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It wasn't by much, but McNeil was out of the baseline. That call ends up costing the Giants three runs.

I don't want to force myself to see patterns where there are none, but Lucchesi seems to be getting better every inning.

I'm guessing Tom Verducci's opinion isn't necessarily the Mets position. Even if he's dead right on the percentage, "successful" has a lot of grey area.

Well, that may be irrelevant to his protestations, or it may be wiggle room that allows him to sleep at night.

Magic flip from Guillorme gets Lucchesi back to the dugout in the first.

Hey, we're under way, and all those guys are in the lineup for San Francisco. [TABLE][TR][TH][/TH][TH][FIMG=250]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/new-york-mets-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG][/TH][TH][/TH][TH][/TH][TH][FIMG=250]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/san-francisco-giants-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG] [/TH][TH][/TH][/TR] [TR][TH]#[/TH][TH]Player[/TH][TH]Pos.[/TH][TH]#[/TH][TH]Player[/TH][TH]Pos.[/TH][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]1[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Brandon Nimmo (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]cf[/TD][TD]=#000000]1[/TD][TD]=#FD5A1E]Thairo Estrada (R)[/TD][TD]=#000000]ss[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]2[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Francisco Lindor (S)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]ss[/TD][TD]=#000000]2[/TD][TD]=#FD5A1E]Wilmer Flores (R)[/TD][TD]=#000000]1b[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]3[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Jeff McNeil (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]rf[/TD][TD]=#000000]3[/TD][TD]=#FD5A1E]Darin Ruf (R)[/TD][TD]=#000000]dh[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]4[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Pete Alonso (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]1b[/TD][TD]=#000000]4[/TD][TD]=#FD5A1E]J.D. Davis (R)[/TD][TD]=#000000]3b[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]5[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Daniel Vogelbach (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]dh[/TD][TD]=#000000]5[/TD][TD]=#FD5A1E]David Villar (R)[/TD][TD]=#000000]2b[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]6[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Mark Canha (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]lf[/TD][TD]=#000000]6[/TD][TD]=#FD5A1E]Mike Yastrzemski (L)[/TD][TD]=#000000]rf[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]7[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Brett Baty (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]3b[/TD][TD]=#000000]7[/TD][TD]=#FD5A1E]Joey Bart (R)[/TD][TD]=#000000]c[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]8[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Francisco Álvarez (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]c[/TD][TD]=#000000]8[/TD][TD]=#FD5A1E]Helliot Ramos (R)[/TD][TD]=#000000]lf[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]9[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Luis Guillorme (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]2b[/TD][TD]=#000000]9[/TD][TD]=#FD5A1E]Brett Wisely (L)[/TD][TD]=#000000]cf[/TD][/TR] [TR][TH][/TH][TH]Pitcher[/TH][TH][/TH][TH][/TH][TH]Pitcher[/TH][TH][/TH][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910][/TD][TD]=#002D72]Joey Lucchesi (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]sp[/TD][TD]=#EF3E42][/TD][TD]=#FD5A1E]Anthony DeSclafani (R)[/TD][TD]=#000000]sp[/TD][/TR][/TABLE]

"I swear on my kids' lives, I'm not using anything else. This is sweat and rosin. Sweat and rosin." Well, that's a firmer denial.

It still allows for a Mountain-ish road swing of three inland western cities of Denver, Arizona, and Las Vegas. It would leave five West Coast franchises for the time being.

Yes, some did.

Is that a menstrual joke?

=nymr83 post_id=123074 time=1682083960 user_id=54] =metirish post_id=123067 time=1682080508 user_id=72] I'm curious to see if the outrage changes minds

Four-twenty is a slang term for marijuana consumption. It's origin and derivation aren't 100% clear, but it is widely believed to be a reference to meeting at 4:20 PM (presumably after school) to get high. The term appears to have originated in California in the seventies, but didn't seem to get national traction until decades later. Things being what they are, and the squarest of the square wanting to be part of a winking, not-so-inside joke, it has led to 4/20 (the date of tonight's game) being sort of considered a day to celebrate pot smoking. And I guess making opaque references to it makes the guys on the air feel less square. SNY is always thinking about the kids.

I'm seeing Brigham warming up and wondering if we're ever going to get to see this Edwin Uceta guy.

Frayed Knot wrote: Not sure sending Lindor with no outs was the best move -- even a decent throw gets him -- but it worked. Somebody in the booth said it was a scouting-report send. I was kind of suspecting that.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=123020 time=1682042357 user_id=68] Present Rotation (Not good enough to compete with Braves): Senga Peterson Megill Butto? ???????

Going to right works too. Welcome to the Homerun column, Jeff McNeil.

Bleh.

But he gets J.D. inside. Big out here to get Yaz ... and no.

This is the inning our guy loses it.

Chasing starters early in Game One of a series. That's a formula for success.

'Tis the inning of two-run bombs. Hit batsman/KABOOM!/Hit batsman/KABOOM!

I thought Alonso elevated that pitch and it was heading over the bleachers, but it was a topspin drive and only reached the first row. Hard as heck, though.

SUPERMAN CAPED SOCKS — APRIL 22 vs. METS

I just spotted Wilmer in 41. It looked weird, like somebody stuck a 1 in there next to his 4. I also just remembered that Cookie Rojas wore 4, being a rare coach assigned a single-digit number, without even establishing prior equity in it as a player! He wore 8 also! Cookie got VIP treatment!

I think Nimmo and McNeil have switched personalities. Suddenly the former is knocking everything around the plate around the ballpark, and the latter has become minutely selective.