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Old 04-14-2018, 02:02 PM   #6
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Not trying to spit 11-1 in the mouth but the Mets have had their share of luck in their 9-game streak. There were quite a few games that could easily have tilted the other way, including last night; if Dan Jennings doesn't throw a wild pitch, and Santana(?) doesn't blunder to third against Cespedes, they probably lose. Also one of those in Washington, and I saw nothing of the Marlins series this week but the scores weren't exactly blowouts.

And no, I am still not blown away by their collection of old men trying to play whack-a-ball. It's funny though that they wound up with whatever is left in Adrian Gonzalez' body and the Braves are paying the $21m bill for it. With the Mets, normally it's the other way round.

And, yeah, their version of Tragic Travis. It's an unsavory nickname I created for one of my Furballs' pitchers, but d'Arnaud is the perfect fit for it, too. As Gary Cohen pointed out last night, this is the fifth straight year where Tragic Travis (my words, not his) lands on the DL by the middle of May (his words, not mine).

Well, at least the R.A. Dickey deal back then also gave us Syndergaard. Would look kinda sad otherwise.
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