Edgy MD

I love the fact that lanterned-jaw, military-hard-ass Sgt. Slaughter wears a hippy, girly, elastic beaded bracelet.

It is sort of about night baseball vs. day baseball. New York, as opposed to The New Yorker, had and has a beat largely devoted to the city's nightlife. And what that cover captures for me is how rooting on the Mets transformed the city's nightlife, making every spot feel like home, and everybody you met feel like friends, because together we were watching the greatest show on earth and we all shared the privilege, if only symbolically, of having a front row seat. Even Joe Klein didn't need to be anonymous yet, because right and wrong had no shades of gray. Just blue and orange and every other primary (and secondary) color falling before it. Keith waxes nostalgic about 8:05 Friday nights starts in that era. I'm as romantic about day baseball as anybody, but by September 1986, the night couldn't come fast enough. Each night meant a new way for the rest of the baseball world to try and fail, and for the Mets, Gary Carter, and his three powder-blue-hosed penises to find a new and spectacular and righteous way to triumph. "Let's Go, Mets!" is history etched in electricity.

As if Dwight Gooden's 1985 pitching performance wasn't enough, it was also one of the best hitting seasons by a Mets pitcher, and one of the best fielding seasons by a Mets pitcher. Possibly THE best, in both cases.

Frazier is in the bucket against Jansen.

Yup. Bellinger is winning the game by both his actions and his mere presence. As the score hit 9-5, the organ player broke out into a rendition of "9-to-5."

Hey, Dom Smith in the outfield!! They can't fail now!

That's twice tonight a Met got tagged out advancing when he arrived before the tag, but had his limb in the airspace over the bag, rather than touching it.

I'd have been tempted to send Nido home there. Temptation is dangerous.

Bunt like a muthafucka.

Todd claims he could do the iron cross on the rings. Was he a gymnast as a young man or did he pick up mad gymnasium skills through osmosis from his wife?

I don't think Adeiny is about to head back down.

Edgy MD wrote: =LWFS post_id=11299 time=1559010549 user_id=84] They are a better team than us. Truth? We'll be lucky to grab one of these games. I don't know. I mean no offense meant to Bashlor, but what's to be expected when you lift Jacob deGrom for Tyler? With a one-run lead? The Dodgers MADE that happen. In essence, they dictated the move, with their plate approach and execution. If the Dodgers offense had been facing a teetering Kershaw, I have no doubt they would have hung a more crooked number on him.

=LWFS post_id=11299 time=1559010549 user_id=84] They are a better team than us. Truth? We'll be lucky to grab one of these games.

Batting practice right now.

ND for JdG.

Do we have Mary Hart and Burt Sugarman back behind home plate tonight?

Mets really getting around this inning as J.D. Hogg goes wild.

=G-Fafif post_id=11263 time=1559005119 user_id=55] According to Baseball Reference, a Met had been thrown out at the plate just once in 2019 (Jeff McNeil).

A rare meatball for Bellinger.

Hits in a Season by a Mets Pitcher Zack Wheeler Projected to End of Season: 24.45 1) Dwight Gooden (1985): 21 2) Mike Hampton (2000): 20 3) Dwight Gooden (1992): 19 Jacob deGrom Projected to End of Season: 18.34 T-4) Ron Darling (1988): 18 T-4) Tom Seaver (1971): 18 T-4) David Cone (1989): 18 T-7) Tom Seaver (1970): 17 T-7) Jon Matlack (1976): 17 T-7) Jerry Koosman (1976): 17 T-7) Tom Seaver (1975): 17 … T-99) Craig Swan (1982): 8 T-99) Hank Webb (1975): 8 T-99) Hank Webb (1975): 8 T-99) Walt Terrell (1983): 8 T-99) Hideo Nomo (1998): 8 T-99) Jon Niese (2013): 8 T-99) Rick Aguilera (1986): 8 T-99) Al Leiter (2002): 8 T-99) Ray Sadecki (1970): 8 T-99) Dwight Gooden (1989): 8 T-99) Jim McAndrew (1970): 8 T-99) Don Cardwell (1969): 8 T-99) Jerry Koosman (1971): 8 T-99) Tom Glavine (2003): 8 =#0040FF]T-99) Zack Wheeler (2019): 8 T-99) Orlando Hernandez (2007): 8 T-99) Nolan Ryan (1970): 8 T-99) Dillon Gee (2013): 8 T-99) Rick Reed (1998): 8 T-99) Ron Darling (1987): 8 T-99) Bobby Jones (1997): 8 T-99) Ed Lynch (1983): 8 T-99) Nino Espinosa (1977): 8 T-99) Bartolo Colon (2015): 8 T-99) R.A. Dickey (2011): 8 T-99) Jon Matlack (1974): 8 T-99) Jerry Koosman (1977): 8 T-99) Ron Darling (1986): 8 T-99) Jerry Koosman (1973): 8 T-99) Bob Ojeda (1986): 8 … T-151) Mike Pelfrey (2010): 6 T-151) Kevin Appier (2001): 6 T-151) Dwight Gooden (1986): 6 T-151) Jerry Koosman (1968): 6 T-151) Brian Bohanon (1998): 6 T-151) Skip Lockwood (1976): 6 T-151) Matt Harvey (2012): 6 T-151) Oliver Perez (2009): 6 T-151) Larry Bearnarth (1963): 6 T-151) Don Cardwell (1967): 6 T-151) Ed Lynch (1984): 6 T-151) Wally Whitehurst (1991): 6 T-151) Pat Zachry (1981): 6 T-151) Al Leiter (1998): 6 T-151) John Maine (2007): 6 T-151) Jacob deGrom (2016): 6 T-151) Nolan Ryan (1971): 6 T-151) Pete Falcone (1980): 6 =#0040FF]T-151) Jacob deGrom (2019): 6 T-151) Brian Bohanon (1997): 6 T-151) Galen Cisco (1964): 6 T-151) Mike Pelfrey (2011): 6 T-151) Jack Fisher (1966): 6 T-151) Jerry Koosman (1970): 6 T-151) Pedro Martinez (2008): 6 T-151) Carl Willey (1963): 6 T-151) Oliver Perez (2008): 6 T-151) Charlie Puleo (1982): 6 T-151) Noah Syndergaard (2018): 6 T-151) Pat Zachry (1977): 6 T-151) Al Leiter (1999): 6 T-151) Roger Craig (1963): 6 T-151) David Cone (1992): 6 T-151) Pete Falcone (1982): 6 T-151) Jerry Koosman (1978): 6 T-151) Gary Gentry (1969): 6 T-151) Walt Terrell (1984): 6 T-151) Pedro Martinez (2005): 6

Had an great and awful uncomfortable-looking stance. Like a guy with a bad back who can't squat all the way down on the toilet.

Sure beats the star-spangled insigniae. JdG has given up two hits on two awful good pitches.

[TABLE][TR][TD]https://www.brandeps.com/logo-download/N/New-York-Mets-Insignia-01.png>[/TD][TD]https://www.brandeps.com/logo-download/L/Los-Angeles-Dodgers-Insignia-01.png>[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Amed Rosario (R) SS J.D. Davis (R) LF Michael Conforto (L) RF Pete Alonso (R) 1B Todd Frazier (R) 3B Adeiny Hechavarria (R) 2B Juan Lagares (R) CF Tomas Nido (R) C Jacob deGrom (L) P [/TD][TD]Joc Pederson (L) LF Max Muncy (L) 1B Justin Turner (R) 3B Cody Bellinger (L) RF Corey Seager (L) SS Alex Verdugo (L) CF Chris Taylor (R) 2B Russell Martin (R) C Clayton Kershaw (L) P[/TD][/TR][/TABLE] Heck of a test. Hey, when did Russell Martin become a Dodger again?

Edgy MD wrote: Buckner was also an outstanding fielder, at least for the first half of his career. He played the cutoff like a quarterback. He was to the cutoff play what Keith Hernandez was to the sacrifice bunt. Of course, he would never win a Gold Glove, because he was not Keith Hernandez. That's odd because my first serious memories of Buckner came from playing the 1971 Strat-O-Matic set (for many years) and from that set at least, I remember Buckner as a pretty good hitter though not much of a home run threat who, defensively, was a jack of all trades who played several positions, none too well. That's probably accurate — both your memory and the ratings — but he became more refined at first as it became his position, if only briefly with the Cubs during the Mets' Torre Era. As his wheels started going early, he almost never took a grounder unassisted. He considered covering first on a grounder to him to be the pitcher's responsiblity, and he'd point at the bag to remind the pitcher to hustle over.

Buckner was also an outstanding fielder, at least for the first half of his career. He played the cutoff like a quarterback. He was to the cutoff play what Keith Hernandez was to the sacrifice bunt. Of course, he would never win a Gold Glove, because he was not Keith Hernandez.