Thunder

I lucked out. I had Harvey last year (the year to have him) and have Syndergaard (and Familia) this year. I've struck gold with Mets pitchers.

Ted's not there, so we're screwed. On the bright side, I'm not there either.

Guess I picked the wrong game to go to.

When they showed the Schoop HR from last night, I cracked up. The guy that made it into the bottom of the shot was sitting next to me, and he had like 3 bags of peanuts that he kept eating all game, leaving his trash on the ground next to me.

I was so excited to hear that foghorn blaring all night, but it only graced my ears twice. Offense is gonna explode tonight.

All these goddamn pictures came out sideways... 1. No caption needed 2. Orioles BP, my seats are in the top left corner of the shot. 3. View from my seats about 10-15 minutes later. The overweight lady there was a drunk Orioles fan. 4. Price doing some funky stuff before warming up. 5. Ortiz AB in 2nd, when he hit the double. Notice the scoreboard to prove that I'm not lying. 6. We were that close to the CITGO sign. 7. A nighttime view of Fenway, I think in the 7th or 8th inning. 1. http://www.operationsports.com/forums/albumpicture.php?albumid=3655&pictureid=44411 2. http://www.operationsports.com/forums/albumpicture.php?albumid=3655&pictureid=44412 3. http://www.operationsports.com/forums/albumpicture.php?albumid=3655&pictureid=44413 4. http://www.operationsports.com/forums/albumpicture.php?albumid=3655&pictureid=44415 5. http://www.operationsports.com/forums/albumpicture.php?albumid=3655&pictureid=44416 6. http://www.operationsports.com/forums/albumpicture.php?albumid=3655&pictureid=44417 7. http://www.operationsports.com/forums/albumpicture.php?albumid=3655&pictureid=44418

Hopefully it's better than mine.

Saw a lot of bad things going on tonight... I'll share more when I get home.

Machado looks cockier in person tbh

Got my bobblehead. For those who care, I'm right under the Coca-Cola sign in LF, above the Monster seats... Alright, see you later.

Chicks love bobbling heads... Makes them feel like they're being listened to.

Just got on the Mass Pike. I'm up in the corporate boxes tonight. My mother works at Aetna and its Aetna Night tonight... I'm hoping to get there early enough to get a Tek bobblehead.

Yeah Kyrie just went off. I happened to watch that game for once, and he was amazing. Cavs gotta do that again two more times though.

How do people beat Scherzer? He must really be off his game when it happens, because he consistently looks superhuman.

Tessie is too busy getting on his nerves. I like having two mascots.

Just when I get on a hot streak and pass Ted in the standings to take over 1st in the division, we have a H2H matchup. Good luck this week... We always seem to play each other at the most critical times.

I agree in the sense that he's a Cy Young candidate. Wish I could've seen him pitch in person tomorrow night, but I guess Price will have to do instead.

I find myself agreeing a little bit with both sides here. I said it earlier that as a traditionalist, and an umpire myself, I don't want to see drastic changes to the roles of the umpires. But, I'm starting to realize that umpires CAN control how good they are. There were two things that happened to me last week, one behind the plate and one at second base, that made me think that the best umpires are mentally tough and can make the crucial decisions, and also the correct decisions, on the fly. I kind of froze, and wish I had the calls back. It's hard to be completely neutral, completely accurate, AND completely fair. The mental side of umpiring is what causes these guys to make mistakes. I froze on an infield fly that ended up being dropped by the shortstop, and then I narrowed my strike zone just a little to allow one team to tie it up, even though they lost anyway in extra innings. The umpires that cannot control the mental aspect of what it takes to be an MLB umpire have to be weeded out. If and when they are, the overall performance of umpires will drastically improve.

He's fine. I feel like you're trying to nitpick because he had one bad game at the plate and because we lost. Don't worry about it. Everyone has a bad day/off day, and you can't expect him to dominate every single game he plays.

A win here sends me to Fenway on Tuesday in a good mood!

I don't know. I'm probably still pissed from the OKC choke job.

This is an example of a pointless thread. But if you insist, he stays there as long as he wants.

I thought that was implied, so I left him out.

The series isn't rigged, the league is.

I agree. Our pitching is still really holding us back. It's shocking that we'll be in first (after this game ends) despite it. Price and Porcello have been great, but when they lose it seems to be because of a lack of run support, but a loss is still a loss. I think a real top of the rotation guy is keeping us from being as good as the Cubs. We definitely have the offense.