If there is one stadium that Matt Harvey loves, it’s Fake New Yankee Stadium.  He loves it so much that he has been known to skip an actual game of a team he’s on to attend a game at FNYS.

Matt has been the hottest pitcher in baseball lately, and he’s back in the Big Apple so he’s probably thinking let me crush this baseball game tonight, and then I can crush some burrito time with some ladies whose numbers I still have.

Let’s check the numbers for Matt’s 22nd start of the season.

With one out, Famous Yankee Anthony Rizzo steps in.  11 pitches later…oh no…

PSYCHE!  It’s foul. But not by much.

Rizzo walks on the 13th pitch and here comes The Judge. Surely this will be where Matt melts down.  Nope!

The Judge grounds into a 6-4-3 and I bet Matt is hoping it’s not the last DP of the night, but that’s for after the game.

Normally here I’d show you Confident Matt walking to the dugout but YES didn’t show it so let’s imagine it looked like this.

On to the second… a 1-2-3 and I got home late from volleyball, so let’s move on.

In the third, another 1-2-3 so same note, let’s keep moving.

In the fourth, here’s that pesky Anthony Rizzo again…uh oh we’ve seen Matt make that face before…and we have our featured imagine for the post!

And let’s listen to Michael Kay show Gary Cohen how you call a Home Run without mailing it in.

Rizzo’s 1st 💣 in Pinstripes at the Stadium 🙌 pic.twitter.com/b2LEXalxm5

— New York Yankees (@Yankees) August 5, 2021

Verdict: Scully

From here, let’ s let the pictures do the talking…

Hmmm might have to make THAT one the Featured Image.  That’s a great one.

And where is THIS pitch???

If you can’t find it, look above the A in Craftsman.  Now look at the batter’s head.   That’s a bit high.

Anyway Matt gets out of it and we are on to the 5th and……hey….what happened to Matt Harvey?

Matt did not return for the 5th.  Did Brandon Hyde FINALLY learn to read the signs?  Did he see the meltdown coming?  Or is TDK hurt?

It is 10pm and I don’t know the answer and nobody on Twitter has the answer.

For Matty Baseball, 4 innings of 2 run ball.  3 hits, a strikeout and two walks…..and with the O’s off tomorrow, hopefully an evening of babes and burritos.

MATT HARVEY WILL RETURN

 

UPDATE!

Matt Harvey tweaked his knee, Brandon Hyde said. The Orioles hope he can make his next start, given the two extra off days in between.

— Joe Trezza (@JoeTrezz) August 5, 2021

MLB, masters of promotion, randomly dropped the schedule on a Wednesday afternoon.   The NFL turns theirs into two days of TV but baseball…random drop.  OK then.

Be sure to buy tickets right now as there will be no other way to ever get them and no deals will be announced at any point in the future,

METS ANNOUNCE 2022 SCHEDULE

 

FLUSHING, N.Y., August 4, 2021 – The New York Mets today announced that the club will open the 2022 regular season on Thursday, March 31 against the Washington Nationals at Citi Field. The opening homestand will continue Saturday and Sunday vs. the Nationals before the Atlanta Braves visit Citi Field, Monday, April 4-Tuesday, April 5.

 

Highlights of the 2022 home schedule include:

 

• Philadelphia Phillies                Friday, May 27-Sunday, May 29
• Washington Nationals             Monday, May 30-Wednesday, June 1 (Memorial Day is May 30)
• Miami Marlins                          Friday, June 17-Monday, June 20 (Father’s Day is June 19)
• San Diego Padres                   Friday, July 22-Sunday, July 24
• Subway Series vs. Yankees    Tuesday, July 26-Wednesday, July 27
• Los Angeles Dodgers              Tuesday, August 30-Thursday, September 1

 

Additional Interleague Series at Citi Field include:

 

• Seattle Mariners                      Friday, May 13-Sunday, May 15
• Houston Astros                        Tuesday, June 28-Wednesday, June 29
• Texas Rangers                        Friday, July 1-Sunday, July 3

 

 

Promotional details for the 2022 season will be announced in the months ahead.

 

Fans can place season ticket deposits for 2022 now at Mets.com/2022. For additional season ticket information call 718-507-TIXX.

Seems the Players Association has a Heart and Hustle Award and Kevin Pillar won. That’s nice. Details here.

https://t.co/SsPKBRULE

Meanwhile, the Cubs voted for Javy Baez.

This esteemed award honors active players who demonstrate a passion for the game of baseball and best embody the values, spirit and traditions of the game. The Heart and Hustle Award is also the only award in Major League Baseball that is voted on by former players. Voting is conducted prior to All-Star break.

Some people are asking me if it is time for a Rojas Watch Watch.

To catch up the newbies….education time….

A Rojas Watch would be when the sharks are swimming and it seems possible the manager is about to be fired.  We are definitely not there.

A Rojas Watch Watch watches to see what others are saying about a possible Rojas Watch.  A hypothetical example would be if say the New York Post wrote an article saying something like “if the Mets don’t…..”    We are not there yet, but we could see one soon.

The general sense I am getting is that fans don’t feel the Mets have the horses they need and that they’ve been fortunate the division sucks,

A Rojas Watch Watch Watch is where we are now.  That’s when I am keeping an eye out to see if anyone writes an article.  Basically Defcon-3.

Up until this morning we were not under any sort of Watch-level, but due to what I am seeing in my feed and inbox I am declaring a Rojas Watch Watch Watch.

You guys get so mad when I point out Gary’s flaws, the main one is that most nights he chooses to be John Sterling.

But Gary DOES have more in him.  I’d like to see him use it more, as he did on this fantastic home run call.  I get that not every HR is a BIG HR, but not every home run is to the track and to the wall either.

Meet El Mago. pic.twitter.com/gbK6kHZ1dy

— MLB (@MLB) August 1, 2021

Verdict: Scully