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IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

G-Fafif Jul 02 2010 10:13 PM

May it be a very Dickey day for all concerned.

Kong76 Jul 03 2010 06:39 AM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Strasurday, in the park We think it is the third of July Pitcher's balking, Mets fans laughing Edgy's eating ice cream Ike hits a three run dong Eicay vare, eise narde ** Can Ike hit it (yes, he can) And we've been waiting such a short time Beat Stasurday (** -- what the fuh is Eicay vare, eise narde?)

themetfairy Jul 03 2010 08:03 AM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Very nice Kase :)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 10:25 AM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Indeed. And here's more fun science-y sports stuff from the Paper O' Record, about what goes into Strasburg's 100-plus-mph fearballs, physically speaking. Given a lazy Sunday to fill, I'd crack a spy thriller or watch an action yarn called "Magnus Force."

Ashie62 Jul 03 2010 10:51 AM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

LETS

bmfc1 Jul 03 2010 10:59 AM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

METS: Pagan-CF Cora-2B Wright-3B Davis-1B Bay-LF Thole-C Francoeur-RF Tejada-SS Dickey-RHP Nationals: Morgan 8 Bernadina 9 Zimmerman 5 Dunn 3 Willingham 7 I. Rodriguez 2 Kennedy 4 Desmond 6 Strasburg 1

Zvon Jul 03 2010 11:33 AM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

and GO

Ashie62 Jul 03 2010 12:04 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Koosman is a better flavor of ice cream than Strasburg. METS!

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 12:21 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Nat's lineup hitting 2-11, .189 against the Dickster, with no homers.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 03 2010 02:18 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

How was there no interference call on that play?

Frayed Knot Jul 03 2010 02:21 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="metsguyinmichigan"]How was there no interference call on that play?

Because he got where he was going anyway.

That's one of those plays where the ump can indicate obstruction (interference is what runners do to fielders) and then wait until the end of the play to assess whether or not the fielder's action prevented the runner from advancing as far as he would have without it.

Zvon Jul 03 2010 02:21 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

1st inning.... BAY WITH THE BIG RBI DOUBLE!

Frayed Knot Jul 03 2010 02:23 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

I just tuned in - who's the colorman teamed with Buck?

metsguyinmichigan Jul 03 2010 02:23 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

And we get a run off the wonderboy!

Zvon Jul 03 2010 02:24 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Strasburg pitching like Nolan Ryan....................................................in 1968.

Frayed Knot Jul 03 2010 02:24 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Making this sucker work on a hot day.

Frayed Knot Jul 03 2010 02:26 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Strasburg's (up to now) lack of walks has been the biggest surprise for me so far in his young career.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 03 2010 02:26 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="Frayed Knot"][quote="metsguyinmichigan"]How was there no interference call on that play?

Because he got where he was going anyway.

That's one of those plays where the ump can indicate obstruction (interference is what runners do to fielders) and then wait until the end of the play to assess whether or not the fielder's action prevented the runner from advancing as far as he would have without it.


Thanks!


I'm the editor in charge today. The TV was set on the World Cup. I used my executive authority. Now we're watching the Mets.

Zvon Jul 03 2010 02:28 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Could you imaging having a Stras pitch thrown over your head like Frency had there? I shit my pants and I'm sittin here safe at home.

Zvon Jul 03 2010 02:30 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Mets take the field. DICKEY WILL RISE TO THE OCCASION!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 02:30 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

A theoretical team full of Tholes-- contact dudes who have the patience/skill to foul off virtually anything-- would kick the living shit out of him. Unfortunately, we've got more than our share of Frenchies and Throbs on the squad.

Frayed Knot Jul 03 2010 02:33 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":2aserl8p]A theoretical team full of Tholes-- contact dudes who have the patience/skill to foul off virtually anything-- would kick the living shit out of him. Unfortunately, we've got more than our share of Frenchies and Throbs on the squad.[/quote:2aserl8p] I was thinking the same thing, that I liked Thole in there a helluva better than Frenchie against that big moose ... although credit to Jeff for staying in on the pitch after that haircut.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 02:37 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="Frayed Knot":2di90bpj][quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":2di90bpj]A theoretical team full of Tholes-- contact dudes who have the patience/skill to foul off virtually anything-- would kick the living shit out of him. Unfortunately, we've got more than our share of Frenchies and Throbs on the squad.[/quote:2di90bpj] I was thinking the same thing, that I liked Thole in there a helluva better than Frenchie against that big moose ... although credit to Jeff for staying in on the pitch after that haircut.[/quote:2di90bpj] Fair enough. The Nats do seem to have the Dabidrye scouting report drilled into all their pitchers, don't they? (I have a feeling Strasburg has his way with the big guy today.)

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 02:38 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]A theoretical team full of Tholes-- contact dudes who have the patience/skill to foul off virtually anything-- would kick the living shit out of him. Unfortunately, we've got more than our share of Frenchies and Throbs on the squad.

It's the Throb Squad.

I was thinking the same thing, that I liked Thole in there a helluva better than Frenchie against that big moose ... although credit to Jeff for staying in on the pitch after that haircut.

Yeah, how does Jeff Wilpon show his face in public at all with that haircut?

Wait, what?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 02:42 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Speaking of hair... I see that Young Padawan has chosen to go with My First Facial Hair/Phils-Merkin, beard-wise. That's unfortunate. Unfortunate, like the fact that Jose Reyes appears to be in the running for shittiest-bunter-on-the-team honors.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 02:47 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 03 2010 02:51 PM

Friendly ump. Dickey should hold out for a few hours today. Yeah, I'm a six-year-old.

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 02:50 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 02:53 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="Frayed Knot":2awzprm8]I just tuned in - who's the colorman teamed with Buck?[/quote:2awzprm8] Millar, is it? No FOX, Edgeward?

metsguyinmichigan Jul 03 2010 02:58 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Wonderboy is on a strict pitch count, and went through 37 in the first inning. The sooner they get him to 100, the sooner they can feast on the soft white underbelly that is the Nats pen!

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 03:01 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

No TV, baby.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 03 2010 03:02 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Yes!!! That's two runs.

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 03:02 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

The way Thole is working out, I'm kind of disappointed that we don't have Jesus Feliciano in the lineup.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 03:05 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

"Batista warming up." Miguel Batista? Seriously, I thought he was dead or out of MLB.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 03 2010 03:07 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Batista is pitching for his ninth team.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 03:08 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="Edgy DC":183w9zpc]No TV, baby.[/quote:183w9zpc] Well, we'll just have to paint you some more descriptive word-pictures, like. Frenchy pretty much did what you expect there-- hack at the first two, extend the AB a bit, then... well... he didn't strike out, so there's that.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 03:09 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Millar: "I like the aggressiveness there by Ian." Same here, Cowboy.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 03 2010 03:10 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Nice play by DWright after not coming up with the ball the first time.

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 03:11 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Yeah, Mets showing off their funderwear, staying with the play like that. Really, the only difference between the two teams last night was fundies.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 03:13 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Dickey pitching for us speaks to the "hater" in me, 'cause he really has a way of making opposing hitters look like assholes. It's fun. Case in point: Nyjer Morgan, who basically spins around twice chasing strikes before grounding out.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 03:26 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Someone refresh my memory: what exactly was the main issue with Thole's defense, again? The throwing? The "game-calling?" 'Cause he looks pretty damn comfortable back there catching the knuckler, and he's been quick on the foul pops. Meanwhile, Dickey is keeping it up through four (3 hits allowed, 4 total baserunners).

Zvon Jul 03 2010 03:31 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]Someone refresh my memory: what exactly was the main issue with Thole's defense, again? The throwing? The "game-calling?" 'Cause he looks pretty damn comfortable back there catching the knuckler, and he's been quick on the foul pops.

I know not, my leige.

Zvon Jul 03 2010 03:37 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Good day Mr Strasburg. Cya, wouldn't wanna........actually,.....I wouldn't mind being you, sir. Enjoy that shower.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 03 2010 04:03 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Rats. Tie game. The offense needs to get this back!

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 04:21 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Offense taking the second half of the game off. They're setting up the "Eighth Inning Guy" to get blamed by Jerry when they lose.

Zvon Jul 03 2010 04:26 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

excellent throw by Thole! No chance tho. 8th inning, still 2-2, Mets.

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 04:29 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Alex Cora --- PotSeries!

metsguyinmichigan Jul 03 2010 04:30 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Nice tri-boom!!!!

Zvon Jul 03 2010 04:30 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

CORA!CORA!CORA!

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 04:31 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Clppard throws hard sliders, which has been David's bugbear. Now he's set up 1-2.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 03 2010 04:34 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

D-WRIGHT!!!!!

Zvon Jul 03 2010 04:34 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

YEAAAA!!! Mr. Wright comes through!

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 04:35 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Wright's getting started on the July Player of the Month also.

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 04:40 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Josh Thole, today you become a man.

Zvon Jul 03 2010 04:41 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

THOLE!THOLE!THOLE!

metsguyinmichigan Jul 03 2010 04:41 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

THOLE!!!! Hello, Seattle......

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 04:44 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Thole/Toelee/Toli has done it again. It feels good.

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 04:45 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Screw making trades. Be true to your Thole. They're sending up a lefty against Carter. GIVE US BARAJAS!

Zvon Jul 03 2010 04:46 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

July 3rd: A beautiful Independence Day weekend crowd. I'm called on to pinch hit. I'm thinkin' : "ME!!ME!!ME!!"

Zvon Jul 03 2010 04:48 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

July 3rd: Awwwwwwwww. IT IS TATIS!

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 04:54 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

I don't understand not spending and removing Tatis from a game when he's your only backup catcher, but going ahead and spending him today when he's your only backup at first, second, third, and short.

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 05:00 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

I don't understand anything, I think.

DocTee Jul 03 2010 05:04 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Looks like Jerry has replaced Nightly Nieve with Perpetual Parnell.

Zvon Jul 03 2010 05:08 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="Edgy DC":3t2gixmj]I don't understand anything, I think.[/quote:3t2gixmj] I try not to think.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 05:09 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 03 2010 05:12 PM

I don't understand why Cora was playing Adam Kennedy to pull against a dude who throws 97. But I think I understand you, and from where you're coming. So that's one thing I got. So I win!

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 05:11 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Why does he have a limit keeping Parnell from pitching more than one inning, but has no compunctions about pitching him every day? GUH! Because --- and this is so obvious it's terribly infuriating --- avoiding extended appearances leads to frequent appearances. One is the natural extension of the other. The corollary. Howie and Wayne are going on about the quixotic search for an "eighth inning guy" right now. Hey, Howie! Wayne! Shut up! It's not that we can't find one. It's that we've had a half dozen and Jerry takes turns pitching them into ineffectiveness.

Zvon Jul 03 2010 05:12 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

In the year 2047, Gilette will introduce the 29 blade extra smoother than skin itself razor. (^Thats what happens when I think^)

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 05:15 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="Zvon"]In the year 2047, Gilette will introduce the 29 blade extra smoother than skin itself razor. (^Thats what happens when I think^)

Fuck Everything!

Zvon Jul 03 2010 05:18 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="Edgy DC"][quote="Zvon"]In the year 2047, Gilette will introduce the 29 blade extra smoother than skin itself razor. (^Thats what happens when I think^)

Fuck Everything!

lol.
I think the one in that commercial last break was a 5 blader.
I couldn't tell cuz the light glinting off it blinded me.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 05:19 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

FOX showing teeming masses of people leaving a 5-3 game in the top of the 9th. Is Colt Brennan hanging out in the parking lot or something?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 05:21 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Also, when did Capps get so... Broxtonian?

Zvon Jul 03 2010 05:23 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":2uflmtk0]FOX showing teeming masses of people leaving a 5-3 game in the top of the 9th. Is Colt Brennan hanging out in the parking lot or something?[/quote:2uflmtk0] All I could think was, and this is why I try not to think,....: "my, it's a beautiful day down there and look at those asses."

Zvon Jul 03 2010 05:26 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Okay, hold on to.....something. Or someone even. Whatever you got......hold on to it. I better hit the bathroom before this inning starts.

Zvon Jul 03 2010 05:28 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Zvon Jul 03 2010 05:32 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

oy

Zvon Jul 03 2010 05:40 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

DocTee Jul 03 2010 05:41 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

I hat this fat-faced fucker and his fucking goggles.

metirish Jul 03 2010 05:41 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Fuck you Frankie

metsguyinmichigan Jul 03 2010 05:43 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Damn him.

metirish Jul 03 2010 05:45 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Fuck you Frankie

DocTee Jul 03 2010 05:46 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Motherfather. At a loss for words.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 03 2010 05:48 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Why is it that "closers" never come out of the game until they've either gotten the save or blown the game? It was clear that Frankie didn't have it. I would have brought in Feliciano to pitch to Dunn.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 03 2010 05:51 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Worst loss of the year.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 03 2010 05:53 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

I wonder if Jerry'll blame it on the eighth inning guy?

Zvon Jul 03 2010 05:57 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="batmagadanleadoff"]I wonder if Jerry'll blame it on the eighth inning guy?

Damn, ty Batmag,...I needed to laugh.
I really, really did.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 03 2010 05:59 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Just seems like we've had a lot of walk-off losses lately. The hell with Cliff Lee. Maybe they need to trade for bullpen help. Maybe start working Ollie into that role. Because this sure isn't working.

G-Fafif Jul 03 2010 06:00 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

And fuck the assholes who left early. They probably don't remember being at a baseball game today.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 03 2010 06:09 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":2n5hy9ad]Why is it that "closers" never come out of the game until they've either gotten the save or blown the game? It was clear that Frankie didn't have it. I would have brought in Feliciano to pitch to Dunn.[/quote:2n5hy9ad] Because how's K-Rod supposed to get the Save or Win that he's entitled to get if he gets pulled?

metsguyinmichigan Jul 03 2010 06:13 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

I hope Dickey is waiting in the clubhouse with a crow bar to give Frankie the BEATING he deserves.

G-Fafif Jul 03 2010 06:15 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="metsguyinmichigan":30ulwnrs]I hope Dickey is waiting in the clubhouse with a crow bar to give Frankie the BEATING he deserves.[/quote:30ulwnrs] It wouldn't be as satisfying as the one he had given Strasburg.

The Second Spitter Jul 03 2010 06:28 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="G-Fafif":2vj0m7yh]And fuck the assholes who left early. They probably don't remember being at a baseball game today.[/quote:2vj0m7yh] Maybe Washingtonians were working tomorrow....

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 06:38 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":33lq9kuu]Why is it that "closers" never come out of the game until they've either gotten the save or blown the game? It was clear that Frankie didn't have it. I would have brought in Feliciano to pitch to Dunn.[/quote:33lq9kuu] Well, there's the rub isn't it? Thirty bullpen managers stuck in a deliberately limiting philosophy, and the one who has the courage to zag when everyone else is zigging will own the future.

G-Fafif Jul 03 2010 06:46 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Dessens, Parnell, Feliciano don't have it, they come out. K-Rod doesn't have it, we sit and wait for the ceiling to crash on our heads. Unfuckingbelievable. I mean, totally believable, it's been the way baseball has been run for twenty-plus years, but unfuckingbelievable.

bmfc1 Jul 03 2010 06:48 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="G-Fafif":3rtao1cb]And fuck the assholes who left early. They probably don't remember being at a baseball game today.[/quote:3rtao1cb] Not us. We were there for the whole thing, and 45 minutes before. I was more upset after Thursdays loss because they didn't make an effort. Here, Dickey outpitched the wonderboy, the team played hard (even though they missed some opportunities for tack-on runs) and our closer, the one that Jerry protects above all others, gave it away.

Ashie62 Jul 03 2010 06:53 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

I answered one phone call 5-3 going into the ninth and then this shite..

G-Fafif Jul 03 2010 06:59 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="Ashie62":6l9r0jbd]I answered one phone call 5-3 going into the ninth and then this shite..[/quote:6l9r0jbd] Damn Ashie's phone.

G-Fafif Jul 03 2010 07:04 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="bmfc1":1jihnsg5][quote="G-Fafif":1jihnsg5]And fuck the assholes who left early. They probably don't remember being at a baseball game today.[/quote:1jihnsg5] Not us. We were there for the whole thing, and 45 minutes before. I was more upset after Thursdays loss because they didn't make an effort. Here, Dickey outpitched the wonderboy, the team played hard (even though they missed some opportunities for tack-on runs) and our closer, the one that Jerry protects above all others, gave it away.[/quote:1jihnsg5] BTW, it appeared everybody sitting in the cushy seats right behind the plate in the ninth was different from whoever was sitting there in the first few innings, and the second group looked like it has just come from a Republican fundraiser. Perhaps it was the prize in a raffle.

Zvon Jul 03 2010 07:45 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

I'm still in shock. I've been sitting here staring at this screen,frozen, with my eyes bulging out for hours now. NOT! Man,I cook a good bar-B-Q. Anyone want any ribs?

Ashie62 Jul 03 2010 07:47 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

yes please.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 03 2010 07:50 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="batmagadanleadoff":2w2x00hb]I wonder if Jerry'll blame it on the eighth inning guy?[/quote:2w2x00hb] Or maybe himself for not inserting his overpaid shitty diva into more meaningless games in the in-bewtween to "keep him sharp" so he'd be ready for sparkling performances like these or simply stealing a win from deserving teammates. F Frankie. The Mets learned absolutely nothing from Wagner, and nothing from 2008. They're fucking idiots.

Zvon Jul 03 2010 07:51 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 05 2010 12:33 PM

I could not believe that, after the break for the review on the wall banger, that B-Rod was still on the mound. I would have went out there and said,"Your job was to save this game. You failed. Hit the showers." And not only that...... The drive by Dunn---it couldn't just go over the fence and end it. Oh no, that would be too easy. We are Met fans, so, oh no, God forbid we should not have to be tortured more than the average fan and just let it be over with with a granny by Dunn. I'm not done my rant yet, but thats all I'm typing. The rest I'll yell at the screen.

The Second Spitter Jul 03 2010 07:52 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

I just remembered I had $15 on Dickey @ 2.43. The fat-faced fucker and his goofy fucking goggles cost me $$$$.

Zvon Jul 03 2010 07:53 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="Ashie62"]yes please.

Be careful.
They're hot.

Ashie62 Jul 03 2010 07:55 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

I can hang...Enjoy! Wish Dickey could.

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 08:02 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

I bailed on the ninth. I don't blame myself. I was busy. But never did I think that Jerry could out-do Randolph in bullpen bungling. I mean, by "never," sure, for the last year and a half, but never before it.

bmfc1 Jul 03 2010 08:44 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

For the record, I publicly apologize to Cora. After the Thursday loss, I said that Cora doesn't belong on the team. He can stay. I am sorry. On the post game report, Jerry sounded more upset w/Ike than with Rodriguez. After the Thursday loss, I said that Jerry was an idiot. I am sorry... that he's an idiot.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 03 2010 09:02 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="bmfc1":1l1bcxzz]For the record, I publicly apologize to Cora. After the Thursday loss, I said that Cora doesn't belong on the team. He can stay. I am sorry. On the post game report, Jerry sounded more upset w/Ike than with Rodriguez. After the Thursday loss, I said that Jerry was an idiot. I am sorry... that he's an idiot.[/quote:1l1bcxzz] Whether or not he's an idiot, I wouldn't criticize him for not openly burying a player.

themetfairy Jul 03 2010 09:03 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Fuckin' Frankie....

bmfc1 Jul 03 2010 09:05 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="batmagadanleadoff":27sqm1wg][quote="bmfc1":27sqm1wg]For the record, I publicly apologize to Cora. After the Thursday loss, I said that Cora doesn't belong on the team. He can stay. I am sorry. On the post game report, Jerry sounded more upset w/Ike than with Rodriguez. After the Thursday loss, I said that Jerry was an idiot. I am sorry... that he's an idiot.[/quote:27sqm1wg] Whether or not he's an idiot, I wouldn't criticize him for not openly burying a player.[/quote:27sqm1wg] He buried Ike. Singled him out. And maybe Frankie needs a kick in the ass instead of being mollycoddled because of his "role."

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 09:13 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

We had to get going to an evening engagement, and left just after the Harris basehit. I had a feeling how things would turn out.

Edgy DC Jul 03 2010 09:16 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Me, too, I'm sorry to say.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 03 2010 09:26 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

We could have stayed and watched 'til the end, I suppose, but seeing it probably would have made me as sullen and tough to be around as a teen vampire and-- most likely-- soured the evening. Somehow, not actually seeing it provided the break I needed to shelve this loss psychically. Of course, it's all flooding back now like delayed grief, so...

Gwreck Jul 03 2010 11:54 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Was a great time at the game if you just forget about the 9th inning. I liked Nationals Ballpark quite a bit; the interior and layout reminded me of a more effective version of what Citizens Bank Park has (plus the Nationals fans seemed like nice people, at least the ones around us). It seemed that Strasburg's wildness died down once he took 2-3 mph off the fastball and was throwing at 95-96 instead of the 98-99 the stadium gun had him at during the 1st inning. Of course, once that happened, I think the Mets could actually catch up to some pitches and hence the three hits in the 3rd. Had carefully-selected seats that allowed a good view of the knee-buckling curve which I liked. The 91-mph changeup was just filthy. Of course, I'm still really glad we had a nice showing against him. The subway ride plus drive back I guess allowed me to calm down somewhat but I am of course not happy, with Rodriguez for a total shit-the-bed performance but as was said perfectly above, the dumb-fuck mismangement of the 'pen that contributes to this stuff. My new favorite ballpark concession item is the Victory Knot . Not my photo but that's what you get. A $15 pretzel that is the diameter of a small pizza and feeds two (or more). Three generous size dipping cups, one with chipotle mustard, one with beer cheese, and one with sweet cinnamon creme. Yes, it is as good as it sounds.

Frayed Knot Jul 04 2010 06:48 AM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

I was in and out of this game much of the day and didn't catch any wrap-up stuff* - mainly because I had hit the 'Off' button on the remote before Pudge's single had hit grass. So what was Jerry complaining about concerning Ike? * Hours later I did catch about 15 minutes of Tony Paige on FAN and, as usual for him, he was using the loss to rant about Castillo - as if the Tejada turn a sure GiDP ball into a 2-run inning hadn't happened.

bmfc1 Jul 04 2010 08:14 AM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Great paragraph by metgrrl today, summing up what it feels like to go to a road game and watch the Mets lose. Even though I live in DC, I'm rooting for the road team so these are road games for us: The road losses are the worst. They are the worst because you head to the game in such high spirits, you are far from home (even if you’re just in the Bronx), you are decked out to represent, you cannot hide, you are not there to hide. You have to take your knocks while still fervently wishing you could find a rock to crawl under and hide. You deal with feeble taunting or outright inaccurate statements or even completely correct assertions and you are usually on your own with no support. And then you have the entire trip home (or evening in the hotel) to ruminate on the loss you just spent time and money to experience. Read more: http://metsgrrl.com/index.php/site/comm ... z0siszWjxn

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 04 2010 09:35 AM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="Anonymous AP Weekend Toiler"]"The freakin' worst performance I ever had in my entire life," K-Rod said. "I should be ashamed of myself. So embarrassing."

That's about right.

(Also, the AP Stylebook's kosher with ID'ing folks by their terrible nicknames?)

Benjamin Grimm Jul 04 2010 09:41 AM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

If I was a reporter, here's what I would have asked Rodriguez: "How would you have reacted if Jerry had brought in the left-hander, Feliciano, to pitch to Adam Dunn?"

batmagadanleadoff Jul 05 2010 11:53 AM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

Dickey belongs in Anaheim Sez ESPN's Rob Parker, in an article written a day or two before Dickey out-pitched Strasburg. http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/ ... id=5350246

Zvon Jul 05 2010 12:54 PM Re: IGT 7/3/10 NYM @ WAS: Strasurday in Nats Park

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"][quote="Anonymous AP Weekend Toiler"]"The freakin' worst performance I ever had in my entire life," K-Rod said. "I should be ashamed of myself. So embarrassing."

That's about right.

(Also, the AP Stylebook's kosher with ID'ing folks by their terrible nicknames?)

Him saying "I should be"....
Does that mean he wasn't?