What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
All you boycotters were always pretty loose with the boycotting rules (the Mets are in the World Series, then I get to go to games!) – so I am sure you will swallow your morals and support Bruce Wilpon’s New Citi Field Brewery! The Media Goon folks have the details.
I understand they are playing the Nationals, but I like what I’m seeing from this team so far
It feels like a team of professional baseball players managed by a professional manager – as opposed to the usual out-of-the-box new culture nonsense that usually got paired with “and if everyone has a career year…”
I’m particularly excited about the aggressive base running. Yes some guys have been thrown out but that’s ok. Make the other teams make plays. Send everyone all day every day on every play. If the other teams can throw the Mets out then good.
In other news, baseball really is boring. Opening Day is opening day and Friday night we had the rage against Apple to bind us – but last night was pretty quiet on Twitter and the game was a lot of nothing punctuated by a Pete Alonso slam.
I probably won’t be able to really watch a game until a week from Tuesday as I’m just a few weeknights and next weekend is day games but that’s all fine.
Wow, the Dark Knight Lives!
the Orioles announced they had agreed with Harvey, 33, on a Minor League deal. Harvey is expected to report to Baltimore’s facilities in Sarasota, Fla., for extended spring camp, where he’ll build up before he and the O’s set a more firm outlook.
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There is lingering uncertainty and the possibility of a suspension after what was revealed during the Eric Kay trial around the death of former Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs. (via MLB.com)
Also Mets GM Billy Eppler was the boss in Anaheim that summer but nobody on the Mets beat seems to find that part of the story interesting.
OMG PLEASE STOP TALKING
Look, we’re all familiar with dumbed down national broadcasts where the announcers tell us Mets fans we know really well – so I can forgive spending an inning on the Squirrel nickname.
What I can’t forgive is the non-stop chatter. Just absolute wall to wall words. It didn’t matter what the words even were, it’s just that they didn’t ever stop.
Baseball needs to breathe. A simple “The 1-0 outside, ball 2” followed by 7 seconds of silence is a nice thing. Especially on TV where we have pictures.
The worst offense last night was the half inning discussion of giving a foul ball to a kid. There was nothing new there. Not original. Not interesting.
In better news – the camera work was good.
Whatever – Not enough replays. I find the fonts too small for my old eyes. I don’t care about the probability nonsense in the lower right, but I was able to ignore it. No ticker is a good thing, constant bottom tickers drive me nuts,
But the booth was torture. Please stop talking. Just stop talking.
Stop talking.
Stop.
Talking.
and now for some Sterling or Scully….
.@JBell_19 left NO doubt.
Watch #FridayNightBaseball on @AppleTVPlus. pic.twitter.com/0qdCmb9SWK
— MLB (@MLB) April 9, 2022
Total Sterling move there…that whole Let It Fly sounds like a forced catch phrase.
Verdict: Sterling
Then there’s this mess.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOMER! @JeffMcNeil805 pic.twitter.com/VQsfqpzuYy
— New York Mets (@Mets) April 8, 2022
So one of the roles of the PBP announcer is to describe the play. I don’t want to hear about the placement of the booth in DC, that’s an excuse and you have a monitor. I knew at home it was gone. Get the call right.
Verdict: Sterling