Frayed Knot

The Mets four out of their first five road trips (one already done) this season will involve trips into the Pacific and/or Mountain time zones and none will have a day off leading into them. However each will be preceded by a day game leading into a night game so more of a buffer there, plus going east to west is the easier adjustment. There Will be a day off following each west coast swing since that's the tougher turn-around. I believe that one is mandated by the basic agreement.

Ummm, perhaps we can introduce you to the other 4/12 IGT currently located about a Hal-dozen posts below this one.

I've seen this commercial but have yet to hear it since I usually mute the TV sound between innings and when that ad is on there's certainly nothing on the screen that makes me want to hear what's being said. I can't say it looks like the MAGA-iest commercial ever but only because it's got a long way to go before even coming close to several for Dodge/RAM trucks.

That's because, after the mutually agreed upon early scrapping of their previous contract which included Sunday Night Baseball, MLB and the four letter turned around to strike a new agreement to become streaming partners. Now customers who may be casual fans of baseball but not enough of one to subscribe to MLB.TV can stream games through any Disney package which includes ESPN+. This gives MLB & ESPN incentive to cross-promote on the streaming end while still leaving ESPN free to (mostly)* ignore baseball on their main channel. * ESPN will still run the occasional game over their regular cable channel including this Wednesday's (Jackie Robinson Day) NYM/LAD matchup

Since Kimbrel is a likely future HoF'er and has now appeared in a NYM uniform, how soon until they retire his number?

Freddie Peralta [3 G; 1-0; 4.80; 1.13 WHIP] faces (RH)Aaron Civale [2 G; 1-0; 2.70; 1.10 WHIP]

Met bats in the 9th inning off Medina were not a bit funky but they were cold.

Never seen it.

Now we just have to hope that Craig Kimbrel isn't meat.

They did.

Dom Smith: .357/.400/.571 w/2 HRs & 8 RBI OK so it's just 30 PA (29 vs RHPs), but that also means that in 30 PA he's got more HRs than Lindor, Bichette, Soto, and Polanco combined and as many or more than every Met individually except for Alvarez (3)

Oh well, we weren't coming back from 1-0 down anyway.

Send Benge before someone gets a chance to hit into a GiDP

"Hamstring tightness" for Holmes. Hell, my hamstrings have been tight since the Carter administration.

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