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SHaMs @ Braves: 7/17 IGT

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 17 2009 03:17 PM

For the forces of not-so-good: CF Pagan 2B Castillo 3B Wright LF Sheffield RF Francoeur 1B Murphy SS JCL's Favorite Clubhouse Leader C Santos P Beeg Pelf And for them Chick-Fil-A-scarfin' muhfuhs: CF McLouth 2B Prado 3B Larry C McCann LF Anderson SS Escobar RF Church 1B Kotchman P Jajir Jjurrjejnsj The season's over, there's nobody to trade or trade for, Carlos Beltran's career is over... blah, blah, blah. Uck Fatlanta, their dumb timely retirement of their legends' numbers and their stupid soft drink hegemony... let's light the fires with a little pre-game clinical precision:

Kong76 Jul 17 2009 05:48 PM

Needed all that Maddux drama in a Mets' broadcast like I need fleas.

G-Fafif Jul 17 2009 05:49 PM

I thought for sure Maddux would take himself out of the ceremonies with 20 minutes to go.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 17 2009 05:56 PM

The ex makes a nice running catch on DW near the RF line track. The crowd seems into the game, in somewhat un-Atlantan fashion.

PiggiesTomatoes Jul 17 2009 06:00 PM

Maddux's last line at the end of his comments: "Let's go beat the Mets. Like the old days." Douchy...but I'd expect nothing less.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 17 2009 06:06 PM

G-Fafif wrote: I thought for sure Maddux would take himself out of the ceremonies with 20 minutes to go. Bad ass!!!!

OlerudOwned Jul 17 2009 06:07 PM

Suckiest buncha sucks who ever sucked.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 17 2009 06:08 PM

I pretty much give up

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 17 2009 06:09 PM

I like Pelfrey's approach tonight early-- bust the lefties inside-- but the stuff's not there (especially on the 4-seamer, which in not tailing like it normally does, is staying up). Also, McCann hammers mistakes up and in.

MFS62 Jul 17 2009 06:13 PM

Escobar is a real pain in the ERA. Later

PiggiesTomatoes Jul 17 2009 06:13 PM

Warthen must go! Just fire him right in the bottom of the first.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 17 2009 06:15 PM

Any time you can get a nice 30-pitch first inning in against a lineup that's only marginally better than the Mets', you've got to jump on that bargain, right?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 17 2009 06:21 PM

Nice job, Cora.

PiggiesTomatoes Jul 17 2009 06:21 PM

Already, FUCK!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 17 2009 06:25 PM

Good manners from Mr. Cora there. Why make a guy throw more than one pitch after working so hard on the previous guy? Come on, that would be rude.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 17 2009 06:35 PM

Hey the guy who gets squirted in the eye by a grapefruit in that McDonald's ad is in my brother's flick.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 17 2009 06:38 PM

Humilating,

metsguyinmichigan Jul 17 2009 06:42 PM

I sense we're headed to another shutout.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 17 2009 06:43 PM

Shutout, blowout.

Kong76 Jul 17 2009 06:47 PM

It's 'bout quarter to nine on a Friday night And the clock goes tick tick tick tick tick suck

Ashie62 Jul 17 2009 06:50 PM

Put in Blaine Beatty

PiggiesTomatoes Jul 17 2009 06:53 PM

Four or five more doubles and we're right back in this game!

metirish Jul 17 2009 06:53 PM

That's a ball Wright should be driving into the stands

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 17 2009 06:54 PM

Our hanging breakers get hit out of the ballpark. Their hanging breakers get hit for hard singles and the occasional double. ("Their," by the way, is anyone else.)

Ashie62 Jul 17 2009 07:00 PM

Slip Slidinn Away Slip Sliding away To that cellar destination not so far far away. The nice part is I no longer have expectations for this bunch...and when does football season start?

Triple Dee Jul 17 2009 07:07 PM

And I just can't look its killing me And taking con-trol

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 17 2009 07:15 PM

Pagan's not so well-stocked in the throwing department, is he?

PiggiesTomatoes Jul 17 2009 07:16 PM

Posada thrown out at the plate. Tiggers lead the MFY's 3-2 going to the top of the 7th.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 17 2009 07:20 PM

Fuck it, why change him here? Let Pelf take the beating-- if he's not going to do the job in terms of run prevention, let him choke on the innings.

Kong76 Jul 17 2009 07:20 PM

Ya know things are bad when there's Yank updates in the IGT.

Kong76 Jul 17 2009 07:23 PM

Now Sheff's hurt.

PiggiesTomatoes Jul 17 2009 07:23 PM

Sheff is done.

Ashie62 Jul 17 2009 07:24 PM

That would end Sheffield's career as a Met

Triple Dee Jul 17 2009 07:24 PM

She packed my bags last night, pre-flight

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 17 2009 07:25 PM

Harry Crane's just found out about his wife's pregnancy. Pete seems a bit ambivalent about the idea of fatherhood... as does Harry. With a possible influx of new blood into Sterling Cooper, nobody's job is safe...

PiggiesTomatoes Jul 17 2009 07:31 PM

Playing Crooked Cat at Orange County National tomorrow. Supposed to be a great course.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 17 2009 07:33 PM

Quite a bit of tension between Duck and Don.

Kong76 Jul 17 2009 07:35 PM

Are you guys speaking in code?

PiggiesTomatoes Jul 17 2009 07:37 PM

Welcome to the Berroa era!

Kong76 Jul 17 2009 07:50 PM

10-sniffle through six. Yay.

metirish Jul 17 2009 07:50 PM

It's 2003 all over again, sorry but it just has that feeling to me right now

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 17 2009 07:51 PM

Even though Peggy's a copywriter now, she's still struggling to establish herself in a way that none of the men in the office have to. Meanwhile, Don Draper's struggling with being "good." You can tell. Did I mention I'd popped in "Mad Men," Season 2?

metirish Jul 17 2009 07:53 PM

Hilarious Meanwhile I am now watching " what not to wear", thank you Mets

Kong76 Jul 17 2009 08:01 PM

Booth reporting that Sheff just has cramps. Wish I could leave work with cramps some days.

Kong76 Jul 17 2009 08:20 PM

Green with a 1-2-3 8th!!!

Kong76 Jul 17 2009 08:28 PM

That's that ... 11-sniffle. Sniffle.

G-Fafif Jul 17 2009 08:45 PM

The Mets were two-hit. If the Mets had been no-hit, would have anybody noticed the difference?

OlerudOwned Jul 17 2009 08:50 PM

G-Fafif wrote: The Mets were two-hit. If the Mets had been no-hit, would have anybody noticed the difference? I would've had to taken a sabbatical from any glowing information boxes to be able to avoid hearing about a no-no. This is easier to avoid.

metirish Jul 17 2009 08:50 PM

G-Fafif wrote: The Mets were two-hit. If the Mets had been no-hit, would have anybody noticed the difference? Probably not , two hits , no hits....makes no difference , it's still an embrassesment

Fman99 Jul 17 2009 08:51 PM

I watched sporadically and played board games with the wife after the kids went to bed. But not much to see. I was struck by the eternal optimism of Fboy. When the Braves went up 6-0 after the McCann HR we went into the bathroom, to brush his teeth and get ready for bed. When we came back out he was excited that the Mets had gotten two outs. "They're that much closer to winning now!" is what he told me. Gotta love that.

metirish Jul 17 2009 08:53 PM

Don't tell him that the Mets suck , not yet anyway.....

Rockin' Doc Jul 17 2009 08:57 PM

Fboy will unfortunately figure that out on his own soon enough.

Edgy DC Jul 17 2009 11:23 PM

The SHaBs are looking pretty good.

metirish Jul 18 2009 07:07 AM

] Even Jerry Manuel admitted as much, joking afterward, "They're calling it cramps; surgery on Thursday." Laughter followed, but Manuel immediately realized he had pushed too far, adding: "I couldn't resist. Sorry, doctors."

Edgy DC Jul 18 2009 08:57 AM

metirish wrote: It's 2003 all over again, sorry but it just has that feeling to me right now The 2003 Mets were never as good as this team was in April. The 2003 Mets were never as bad as this team is now. Even during that August crash. Was that 2003? I find it hard to think of any team as bad as they are right now. Maybe the 1993 team at some point with Bogar and Orsualk and Gallagher getting lots of starts. But even they had Keff Jent and Murray and Bonilla comign up every time through the order.

Edgy DC Jul 18 2009 09:00 AM

August-September 2004. They lost 17 of 18 games. How did I survive that?

metirish Jul 18 2009 09:02 AM

you're right you know....2003 had Reyes ...IIRC.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 18 2009 01:31 PM

metirish wrote: you're right you know....2003 had Reyes ...IIRC. Yes, but it was a different Reyes. Sub-.700 OPSing, among the worst regulars in the majors... ... so, yeah, like a fast Alex Cora, IOW.