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1. Hombre Brotanias much as I like to mock WFAN, this is a "fan" focused show.
what Mets fans want to hear addressed to the manager is what they got tonight:
- Dom Smith is possibly the best LH bat in the league against LH pitching. so how is he not starting tonight against Urias in a critical game/series - and yet Almora of all people is starting instead? MGR responds that off a doubleheader and the heat, he's trying to treat this as sort of a 'rest game' for some. host: "Um, he's 25 years old." lol
- Mets were 1-1 in the opener last Friday of the key PHI series. bags loaded, none out. Stroman at bat, stands there blankly for 3 strikes and walks away. host is agitated that geesh, even if he hits into a DP, Mets get a run. even more upset to find that MGR ordered that inaction. MGR calmly notes that they feared the corner-C-1B DP for no runs, and up next was Nimmo who never hits into a DP (which he did on the next pitch, of course). Host says he thinks that set the tone for the sweep. MGR calmly says, "I respect that."
- deGrom to lay low for another 2 weeks, host says he thinks he's done for the season. MGR says he's only thinking to the 2-week mark.
- Mets have a preposterous schedule (already the worst all year with endless doubleheaders) of playing the Dodgers at home at 7 pm ET on Sunday Night Baseball, then at the Giants the next night. another classic for amped-up Mets fans to kvetch about. MGR calmly responds that a lot of teams have been thru this, privilege to be on a game that so many people watch, and so on. Host rips MLB some more.
I'm guessing that for diehards (and I concede I don't live and die as they do), it's goodwill venting.
#theyarenotgood
imagine if Ortega and Wisdom ever fall back to their natural levels
One healthy bowel movement (TMI?) and making a sandwich later and the Cubs are now down 12-4 after 2. The Cubs have now surrendered (at least!) 39 runs in their last 3 games. Any idea what the record is? Modern record? How about consecutive games giving up 10 or more?
Marquee doing everything it can to sell the pre-natal Cubs. Vizcaino was part of a combined no-hitter by South Bend apparently.
1st and 3rd, 2 out.
announcer Ron Darling: "the same thing that can make Treinen unhittable also can make him uncatchable. Conforto has to look alive there at third base."
ON THE NEXT FREAKING PITCH, it goes to the backstop and Alonso scores to tie it up.
the Mets booth is like the hot woman in every sitcom who for no apparent reason is linked to the schlub who is the star of the show. you just hope the schlub knows how lucky he is.
4-4, top 9, go ahead run on 2nd, closer Diaz who sucks if no save on line (2.70/6.32 ERA split), RISP God Muncy up, 0-2 count...
and some moron decides to shine a green laser light in Muncy's eyes
he steps away, a couple minute delay gives the Mets crew enough time to utterly eviscerate the idiot, and play resumes. Muncy down swinging on 3 pitches.
if the Mets don't score - well, the Dodgers are 1-12 in extra inning games in 2021
NL LEAST standings after PHI loss
NYM 59-55
PHIL 60-56
ATL 59-56
pending NYM and ATL results tonight
ATL trails 2-0 in 2nd inning after long rain delay
NL BWEST standings so far
SF 74-41
LA 69-46
SD 66-51
SF leads 5-2 in 3rd
SD trails 1-0 in 4th
um, maybe SF isn't a paper tiger?
Join us next time for another exciting episode of Walt tries to make the Cubs vaguely entertaining.
reiterates his claim that not only should Guerrero Jr. win the MVP if the Blue Jays gain a wild card - but that he WILL, over Ohtani.
the first part, ok that's just someone being an imbecile.
but it takes a special kind of imbecile to believe that most voters are as stupid as you are.
now I am rooting for a strong stretch run for Guerrero AND the Blue Jays get a wild card.
then I want to watch Harold when the MVP results come in, and he is utterly exposed.
I'm an East Coast guy, rarely see Ohtani (did see him self-immolate at NYY). but in what universe is maybe the best AL Hitter who also may be the best AL Pitcher not getting almost every vote?
did Ernie Banks pitch when he won back-to-back MVPs for the hapless Cubs? I only remember Ernie the feeble 1B late in his career, but I'm confident he didn't pitch. so....
PHI 60-56
ATL 59-56
NYM 59-56
NL BWEST standings
SF 75-41
LA 70-46
SD 66-52
Dodgers avoid a 12th-straight extra inning loss that would have tied the 1969 expansion Expos as worst ever
Padres now 10 games out with 46/44 to play
best to focus on last wild card?
SDP 66-52
CIN 63-54
Who thought of this statistic
HOW WILL THE ANGELS LOSE TODAY?!
movable object (Lester) vs a non-resistent force (Royals offense) who is going to come out on top?
The Cubs pen is gonna have to work extra hard today to get the Marlins to 10 runs. Davies has them shut out through 5. (1-0 Cubs for those of you keeping a close eye on the 2022 draft order race.)
Looks like tomorrow's Cubs-Marlins game kicks off at about 3 am my time so I will see you next week. Enjoy your chattering.
Dude, pay attention!
Yea, it was a quick ass comment, and I was sure there had to be a better word out there, but just like the Germans attacking Pearl Harbor, I wasn't going to stop while on a roll.
He's not paid to pay attention... oh wait, that is exactly what he's paid to do.
Gilbert for ARI vs SD.
sure, others have pitched a NO-HITTER in the their first MLB start.
who can forget Ted Breitenstein, for the St. Louis Browns - in the American Association in 1891, on the final day of the season. Ted became a workhorse for the NL Cardinals and Reds, finishing 160-170 in only nine full MLB seasons.
Bumpus Jones also performed the feat a year later, for the Reds - also on the final day of the season. The Bumpmeister settled for a 2-4 career record.
then they moved the mound to 60 feet, 6 inches and - well, there was a lull.
finally Bobo Holloman just did it back in... ok, 1953, also for the St. Louis Browns. Bobo went 3-7 that year, and Satchel Paige saved his final win. and then - it was over.
No hitters are always cool, IMO. And a no-hitter in a first start! That's really cool!!
PHI 61-56
ATL 61-56
NYM 59-57
NLBWEST
SF 75-41*
LA 71-46
*- trail COL 3-1 in the 6th - so a tossup game
NL SECOND WILD CARD
SD 66-53
CIN 63-55
ATL/PHI 61-56
STL 60-56
NYM 59-57
D-backs: 38-80 (-167)
Orioles: 38-77 (-197)
Rangers: 41-76 (-145)
Pirates: 42-75 (-179)
Career 8.2 K/9... honestly surprised it isn't higher. He did lead the AL in K/9 in 2010 and finished 2nd in 2009. He did see it dip below 8 in 2012-13 but had a 9.0 K/9 from 2014-17.
He's been very durable. Made 31+ starts every year from 2008-19 and made 12 starts in the shortened 2020 season. He had his first real IL stint since 2007 and missed almost all of April, though he's still made 19 starts.
The division is probably out of reach. Best bet is to climb over Phillies, padres, Mets, reds for the second wild card (assuming braves win East ). Not impossible but too many games against brewers to go on a big run.
@jasoncollette
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Brent Suter [MIL] now has 12 wins in 2021 despite starting just one game. He now has the most wins for any pitcher starting five or fewer games since Jesse Crain won 12 games in 2005
..................
(the top 10 all are from 1950-1978, with 15 or more Ws led by Roy Face's 18-1 in 1959 for PIT.
https://stathead.com/tiny/tO5iY )
I'm kidding, of course.
they will take a redeye after the game to arrive in SF for a 3-game series starting not even 24 hours after tonight's game ended because - well, the Mets are not a favored son.
then 2 more in SF, followed by 4 Dodgers games out West, then 3 at home vs Giants who - for reasons unexplained - actually get a travel day to nap before taking on the Mets for 3 in those 3 games in NY.
#westcoastbias
Dodgers, up 14-4, load 'em up with 9 outs in the 9th, so the Mets bring in Pillar in relief of Drury to shut the door.
possibly the first mid-inning pitching change of one reliever for another in baseball history?
and does anyone who finds pitchers batting a travesty also find this nonsense charming?
so multiple stupid schedules
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