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IGT - 8/4/09, Mets vs. Devil Birds

Valadius Aug 04 2009 03:03 PM

Let Alfred Hitchcock remind you of the dastardly nature of these creatures.

Centerfield Aug 04 2009 03:16 PM

Joel Fucking Piniero. Let's knock this asswipe in the first. 7 runs, 8 hits, no outs recorded sounds about right to me.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2009 03:29 PM

Caution: Do Not Take w/Alcohol: Pagan, cf Castillo, 2b Wright, 3b Sheffield, lf Murphy, 1b Francoeur, rf Cora, ss Santos, c Santana, lhp Also, because I know you were wondering... Nelson Figueroa is available in relief.

Ashie62 Aug 04 2009 04:49 PM

Pass the Scotch

G-Fafif Aug 04 2009 05:05 PM

We don't just owe this guy. We Piņeir-owe him.

G-Fafif Aug 04 2009 05:26 PM

Mets have to push the fences back next year. Citi Field plays too much like a bandbox.

Valadius Aug 04 2009 05:37 PM

Let's see Johan do something with a bat now.

Valadius Aug 04 2009 05:46 PM

And what do you know, he does do something.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2009 05:53 PM

Keith is referring to Muffy as 'Roger Ramjet', an old 1960s cartoon character. I think I see the resemblance.

G-Fafif Aug 04 2009 05:56 PM

Mention of Roger Ramjet always reminds me of Ram Jam.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2009 05:58 PM

Roger Ramjet and his Eagles Fighting for our freedom Fly through in and outer space Not to join him but to beat him. Roger Ramjet he's our man Hero of our nation For his adventure just be sure And stay tuned to this station. Come and join us all you kids For lots of fun and laughter As Roger Ramjet and his men Get all the crooks they're after. Roger Ramjet he's our man Hero of our nation For his adventure just be sure And stay tuned to this station. I could have recited at least half of this from memory.

Kong76 Aug 04 2009 06:03 PM

G-F: Mets have to push the fences back next year. Citi Field plays too much like a bandbox <<< I'm glad things have loosened up for the bats. It's been a weird summer weather wise and there would have been a lot of calls for fence changes this off-season if no one homered much. There's gonna be plenty of time for changes, I hope they keep the park the same for at least three seasons to see how things play out.

Valadius Aug 04 2009 06:10 PM

Why have I never heard of Roger Ramjet? And I used to watch the Cartoon Network almost exclusively as a kid.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2009 06:10 PM

Has this team given Johan an allergy to run support?

G-Fafif Aug 04 2009 06:16 PM

Valadius wrote: Why have I never heard of Roger Ramjet? And I used to watch the Cartoon Network almost exclusively as a kid. RR goes back [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ramjet]a ways[/url]. Faded from view by the early '70s.

Ashie62 Aug 04 2009 06:28 PM

Ram Jam as portrayed by Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" available in DVD and Blu-Ray

Valadius Aug 04 2009 06:38 PM

We're roughing up Pineiro. Wow.

OlerudOwned Aug 04 2009 06:40 PM

That's some defense right there.

Ashie62 Aug 04 2009 06:41 PM

I credit Transmonk's post about the baseball Prospectus percentage for the Mets making the posting season in 2007 vs. now for the rally Transmonk available in DVD & Blu-Ray

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2009 06:48 PM

G-Fafif wrote: ="Valadius"]Why have I never heard of Roger Ramjet? And I used to watch the Cartoon Network almost exclusively as a kid. RR goes back [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ramjet]a ways[/url]. Faded from view by the early '70s. Roger Ramjet would, when in a pickle, take a pill which would give him the strength of 'twenty atoms bombs for twenty seconds'. I used to have philosophical discussions with my sister and father as to whether taking a second pill would give him the strength of forty atom bombs for twenty seconds or twenty atom bombs for forty seconds. Always seemed to me that that would be an important thing to know.

Ashie62 Aug 04 2009 06:49 PM

Roger Ramjet was "tweaked"

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2009 06:54 PM

Nice of Johan to throw up a zero in that last inning. I hate that give-back stuff.

Edgy DC Aug 04 2009 06:54 PM

Roger Ramjet --- like Roger Rocket --- was a serious juicer.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2009 06:56 PM

Yadier's throws are rindoculous.

Edgy DC Aug 04 2009 06:56 PM

Yadier Molina. Tough to run against.

Valadius Aug 04 2009 06:57 PM

I hate this caught stealing shit.

Kong76 Aug 04 2009 06:57 PM

That's at least two innings Pagan has run the Mets out of?? I'm asking.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2009 07:03 PM

I was a little concerned this was gonna turn into the Johan start 2 turns ago, where we SHaMmed pretty well but lost because Johan wasn't as Johanny as usual. I don't have a big prob running Pagan with 2 out and Castillo up.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2009 07:05 PM

I didn't either. SBs are always a gamble. His 1st inning gaff when he got a terrible break on a totally un-catchable ball was a bad play.

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 07:08 PM

Jesus H Tap Dancing Fucking Christ. Castillo blows out some part of his lower body walking down the steps of the dugout. How is that even right.

Swan Swan H Aug 04 2009 07:09 PM

Jayzus. Castillo hurts his leg walking down the dugout steps. What next, the thermostat in the clubhouse whirlpool goes haywire and Wright gets boiled alive?

Edgy DC Aug 04 2009 07:10 PM

I didn't have a feeling that would happen.

Valadius Aug 04 2009 07:11 PM

I think we need a non-denominational exorcism performed on the Mets' medical staff.

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 07:12 PM

="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]Caution: Do Not Take w/Alcohol: Pagan, cf Castillo, 2b Wright, 3b Sheffield, lf Murphy, 1b Francoeur, rf Cora, ss Santos, c Santana, lhp Also, because I know you were wondering... Nelson Figueroa is available in relief. I am going to respectfully decline to follow your orders, Dr. LWFS.

Kong76 Aug 04 2009 07:13 PM

I've said this before, I'm sure ... but why when players are hurt in any sport do they let them hobble around with assistance when maybe putting them on a chair or stretcher might help by not further aggravating whatever is wrong?

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 07:16 PM

Poo Holes crushes another one. Rooting interest aside. You have to admire when the ball lands in the apple. It's like that game you play at the Boardwalk where you roll the ball up the ramp. NICE KICK SAVE !

Kong76 Aug 04 2009 07:16 PM

Kick save and a beaut!

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 07:17 PM

Skee-ball. Couldn't think of it for a second there.

metirish Aug 04 2009 07:18 PM

Sprained left ankle for Luis

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 07:18 PM

Sprained left ankle for Castillo, sayeth Cohen.

Valadius Aug 04 2009 07:20 PM

Sprained ankle is nothing.

Edgy DC Aug 04 2009 07:20 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 04 2009 07:22 PM

Win it for Luis. And, just to be dicky, how about stealing the save situation away from Rodriguez as well?

Swan Swan H Aug 04 2009 07:21 PM

They show a sponsored replay of the Santana kick-save play, and the area of the screen where the kicking takes place is, of course, obscured by the advertising banner. Bah. Just for that I'm not buying a new Mercedes.

Edgy DC Aug 04 2009 07:33 PM

Lack of activity seems to make Rodriguez even funkier than usual.

Kong76 Aug 04 2009 07:33 PM

LET'S (got quiet here)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2009 07:36 PM

WHIFF

Kong76 Aug 04 2009 07:36 PM

K76: LET'S NOT GIVE UP BACK TO BACK DOUBLES!

Swan Swan H Aug 04 2009 07:37 PM

(sorry, Kase) GO

Edgy DC Aug 04 2009 07:39 PM

Fuck it. LETS =orange]GO, METS!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2009 07:42 PM

FU Frankie

OlerudOwned Aug 04 2009 07:43 PM

Haha, man, this baseball team isn't very good.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2009 07:43 PM

Moral defeat!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2009 07:45 PM

This team sucks, man. I take whole year off!

Edgy DC Aug 04 2009 07:45 PM

Gotta pick it up.

metirish Aug 04 2009 07:47 PM

I knew when Gary mentioned that Santana with a win would become the NL's first 13 game winner , I knew things were going to go haywire.

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 07:48 PM

Frankie is all over the place here. Rusty.

metsguyinmichigan Aug 04 2009 07:48 PM

Johan deserved better than to have Frankie do this. C'mon guys, we need a walk-off. On the bright side, we're staying in Stony Brook, and it was great to walk into a sporting goods store and actually see Mets stuff!!

Edgy DC Aug 04 2009 07:50 PM

metsguyinmichigan wrote: C'mon guys, we need a walk-off. And Alex Cora is due for one.

Kong76 Aug 04 2009 07:51 PM

A game like this would kill me if I was there. It's killing me here.

Valadius Aug 04 2009 07:52 PM

I really fucking hate these birds.

Swan Swan H Aug 04 2009 07:52 PM

Fman99 wrote: Frankie is all over the place here. Rusty. Yes, he is. And don't call me Rusty.

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 07:52 PM

Berroa stinks.

Valadius Aug 04 2009 07:53 PM

Fman99 wrote: Berroa stinks. It's not like that's news.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2009 07:54 PM

Our failure to replace Cora with someone better -- or to figure out what's wrong with Reyes and how long he'll need to heal -- is where this hurts.

Edgy DC Aug 04 2009 07:55 PM

What's that? 40 pitches? Pujols: always a good baserunner.

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 07:56 PM

Hallegoddamlujah.

Edgy DC Aug 04 2009 07:59 PM

That inning smelled. Guys on our bench L: Schneid R: Tatis

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 08:00 PM

2+ months since the Mets' last walkoff win. Let's fix that fellas.

Valadius Aug 04 2009 08:02 PM

I would love to see a Wright walk-off homer.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2009 08:03 PM

Pagan, in reminding you that he is not Carlos Beltran, swings at three ball fours right there before tapping out to McClellan.

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 08:08 PM

Berroa rules!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2009 08:08 PM

Holy shit did we just catch a break. Yeah, I didn;t much like Pagan's AB.

Kong76 Aug 04 2009 08:09 PM

A bounce here, a bounce there.

Mendoza Line Aug 04 2009 08:10 PM

LET'S

metsguyinmichigan Aug 04 2009 08:10 PM

Murph can be a hero here!

Kong76 Aug 04 2009 08:11 PM

Extras

Swan Swan H Aug 04 2009 08:11 PM

Or he can swing at two pitches in the dirt and whiff.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2009 08:11 PM

Jeez Muffy.

metsguyinmichigan Aug 04 2009 08:11 PM

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Murph can be a hero here! Or not.

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 08:13 PM

The way I see it, you pay for 9 innings, and you see 10, then you're getting a deal. Let's go with that. At least with Johan going 8 there are lots of live arms out there in the pen.

metsguyinmichigan Aug 04 2009 08:14 PM

Fman99 wrote: At least with Johan going 8 there are lots of live arms out there in the pen. Good call!!

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2009 08:14 PM

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Johan deserved better than to have Frankie do this. Barely deserved better. Had he thrown up more than four zeros out of 8 innings he would have deserved it more and gotten it too.

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 08:15 PM

Stokes pulled after one pitch as Jerry puts down his "Managing for Dummies" book and goes to the pen for lefty vs. lefty.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2009 08:18 PM

I think that's over-doing the L/R thing too. Meanwhile, how the hell is the Boston/TB game still in the 8th inning when it's only 2-2? And it's not even a Matsuzaka start and Papelbon hasn't been in yet to slow the game to a crawl. I hate American League baseball.

Edgy DC Aug 04 2009 08:18 PM

]At least with Johan going 8 there are lots of live arms out there in the pen. And we pull one out after one pitch.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2009 08:19 PM

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2009 08:19 PM

It's about time for Lugo to remember that he sucks.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2009 08:21 PM

WTF is it with players traded to StL? They all seem to hit about .600 over the first month or so. Holliday, Lugo, Larry Walker a few years back. And don't tell me it's because the fans love them so. That can't help you hit the curveball.

Methead Aug 04 2009 08:21 PM

*sigh*

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2009 08:21 PM

Pujols' dealer for one.

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 08:21 PM

Jerry, what's your book say now? That you should've left Stokes in. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. Let's turn two, for the love of God.

metsguyinmichigan Aug 04 2009 08:22 PM

Horrible. They're pissing this game away.

metsguyinmichigan Aug 04 2009 08:23 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: WTF is it with players traded to StL? They all seem to hit about .600 over the first month or so. Holliday, Lugo, Larry Walker a few years back. And don't tell me it's because the fans love them so. That can't help you hit the curveball. Will Clark and Cesar Cedeno, too.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2009 08:23 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 04 2009 08:24 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: WTF is it with players traded to StL? They all seem to hit about .600 over the first month or so. Holliday, Lugo, Larry Walker a few years back. And don't tell me it's because the fans love them so. That can't help you hit the curveball. Crowd warmth does help balls carry, though. It's a fact!

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 08:24 PM

Big K there. Now Green in to get the last out, supposebly.

metsguyinmichigan Aug 04 2009 08:24 PM

Extra innings, and tomorrow's game is at noon.

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 08:26 PM

Did that just happen.

metirish Aug 04 2009 08:26 PM

Oh my ....what next?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2009 08:26 PM

This is Williesesque. Muck the Fets.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2009 08:27 PM

I'm going to go out on a limb and say we should keep Sean Green out of bases-loaded-type situations.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2009 08:27 PM

If that pitch was only 3-1/2 feet over it would have missed him and maybe even been over the plate.

Kong76 Aug 04 2009 08:27 PM

"There are no words."

metirish Aug 04 2009 08:28 PM

Well ain't that grand?

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2009 08:29 PM

Good night

Swan Swan H Aug 04 2009 08:29 PM

Kong76 wrote: "There are no words." I can think of a few.

Kong76 Aug 04 2009 08:29 PM

Pujols provides words.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2009 08:29 PM

That was the most predictable thing I've ever seen. Well, see you in April.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2009 08:29 PM

Good night, everybody!

Methead Aug 04 2009 08:29 PM

*sigh*

PiggiesTomatoes Aug 04 2009 08:30 PM

Fernando Vina, too. Away on vacation and following the last couple of innings on Gamecast through a bad Internet connection. WTF is it with this team???

metsguyinmichigan Aug 04 2009 08:31 PM

Plegh. Well, they'll be due for a win when I see them tomorrow? That's all I got.

Edgy DC Aug 04 2009 08:31 PM

I'm putting it on Jerry. This mix'n'match bullpen shit is just too much to watch.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2009 08:33 PM

Think about the things that conspired to add up to this clusterfuck. - Pagan misreading Wright's single in the 1st and failing to score - 2 caught stealings - Sheffield's 2 GiDPs - Berroa's error - Cora's error (even though it wasn't scored that way) - Jerry's pitch switching after 1-pitch/1-out - Frankie's worst outing of the year - Feliciano 4-pitch walking someone - Castillo falling down the steps - Green's HBP on the first pitch

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 08:35 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: Think about the things that conspired to add up to this clusterfuck. - Pagan misreading Wright's single in the 1st and failing to score - 2 caught stealings - Sheffield's 2 GiDPs - Berroa's error - Cora's error (even though it wasn't scored that way) - Jerry's pitch switching after 1-pitch/1-out - Frankie's worst outing of the year - Feliciano 4-pitch walking someone - Castillo falling down the steps - Green's HBP on the first pitch Yeah don't discount the fact that Jerry only pulled each pitcher in the 10th AFTER they recorded an out.

PiggiesTomatoes Aug 04 2009 08:36 PM

Second Edition with a foreward by Jerry Manuel.

Valadius Aug 04 2009 08:37 PM

Again, that team is fucking evil and I hate them.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2009 08:37 PM

Edgy DC wrote: I'm putting it on Jerry. This mix'n'match bullpen shit is just too much to watch. And the thing that shocked me was LaRussa NOT going to the lefty when Muffy was up in a game-winning situation. That would have been understandable and, with LaRussa, I would have thought automatic. Instead, Tony opts not to and gets away with it while Jerry tries to out-LaRussa LaRussa and gets burned by it.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2009 08:37 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 04 2009 08:39 PM

I'd like to note here that Jeff Francoeur has seen a total of 24 pitches in his last 13 plate appearances (spanning three games). I'm thinking that claims that he's turned a corner may have been a bit pre-matoor.

Kong76 Aug 04 2009 08:37 PM

FK: Think about the things that conspired to add up to this clusterfuck. - Pagan misreading Wright's single in the 1st and failing to score - 2 caught stealings - Sheffield's 2 GiDPs - Berroa's error - Cora's error (even though it wasn't scored that way) - Jerry's pitch switching after 1-pitch/1-out - Frankie's worst outing of the year - Feliciano 4-pitch walking someone - Castillo falling down the steps - Green's HBP on the first pitch <<<<< Add up a bunch of shit, it generally adds up to a pile of ....

Fman99 Aug 04 2009 08:42 PM

SNY postgame immediately hones in on the bullpen moves in the top of the 10th. And rightfully so.

smg58 Aug 04 2009 08:44 PM

Edgy DC wrote: I'm putting it on Jerry. This mix'n'match bullpen shit is just too much to watch. If anything, Stokes should have been held for DeRosa and Pujols. Why does he get one batter while Green gets the critical situation?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2009 09:00 PM

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'd like to note here that Jeff Francoeur has seen a total of 24 pitches in his last 13 plate appearances (spanning three games). I'm thinking that claims that he's turned a corner may have been a bit pre-matoor. It's just so ugly. Jerry has to stop playing not to lose

Ashie62 Aug 04 2009 09:30 PM

It's as simple as Frankie Rodriguez failing to do his job.If he does what he's paid well for then its' a happy recap..the rest becomes noise

Valadius Aug 04 2009 09:31 PM

I agree with Ashie. It's squarely on K-Rod.

Gwreck Aug 04 2009 09:31 PM

Felt like a steel-toed kick to the groin to be there for this shit. Jerry = bullpen moron. Seriously, let's just let Dan or Randy or somebody else make the decisions about when pitchers come in. Jerry overusing the L/R and Tony sitting on his hands (the pitcher even batted 9th). Funny role reversal.