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You can tell already this team is better

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.

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MHN: Orioles sign Matt Harvey to a minor league deal

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.

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Baseball on Apple TV+: OMG PLEASE STOP TALKING

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….

 

Total Sterling move there…that whole Let It Fly sounds like a forced catch phrase.

Verdict: Sterling

Then there’s this mess.

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

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Mets Game 2 Notes Mets at Nationals 7pm on AppleTV+

Tonight’s 7:05 p.m. game against the Washington Nationals will be aired exclusively on Apple TV+…Fans can access the game for free by using the Apple TV app or by visiting tv.apple.com…The service is accessible to anyone with internet or wireless access, no cable or satellite subscription is required so stop complaining about that and focus on the bad play by play.

Jeff McNeil celebrates his 30th birthday today…McNeil was the last player to homer on his birthday, doing so on his 29th birthday last year at Citi Field…Overall, 16 players have homered on their birthday in franchise history… Mike Piazza and Jim Hickman are tied for the franchise record, having homered on their birthday twice in their career.

Max Scherzer makes his Mets debut tonight in Washington…In December, the Mets signed the three-time Cy Young Award winner and eight- time All-Star to a three-year contract…Scherzer went 15-4 with a 2.46 ERA (49 earned runs/179.1 innings) in 30 starts between the Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers last year…He struck out 236 and walked 36 while earning his eighth All-Star nod…He led the majors in opponents’ batting average (.185) and WHIP (0.864), was second in ERA and walks per 9 IP (1.807), was fourth in strikeouts and pitcher bWAR (6.0), and ranked fifth among pitchers in fWAR (5.4) as well as fifth in wins…The three-time Cy Young Award winner, toke home the trophy with Detroit in 2013 and with Washington in 2016 and 2017…He finished third in voting last season and is one of seven pitchers in major league history to finish in the top five of his league’s Cy Young voting eight or more times.

During his seven seasons with the Nats, he went 37-26 in D.C. with a 2.99 ERA (208 earned runs/626.2 innings), 830 strikeouts and 145 walks…He ranks second on the ballpark’s all-time list in strikeouts and innings pitched, trailing only Stephen Strasburg (914 K, 774.0 IP)…Scherzer has the best K/9 (11.92), WHIP (0.97), K/BB (5.72) and H/9 (6.65) in the ballpark’s history (min. 100.0 IP).

Prior to last night’s game, the Mets acquired RHP Adonis Medina from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for cash…Medina was optioned to Syracuse (AAA)…In order to make room on the 40-man roster, the Mets designated RHP Yennsy Díaz for assignment…Medina, 25, has appeared in five major league games over the last two years with the Philadelphia Phillies, going 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA (five earned runs/11.2 innings).

Scherzer has not faced Washington in nearly a dozen years…He made one appearance against the Nats each season from 2008-2010, appearing in relief his rookie season and starting the latter two games…He went 1-0 with a 5.27 ERA (eight earned runs/13.2 innings) in the three outings.

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