Frayed Knot

Nice AB by B.B., 'specially after whiffing on that curve in the dirt. Meanwhile, dangerous batting Vogerbomb when a GiDP ends the game.

The major crime in that inning was plunking Baez with a 1-2 pitch (the 0-2 pitch was poor too). Other than that, the mis-played bloop in RF set it all up.

No explanation given. Gary speculated about needing a starter on Sunday so maybe bringing Lew Casey back on three days rest. Or maybe just Buck wanted to counter Detroit's RH-heavy lineup rather than have the Lefty going third time around.

Jimmy giving us some nice (yaca)bonus middle relief work.

The Pham & Haase HRs were made possible by the newer dimensions, but the ones by Lindor, Canha, and Baez needed no help.

I didn't think Pham's shot was far enough or fair enough. Turned out it was just barely so in each case.

Good thing that Miggy is out of the lineup. Or not.

The Braves play at Truist Park, Truist being the corporate overlord of Suntrust which held the name for only the first a year or two of that park. And, if you want to further correct your list, it's also not in Atlanta.

Oh I see now, KC (incorrectly) subtracted the hour.

No, Detroit is on EDT Tigers, Reds, Pirates, and Guardians are the Central division teams within the Eastern time zone.

As of the close of April MLB is one month and a not-insignificant sample size of 394 nine-inning games into this 'speed-up-the-game' experiment. So let's look at what we've got so far. And while the average time of game we hear every once in a while tells one story, I think some of these numbers expand on that a lot and paint a more complete picture. All data includes nine inning games only Pct of games over 3:00: 8.4% (or right about 1 game in 12) Same figure for the 2017 season: 56.7% (close to 7 of every 12) Over 3:20 = 1.0% (4 total) 2017 = 22.7% Think about that for a moment: 4 games total so far vs nearly one game out of every four Looking at things from the other end: Games 2:40 and under = 60.4% 2:40 and under in 2017: 7.7% Basically going from just over one game per day six seasons ago to now being the norm rather than the exception. 2:20 and under = 61 games or 15.5% (approx 1 game in 6) 2:20 and under 2017: 19 games total or 0.8% So greater than 3x more in just one month compared to an entire season And remember when the 2021 Mets played 10 games in a row that ran over 3:30? (Sept 11 - 22 -- one was an extra inning game) Well the entire league so far has produced just two of those and we've yet to see a four hour game (or even 3:50).

Parc Nomenclateur would be a great name for the stadium for a Montreal expansion team.

Why don't they just make it up during the Mets' next scheduled trip to Detroit, y'know, in 2025?

Yeah, when Lorenzen was with the Reds they would use him as an OF or PH on occasion.

Remember that it's a 6:40 start time ... so adjust your lives accordingly.

Phillies expect Bryce Harper in the lineup Tuesday vs the Dodgers. This is less than six months removed from TJS. I expect him to DH mostly although he has been working out at 1B as well. StayTuned!

Sean Murphy has been a member of the Braves for like an hour and a half now (OK it's been a month but you get my point) and has 8 HRs. All NYM catchers combined have 8 HRs since the start of the 2022 season!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was one of the possibilities I didn't want to contemplate.

I'm not going to allow myself to contemplate the processes which led to a line of dialog from a mid-1960s sitcom surfacing in late April 2023

Never saw it. Part of that definitely had to do with my anti-disco attitude at the time. But I think a large part of its popularity had to do with guys identifying with Travolta's Tony, something I never did. Rogert Ebert used to claim that the reason it was one of Gene Siskel's all-tiime favorites (Siskel at one point owned one of the two iconic white suits worn in the film) was that he wished he could look and talk and walk as cool as Tony. I used to joke that it was mostly the Irish and Jewish kids who wanted to wish themselves into that part rather than the Italian ones because a large chunk of them already fancied themselves as the Tony Manero of their neighborhood. But that whole scene never appealed to me and the handful of times I've tuned in over the years when it came around on cable I've just never hung with it. I'll take in a couple of scenes and then say 'Yeah, that's enough'.

Trevor Megill, Tylor's brother, has been dealt to Minnesota following his recent demotion to AAA by the Brewers.

Maybe she/he will return Tamora.

=Tamora post_id=123879 time=1682879728 user_id=172] I've ... noticed the Mets have a slightly unbalanced roster starting rotation and relief for lefty/righty match ups. Does Citi field benefit righties more or is it pretty even?

I'm just appreciating a roster replacement that wasn't confined to some 'all purpose' thread. I applaud the effort.

I had the count at 4,997 ... but I admit that i might have missed a few.