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Griffin Canning takes the hill against a Cardinal team that was pretty mediocre (and often kind of bad) in 2024, that added almost nobody in the off-season, and yet has maintained equilibrium so far.

You offended exactly zero people. I myself was thrilled and delighted.

I do not particularly get calling up a starting pitcher, holding him off until the second inning, and still using him for only 50 pitches.

Manfred must have a profoundly high ERA. Or, at least, he would have one if he ever recorded an out.

That's what we get for levying tariffs on France.

Even Diaz on the mound, even with Diaz having used both of his throw-overs, you can't stop Torrens from throwing would-be base thieves out.

Brett Baty is locking in while playing for his life.

Well, that's what I get for shit-talking Bader.

We tie it today by Correa getting hurt yesterday.

Harrison Bader suddenly unstoppable on offense but sloppy on D.

Damn, Hunter, please get up.

Mendoza has to demand a crew chief review or get tossed trying there.

That was a deadly last two pitches.

One last crack, Francisco.

I like how the only scenario Keith can imagine an infielder getting an assist when a guy covering the base drops the throw, he is thrower and somebody else is receiving the throw errantly.

Winker pinch-hitting for Taylor is something new. We're gonna have Winkie breaking out his outfield glove and Nimmo reacquainting himself with center.

Part of the way the program their show is to do features on the greats from the city where they are playing. I mean, that is why, though it isn't a good reason why. Byron Buxton just earned that 42 on his back right there.

It is going to be hard to unscramble the eggs once they overturn this.

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You got the Dorf part right. That was a wasted second-round pick by the Mets. Dorf's heart belonged to a different sport. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fd3%2F07%2Fdb%2Fd307db4b3aca95dd682d1b58e63de996.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=4e2f13a0928c2e4918073a94f245669d75c691bea3ad76042fa754f763a81773>

Apart from Tax Day, it is also Jackie Robinson Day — a day I have been kind of standoffish about, but I embrace it this year, as honoring a civil rights icon is suddenly a dangerous act of defiance and resistance this year. [FIMG=500]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screen-shot-2025-04-15-at-12.31.33-pm.png[/FIMG] I guess Mark Vientos, born in Connecticut to a Dominican-born father and a Nicaraguan-born mother, is the most representative African-American on the roster.

Some further food for thought: McNeil has only just begun his rehab schedule, with two games for St. Lucie, so he probably isn't ready to be activated just yet. Álvarez is ahead of McNeil, and the Mets have the option of carrying three catchers, while using Francisco on a limited catching schedule, and otherwise deploying him as a righthanded DH, moving Marte into the outfield mix. Acuña also plays the outfield.

A little late for the seventh-inning stretch, but ... [media=youtube]H31bBU4EL44[/media]

Homeruns by grounds-crew members are also pretty sweet and gratifying.