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IGT 09/23, Cubbies at Metsies

KC Sep 23 2008 04:48 PM

Soriano lf Cedeno ss Lee 1b Johnson cf DeRosa cf McHeehee 3b Fukudome rf Blanco c Marshall p Reyes ss Castillo 2b Wright 3b Beltran cf Delgado 1b Castro c Church rf Evans lf Santana p

TransMonk Sep 23 2008 05:29 PM

Castillo Pre-Injury: 68 G, 245 AB, 64 H, 3 HR, 26 RBI, 40 BB, 21 K, .261/.365/.331/.696 Castillo Post-Injury (thru 9/22): 16 G, 48 AB, 9 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 9 BB, 13 K, .188/.328/.208/.536 He's gone from a K every 11.66 ABs pre-injury to a K every 3.69 ABs since returning. I'm pretty sure A-Rey could do that.

Elster88 Sep 23 2008 05:38 PM

I just don't know how to respond when you judge a guy on 48 at-bats.

TransMonk Sep 23 2008 05:42 PM

I think you just did... I just find the K totals curious...even in such a small sample size...and I wonder why Reyes doesn't get any starts.

metirish Sep 23 2008 05:52 PM

I don't have any stats but I see Castillo swinging at more first pitches.

seawolf17 Sep 23 2008 06:01 PM

metirish wrote: I don't have any stats but I see Castillo swinging at more first pitches. Perhaps, but for the season, no other second baseman in the majors has seen more pitches per plate appearance than Castillo (4.26).

mario25 Sep 23 2008 06:01 PM

Cant we just say Castillo stinks flat out. The Mets need to eat his contract and find a viable option at 2b. A.Reyes isnt that good either.

mario25 Sep 23 2008 06:08 PM

Santana not happy about some missed balls and strikes...

metirish Sep 23 2008 06:14 PM

seawolf17 wrote: ="metirish"]I don't have any stats but I see Castillo swinging at more first pitches. Perhaps, but for the season, no other second baseman in the majors has seen more pitches per plate appearance than Castillo (4.26). I would not be surprised if someone comes up with numbers showing that he only offered at the first pitch once in the past month.It's probably more my perception than anything else.

KC Sep 23 2008 06:26 PM

Anyone not watching has to see on ESPN or whatever Santana getting sawed off the bat goes towards the pitcher and prevents him from fielding the ball and the the bat continues and keeps the infielder from fielding it.

Nymr83 Sep 23 2008 06:30 PM

Wright will bat with the bases loaded and 2 men down, Mets trailing 2-0 and Piniella will leave Marshall in to face him after a trip to the mound.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 23 2008 06:30 PM

entire season riding on this ab

mario25 Sep 23 2008 06:31 PM

YYYYYYEEEEESSSSSSSS

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 23 2008 06:31 PM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: entire season riding on this ab Season saved... for now.

Nymr83 Sep 23 2008 06:31 PM

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasehit! Evans scores, Santana scores, its tied! come on beltran!!

bmfc1 Sep 23 2008 06:40 PM

Pirates take the lead.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 23 2008 06:43 PM

bmfc1 wrote: Pirates take the lead. Nice!

Benjamin Grimm Sep 23 2008 06:43 PM

Actually, now they're up 3-2.

mario25 Sep 23 2008 06:49 PM

A seeing eye double and an error gives us the lead NICE

Nymr83 Sep 23 2008 06:49 PM

radio just called Castro "slow as molasses" edit- and now he said "boy, Castro can really clog the bases"

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 23 2008 06:51 PM

mario25 wrote: A seeing eye double and an error gives us the lead NICE Getting some breaks for the first time in a while.

Nymr83 Sep 23 2008 06:51 PM

nobody out bases loaded, 2-0 to Santana...

bmfc1 Sep 23 2008 06:52 PM

Molasses is insulted at the comparison to Castro. I love Reyes' reaction to Castro getting an infield single.

KC Sep 23 2008 06:54 PM

Santana hitting a grand slam would be funny.

seawolf17 Sep 23 2008 06:57 PM

So help me God, Johan, what part of "DON'T SWING" didn't translate into Venezuelan?

Elster88 Sep 23 2008 06:58 PM

Eh. The strike zone is bigger than Al's mom's back today. Swing away. Now Castro's not clogging up third with less than two outs either.

mario25 Sep 23 2008 06:59 PM

We need one Jose

Nymr83 Sep 23 2008 06:59 PM

Elster88 wrote: Eh. The strike zone is bigger than Al's mom's back today. Swing away. Now Castro's not clogging up third with less than two outs either. Home Improvement jokes in the IGT!

Nymr83 Sep 23 2008 07:00 PM

JOSE JOSE JOSE JOSE!!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 23 2008 07:00 PM

Mets are back.

mario25 Sep 23 2008 07:01 PM

JOSE JOSE JOSE!!!

attgig Sep 23 2008 07:01 PM

YAY!

mario25 Sep 23 2008 07:02 PM

Why not squeeze with Castillo??? Just wondering...

Nymr83 Sep 23 2008 07:03 PM

mario25 wrote: Why not squeeze with Castillo??? Just wondering... i don't know, you'd think he'd be good at that.

Frayed Knot Sep 23 2008 07:10 PM

If you're going to squeeze you had the right bunter and the right runner for it. I wasn't thinking about it at the time but I like the idea in retrospect.

mario25 Sep 23 2008 07:11 PM

With our bullpen a more run there could be huge

mario25 Sep 23 2008 07:12 PM

sorry 1 more run

Frayed Knot Sep 23 2008 07:13 PM

I'd amore some runs too.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 23 2008 07:24 PM

Yo Yallof, don't break into the game to tease me with no two-out bases-loaded popups.

mario25 Sep 23 2008 07:27 PM

Where is that pitch?

cooby Sep 23 2008 07:34 PM

mario25 wrote: sorry 1 more run 10 more would be even huger

Frayed Knot Sep 23 2008 07:39 PM

And THAT is why Argenis isn't starting.

metsguyinmichigan Sep 23 2008 07:40 PM

AHHH They took out Johan!

TheOldMole Sep 23 2008 07:45 PM

Who's the first guy in?

metirish Sep 23 2008 07:45 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: And THAT is why Argenis isn't starting. Brutal , just brutal.

Rockin' Doc Sep 23 2008 07:46 PM

Strap yourself in, the bullpen is coming on for the final 3 outs.

TheOldMole Sep 23 2008 07:50 PM

One out, one on

TheOldMole Sep 23 2008 07:51 PM

If we only give up one hit for every out, we're OK.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 23 2008 07:52 PM

TheOldMole wrote: If we only give up one hit for every out, we're OK. Well it was a good pattern while it lasted.

Frayed Knot Sep 23 2008 07:52 PM

We failed to 'Grand-Slam Proof' the game in the 8th.

TheOldMole Sep 23 2008 07:53 PM

two hits.

bmfc1 Sep 23 2008 07:54 PM

Phillies lose.

metsguyinmichigan Sep 23 2008 07:54 PM

RIP FELICIANO'S ASS OUT OF THERE RIGHT NOW!!!

cooby Sep 23 2008 07:55 PM

Koyie. Oooh what a boy's name.

KC Sep 23 2008 07:58 PM

Metsies win!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 23 2008 07:58 PM

mario25 Sep 23 2008 07:58 PM

AWESOME WIN!!!!!!

TheOldMole Sep 23 2008 07:59 PM

they haven't won on espn gamecast yet -- what happened?

Rockin' Doc Sep 23 2008 07:59 PM

The Mets win coupled with the Phillies lose has me feeling much better than I did last night.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 23 2008 08:00 PM

TheOldMole wrote: they haven't won on espn gamecast yet -- what happened? Ayala got Ward to pop up to short on a 1-2 pitch.

metirish Sep 23 2008 08:00 PM

themetfairy Sep 23 2008 08:00 PM

Whew!

metsguyinmichigan Sep 23 2008 08:01 PM

Exhale.

Valadius Sep 23 2008 08:01 PM

Fantastic night. Fantastic.

TheOldMole Sep 23 2008 08:01 PM

And Pittsburgh still a run to the good.

bmfc1 Sep 23 2008 08:01 PM

The Citizen Kane clip is my favorite. I missed "the books."

G-Fafif Sep 23 2008 09:01 PM

A 'Goodbye Yankees' chant followed by a more pedestrian 'Yankees Suck' went up in Mezzanine Section 7 right before the main attraction closed out to the good. Sweet.

Gwreck Sep 23 2008 09:26 PM

We had the cheering for the Braves win go up over in our side of the Mezz (complete with some tomahawk chopping). Big win, of course. In our section, we were all solidly behind the idea of the squeeze play with Reyes at third and Castillo up. We also really wanted the pinch runner for Castro when he was on third base. Not mentioned in this thread: when Johan was batting with a 2-2 count and the bases loaded, some moron ran onto the field -- the back of the infield, between third and short. Nowhere near any players, as the infield was drawn in. Got dragged off by about 15 security officers to the Cubs bullpen.

G-Fafif Sep 23 2008 09:28 PM

Gwreck wrote: Not mentioned in this thread: when Johan was batting with a 2-2 count and the bases loaded, some moron ran onto the field -- the back of the infield, between third and short. Nowhere near any players, as the infield was drawn in. Got dragged off by about 15 security officers to the Cubs bullpen. Nice zig-zagging by the moron, eluding two tackles, the kind of form not shown at Shea since Freeman McNeil.

OlerudOwned Sep 23 2008 10:28 PM

There's a good chance that the streaker/runner/moron was a co-worker of my friend, who you may know as the occasional poster GYC. He had told me that he was going to be on the lookout for something of that nature because a few of the guys he worked with were going to the game, starting their drinking at 2 in the afternoon and preparation, and claimed they wanted to be the last streakers in Shea's history.

AG/DC Sep 23 2008 10:43 PM

If there is any good etiquette* at all to disrupting a game with an act of self-immolation, it's that you do it with either the game outcome or the playoffs outlook reliably secured, preferably both. *And I ain't saying there is.

G-Fafif Sep 23 2008 10:48 PM

AG/DC wrote: If there is any good etiquette* at all to disrupting a game with an act of self-immolation, it's that you do it with either the game outcome or the playoffs outlook reliably secured, preferably both. *And I ain't saying there is. At least it wasn't while Johan was pitching.

Centerfield Sep 24 2008 08:22 AM

Not that this is like anywhere near timely now, but I just wanted to throw my two cents in about how nice it is to have an ace. Remember when we debated whether Leiter was an ace? Santana is a fucking ace. Leiter was just the best pitcher we had.

Frayed Knot Sep 24 2008 08:25 AM

This must be at least the 10th time this season where the general consensus has been that THIS is a must game and THIS is the reason we got Johan ... and he's come through each time.

soupcan Sep 24 2008 08:29 AM

I was on vacation in Colorado in February and was out to dinner and wearing a Mets hat. While waiting for a table a guy walks by me, sees my hat and says -"Johan's not worth it, your boys made a bad deal". Yeah, I don't think so.

TransMonk Sep 24 2008 08:31 AM

Johan has met every expectation I had of him from the beginning of the year. It's really nice to have a guy who is going to keep us in the game everytime he takes the mound.

AG/DC Sep 24 2008 08:55 AM

Coolest thing about Johan is that he was darn good but not great in the first half. I consoled myself with the notion that he's always been a second-half pitcher, knowing full well how empty such consolations can be. He's pretty much been great-plus the second half. Maybe the best one-man pennant drive by a Mets starter since Gooden '85.

metirish Sep 24 2008 09:04 AM

Gwreck wrote: We also really wanted the pinch runner for Castro when he was on third base. Has Jerry ever put the squeeze play on while manager here?

Gwreck Sep 24 2008 09:40 AM

Nope.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 24 2008 09:42 AM

Castillo drew a pretty big walk last night, ahead of Wright's RBI single. And I thought Reyes coulda scored on his dribbler.

metirish Sep 24 2008 09:45 AM

In the booth Gary questioned why Reyes didn't break for home and Keith thought Jerry must have had him under orders not to go, Ron agreed saying that becasue Castillo rarely gets it out of the infield he wanted to give Wright the chance to knock him in.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 24 2008 09:58 AM

I was thinking that Reyes, even though he didn't break early, could still have dashed home when he saw how the play was unfolding. The pitcher (I think) had the ball and was kind of stumbling toward the bag to beat Castillo. Jose might have been able to read the play and do a Jackie Robinson-style charge for the plate. I think he might have made it, since the fielder with the ball had his back to the plate and was heading in the opposite direction.

metirish Sep 24 2008 11:04 AM

Great picture.