The Official 2024 NY Mets Thread
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Good call on Alvarez. Believe Alex Young is ineligible since he was optioned today to make room for Lucchesi. Although I'm sure they could fake an injury move to get him eligible
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Under no circumstance do i want Baty on this roster. And the roster above has Megill left off. Not arguing that jus making sure it wasn’t an oversight.
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I was at game 4 of the '99 NLDS when Pratt hit the homer in the 10th to win, and even those of us sitting down the 3b line had no idea if Finley caught it at first. Then when Finley looked in his glove and it was empty, the place exploded like no other time I'd been there. That HR put the Mets into the NLDS, not just into the wild card series. So I'm going with that.
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Not an oversight, he threw 100 pitches yesterday so can't imagine he's available by Thursday when the series would be over so I doubt they use a roster spot on him
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I was having this same discussion with a few Mets friends - where does the Lindor home run rank in our Mets lifetime? (I’m 40). The big home runs we mentioned in the discussion were the Pratt home run, Venturas grand slam single against the Braves and then Piazzas post 9/11 and of course Bartolo Colons shot heard around the world.
I’d say it has to be top 3 biggest home run of my fandom with the Mets.
Lindor not just writing his own legacy, but also helping keep Diaz’s intact. If he flies out there and we lose 7-6, Diaz would be the scapegoat for failing to cover first and giving up a big double with the bases juiced. Lindor has cemented himself as one of my favorite Mets of all time this year. He’s been everything.
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I love the fact we have Manaea tonight. Hopefully, he can give us that 6 and change or into the 7th inning performance tonight. Save the pen, win the first 2 and get an actual day or two to breath and get healthier.
And I was hard to come around on Mendoza but how freaking good has he been through everything this season? Reminds me a little of Francona in his temperament and style.
And I was hard to come around on Mendoza but how freaking good has he been through everything this season? Reminds me a little of Francona in his temperament and style.
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Let’s go Mets. Petey tripped over his bat like a tool and GIDP.
We will win this game somehow, however.
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Kinda agree. Would like to relax and win 10-2. But it will probably be the reverse or we’ll be sweating out a 4-3 lead in the 9th with the Trumpet loading the bases…
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Chourio doesn't look happy. Looked like he flung the ball from 3rd out into upper tier.
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useless no more!!!
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WOW!
I haven't checked in on this thread in a minute - so catch up time.
Game 2 - hindsight I think we should have left Manaea in the game for one more inning. His pitch count wasn't that high and our bull pen is short on arms you actually trust. Maton is fine, but when he didn't have it there was no plan B. Also Pete tripping over his own bat cost us a run in that early inning and another time we wasted a situation with a runner on 2nd and no outs. I think it was Marte, Taylor struck out and couldn't move him over. Alvarez and Lindor weren't able to get the hit to knock him in.
Game 3 - Quintana was great! I don't think he had his best stuff, he gave up a lot of hard contact and only had 1 inning where he didn't allow a baserunner - his last, but man he delivered, never let it snowball on him. Butto is the guy I trust the most out of the pen right now and he went out there and gave up back to back homers against a dude batting .197 and Frelick! Unreal! Diaz was shaky with control, Pete freaking drops a foul ball that would have got us out of an inning. Going into the 9th we had 2 hits...both from Lindor. Again wasted chances, Lindor with a lead off double to start the game and can't do anything with Vientos, Nimmo and Pete following. We looked lost at the plate all night. Totally cool with Pete walking after the season, just complete shrinkage to end the season for him....
...then Pete flipped the script as Gary would say. Unbelievable! Sitting there debating 3 days ago where Lindor's homer fits in Mets' lore and now Pete delivers THAT! Man! From dead in the water to this! Pay that man his money! What a moment for Pete and the team in general. And Lindor just continues to rise up the charts of all time Mets. Peterson coming in and getting it done in a spot he's not accustomed to as well.
I'll give it to Stearns too. Mendoza's hire looks like a good one. Iglesias, Bader, Taylor, Severino, Manaea - he's made some nice under the radar moves that have shaped this team. What a time to be a Met fan! I'm a NC State fan and this has vibes of what I just witnessed in March with the ACC title run and run to the Final Four. Why not us?!
I haven't checked in on this thread in a minute - so catch up time.
Game 2 - hindsight I think we should have left Manaea in the game for one more inning. His pitch count wasn't that high and our bull pen is short on arms you actually trust. Maton is fine, but when he didn't have it there was no plan B. Also Pete tripping over his own bat cost us a run in that early inning and another time we wasted a situation with a runner on 2nd and no outs. I think it was Marte, Taylor struck out and couldn't move him over. Alvarez and Lindor weren't able to get the hit to knock him in.
Game 3 - Quintana was great! I don't think he had his best stuff, he gave up a lot of hard contact and only had 1 inning where he didn't allow a baserunner - his last, but man he delivered, never let it snowball on him. Butto is the guy I trust the most out of the pen right now and he went out there and gave up back to back homers against a dude batting .197 and Frelick! Unreal! Diaz was shaky with control, Pete freaking drops a foul ball that would have got us out of an inning. Going into the 9th we had 2 hits...both from Lindor. Again wasted chances, Lindor with a lead off double to start the game and can't do anything with Vientos, Nimmo and Pete following. We looked lost at the plate all night. Totally cool with Pete walking after the season, just complete shrinkage to end the season for him....
...then Pete flipped the script as Gary would say. Unbelievable! Sitting there debating 3 days ago where Lindor's homer fits in Mets' lore and now Pete delivers THAT! Man! From dead in the water to this! Pay that man his money! What a moment for Pete and the team in general. And Lindor just continues to rise up the charts of all time Mets. Peterson coming in and getting it done in a spot he's not accustomed to as well.
I'll give it to Stearns too. Mendoza's hire looks like a good one. Iglesias, Bader, Taylor, Severino, Manaea - he's made some nice under the radar moves that have shaped this team. What a time to be a Met fan! I'm a NC State fan and this has vibes of what I just witnessed in March with the ACC title run and run to the Final Four. Why not us?!
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So, I woke up this morning and over my coffee thought, the Mets have been in the postseason 11 times. I am 57, I started following them in 1979. So I missed 1969 and 1973. So they've made it 9 times in the 48 years I've been watching them. Since losing the WS in 2015, they lost 2 WC rounds (1 game in 2016, 2-1 in 2022).
Last night and this last week have been a really bright spot in a long, long period of watching other teams play October baseball. What a friggin' ride.
LFGM!!!!
Last night and this last week have been a really bright spot in a long, long period of watching other teams play October baseball. What a friggin' ride.
LFGM!!!!
It's kinda sad, but I've thought about similar things. I was 2 when they won it all in 86, so I have no memory of that. My earliest Mets memories are early 90s with Howard Johnson, Greg Jefferies, Dave Magadan, Vince Coleman, Doc Gooden, David Cone, Kevin Elster...those are sort of the first Mets teams I remember. I honestly don't know how I became a Mets fan. I grew up in NC, I have no connection to Queens or New York. We didn't have a team here and baseball was my favorite sport, everyone I knew around here were Braves fans or Yankees fans and the rebel in me wanted to go against the grain and I landed on the Mets. Maybe the uniforms lured me in. I had a big HoJo poster in my room and Todd Hundley became my favorite player.
It's been a sad existence for the most part. But the late 90's early 2000's Mets with Ventura, Ordonez, Alfonzo, Piazza - those were some great memories. Then Reyes and Wright the home grown talent was super exciting but also I remember that core mostly as choking. Choking away the 7 game lead with 17 to play in the division with the Phillies. Beltran taking strike 3 against the Cards after a fantastic catch by Chavez. Then we had the WS run where we lost to the Royals with the great young pitching and Murph morphing into Babe Ruth for a stretch. And most recently the 101 win season only to lose the division late and Max getting rocked against SD and us shown the door so quickly.
The highs are high. Todd Pratt's homer in 99, Ventura's grand slam single, Benny Agbayani's walk off, Chavez's catch... The Mets have been a lot of fun at times, but it's been a painful existence. The promise of these stellar rotations that have crumbled (first generation K Pulsipher, Isringhausen, Paul Wilson and then second with Harvey, DeGrom, Thor, Matz and Wheeler). Felt like we were set for multi year runs and it just didn't ever materialize.
This has been one of the best few weeks of my fanhood. This team was self proclaimed as rebuilding this year - that's what makes this even more special. No one expected this. What a ride indeed!
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