We win. Braves are dogshit. Dingers in the 1st (Wright, Yo, Dude) and then we got shut the fuck out but it was enough.
Terry, why the FUCK did you pull Bart for the 9th?! Under 100 pitches. Not a save situation. You just want Jeurys to get work in? Uhhh, he got the save on Saturday. Retarded. Terry’s hook is retarded.
#HarveyDay is tomorrow. Can he stop this potent Braves lineup?!
And this is why it was so fucking important to scratch that win out the previous day. Thor is a developing young STUD. He will work on getting the ball out of his hands quicker. He very well could win a Cy Young. But MadBum is already established. He is incredible. And he’s a lefty, which stopped Conforto. Like Thor, Conforto is a developing stud who may crush lefties soon enough, but for now just rip your cap to MadBum because he’s super elite and this was always going to be a loss.
Hunter Pence–crazy picadillos and all–sure can hit the high heat a fucking mile.
Doo doo Braves in town! Take advantaaaaage.
I went to the game today. We won 6-5. It should have been 10-0. When you’re hot, you’re hot. We won. Somehow. I can’t really explain how…oh wait…yes I can. It’s for 2 reasons:
We really blow, though. TC kept Reed in for too long. WHAT ELSE IS NEW!? deGrom got squeezed but was wild. He had to throw a shitload of extra pitches thanks to all the unearned runs. We ended the game on Flores triple clutching and making a terrible throw that Duda only caught by putting his arm out into traffic and potentially shattering it. Robles got SOOOO lucky that Pence’s would-be go-ahead grand slam got knocked down by the wind. I can’t believe we won. This wasn’t a fun game to watch. It was fun at times. But it was brutal and a hollow win. Fuck it. I’ll take it. Thor for the sweep vs. MadBum tomorrow!
Just remember, it’s only 1 game. It’s gotta feel great, though, to treat Peavy and the SF pen like a slow pitch softball team.
With Cespedes back in the lineup, Conforto doesn’t constantly get stranded at 2nd base!
Matz is bringing that ERA down!
Will we be fatigued today? Did we reach our run quota? This is a team that’s having fun right now and hopefully that means they keep rolling.
So the Mets “did their job” and swept the doodoo Reds. Conforto is a beast (thank god they didn’t let the kid see Vegas), Harvey settled in, Walker trotted around the bases with his 1-year contract in hand, and the backups (Juanny Beisbol, De Aza, Plawecki…) showed us the meaning of depth.
Not sooooo faaaaast. The Mets looked like SHIT. We botched a pickle for fucks sake! We’re not smooth. Now the real test comes with SF in this weekend. We won’t be able to beat them playing the way we’ve been playing.
Take a look at these pitching matchups!
Fri: Matz/Peavy
Sat: deGrom/Cain
Sun: Thor/Madbum
Daaaaaamn. Exciting stuff.
On Plawecki: Last year, every time d’Arnaud got hurt, TC said that his job was safe. Not this time! TC referred to Wally Pipp and he, like everyone else, knows that TDA is dead and now it’s Plawecki’s job to keep, so long as he hits.
The Mets win. Theeeeee Mets win. Wow Michael Kay is a fucking dipshit. He’s also inappropriate with women, by the way.
So Cespedes is the greatest. That ain’t news. First pitch pinch-hit dinger. He is the savior. That’s really all there is to it. He said (through a translator), “I can’t run. I’m hobbled. I’ll just hit a home run so I can walk around the bases.” Well played. In truth, he looked quick out of the box on that laser beam dinger that just cleared the line. And he was screaming his head off when Wright knocked in the go-ahead run. Life in the dugout. We’re wide awake. It’s great.
But the real story here is that the Reds are looking to next season. This guy Finnegan is nice. He’ll win the Reds a lot of games down the road. They left him in to face righty Yo 100% no question because they have conceded. “Our bullpen is horrendous and this guy Finnegan is our future so let’s just see how he does in pressure situations against power hitters.” I respect it. I just think it’s kinda funny and what it really means is that we have to beat the shit out of these teams. Also, be careful: Teams that have conceded the season have players with nothing to lose. HarveyDay for the sweep.
Lost in the shuffle is Tolo yet again battling and performing at a high level. Reed and Familia have looked great. Familia got Billy Hamilton and then the next two so Votto didn’t even bat. He’s returning to form. His sinker-cutter dealie makes me glad to be in a cookie lob co-ed softball league.
Extra blow: d’Arnaud is indeed d’Ead. I think his career is d’One. I hate it. I really do. I’m rooting hard for the kid but he is GLAAAAASSSSSS. Maybe trade him to go play 1B or DH somewhere? His bat would come around and be great if he could stay on the field but he can’t. Light your candles.
Well, at least for one day, we brought the power back home to Shitti. Walker is just one home run away from tying the franchise record for April (9) with Mets studs Carlos Delgado and uhh…John Buck. So yeah that record means absolutely nothing. I think it’s shared with Dave Kingman, too. Have a good contract year, Neil 🙂
Too bad TC pulled Thor early and he didn’t get the W. But the team did, so that’s good. That BASHTARD Bastardo walked the first guy he faced. Oy vey.
Keep up the merciless beatdown of the doodoo teams.
Pray for Yo. Pray for d’Arnaud.
The Mets swept the Braves. They went 7-2 on this road trip, hitting about a million dingers. deGrom is deBest. Familia was shaky but got it done. Learn to pitch, though. Their bats should never touch the ball on 0-2 counts.
But can they bring it home?! Get ready for the bats to dry the fuck up, especially if Yo is still hurt.
It’s amazin’ that now that the Mets have achieved the seemingly difficult part (assembling incredible talent–pitchers with great stuff and hitters that mash), they can’t do the easy stuff that teams have to do. Fundies! Baserunning! Run manufacturing and not making sloppy plays. My god that extra inning game in Philly was terrible.
The Mets are not yet a championship team because of these flaws. They have to get it right and are capable of it but I haven’t seen it yet. Terry, take a page out of Joe Maddon’s book, or Bobby V’s book, and get your players’ heads out of their asses.
In “watch the standings” news: the Twins have their heads waaaaay up their asses, throwing meat to pinch-hitter Bryce Harper in the bottom of the 9th and allowing him to hit a game tying dinger. All ego, no brains. Just retarded. By the way, why was he pinch hitting? Day game rest after a night game? Pusssssssies. He ain’t David Wright. He’s a healthy kid. Cal Ripken is rolling his eyes. I thought Dusty Baker was old school. Harper prolly would’ve had 3 dingers.
Mets win. Here’s what went wrong:
*Matz threw an 0-2 cookie to lefty Freeman and got punished for it. Learn to pitch! TDA and TC, it’s on you, too.
*Other than dingers or errors, we don’t score.
*deGrom is pitching tomorrow, so Terry should not have used Verrett (in case deGrom needs to depart early…I imagine he’ll be limited to 80 or so pitches).
*Cespedes is dead. Neon green rain.
The Mets beat the Braves (the worst team in the division) and so on this Passover, we ask four questions:
1) Will the Wilpons spend another penny this season? No–we’re full.
2) Will Grandy break out of his slump? Yes–2 dingers.
3) Will Terry rest a banged up Yo? He better.
4) Can we absolutely demolish the Braves all season long and then demolish Turner Field once and for all? We better.
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