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Neil Walker, Jacob deGrom lead Mets to 7-2 win over Phillies | Rapid reaction
NEW YORK — For the second consecutive game, strong pitching and Neil Walker's bat proved to be a winning formula for the Mets, propelling them to a 7-2 win over the lowly Phillies in their home opener Friday at Citi Field.
Walker finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and delivered the go-ahead hit in the bottom of the sixth, backing a strong but abbreviated effort by right-hander Jacob deGrom. DeGrom allowed one run on five hits while walking none and striking out six over six innings. DeGrom, who threw only 76 pitches, left the game after experiencing right lat tightness, though the Mets said the early exit was precautionary.
The Mets took advantage of Freddy Galvis' error to seize an early 1-0 lead on deGrom's run-scoring groundout in the bottom of the second, though the Phillies battled back to tie the game on Odubel Herrera's RBI single off deGrom in the top of the sixth.After Lucas Duda doubled to leadoff the bottom half of the inning, Walker restored the Mets' lead with an RBI single up the middle off Jerad Eickoff. Michael Conforto then extended the Mets' advantage to 3-1 with an RBI double down the right-field line.
The Mets' lead surged to 7-1 after they scored four more runs in the seventh off the Phillies' hapless bullpen, which entered the game with a 12.91 ERA over three games. Walker, Conforto and Travis d'Arnaud all chipped in runs in the inning to break the game open for the Mets.
Left-hander Antonio Bastardo, who signed a two-year, $12 million deal with New York this winter, made his Mets debut in the top of the ninth, working around a leadoff single to Darin Ruf to post a clean inning. UNSUNG HERO
Conforto went 2-for-3 with a double an three RBI, tying a career high. He also knocked in three runs on Aug. 3, 2015 at Miami.
STATS TO KNOW
• Walker has driven in five of the Mets' 12 runs this season. Walker also hit a two-run homer against the Kansas City Royals Tuesday to lift the Mets to a 2-0 win.
• Jim Henderson entered the game in the top of the seventh in relief of deGrom and tossed another scoreless inning while striking out two. The 33-year-old right-hander has thrown two clean innings to begin his Mets tenure.
• Lefty specialist Jerry Blevins was summoned with two outs in the top of the eighth and promptly retired Herrera to strand two runners. Batters are 0-for-19 against Blevins during his time with the Mets.
• The Mets announced a sellout of 44,099, the largest regular-season crowd in Citi Field history.
INJURY REPORT
Right-hander Zack Wheeler will undergo a minor surgical procedure to remove a suture knot from his right forearm Tuesday. Wheeler is still expected to rejoin the Mets' rotation in early July.
UP NEXT
The Mets play the second game of their three-game set against the Phillies Saturday night at Citi Field. Bartolo Colon is slated to make his first start of the regular season and face Phillies right-hander Vince Velasquez. First pitch is at 7:10 p.m. ET
Monday, 28 March 2016
How Instagram's changes affect what you see
Instagram is rolling out new changes to its Photo feed that will affect what you see. Photographer Jasmine Stars explains. Sean Fujiwara
LOS ANGELES - Instagram, the no. 1 photo sharing app, is about to change the way it displays photos.
The Facebook owned firm is rolling out a new system that ditches the old way--chronological listings for an algorithm.
In other words, now Instagram will show you photos it thinks you want to see.
Photographer Jasmine Star just wrote a terrific blog post about this, and explains in the accompanying video and audio what the changes mean to users and small business owners. The new system is being roller out to Instagram's 400 million monthly visitors.
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
'Beware the Ides of March' -- What does that mean?
'Beware the Ides of March' -- What does that mean?
According to historians, sixty senators planned and participated in the conspiracy to kill Caesar in 44 B.C.
Death marked a turning point in Roman history
Caesar was popular with the lower class people of Rome, who saw his death as an unwelcome decision made by the aristocratic class. With Caesar no longer leading, potential leaders waged war to fill the power vacuum.
The civil wars eventually culminated in the end of the Roman Republic and beginning of the Roman Empire.
'Beware the Ides of March' made famous by Shakespeare
In case you really did forget your high school English class, it's worth noting the phrase “Beware the Ides of March” was immortalized by William Shakespeare in his tragic masterpiece “Julius Caesar.”
In the play, a soothsayer warns Caesar to be careful on March 15, although the ruler ignores the mystic with tragic consequences.
Famous line based on historical events
It may come as a surprise to know the well-known phrase was actually inspired by real events.
According to Greek historian Plutarch, a seer really did warn Caesar that he would be at the very least injured by the Ides of March.
Caesar did not heed the warning.
On the day of his death, he saw the oracle and joked that he had made it to the Ides of March, to which the seer responded the day had not yet ended.
So why is it called the "Ides of March?"
The Romans kept track of days on its calendar by dividing each month up into three separate points marking the beginning, middle and end of the month. You may have guessed it but the Ides fall in the middle of the month, on the 15th of March, May, July and October and the 13th for the rest of the year.
The Ides were sacred and marked a monthly sacrifice to the Roman god Jupiter. Various other religious observances also took place on the Ides of March.
By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Other famous events on this day
Today isn't the anniversary of Caesar's death. Here are a few other famous events that have happened today in history:
- 1972: Forty-four years ago (yes, that number is right) Francis Ford Coppola's three-hour crime epic "The Godfather" first played in theaters. Before "Jaws" came along in 1976, the film was the highest-grossing film ever made. It went on to win three Academy Awards, including one for Best Picture.
- 1917: Czar Nicholas II was forced by the revolting Russian people to abdicate the throne after ruling the country for more than 20 years. The February Revolution -- so named because Russia used the Julian calendar at the time -- broke out just four days before the czar abdicated his throne.
- 1767: Our seventh president, Andrew Jackson, was born on this day somewhere between the Carolinas near the end of the colonial era. His exact place of birth is disputed.
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