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IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again
| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 10:56 AM |
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The Mets are apparently spending a lot of time in the division with their spring training schedule. I guest a lot of NL east eams have set up shop around the Treasure Coast. Welcome to Tradition Field, folks. i'm a little disappointed to see the DH used in an NL park in a game betweeen NL teams.
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 11:14 AM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Looks like a pretty regular-like lineup backing Ollie.
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 11:17 AM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Think Ralph makes his 2010 debut today?
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 11:19 AM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Ollie yields a three-run clout in the first. Suicide rate in New York climbs precipitiously.
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| Kong76 Mar 07 2010 11:20 AM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Ollie sucks, rinse and repeat (or spit).
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 11:52 AM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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An inside-the-park grand slam by Omir Santos and Ollie off the hook.
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 12:12 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Ollie exits from a 5-5 tie and Hishanori Takahashi steps in. Nice to see a lefthander in 47 come out of the pen.
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 12:16 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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And Takahashi takes about 90 seconds to strike out the slide! I think I love him, so what am I so afraid of?
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| Kong76 Mar 07 2010 12:25 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Takahashi rocks! Perhaps you're afraid of being not sure of a love there is no cure for.
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 12:34 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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I think that's it! He gives up a seeing-eye single in his next inning, throws away a pickoff pitch, and then bears down. He gets an infield grounder that avails to naught as Cora tries and fails to catch the runner off third, then, with first and third and no outs, he fans the next two! Kevin Mench is the last chance for the Nats and my love won't wait.
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 12:34 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Look at these guys chasing the ball low. A soft liner to Bay and the Mets defense has to get one out for him.
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| Valadius Mar 07 2010 12:42 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Damn you MASN and MLB Network, nobody gives a shit about the Orioles.
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| MFS62 Mar 07 2010 12:45 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Today's starting lineup is a head scratcher. Manuel has commented during the off season that Santos isn't really good defensively. Some of his quotes made that sound like he's not especially good at handling pitchers. Today's starter was Ollie Perez, who is trying to get his mechanics straightened out. So, why isn't one of the more experienced (major leagues) catchers in there with Ollie? Just askin'. Later
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 12:47 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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I think you're reading too much into nothing.
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 12:49 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Six strikeotus for Tak as he comes inside to Willie Harris and Harris can't do anything with it.
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| MFS62 Mar 07 2010 12:54 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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[quote="Edgy DC":11m03g0i]I think you're reading too much into nothing.[/quote:11m03g0i] Yeah. I think about things like that a lot. :) Actually, I thought Jerry might be trying to see if they can work well together, like the guys across town are doing by having Posada catch Burnett. Later
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 01:03 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Misch says "F Takahashi and fans his first guy on a backup slider and gets the second quickly on a weak grounder." I'm very pleased that they didn't sign some overpaid question mark as a starter.
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 01:06 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Ike, pinch-hitting lefthanded specialist Ron Villone, doubles off the leftfield wall.
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 01:09 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Hi, I'm Nick Evans. Remember me?
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| Valadius Mar 07 2010 01:18 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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I'm beginning to think, if we wanted to, we could trade for a starter, as we have plenty of minor-league pieces to make it work.
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 01:24 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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That's twice today that Francoeur has thrown out the tying runner at the plate.
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| TheOldMole Mar 07 2010 01:25 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Francoeur's arm looking good out in right.
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2010 01:40 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Francoeur's arm looking great out there. They ought to give him a save. Misch, though, is the one to finish it off, wearing number 48 and all the cooties it can carry.
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| MFS62 Mar 07 2010 02:12 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Won with your basic ground ball grand slam home run. I love this game! Later
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| Fman99 Mar 07 2010 03:07 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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[quote="Kong76"]Takahashi rocks! Perhaps you're afraid of being not sure of a love there is no cure for. |
I'll drink to that!
| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 07 2010 10:11 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Holy crap. Go lefties! I mean, it's early... but with 4 optionless guys (and 2 be-optioned types) pitching so well as to make their buttocks slough from their backsides, could it be possible that we have too MANY good options at the five-hole?
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| Benjamin Grimm Mar 08 2010 07:22 AM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":1ff6r2eo]Could it be possible that we have too MANY good options at the five-hole?[/quote:1ff6r2eo] I would think not, given how shaky the 2, 3, and 4 spots are.
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| Edgy DC Mar 08 2010 07:37 AM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Yeah, the adage of never having enough pitching is true enough. The key is perhaps having more pitching than they might have had they thrown all their donuts after Jason Marquis or Ben Sheets. Hopefully that's true.
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| bmfc1 Mar 08 2010 07:40 AM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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The problem is that right now, the "five" pitchers (Niese, Nieve, Figueroa, Misch) don't appear to be any worse than the "two", "three", or "four" pitchers (Ollie, Maine, Pelfrey).
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| Edgy DC Mar 08 2010 07:52 AM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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If that's true, I don't think that's a problem, but an asset. I've said it before, but for all the problems the staff had last year, their pitching was pretty much middle of the pack. Thier depth really bailed them out a lot. And Takahashi is definitely a starting option. He's started his whole career in Japan.
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| bmfc1 Mar 08 2010 08:59 AM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Edgy--you're right based on the way I phrased it. Let me rephrase: The problem is that right now, the "two", "three", or "four" pitchers (Ollie, Maine, Pelfrey) don't appear to be any better than the "five" pitchers (Niese, Nieve, Figueroa, Misch).
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| Edgy DC Mar 08 2010 09:23 AM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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Yeah, I subsequently came to understand that must've been what you meant.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 08 2010 09:46 AM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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[quote="bmfc1"]Edgy--you're right based on the way I phrased it. Let me rephrase: The problem is that right now, the "two", "three", or "four" pitchers (Ollie, Maine, Pelfrey) don't appear to be any better than the "five" pitchers (Niese, Nieve, Figueroa, Misch). |
It's okay-- I heard 4 fives beat a straight 'frush.'
| Edgy DC Mar 08 2010 01:43 PM Re: IGT, 3/7, Met and Nats again |
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As for the fifth-options pitching better than (so far) the rotation incumbents, it's early, and the minor league and AAAA hitters are out-slugging our expected lineup. I supose that's in part due to (1) those guys coming to camp ready to fight, rather than to work on stuff, and (2) those guys, in many cases, having played winter ball, and therefore closer to the game-shape groove.
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