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IGT 6/25 - Cardinals at Mets
Gwreck Jun 25 2009 09:29 AM |
Cora SS
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 25 2009 09:36 AM |
Really want this one.
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seawolf17 Jun 25 2009 09:39 AM |
Really want to go to this one, but I'm here in the office. Bleh.
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Gwreck Jun 25 2009 09:39 AM |
Brendan Ryan SS
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Gwreck Jun 25 2009 09:40 AM |
Sold my tickets to this one several weeks ago. Shoulda kept 'em and called in sick.
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metirish Jun 25 2009 09:45 AM |
You can tune in here from work, it's a bit behind but not much. I tested this the last day game and I estimated the feed was about 15 - 20 seconds behind , or about the time it takes Wayne Hagin to catch up with events as they happen.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 09:50 AM |
Working from home today, so I'll be able to watch on television.
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Frayed Knot Jun 25 2009 10:04 AM |
If you were Chris Carpenter
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Frayed Knot Jun 25 2009 10:17 AM |
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And those watching on TV today will be treated to Kevin Burkhardt as the play-by-play man. Gary Cohen's twins are graduating HS
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 10:19 AM |
So does that mean that Tommy Newsom will be reporting from the sidelines?
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 10:22 AM |
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Just yesterday I was wonderng if keith or Ron could ever slide over into the pbp chair.
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metirish Jun 25 2009 10:30 AM |
A Spring Training pbp man for a lineup that has a long ST day trip look to it.
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Gwreck Jun 25 2009 10:34 AM |
My impressions of Burkhardt is that he's been quite good at doing the play-by-play in Spring Training and that I expect SNY to lose him sooner or later for a better job.
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metirish Jun 25 2009 10:36 AM |
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Yeah he's not bad at all, this is apparently his dream job , doing what he's doing now so I wonder what it would take to entice him away.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 11:22 AM |
Mets already down 1-0 as Cora leads off the first.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 11:26 AM |
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Am getting nothing but old talk on the 'FAN (as well as St. Louis' radio).
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 11:31 AM |
Catcher's interference? Really?
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 11:33 AM |
Is it me, or are opposing pitchers getting on base at, like, a .600 clip off Johan this year?
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 11:39 AM |
12 hitters in 2 innings of work? Johan is more Livan than Livan today.
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 11:41 AM |
Hey, Fernando, time to join the club.
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 11:42 AM |
I didn't mean the Chris Carpenter Strikeout Club.
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Diamond Dad Jun 25 2009 11:44 AM Johan |
Gets Pujols with bases loaded. Big out.
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 11:44 AM |
Welcome aboard, sailor.
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seawolf17 Jun 25 2009 11:44 AM |
D-Dad in the house! Long time no see!
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 25 2009 11:54 AM |
My Craneville ain't happening.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 11:59 AM |
TO ANYONE WATCHING: Is Carpenter getting some blue-clad help here, or is he commanding his stuff that well today?
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Centerfield Jun 25 2009 12:04 PM |
And does Santana look right? Gameday tells me he just walked the pitcher.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 12:08 PM |
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He does that a lot, it seems.
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Diamond Dad Jun 25 2009 12:09 PM |
Let's see if Carpenter stays this sharp second time through the order . . . but if he does . . .
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 12:11 PM |
... we bunt him to death.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 12:12 PM |
Castillo gets a leadoff hit in the fourth. Let's see David hit one into the gap here...
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 12:13 PM |
Not quite, but still a good result. David hits a squib that the second baseman pounces on, but he can't do anything with it. Two on, none out, Church batting.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 25 2009 12:14 PM |
Keep up with the updates, my craneville ain't crane-ing.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 12:15 PM |
Church hits one to almost the same spot. This time, it's Pujols who smothers it, and he gets the force at second.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 12:15 PM |
Kevin B. tells us that Tatis has hit into a DP in five of his last six chances.
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bmfc1 Jun 25 2009 12:16 PM |
Did anybody catch Kevin saying the Tim Russert (!) was the narrator of tonight's SNY documentary? After a pause, he corrected himself.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 12:17 PM |
That was a pleasant surprise (no GIDP, I mean).
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 12:18 PM |
Fernando M. hits a high bouncer to third which advances the runners, but is the second out.
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 12:18 PM |
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Sort of thing that'll keep him in Second Bananaville.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 12:19 PM |
Evans drives one into the right field corner! Two-run double, 3-1 Mets!
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 12:19 PM |
Nick Evans, kids.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 12:20 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 25 2009 12:21 PM |
Holy fucking shit.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 12:20 PM |
Santos ends the inning with a sharp grounder to short.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 25 2009 12:20 PM |
Hits llke crazy because he is crazy.
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Diamond Dad Jun 25 2009 12:28 PM |
you know Santana is an ACE -- shuts down the Cards 1-2-3 the inning after the Mets take the lead! He smells a win, baby
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Centerfield Jun 25 2009 12:30 PM |
What D-Dad said.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 12:36 PM |
Santana may be an ace... but at 90+ pitches already, he won't be pitching in this game longer than Carpenter, I suspect.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 12:39 PM |
Cards get one back with two out in the sixth. 3-2 Mets.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 12:45 PM |
Assuming no insurance runs get tacked up this inning, does Johan return for the 7th? (100 pitches exactly for the afternoon.)
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 12:53 PM |
You will pop up now. The power of Creepy Sun Baby compels you.
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seawolf17 Jun 25 2009 12:54 PM |
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ESPN.com says #9 hitters are 5 for 29 (with five walks) against Santana this year. There are probably some PHs in there, and d-bags like LaRussa who bat the pitcher eighth, but whatever.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 25 2009 12:57 PM |
Hey Steve Miller Band coming to Foxwoods!
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 01:01 PM |
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Thanks for the stattin'-- a 15 percent walk rate is a bit high to give to guys who take BP once a week. Could've sworn it was more; I've seen 4 Johan starts this year live, and he's walked the pitcher (Lowe, Shields and Zimmerman, respectively) in all but one of 'em (the 6-5 Phils win where he doubled). [NOTE: When I started typing this, F-Me was coming up to bat. The inning is now over, after 7-- ! -- pitches.]
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 01:02 PM |
And they fail to clear Johan. Is he coming out for the eighth?
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 01:02 PM |
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Will he take a big ol' Metroliner?
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 01:04 PM |
And Felicano faces a righti and the ump blows the first two calls.
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 01:05 PM |
Tyler Green? Khalil greene? I smell Sean Green.
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 01:07 PM |
Why does Feliciano remain out there when we hav 16 righthanders in the pen?
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:08 PM |
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That's better than smelling gangrene.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:08 PM |
Pedro gets out of the eighth nicely after the Cards start with a leadoff single and a sacrifice.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 01:08 PM Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Jun 25 2009 01:11 PM |
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Trust? Gut rumblins? A weird managing-physick phenomenon whereby being around LaRussa makes him, conversely, less LaRussa-y with the matchups? (My bet's on the belly.) Either way, defensive replacement Daniel Murphy (!) makes the snag, and Pedro puts down lil' Joe Thurston. All good.
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metsguyinmichigan Jun 25 2009 01:08 PM |
Just got back from an assignment.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 25 2009 01:08 PM |
Pedro negotiates a leadoff hit.
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Frayed Knot Jun 25 2009 01:12 PM |
Denys (or Dennis, or Denis) Reyes's stomach is in to relieve.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:13 PM |
Murphy (double-switched into the game for Evans) leads off the 8th with a single, and now Cora is trying to bunt.
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 01:14 PM |
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 01:16 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 25 2009 01:16 PM |
3-1, man on first. Not a terrible time to hit-and-run, if you're so inclined.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:16 PM |
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He looks like Hurley from Lost.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:16 PM |
Cora flies to
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Frayed Knot Jun 25 2009 01:18 PM |
LaRussa just called for the 87th throw over to 1st of the inning.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 25 2009 01:19 PM |
Cora has gone back to sucking, have you noticed?
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:21 PM |
Castillo walks, Murphy to second, Daaaaaavid Wright steps up to the plate.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:25 PM |
It's 3-2 on Wright (after starting out 0-2)
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:25 PM |
Ball four loads 'em up for Church! (One out.)
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:26 PM |
Pitching change.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 01:26 PM |
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Yep. Water finds its level. Weird thing, though-- his numbers entering today are almost identical to his "aberrant" numbers last year. Both sets of stats are significantly bulked up from his career numbers (.716 OPS versus .663 OPS, with more of a bump coming in the on-base department).
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 01:27 PM |
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Well of course, there is.
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 01:27 PM |
Sheffield would make this lefty specialist shit right here.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:28 PM |
It would suck to not score at least one run this inning.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:29 PM |
Ball one. (No pitching change... yet.)
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:30 PM |
Ball three looked like it coulda been a strike.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:30 PM |
Now two called strikes. 3 and 2.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:31 PM |
Oooh....
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:31 PM |
And swings and misses at ball five! (Maybe.)
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 01:31 PM |
Flerg. Nando the Elder, it's on you.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:32 PM |
Pitching change.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 25 2009 01:33 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 25 2009 01:33 PM |
I hate When LaRussa does something that works out.
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Frayed Knot Jun 25 2009 01:33 PM |
LaGenius is a walking advertisment for NOT expanding rosters beyond 25 players.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:34 PM |
Two quick strikes on Tatis. We may need to take a one-run lead into the ninth.
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Frayed Knot Jun 25 2009 01:36 PM |
Frankie's gotta make sure that missed opportunity doesn't come back to bite us.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:36 PM |
Tatis pops up to first.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 01:37 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 25 2009 01:40 PM |
If we'd gotten an insurance run there, I would have loved to see Jerry keep in Feliciano for one pitch to Rasmus, then switch him out for Misch, then switch him out for Frankie.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:38 PM |
Ron Darling: "All games are big. This one is bigger."
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:39 PM |
Duncan looked overwhelmed. Three swinging strikes. On the third, he looked helpless.
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Nymr83 Jun 25 2009 01:41 PM |
put Pujols on 1st please.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:41 PM |
And Schumaker goes down swinging!
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 01:41 PM |
If Pujols gets one pitch in the strike zone, I shall be cross.
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Gwreck Jun 25 2009 01:42 PM |
You don't put the tying run on base. Francisco gets paid big-boy money to get Albert out here.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 01:42 PM |
Watching now. Squeezed on that first one.
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 01:42 PM |
First pitch is in there, and it's called a ball.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:42 PM |
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I agree.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:42 PM |
Ball two was very close to the strike zone. (Just a little inside.)
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Nymr83 Jun 25 2009 01:42 PM |
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you do when its the best hitter in the league surrounded by a weak lineup.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:43 PM |
Ball three wasn't close at all.
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 01:43 PM |
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1) I meant pitch-around, not ibb. 2) Sometimes you do.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:43 PM |
Ball four. The "unintentional intentional walk."
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:45 PM |
Now it's 2 and 0 to Ludwick.
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seawolf17 Jun 25 2009 01:45 PM |
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Fuck yeah he does.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 01:45 PM |
Oy. Oy. Oy.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:45 PM |
Ball three is way high.
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seawolf17 Jun 25 2009 01:46 PM |
Fuckin' hell, Frankie. This is boolshit. Throw a goddamn strike.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:46 PM |
After a called strike, it's ball four.
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 01:46 PM |
I, um, didn't advocate that.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:46 PM |
Yadier Molina wouldn't dare break our hearts, would he?
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seawolf17 Jun 25 2009 01:46 PM |
Yadier Fucking Molina? Are you kidding me, Cardinals?
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metsguyinmichigan Jun 25 2009 01:47 PM |
I hat Molina.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:47 PM |
Check-swing call goes Yadier's way on the first pitch.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:47 PM |
Whoa! Pujols ALMOST picked off second base!
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:48 PM |
Wright was jumping for joy, expecting an out call.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:48 PM |
Molina hits it deep, but it's caught.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 25 2009 01:48 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 25 2009 01:49 PM |
Phee-yoo.
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seawolf17 Jun 25 2009 01:48 PM |
You don't like to see that fly ball heading out to left field on the game cast, but it's nice to see it settle and change into an X.
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 01:48 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 25 2009 10:52 PM |
Not Yady enough today. Three of four.
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Gwreck Jun 25 2009 01:49 PM |
Putting Albert on is just stupid. If we were on the road, with a runner on second and two outs? Maybe. Because an Albert homer loses the game.
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metsguyinmichigan Jun 25 2009 01:49 PM |
Frankie say "Relax"
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 01:50 PM |
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It wasn't an intentional walk. It was a walk.
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Gwreck Jun 25 2009 01:52 PM |
Was it an unintentional walk?
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 25 2009 01:52 PM |
Yay.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:54 PM |
Well, it seemed that Frankie was trying to avoid giving Pujols anything to hit.
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metirish Jun 25 2009 01:57 PM |
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I'm totally used to his walks by now.....how many today?
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Nymr83 Jun 25 2009 02:03 PM |
whatever you want to call it, pujols was intentionally placed on 1st base. and i'm 100% behind that. i want to play to WIN, by avoiding the guy most likely to hit one out, instead of playing not to lose (which is what you do by pitching to him under the theory that the worst he can do is tie it)
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Frayed Knot Jun 25 2009 02:04 PM |
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I think it became more intentional as the count went on. Balls one & two were both close. If he had gotten either or both of those calls then the rest of the AB plays out very differently. But once it got to 2-0 he wanted Albert to chase (which he didn't of course) because you certainly don't want to throw him a cripple pitch
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soupcan Jun 25 2009 02:07 PM |
Frankie's da bomb.
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Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 02:08 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 25 2009 02:09 PM |
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Which is the way these things go. But if you believe Gameday, he (1) started the guy off with a clear strike that the ump simply missed, (2) stuck with hard stuff, (3) was forced to be more careful as the at-bat proceeded. He's a hard guy (the hardest guy) to pitch to, with a pitcher who gives up lots of walks, against a lineup that's less capable than others at making the pitcher pay.
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metirish Jun 25 2009 02:09 PM |
Fman will have enjoyed this game, nice one for your first at Citi Field.
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Nymr83 Jun 25 2009 02:10 PM |
Pujols, by the way, has homered once every 9.46 ABs this year, thats an almost scary frequency.
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Nymr83 Jun 25 2009 02:13 PM |
Francisco Rodrgiuez on the post-game is great, they asked him if he knew what Molina did to the Mets and he said he didn't but he assumed it was something because they boo him, when they told him he was like "oh that explains it"
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themetfairy Jun 25 2009 04:56 PM |
Holy crap! I leave the state and my husband decides to show up here ;)
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Fman99 Jun 25 2009 10:06 PM |
It was great to meet metfairy, G-Fafif and MK today. We had a blast at the park, got to see a Mets win and enjoyed the new stadium.
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Fman99 Jun 25 2009 10:14 PM |
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Indeed. Knowing Johan is toeing the rubber does lend confidence to the fan who only can get to 1-2 games per year. Having said that, the most exciting play of the game aside from Evans' hit was the sliding catch by Fartinez in the 7th. He laid out with a one run lead and a runner on to end that inning. Surprised the IGT'ers didn't mention it, but then I figure many of you were listening to the radio broadcast and wouldn't have seen it live.
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metirish Jun 26 2009 06:31 AM |
Overall thoughts on Citi Field Fman?
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