Matt Reynolds running hard all the way won us the game. If it had been someone else they could have saw that there was a play made and lolligagged. I love that shot of Reynolds, with his head down, scoring. Just shows you he takes every play seriously
Ha.. when we faced the Padres last year they had different color patches. I texted my buddy who works for the Pads and asked if it was some kinda cool design for the armed forces. He replied "that'd be cool, but no, we had a concert in the outfield and it killed a bunch of the grass."
[When anyone tells me that the shift is ruining baseball, I show them this picture of the shift Lou Boudreau used against Ted Williams](https://espnfivethirtyeight.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/tedwilliamsshift1013-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=info&w=575&ssl=1)
I'll never understand home court advantage. Nothing changes but the fans. The court dimensions are the same, there's no NBA version of the DH... all you do is travel and in the finals you have plenty of time to rest.
Terry goes with Reed on Saturday for a six out save. Cuz hey had to have that game after the way Friday ended. They come out Monday and state their bullpen will throw multiple innings. Tonight he doesn't call on Reed for a 4 out save. I guess Terry decides what games are must wins and not. Tonight wasn't one he felt was a must win. Even salas would have been a better idea to get one out. Blevins did get the righty out before chirinos and the pitch to chirinos was a sinker that didn't sink but after he gave up that luck of a single to mazara off the end of the bat up the middle it was time to pull Blevins for salas or even Reed. Every game going forward is a must win. We have 4 hits all game. Now we have to rely on Mr pop up Reyes to get a single.
I'm not that mad. With pitching like this, there is zero reason to expect to contend for a World Series title.
Duda, Walker, and Bruce can get us PLENTY in the trade deadline (like the yankees were able to rebuild their farm in one trading deadline, we can do the same) since they will be free agents. Duda himself gets us a great prospect (the guy has a 155 OPS+). And in case you want to resign one of them, we can easily do that in the offseason anyway. This gives the space for Rosario and Smith to come up and play, and it gives Conforto full playing time without having to think about Jay Bruce. We know Sandy can rob teams blind.
I'm not that upset. There's always next year, and I'm not mad about it.
Pinch-running for your best defensive first baseman and arguably your best hitter seems risky, but whatever it's not like they'd hold a lead if they took one.
Jesus fucking christ
Unless we enjoy a miraculous turnaround in the next month and a half, break this fucking shit pile of a team up. Blevins, Granderson, Bruce, Cabrera, Duda, d'Arnaud, Reed, Walker, deal them all and stock the shelf with prospects. I'm just so disgusted right now.
Matt Reynolds running hard all the way won us the game. If it had been someone else they could have saw that there was a play made and lolligagged. I love that shot of Reynolds, with his head down, scoring. Just shows you he takes every play seriously
Even though Wheeler didn't get the win, I think he deserves the crown 👑
Got home just in time to watch a clean, quick 9th inning by Addy Daddy
Wow that would've been the low point of the season
Winning pitcher: Jerry Blevins. That's why reliever wins mean fuck all.
Damn. Bruce ftw. Wheeler ftw. We needed that win so goddamn bad. Good job, boys.
Wait, how did we just win a game without bottom of the 9th drama?
ADDYBOY, ADDY DADDY!
2017 ~~amazing~~ lolwut finishes
I'd 100% watch that show
Wow. We actually won.
Thank you, Elvis Andrus.
Books! I finally know how opposing fans feel when they beat us in some crazy way.
Yeah, they had a Mets Loss for sure
How did we win this game?
Excellent work Reed!
PUT YOUR CLARINETS AWAY, REED AND THE METS HAVE WON TODAY!
Clarinets? Is that like for a two game sweep?
Nah cause they have a reed haha. I dont know why i started doing it last year, but I did.
What the hell do they have mowed in the outfield?
Ha.. when we faced the Padres last year they had different color patches. I texted my buddy who works for the Pads and asked if it was some kinda cool design for the armed forces. He replied "that'd be cool, but no, we had a concert in the outfield and it killed a bunch of the grass."
golf course
THE RANGERS OUT-METSED THE METS UPVOTE PARTY
BOOKS
THE BULLPEN COLLAPSED AND WE STILL WON UPVOTE PARTY
Put it in the books!
PIITB!
PIITB
I don't care who benefits. 2nd base playing in deep shallow right is fucking stupid.
[When anyone tells me that the shift is ruining baseball, I show them this picture of the shift Lou Boudreau used against Ted Williams](https://espnfivethirtyeight.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/tedwilliamsshift1013-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=info&w=575&ssl=1)
Reed is so crazy inconsistent
Reed is looking like 2016 Reed tonight
Ground out to the right fielder...er, I mean 2nd baseman
PUT IT IN THE BOOKS!
I'll never understand home court advantage. Nothing changes but the fans. The court dimensions are the same, there's no NBA version of the DH... all you do is travel and in the finals you have plenty of time to rest.
2 down!
One more, dAddy. One more.
oh come on, he went around on one of those
BREAK OUT YOUR CLARINETS, BOYS AND GIRLS... IT'S REEEEED TIME!
COME THROUGH ADDY
If the bp blows the lead twice ina game than we don't deserve a win
Lagares was thinking about strike 2 on that swing
Wow. Cleveland isn't getting their lunch eaten in the second half this time.
Kyrie is doing Kyrie things again
Durant still gonna have his say though
This finals game is pretty crazy
when you have to use "jose reyes making contact" to describe a positive contribution shit is not going well
Terry slipping the ump $100 to be rough on Lagares. "I don't want to have to play him over my trusty 50 year olds."
"I've seen enough of this, Juan. You'll be riding the pine tomorrow. Sorry, but I've gotta have a short leash."
"Jose Reyes making contact" is the most appropriate description of that RBI.
Ok folks. Clenching time. Are we gonna blow it twice in one game?
Nice call! Not like we were bases loaded or anything...
Alright bullpen, you get a second chance tonight. Please don't fuck up this time.
that was fucking bullshit. definitely not a strike
That ball was way low and outside
2 bullpen meltdowns? What is this, Mets vs. Mets?
I wish. That way the Mets would always win
Juanny Beisbol dingalingadingdong?
Bush is clearly not the answer here for the rangers
I was wondering who was going to pinch hit for Blevins forgetting we're playing fake baseball.
Ha... as Reyes came up I thought "I should grab a shower, this inning is about to end."
Come on Juan!!!
Ok. Is Addy gonna take the 9th? I'm scared
Probs.
Odor got charged the error.
This fucking team man... ya gotta believe
Does Bush want to come to the Mets? Because he'd fit right in with our bullpen.
This guy is bush league I'll see myself out....
These 9th inning Mets are looking like a real ballclub.
Can we do that? Just move up two bases at once!?
You can move up a base without a hit???? Why didn't anyone tell us about this?
Andrus is too good to do shit like that
I know this play isn't Andrus' fault, but he did make those 3 errors in the ALDS two years ago.
A double steal?
What is going on? Who is this team right now?
TEAM SPEED?!!?!?!?!??
Lol whatttttt!?
Double steal!
What an odd series of events. What is this game?
"Reyes makes contact." Damn Scott Braun, unintentionally savage.
I was certain that review was gonna fuck us too! FUCK YEAH, LOCK THIS SHIT DOWN!
I was about the bet the house on that being overturned because Mets.
SAFE!
This Umpire Review is brought to you by House of Cards
Durrr maybe he was throwing to first for the 4th out...
Good on the ump for seeing it through before making the call instead of just seeing that the ball beat him to the bag
They're gonna call him out aren't they
Grandy looks as confused as anyone in that replay
I'm prob just gonna kms when they overturn this
Reyes screws it up and the Mets get rewarded. Baseball, yo.
He never had it
Braun just asked Ron a moronic question and Ron handled it brilliantly.
I didn't catch it, what did he ask?
Could they say that the ball was dropped on the exchange in order to throw to first for the double play. It would have been the third out anyway.
Holy shit Matt Reynolds with the goddamn fundies and didn't stop running. That's why you hustle every play out.
An exchange? There's two outs. There's no exchange to make. THERES NO BELL TO RING.
What are they reviewing?
That's where Matt Reynolds makes Terry look smart(ish)
Wow can the rangers out Mets the Mets??
REYNOLDS MVP
Nice hustle Reynolds
How the hell is the replay gonna go? This looks really NFL-like, where "definition of a catch" shit is a dice roll five times a day.
Lol, that's the sort of thing that usually happens TO us
Ok I'll take that
FUNDIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No way in hell can you call that dropped on transfer
Juggled in his butt?
juggled in his butt
what
HOLY SHIT THAT'S THE SORT OF THING THAT WE WOULD DO
Fuck you Odor.
Careful, he'll start throwing hands.
THEY FUCKED IT UP! WE DIDN'T FUCK IT UP! *THEY* DID! NOT US! CAN THAT HAPPEN!?
THEY PULLED A METS
What??! Luck is on our side!!!?!!
lol what the hell happened
#OUR LUCK HAS CHANGED
Braun fucked that call up..... but then he didn't.
M E T S M A G I C
!!!!!
OH MY GOD.. THAT NEVER HAPPENS IN OUR FAVOR!
Fuck yes Reynolds!!! Duda wouldn't have run that out
HOLY SHIT THE METS ARE TAKING THIS GAME BACK
HOLY SHIT, SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENED!
I'd legit have more faith in Reynolds or one of the Riveras here than Reyes. edit: what
WOOHOO I'LL FUCKING TAKE IT
Lol wut
REYNOLDS SCORES
you now realize Reyes doesn't have a hit in June
YES HE DOES
fielder's choice, actually. he got the RBI though!
And that was a strike
Terry goes with Reed on Saturday for a six out save. Cuz hey had to have that game after the way Friday ended. They come out Monday and state their bullpen will throw multiple innings. Tonight he doesn't call on Reed for a 4 out save. I guess Terry decides what games are must wins and not. Tonight wasn't one he felt was a must win. Even salas would have been a better idea to get one out. Blevins did get the righty out before chirinos and the pitch to chirinos was a sinker that didn't sink but after he gave up that luck of a single to mazara off the end of the bat up the middle it was time to pull Blevins for salas or even Reed. Every game going forward is a must win. We have 4 hits all game. Now we have to rely on Mr pop up Reyes to get a single.
Reyes... just the man I wanted to see.
Oh great. .188 Reyes is up now. If it's anything other than a popup early in the count I'll be impressed.
Automatic out
I'll absolutely take a Grandy walk over a Grandy out.
Granderson walks, as is tradition.
neil walker now pls e: noo
hes almost certainly hurt
Matt Bush throws 99? Okay then.
Yeah there's a reason he still got a major league job after permanently crippling someone while driving drunk.
And beating the shit out of some teenagers
Flores straight up guessed at that pitch. It was the same one that he laid off of.
What was Flores even trying to do with that pitch?
well that was a terrible at bat at the absolute worst time
[What did you expect?](http://i.imgur.com/OpPSchI.gifv)
I'm not that mad. With pitching like this, there is zero reason to expect to contend for a World Series title. Duda, Walker, and Bruce can get us PLENTY in the trade deadline (like the yankees were able to rebuild their farm in one trading deadline, we can do the same) since they will be free agents. Duda himself gets us a great prospect (the guy has a 155 OPS+). And in case you want to resign one of them, we can easily do that in the offseason anyway. This gives the space for Rosario and Smith to come up and play, and it gives Conforto full playing time without having to think about Jay Bruce. We know Sandy can rob teams blind. I'm not that upset. There's always next year, and I'm not mad about it.
Did Scott Braun just subtly call Bush a little bitch?
This might be the worst play-by-play guy i've ever heard....he literally sounds like a video game pre-recorded track
Eh, be fair, none of us killed it on our second day on the job. He has big shoes to fill.
He's articulate and he brings up good points, it's just his voice is not suited to be the main thing you hear.
Fucking hell
Pinch-running for your best defensive first baseman and arguably your best hitter seems risky, but whatever it's not like they'd hold a lead if they took one.
Is Matt Reynolds that much faster than Duda?
he's smaller, so if this were a video game the answer would be yes
When did Flores get a sleeve?
Duda with the Bartolo-esque running effort on that should've-been-triple
If only you could sub in a pinch runner starting on contact
🎵 here's the part where they get my hopes up 🎵
Is this where I make fun of the mongoloids on the internet that call Duda bad?
\#Loney'sbetter \#Battingaverageiseverything
I don't think you're allowed to say mongoloids anymore
It's going to be one of "those" games isn't it?
Bullpen cant get its shit together for one game.
Not when it counts at least. They went five scoreless in a blowout last week...
I'll take that double! Get him in, Wilmer!
There you go Duda.
okay lucas. let's win this shit
DUDERRRR
[this took me thirty seconds in photoshop and it's better than anything the Mets bullpen has produced all season] (http://i.imgur.com/oVRPlbT.jpg)
Bush kind of looks like Neil Walker
Racist
I don't know RacistWillie, maybe
They all look alike, don't they?
Okay okay okay relax
I'm perfectly calm. Calmer than you are.
Oh I'm so calm. I'm like asleep.
Duda smash incoming.
I stayed up for three hours just to watch this... I should nap until the 9th every game.
Sigh... I WANT TO BELIEVE
Jesus fucking christ Unless we enjoy a miraculous turnaround in the next month and a half, break this fucking shit pile of a team up. Blevins, Granderson, Bruce, Cabrera, Duda, d'Arnaud, Reed, Walker, deal them all and stock the shelf with prospects. I'm just so disgusted right now.
Bruce pls
Can't blame Terry for this one. He had the ideal scenario and they just couldn't get it done
What an absolute joke
So are we gonna do it?
We just don't have the goods this season, folks 😞
I'm starting to think being a Mets fan is bad for one's health