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KEITH: Well, Vientos, his defense has really come around. He's been outstanding. And that was a question mark. When he was coming up and his glove was questionable, that's what we heard.
He makes all the plays that he can get to, he makes those plays. And he's got the strong arm—the arm of a third baseman.
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Go ahead, argue with the man with the 11 Gold Gloves. The man that Palmer & Thorn (
The Hidden Game of Baseball) proclaimed as the greatest defensive first baseman of
all time. The man whose glove makes him a Hall of Fame candidate.
The floor is yours.
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Quintana is pulled after 7 innings of 2-hit ball, because he's thrown 90 pitches. Or, as we might recall,
66.6% of Tom Seaver's pitch count. (135)
I mean, yeah, take it a little easy because the two remaining starts will be hugely important. And 9-0 is (probably) too big a lead for Danny Young, Alex Young, Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Paul Young, Andrew Young and the Young Rascals to blow. But come on. I saw
dozens of Mets pitchers in a groove with a big lead just keep on cruising and finish the job, no muss, no fuss.
One day, I'll stop being annoyed at this.
One day, I'll stop being.
(The reliever is actually Claymation Phil Maton, not a Young Rascal. He gives up a bloop double to start the 8th, but probably won't totally choke.)
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Gary gives sad updates about how the Braves, Padres, and D'Backs all won.
He does not even
mention the Phillies. Because why have ambitions when you can settle for 6th??
(If the Mets finish 6th and the Brewers finish 3rd, do they just stay in Milwaukee, or come home for a day?
It's almost a pity the Manfred Round doesn't start a little later. There's a Steve Miller show in Milwaukee on October 15th. I could be persuaded to do a double-duty trip, although I probably wouldn't. I haven't gone
anywhere since 2019. Probably I've developed a phobia, to go along with my natural stinginess.)
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Now Gary is giving updates on the
A.L. Wildcard nonsense, and still hasn't mentioned the Phillies. FFS, Gary.