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IGT--Nationals @ Mets, 05/27/09

bmfc1 May 27 2009 01:55 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 27 2009 03:58 PM

Nationals: Guzman -- 6 Johnson -- 3 Zimmerman -- 5 Dunn -- 9 Willingham -- 7 Belliard -- 4 Maxwell -- 8 Nieves -- 2 Zimmermann -- 1 (lineup from sports lover Chico Harlan) METS: Angel Pagan CF Luis Castillo 2B David Wright 3B Gary Sheffield LF Daniel Murphy 1B Ramon Castro C Fernando Martinez RF Ramon Martinez SS Johan Santana LHP (6-2, 1.50)

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2009 02:29 PM

We Want Wilson!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2009 03:36 PM

Beltraaaaaaaaaaaan! BELTRAAAAAAAAAAN!

G-Fafif May 27 2009 04:05 PM

bmfc sticking it to Chico [url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal/2009/05/tonights_lineups_29.html?wprss=nationalsjournal]on his own turf[/url]...burn! Chico uses position numbers instead of abbreviations because he loves baseball that much.

bmfc1 May 27 2009 04:25 PM

And to his credit, Harlan replies.

Swan Swan H May 27 2009 05:23 PM

good pitched gets me stoked too. good hitted gets me stokeder.

Swan Swan H May 27 2009 05:36 PM

Lovely inning - Castillo lines a single into left, Wright hit & run single moves him to third, and Sheffield cranks one 390 feet into RCF for a double, plating two. Murphy with an RBI chance against a shaky pitcher.

Swan Swan H May 27 2009 05:38 PM

Murph gets Iassognaed on a check swing. Castro lugs his huge cranium to the dish to try to cash in Sheff.

Swan Swan H May 27 2009 05:53 PM

Santana fans for the third out, and Nieves tosses to Johnson as the pitch was in the dirt. If it was 1970 Johnson would have flipped the ball to Santana to take to the mound for his warmups. I miss that.

Swan Swan H May 27 2009 05:59 PM

Jeez, Santana looks good. One hit through three, and that was on a scoop that Murphy might/could/should have made. If that's the only one Santana allows Murphy is going to want to hide in a laundry hamper.

Elster88 May 27 2009 06:00 PM

I'm dreaming of a lineup with Wright, a healthy Reyes, Beltran and Delgado, and Sheffield hitting like he is now.

Swan Swan H May 27 2009 06:03 PM

Elster88 wrote: I'm dreaming of a lineup with Wright, a healthy Reyes, Beltran and Delgado, and Sheffield hitting like he is now. Throw in Castillo getting on base like he has been and that's just scary.

Elster88 May 27 2009 06:07 PM

Sheffield's hard grounder bounces off Zimmerman so they can't turn two to end the inning. Then. Murphy's weak chopper gets by Johnson because he was holding the runner. 3-0 Mets.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2009 06:12 PM

Two out runs batted in make the creepy sun baby grin!

Elster88 May 27 2009 06:14 PM

Jay-zus.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2009 06:15 PM

Dunn is country-strong. I think I have whiplash.

Elster88 May 27 2009 06:26 PM

Ok please let Santana work his way through this.

Swan Swan H May 27 2009 06:27 PM

This is like watching your straight-arrow uncle getting drunk and telling a dirty joke.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2009 06:29 PM

What'd you guys do with Santana?

Elster88 May 27 2009 06:29 PM

Four walks this inning. Maybe he [u:21adc4fabf]is[/u:21adc4fabf] drunk.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2009 06:30 PM

"We've replaced their regular starter with Ollie-brand crystals. Let's see if they notice."

Elster88 May 27 2009 06:41 PM

Fartinez with the nice catch.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2009 06:42 PM

Nice wrangling, junior. (Baby's first tricky catch!)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2009 06:49 PM

Neither pitcher's too happy with the strike zone, it seems. Who's got home plate tonight?

Elster88 May 27 2009 07:07 PM

What the hell just happened? I think Gary was right, it looks like it hit the Subway sign.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2009 07:11 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on May 27 2009 07:14 PM

Isn't front-of-Pepsi-Porch in-play? (Christ, is there something wrong with a jutless, weird-recess-free outfield wall?)

Frayed Knot May 27 2009 07:11 PM

I can't tell. What I do know is that Sheff should have been held at 3rd.

bmfc1 May 27 2009 07:12 PM

Even Nationals TV says it's a HR. Using the opportunity to rag on the "crazy dimensions."

Willets Point May 27 2009 07:12 PM

They should cover the Subway sign with shoe polish.

Nymr83 May 27 2009 07:12 PM

its a homer!!

Elster88 May 27 2009 07:12 PM

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Isn't front-of-Pepsi-Porch in-play? (Christ, is there something wrong with a jutless, weird-recess-free outfield wall?) Nope to both questions.

Frayed Knot May 27 2009 07:12 PM

Dunn can't argue about it - he was the most clueless guy on the field.

Ashie62 May 27 2009 07:13 PM

I thought it hit the sign but got confused with the hot dog wrapper. Love the shoe polish idea

Ashie62 May 27 2009 07:14 PM

Great Camera angle on Castros's hit

Nymr83 May 27 2009 07:15 PM

Gary calls Castro's ball a homer because he can;t see it, who the hell builds a stadium where the anouncers lose a ball in the corner because of poor sight lines??

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2009 07:16 PM

Dodged a bullet or something there. I guess they say it hit the Subway sign but that certainly wasn't conclusive from the angles SNY showed.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2009 07:17 PM

My aunt-- a fairly big football and soccer fan, but just learning the finer points of baseball-- about the Sheff shot from the other night, and she asked, "isn't a home run when it goes over the wall?" I started to explain the concept of ground rules, then home-run lines, then why where a spectator is when he/she touches a ball matters. We both ended up with headaches, and she still has no idea what the hell I was talking about.

Ashie62 May 27 2009 07:18 PM

Nymr83 wrote: Gary calls Castro's ball a homer because he can;t see it, who the hell builds a stadium where the anouncers lose a ball in the corner because of poor sight lines?? Sterling Mets?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2009 07:18 PM

Nymr83 wrote: Gary calls Castro's ball a homer because he can;t see it, who the hell builds a stadium where the anouncers lose a ball in the corner because of poor sight lines?? Howie and Wayne each mentioned losing fly balls in the corner over the last three nights.

Frayed Knot May 27 2009 07:19 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 27 2009 07:20 PM

Not going to win any fans that way, kid.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2009 07:20 PM

Yipes. You kind of have to yank the kid out of the game for that, don't you?

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2009 07:20 PM

d'oh.

GYC May 27 2009 07:20 PM

Fernando, you idiot.

seawolf17 May 27 2009 07:20 PM

Gary said it looked like the umpire was signaling home run, when he was just emphatically signaling fair. ... HE DIDN'T RUN! Oh, Fartinez!

Ashie62 May 27 2009 07:21 PM

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Yipes. You kind of have to yank the kid out of the game for that, don't you? I'm afraid so..but he won't..the kid aint Lastings

Elster88 May 27 2009 07:24 PM

Burkhardt saying all the white in the sign made it hard to see....uh Kevin I think it was the sunlight blazing from the yellow.

Nymr83 May 27 2009 07:26 PM

kevin up there with the fans who say it wasnt gone. give the Mets/SNY credit, YES would never be permitted to criticize a bad call that went the yankees way.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2009 07:38 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 27 2009 08:31 PM

Dunn's numbers against Feliciano, btw: 6-for-10, 1 BB, 2 HR. EDIT: Before that. Now he's 6-for-11. But still, the kid's throwing well, Dunn has hit Feliciano-- and hard-- my point stands.

metsguyinmichigan May 27 2009 07:39 PM

What did he do that should have had him yanked (I'm just getting here and catching up)

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2009 07:41 PM

metsguyinmichigan wrote: What did he do that should have had him yanked (I'm just getting here and catching up) Stood at home plate while his pop-up, in play, was biffed by the catcher who threw him out by 20 feet anyway.

metsguyinmichigan May 27 2009 07:56 PM

MURPH!!! He needed a game like this, breaking out!

Swan Swan H May 27 2009 07:56 PM

Murph with the big night - if he keeps swinging like this the lineup will be plenty deep for the time being.

Nymr83 May 27 2009 07:57 PM

murphy going nuts off nationals pitching

Edgy DC May 27 2009 07:57 PM

I told you that Murphy would get his act turned around. Hey, Mets fans, that's a good boo on Fartinez.

Elster88 May 27 2009 07:58 PM

That's the Murphy from last year. Opposite field doubles.

holychicken May 27 2009 07:59 PM

I hate booing the home team, but Fartinez deserved that.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2009 08:00 PM

Murphy breakout!

holychicken May 27 2009 08:03 PM

I am getting pretty sick of Putz walking the leadoff guy when we have a big lead.

Edgy DC May 27 2009 08:03 PM

Hey, Putz surprises nobody!

Elster88 May 27 2009 08:05 PM

Smooth by RMartinez.

Ashie62 May 27 2009 08:08 PM

I think Ramon Martinez gets some Schaefer for one of the better neighborhood DP'S I've seen in a while.

Willets Point May 27 2009 08:10 PM

The audio has gone kaput on MLB.TV.

holychicken May 27 2009 08:11 PM

Willets Point wrote: The audio has gone kaput on MLB.TV. I am still listening right now. But I am just listening to the audio feed. . .realized you might be talking about the video feed.

Fman99 May 27 2009 08:13 PM

Slice of cold pizza, gin and juice, and Mets baseball! Good times.

Elster88 May 27 2009 08:17 PM

Gary I have a lot of respect for you. But don't say that the difference in the clubhouse (without Delgado) is reflected in the Met play. You're better than that.

Nymr83 May 27 2009 08:21 PM

Wright strikes out for the 4th time tonight.

Swan Swan H May 27 2009 08:27 PM

Awesome pic, NYMR. I may have to make that my wallpaper.

metsguyinmichigan May 27 2009 08:27 PM

Unless its the last week of the September with the season on the line, a visit from the Nats is good for what ailes you. The FAN feed is down, but I can get the Nats' feed. Horrible.

metsguyinmichigan May 27 2009 08:29 PM

Nice that the Marlins helped us tonight, too!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2009 08:29 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 27 2009 08:32 PM

="Nymr83"]Wright strikes out for the 4th time tonight. Do you still get the sombrero if you get a hit? Is it just a less precious metal, then? Is it pyrite if you get jobbed on bad ball-and-strike calls?

PiggiesTomatoes May 27 2009 08:30 PM

Young Daniel, you should have had that ball. Just got home and, again, these Nats announcers (particularly Dibble) are horrible!

Fman99 May 27 2009 08:31 PM

Dibs is the worst. He's a smear. Unearned run, now 7-4 and Dunn on deck as the potential tying run. Which gives me the fear.

holychicken May 27 2009 08:32 PM

I know that run was not an ER. However, if a player gets a hit with 2 outs and take second on defensive indifference and then scores on a single, is that run earned?

metsguyinmichigan May 27 2009 08:32 PM

Nats announcers keep complaining about fans walking in front of them. And they think on Murph's homer that "something hit the ball" before it hit the Subway sign, and therefore was in play.

Frayed Knot May 27 2009 08:32 PM

These have been really fugly-ass games the last two nights.

metsguyinmichigan May 27 2009 08:33 PM

SWEEP!!!!

Fman99 May 27 2009 08:34 PM

Put that muthafucka in your muthafuckin books!

Kong76 May 27 2009 08:34 PM

First place NY Mets.

Frayed Knot May 27 2009 08:34 PM

holychicken wrote: I know that run was not an ER. However, if a player gets a hit with 2 outs and take second on defensive indifference and then scores on a single, is that run earned? Yes, that IS an earned run.

holychicken May 27 2009 08:36 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: Yes, that IS an earned run. Thanks. Seems borderline, which is why I asked.

Kong76 May 27 2009 08:38 PM

hc: However, if a player gets a hit with 2 outs and take second on defensive indifference and then scores on a single, is that run earned <<< Yes.

Elster88 May 27 2009 08:38 PM

A thought on the earlier stuff regarding the home run: the sightlines may be bad but at least in this case it wasn't the sightlines that made it so hard but rather the gratuitous advertising.

metirish May 27 2009 08:39 PM

So this is an average outing for Johan?.....

Ashie62 May 27 2009 08:41 PM

metirish wrote: So this is an average outing for Johan?..... Yeah..kinda funny I hear a new chant at the park ----- sucks and it ain't the MFY"S..Anybody here it?

Kong76 May 27 2009 08:43 PM

And with that, uh ... everyone arrive home safely.

Gwreck May 27 2009 09:31 PM

Nice game. Still can't figure out why Johan couldn't throw strikes there. I understand walking Flores or Guzman, I guess, but Jordan Zimmerman? They guy doesn't have a major league hit. You can't take a few MPH off the fastball and groove a couple? Tip your cap if he hits the home run but somehow I doubt that would happen. I couldn't tell from my seats in 514 where the ball hit but it clearly hit *something* on the porch, based on how the ball fell down after striking part of the stadium. Clearly a HR. I was very surprised to not see Fernando Martinez yanked from the game, especially given that Tatis was in the game as PH and could've gone to left with Sheffield moving to right. Fans were all over him, as I suppose they should be. The Mets just don't get it and still keep trying for force "Sweet Caroline" down everybody's throat. Lots and lots of booing.

Edgy DC May 27 2009 09:42 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 27 2009 09:48 PM

The problem in part is that there are no alternative songs people like to sing along to anymore at all. Not in the United States. "Sweet Caroline" allows people (drunks) to a-melodically yell "duh-duh-duuuh!" and "So Good! So Good! So Good!" and that's more than most songs. You know, that's what made the "Jose! Jose! Jose!" chant so good before the Mets ruined it. It may have been only like three different notes, but folks spontaneously sang something.

Elster88 May 27 2009 09:45 PM

="Edgy DC"]The problem in part is that there are no alternative songs people like to sing along to anymore at all. Not in the United States. Hey let's not have a sing-a-long at all then! I graduated kindergarten a long time ago. We can all sing together in karaoke bars. Let's go Mets chants fulfill my need for ritualistic tribal chanting at the stadium.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2009 09:47 PM

Hey, am I required here?

Gwreck May 27 2009 09:57 PM

You know, I went back and looked at the tape of the game: on Daniel Murphy's home run, Sheffield was tagged out at home plate. I don't think he ever touched the plate, and he didn't go back out to touch it after the replay call was made.

themetfairy May 28 2009 05:08 AM

Gwreck wrote: You know, I went back and looked at the tape of the game: on Daniel Murphy's home run, Sheffield was tagged out at home plate. I don't think he ever touched the plate, and he didn't go back out to touch it after the replay call was made. Fortunately, the time to appeal that play has long passed.

Benjamin Grimm May 28 2009 05:17 AM

Gwreck wrote: You know, I went back and looked at the tape of the game: on Daniel Murphy's home run, Sheffield was tagged out at home plate. I don't think he ever touched the plate, and he didn't go back out to touch it after the replay call was made. I was wondering the same thing as I saw Murphy belatedly cross the plate. I was thinking, should Sheffield come out of the dugout to tap the plate himself?

Gwreck May 28 2009 09:35 AM

I'm pretty sure he should have. I think there's a lot of merit to the argument that if Sheffield didn't touch home plate prior to Murphy, he's out and only Murphy's run counts.

Centerfield May 28 2009 09:54 AM

Not to rain on anyone's parade here, but there needs to be some ass-reaming on the baserunning that inning. First off, at Citifield, there is no such thing as a sure thing. So Daniel Murphy's got to bust it out of the box. Secondly, until the ump signals, all baserunners should be busting it as well. Third, if the baserunner is not busting it, Razor Shines has to have his head out of his ass and not send the go-ahead run to his death with no one out. FMart has to run on pop-ups, and Castro has to not wander off base on a line drive in the infield.

Centerfield May 28 2009 09:55 AM

Finally, between the disputed calls the last few nights and losing Reyes' game trying HR on that last homestand, can we give up on these idiotic fences and put an 8 foot wall all the way around?