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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 5413111, member: 27"] Okay, the season got off to a great start. The Mets were the last team to lose two games in a row. That happened a week and a half ago or so against the Twins. They lost the third game of that series when umpire Hunter Wendelstedt missed an easy call at first base that should have gotten the Mets out of an inning down 2-0. But Hunter phased out and somehow called a Twins runner safe when he was clearly out by a half step. The Mets couldn’t review the call because they asked for a review earlier and lost that request. They scored 3 runs in the top of the ninth and that should have been enough to win the game but the blown call got the Twins into extra innings and they won in the 10th 4-3. Hunter continued to act in a fog though and shortly after blowing the call at first base, Tyrone Taylor hit a line drive toward him. He just froze and the ball hit him in the head. He was carried off the field and they finished the game with 3 umps. Hopefully he gets a full work up and is not allowed on the field until he proves he can make simple calls and avoid line drives. He is not fit to be a big league umpire right now. Anyway, Hunter gave the Twins that win and that gave the Mets two losses in a row. How would they react? Well, they went back home. They swept the Cardinals in a four game series and have just swept a 3 game series against Philafelphia. Today was another pitchers duel. Peterson and Wheeler both did well. It was 2-2 late before the Phils got a run in the top of the tenth to go up 3-2. Pete Alonso doubled home Lindor, who started the inning on second base, to tie things up. And Starling Marte got a weak line drive up the middle to get get hrough the infield to win it 4-3. Another walk off win. It was cool to see Marte and Winter celebrate together. They are splitting the DH position this season. Both are good enough to still be full time players but are happy to play part time roles on a team that has a chance to win the World Series. The Mets now have the best record in MLB and have a 5 game lead in the NL East. Pretty pretty good. Alvarez and McNeil will join the team in Friday (travel day tomorrow). It is a good time to be a Met fan right now. [/QUOTE]

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