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Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

G-Fafif Apr 15 2010 04:02 PM

Calling all Ollies, let's stay hot!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 15 2010 04:07 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Let's go streaking!

G-Fafif Apr 15 2010 04:08 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Here's hoping Chris Carpenter shows his ass.

Ashie62 Apr 15 2010 05:22 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="G-Fafif":1edwx978]Calling all Ollies, let's stay hot![/quote:1edwx978] The hearts of Mets fans are relying on your IGT Mojo Is that streaker "Steve" from Jackass?

bmfc1 Apr 16 2010 08:41 AM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

The pitching matchup tonight isn't great for the Mets, but this anonymous quote from a scout, via Jayson Stark, gives me some hope: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Once again this week, let's check in with some of America's finest scouting minds: • On Chris Carpenter: "His next outing, it will be very interesting to watch his velocity, because he's just not throwing very hard. Everything is 89-90 mph, it's flat, and he can't locate it. He's always been a guy who could reach back and get a little extra velocity when he needed it. But his last time out [Sunday against Milwaukee], he just couldn't do it." http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/s ... ings100415

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 16 2010 09:35 AM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="bmfc1":19sgss04]... this anonymous quote from a scout, via Jayson Stark, gives me some hope:[/quote:19sgss04] The scout continued: "You know who never has trouble reaching back for something extra? Chase Utley, Jayson Werth, and the rest of the Phillies! Those guys are so clutch, it... it... (garbled slurping sounds and muffled "youse"s)."

Ceetar Apr 16 2010 09:36 AM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":3jbhvk3w][quote="bmfc1":3jbhvk3w]... this anonymous quote from a scout, via Jayson Stark, gives me some hope:[/quote:3jbhvk3w] The scout continued: "You know who never has trouble reaching back for something extra? Chase Utley, Jayson Werth, and the rest of the Phillies! Those guys are so clutch, it... it... (garbled slurping sounds and muffled "youse"s)."[/quote:3jbhvk3w] They're not so much "reaching back" for it as being poked with it by a "doctor".

bmfc1 Apr 16 2010 03:23 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

METS: Jose Reyes, SS Luis Castillo, 2B David Wright, 3B Jason Bay, LF Mike Jacobs, 1B Jeff Francoeur, RF Rod Barajas, C Gary Matthews Jr., CF Oliver Perez, LHP Cardinals: 1. Lopez, 2B 2. Craig, LF 3. Pujols, 1B 4. Ludwick, RF 5. Molina, C 6. Freese, 3B 7. Mather, CF 8. Ryan, SS 9. Carpenter, p Matt Holliday is sick. Darn.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 16 2010 03:32 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

No Holliday? Rasmus? Craig? Mather? Freese? I most definitely do not know our enemy.

G-Fafif Apr 16 2010 04:15 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Omar Minaya loves our chances this weekend ... to maybe win once, according to Jon Heyman: Mets people know that they are going to have to face both Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright in St. Louis over the weekend, but if the team can carry over the good play from Thursday's winning performance against Colorado into St Louis and avoid a fourth straight series defeat to start the year, that might quell the negative talk. "It was good to get the win. It just changes the momentum,'' Minaya said after the Mets had shut out the Rockies behind Mike Pelfrey's strong start. "St. Louis is always tough. If we can win two out of three, that will be outstanding. If we win one, I'll take it. We've got Jose [Reyes] back, and once we get [Daniel] Murphy and [Carlos] Beltran back, we can compete with everyone else.'' So much for quelling the negative talk, unless the general manager admitting his team is maybe capable of playing .333 ball (as opposed to .000) against a good team is construed as positive.

GYC Apr 16 2010 04:18 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

I can't imagine any qualified manager ever being content with taking one out of three in a series.

G-Fafif Apr 16 2010 04:23 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

So tickets and concessions at Citi Field will be offered at a discount until Murphy and Beltran return? The silver lining of the head of baseball operations declaring he is offering a subpar product, I suppose.

Frayed Knot Apr 16 2010 04:42 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":227ma2z2]No Holliday? Rasmus?[/quote:227ma2z2] Rasmus doesn't play regularly against LHPs. Not sure what the deal is with Holliday. We definitely need to know our enemy better.

G-Fafif Apr 16 2010 04:48 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

I feel we are in Jeopardy of not knowing our enemy. But if we need something to Wolf down until we Sea our way to knowing that enemy, at least 17 items of interest have been compiled by Adam Rubin here. METS (3-6, fifth place/NL East) at CARDINALS (6-3, first place/NL Central) Friday: RHP Oliver Perez (0-1, 6.35) vs. RHP Chris Carpenter (1-0, 5.73), 8:15 p.m. ET Saturday: LHP Johan Santana (1-1, 4.91) vs. LHP Jaime Garcia (1-0, 1.50), 4:10 p.m. ET Sunday: RHP John Maine (0-1, 13.50) vs. RHP Adam Wainwright (2-0, 1.20), 8:05 p.m., ET Cardinals short hops: Reigning National League MVP Albert Pujols’ homer off Houston left-hander Wandy Rodriguez on Monday gave the slugger 371 career longballs. That’s the major league record for the most in the first 10 years of a career, surpassing Eddie Mathews -- and it took Pujols only seven games into his 10th season. Ralph Kiner is third on the list at 369. The re-signing of left fielder/cleanup hitter Matt Holliday for seven years, $120 million appears to be paying dividends in terms of Pujols getting more pitches to hit with the protection. In his first 18 plate appearances with runners on base, Pujols was 9-for-15 with four homers, 14 RBI and three walks. The Cardinals were 52-46 and 1½ games ahead of the Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs when Holliday was acquired last season. From July 24 through the end of the season, St. Louis went a National League-best 39-25 with Holliday. Only the Yankees had a better record during that stretch at 45-22. Still, Pujols’ average didn’t jump last year after Holliday’s arrival. It was .324 with a homer every 9.4 at-bats pre-Holliday, and .328 with a homer every 18.1 at-bats afterward. Holliday’s contract is the third richest given to an outfielder. The two larger: Manny Ramirez (eight years, $160 million with the Boston Red Sox in 2000-01) and Alfonso Soriano (eight years, $136 million with the Chicago Cubs in 2006-07). Chris Carpenter, who finished second in the National League Cy Young balloting last season to San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum, has allowed five homers in 11 innings while struggling with his cut fastball control. Carpenter surrendered seven homers in 192 2/3 innings last season. Rookie Jaime Garcia topped the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday, allowing one run in six innings in his first major league start since undergoing Tommy John surgery in September 2008. Garcia became the first left-handed starter to win a game for the Cardinals since Mark Mulder on June 15, 2006. The drought of no southpaw starter recording a victory was three times the next-longest active streak, by the Atlanta Braves. Adam Wainwright, who has not faced the Mets since snapping off that infamous curveball to Carlos Beltran to complete Game 7 of the 2006 National League Championship Series, tossed eight scoreless innings Monday against the Houston Astros in St. Louis’ home opener. He finished strongly, retiring the final nine batters, as his fastball velocity sat at 93-94 mph. Wainwright and Carpenter’s combined 2.45 ERA and 36 wins led the majors for a pair of teammates last season. The second-best combined ERA belonged to San Francisco Giants teammates Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum at 2.68, followed by the Braves’ Jair Jurrjens and Javier Vazquez at 2.74. The Wainwright-Joel Pineiro combo actually finished second to Wainwright-Carpenter in combined wins with 34. The Yankees’ CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte and the Detroit Tigers’ Justin Verlander and Rick Porcello combined for 33 apiece. Catcher Bryan Anderson was promoted to replace Jason LaRue, who landed on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring, which he suffered Sunday in Milwaukee. Anderson, 23, hit .245 with four homers and 11 RBIs in 53 games last season with Triple-A Memphis. No. 1 catcher Yadier Molina, who dealt with a right oblique strain that cost him the final two weeks of spring training, has shown no ill effects from the injury during the regular season. Molina is hitting .185 with two homers, however, after going 0-for-9 in three games against the Astros. Molina picked off eight runners last season, comfortably tops in the majors, ahead of runner-ups Raul Chavez and Rob Johnson (three apiece). Hitting coach Mark McGwire was received warmly Monday at Busch Stadium, in his first game in uniform since 2001. McGwire had attended the closing of the former Busch Stadium, but otherwise had remained away from Cardinals games until joining manager Tony La Russa’s staff. Brendan Ryan has started slowly at the plate (2-for-24), which prompted La Russa to give Felipe Lopez his first start at shortstop in two years. Right fielder Ryan Ludwick succeeded Ryan as the No. 2 hitter. Rookie David Freese, who is hitting .308, mans third base. He also made last year’s Opening Day roster, but was demoted April 22, 2009 when Brian Barden and Joe Thurston established themselves. Freese then needed midseason surgery on his left ankle -- an injury that lingered from an auto accident. Center fielder Colby Rasmus has a team-high nine walks, four shy of David Wright’s MLB-leading total. Rasmus, who had only 36 walks last season, had a particularly strong spring, hitting .362 with five homers. Before slipping in Thursday’s series finale against the Astros, St. Louis’ lone two losses had come via walk-off homers -- Cincinnati’s Jonny Gomes off Jason Motte and Milwaukee’s Casey McGehee off Kyle McClellan. Closer Ryan Franklin had a mediocre spring and isn’t overpowering, but earned his first All-Star Game invite last year.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2010 06:42 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

OK, nice running by Francoeur (cough) and we have a 1-0 lead.

Kong76 Apr 16 2010 06:49 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

David Freakin' Wright!

bmfc1 Apr 16 2010 06:52 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Over-managing by Jerry. I know Ollie got out of the inning but it's only the 2d--perhaps your pitcher can get the #8 guy and then you have the pitcher leading off the next inning.

Frayed Knot Apr 16 2010 06:55 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":3fkob4li]OK, nice running by Francoeur (cough) and we have a 1-0 lead.[/quote:3fkob4li] What da fuck was he thinking?@!?

Kong76 Apr 16 2010 06:57 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Reminds me I need to change my sig line ... Didn't hate Willie, don't hate Jerry, waiting patiently for Bobby.

Kong76 Apr 16 2010 07:06 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Wright flashes the leather again

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2010 07:12 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="bmfc1":1wuti2i9]Over-managing by Jerry. I know Ollie got out of the inning but it's only the 2d--perhaps your pitcher can get the #8 guy and then you have the pitcher leading off the next inning.[/quote:1wuti2i9] Geez. I don' t much like it either, but we lost 3 games in a row on 2_out hits by 8th hitters in the second inning.

metirish Apr 16 2010 07:21 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Hey Keith , Ollie has been in the big leagues since 2002....

Fman99 Apr 16 2010 07:24 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":yn6rqg29][quote="bmfc1":yn6rqg29]... this anonymous quote from a scout, via Jayson Stark, gives me some hope:[/quote:yn6rqg29] The scout continued: "You know who never has trouble reaching back for something extra? Chase Utley, Jayson Werth, and the rest of the Phillies! Those guys are so clutch, it... it... (garbled slurping sounds and muffled "youse"s)."[/quote:yn6rqg29] Stark's gushing Phillie love is a whole lot of journalistic bukkake.

seawolf17 Apr 16 2010 07:39 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

I both love and hate when we get Good Ollie. I love it because he's so damn effective, but I hate it because he makes me want this all the time. (Sigh.)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 16 2010 07:41 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

That "if only." Yeah, it gets me, too, Wolf. It's like Sid all over again.

Kong76 Apr 16 2010 07:47 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

I'm diggin' good Ollie.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 16 2010 07:49 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Dammit. Bay missed a big-ass hunk of hanger steak right there leading off the sixth.

TheOldMole Apr 16 2010 07:54 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Ollie's self-destruct inning? Maybe not -- K's Pujols.

Fman99 Apr 16 2010 07:55 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Ollie just owns these Redbirds. Sit down, Fatty (Albert).

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 16 2010 07:55 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Pujols on strikes, on three pitches (the last a Mothership-funky slider). VERY good Ollie.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2010 07:58 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

OLLIE

seawolf17 Apr 16 2010 08:02 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Gary Matthews is still on this team? Hmm.

metirish Apr 16 2010 08:04 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="seawolf17":3li9n26m]Gary Matthews is still on this team? Hmm.[/quote:3li9n26m] The five year old takes better hacks than Matthews.

Frayed Knot Apr 16 2010 08:07 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

GMJ & Jacobs - I'll just dub the pair Gar Master Jake - are absolutely killing a lineup that, frankly, doesn't need a whole lot of help in killing itself. Not only no hits but barely any contact. GMJ apparently got the start tonight because he had good numbers against (if I were a) Carpenter but it wasn't like it was a huge sample size (something like 15 ABs) and I wonder how long ago those ABs were.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 16 2010 08:09 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Uh oh. Stay frosty, OllieBoy.

metirish Apr 16 2010 08:10 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Taking Ollie out?, come on man

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 16 2010 08:15 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Well, if you've got a choice between leaving your cruising starter in to face a righty currently batting .080, and not tempting the other manager to sub in a BETTER HITTER... and, y'know, something else... you've got to do the other thing, obviously.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2010 08:18 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Nerts. Bases loaded.

Kong76 Apr 16 2010 08:18 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

And just like that, the bases are jammed.

seawolf17 Apr 16 2010 08:20 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

I -- I got nothing. It's like he's not watching the same game as the rest of us.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2010 08:21 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Shoulda stuck wit' Ollie, fool. But come on, are you telling me that, now that Feliciano is designated the "eighth inning setup man," you won't use him to go after this guy with the bases loaded in the seventh?

metirish Apr 16 2010 08:23 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

It's stupid, really frustrating to watch . I'm sick of reading how Manuel thinks outside the box, no he doesn't.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2010 08:23 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Oh for fuxx sakes

Fman99 Apr 16 2010 08:24 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Beh

seawolf17 Apr 16 2010 08:24 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Seriously? Valdes? Did Feliciano die? And CLICK the game goes off. 'Night, Jerry.

Ashie62 Apr 16 2010 08:24 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

For the first time in 2010 we might be able to say Cockpunch loss

Edgy DC Apr 16 2010 08:25 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Well, it's important that we save our best relievers for the key situations. Maybe one will come up.

metirish Apr 16 2010 08:25 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

There are no words.

Fman99 Apr 16 2010 08:26 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

I blame the Tea Party people for this.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2010 08:29 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

I have to blame Jerry. I feel so powerless watching him use the pitching staff as if designed for minimal effectiveness.

metirish Apr 16 2010 08:31 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

You know , and way to show some confidence in Ollie, he's going great but because it's the God forbid 7th inning Manuel has to yank at the first sign of trouble. Manuel better not be going on after game talking about how he wanted to get Ollie that win.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2010 08:31 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="Edgy DC":2ptklz76]I have to blame Jerry. I feel so powerless watching him use the pitching staff as if designed for minimal effectiveness.[/quote:2ptklz76] Oh go back to your Sandra Bullock film fest.

Rockin' Doc Apr 16 2010 08:33 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Manuel just seems to have no clue when it comes to handling a pitching staff. Hell, I don't like the way he has handled the position players the past few games. It has become painfully obvious to me tha Jerry Manuel must go. The sooner the better. I don't see this team ever being successful with Manuel at the helm.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2010 08:35 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Tying run at the plate, Bay-be.

Fman99 Apr 16 2010 08:37 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

It's a rally bitches! If you went to bed or turned off the TV, then I don't even know you man.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 16 2010 08:38 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

I'll gladly take Wright's single but it was silly, I think, for Keith to suggest that the single was preferable to a HR.

Fman99 Apr 16 2010 08:39 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

It was a double. Bay check swing K's. Weak AB and he's still RBI-less,

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2010 08:40 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Come on, Bay. Ugh. Reyes for Jacobs, and you can bet Tatis for Jacobs.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2010 08:42 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":1rrom0ie][quote="Edgy DC":1rrom0ie]I have to blame Jerry. I feel so powerless watching him use the pitching staff as if designed for minimal effectiveness.[/quote:1rrom0ie] Oh go back to your Sandra Bullock film fest.[/quote:1rrom0ie] Yeah, well, go back to your, um, Romantics records. Yeah ---- huh? How you like that?

seawolf17 Apr 16 2010 08:44 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Glad Tatis slipped the ump a fifty before stepping into the box, because two of those balls were way too close.

seawolf17 Apr 16 2010 08:45 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

And damn, that's a great play by Freese to save two runs. Not much you can do there. Fuckin' hell.

Fman99 Apr 16 2010 08:46 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Yep.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2010 08:46 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Waitress? I changed my mind. I'd like the homerun after all.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 16 2010 08:46 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Hey Keith: Aren't you glad Wright didn't hit a HR last inning?

Rockin' Doc Apr 16 2010 08:47 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Apparently, Tatis should have slipped $50 to Freese.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2010 08:48 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Tellya what, Bay's been a huge disappointment so far.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2010 08:58 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

OK, 9th-inning thun-dah

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 16 2010 08:58 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Week and a half.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2010 09:01 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Francoeur, Barajas, Matthews.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2010 09:01 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Base hit for Frencho. It's on.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2010 09:02 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

OK, French on base. Matthews on deck is the tying run.

smg58 Apr 16 2010 09:02 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

I thought Tatis showed a good eye and did everything right, the liner just found Freese's glove. I'm at a total loss to explain how Manuel handled the seventh inning. To be fair I'd have given Ollie the hook at the first sign of trouble, but I didn't find an infield single and a sacrifice bunt all that troubling. Why Valdes and not Feliciano? Your guess is as good as mine. Perhaps Nieve is a bit overworked, but going 0-2 on two straight guys and having a HBP and a walk as end results is just bad. I'm confident Bay will get hot, but there have been some critical at-bats where he's looked lost. I think it's too early to use the word disappointment, but the Mets could use a boost from somebody in the line-up ASAP and he's the guy we paid to come in and do it.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2010 09:03 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

OK, I can deal Pagalanotto, you're the tying run.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2010 09:04 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

GMJ with a 1-out dubble and the tying run is at the plate again.

Fman99 Apr 16 2010 09:04 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

G-Mat finally wakes up with the long double and the good guys have the tying run at the dish. Frankie C as the tying run, he's 0-for-2010 but 7/14 against chin-beard-douche-guy.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2010 09:05 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

ribeye for Franky, tying runs on.

seawolf17 Apr 16 2010 09:05 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

8/15. I believe, friends.

Fman99 Apr 16 2010 09:05 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

FRANK! 4-2 Mets. Jose Jose, Jose Jose up.

seawolf17 Apr 16 2010 09:06 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Jose's not as fast as he was last year.

Fman99 Apr 16 2010 09:06 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Traded a RBI for an out there. 4-3, two down, Pagan on 2nd.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2010 09:06 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Given a second shot to pinch-run Cora, and he didn't. You've got to score here, Angel.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 16 2010 09:06 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Full-speed Reyes beats that out. Fuck.

Edgy DC Apr 16 2010 09:07 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Terrible call for strike one.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2010 09:08 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

fuck everyone

Fman99 Apr 16 2010 09:08 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Fuck.

metsmarathon Apr 16 2010 09:08 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

grr...

Ashie62 Apr 16 2010 09:31 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Fuckshit, shitfuck

Methead Apr 16 2010 09:35 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":2uk5362y]fuck everyone[/quote:2uk5362y] totally

Ashie62 Apr 16 2010 11:57 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="Methead":dild47kn][quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":dild47kn]fuck everyone[/quote:dild47kn] totally[/quote:dild47kn] well flock you too!

Frayed Knot Apr 17 2010 07:50 AM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="batmagadanleadoff"]I'll gladly take Wright's single but it was silly, I think, for Keith to suggest that the single was preferable to a HR.

I've never understood this line of thinking: that a single will "keep the rally going" while a HR kills it. McCarver uses it all the time too. Yeah, much better to set yourself up for possible runs rather than get actual ones and then hope to build more from scratch. Stupid! Feliciano apparently with a stomach ailment last night and was unavailable. IV fluids during the game and the whole works.

smg58 Apr 17 2010 09:22 AM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

While I'm glad Catalanotto got a hit, why wouldn't Manuel just pinch-hit Pagan there? He pinch-ran anyway, and Catalanotto is neither the better hitter in general nor more likely to tie the game with a homer. I didn't know about Feliciano, so I'll cut Manuel some slack. Although taking out Perez with a shorthanded pen gets even more puzzling. Sigh.

holychicken Apr 17 2010 09:55 AM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="Frayed Knot"][quote="batmagadanleadoff"]I'll gladly take Wright's single but it was silly, I think, for Keith to suggest that the single was preferable to a HR.

I've never understood this line of thinking: that a single will "keep the rally going" while a HR kills it. McCarver uses it all the time too. Yeah, much better to set yourself up for possible runs rather than get actual ones and then hope to build more from scratch. Stupid! A few years ago, I heard McCarver say this when a homerun would have tied the game in the 8th inning, the double that he did hit (with 2 outs), got them within one run and the next batter made an out. They ended up losing the game. I remember someone saying "did he just say it was good that he didn't tie the game?" /facepalm

G-Fafif Apr 17 2010 10:28 AM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

While I'm glad Catalanotto got a hit, why wouldn't Manuel just pinch-hit Pagan there? He pinch-ran anyway, and Catalanotto is neither the better hitter in general nor more likely to tie the game with a homer. Catalanotto (Gary Cohen noted immediately) entered the game 7-for-14 lifetime vs. Franklin. He left it 8-for-15. If you're not gonna use Mr. Smithtown against a pitcher off whom he's batting .500, then send him back to Suffolk County at once.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 17 2010 10:56 AM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="Frayed Knot"][quote="batmagadanleadoff"]I'll gladly take Wright's single but it was silly, I think, for Keith to suggest that the single was preferable to a HR.

I've never understood this line of thinking: that a single will "keep the rally going" while a HR kills it. McCarver uses it all the time too. Yeah, much better to set yourself up for possible runs rather than get actual ones and then hope to build more from scratch. Stupid! Feliciano apparently with a stomach ailment last night and was unavailable. IV fluids during the game and the whole works. Well, that only brings into question the wisdom of pulling Ollie when he did, then.

bmfc1 Apr 17 2010 10:58 AM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

oops

G-Fafif Apr 17 2010 11:40 AM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="bmfc1":2cozxi2j]oops[/quote:2cozxi2j] "What was Omar thinking after telling Jon Heyman he'd take one of three in St. Louis?"

Edgy DC Apr 17 2010 02:48 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

Reviewing this post-mortem just makes me more Jerry-angry than before. I don't usually get angry with managers. What do I do?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 17 2010 03:07 PM Re: Two Much To Ask? - IGT 4/16/10 NYM @ STL

[quote="Edgy DC":mf4bg9hr]Reviewing this post-mortem just makes me more Jerry-angry than before. I don't usually get angry with managers. What do I do?[/quote:mf4bg9hr] I find that coming up with dumb nicknames usually helps me. Also, eating my feelings.