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IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

G-Fafif Jun 16 2010 11:00 PM

Tonight at 7:05, America's newest Every Fifth Day game show sensation, RAD or ICKY. Tune in and find out whether host R.A. Dickey will be more RAD than ICKY as he looks to make a certain Tribe of Clevelanders knuckle under to his charms. I say R.A. Dickey is totally RAD and not all ICKY.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 17 2010 07:16 AM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Also, like another former-journeyman-turned-out-of-nowhere-Mets-pitching-hero, you can call him "Reader."

batmagadanleadoff Jun 17 2010 08:28 AM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

R.A. Dickey has become my favorite Met pitcher over his last three or four starts. That knuckle-ball of his is ridiculous. And I say that endearingly. OE. I guess I should say Radickylous.

Edgy DC Jun 17 2010 08:35 AM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

They should give away free dickeys at his next start. The Dickies should play the national anthem.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 17 2010 09:21 AM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="batmagadanleadoff":207u79v5]R.A. Dickey has become my favorite Met pitcher over his last three or four starts. That knuckle-ball of his is ridiculous. And I say that endearingly. OE. I guess I should say Radickylous.[/quote:207u79v5] I'm a little surprised at how much I'm enjoying the amiable freakishness of Dickey's knuckler; I find myself looking forward to R. A. Dickey starts like I do visits to Coney Island.

soupcan Jun 17 2010 09:28 AM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Ashie62 Jun 17 2010 09:29 AM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

LETS

themetfairy Jun 17 2010 12:08 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 17 2010 12:11 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

bmfc1 Jun 17 2010 12:11 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 17 2010 12:52 PM

METS: Reyes-SS Pagan-CF Wright-3B Davis-1B Francoeur-RF Carter-DH Blanco-C Feliciano-LF Tejada-2B Dickey--P Indians: Donald-SS Choo-RF Santana-C Hafner-DH Kearns-CF Branyan-1B Peralta-3B Duncan-LF Valbuena-2B Westbrook-P

themetfairy Jun 17 2010 12:12 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Ceetar Jun 17 2010 12:18 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":1yxabkmj][quote="batmagadanleadoff":1yxabkmj]R.A. Dickey has become my favorite Met pitcher over his last three or four starts. That knuckle-ball of his is ridiculous. And I say that endearingly. OE. I guess I should say Radickylous.[/quote:1yxabkmj] I'm a little surprised at how much I'm enjoying the amiable freakishness of Dickey's knuckler; I find myself looking forward to R. A. Dickey starts like I do visits to Coney Island.[/quote:1yxabkmj] I don't enjoy them quite as much. (I was at the first Phillies game) He lets so many guys on base, and I know they're all bloops or the occasional walk, but I just spend the time cringing that he's going to make one bad pitch and give up a ton of runs one of these days. The new Coney Island park any good?

OlerudOwned Jun 17 2010 01:30 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"][quote="batmagadanleadoff"]R.A. Dickey has become my favorite Met pitcher over his last three or four starts. That knuckle-ball of his is ridiculous. And I say that endearingly. OE. I guess I should say Radickylous.

I'm a little surprised at how much I'm enjoying the amiable freakishness of Dickey's knuckler; I find myself looking forward to R. A. Dickey starts like I do visits to Coney Island.
I really love the fact that it's so much faster than other knuckleballs I've seen. FanGraphs charts it as averaging out at 75 MPH, this season. That's 10 MPH faster that Wakefield's average (and a few ticks harder than Wake's fastball). The fact that he's been able to (relatively) control a pitch that moves so much and moves so quickly makes me think this isn't a fluke.

Incidentally, while trying to research knuckleball velocities, I noticed that Martino just today wrote an article on that very topic.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseb ... bilit.html

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 17 2010 01:37 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="OlerudOwned"]Incidentally, while trying to research knuckleball velocities, I noticed that Martino just today wrote an article on that very topic. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseb ... bilit.html

Is Martino a careless writer, or does he just have no idea what a knuckleball is?

[quote="Fedora McTrancePants"]That last part is key. Dickey could throw his knuckleball even harder than he does, but would have to sacrifice spin, the pitch's essential element. His high-70s speed is his maximum velocity while maintaining spin.

Fman99 Jun 17 2010 01:40 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="themetfairy"]

Are we playing the Cleveland Cougars tonight?

OlerudOwned Jun 17 2010 01:52 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"][quote="OlerudOwned"]Incidentally, while trying to research knuckleball velocities, I noticed that Martino just today wrote an article on that very topic. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseb ... bilit.html

Is Martino a careless writer, or does he just have no idea what a knuckleball is?

[quote="Fedora McTrancePants"]That last part is key. Dickey could throw his knuckleball even harder than he does, but would have to sacrifice spin, the pitch's essential element. His high-70s speed is his maximum velocity while maintaining spin.

Hah! I didn't even notice that. Looks especially bad considering the quote from Hough leading into it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 17 2010 02:02 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Holy mackeral. Well, I know what I'll be asking about next chat.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 17 2010 02:04 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Pen-an, pen-an, pen-an, pan-annnnn... PENALTY!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 17 2010 02:06 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

ka-ching

Ceetar Jun 17 2010 02:09 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Knuckleballers are weird: R.A. Dickey holds opponents to a .236 average if his throws ball one, .296 if it's strike one.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 17 2010 02:13 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

In one of his recent starts, I was watching the opposing team telecast on Extra Innings, and they showed a slow-motion replay of one of his pitches; the camera followed the ball on its way to the plate. You were able to really see that the stitches on the ball weren't rotating. The ball wobbled a bit, a little back-and-forth sway, but none of that spin that you'd normally see. I know that that's how a knuckler behaves, but I don't think I had ever seen one so clearly. It was uncanny. It's hard to believe that a ball could be thrown 60+ feet without any spin at all.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 17 2010 02:19 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":3faqir8n]Pen-an, pen-an, pen-an, pan-annnnn... PENALTY![/quote:3faqir8n] [quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":3faqir8n]ka-ching[/quote:3faqir8n] wrong thread! Hard to work, goof off AND watch soccer at the same time.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 17 2010 02:20 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Thanks for the explanation. I thought maybe you had taken some of Steve Rogers' medication.

themetfairy Jun 17 2010 02:20 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="Fman99"][quote="themetfairy"]

Are we playing the Cleveland Cougars tonight?

No - it's that we're Hot In Cleveland.

Ashie62 Jun 17 2010 05:07 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Eew! That Donald guy is playing again.

G-Fafif Jun 17 2010 05:13 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Reyes dived back into second, was checking his hand a bit. Let's get out of Cleveland with nothing worse than a quad contusion.

G-Fafif Jun 17 2010 05:15 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Wright strikes out in the middle of a rally and we still have two runs. When you're hot, you're hot...in Cleveland or otherwise.

Kong76 Jun 17 2010 05:19 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

This is fun, can we go to Seattle next?

G-Fafif Jun 17 2010 05:19 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Make it three!

G-Fafif Jun 17 2010 05:21 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Howie likened Westbrook, before the game began, to Millwood, and it wasn't a flattering comparison. So far, I'd say Westbrook and Millwood have more in common these days than last names that encompass two discrete words apiece.

G-Fafif Jun 17 2010 05:21 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Chris Carter, not an effective slider.

metirish Jun 17 2010 05:23 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Jesus Christ , the one guy everyone would expect to plough through a catcher looks like a fucking wally hitting for home.....wtf was that?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 17 2010 05:24 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

F'real. What the hell's the Red Bull for, Animal? Worse, our own scholar/grandpa's boy has made a defensive highlight-maker out of Shelley F-ing Duncan.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 17 2010 05:28 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Easiest job in the park tonight: guy charting pitch type for GameDay when the Indians are up.

Frayed Knot Jun 17 2010 05:28 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="themetfairy"]

So what's Betty White these days, about 4' 6" ?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 17 2010 05:33 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Attempted sac bunting against a guy giving up base hits as if he got a tax break for each one. Awesome.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 17 2010 05:42 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Losing the knuckle no-no: stinky Losing the knuckle no-no to a guy self-nicknamed "Pronk": Camembert aged in a high-school boys' locker room

bmfc1 Jun 17 2010 05:45 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

The July 3 game has been moved to 4:10 as Strasburg looks like the starter. I'm going so I'm not pleased as it means a bigger crowd and a tougher game for the Mets.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 17 2010 05:52 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":1cq009e0]Losing the knuckle no-no: stinky Losing the knuckle no-no to a guy self-nicknamed "Pronk": Camembert aged in a high-school boys' locker room[/quote:1cq009e0] Letting "Pronk" advance on outs like he's Kenny Lofton, then score on a two-out hit: Runny, year-old brie aged in an unwashed, elderly dog's bed

Gwreck Jun 17 2010 06:29 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="bmfc1":mzdlgh8g]The July 3 game has been moved to 4:10 as Strasburg looks like the starter. I'm going so I'm not pleased as it means a bigger crowd and a tougher game for the Mets.[/quote:mzdlgh8g] I thought Strasburg was going to miss the Mets. Did they change something?

bmfc1 Jun 17 2010 06:32 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

They decided to pitch him every 5th day, not game. FOX switched their plans to cover this Saturday's game, thinking he would go every 5th game, but he's going tomorrow night (the MLB Network has it).

metsguyinmichigan Jun 17 2010 06:47 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="themetfairy"]

Confession: I've always thought Wendie Malick was cute. It might be the voice.

And Dickey was luck to get out of that mess with just one run.

TheOldMole Jun 17 2010 06:52 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Do I have to read the whole thread to find out why people are talking about Betty White and Wendie Malick?

metsguyinmichigan Jun 17 2010 07:15 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Feliciano and Pagan puke up a run for the hot rookie catcher. I'd like an insurance run of three before we turn a one-run lead over to Frankie.

Kong76 Jun 17 2010 07:16 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

I have no idea which of the remaining two are Wendie Malick or what she's famous for. The third woman I remember from that magazine sitcom with the woman with the big bazzambas and her daddy owned the place. 5-4 Mets.

Zvon Jun 17 2010 07:17 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="metsguyinmichigan"][quote="themetfairy"]

Confession: I've always thought Wendie Malick was cute. It might be the voice.

And Dickey was luck to get out of that mess with just one run.

I don't think I was clear when I made earlier observations re:them in another thread.
The 2 I think are shwinglables do NOT have the initials BW or VB.
Tho if the show did involve a time machine Id go back and compete with Allen Ludden,
and not on Password.

Did they really tame The Animal!

Great, I come in and the tribes plates one.

5-4 METS.
Well maybe thats good.
Maybe it's close enough that K-Rod will feel adrenalated enough to pitch a scoreless 9th.

Gotta get o the 9th first tho.
Shut the door Feliciano.

Kong76 Jun 17 2010 07:22 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

My brain keeps hearing Sandy Duncan.

metsguyinmichigan Jun 17 2010 07:23 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Wendie is the one with the big necklace, and was in Scrooged and a bunch of other things in supporting roles. Plus the aforementioned magazine show. Used to work for Jack Kemp, but now is a big Dem. We need to keep the Tribe at bay for two more innings.

Zvon Jun 17 2010 07:25 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Ive Seen Wendie in many things since I first saw her on TV

metsguyinmichigan Jun 17 2010 07:26 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Ooh! A tri-boom from Jose grants my wish!

Frayed Knot Jun 17 2010 07:31 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Feliciano looked pretty fast on that Reyes hit. If the Indians have nothing else going for them, this Carlos Santana guy looks like a very nice player - both behind the plate and with the bat. A highly touted prospect just called up in the last two weeks but already looks very comfortable and like he knows he belongs.

Zvon Jun 17 2010 07:33 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Reyes showin some D tonite or what? I can't see but I heard some dings. Feliciano looked pretty fast on that Reyes hit. On the radio may have sounded even faster: "he's flyin!"

Kong76 Jun 17 2010 07:37 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Yeah, Reyes got that superstar kind of thing going on tonight. Even got spiked on his hand earlier.

metsguyinmichigan Jun 17 2010 07:38 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Elmer is filling the coveted role of "Reliever we thought would suck but is actually pretty good," slots previously filled by Darren Oliver and Roberto Hernandez (first tour).

Zvon Jun 17 2010 07:41 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Can't plate em all. I was counting on Wright scoring tho :(

Frayed Knot Jun 17 2010 07:42 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Very nice 'D' by Reyes tonight. Been trying to pigeon-hole him as a defensive player lately and have come to the conclusion that I don't think he'll ever be the spectacular type - the kind to sprawl out on the ground and steal sure hits and turn them into outs. But he does take a lot of funky plays and make them look fairly routine. Tonight there have been some slow choppers for him to grab on the 1B side of 2nd where he used his foot-speed to make plays that others won't get to quickly enough.

Zvon Jun 17 2010 07:43 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Kong76 Jun 17 2010 07:45 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

LET'S

Zvon Jun 17 2010 07:47 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="Frayed Knot":6oz7jz97] If the Indians have nothing else going for them, this Carlos Santana guy looks like a very nice player - both behind the plate and with the bat. A highly touted prospect just called up in the last two weeks but already looks very comfortable and like he knows he belongs.[/quote:6oz7jz97] I have a theory you've recently been suffering from the opposites. Sanatana can tie the came here. My theory better be correct.

Zvon Jun 17 2010 07:47 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

GO!

metsguyinmichigan Jun 17 2010 07:49 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Zvon Jun 17 2010 07:50 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="Frayed Knot"] Been trying to pigeon-hole him as a defensive player lately and have come to the conclusion that I don't think he'll ever be the spectacular type - the kind to sprawl out on the ground and steal sure hits and turn them into outs.

Agree w/u there.

metsguyinmichigan Jun 17 2010 07:51 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

That's two!

Kong76 Jun 17 2010 07:54 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 17 2010 07:54 PM

. [bigpurple:3t2ayd4m]WOO HOO[/bigpurple:3t2ayd4m]

Zvon Jun 17 2010 07:54 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Gwreck Jun 17 2010 07:54 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

BOOKS! x7

Fman99 Jun 17 2010 07:54 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Put that in your books bitch! SWEEPING

metsguyinmichigan Jun 17 2010 07:55 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Zvon Jun 17 2010 07:55 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[bigpurple:is42dg26]YES![/bigpurple:is42dg26]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 17 2010 07:58 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="metsguyinmichigan"]Wendie is the one with the big necklace, and was in Scrooged and a bunch of other things in supporting roles. Plus the aforementioned magazine show. Used to work for Jack Kemp, but now is a big Dem.

Also, she was in "Dream On" as Brian Benben's wife. That's the show where Martin (Benben) would constantly fantasize as though he were swwwwwwweeeping.



(Also, Z, on what planet is even 50-year-old VB NOT schwingable? J'accuse tu wiener.)

G-Fafif Jun 17 2010 08:01 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

metsguyinmichigan Jun 17 2010 08:06 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Frayed Knot Jun 17 2010 08:08 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Diana has suffered through some very unfortunate haircuts in her career.

Zvon Jun 17 2010 08:18 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"] (Also, Z, on what planet is even 50-year-old VB NOT schwingable? J'accuse tu wiener.)

Problem w/me is that she still looks like a kid, lol.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 17 2010 08:21 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

The current NL Wild Card standings:

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 17 2010 09:07 PM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland

Oh, hey there.

Edgy DC Jun 18 2010 07:16 AM Re: IGT 6/17/2010 NYM @ CLE: You Gotta Sweep Cleveland