Game 72 - New York Mets at Washington Nationals

April 9 at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
SNY

Let's get right to what's important. The color commentators for SNY - Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez - make all kinds of sounds during the broadcast. Sounds like 'mmm!', 'hmm!' and 'ooo' occur quite a bit during a Mets game on SNY.

Total 'mmms', 'hmms' and 'ooos' - 22

And some of the situations:

* Close pitch, may have been a strike
* Lucas Duda is hit by a pitch in the third inning
* After an error by Mets shortstop Wilmer Flores
* Reacting to the start by Dodgers' first baseman Adrian Gonzalez
* After a strike out
* Reacting to the difference in the ages of Stephen Strasburg and Matt Harvey
* Close pitch, may have been a ball
* After something said by play-by-play man Gary Cohen
* Error by an infielder

Harvey, making his first appearance since August, 2013, was excellent, tossing six innings of four-hit ball and striking out nine, including there swinging strike outs of Bryce Harper. Harvey also out-pitched Strasburg, who allowed six runs (three earned) and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings in a 6-3 New York victory.

Travis d'Arnaud and David Wright each drove in a pair of runs for the Mets, who took two of three to open the season.

Someone put a cool rag on Keith Hernandez's forehead

"The train had already left the station - you're a little tardy"
"Buckled his world"
"You get jammed, you're going to have what they call 'bees in your hand'"
"Desmond being Santa Claus again in this series for the Mets"
"That one, as we used to say, had some hemp on it"

"Our nation's capital"

We need a new nickname for Washington D.C. That's enough of "our nation's capital". I would even take "the nation's capital". Perhaps it's the our that bothers me the most.