AZ Snake Pit - Game #146, 9/11: Diamondbacks 0, Mets 9An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2019-09-11T23:27:59-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/206255232019-09-11T23:27:59-04:002019-09-11T23:27:59-04:00D’backs 0, Mets 9: Slipping Away
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<p>Seemingly out of nowhere the D’backs have lost four in a row and have lost all ground they gained over the past two weeks.</p> <blockquote><p id="OoPGRt">“The feeling never goes away,” Torey Lovullo said. “That’s why it seems like it was yesterday because it hurt and stung. I remember watching on television. I couldn’t believe it was happening here in America. Those memories are burned into my space. The rest of America feels the same way. Year by year, I’m glad we stop and honor those that are missing and the families that were affected.”</p></blockquote>
<p id="iwDhRe">While not directly impacted by that tragic day eighteen years ago, nothing will ever allow me to shake that feeling as Torey was quoted above. My significant other was a teenager living in New Jersey on September 11th, 2001. Earlier this year, we went back to visit her childhood neighborhood, and I was surprised to learn that the home she grew up in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey had a direct view across the Lower New York Bay of the entire skyline. Her father worked in the World Trade Center complex and took the ferry to work each morning. She didn’t hear from him that day until late in the afternoon when he called to say he was on the last ferry to return across the bay. They waited for him after nightfall as he stepped off the boat still covered in ash from the aftermath. Her uncle didn’t return home that day. Although he did not work in the WTC, he was at the Windows of the World restaurant for a conference. If you pay attention to the stories, many discuss how the most insignificant decisions or events that day either cost or saved a life. I can feel the hurt from her family as they tell me the only item of his that was recovered was his wedding ring.</p>
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<p id="8l5I4k">An insignificant fact of note, tonight was the only time that the <a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> have played in New York on 9/11 in the history of the franchise. Of course, they spent plenty of time in the area in the immediate aftermath in perhaps the most thrilling and important <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/world-series">World Series</a> of all time against the <a href="https://www.pinstripealley.com/">New York Yankees</a> in 2001. That seven game series provided the country a distraction during tragedy. Bob Brenly commented on the broadcast that spending 9/11 in New York has a different feeling. I felt the same when we were in New Jersey earlier this year, and when I’m around my girlfriend’s family. It impacted people in that area directly in different ways than the rest of this country and still does to this day. </p>
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<p id="BW5cqd">The Arizona Diamondbacks and <a href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">New York Mets</a> honored first responders before beginning play tonight. Arizona would not be as fortunate tonight against a New York team as they were in that 2001 World Series. The Mets immediately put this contest out of reach which is why you’ll read more anecdote tonight than recap. <span>Robbie Ray</span> made the start this evening having not had to miss time from a blister on his throwing hand which pulled him early from his last outing. It may very well have been bothering him tonight as he experienced the shortest outing of his career. Torey Lovullo removed him from the game having recorded only two outs in the first. It appeared that he may have been able to escape the first having allowed only one run when he got <span>Wilson Ramos</span> to ground out for the second out. However, a single, two home runs, and a double later allowed New York to jump out to a quick 5-0 lead as they went through their entire lineup in the first inning.</p>
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<p id="HAazv9">Arizona had the opportunity to get back in the game right away in the top of the second but spoiled a bases loaded with no outs opportunity. <span>Wilmer Flores</span>, <span>Adam Jones</span>, and <span>Nick Ahmed</span> drew consecutive walks against Mets starter <span>Steven Matz</span> to begin the second. From there, <span>Matz</span> settled down to strike out Carson Kelly. Kevin Cron came to the plate to pinch hit for <span>Matt Andriese</span> who had recorded the final out of the first, only to ground into an inning ending double play. From bases loaded no outs to no runs at all it was going to be that kind of night. </p>
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<p id="QOzpXC">New York did not relent for the rest of the game. <span>Jeff McNeil</span> hit the first of his two home runs on the evening in the bottom of the second off <span>Taylor Clarke</span> pushing the score 6-0 in favor of New York. Todd Frazier followed with his second homer of the evening in the bottom of the third having already homered off of <span>Ray</span> in the first. Meanwhile, <span>Steven Matz</span> would go on to retire eleven of thirteen after loading the bases in the bottom of the second through the fifth inning. <span>McNeil</span>’s second home run of the game came off of <span>Yoshihisa Hirano</span> in the bottom of the sixth resulting in the eventual final score of 9-0.</p>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2019/9/11/20861899/dbacks-0-mets-9-slipping-away-new-york-9-11Keegan Thompson2019-09-11T19:00:00-04:002019-09-11T19:00:00-04:00Gameday Thread, #146: 9/11 @ Mets
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">September 11 - 1941: U.S. - groundbreaking took place for the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia. history</p>— Today In History (@Yesterday_Today) <a href="https://twitter.com/Yesterday_Today/status/1171909532626432003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2019</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">September 11 - 1609: U.S. - British explorer, Henry Hudson, discovered Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/history?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#history</a></p>— Today In History (@Yesterday_Today) <a href="https://twitter.com/Yesterday_Today/status/1171803836341727232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2019</a>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2019/9/11/20861676/gameday-thread-146-9-11-metsJim McLennan2019-09-11T18:00:00-04:002019-09-11T18:00:00-04:00Preview, #146: 9/11 @ Mets
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<p>Playing in New York on 9/11 will always be emotional.</p> <div id="lgSVoI">
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<p id="tC2qXU">It’s strange to think that it’s now eighteen years since the Twin Towers fell on 9/11. There is now an entire generation - probably just about everyone 21 and below - who are too young to recall where they were on that day. It was certainly one which I will never forget, as the unfolding horrors of the attacks became apparent. We had a film-maker friend from New York visiting us, having screened his film the previous night. Mrs. SnakePit was also born and grew up in Queens, and still had many friends there. They included Police Officer Vinnie Danz, who was killed while trying to rescue people out of the World Trade Center, so this is a day which means a lot to us. </p>
<p id="7i7XNW">A couple of months later, of course, the <a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a> visited New York to play in the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/world-series">World Series</a> against the <a href="https://www.pinstripealley.com/">Yankees</a>. And were gracious enough to lose all three games played there. The experience of that series remains every bit as memorable as the tragic events of 9/11 - indeed, probably in no small part, due to what had preceded it. Baseball played a part in the nation recovering from the tragedy, and I’ll forever be grateful the Diamondbacks were a small element of that, in turn. A couple of years ago, we made our first trip to New York since 9/11, and got to visit the memorial near the new WTC. It was a freezing cold night, but was another experience we won’t soon forget. </p>
<p id="CSAu8G">Tonight in New York, I’m sure there will be some acknowledgement of the events of 2001. But it will then be time for <span>Robbie Ray</span> to take the mound and act as stopper to the D-backs’ current three-game losing streak. The team didn’t lose any ground on the <a href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a>, thanks to their defeat in extra innings by the <a href="https://www.gaslampball.com/">Padres</a>. But they now sit behind both the <a href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brewers</a> and the <a href="https://www.thegoodphight.com/">Phillies</a> in the wild-card hunt, though the former have to come to terms with losing MVP candidate <span>Christian Yelich</span> for the rest of the year. A further defeat tonight would also mean Arizona gets leap-frogged by New York. With 16 games left, that’s going to undo much of the good work during the recent winning streak. Here’s to a good #RayDay, and no blisters!</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2019/9/11/20861536/preview-146-9-11-metsJim McLennan