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IGT 4/17/11 - Mets at Braves

Gwreck
Apr 16 2011 10:33 PM

This crap ends NOW.

G-Fafif
Apr 17 2011 08:48 AM
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Those who will go:

Jose Reyes - SS
Josh Thole - C
David Wright - 3B
Carlos Beltran - RF
Ike Davis - 1B
Angel Pagan - CF
Willie Harris - LF
Brad Emaus - 2B
Dillon Gee - P

Gwreck
Apr 17 2011 08:52 AM
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Bad guys:

Martin Prado 3B
Jason Heyward RF
Brian McCann C
Dan Uggla 2B
Eric Hinske LF
Freddy Freeman 1B
Alex Gonzalez SS
Matt Young CF
Tommy Hanson P

Ashie62
Apr 17 2011 09:58 AM
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METS!

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 10:43 AM
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[list=1][*]Martin Prado 3B
Boo!
[/*:m]
[*]Jason Heyward RF
Get off the field!
[/*:m]
[*]Brian McCann C
Fie! Again I say 'Fie!'
[/*:m]
[*]Dan Uggla 2B
I thumb my nose at you, sir!
[/*:m]
[*]Eric Hinske LF
Down with him!
[/*:m]
[*]Freddy Freeman 1B
Get lost!
[/*:m]
[*]Alex Gonzalez SS
I'm done with this guy!
[/*:m]
[*]Matt Young CF
Find a real job!
[/*:m]
[*]Tommy Hanson P
Pbbbbttt![/*:m][/list:o]

Nymr83
Apr 17 2011 11:37 AM
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Reyes starts it off right! GET HIM HOME!!!

Ashie62
Apr 17 2011 11:37 AM
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Done, by Thole. 1-0

Nymr83
Apr 17 2011 11:43 AM
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get em home ike!

Nymr83
Apr 17 2011 11:46 AM
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Aggressive baserunning by Chip Hale, sending Thole home with 1 out. with 2 outs I think its automatic that you send him and with 0 outs you don't. 1 out is where Hale has a really tough decision (which he has to make instantly) and it worked out here!

LGM!

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 17 2011 11:47 AM
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That's my dog, that's my dog

Ceetar
Apr 17 2011 11:49 AM
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Nymr83 wrote:
Aggressive baserunning by Chip Hale, sending Thole home with 1 out. with 2 outs I think its automatic that you send him and with 0 outs you don't. 1 out is where Hale has a really tough decision (which he has to make instantly) and it worked out here!

LGM!

I like it, Heyward has a good arm and it took a good throw perfectly on-line, something that seems pretty rare even in the majors, to make it close.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 17 2011 11:50 AM
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weird goings on today: tv feed 5 secs ahead of radio.

Ceetar
Apr 17 2011 11:53 AM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
weird goings on today: tv feed 5 secs ahead of radio.

Gives Wayne more time to "describe" the play before it reaches the air.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 11:54 AM
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I hereby propose we break the curse of the 2-0 lead.

And introduce to the Mets world the blessings of the 5-0 lead.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 11:55 AM
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Gee, your hair smells terrific!

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 12:05 PM
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Weak relay there.

I don't know if they had a chance anyway, but come on, spring training's over, guys.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 12:08 PM
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I don't think Braves' stats should count when they're wearing those red shirts.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 17 2011 12:12 PM
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Not often that you see a catcher get an unassisted double play.

That was pretty sweet.

Nymr83
Apr 17 2011 12:13 PM
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Thats a nice way to end the inning, pitcher striking out with the squeeze play on! double play!

Frayed Knot
Apr 17 2011 12:14 PM
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WOW, a two-strike, bases-loaded squeeze attempt?
Thank you Fredi Gonzalez ... and Tommy Hansen for missing it ... and Eric Hinske (runner on 3rd base) for being slow.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 12:40 PM
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Nymr83 wrote:
Thats a nice way to end the inning, pitcher striking out with the squeeze play on! double play!

I left work pretty convinced that the Braves were about to break the game open. I was wondering how the mets got out of that one.

Nymr83
Apr 17 2011 01:02 PM
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Wright 0-3, 3 k's now. I know he's still very good, but I think the great player we saw in '07-'08 just isn't coming back sometimes.

Why would you run with Thole there? he's a dead duck on a strikeout, which Hanson and Wright are both good at producing

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 01:13 PM
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I think he's taken for granted and run out there every day, every inning through slumps. Howdy Doody woulnd't say so, but he probably could use the occasional day off.

GameDay showed a flat slider down the middle to Davis and I knew he'd tag it.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 01:14 PM
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Death by bunting. My word.

Gwreck
Apr 17 2011 01:22 PM
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Nymr83 wrote:
he's a dead duck on a strikeout, which Hanson and Wright are both good at producing

In fairness to Josh, it was a close play and took a perfect throw to get him.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 01:23 PM
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How often do you see that? A guy makes the last out and comes out and fails to make a play in the field.

Nymr83
Apr 17 2011 01:25 PM
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Edgy DC wrote:
How often do you see that? A guy makes the last out and comes out and fails to make a play in the field.

Probably about as often as you see a guy make a big defensive play and then come up big with the bat the next inning?

Gwreck
Apr 17 2011 01:28 PM
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Gee gone and Capuano in to get the lefty. Not sure how much I like this decision.

Frayed Knot
Apr 17 2011 01:29 PM
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Gee sharp ... so I guess that means he gets an A for the day.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 17 2011 01:29 PM
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Me neither. I think it's too quick a hook.

I sense a bullpen implosion.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Apr 17 2011 01:29 PM
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Gwreck wrote:
Gee gone and Capuano in to get the lefty. Not sure how much I like this decision.

I, too, have stomach rumblings.

Frayed Knot
Apr 17 2011 01:31 PM
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It was to go lefty-lefty but now the Braves counter with Chipper PH-ing for Freeman.

Frayed Knot
Apr 17 2011 01:33 PM
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And it all works out fine.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Apr 17 2011 01:34 PM
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Desptie themselves, they're playing a decent game.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 01:35 PM
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Nymr83 wrote:
Edgy DC wrote:
How often do you see that? A guy makes the last out and comes out and fails to make a play in the field.

Probably about as often as you see a guy make a big defensive play and then come up big with the bat the next inning?

That's what I'm getting at.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 01:35 PM
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Good job, Cap.

There's a new hero every day.

Starting today.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 17 2011 01:37 PM
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Assuming the Braves don't score (big assumption, I know) I wonder how the bullpen will be used for the last three innings.

My guess: Buchholz, Isringhausen, Rodriguez.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 01:39 PM
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I sure would have double switched and tried to get a few outs out of Capuano.

I'm pretty sure Izzy is the number two guy right now. Beato number three and rising.

Nymr83
Apr 17 2011 01:47 PM
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Dickey on in the 7th with a 2 run lead?

I certainly support using starters in relief on their throwing days, didn't expect to see it here, nice!

Gwreck
Apr 17 2011 01:47 PM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
My guess: Buchholz, Isringhausen, Rodriguez.

Our 7th inning reliever is RA Dickey.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 01:47 PM
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And gets the first guy on a whiff.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 01:52 PM
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3-2, one out, one on. Big pitch...

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 01:53 PM
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Deux out.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 01:54 PM
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Bap. Cap'n Popup does the job.

Frayed Knot
Apr 17 2011 01:55 PM
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Today he's Readily Available Dickey.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 02:05 PM
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Sheesh. This isn't going to be easy.

Redundant point, but there was little reason to pull Dickey.

Nymr83
Apr 17 2011 02:12 PM
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Izzy striking out Hinske like its 1995!

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 02:17 PM
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Hang on to your butts.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 02:21 PM
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Shikey. Four-pitch walk.

dgwphotography
Apr 17 2011 02:26 PM
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In a nutshell, this is why I hate Omar - I'm rooting for a blown save and extra inning just so Frankie doesn't get a GF

Ashie62
Apr 17 2011 02:28 PM
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Books>>>>

Frayed Knot
Apr 17 2011 02:30 PM
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Could have done without that lead-off 4-pitch walk there Frankie ... but he survived.

Terry C. had himself a better game than Freddi G did IMO.

MFS62
Apr 17 2011 02:33 PM
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That game had an APPF* of 9.7.
I am now missing my chair, but have a bloated feeling.

Later

* = asshole pucker power factor

Nymr83
Apr 17 2011 02:33 PM
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dgwphotography wrote:
In a nutshell, this is why I hate Omar - I'm rooting for a blown save and extra inning just so Frankie doesn't get a GF

Ownership also LET Omar hand out that contract. His games finished count at this point isn't in the "Danger Zone", and i won't care if the Mets win the division, but certainly if the Mets are out of contention later in the year, this becomes focus #1: rooting for blown saves.

bmfc1
Apr 17 2011 02:38 PM
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Was that Emaus' last game as a Met?
Gee can stay when they send Pelfrey to the minor (I can hope).
One of the RPs needs to go when Bay returns to get another bat on the bench.

Now for a Rangers win and a Knicks win.

Frayed Knot
Apr 17 2011 03:15 PM
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* Was that Emaus' last game as a Met? -- Doubt it. It's not like CL Hu is knocking down walls either and I don't think they're going to give up on a Rule 5 guy in mid-April, particularly one that Riccardi drafted and now helped re-draft. He's just not going to start as often as many of us (me included) thought at the beginning.

* Gee can stay when they send Pelfrey to the minor (I can hope). -- Pelfrey's not getting sent down (I don't even think he can be). Gee can hang around while Young is on the shelf as far as I'm concerned and maybe longer. No one ever considered Gee a "high ceiling" guy as he was rising through the system but it wouldn't be the first time that predictions like that miss.

* One of the RPs needs to go when Bay returns to get another bat on the bench. -- Agreed, but the 13-man pen turned out to be almost a necessity in a week where they twice had three games inside a 24 hour window. Of course the expanded pen allowed us to pile up a ton of wins, but maybe it helped preserve a few arms for later on.

* Now for a Rangers win and a Knicks win. -- Anything is possible I suppose. Then throw in a Yanqui loss tonight and I'll go break out the good booze.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 03:25 PM
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dgwphotography wrote:
In a nutshell, this is why I hate Omar - I'm rooting for a blown save and extra inning just so Frankie doesn't get a GF

There'll be no happiness for you that way. My modem crashed after the four-pitch walk, and I wasn't able to re-connect until the game was over. I was certainly hoping for a win.

Really, it's not like the Mets are unaware of Rodriguez's clause. If he triggers it, either the new management has come to accept it or is just as foolish and hate-worthy as Omar. We really shouldn't get too wrapped up. There's plenty of baseball to play before this comes to a head.

I'd like to see Hu get a start or two. Givng him a chance to ge going and Emaus a new persective can only help them both at this point.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 17 2011 03:36 PM
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Frayed Knot wrote:
* Gee can stay when they send Pelfrey to the minor (I can hope). -- Pelfrey's not getting sent down (I don't even think he can be). Gee can hang around while Young is on the shelf as far as I'm concerned and maybe longer. No one ever considered Gee a "high ceiling" guy as he was rising through the system but it wouldn't be the first time that predictions like that miss.

Gee might be able to displace Capuano from the rotation, if he turns in a few more solid starts while Young is out. (And if Capuano does less well, of course.) Gee would have a much harder time bumping Niese, Pelfrey, or Dickey, obviously. Although Pelfrey should be more vulnerable than he probably is.

Fman99
Apr 17 2011 07:35 PM
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I got fucked here. I subscribed to the MLB Extra Innings package with the specific hope that it'd get me the WPIX/non-SNY weekend games I used to get with Time Warner. But alas, they are blacked out.

I will be calling FIOS tomorrow to give them a what-for. The fucks.

Nymr83
Apr 17 2011 07:43 PM
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Edgy DC wrote:
Really, it's not like the Mets are unaware of Rodriguez's clause. If he triggers it, either the new management has come to accept it or is just as foolish and hate-worthy as Omar. We really shouldn't get too wrapped up. There's plenty of baseball to play before this comes to a head.

Yeah. I get pissed when he comes in down by 3 runs and gets the game finished, because that just has the potential to contribute to a sticky situation down the road, but I am not near rooting for a blown save yet.

bmfc1
Apr 17 2011 07:52 PM
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Fman99 wrote:
I got fucked here. I subscribed to the MLB Extra Innings package with the specific hope that it'd get me the WPIX/non-SNY weekend games I used to get with Time Warner. But alas, they are blacked out.

Fman99: I don't know who decides which feed is used on the cable version of Extra Innings but it's the same feed for all non-satellite customers (so venting to FIOS won't help). If there is a slot for one game, it's usually the home feed unless the home team is on broadcast TV (e.g. WPIX) and the visitor is on cable. When the Mets are on the road, you can sometimes get lucky, such as the 2d game of the DH last night (if you call watching that game lucky). When they were in Philadelphia, the 1st 2 games used the SNY feed and the 3d used the Phillies feed. After the hockey playoffs, they sometimes have both feeds. It's hard to figure it out sometimes and, again, I don't know where the decisions are made. I've asked on a board for TV sports and nobody had an answer.

Edgy DC
Apr 17 2011 08:55 PM
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If we truly have the general contempt for bunting that we claim to have, then surely we all have to see that rooting for failure because the Mets are too stupid to respond intelligently to success is pretty much the fan's version of emotionally bunting the whole season long.

Swing the bat!

The Second Spitter
Apr 17 2011 11:00 PM
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Nymr83 wrote:
dgwphotography wrote:
In a nutshell, this is why I hate Omar - I'm rooting for a blown save and extra inning just so Frankie doesn't get a GF

Ownership also LET Omar hand out that contract.

And if they didn;t, somebody would have complained they interfere too much.

If you want to blame them for something, blame them for appointing a guy who was dysfunctional with autonomy.

Edgy DC
Apr 19 2011 11:16 AM
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Gwreck, it' s your priviliege to play the first card for the next IGT.