The Mets Police

It was another exciting return for The Dark Knight Of Anaheim of Los Angeles (TDKoala) on a sunny Monday afternoon, as I watched Spring Baseball for the first time.

Matt looked pretty focused walking in….

…when suddenly he removed his hat and….

Whoa, The Dark Knight recedes!  Someone is gonna need to win 20 games really soon if they want to keep dating super models.

Anyway the man has played Never Have I Ever at a higher level than any of us so stop staring at his hair and focus on his arm…

The Koala’s 5th pitch was hit to RF for a single.  2018’s Matt Harvey did not respond well to adversity.  How would the Angels version?

Oh no it’s a wild pitch!

And Matt looks stressed!

Oh no it’s a bad attempt at a pickoff to second!  Cue Meat Loaf!

Annnnd….a single RBI….

It’s a long inning for our caped crusader, and this looks a lot like 2018.  My man is good at clean innings but if anything goes wrong, it goes wrong.  BTW 17 pitches in I am reminded how boring baseball is.

Some other shenanigans happened..a SB, an error…but Koala would not be denied and got a strikeout on a slider with his 31st pitch of the inning.  1-0 Texas.

Koala returned for the 2nd, after all that’s what he does, but he walked the lead off hitter.  What could go wrong?

Well I guess a bloop hit and two men on could go wrong…

Oh no!  It’s a double!

It’s a blurry double but a double none the less. YOU do recaps of Angels games.

The Angels announcers are right, Matt is unlucky.  Unlucky that he walks guys.  Unlucky that he throws balls into CF.   It’s all so unlucky!!!  Matt then got one of his patented fly outs to the track.  3-0.   Then the Rangers got another one of those lucky hits between SS and third and it was 4-0 and then….OH NO

Looks like that’s a wrap!

And TDK does not look happy.

But fortunately for me, 4 outs and 4 runs makes for a great MH Post with not much time commitment.  May all his starts be this short.  As for the Who cares, stop blogging about Matt Harvey crowd, this will be today’s most-read post.  It always is.

No supermodels tonight.

The Dark Knight will return.

It’s another Monday and another Mets Mount Rushmore.  We can get the construction rolling on this one, which should be a good attraction.

TOM SEAVER

JERRY KOOSMAN

DWIGHT GOODEN

JOHAN SANTANA

The first three are easy….if I have to explain Seaver you are at the wrong website.  Koosman is your ace unless you have Seaver.  Gooden – well discussed – Shea never rocked like it did when Doc was on the mound.

Leaving us one spot.  I’d kind of like to put Darling on here.  Take a minute to read this breakdown of how good Ronnie was.

But Santana makes the list for two reasons.  (1) He handed in the best Mets pitching performance of all time during that penultimate game in 2008…and then he (2) gave his career so you could have a NOHAN t-shirt (yeah yeah I know, he hurt his foot two starts later, that’s totally why he never pitched again.  Totally).

That’s giving your all.  And that gets you on the mountain.

Yes there are plenty of names we could toss about but you only get 4 on the mountain, the other guys will have to settle for statues in front of the visitor’s center.

 

Here’s Gary Apple finding his game!  A lesser announcer would have unnecessarily mentioned the track and the wall. Gary knows that sometimes less is more.

Is it considered #crushed when the left fielder doesn’t move? Asking for Travis d’Arnaud. pic.twitter.com/kVuCQok5Df

— New York Mets (@Mets) March 10, 2019

Verdict:  Scully

Earlier in the game…

So much for going opposite field, @JeffMcNeil805. 😂

🔊🔛 pic.twitter.com/X35pxnIjbk

— New York Mets (@Mets) March 10, 2019

Also a nice call. I could see a lesser announcer definitely Trackwalling that one.

Verdict: Scully

Could Gary complete the trifecta?

Well, it looks like @Amed_Rosario didn’t miss a beat. 💪💪💪 pic.twitter.com/DvMF9xQzOO

— New York Mets (@Mets) March 10, 2019

Yes! Yes he can!

Verdict: Scully

Very nice job Gary Apple.

SLACKISH REACTION:  the media is continuing to be stupid writing about the first base “battle.”  Dom is hitting, right?  The Mets are cheap, right?  So if Dom is hitting and the Mets are cheap, why would you accelerate Pete Alonso’s contract so that Dom can sit on the bench.  Today’s nonsense is that he’s willing to play OF even though the Mets said earlier in the Spring that they weren’t doing that.  Come on media, stop being willingly stupid.

Don’t worry, Wags will come out in a nice suit and explain to y’all that they want Pete to work on a few things blah blah and you can all nod and fawn over the new GM.

Speaking of the media willingly being stupid, ICYMI on Friday night there was a little rumbling because an aging raid host said there would be a Seaver statue.  Some sites amplified this.  Choose your sources wisely.

Newsday going with a more realistic version of the statue story which is that the statue is being CONSIDERED.  So basically what I’ve been telling you, and basically the same the Mets Executives told me at the Queens Baseball Convention – they plan to do something.

You bitches know what day today is, right?

That’s right!  TDKoala Returns at 4pm!

I haven’t watched any Spring Training yet, am I a bad person?   Maybe the nice weather today will get me into it.

Monday 1:05 at Astros: MLBN

Tuesday 1:05 at Marlins:  Miami Radio on the horrible MLB App

Wednesday 1:10pm vs Astros:  SNY

I feel like there’s a great Carnac to be done here.

Great to catch up with @StevePhillipsGM today at BP. pic.twitter.com/HsP2Zbi9tu

— Brodie Van Wagenen (@GMBVW) March 9, 2019

I just haven’t been interested in looking at the Spring games on TV.  Most years I’m really into it at the start and then get bored but this year I haven’t even looked at an inning of it.

I think it’s a combination of Baseball is Boring plus not really being attached to any of the players now.  I like the Mets and all but there’s no particular one Met that I feel like I need to see.

How about you, have you been watching?