What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Once a week, Pete Alonso homers, and sometimes he does it in a big spot.
Going into this post I assumed Gary nailed it but….jeez…here’s a guy who seems to no longer sees the ball well whatever is going on….and tries to force a catch phrase…should I force it, should I not….is it out, is it not….and this call is a mess.
PETE ALONSO FOR THE WIN! 💥
(🎥: @Mets) pic.twitter.com/NHyEI89AIG
— theScore (@theScore) August 12, 2021
Verdict: a very disappointing Sterling
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It was as hot as a supermodel dating the All Star Game starter, which generated some thunderstorms…but after a 71 minute delay, the Dark Knight Returned. The Orioles announcers called him The Best Pitcher In Baseball, so let’s check the numbers!
Matt gives up a single to the leadoff hitter, which in olden times would lead to a meltdown but not tonight. The first out is one of those 385 foot flyouts but this one stays in.
Then 94 year old Miguel Cabrera singles…he’s still playing?….but MASN is being annoying and won’t show a close up.
The next guy hits another 385 foot out….but Matt man, one of these is gonna go out.
Then a walk to load the bases and MASN hooks up the shot.
But TDK gets the 4-3 and we have our first “Matt Harvey walks back to the dugout” shot of the night.
On to the second, a fly out and then…sit down son!
And the next guy? You can sit down too! Back to back strikeouts and let’s watch Matt walk back to the dugout.
On to the third where Matt struck out the leadoff hitter but my family was talking to me and I can’t be like “Guys, I am blogging about Matt Harvey” so I missed it. The next guy singled. Then Miguel Cabrera still hasn’t returned and he singles too!
Then a walk and….
…we all can feel it, right?
WRONG! Matt gets a 3-2 force at the plate and then SIT DOWN SON!
Matt escapes his second bases loaded jam of the night! While all this was happening the Mets got rained out so this sucks – if stupid Matt Harvey were not pitching I could go watch a movie, but now I have to sit here watching baseball which is of course boring, plus this game started an hour late. Go Tigers, knock Matt out!
On to the 4th for a 1-2-3-4 but I was posting about the Mets and raincheck so I couldn’t tell ya much about it. I want this Orioles game over so I can go do something else.
On to the 5th….sit down son!
Matt is feeling sexy.
Here’s Cabrera again. He hasn’t retired yet and OH NO
Here’s the video, but MLB is more interested in showing you a preroll ad and making you give up on even caring.
499 for Miggy! 👀 pic.twitter.com/ZhBRwHaPM5
— MLB (@MLB) August 12, 2021
And we have our cover photo for the post!
A double and a walk and it’s time for a violation of MLB Uniform Rules as someone out of uniform is on the field.
Well whatever he said to Matt, it didn’t work as someone named Goodrum doubled and it’s 3-0 Tigers.
Matt is at 80+ pitches and hopefully Brandon Hyde will let me go to sleep.
5 innings, 8 hits, 3 runs, 3 walks, 5 Ks and ERA still over 6.
That’s it for The Dark Knight. Someone named Dusten Knight takes over for the 6th which is kinda funny, but I am tired.
METS-NATIONALS POSTPONED TONIGHT
Makeup Game Scheduled for 12:10 p.m. Tomorrow, August 12 as Part of Single Admission Doubleheader
FLUSHING, N.Y., August 11, 2021 – The New York Mets have announced that tonight’s game against the Washington Nationals has been postponed due to rain. It will be made up as the first game of a single admission doubleheader tomorrow, Thursday, August 12 beginning at 12:10 p.m. Game two will begin approximately 30-40 minutes after the conclusion of game one. Both games will be seven-inning contests.
Tickets for tonight’s game WILL NOT be valid for admission to game two of the doubleheader. A digital voucher will be loaded into each attending patron’s My Mets Tickets account (accessed by clicking the Vouchers tab) and will be accessible tomorrow. The voucher will be redeemable for the remainder of 2021 (excluding the September 10-12 Subway Series vs. the Yankees) and April, May and June of 2022. The voucher will not be redeemable for next year’s Opening Day at Citi Field, March 31, 2022.
Ticket holders for tonight’s game with a prepaid parking pass will also receive a voucher redeemable for a new prepaid parking pass for their selected game.
Complimentary tickets to today’s game and those marked “NO RAINCHECK” have no value and do not constitute a rain check.
For more information, please visit Mets.com/Rain.
Man how times change. Here’s Ian O’Connor spewing nonsense on July 25th under the headline
Alonso thoroughly enjoys being a larger-than-life figure in a larger-than-life town. It’s one of the best things the Mets have going for them at a time when a lot of things are going right.
Pete does tend to look really good for like 4 games now and then. He’ll hit three home runs in a short burst. Keith Hernandez will gush over him on TV. The media declares that Pete is back and he’s carrying the team. Then we get the two week spurts like the one we are in now.
My question to the Mets continues to be – hey what happens if one of those two week droughts happens in October some year. Yes, I know it’s a ridiculous premise to think the Mets would play in October, but wouldn’t you rather have better all around players?
They should also take their chances with Alonso, who has five homers and 10 RBIs since his dazzling show of power at the derby. You might say that’s why they pay him the big bucks, except that they don’t pay him the big bucks.
Case in point. Pete had a good week and Ian went to the Pete Worship altar. That’s a week where I took crap from everyone but guess what – I stick to my own narratives and Pete has 24 HRs here on August 11th.
Ike Davis had 20 HRs on 8/11/12 on way to 32. This race is way tighter than it should be Pete.
The article ends with this wrap-up, which sounds like the way a 6th grader pads out an essay.
His personality matches up perfectly with the personality of the market. When Pete Alonso puts a big swing on the ball, everything changes. The Mets’ ambitions can travel as far as his longest home runs.
Boy golly when Pete makes contact that ball goes so far you’d think it could leave orbit. He’s Paul Bunyan, Babe Ruth and Superman all rolled into one. For a third place team.
Trade Pete Alonso, while he still has value.