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The first time the Mets walked off the Yankees was in the first Subway Series iteration at Shea Stadium, in the second year of interleague play, 1998 — Luis Lopez hit a sac fly off Ramiro Mendoza that brought home Carlos Baerga with the winning run.The next year, Matt Franco singled home Rickey Henderson and Edgardo Alfonzo to lead the Mets to an improbable 9-8 victory over Mariano Rivera. There was a Shane Spencer walkoff fielder's choice in 2004 against Tanyon Sturtze to bring home Kaz Matsui, then a David Wright single off Rivera that scored Paul Lo Duca in 2006. After Jason Bay singled home Scott Hairston in the 10th inning of a 2011 game against Hector Noesi, the Mets walked off Rivera in a third different decade when Lucas Duda singled in Wright for a 2-1 verdict in 2013.The Mets didn't hit their first walkoff homer against the Yankees until 2020, when they did it twice: Amed Rosario off Aroldis Chapman (at Yankee Stadium in a doubleheader, what a strange time) and Pete Alonso off Albert Abreu. The Mets still haven't walked off the Yankees with a homer in front of people because next came Starling Marte's single off Wandy Peralta last year… and then last night, the first walkoff double the Mets have ever had against the Yankees, Brandon Nimmo driving in Eduardo Escobar (who also scored last year's walkoff run) off Nick Ramirez.Walkoff doubles are rare because how often is someone running all the way to second base on a walkoff hit? The winning run is scoring ahead of you, and you can probably stop at first base. Last night, Nimmo's ball hung up in the air, so he was running it out while Escobar had to hold up and make sure the ball wasn't caught.The Mets, in their history, have had 139 regular-season walkoff homers, and just — now — 33 walkoff doubles.Escobar had one last year against the Phillies, hit to a similar spot in right field as Nimmo did last night. Before that, you have to go back to Austin Jackson off Javy Guerra in the 13th inning against the Marlins in 2018, and before that Justin Turner against Sean Marshall and the Cubs in 2011. Wright and Ed Kranepool are the only Mets with multiple walkoff doubles, each with two.The major league record for career walkoff doubles is five, according to Stathead, and it's shared by Adrián González, Chuck Klein, Hunter Pence, and Frank Robinson. Escobar has three in his career, which puts him second to Eric Hosmer among active players, and tied with a group that ranges from Henry Aaron to Don Slaught. It's a weird sport. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com/subscribe
On the next installment of rotoimbeciles on Sunday evening we'll be going over the careers of Hector Noesi and Adeiny Hechavarria who both took there wares East, the old days of Bonus Babys, the Luis Castillo rumors, some off-beat FA's, the Jose Urena signing, and the Josh Bell trade.
This evening we'll talk about the reemergence and elegance that will always be Austin Ekeler, the other Jim Morrison, who the hell is Chase Edmonds, no more Brock Lobster, the Nationals starting staff, the late great Sherm Lollar, the "Lazard King," only his hairdresser really knows Tommy Kahnle, Elvis Andrus, why are we even talking about Hector Noesi, and (hopefully) a lot more.
Nick Pollack (@PitcherList) and Alex Fast (@AlexFast8) talk all things Fantasy Baseball in Episode 144 of On The Corner. They discuss Nick's weekly The List update, detailing the ranks of Ryan Yarbrough, Adrian Houser, Mike Montgomery, Hector Noesi, and many more. Support Pitcher List on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/join/PitcherList Timestamps: News n stuff (0:22) Jon Gray (8:07) Jesus Luzardo (8:27) Nathan Eovaldi (9:27) Justus Sheffield (13:36) Jack Flaherty (15:20) Mike Foltynewicz (24:20) Reynaldo Lopez (27:44) Dustin May (29:02) Ryan Yarbrough (31:44) Julio Teheran (35:41) Chris Bassitt (36:41) Cal Quantrill (37:06) Marcus Stroman (37:39) Kyle Gibson (39:04) Jon Gray (39:48) Masahiro Tanaka (40:37) Brad Keller (42:49) Devin Smeltzer (43:52) Dallas Keuchel (45:19) Miles Mikolas (46:38) Hyun Jin Ryu (48:47) Andrew Heaney (50:16) Griffin Canning (51:50) Adrian Houser (52:31) Mike Montgomery (55:15) Mitch Keller (59:14) Aaron Civale (1:04:25) Joe Ross (1:05:25) Kolby Allard (1:06:31) Brett Anderson (1:06:52) Hector Noesi (1:07:05)
Astros Radio previews the matchup with the Marlins between Brad Peacock and Miami’s Hector Noesi. Later, Steve Sparks catches up with prospect Cy Sneed. On Thursday, Sparks and longtime broadcaster with AAA Round Rock, Mike Capps, will host Astroline from 6-7PM CT on the Astros Radio Network. Be sure to listen to Astroline the Podcast on Thursday.
Episode 55 – You Could Swing a Dead Cat and Probably Hit Six Competent Options The latest episode of “Field of Streams” is live! In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Hector Noesi being replaced by Scott Carroll, appreciating listener feedback, Kyle Schwarber’s DFS influence, believing in Jonathan Lucroy, Marco Estrada’s modest improvements, […]
Episode 16 – Now Certified The latest episode of “Field of Streams” is live! In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Matt’s SEO habits, second hobbies, Matt turning his back on Vance Worley in a big way, the Josh Hamilton trade, another rant about how bad Hector Noesi is, Dylan adjusting his opinion […]