OT: MLB Thread XL: The Home Stretch

[Maximus]

ok..walk is as good as a hit....nice job Todd

Time for Rosario to get his shirt ripped off...let's do this Amad

 

[Leetch3]

awful..swarzak tried to give them the game and they didn't want it

 

[Irishguy42]

Paxton made it through a first inning?!?!?! Nani?

 

[Maximus]

f***ing lucky ass Schwarzer...he was horrible. We should have won it right there. We let him off the hook swinging at BS pitches and we still almost won it there...he was that bad.

Man...this game feels like a playoff game. I'm sure you guys notice this as I do but it's so apparent that the crowd noise at Citi is so much louder than any of these other stadiums we play in. I mean Atlanta's crowd...it was like being in a morgue they were so quiet.

 

[Crease]

Getting a really bad feeling from Avilan.

 

[Maximus]

Getting a really bad feeling from Avilan.

Avilan? You mean Justin Wilson

Nevermind...you were right...it was Avilan. Well he got a key K

 

[Leetch3]

ok enough of this...to go with the free t-shirt. I want a polar bear walk off and then he can rip his own jersey off hulkamania style

 

[Maximus]

Panik....woo hoo....sweet. Gotta end it here.

 

[Maximus]

f***ing Braves are gifting this game to us and yet for some bizarre reason we aren't accepting the presents. Very frustrating

 

[Greg02]

Altherr is so bad. I continue to believe that the Mets would be better off sending a starting pitcher to pinch hit.

 

[JimmyG89]

Should have sent Matz up to hit. If Altherr is not gone as soon as McNeil is back he has to have something on Brodie and Callaway. This guy is not an MLB baseball player

 

[NYR94]

Altherr is so bad. I continue to believe that the Mets would be better off sending a starting pitcher to pinch hit.

I was thinking the same thing. Altherr can't hit at all.

 

[Irishguy42]

Judge starting to get better at pulling his hits. Becoming fully healthy.

 

[Maximus]

One of reasons I love baseball is the same reason I hate it at times and that is the "what the f***" factor.

Foltynewicz has been an absolute train wreck this year thus far and yet he pitches a 2 hitter vs us and thankfully one of those hits was the deGrom HR

The Braves pen is easily one one of the three worst pens in the NL and that's with all the moves they made at the deadline and yet somehow despite Schwarzer in particular gifting us the game, have somehow pitched 5 scoreless innings.

Very odd. Anyways hopefully somehow we'll figure this out.

 

[Leetch3]

well this loss is 100% on me for posting a tweet that familia hasn't sucked lately. instant jinx

 

[Crease]

Altherr and Familia should try switching positions.

 

[Ghost of jas]

Is there a reason Wilson couldn’t go another inning other than Mickey is a dumbass?

 

[Maximus]

well this loss is 100% on me for posting a tweet that familia hasn't sucked lately. instant jinx

I share in the blame seeing I also mentioned it was well.

So what chance do you give Familia to get out of this jam?....2%

 

[Maximus]

Well with that clutch K there...perentage goes up to what...15% Famila can get out of it

 

[Maximus]

SHIT!!

 

[Ghost of jas]

With Flowers wonder at 3rd, the Mets could have played halfway on a weak hitter.

 

[BMOK33]

Not sure why they don’t walk walk Hamilton there. Made no sense to me at all

 

[JimmyG89]

They don't really deserve to win this one. So many blown chances to win the game and didn't do it. Only run is a deGrom home run. Offense has sputtered these last 4 games, but these teams can pitch.

Can't put too much on Familia. Relievers coming in 3 days in a row are rarely successful and there is a reason he is being used now. I'm sure Callaway wanted to avoid using him tonight.

 

[BMOK33]

They don't really deserve to win this one. So many blown chances to win the game and didn't do it. Only run is a deGrom home run. Offense has sputtered these last 4 games, but these teams can pitch.

Can't put too much on Familia. Relievers coming in 3 days in a row are rarely successful and there is a reason he is being used now. I'm sure Callaway wanted to avoid using him tonight.

I would have pinch hit for Conforto with the runner on 3rd and one out vs the lefty. He can’t hit lefties to save his life

 

[Ghost of jas]

Not sure why they don’t walk walk Hamilton there. Made no sense to me at all

He’s hitting .208 and is weak hitter. Of course, bringing in the infield and Familia falling behind kind of negated his awfulness. I don’t get why you bring in the infield with a winded Flowers on 3rd.