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  1. Frayed Knot
    Finally ... but one out so you know what's coming next. Y'know, an RBI double
  2. Frayed Knot
    So the first hard-hit ball is grounder directly to the SS and it comes right on the heels of the 1st baserunner AND it comes with one out to make it an easy GiDP. What are the odds?
  3. Frayed Knot
    Poll: Next Mets hit - 5th inning? - 6th inning? - 8th inning? - Wednesday?
  4. Frayed Knot
    Bobby's ejections often seemed calculated to me, as opposed to, say, noted hotheads Billy, Earl, or Leo Durocher who, when something didn't go their way, would go half insane with rage and were completely incapable of controlling themselves. I think most of the time Cox wound up being tossed it was because he decided he was going to make it happen before ever leaving the dugout, that the ejection itself was the point. That other Bobby who was his contemporary (V.) otoh, went out to argue because he was convinced the ump(s) would see things his way if only they'd listen to him explain why they were wrong.
  5. Frayed Knot
    Nice 2nd inning damage control by Holmes.
  6. Frayed Knot
    Sounds like we're trying to stave off a potential Sneetches problem here.
  7. Frayed Knot
    After this I'm out of Arizona-themed songs so someone else needs to pick up the slack tomorrow. Instead of the more familiar Glen Campbell hit version I went with this one by Johnny Rivers which was actually an earlier recording. Rivers [John Henry Ramistella] was a terrific singer but also kind of the equivalent of the ballplayer who has a handful of good seasons but not a very long prime. He cranked out a string of hits -- some covers of previously released songs, many coming via professional writers, plus a couple self-written -- between about '64 through '67 but then seemed to get bypassed by the new generation of singer/songwriters. Sill hanging around at age 83 through retired from performing just in the last few years.
  8. Frayed Knot
    Well, McLean didn't get the 'W' but it was still just the second win in eight McLean starts this year.
  9. Frayed Knot
    It means you're a superstar among posters ... or something like that.
  10. Frayed Knot
    I thought we'd see Williams for bottom 10.
  11. Frayed Knot
    A good inning was looking like a great inning ... and then it crashed on two straight pitches.
  12. Frayed Knot
    Vientos doubles on the first pitch of the 10th, and my first reaction is to think, cool., we've got the leadoff hitter on ... not even thinking of the runner already on 2nd. So five years in and I'm still not used to this whole ghost runner thingie. But, as we all know, the visiting team needs more than one run in the clown car era.
  13. Frayed Knot
    1-2-3 for Williams on just eight pitches.
  14. Frayed Knot
    Not even threatening to score a run.
  15. Frayed Knot
    An article in The Athletic today about how the banning of the shift did NOT bring the base hit back. I didn't dive into it but it shows that sometimes the result of what you think you're going to get isn't always the case.
  16. Frayed Knot
    Two outs on four pitches for Raley.
  17. Frayed Knot
    Talent like that can't be contained by just one band. Eventually it needs its own outlet.
  18. Frayed Knot
    We're very good at pop-outs tonight.
  19. Frayed Knot
    Which is fine considering it's nowhere near the post-season.
  20. Frayed Knot
    As mentioned by Gary in the telecast tonight, he's given up 29 runs this season (23 earned) but 8 of them came in 1/3 of an inning which certainly skews things a bit.
  21. Frayed Knot
    My expectations definitely had fewer U's in it.
  22. Frayed Knot
    This song from the AM radio era of my youth suddenly jumped into my mind for the first times in probably multiple decades. I think my sister owned the 45
  23. Frayed Knot
    Puck drops at 9:40 tonight, ugh! We do get a break tomorrow, though, as it's a FOX game so sked for 7:15 EDT Then after tonight there are just four west coast late starts left in the season: MON/TUE June 1 & 2 in Seattle followed by FRI/SAT later that same week in Sandy Eggo. Between this road trip and that one we actually get a road stint that doesn't cross multiple time zones [Nats and Marlins May 18-24]
  24. Frayed Knot
    Just spitballin' here, but getting six hits (5 singles) and going 1/9 w/RiSP while issuing seven walks doesn't seem like a winning formula anywhere but particularly not in Coors. Running out of both mound visits and ABS challenges before the 6th inning was out didn't help neither.
  25. Frayed Knot
    You're probably morphing together him and Billy Wagner; two smallish, hard-throwing relievers with great primes mostly for NL teams before spending their later years on a series of short stints with multiple clubs including, eventually, the Mets.
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