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[CheDominik]

Hmmm...Cubs vs. Pirates to hope that hilarity ensues again with the Cubs or the nice Bailey vs. Lynn match up?
Decisions, decisions....

And no way in hell the White Sox play today, why in the world hasn't it been postponed yet?

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

FiveThirtyEight: Are umpire's afraid to call strike three?

Not when Ryan Howard is at bat. They call him looking even before he gets out of the batter's box.

 

[Loco4Coco]

How bout them Seattle Mariners?

 

[rando14]

How bout them Seattle Mariners?

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

thank you flu gods. no Zimmermann today.

 

[Loco4Coco]

thank you flu gods. no Zimmermann today.

Roark to perfect game the Mets with 27 out via strikeouts.

 

[harSon]

How many goats did Bonifacio sacrifice? Batting 10 of 13 is fucking absurd

 

[Syrinx]

Roark to perfect game the Mets with 27 out via strikeouts.

The perfect game, nah, but I could totally see the 27 strikeouts.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

The perfect game, nah, but I could totally see the 27 strikeouts.

Adam Rubin @AdamRubinESPN · 14h ago
31 strikeouts are a franchise record for opening two games of a season. Previous record was 23, by 1998 and 2003 #Mets

Adam Rubin @AdamRubinESPN · 14h ago
Elias says 31 Ks are most by a pitching staff in 1st 2 games of a season in modern history. So apparently not just a Mets franchise record.

so gonna be adding to that record

 

[BFIB]

Pretty sure Cards/Reds is going to be postponed today.

 

[Syrinx]

Adam Rubin @AdamRubinESPN · 14h ago
31 strikeouts are a franchise record for opening two games of a season. Previous record was 23, by 1998 and 2003 #Mets

Adam Rubin @AdamRubinESPN · 14h ago
Elias says 31 Ks are most by a pitching staff in 1st 2 games of a season in modern history. So apparently not just a Mets franchise record.

so gonna be adding to that record

If this persists, this really is an issue that TC needs to address sooner rather than later. When we went on that abysmal run around May of last year, much of it was due to the Mets consistently posting very high K numbers. This lineup does not have enough power and ability to consistently produce runs to sustain that.

 

[DietRob]

Pretty sure Cards/Reds is going to be postponed today.

It's raining pretty hard here with no signs of letting up. Probably for the best after that late game last night.

 

[harSon]

Thank you for sucking Wandy

 

[Loco4Coco]

The thing with the Mets is they try to preach to the hitters to take pitches and draw walks. Then the hitters end up letting pitches right down the middle pass by, also the Mets don't have good enough hitters to hit with 2 strikes.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Here you go: a baseball team flowchart.

Though if you're looking for a poor, small-market team that's never had the hint of cheating about them, you're basically limited to...hmmm...the Royals, the Twins or the Pirates.

Ancient image. Giants jokes should be about Timmy and weed now at the very least.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

The thing with the Mets is they try to preach to the hitters to take pitches and draw walks. Then the hitters end up letting pitches right down the middle pass by, also the Mets don't have good enough hitters to hit with 2 strikes.

funny thing is opening day they were jumping on the first pitch fastball, something they havent really done before with Hudgens. but i agree about the hitters not being good enough.

 

[Syrinx]

The thing with the Mets is they try to preach to the hitters to take pitches and draw walks. Then the hitters end up letting pitches right down the middle pass by, also the Mets don't have good enough hitters to hit with 2 strikes.

There's a huuuuuuuuuuge difference between being patient/having plate discipline and being timid. Stressing drawing walks seems counterproductive; what they should stress (and teach) is patience and plate discipline; do those things, and the walks will come naturally along with better production at the plate.

 

[thefro]

It's happening... Olt hit a home run

 

[harSon]

Wandy, you're trash. The least you can do after being injury plagued, is be good the few times you do pitch :|

And Bonifacio with a double. He's now 11 of 14 to start the season. Jesus fuck!

 

[Booties]

Anyone want to trade for Papelbon? I can't stand that he is on the Phillies. Chronic whiner with no talent left. He's so out of place attitude-wise on the team.

But I swear he'll be good for you once he's gone!

 

[Sanjuro]

Anyone want to trade for Papelbon? I can't stand that he is on the Phillies. Chronic whiner with no talent left. He's so out of place attitude-wise on the team.

But I swear he'll be good for you once he's gone!

No thanks.

 

[Branduil]

FiveThirtyEight: Are umpire's afraid to call strike three?

Robot umps now.

 

[McNei1y]

Did Chris Young hang out with Jordan Zimmermann or something? Dammit!

 

[ConradCervantes]

I always heard about Chad Curtis being somewhat of a religious eccentric, but goddamn.

 

[McNei1y]

Wooo Zimmerman!

 

[Purple Cheeto]

How bout them Seattle Mariners?

They have 2 of the top 10 players in fWAR so far and neither of those players is named Robinson Cano!

Through 3 games the Mariners lineup has something like a wRC+ of 164. Last year Mike Trout had a wRC+ of 166. The Mariners are hitting like they have 9 Mike Trouts!

How many goats did Bonifacio sacrifice? Batting 10 of 13 is fucking absurd

Too bad he's undoing all that good with so many TOOTBLAN's: https://twitter.com/TOOTBLANTime/status/451499638601027584

 

[Loco4Coco]

The ball is really carrying out in Citi Field. But that Zimmerman HR is out in any stadium.

 

[harSon]

Our hitting truly is atrocious. Save us Polanco

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Man Bonifacio with another 2 hits today. Olt with a HR and Hammel is pitching a gem. And the Pirates offense is as bad as ours.

 

[zulux21]

dat sell out

to be fair it's like 37 degrees, during work hours, on a thursday... but still... so sad

 

[brianjones]

must be underwhelming to play in front of a crowd like that

 

[zulux21]

so... guy struck out... got to first on drop third strike.
guy gets picked off... and the players take forever and get him out but... end up getting in his way and getting interference called to get the player safe on second...
lets see how the white sox continue to not get this guy out :/

ah... that's how... a fly ball to left that should have been caught but he will take a bad route and dive and miss and let everyone score lol...
oh well it's still early but it's looking crummy today.

 

[Dr_LawyerCop]

Hoping the game is called before the Cubs bullpen can hurt me again. It's going to be a long season.

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Cubs win!

 

[Loco4Coco]

Jeez, these Mets home stats are embarrassing.

 

[santeesioux]

Fuck yeah, Giant Bomb QL of MLB The Show

 

[lazybones18]

Fuck yeah, Giant Bomb QL of MLB The Show

that Mets face

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Fuck it all.

 

[clemenx]

Well, season's over.

 

[Paches]

Seattle Mariners 2014: Dare to Dream.

All aboard the Smoakamotive!

 

[Loco4Coco]

Mets to finish season 0-161 confirmed. One game to be postponed and not played.

 

[Dominican Power]

Ian Desmond has been dreadful.

 

[clemenx]

Oh man, Duda has to scoop that.

 

[Syrinx]

Fuck this team.

 

[Dominican Power]

These Marlins lol

 

[Loco4Coco]

These Marlins lol

They usually win a World Series before they trade off their good players, so I guess they gonna win it this year.

 

[CygnusXS]

Trash ass Mest

 

[HarryDemeanor]

Well at least the Mets aren't the Angels, so there's something to be happy about I guess.

 

[Loco4Coco]

Well at least the Mets aren't the Angels, so there's something to be happy about I guess.

That'll be fun match-up next weekend.

 

[McNei1y]

Offense and clutch hits. I hope it keeps up.