Often, when watching a lot of games by the same baseball team, we might say things like “boy it sure feels like Bobby Ballplayer strikes out a lot on high fastballs,” or “golly it seems like Javier Hitter grounds into a double play every time there’s a runner on first.” Often, we seek to prove […]
Day: August 1, 2016
For All You Kids Out There, Episode 13: “July, July, July, it never seemed so strange”
It’s the For All You Kids Out There trade deadline spectacular. In an ideal world we would have recorded this after the actual trade deadline, but Jeffrey has to bowl, and Jarrett has another podcast. Fortunately there is no way anything in this podcast will look foolishly behind the times by the time you listen, right? […]
Our Favorite Mets Trades
Sandy Alderson’s been working the phones; SOURCES say the Mets have been in on Jonathan Lucroy and Jay Bruce. But the Mets should instead retool for next season. The 2017 Mets are closer to the National League East title than this year’s team. Barring a shocking Nationals collapse, 7 1/2 games is an insurmountable deficit with […]
Game recap July 31: A brief reprise from a whole lot of ugliness
THE RUNDOWN The Mets lose a shortstop but win a game against the Rockies on the back of Neil Walker’s bat. A WHOPPING 118 PITCHES Noah Syndergaard’s first out of the game was most representative of the outing he would end up having. Thor poured in 98 mile-per-hour sinkers and 90 mile-per-hour sinkers and changeups to Charlie […]