It seemed like an uglier game to play than it was to watch, what with the low temperature, the lack of hitting, and J.D. Davis double tapping his glove and chucking balls away like he was Richard Todd. I could have sworn one of them was intercepted by Bill Simpson in the Shea Stadium end zone.
(Kids, just google it. I’m not just going to make Sam Darnold references to be in line with your sensibilities. I’m old. Deal with it.)
I don’t mean to get on J.D., but he was all over the Mets’ 3-1 loss on both the good and bad sides of the ledger. In addition to the two throwing errors, one of which brought home the first Cubs’ run of the game in the third inning with two outs, he did hit a home run for the Mets only run and reached base three times. He also had weak check swings at two garbage Craig Kimbrel off speed pitches in the ninth when the Mets were trying to rally. One of those games, though. And in the cold while he’s still working his way back into game shape after the bruised hand, these things are going to happen.
The second Cubs run came as Eric Sogard drove in Jason Heyward with a single. The interesting part was that Heyward stole second, and replay showed he might have been out as there was a split second between his front hand leaving the bag and his back foot touching it. And usually, replay calls that stuff very strict. But the call was upheld, and I’m fine with it. I love replay, but not for things like that. It wasn’t what it was designed for.
(Bookmark this later in the year when the Mets benefit on a call like this.)
(Oh who am I kidding? The Mets will never benefit on a call like this.)
4 comments:
I am so happy you are writing again.
Metstradamus is a shaft of light in a world of dark. Pure Poetry.
All games count, but games should not be played in winter temperatures at night. Bad baseball ensues.
Should by a mandate that April games at Wrigley be played in the daytime.
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