If these pitchers can't throw 2 innings every once in a while then they can't be called athletes. I mean gimme a break. I despise this rule it cheats the fans and the game. On top of that baseball is the ultimate stats game. You are giving free runs every extra inning without a hit/BB etc.
You can relive it on Youtube--it's a hoot. All the guys look so young but it was 50+ years ago. Nolan Ryan looks like he was dragged there but Tug and Tom really were enjoying it. Even Jerry Grote was smiling. Kranepool has huge ears.
You're still a baby. I've got you by 10 years. I want to my first Mets game at The Polo Grounds in '62.
Awful game. Let's hope that we got that out of our system and take the next three.
Here's the link to the video. Nolan Ryan looks like he's making a hostage tape! LOL!
Need Walker to forget last Braves game or use this as a payback.--give 6 good innings as pen is rested after last night's fiasco. Braves did not pitch Morton at Citi as Mets have won 2 games vs him this year.
Not sure why they clearly dithered on this. Sunday it was a “rumored possibility“, yesterday Buck shot it down “not an option” and today it’s Baty will be in Atlanta on Wednesday. Maybe they were hoping Escobar was not as bad as it is. Hopefully it’s not a sign of some Buck/Eppler power struggle. Just seems like if they were decisive and sure Baty was ready (at least as a fill in) he would already be in the lineup.
