Edgy MD

By the ways, can we PLEASE move that Party City Deck railing back 24 inches or so? Gary said over and over again that Harvey's homer was CLEARLY going to clear the orange line under any circumstances. I don't see how he could be so certain without a side angle shot. That railing allows fans to reach for balls in the field of play (bad), but doesn't allow players to reach for balls beyond the field of play (also bad).

Somehow Chris Schwinden started and finished 2012 as Mets property while joining three other organizations in between, but didn't quite manage to pull off the trick.

It was to the Snakes that the Mets dealt him, along with Nelson Figueroa, for Willie Blair and Jorge Fiberglass. It would be another dozen years before Nellie felt really betrayed.

Salty's bat has somebody else's number on it.

I see "Burgos" out there and I'm thinking, "Did somebody parole Ambiorex?"

Good job, Keith, remembering that Walt Terrell batted left-handed.

I didn't see Parnell getting through that inning.

DGaaNG day off � or at least a TwiGaaNG day off � for Grandy. Maybone and Campy need to hit this lefty, as they're subbing in for two of the most only productive players in the lineup.

How many precedents are there for Kirk Nieuwenhuis? How many men have been with the Mets twice in a season while playing for another Major League team in between? The only one that comes to mind is Greg McMichael, who I otherwise sometimes conflate with Craig McMurtry.

A lot of it IS true, but it nonetheless isn't particularly fair or honest.

I read that. It's not particularly fair.

A new manager in San Diego but same old story. Theirs may well be the corpse people start picking at most aggressively. Twenty-four hours later and the Mets' playoff likelihood (which should be plugged into this chart) is up to 29.9%. Maybe Quitkowski wants to re-assess. PlaceTeamWLPCTGBNGBSTRKGL10 WL10 LHEATDiv WDiv LPCTLg WLg LPCT1[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/WAS.png[/fimg] Washington4639.541��L34612315.6054030.5712[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/NYM.png[/fimg] New York4542.5172.02.0W25572315.6054038.5133[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/ATL.png[/fimg] Atlanta4245.4835.08.0L36432121.5003741.4744[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/MIA.png[/fimg] Miami3651.41411.026.0L15541417.4523141.4315[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/PHI.png[/fimg] Philadephia2960.32619.058.0L328-11225.3242554.316 PlaceTeamWLPCTGBNGBSTRKGL10 WL10 LHEATLg WLg LPCTDIV[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/STL.png[/fimg] St. Louis5631.644+4.5+4.5L15544822.686DIV[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/LAD.png[/fimg] Los Angeles5038.568+5.5+5.5W373104635.000DIV[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/WAS.png[/fimg] Washington4639.541+2.0+2.0L34614030.5711[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/PIT.png[/fimg] Pittsburgh5135.593��W18294130.5772[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/CHC.png[/fimg] Chicago4639.541��L26444133.5543[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/NYM.png[/fimg] New York4542.5172.02.0W25574038.0004[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/SF.png[/fimg] San Francisco4443.5063.04.0W12833840.4875[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/ARI.png[/fimg] Arizona4243.4944.07.0L16453740.4816[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/ATL.png[/fimg] Atlanta4245.4835.011.0L36433741.4747[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/CIN.png[/fimg] Cincinnati3945.4646.518.5W15563436.4868[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/SD.png[/fimg] San Diego3949.4438.530.5L628-43538.4799[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/COL.png[/fimg] Colorado3749.4309.537.5W24663639.48010[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/MIL.png[/fimg] Milwaukee3751.42010.545.5L17363042.41711[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/MIA.png[/fimg] Miami3651.41411.050.0L15543141.43112[fimg=25]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/PHI.png[/fimg] Philadelphia2960.32619.0130.0L328-12554.316

Cubbies and Natties both lose and the Mets pull within two in both the division race and the Wild Card.

Thoughts on the game: I'm not sure, but Jeurys, though he seems athletic, may be the worst fielding Met pitcher I've ever seen. He's bad on grounders, he's bad throwing to bases, he doesn't cover well, and he's not great at holding runners on. Now he's whiffing on a popup. We've nonethless seen a lot of defensive hustling the last week, and sharper defensive execution (Jeurys aside). It's nice to see that ninth inning and see a team out-brainfarting us. Whitey Herzog once paid Lonnie Smith one of the strangest compliments � that he'd fallen down and muffed so many balls hit to him, that he became really good at keeping his head and recovering. I'm starting to feel that way about Daniel Murphy. He can even make the recovery for other people's errors. "I got this, Jeurys. I've BEEN there." It's nice to go from the "Harvey's gotta save us" culture at the start of the year to Harvey suddenly being the third-best pitcher in the rotation � mostly in a good way. I readily admit I don't know what to do with the offense. The Mets may have a yawn at every position, but the league is full of yawns right now and the Goldschmidts are hard to come by. Grinding our way through this until we discover a Goldschmidt of our own is painful going, but if that's what we have to do, that may be what we have to do. Great to see Duda and Cuddy grinding tonight.

Good night for any supporters of Syndergaard-for-Desmond to come forward and take their beatings.

Congratulations, Tom�s, but that I wasn't clearly convinced.

That's what you buy your tickets for.

"It's always important in the first game of the series to win the first game of the series, Gary." Keith Hernandez, ladies and gentlemen.

Ollietime!!

Love to see Lagares hang in there on the breaking pitch after eating it two pitches earlier.

Syndergaard is so badass that he needs roman numerals. This is the best offense in the league he's mowing down.

We may get Jenrry Mejia's debut in the eighth.

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Matz on the bench looks like he's been crying all day.