). Kodai Senga has been named as the party of the other part. Aaron Civale, the 31 y/o RH veteran of eight seasons off to a decent start [2 GS, 10 IP, 3 R, 6 H] after stints w/CLE, TBR, MIL, and both Chicago clubs before signing w/the A’s as a FA this winter, is slated to pitch Sunday’s game opposing Fab Five Freddie

Go 'Dark Mode'.. I cut n pasted this from a word document and had to choose something light otherwise it was black on black.

I can't tell, I haven't seen enough of them reach safely on a hit yet. HEY-YO!!!!

Oh yeah, I remember that now! This one, Maxwell Price Muncy, is the longer, leaner, younger one. A former 1st round pick now starting his second ML season. And just for one more coincidence, Maxwell Seven Muncy also started his career with the Athletics, a 5th round pick in 2012 out of Bayor U., but was released by them after two partial seasons. He's now been with the Dodgers for the last nine years which is where he's hit 210 of his career 215 HRs.

When we last saw the Athletics it was way back in 2025 when the Mets were taking two of three in West Sacramento, a town that neither MLB nor the A’s seem to want to mention. After finishing with a 76-86 record in 2025, this year they’re off to a 5-7 start, a record augmented by taking two of three in da Bronx this week losing only the opening game on an Amed Rosario 8th inning 3R HR. A 1-0 win (one-hitter) in the rubber/day game on Thursday gives them plenty of time to travel all the way to Queens where they’ll ‘Meet the Mets’ for a three-game series: Fri (7:10), Sat (4:10) and Sun (1:40) So who we gonna see? 1B - Nick Kurtz: he was the AL 2025 RoY but is HR-less (36 in ’25) in the early stages of this season 2B - some guy named Jeff McNeil (6 hits, all singles in 2026) … Nope, he just hit a double as I was typing this (Wed night) 3B - Max Muncy (when/how’d he get here?) SS - Jacob Wilson: son of 2001-2012 SS, mostly with Pittsburgh, Jack. Wait! I’m watching a player whose FATHER played in this century!!! … FUCK, I’m old. LF - Tyler Soderstrom: another second generation player hough his father Steve pitched just three games in the majors (w/SFG in 1996) CF - Denzel Clarke (no relation to Horace or to Washington afaik) - 2nd year player, hasn’t hit much but a speedster who plays a good CF RF - Lawrence Butler: in his 4th year now but not the kind of bat you want in a corner OF position C - Shea Langeliers: sounds like he should be playing for the home team but had a solid 2025 season and is currently the AL’s leading HR hitter with five round-trippers. DH - Brent Rooker: coming off three decent/good seasons but a slow start to ’26 On the pitching side we won’t see Luis Severino cuz he started vs the Yanx on Wednesday, nor Jeffrey Springs who was Thursday’s hero by not just getting the ‘W’ but also by taking a no-no into the 7th in front of what must have been weeping Yanqui fans. But we will see one time NYM farm boy John Thomas 'J.T.' Ginn in the opener matched against Clay Holmes. Ginn was dealt to Oakland for Chris Bassitt in March of ’22. This will be his 4th game but 1st start of 2026. He pitched to a 5.00 ERA in 23 G/16 Starts in the ’25 season. Saturday brings Jacob Lopez, a 28 y/o lefty with 31 ML games/21 starts under his belt across parts of four seasons with TBR (’22 & ’23) and ATH (’25 & ’26). Kodai Senga has been named as the party of the other part. Aaron Civale, the 31 y/o RH veteran of eight seasons off to a decent start [2 GS, 10 IP, 3 R, 6 H] after stints w/CLE, TBR, MIL, and both Chicago clubs before signing w/the A’s as a FA this winter, is slated to pitch Sunday’s game opposing Fab Five Freddie

Been outscored 14 - 3 over the last 17 innings.

A quicker, low-pitch inning for McLean there in the 3rd. Now 45 thru 3

Except that this is a NGAaDG

Who or what is that on the shoulder of the Padres kit? I'm going with: a) a corpse from the local morgue b) Queen Elizabeth I c) Lady Gaga's current look

Phils fell to .500 this afternoon (6-6) after getting shut out by the Giants for the second game in a row (after winning the first of the series). And, at a negative 15 run differential (42 RS / 57 RA) they're fortunate to be that good . The Braves finished up their series in Anaheim by winning the rubber game today and will slip by us into 1st place in the division. And the Pirates did make official the nine-year contract with #1 overall prospect Konnor Griffin today, five games into his ML career. Those kinds of moves work out if they get Ronald Acuna type of production. Not so much if he turns into the second coming of Scott Kingery.

And he breaks his 0-for-24 streak with a single to RF Willie Mays famously started his career 0/24* * upon further review, it looks like Willie started his ML career going 1/26 before breaking that with a triple followed by two doubles the next day. He got a bit better from there.

Well that pretty much puts a bow on things. No errors changed, but Robert failed to snag one coming in and then another going back.

He's petting a pet squirrel he's got buried back there somewhere.

Semien wins a 0.4" challenge ... but then flies out anyway. But at least we're into the (all-RH) Arizona pen.

"Worry" isn't the term I'd use. At some point if he doesn't start hitting you can send him down but that's not a big deal. He's likely here until Soto gets back no matter what happens so that's probably the time to re-evaluate things.

Davey Lopes - 80, Complications of Parkinson's Most known for his 557 career stolen bases including 47 in his age 40 season (overall 83% success rate) and being the 2B representative in the quartet of long-running 1970s era Dodger infield. But was also an above average hitter (career 107 OPS+) coming up in an era where quick middle infielders weren't expected to be so. Rhode Island born with African/Portuguese heritage via the Cape Verde islands, the family went with an Americanized pronunciation of Lopes rather than the more common Lo-PES The remaining three forming the rest of that all 6-foot-and-under infield: 1B Steve Garvey, SS Bill Russel, 3B Ron Cey, all survive him.

We have a hit! We have a hit!

I would describe the performance of the Mets so far in this game as: Sub-Optimal

Manager Kirk Gibson

Go for it ... although 'Oscar Gamble in a leg lock' is going to be tough to top. I'll kick things off this weekend by taking a crack at the homeless currently unhoused Athletics.

That Arizona had ZERO LHPs in their pen was an argument in favor of both those moves. And the (questionable) Mauricio call-up in place of Soto is at least working out well so far.