Edgy MD

Here's another guy. This guy pitched, got the win, played centerfield, and hit two homers in the same game. Fella named Babe Ruth.

Don't be jumping on that first pitch in a DP situation, Beauregarde.

Say what you want about overtraining Mets, but each of Lorenzen's arms are the size of both of my legs.

Nobody posts lineups anymuck? COLORADDY Michael Lorenzen RHP 1-2, 7.48 ERA (Anybody Welcome to Translate That to Sea Level) Mickey Moniak (L) DH Hunter Goodman (R) C TJ Rumfield (L) 1B Tyler Freeman (R) 2B Troy Johnston (L) RF Kyle Karros (R) 3B Ezequiel Tovar (R) SS Jake McCarthy (L) LF Brenton Doyle (R) CF MET-LIKE BEINGS Freddy Peralta RHP 1-2, 4.05 ERA Bo Bichette (R) 3B Juan Soto (L) DH Francisco Alvarez (R) C Brett Baty (L) RF Mark Vientos (R) 1B Marcus Semien (R) 2B Carson Benge (L) LF Tyrone Taylor (R) CF Ronny Mauricio (S) SS That Francisco Alvarez guy hasn't caught fire or nothing, but he sure is finding his way up the lineup since opening the season batting ninth.

So, my takeway there is that Vientos at full sprint (25.6 ft./sec.) is as slow as Alvarez, but Polanco is even slower. The part that doesn't show up is that scoring from first on a double goes beyond sprint speed into whatever is left for you to generate after the acid builds up, and what Vientos showed there ... wasn't great. Looking for the most recent version of the 2025 Giants for Wilmer Flores we find that 33-year-old Wilmer was dragging the ball and chain beyond Vientos at 24.5 ft./sec. While there, I found it notable that the 30-year-old version of Dom Smith was a half a tick faster than Vientos at 25.7. ft./sec., while Sam Huff came in at a blasphemous 23.4 ft./sec. — which pretty much means that Giancarlo Stanton can catch you from behind.

IGT and KTE in one post!

I love the idea of them coming across each other approaching the mound. "What are you doing here?" "What the fuck are you doing here?" "I'm pitching, dipshit." "Um ... nobody told me I was out of the game." "And you didn't see me coming into the game?" "I didn't see shit, man. The lights were out." "Did you think maybe the lights were out because I was coming into the game?" "Maybe they were out because nobody wanted to see you pitch." "I didn't just give up a grand slam." "Yeah, because you weren't pitching. And you know, I'm still not convinced you are." "Well, I am." "And I'm to believe that why? Because, you know, Austin Warren isn't here to bail you out anymore." "Just go back to the dugout." "Why? Because you say so?" "Because the bullpen phone rang, and it says so. Do they not have phones in Cuba?" "Oh, look. Here comes the ump. He says I'm the pitcher and you have to go back to the bullpen." "Fuck that. I'm going to the dugout. You get one batter and then I'm coming back out here." "Whatever. Hold on. We'll turn out the lights for you."

Maybe the Mets plan on doing the season the same way they did the offseason. They have every intention of being competitive, but first, it's really important that they kick us all in the balls a whole bunch of times so we all know who is in charge.

Bogarting is exactly the right word.

Justin Willard dressing like a trainer on his trip to the mound did not make this any better. Maybe Brazoban knew exactly what he was doing.

Two pitchers on the field is a Willie Randolph Year One mess-up.

Pham can reach base! Maybe Phwam '23 is still in that body somewhere.

Letting Mauricio come up lefty here is a mistake.

Taylor got it done, but he up there looked like he saw a bunt once in an old movie when he was 10. Or possibly read about it once as something they do in Mexico.

Well, that is bloody awful.

Gah. Brazoban into the DRAMA.

Kimbrel making 93 work so far. One more to get.

Kimbrel in the eighth suggests Williams is still the Mets closer. We don't even have Warren to bail him out anymore.

Soto just got thrown out by a step-plus and called himself safe and insisted the Mets check the replay. Weird, he was, like, really clearly out. Like he hit the ball so hard that he couldn't accept reality going against him.

Nice. Things are lined up in good order.

Mets need this third out here.

I'm liking Benge's swings tonight even just striking out here.

I suspect he strained his calf initially on that leaping grab of a line drive earlier in the game (the inning before?), but he tried to ignore it and aggravated it rounding the bases.

I imagine they will both see some time until performance reveals the path. With Jorge Polanco, this has already been a three-calf situation. I blame this family in County Mayo, Ireland, who are getting press after welcoming a rare triple-calf birth from their cow.