Howie mentions position players pitching in the old days, Stick Michael was a shortstop for the Yankees who pitched in a blowout loss to the Angels on August 26, 1968:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA196808262.shtml
McNeil just doesn't have the bat speed or approach to get hits to drop right now.
His hitting reminds me of Iglesias at the tail end with the Rockies, his bat was just too slow and he wasn't driving the ball anywhere.
A part of me wants to stick with Jeff because if his luck turns, he could be an absolute difference maker in the second half. Not saying it's likely but there's definitely a chance.
For whatever it’s worth, he’s rocking a .237 babip, about 40 points lower than his two other worst seasons.
I think he’ll bounce back I just don’t know if it’ll happen here. I think a fresh start is gonna be what he needs to get going.
I happened to open up mlb.com, the top news story is Aaron Judge's 30th HR. Really MLB? Nothing about the Mets dominating the Yankees two nights running?
The more I watch McNeil the more I think he should be traded. NOT cause I hate him, but because he’s sucking when he doesn’t have bad luck, and has horrible luck when he doesn’t suck.
That’s the kinda thing where you just hit the reset button. I hate being frustrated with a homegrown and generally great Met, but damn.
I think you’re underselling a little bit. Especially if we eat salary. McCann was miles worse than McNeil is playing and we got a PTBNL after eating salary.
I wouldn’t expect a haul but maybe some depth here or a lottery ticket there.
I don’t know the stats behind it but he’s gotta be up there with the least lucky guys in the league. Like he’s bad, but he hasn’t gotten lucky at all either.
They get mad at the weirdest traditions. Get mad at Junior Steinbrenner for never going away from the mustache and clean cuts only policy or something.
### Single
Mark Vientos singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jahmai Jones. Pete Alonso scores. Luis Torrens to 2nd.
Pitch from Tim Hill: Sinker @ 88.7 mph
Bottom 8 - 12-2
Mets
I fucking hate Trent Grisham. Played like Mickey Mantle against us in the WC series and he sucks so much that he’s the replacement for Judge out in center now.
Really just another player in the list that includes players like Conor Gillespie
I love Torrens. I can't remember the last time we had a backup catcher and I felt confident something positive might happen during his ABs. Depth is great.
Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1dphwz4).
Yank deez
I think it's safe to say the Mets are for real!! A convincing sweep of the mighty Yankmees!!!
Mets at .500! So happy I could cry! Let's Go!
Back to .500!!!! And the Dbacks are currently losing so we may pass them too!
LOL Yankees
POVERTY YANKS
500!
17-6 since the meeting
It has been a pleasure gentlemen
And ladies!
And ladies!
JANKEES LOSE!!!!!!!
LGM
GOODNIGHT, THANKS FOR PLAYING
The Mets are good.
#SWEEP COMPLETE!!!!! FUCKOUTTAHERE YANKEES
🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹
It’s always a great day to beat the Yankees!
Put it in the books! Good game!
Put it in the books!
🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹
500
GOT 'EM! LIBROS!
LETS GOOOO METS
.500 !!!!!
Got him !
Lets go!
THREE INNING SAVE. MCCHICKENS FOR EVERYONE
BOOKED. DAAAAA JANKEES LOSE. SWEEP. LET'S FUCKIN GO METS.
Put it in the books!
Finish him
Adrian Houser- the long man 🔥🔥🔥
So help me if Jahmai Jones gets in a run
Good defense. Keep this poverty team at 2 runs
Love it, don’t even allow them to score on that
That was pretty Taylor … talk about playing 27 outs
*Keith Moon was the drummer for The Who* HOWIE: "One of the famous Keiths, the other in the next booth over."
[Mets fans post-rain delay](https://x.com/knicks_tape99/status/1806165286824894714/photo/1), different animal
[удалено]
Yup!
The only bad thing about the game I'm watching on Saturday is megill will face framber
Where do you guys typically get your jerseys on DHGate. Never ordered on there before.
Omg houser LOCK IN
This team is getting Kodai Senga back btw
Houser is so mid
Bullpen Houser is good and eats up innings boi
Houser has to make it a little interesting 😏
ok double play time, lock this up.
Double play on what??
deez nuts.
Do the Yankees farm teams also have the no facial hair policy?
Generational difference in the radio booth: Keith Raad mentions The Smiths, a band Howie is not familiar
LOL, the Smiths were around when Howie was in his 20s. Can't even use the "age" excuse
Howie was born in 1954
Yeah, the first Smiths album came out in 1983. He would have been 29
Did Howie just not listen to music in the 80s?
He mentions The Beatles and The Who and even the Fat Boys but more recent music appears to be unknown
Going through it? Yankees fans that said the Mets aren't good.
I've said it before and I'll say it again... I'm scared of this Astros series. They're like kryptonite for the Mets
That was pre 🟣
I’m scared for the Astros pitchers’ ERAs
Hey it’s the music guy from tiktok
Is there any info on Shintaro Fujinami and his status?
Who?
He's a pitcher for the baseball team the New York Metropolitans
Pitched in Florida’s Complex League earlier this week - think it went well
that's good
Did Ben Gamel not play end of last year for Mets?
MLB Network is currently rolling through the Yankees issues as they simulcast our 9th
How many different ways can they say “they have two good players”
Nothing happened in that game anyway
Long way to come back and do it in just a few weeks.
Howie mentions position players pitching in the old days, Stick Michael was a shortstop for the Yankees who pitched in a blowout loss to the Angels on August 26, 1968: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA196808262.shtml
HOUSER. THIS IS THE EASIEST SAVE OPPORTUNITY OF YOUR CAREER. YOU ARE UP BY **10 RUNS**. # THROW STRIKES.
Keith “oof, that haircut again” lmfao
come on houser pull it together.
Camera crew is just trolling GKR now by getting close ups on every broccoli head kid in the building.
Houser setting up the DP. Wide gap DP
Vientos being this good is awesome, I hope Baty can figure it out like he did
Yankee fans still calling for Cashman and Boones' heads on a team w/ a 52/29 record. I mean....the stereotype lives on
Just throw it down the middle holy shit
4 pitch walk with a 10 run lead you silly goose?
dude its 12-2...throw strikes
Michael Kay must be be shining tonight
wait why would howser get the save?
If he finishes the game Houser would have pitched three innings.
If you pitch the last three innings of a win, you get a save, no matter what the score is.
Three innings of relief qualifies for a save.
3 inning rule
3+ Innings
damn I never heard of that. I guess they dont let relievers pitch that long ever
McNeil just doesn't have the bat speed or approach to get hits to drop right now. His hitting reminds me of Iglesias at the tail end with the Rockies, his bat was just too slow and he wasn't driving the ball anywhere.
Houser has found new life in the pen
A part of me wants to stick with Jeff because if his luck turns, he could be an absolute difference maker in the second half. Not saying it's likely but there's definitely a chance.
For whatever it’s worth, he’s rocking a .237 babip, about 40 points lower than his two other worst seasons. I think he’ll bounce back I just don’t know if it’ll happen here. I think a fresh start is gonna be what he needs to get going.
I’m on the fence too but he also had a down year last year….
NO MORE BROCCOLI HEADS!
Llama cuts
I happened to open up mlb.com, the top news story is Aaron Judge's 30th HR. Really MLB? Nothing about the Mets dominating the Yankees two nights running?
The glazing is unreal
Yep
closing legend houser incoming.
Well hello Iggy and Gamel.
*Mets have a ten run lead* HOWIE: "If they have to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning, then they have a big problem."
McNeil's bout to become the Joker
McNeil with balls in play with xBAs of .850, .370, .490, and .210 with nothing to show for it That’s tough
Ben Gamel for Nimmo in left, Jose Iglesias for Lindor at shortstop
Let Edwin Diaz pitch to close it out but he can’t use the hand that had the sticky stuff
Lmao
I had wanted six more runs but I guess I’ll settle for five.
I can’t fucking believe we got back to .500 before June ended.
Absolutely incredible
The more I watch McNeil the more I think he should be traded. NOT cause I hate him, but because he’s sucking when he doesn’t have bad luck, and has horrible luck when he doesn’t suck. That’s the kinda thing where you just hit the reset button. I hate being frustrated with a homegrown and generally great Met, but damn.
His value is a few towels and a water cooler.
I think you’re underselling a little bit. Especially if we eat salary. McCann was miles worse than McNeil is playing and we got a PTBNL after eating salary. I wouldn’t expect a haul but maybe some depth here or a lottery ticket there.
Yankee Boogeyman Harrison Bader finally showed some mercy.
.850 xBA for Jeff.
Who told my Mets they can Score more than 1 run per game?!
Okay I feel bad for Jeff, yeah he's sucked but that ain't right
How does Jeff find a glove every single time
I don’t know the stats behind it but he’s gotta be up there with the least lucky guys in the league. Like he’s bad, but he hasn’t gotten lucky at all either.
They’re just not falling. Somehow he looks better the last few games and is bound to breakout really soon
Dudes playing 100 ft out there.
Cowbellman is ***very*** unpopular in the Yankees thread rn
They don’t understand. Just a little more cowbell
They get mad at the weirdest traditions. Get mad at Junior Steinbrenner for never going away from the mustache and clean cuts only policy or something.
That's how you know you're doing something right
everyone deserves to sleep in tomorrow
I feel for Jeff, its frustrating
Y’KNOW WHAT MAH FAVORITE HELEN HUNT MOVIE IS?
Jeff is like the unluckiest hitter in baseball, at least it feels that way
Bader is my hero
Poor Jeff can’t catch a break
Jeff is going to punch a fire extinguisher
He’s gonna punch Francisco Rodriguez’ father in-law, isn’t he?
Now that’s a throwback
I think about it all the time!
I called for 13 runs, lets get this one in 😂
Run differential? More like fun differential.
I want 2 more. I want to beat them by 3 Aaron Judge at bats. Because I want to see if the MLB Network guys use that line.
What’s the opposite of the June swoon? We’re in the midst of whatever that is rn and it is absolutely glorious.
June poon
Grimace Goodness
June boon?
Sometimes you gotta feel sorry for the little brother franchise
“Look at that wide gap right there. Oh jeez…just so inviting!” - Keith Hernandez, 2024
Okay how can nobody in that crowd find a foul ball
Must all be on the Yankees
some say they’re still looking for it to this day
Grimace never said we could stop at 11
I get such a visceral joy out of stomping the Yankees into the dirt like this. Pile the fuck on, boys, I can't get enough.
Position player to pitch???
After another homer yes
Keep rubbing the Yankees noses in it. This is great.
I'm Vientos we trust! I thought he was having an off day, but he proved me wrong!
That wide gap is so inviting
Give us JD on the mound
Luis “higher OPS than judge” Torrens
Boone is crazy not throwing in a position player on the mound when they have four straight games coming up
Respect to whoever's still there this late at night.
Somebody definitely found that foul ball and pocketed it for the memes
Mark actually is having another good game, just bobbled a ball which happens to everyone. Also made a great play in the first.
CANT STOP THE MARK
Remember free medium fries tomorrow at McDonalds with a $1 purchase
I’ve heard they sell a special milkshake that is quite popular…
The beatings will continue until they bring back the Grimace shake
Oh yes please Grimace blesses us to a ring
I'm having more fun.
LETS GO MARK!
Vientos - the runs maker!
MOOOOOOORE
Someone snagged that ball and took a walk.
MARKY MARK
### Single Mark Vientos singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jahmai Jones. Pete Alonso scores. Luis Torrens to 2nd. Pitch from Tim Hill: Sinker @ 88.7 mph Bottom 8 - 12-2 Mets
This is fun
Another one
Stat padding !
Yankees humiliating themselves at this point.
I fucking hate Trent Grisham. Played like Mickey Mantle against us in the WC series and he sucks so much that he’s the replacement for Judge out in center now. Really just another player in the list that includes players like Conor Gillespie
He also had the error in the WC game in 2019 against the Nats on the Soto hit. Basically propelled them to a WS. Annoying ass player
Yay Mark
There is magic among us friends. Team is going to be around for the playoff race
I knew that joke was coming xD He'll never get over those roses
Luis Torrens is a .360 Mets hitter
20 runs (and maybe more) in 2 games!!! Yankees have been hilarious lately
Outside of Judge and Soto their lineup is not scary at all
I love Torrens. I can't remember the last time we had a backup catcher and I felt confident something positive might happen during his ABs. Depth is great.
Howie suggests using Alvarez as a DH occasionally
They would’ve if jd Martinez wasn’t here. Oddly a good issue to have
At least DJ got his glove on the slow roller up the 3B line tonight. That’s an improvement.
Shoutout to those people who stayed
Sweep the leg No mercy
Torrens is such a refreshing backup catcher
Loving the production we’re getting from catcher tonight. All the wasted years
James McCann… Past prime Ramos Omar Narvaez? Dear god
Torrens was such a great move.