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Benjamin Grimm wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Noah is back on track with his pitch count (75 thru 5) after those early hard innings. I'd like to see him go as long as possible here tonight. It's his last game of the season (last start anyway) Not necessarily... He would pitch Game 7. No, because the Royals aren't winning another game.

Oh, sure. The ROYALS can put their kid in for this major league debut.

Valadius wrote: Perhaps the biggest mistake the Mets have made this season is not teaching their pitchers how to bunt. Well, yes, except for the whole leading-the-league-in-pitcher-hits-and-RBI thing.

Yost pulling Ventura a little early, no? Way to show confidence in your Game 7 starter, yanking him in the fourth inning with the pitcher coming up.

HOLY SHIT WE GOT THE LEADOFF GUY OUT

batmagadanleadoff wrote: It's 3-2 but it feels like the Mets are down by five. That's because the Royals offense is drawn out torture while the Mets homer you to death -- one clean blow. I know it's just perception, but I feel like every inning their leadoff guy gets on and causes chaos even when they don't score, whereas we're out 1-2-3 even when we hit the ball hard.

Centerfield wrote: Let's have a brawl. Always enjoy a good donnybrook.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: This game is brutal. Seriously. If Wright doesn't get that good swing in this game might as well be over.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Joe Buck talking about how much Wright sucks, 3 seconds later blowing him. Exactly. EFF YOU BUCK. I love you, David. I'm sorry about all the things I said about Daniel Murphy.

Edgy MD wrote: Well, it's ON YOU to find another mantra. DANCE DANCE DANCE? WOCKA WOCKA WOCKA? Give me something. APPRrIxzVPw

Lefty Specialist wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: I have (or had) one of those puppets too. It was a promotional giveaway during the years I had partial season tickets (1986 through 1992) but I don't know what year it was from. Actually bought it at a souvenir stand at Shea in either 1996 or 1997. HEY! IT'S MET MUTT! I still have ours. Doesn't squeak any more, but it's in my son's room.

Ceetar wrote: Step 1: Don't let the Royals get runs. Step 2: Score runs. Step 3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 nine times. Step 4: Repeat steps 1,2 and 3 four times. "Great insight, Cal. Back to you, Ronnie."

Centerfield wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: At this point I'd be content just to see the Mets win a World Series game. No one expected them to get this far, so winning at least one game would be an accomplishment. And I'm not down on the Mets. I don't think they're bad. I just think the Royals are too good. They're practically unbeatable. I think I am falling in somewhere around here. Trying to organize my thoughts/emotions this morning. I hate to say it but I think this series is effectively over. I know it's not impossible to come back from 2-0, but it is much, much harder when the other team is just simply better. I am an idiot and will admit to completely underestimating this Kansas City team. No wonder they beat Toronto. They are amazing. It's like facing a lineup of 8 Keith Hernandez, and then a 9th pesky hitter. I think the Mets will win Game 3. Then the Royals will either win the next two, or take it back to KC and win there. But the series will never really be competitive again. And surprisingly, I think I am ok with this. At least as of now. I would have been furious if the Mets had lost to the Dodgers after that bullshit play. I would have been mad if they lost to a lesser team. But these Royals have beat Harvey, deGrom and Familia. And none of those guys pitched that bad. They just got beat. If the Mets come back and win, I'll be ecstatic. But if Kansas City wins, I just have to tip my cap and call them my daddy. It's ok though. We were hoping this would be 1986, maybe it's 1985. Kansas City wins the World Series. We have to wait one more year for the Mets' world domination. CF and I are basically the same person sometimes, although I have slightly more confidence in this team to make it interesting in the next two games.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Well, with the way they were hitting Cueto, they weren't winning anyway. But I'd like to know, was he that bad (location) or were they that good (able to hit anything). I think it was more the second. He looked really good in the first four. I hadn't realized how much last night's game potentially swung my morning-after emotions. With a win last night, I'm ecstatic because we've stolen home field advantage AND that means there's a Game 5 AND it could be Mets clincher. With the loss, there's no home-field, no guaranteed Game 5 until Friday night, and even when there is, we still have to go back and win it in KC. Bleh.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Ventura can get rattled. Rattle him, Mets. Definitely. Jump on him early, keep the crowd in it, and it's an easy W.

I seriously blame Peanut. He gave up in the middle of the 14th Tuesday night, and last night, got up and went to bed in the bottom of the 8th. I can't have him giving up on us like that.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: If this was a regular season game I'd have gone to bed by now. 7-1 Royals. As soon as that ball died down the left field corner, I picked up the remote. But I can't.

Well. Get 'em Friday, I guess.

I literally feel like the Royals have had the leadoff guy on every inning, AND I feel like we're out 1-2-3 every inning. This game sucks so far.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Their defensive positioning has been friggin' uncanny. Like Wright's grounder up the middle in the first. What the hell was the second baseman doing there? Urg.

Edgy MD wrote: Man, it's so refreshing to see a team that swings so aggressively and makes such consistent contact. At least, it would be refreshing if they weren't throwing acid into my dreaming eyes. That's it... they just. Hit. Everything. And inevitably, those are going to start falling. That's what happened to deGrom there; he couldn't put anybody away, which is what he's done all season. Same problem Harvey had.

Okay, fellas. Let's pick up one or two here. Or fifteen.

I had a feeling the Royals' unstrikeoutability would be a problem for our big guys.

Conforto's like thirteen years old. It's entirely possible that we're asking too much right now, as exciting as he may be.

Look, I don't know why they didn't challenge that either, but really, FOX, move on.