Lefty Specialist

Okay, that's a good start.

An instant SNY Classic game. We'll see this one a few times this winter.

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Holy shit, that was amazing.

Garrett for two innings fills me with dread. Prove me wrong, Metsies.

Exhale.

Garrett in the bullpen is something I don't want to see. 6 outs needed and I have no idea how they get them.

If this comes down to a battle of the bullpens, it'll be who sucks more. And no Stanek or Diaz today.

Strike 3 to Judge was NOT strike 3.

Everything in the air against Hagenman, which isn't a good recipe for success. (OE) Well, strikeouts help.

There's no rally Brett Baty can't kill.

The Justin Hagenman Experience is not off to a good start.

Stroman can be distracted and get off his game. If someone makes an error behind him, or he doesn't get a call from the umpire, he can lose focus and give up meatballs. We saw this many times when he was with the Mets.

Getting less hype because it's anniversary #249.

And the Yanx get swept by the BJ's, so they come into Citi in second place.

YUGE overturned call.

Hoping for Good Diaz tonight.

Squeaky bum time.

These Milwaukee Cub Scout uniforms always crack me up.

Rockies last 17 games: 6-11 Mets last 17 games: 3-14

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Yes, and a bad week ahead, facing the Brewers and Yankees, could put them behind in the Wild Card race.

As all Met fans know. We're not allowed to have nice things. Last year, we had nice things, at least for a while. There was that lousy two months and then-Voila! Grimace. OMG. The Rally Pimp. Alonso's Magic Pumpkin. The team that was 11 games under .500 made to the NLCS. Alonso destroyed the Brewers. Lindor destroyed the Phillies. Even took two from the mighty Dodgers when it counted. And the thrill ride continued. WE got Juan Fucking Soto. And they took off this season like 2024 never ended. Marginal pitchers like Holmes and Canning pitched like All-Stars. Senga was pitching like Cy Young. Peterson seemed to have figured it out. The bullpen was actually pitching well. Alonso was hitting a ton. Lindor skipped his early-season slump. Soto wasn't hitting, but they were winning anyway. And then came the inflection point- when Senga went down while pitching to the Nationals. They won the game but the bullpen was scary. Then losing 7 in a row. And 13 of 16. Getting outscored 30-4 by the flipping Pirates. Everything that was working before has simply stopped working. We're experiencing 2024 in reverse right now. Not sure how they get out of this. When you have a team meeting, then march out and give up 5 runs in the first inning to a last-place team well under .500, it's hard to see any upside. This is our penance.

It won't be Mendoza, but somebody needs to be fired. The hitting coach. The traveling secretary. The kid who fills the bat rack. Somebody.