What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
I have one of these caps and have been wearing it for 2 weeks. It looks a LOT better on civilians wearing street clothes than it looks here. Hey it looks dumb, and the NY does not pop. That will be a theme with some other poor uniform choices later this season.
So you’ve had a long day at work lying to umpires and cheating at baseball and you just want to kick back. Well, good news! (@ceetar is already on his way to Toms River to pick up a case.)
Put Toddfather Pilsner on deck! Toms River Brewing’s limited edition Todd Frazier style is in stock at Skylands Stadium!@FlavaFraz21 and Toms River Brewing partnered on this style to help raise money for Toms River Field of Dreams. pic.twitter.com/iuMirR0svj
— Sussex County Miners (@SCMiners) July 3, 2021
Mets Insiders tell Mets Police they have sent minor league infielder Will Toffey to San Francisco in exchange for Anthony Banda. One might say its a Banda-id on the rotation.
METS ACQUIRE LHP ANTHONY BANDA
FLUSHING, N.Y., July 2, 2021 – The New York Mets today announced the team has acquired left-handed pitcher Anthony Banda from San Francisco in exchange for minor league infielder Will Toffey. Banda will report to Syracuse (AAA).
Banda, 27, has pitched in parts of four major league seasons for Arizona (2017) and Tampa Bay (2018-2020), posting a 4-3 record and a 5.96 ERA (34 earned runs/51.1 innings) in 18 games (five starts). He has spent the entire 2021 season with Sacramento (AAA), going 3-2 with a 6.86 ERA (30 earned runs/39.1 innings). In 161 career minor league games (134 starts), the southpaw is 49-43 with a 4.05 ERA (342 earned runs/759.1 innings).
Banda was the Brewers’ 10th-round pick in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft and spent the first three seasons of his pro career in Milwaukee’s system before being traded to Arizona in 2015. He made his major league debut with the D-backs in 2017 and was dealt to Tampa Bay in 2018. He was acquired by the Giants at the trade deadline last season.
Toffey, 26, was acquired by the Mets in 2018 in a trade with Oakland for right-hander Jeurys Familia. He was batting .178 (18-101) with six home runs in 34 games for Binghamton (AA) this season.
Here’s the same home run called by two announcers.
First up, it’s the best baseball announcer of them all, Howie Rose.
Pete Alonso starting this game off right! 2-0 Mets in the first. @HowieRose @WayneRandazzo @Metsbooth #LGM Listen Live: https://t.co/TmVvIFMPbx pic.twitter.com/4tn1MmUoL5
— WCBS Newsradio 880 (@wcbs880) June 30, 2021
This is an excellent call. What I love about Howie is his ability to paint a picture with his voice. You know right away it is a home run.
Verdict: Scully
Now let’s see how Gary Cohen did.
¡PEETTEEEE! “El Oso Polar” ruge tempranito. 🐻❄️@PolarPete20 #LGM #LosMets pic.twitter.com/2f9IUcPCvO
— Mets de Nueva York (@LosMets) June 30, 2021
This is almost a great call. Like Howie, Gary is not messing around and knows it is gone and tells us so. However, Gary says it is outta “here” – and Gary was in NYC and the ball is in Atlanta. So that’s an inaccurate call by someone forcing a catch phrase. And that makes it a Sterling call.
Verdict: Sterling.
Winner: Howie
This is how ya do it. Really well done. I also wonder how much they worked on finding someone who would pronounce Bonilla the way the woman does as opposed to say the way I would say it.