The Great Larry Hagman - Played for Dallas
The Mets were in “jeopardy” of losing a game where their pitchers had fanned 15 Cardinals, while the Cards hurlers had fanned just 2. But Mets fans screamed to Alex Trabek in the 9th, “I’ll take Lindor for 250!”
And whaddya know, Francisco Lindor strode to the plate and clocked the 250th dinger of his career. Upper deck jolt. The building shook.
5-4 walk off win, and…
13-7 record. 105 win pace. I'll take it.
Meanwhile, in the Metsie Minors?
Everyone talks about Ryan Clifford in hopeful terms.
But he is hitting .171 in AA after tonight.
One level down, Jacob Reimer, however, has a .373/.439/.706 slash line over 13 games.
Someone asked Larry Hagman which of the two sluggers he would he keep if he could only keep one.
He said, “Why, JR, of course.”
I agree with Larry Hagman.
Reimer's HR yesterday was described by a beat writer thusly:
"3B Jacob Reimer uncorked a screaming line drive off the retired numbers plastered on Brooklyn's visiting clubhouse beyond the left-field wall. The Yucaipa, Calif. native's second home run of the year — and the series — put the Cyclones in front, 1-0."
Before I go, let’s applaud Zach Thornton, who threw 6 scoreless innings of one hit ball, while fanning 8. He failed to lower his ERA, which remains at 0.00, and he improved to 3-0. Remember that name.
And Brandy Man Sproat threw 6 scoreless also, fanning just one.
Lastly, Jon Singleton had 2 HRs in as many ABs for Syracuse yesterday, along with 2 walks. Last 3 games, the former MLB 1B was 6-14, with 3 HRs and 7 RBIs. He is 33.
Matt Allan (0-1) retired 5 batters, fanning 3 of them, but also allowed 3 walks and 2 hits and 2 runs. He left healthy. He took the loss on a day where the Lucie pitchers fanned 13 - and walked 13.
Tidbits are done for the day.
7 comments:
Tom,
Helluva game!
I am signing off for the day after this....as an annual rite of passage, multiple Binghamton hitters are under .200 early in the season.
Specifically, Nick Morabito, Alex Ramirez, Kevin Parada, and Ryan Clifford are 24 for 138 (.173), with NO HRs, 9 RBIs, 55 Ks, and 16 walks (9 of those are Clifford's).
What do we call them? PROSPECTS. Should we, really?
I am henceforth correctly labeling them them SUSPECTS.
While Nick Lorusso, unheralded, is hitting .300 there, with a .567 slug %. That says PROSPECT to me.
In Binghamton, it is much too cold to play baseball this time of year. When you are cold to the point of shivering, it is very difficult to be relaxed at the plate. It hurts to hit the ball anywhere except on the sweet spot of the bat. I am sure this affects the hitting early in the season. Warmer days will thaw the batting averages. Clifford will come around and everyone will ask why he has not yet been promoted.
As I noted in my Thursday articles, playing night games in Siberia in April is inadvisable. The first Mets game at night in the Polo Grounds was MAY 6, a far more sensible date.
Paul, I know I personally would be badly affected playing in cold weather. I am cold-sensitive. I'm sure many players are, too. What bothers me for the 4 cited players is the high levels of strikeouts. But let's see what they do in May.
Hopefully, we get the Soto Stick going today, when it is supposed to approach a nearly-Caribbean-like 80 degrees. A 4:05 start, so it is NOT a night game, thankfully.
Jake Mangum .328, 8 of 8 steals. Wow
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