The Mets looked listless in dropping the second game of Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Dodgers, and that limp display was the highlight of the day. Certainly it was better than the first game, in which a terrific start by Tylor Megill went down the toilet when his teammates couldn’t field, pitch or manage to hit […]
 
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 11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Angel Hernandez, bad, Bad Fielding, Bad Fundies, Bad Hitting, Bad Relief Pitching, Chase Field, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Doubleheader Sweeps, Marlins, Michael Tucker, Mike Piazza, So Bad, So Fucking Bad, So So Fucking Bad, So So So Fucking Bad, Tylor Megill I know you don’t want to hear it right now, but that was a great game. It zipped along taut and tense, it featured a great pitchers’ duel and a brush with history, it turned on a player’s split-second decision, and it ended with a crushing reversal of fortune. If you were in the park — […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bad Fundies, Brandon Nimmo, Christopher Morel, Cubs, Dansby Swanson, Disgusting Losses, Edwin Diaz, Jameson Taillon, Joe Wallis, Joey Wendle, Luis Guillorme, Luis Severino, No-Hit Bids, Tom Seaver Intrigue lurked here and there among the Mets and Cardinals for seven innings Sunday afternoon. So, frankly, did boredom. As a baseball fan, you don’t want to dismiss a game with little scoring as boring; as a baseball fan, you are conditioned to appreciate tautness and tension, and there was a little much action between […] |
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