Mets can only hope Francisco Alvarezs frustrating…
They had been having enjoyable. At last. Finally. After a two-month slog that turned their baseball season upside-down, the Mets, at last, appeared to have rediscovered some of the small joys of baseball. They’d spent Sunday mingling with Little Leaguers at Williamsport, Pa., some of them sliding down that city’s hills in dry sleds like they had been the 12-year-olds.
Now, in the underside of the seventh inning, that they had a 7-3 lead on the Seattle Mariners, and Brandon Nimmo was FaceTiming the Little League World Series Kidcasters, Thomas Gamboa and Roman Brunetti, on ESPN2. Starling Marte photo-bombed over Nimmo’s shoulders; they regarded finally to have shed the weight of an prolonged, extended droop.
Then, Francisco Alvarez, main off the inning for the Mets, drilled a ball off the wall in proper area at Journey Bank Ballpark. It was his third hit of the evening, his second double. And no person was happier for Alvarez than Nimmo.
“Alvy!” Nimmo screamed, shaking his fists. “Atta way, Alvy!”
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