Chapter 1: What was the Mets' performance like in their recent game?
Yesterday at Citi Field was about as good as it gets. And then you get a break, and then you get Gary Keith and Ron back on SNY, the voices of your spring, summer, and hopefully deep into the fall. But even though they have to stop at the regular season, we understand that. But hopefully we hear these guys calling meaningful games in September and Howie being able to call a ā
A clinching game deep into September, whether it's the division or a wild card or whatever, and get some playoffs in there. It was great to hear a final opening day, put it in the books from Howie yesterday, as I was actually in the car when the game ended, so I was able to hear that.
I know that it is overreaction every time that we're going to watch these teams in the first couple of weeks, and then we'll say, well, you know, sample size this, sample size that.
But when the team makes as many changes as they did, and the hitting coaches change, and the pitching coaches change, and the bench coaches change, and the type of players that are on the roster, in the lineup, their approach at the plate, and they do what they did, which took a ton of walks, fouled off a ton of pitches, were relentless and put up that many runs?
Yeah. That is encouraging. That is not only encouraging, it's more than expected. I think we expected some of that, but yesterday it came in bunches. And like I said, the bottom of the order, and it came from a bunch of guys, whether it be Greg Beatty or Carson Bench.
You keep doing the Greg Beatty.
I keep saying, I'm sorry.
Is it Greg Brady?
I'm thinking Greg Brady. That's why I keep saying that. So I'm sorry about that.
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Chapter 2: How have recent coaching changes affected the Mets' offense?
And you steal bases because you can't take anything for granted, even with an 11-5 lead at that point. Of course. Especially with what happened in the top of the ninth inning. The Pirates start putting guys on base. They, you know, hit a home run. They add two runs to the play. I know. And you're thinking ā I was thinking back to the bottom of the eighth inning. The reason ā
that Ben Stoll's second base was, number one, they weren't paying attention to him, and number two, it was two outs. Yep. And he was trying to get in the scoring position just in case. And why not? Why not is right.
That, to me, is in no way piling on. I mean, this is a rookie who's playing the game.
But, again, they were talking about it, saying, now everybody's playing as if they're playing in Colorado because no lead is safe in Colorado.
Yeah, I mean, in the way that bullpens are in Major League Baseball these days, what we saw out of the Mets last year where they're pitching dying on the vine in front of us. Right. Put up as many runs as humanly possible.
Because what I thought initially when he stole second, I'm like, are they going to throw at him on Saturday? Yeah. And hopefully that's not going to be the case, but it shouldn't be the case because Pittsburgh didn't give up. They didn't say, hey, look, game's over. They came up in the top of the ninth and tried to win the game.
How many, so we're talking about the Mets bullpen? Yes. How many teams do you think Luis Garcia has been on since 2023? Three years, five teams.
All right, let's count them here. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Eight. Well, there's a reason for that, and there's a reason why he was in yesterday's game.
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Chapter 3: What strategies did the Mets use to score runs effectively?
Yeah, well, hopefully he's great for us. Throw strikes. Yep. Get us out. Put the ball in play. That kind of thing. Eight teams in three years? Yeah, and there was another situation that happened in the top of the ninth inning where ā Again, I think it was Al Leiter said it. Maybe it could have been Adam Montevino. I'm not sure.
But one of them said, why are you leaving your challenges when you can use them? And there was a ball that was thrown that was called a ball. And I think all of us thought it was a strike. And one of those guys said, why don't you just use your challenge right there? You got two challenges left. Sure. What are you going to do with them after the game?
It's like not using your timeouts as an NFL head coach.
Give it a shot. By the way, the ABS system is quick. That's for sure. We're not adding any time to the game. It is quick. I still don't know why we don't just do this for every single pitch. Do you like it? I like it. I like it. I would like it. Even better if you didn't have to challenge and it was just the way you called balls and strikes.
But I like it, and I do love the fact that it's instant. It's instantaneous.
So Francisco Alvarez is behind the plate, and he's not asking for it. If I'm the manager, if I am Mendoza, I'm saying to Alvarez, or I'm going to say to my catcher who's ever ā You know, it's the ninth inning now. We got a lead. We still have our challenges left. If you think that there's a strike here that's been called a ball, go ahead and challenge it. Sure. Why not? Right?
I hear you. I'm with you. Anthony in Belleville. What's going on, Anthony? Boomer and Gio. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, Anthony.
What's happening? Hey, Mets are going all the way. Boomer, you got nothing to worry about. But I'm just checking in.
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Chapter 4: How did the Mets' pitching perform in the latest game?
Does anybody know what channel the Yankees are on tonight? Are they on Peacock? Are they on Apple? Are they on Prime?
Chapter 5: What was the significance of base stealing in the game?
Yeah, I got it right here, Anthony. They're on Balloon Knot Plus is where they are.
Oh, yeah.
Yes, I don't know if you have regular Balloon Knot, but Balloon Knot Plus tonight, which is the middle tier. It's not Balloon Knot Premium, but it's the middle tier Balloon Knot Plus. Well, yeah, of course. Yes, yes, yes, of course. Yes, that's right. So regular balloon night, you got to watch the commercials.
Let me ask you a question. Al, you would know this answer. How many plus channels or services are there?
You question your answers to make sure. Not the actual streets, but the plus ones. There's Disney Plus.
Yeah. There's Paramount Plus. Right. There was, I don't know if it's still in existence, Discovery Plus.
There's ESPN Plus, right?
ESPN Plus. Plus.
Plus. There's New York Post Plus.
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Chapter 6: What challenges did the Mets face in the ninth inning?
Showtime.
Showtime isn't even around anymore? Isn't that under Paramount?
Yeah, I don't know if Showtime even exists. It exists under Paramount. Under Paramount+. All right. It's Paramount+. Under Paramount+. Yeah.
All right.
What are you doing this weekend, Anthony?
I had a great weekend. No, no, no. What are you doing this weekend? What are you doing? Yeah, nothing?
Nothing.
Not too much. I'm just getting over the flu. So I'm kind of taking it easy. Yeah, it was a rough one.
How long did you have that for?
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