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Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 30 2011 08:39 PM

Sunday Night Baseball from Citizens Puke Park. Young v. Lee. F all losing streaks in the face.

Frayed Knot Apr 30 2011 09:22 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

vs

TheOldMole Apr 30 2011 09:45 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

vs

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 30 2011 10:04 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Ronny Paulino Era starts in earnest; he'll catch and hopefully hit vs. the lefty.

G-Fafif May 01 2011 12:35 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Who ya gonna call? STREAKBUSTERS! Jose Reyes - SS Justin Turner - 2B David Wright - 3B Carlos Beltran - RF Jason Bay - LF Ike Davis - 1B Ronny Paulino - C Scott Hairston - CF Chris Young - RHP

Ceetar May 01 2011 01:04 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Play good tonight please. None of these one innings lapses that turn wins into losses.

TransMonk May 01 2011 05:11 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

It's weird to see Paulino's name in there. LET'S GO METS!

Gwreck May 01 2011 06:15 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

First and second, nobody out. We need runs!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 01 2011 06:19 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

The Turner walk may be more of an achievement than the Reyes hit.

Gwreck May 01 2011 06:22 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Nice AB by Bay there. Need that hit NOW please.

Nymr83 May 01 2011 06:28 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

leaving them loaded sucked. the pitch that struck wright out was inside.

Gwreck May 01 2011 06:33 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

At least Lee threw 34 pitches in the first. Also: thanks Jimmy for the caught-stealing.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 06:36 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Show us what you've got, Paulino. Like the defense. Hope you brought your bat. It's more or less a trivial point, but we're one Angel short of having a healthy offense for the first time since... when?

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2011 06:36 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Rrrrrronny

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2011 06:37 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

I'd like to see Hairy pop one here.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2011 06:37 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'd like to see Hairy pop one here. Not what I meant.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 06:43 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Lee at 47 pitches through two.

Ceetar May 01 2011 06:44 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Edgy DC wrote: Lee at 47 pitches through two. Can't let up on him. The Mets have worked pitchers early before, only to start getting sloppy and let them through 6+ anyway.

Ceetar May 01 2011 06:45 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Also, in terms of second guessing the managerial signing, Bobby V suggested bunting Turner in the first.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 06:53 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Ceetar wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Lee at 47 pitches through two. Can't let up on him. The Mets have worked pitchers early before, only to start getting sloppy and let them through 6+ anyway. Yeah, Turner sets a bad standard in the third hacking at the first pitch, and Lee gets through the inning on nine bitches.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 06:57 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

So much for the shmo-bitter.

Gwreck May 01 2011 07:20 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Buster Olney tweet: "part of reason Mets started Davis is because lefties hit Lee." Gwreck: Other part is that Mets don't have a right-handed first baseman.

Ceetar May 01 2011 07:21 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Gwreck wrote: Buster Olney tweet: "part of reason Mets started Davis is because lefties hit Lee." Gwreck: Other part is that Mets don't have a right-handed first baseman. I'm all fuzzy. I blame the cold...who would be the backup 1Bman?

Gwreck May 01 2011 07:23 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Murphy

Edgy DC May 01 2011 07:23 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

The Mets current backup firstbaseman is their starting secondbaseman.

Gwreck May 01 2011 07:28 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

I bet Hu or Turner could play there in a pinch but of push came to shove, you put one of them at second and Murphy at first. Also: nice hitting by Carlos.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 07:31 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

David Wright should have a kid and name him CB. And then Placido Polanco can name his son Nat, and Ryan Zimmerman can name his kid Ted and we've completed the circle. We have to leave the Marlins out because it would force some poor thirdbaseman to re-name his kid every year.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 07:33 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Gwreck wrote: I bet Hu or Turner could play there in a pinch but of push came to shove, you put one of them at second and Murphy at first. Also: nice hitting by Carlos. Well, virtually anybody can play there in a pinch, but I imagine we'll see Hairston log some time there before the season is over.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 07:41 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

That's Shmairston's season in a nutshell, huh?

Gwreck May 01 2011 07:42 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Don't forget his poor outfield play.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 07:46 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

How about Paulino hanging onto the foul tips? Is that two or three today?

Edgy DC May 01 2011 07:47 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

And Young now has a sub-2.00 ERA.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 07:48 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Let's send Lee back to the dugout early this evening.

Ceetar May 01 2011 08:00 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Edgy DC wrote: Let's send Lee back to the dugout early this evening. well..2 innings of crappy relievers at least.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 08:03 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

How 'bout replacing Hairston with Pridie in the seventh with him due up next inning and Lee still in the game?

Edgy DC May 01 2011 08:06 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

C'mon. Let's not unravel in the seventh ag'in.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 08:08 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Oh-for-33!

Nymr83 May 01 2011 08:11 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

yank him here, he looks like he's lost control.

metirish May 01 2011 08:11 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

fucking walks....bases loaded with no hits

Nymr83 May 01 2011 08:12 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

that first pitch to Schneider looked like a strike

Edgy DC May 01 2011 08:12 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

I might go Beato here. Throw strikes, Mr. Young!

Nymr83 May 01 2011 08:12 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Nymr83 wrote: that first pitch to Schneider looked like a strike maybe the 2nd pitch as well

Gwreck May 01 2011 08:13 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Young getting squeezed by Jim Wolf.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 08:14 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Whew! Thanks, Lance Barksdale.

Nymr83 May 01 2011 08:14 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

wow, delayed appeal there...

TransMonk May 01 2011 08:15 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Chris fucking Young.

metirish May 01 2011 08:15 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

huge call by the 3rd base ump....didn't think the home plate ump was going to ask him.

Gwreck May 01 2011 08:15 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

I thought it was a strike even if Schneider didn't swing (which he DID)

Edgy DC May 01 2011 08:24 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Paulino, let's go deep.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 08:28 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

See, we might have had Hairston up in that situation (or Pridie facing a righthander) if Terry wasn't so afraid of Hairy's glove.

Gwreck May 01 2011 08:29 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

I go to Rodriguez for 2 innings.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 08:37 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Too many gimmes. Three walks and a HbP. Strikes, men.

Gwreck May 01 2011 08:40 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Multiple reports that Obama about to announce that Bin Laden is dead.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 08:45 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Oh, dear. Byrdie v. Howard.

Gwreck May 01 2011 08:49 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Now we bring in Rodriguez??!?

Nymr83 May 01 2011 08:50 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

If you are going to bring Rodriguez into a tie game here after Byrdak faces 1 batter, why not just bring him in to face the lefty once Isringhausen walks Rollins if he's the supposed "closer'?

Edgy DC May 01 2011 08:52 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Gwreck wrote: Multiple reports that Obama about to announce that Bin Laden is dead. That's worth announcing in the IGT.

Gwreck May 01 2011 08:53 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Really disappointed in Collins with that decision.

Nymr83 May 01 2011 08:54 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Yeah I have that on now, let me know how the Mets game goes.

Nymr83 May 01 2011 08:55 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

They're saying on Gerardo at Large that it may have been a drone strike in Pakistan, where the Pakistanis assured us Osama wasn't

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2011 09:00 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Byrdak's frigging worthless. Howie had it nailed in the previous inning when Terry correctly decided to stay with Young (or even Beato) to get Schnieder, since bringing in Byrdak there would only result in a worse matchup vs. Mayberry. The only thinbg he's worth doing is hanging around for Howard, but can't get it done. Let's move on to Plan B here, Sandy.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 09:01 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

I may bail here when the statement starts. Very disappointed that Wowie and Hayne haven't announced this. Folks yelling U-S-A in the crowd.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 09:06 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Story is that he's dead and we have his body.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 01 2011 09:08 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

This is a strange fifteen minutes.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2011 09:08 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

I'd like a $66 million hit here from Bay.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 09:09 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

I don't know whether to wake my wife. I never dreamed I spend this moment with Wayne Hagin.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 01 2011 09:10 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 01 2011 09:13 PM

No hit; just a very pricey out. OE: Woke up mine to tell her.

TransMonk May 01 2011 09:13 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Randy Wolf's brother is a pretty crappy HP ump tonight, IMO.

Frayed Knot May 01 2011 09:17 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Last 18 half-innings for NYM bats: 16 hits, 6 walks, 2 runs

Frayed Knot May 01 2011 09:19 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 01 2011 09:26 PM

Can these guys get any more piece of shit hits!?!?!? Aside from Schneider's hard double early it's been Howard's check swing, Schneider's 7 hopper up the middle, Victorino's infield chopper, and Polanco's bloop.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2011 09:20 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

come on Frankie

Edgy DC May 01 2011 09:21 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Byrdak's frigging worthless. Howie had it nailed in the previous inning when Terry correctly decided to stay with Young (or even Beato) to get Schnieder, since bringing in Byrdak there would only result in a worse matchup vs. Mayberry. The only thinbg he's worth doing is hanging around for Howard, but can't get it done. Let's move on to Plan B here, Sandy. O'Connor? Tankersley? Don't give a shit?

TransMonk May 01 2011 09:26 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Paulino racking up the hits.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2011 09:31 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Yeah, I dunno who. I don't tank Thinkersley is buring it up so maybe O'Connor. Who's loogying for Bingoton? Things Wayne Hagin left me baffled about during my run tonight: * Paulino's infield single * Reyes' infield single * The strike appeal on Schneider The first two he never finished describing the defensive play. He made a decent recovery on the appeal play but it was only because that happened he ever got it out -- he was spiraling into one of those verbal diarreah spasms and the call snapped him out of it.

TransMonk May 01 2011 09:32 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

14 LOB. Bullshit.

Nymr83 May 01 2011 09:32 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Schneider getting stolen on alot

TransMonk May 01 2011 09:34 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Yeah, I dunno who. How are Capuano's splits? I think he would be more valuable as a LOGGY than a mediocre-to-crappy starter.

Frayed Knot May 01 2011 09:35 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Last 18 half-innings for NYM bats: 16 hits, 6 walks, 2 runs 19 half-innings, 17 hits, 6 walks, 2 runs

Nymr83 May 01 2011 09:35 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

If you're still watching the game, Obama is on now.

TransMonk May 01 2011 09:37 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Whew. I thought that was the game.

Frayed Knot May 01 2011 09:41 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

So we've got just Thole left plus Buchholz and some combo if Gee/Capuano Not sure who they've got as far as bench and they were short on pitchers before this game started.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2011 09:44 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Obama produces Bin Laden's severed head! Nice touch.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 09:45 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

In other news, great avatar, Monkman.

Nymr83 May 01 2011 09:45 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Obama produces Bin Laden's severed head! Nice touch. I'd vote for him if he ordered it placed on a pike outside the White House.

TransMonk May 01 2011 09:47 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Edgy DC wrote: In other news, great avatar, Monkman. With a definite assist from you.

Gwreck May 01 2011 09:58 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Bunch of people in the upper deck wearing "disguises" and shirts (one letter each) which say "Bobby is my Valentine." Hershiser (who was on the '99 team) and Bobby reminiscing. Apparently Ventura was a part of the idea. The fine was $10k.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2011 10:01 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Beat-O

Frayed Knot May 01 2011 10:02 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

And this one goes to twelve.

Gwreck May 01 2011 10:02 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Frayed Knot wrote: So we've got just Thole left plus Buchholz and some combo if Gee/Capuano Igarashi too, no? The are throwing Kendrick next. Should have one more reliever after him.

Frayed Knot May 01 2011 10:05 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Figured I was forgetting someone: re: Igarashi The Phils still have Herndon in the pen, he was the guy that served up the HRs in the 9th the other day (albeit meaningless ones). They probably figure to go with Kendrick for a while. And the Phils have Ross Gload.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 01 2011 10:10 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Dickey, no? What's the point of having a knuckleballer, if not to have him on-call 24-7? Funny thing. After the eighth, I got a flash-- as during the Cardinal 20-inning game-- that this game would suck more to lose than it would be satisfying to win. Didn't think that meant it would actually GO 20.

metsguyinmichigan May 01 2011 10:10 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Edgy DC wrote: In other news, great avatar, Monkman. Big time!!!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 01 2011 10:12 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 01 2011 10:15 PM

Spontaneous, jubilant crowd of hundreds milling about at Ground Zero, apparently.

Gwreck May 01 2011 10:14 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Dickey, no? What's the point of having a knuckleballer, if not to have him on-call 24-7 Starting Tuesday. Although you could skip him.

TransMonk May 01 2011 10:15 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Beat-O X3

Frayed Knot May 01 2011 10:15 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Spontaneous, jubilant crowd of hundreds at Ground Zero. I'll join their jubilation if one of the Mets would just bank one off that fuckin' neon Liberty Bell.

Nymr83 May 01 2011 10:18 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

yeah, Pridie! Thole the last hitter on the bench will pinch-hit.

Frayed Knot May 01 2011 10:19 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 01 2011 10:19 PM

ESPN continues to be confused with the idea that we tune into the game in order to listen to their studio hosts talk about the game that we should be watching. And here comes Thole.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 10:19 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Please don't waste Thole just to bunt.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2011 10:20 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Pridie producing some unexpected excitement. Jason Bay in vintage 2010 form tonight.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 10:21 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Choose your pitch, Jose.

Frayed Knot May 01 2011 10:21 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Edgy DC wrote: Please don't waste Thole just to bunt. With one out even Willie Manual wouldn't have done that. Terrible camera work as we're shown Thole jogging off the field instead of Pridie rounding 3rd.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 01 2011 10:23 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Hey, on the plus side, a walk bumps up Reyes' asking price just a little bit more. Go, Jose's Leverage!

Edgy DC May 01 2011 10:29 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

So, do we agree that Beato has passed Isringhausen in the bullpen pecking order?

Nymr83 May 01 2011 10:30 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Beltran-Pridie almost collided like Beltran-Cameron there as Beltran ran in front of Pridie and took his flyball

Gwreck May 01 2011 10:32 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Nice inning by Buchholz as we go to 14...

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 01 2011 10:35 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Had a weird feeling the scrub catcher would end things there.

Frayed Knot May 01 2011 10:36 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 01 2011 10:37 PM

Wright singles - now we need to end this parade of LOBsters

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2011 10:37 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Sugar Sugar doesn't look particularly great but that's like 3 hits already tonight.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 01 2011 10:39 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Not testing Kendrick/the rookie catcher here?

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2011 10:40 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Holy hell did Bay reach base safely?

Edgy DC May 01 2011 10:43 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Po-lino!

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2011 10:43 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

I dub thee The Ronny Paulino Game.

Nymr83 May 01 2011 10:43 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

its Paulino's night!

metsguyinmichigan May 01 2011 10:43 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Welcome to the Mets, Ronnie!!!!

Frayed Knot May 01 2011 10:44 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Hey, hey Paulino I wanna marry you

Edgy DC May 01 2011 10:44 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Oh, let Buchholz hit!

Edgy DC May 01 2011 10:44 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Yay! Terry heard me!

Gwreck May 01 2011 10:44 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Buchholz has to hit. Capuano was on deck temporarily.

metsguyinmichigan May 01 2011 10:45 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Now let's nail this one down!

Frayed Knot May 01 2011 10:47 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Capuano would have been a good idea. But this way you do get to start the inning with Buchholz and go to Iggy (or whoever) only if/when he gets into trouble. If you were going to change pitchers anyway then I would have PH'd

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 01 2011 10:48 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Hit with RiSP? Obviously just a glitch in the Matrix. The agents should see to that in between innings.

Edgy DC May 01 2011 10:48 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Pee Tour to lead off.

Nymr83 May 01 2011 10:49 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

I would have let Dickey (.246 career) hit for Bucholtz and brought in Igarashi.

Frayed Knot May 01 2011 10:49 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

I'm giving Paulino 12 Schaefer points for this game. And if that Grimm bastard doesn't like it he can come to my house and try and start something!!

Edgy DC May 01 2011 10:50 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Nymr83 wrote: I would have let Dickey (.246 career) hit for Bucholtz and brought in Igarashi. Giving up a lot on the mound there, I think.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2011 10:53 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

I don't see why Bucky shouldn't get a win and a save in this game.

Frayed Knot May 01 2011 10:53 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Put it in the Buch Holz!!

TransMonk May 01 2011 10:53 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Books! Ugly game offensively, but some pretty good pitching. It's still my birthday in the midwest. A Met win is a great gift.

Gwreck May 01 2011 10:54 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

BOOKS

metsguyinmichigan May 01 2011 10:54 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

YES!!!

Edgy DC May 01 2011 10:54 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Stick it, losing streaks.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2011 10:55 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 01 2011 10:57 PM

Osama, Phillies Defeated

Frayed Knot May 01 2011 10:55 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

It's always a historic day when the Mets win. This day just a bit more so than most.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 01 2011 10:57 PM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

U-S-A! U-S-A!

HahnSolo May 02 2011 06:49 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Edgy DC wrote: I don't know whether to wake my wife. I never dreamed I spend this moment with Wayne Hagin. This made me laugh out loud.

Benjamin Grimm May 02 2011 06:54 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Frayed Knot wrote: I'm giving Paulino 12 Schaefer points for this game. And if that Grimm bastard doesn't like it he can come to my house and try and start something!!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 02 2011 10:16 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

I'd consider giving bullpen catcher Dave "I'm Biking To Florida" Racianello some Schaefer... but I'm pretty damn sure he's out of room, still. Bullpen catcher Dave Racaniello set the official visitors' clubhouse record at Citizens Bank Park with 14 cheese steaks consumed. The previous record had belonged to former major leaguer Dmitri Young. And it's not like he didn't have work yesterday-- there were four Met pitching changes. I've got some decent stomach capacity, and I can't imagine eating, say, 14 Twinkies and then squatting for 5 minutes at a time to warm up relievers.

G-Fafif May 02 2011 10:18 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'd consider giving bullpen catcher Dave "I'm Biking To Florida" Racianello some Schaefer... but I'm pretty damn sure he's out of room, still. Bullpen catcher Dave Racaniello set the official visitors' clubhouse record at Citizens Bank Park with 14 cheese steaks consumed. The previous record had belonged to former major leaguer Dmitri Young. It's a series record, not a single game. But it's still...impressive.

Edgy DC May 02 2011 10:23 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Dmitri Young's screen name at The Dugout: Steak Grows on Dmitri. Apparently, it kid of worlks literally as well.

metirish May 02 2011 10:34 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

that's funny stuff......Rac should go on with Adam Richman The chants of "U-S-A" in the visitors clubhouse after the game were partially reflecting the international news. But they also were celebrating an American tradition -- gorging oneself. sounds like a happy club house.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 02 2011 10:36 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

G-Fafif wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'd consider giving bullpen catcher Dave "I'm Biking To Florida" Racianello some Schaefer... but I'm pretty damn sure he's out of room, still. Bullpen catcher Dave Racaniello set the official visitors' clubhouse record at Citizens Bank Park with 14 cheese steaks consumed. The previous record had belonged to former major leaguer Dmitri Young. It's a series record, not a single game. But it's still...impressive. That's 4 1/3 steaks a night... about one per pitching change. Jebus.

G-Fafif May 02 2011 10:37 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Maybe the chants should have been for E-K-G!

Frayed Knot May 02 2011 10:55 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Bullpen catcher Dave Racaniello set the official visitors' clubhouse record at Citizens Bank Park with 14 cheese steaks consumed. The previous record had belonged to former major leaguer Dmitri Young. A record that in part explains why Dmitri Young is a former major leaguer.

Gwreck May 02 2011 10:56 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 02 2011 11:01 AM

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: That's 4 1/3 steaks a night... about one per pitching change. Jebus. Let's break this down: We can assume that Racaniello isn't getting the same per diem the players, so he's definitely more motivated to get to the park early for the free food there. Additionally, we know Racaniello is David Wright's wingman, so if they were out (even just at the hotel bar) after the game on Friday, a cheesesteak to start the day on Saturday might just be perfect. 1. Friday, 2:00 PM, lunch. 2. Friday, 7:30 PM, dinner, after the game starts (2nd inning or so). 3. Friday, post-game. 4. Saturday breakfast/hangover cure, 9:00 AM. 5. Saturday, 1:30 PM, lunch after the game starts (2nd inning or so). 6 and 7. Saturday, post-game dinner. 8. Sunday, 1:00 PM, lunch. 9. Sunday, 4:30 PM, snack 10. Sunday, 8:30 PM, dinner after the game starts. 11. Sunday, 11:00 PM, extra-innings snack 12 and 13. Monday morning, 1:00 AM, post-game meal I myself could probably do that. He'd need to go 15+ in a three-game series for me to be really impressed.

Edgy DC May 02 2011 10:59 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Hey, no kissing in the IGT.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 02 2011 11:10 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Have you ever had nothing but meat for 3-4 meals a day for three straight days? One huge gorging meal/one day of gorging meals is one thing... but no relief, no fiber and nothing but beef for a long weekend? It's like Bataan for the bowels, friend. Racianello's in his thirties-- this can't be a picnic for him, either.

Edgy DC May 02 2011 11:10 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

So, I got the radio version of this, and I would have tuned out and went to bed if it weren't for (1) a vicious case of heartburn, and (2) wanting to see the president's statement, but was this more a) a nailbiting thriller, a la 10/15/1986, or b) a slogging war of attrition, a la 4/11/2010?

Edgy DC May 02 2011 11:14 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Have you ever had nothing but meat for 3-4 meals a day for three straight days? One huge gorging meal/one day of gorging meals is one thing... but no relief, no fiber and nothing but beef for a long weekend? It's like Bataan for the bowels, friend. Racianello's in his thirties-- this can't be a picnic for him, either. Yeah, but as a wage-earning dude who pinches himself at his good fortune of hanging out with multi-millionairre babe-magnets, this sort of sadly strikes me as a version of the playground flunky desperately eating worms to maintain some status among the cool kids, even if it's grossout status. I'm trying to come up with a scenario where Derek Jeter put him up to it.

G-Fafif May 02 2011 11:16 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Edgy DC wrote: So, I got the radio version of this, and I would have tuned out and went to bed if it weren't for (1) a vicious case of heartburn, and (2) wanting to see the president's statement, but was this more a) a nailbiting thriller, a la 10/15/1986, or b) a slogging war of attrition, a la 4/11/2010? Neither. Take away the opponent, the Sunday night stage and the external influences (which, granted, would be "other than that, Mrs. Lincoln..." reasoning) it was a close game that had to end some time. It never became absurd. Maybe another inning or two would have sent it there. We only got down to one pitcher as pinch-hitter, Hamels. And the stakes (let alone the cheese stakes) weren't high enough to make this OMG. Good, solid, 14-inning win. Paulino and the Navy Seals, not necessarily in that order, bumped it into classic terrain.

Frayed Knot May 02 2011 11:21 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

And I don't think we've yet heard with Ross Gload apparently wasn't available. So the Phils were actually playing two players short as starting catcher Carlos Ruiz is still on the active roster but inactive for that game.

Ceetar May 02 2011 11:23 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

I'm with Greg. With the exception of Howard's opposite field flick at the worst possible moment, the Mets pretty much dominated that game. There wasn't really any nailbiting other than the 7th and 8th. No runners on 3rd less than one out, no points where it looked like the Phillies would win on an out. Meanwhile the Mets were bashing the ball right at people, Hairston hitting it 400 feet for an out, and them just generally flailing with RISP. I particularly enjoyed the announcers going on and on about how awesome Polanco was in clutch situations and have him fail to come through each time. And as long as we're drawing parallels, when the towers went down the Mets were defending NL champs. Now Osama is dead and the tower[crossout:2h06w7g1]s[/crossout:2h06w7g1] is going back up. Good omen? Yeah, did we see Gload all weekend? edit: Phillies outfielder Ross Gload was not with the team Sunday. He was attending his grandfather's funeral. And Oswalt wasn't there either. They were rapidly running out of bodies in general.

Edgy DC May 02 2011 11:40 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

One thought I once entertained was to allow uniformed coaches to enter the game in thse wars of attrition, but only if the entire regular roster has otherwise been expended, so there's little motivation keeping a recently retired still-in-shape player as firstbase coach to serve as a secret weapon, because you have to expend all your extra pitchers before he can enter the game.

Ceetar May 02 2011 11:43 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Edgy DC wrote: One thought I once entertained was to allow uniformed coaches to enter the game in thse wars of attrition, but only if the entire regular roster has otherwise been expended, so there's little motivation keeping a recently retired still-in-shape player as firstbase coach to serve as a secret weapon, because you have to expend all your extra pitchers before he can enter the game. That reminds me of the conspiracy theory last year that McGuire was going to suddenly be activated for the playoff run by the Cardinals and have his Hall of Fame eligibility pushed back five years to when people are possibly more friendly to those like him.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 02 2011 11:44 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Ceetar wrote: And as long as we're drawing parallels, when the towers went down the Mets were defending NL champs. Now Osama is dead and the tower[crossout]s[/crossout] is going back up. Good omen? If they can hurry up and complete something at the site, it might make for a better omen-- WTC 1 and 2 were completed by July 1973, just in time for YGB.

Edgy DC May 02 2011 11:46 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

Ceetar wrote: I'm with Greg. With the exception of Howard's opposite field flick at the worst possible moment, the Mets pretty much dominated that game. There wasn't really any nailbiting other than the 7th and 8th. No runners on 3rd less than one out, no points where it looked like the Phillies would win on an out. Meanwhile the Mets were bashing the ball right at people, Hairston hitting it 400 feet for an out, and them just generally flailing with RISP. I particularly enjoyed the announcers going on and on about how awesome Polanco was in clutch situations and have him fail to come through each time. And as long as we're drawing parallels, when the towers went down the Mets were defending NL champs. Now Osama is dead and the tower[crossout]s[/crossout] is going back up. Good omen? Yeah, did we see Gload all weekend? edit: Phillies outfielder Ross Gload was not with the team Sunday. He was attending his grandfather's funeral. And Oswalt wasn't there either. They were rapidly running out of bodies in general. Yabbut, that 0-14 with RiSP was mur-diddly-urder.

Ceetar May 02 2011 11:53 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

I want answers. 0-14..19 left on, no grand slams ever. (well, none in 2008, 2010 or 2011 so far) 'bad' teams don't get that many guys on and have record lows in driving them in. So what are they doing wrong? I wanted to blame Manuel's bunting and HoJo's failure at teachingthem situational hitting, but..

Edgy DC May 03 2011 11:16 AM Re: Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

So, I've read articles published coast to coast, writing about the spontaneous outburst of the U-S-A chants, and I nobody is expressing any of the ambiguity of feeling noted by this forum's posters, but rather it's a 100% high phive to the Phillie Phaithful. I'll be damned if we're going to fall back into the same failure of 2001 where to express any thoughts but those from a safe platter of banalities is met with instant hositility and recrimination. I don't think we will, but sportswriters aren't giving me much hope. Nonethelss, a big thanks to the forum for putting up with the diversity of opinions here without blowing up like the MOFo did ten years ago.