Hot Foot
June 30, 2023
Another laugher. Laugher in the sense of Mets tragi-comedy, not laugher as in blowout.
I was listening to this one and the Mets had a lead but Keith Raad (bless him, I wish him the best but he sounds like Wayne Hagin's son, if Wayne Hagin made a baby with Josh Lewin) was annoying me so I turned the volume down on my phone until Howie came back, but guess what?
I completely forgot about the game and then checked the score. As my phone was loading the ESPN website, I thought to myself, If the Mets won that game, it's a miracle, and then I was confronted with the headline: "Mets walk 3 batters, hit 2 and make 1 error in 8th-inning meltdown and lose 7-6 to Phillies"
HA! HA HA! HA!
Immediately I thought, Who pitched in this one? Braden Looper?
By the way, if it weren't for this post, no one would ever remember this game because the 8th inning was so ugly it would be deleted from all Mets fans' memories, but to me my involuntary flashback of Braden Looper was so funny (to me) that it needed to be documented.
Here is the breakdown of the bottom of the 8th:
J. WALKER PITCHING, 6-3 Mets, Harper walked. Realmuto singled to left, Harper to second. Stott walked, Realmuto to second, Harper to third. ( Walker got sent down after this outing but I still love him because he adopted a kitten last year)
J. BRIGHAM PITCHING, still 6-3 Mets, Bohm grounded into fielder's choice to third, Harper scored, Stott safe at second on throwing error by third baseman Baty, Realmuto to third. 6-4 Mets. Marsh walked, Realmuto scored, Bohm to second, Stott to third. 6-5 Mets.
Clemens hit for Sosa, Clemens struck out swinging. Schwarber hit by pitch, Stott scored, Marsh to second, Bohm to third. 6-6
Turner hit by pitch, Bohm scored, Schwarber to second, Marsh to third. 7-6 Phillies. Pache ran for Schwarber
V. NITTOLI (Hey! My cousin Vinny! Gettaouttahea!) PITCHING, 7-6 Phillies. (Just kidding, he's not my cousin) Castellanos struck out swinging. Harper flied out to center.
Needless to say, the Mets went quietly in the 9th, sealing this 'win' for all Mets comedy lovers. Hey, you gotta look at the bright side.
Scott Kazmir, where are you?
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