World Series or Bust! with the Coke Party Patrol: 2016 New York Mets

@BNightengale
Tim Tebow hits his 1st HR at #Mets camp over RF fence at 11:48 ET

Crasnick, ESPN:

Steven Matz, rehabbing in Port St. Lucie, will rejoin the Mets tomorrow and throw a bullpen. If all goes well, he could start against Phillies on Friday.

@AnthonyDiComo
Tim Tebow's #Mets jersey was MLB's top seller yesterday, per ESPN, despite persistent tweets telling me no one cares about him.

that OF mixup is zackly what i was anticipating for this playing-weak-opp stretch run

Eric Campbell w/ pinch-RBI single in 8th for Jay Bruce

wow, Collins musta had his Wheaties this morning

comparative Bruce heat maps

https://twitter.com/msimonespn/status/778654079992094721

(i''ve met Mark Simon at both the SABR convention and the Saberseminar)

Rubin:

Terry Collins said Steven Matz, "as of today," is ready to start Friday against the Phillies. Matz will be on a 50-pitch or so cap. He has been sidelined with a shoulder impingement.

Flores still can't swing after 10 days w/ a 'bone bruise'

Bruce sits tonight

Matz will be on a 50-pitch or so cap

that's a solid two innings for syndergaard

get on asdrubals back imo

fuckin' RECKER of all ppl

fucking hell

last two innings were crazy
props to inciarte on that catch honestly

Cinderella outfit gone

dreading Phillies series now

Whoa.

that was a home run. what a way to lose. feel for the Mets fans tonight.

the baseball gods are something this year.

wow. that's gutting

there's no doubt if Inciarte made that catch in a postseason series it'd enter the Pantheon.

@AdamRubinESPN
Breaking: Steven Matz's start on Friday is off because of continued shoulder issue.

*sigh*

The news with Steven Matz now all but confirms that Seth Lugo and Robert Gsellman both will pitch in a division series if the Mets get that far.

addisonned

Another improbable ending to a game!

Blevins is blonde now too?

I observed tonight's proceedings from the first row of Sec 330, and let me tell ya it was mostly COCK 'N BALL TORTURE!

ASDRUBAL!

@AdamRubinESPN
Mets improve to 1-63 when trailing after eight innings this season.

27 players, 10 pitchers used in a game both Mets records

Cabrera's bat flip was an all-timer too.

^^

power surge at first?

http://nypost.com/2016/09/23/terry-collins-lucas-duda-could-start-playing-first-base-again/

idk i think the bat flip itself was kinda goofy

Rubin:

Jay Bruce sits for the fifth time in six games on Friday. Lucas Duda, who nearly homered off the bench Thursday, starts for the second time since his return from the DL. T.J. Rivera gets a break after nine straight starts at second base.

here's a new wrinkle

Noah Syndergaard scratched from Saturday's start. Has strep throat. Sean Gilmartin will start.

damn smoker just gave up a BOMB to ruf

feels like this game will take a minimum of 3 more hours

worth it! ReplaceMets in the driver's seat.

@AdamRubinESPN

Terry Collins expects Jose Reyes will start at shortstop and Kelly Johnson will start at third base on Saturday to give Asdrubal Cabrera a day to rest his right knee. "I'm realistic to know that," Collins said. Cabrera fouled a ball off the knee during Friday's game. Cabrera countered about sitting: "I don't think that's going to happen."

Josh Smoker won a game in which he pitched one inning and gave up two earned runs.

http://68.media.tumblr.com/6042a25532ef835348902ef0d30c12d5/tumblr_oduvxqnOG61tlrio8o10_500.jpg

mets squeaked out a win today

I think I saw the older version of one of those guys today, he was wearing a jersey with YANKEES SUCK 69 on the back.

Always bring the goddamn sunscreen, even on Sept 25, if you're sitting in (on?) the party deck at Citi.

"The 17-0 final was the most lopsided shutout victory in Mets franchise history, one run shy of their most lopsided win ever (19-1 over the Cubs on May 26, 1964). The loss was the Phillies' largest margin of defeat since a 22-3 loss to the Reds on Sept. 4, 1999, at Veterans Stadium. It was their worst shutout loss since at least 1913."

got in 10 mins ago, should Colon still be in the game?

well only spotted em 7 tonight, so here we go

presuming the Cards (or Giants) keep losing, the crucial thing for the Mets is that they have a spot clinched by Sunday so Thor can start the WC game instead of the season finale in Philly.

elbow surgery to remove Matz's bone spur

Bruce stirring with another HR tonight...

An usher at Citi told a fan on Sunday "He doesn't want to play here -- no one can be that bad for so long." Which is bullshit obviously; good hitters go into multi-week slumps not infrequently.

bruce is not a good hitter tho

he may not be an upper-tier hitter, but he has been drastically underperforming his established level.

i'd call him a good hitter in 2010-13, at least :/