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IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Benjamin Grimm Jun 07 2011 08:47 AM

Let's see if I can take my IGT winning streak to three games. Homecoming in Milwaukee for Chris Capuano. Brewers send some dude named Shaun Marcum, who has never faced the Mets, to the mound.

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 01:15 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

At Sienna Miller Park.

Ceetar Jun 07 2011 01:16 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Ashie62 wrote: At Sienna Miller Park. Your signature line goes well here.

G-Fafif Jun 07 2011 01:59 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

My Beltran's back and you're gonna be in trouble... Reyes-6 Turner-5 Beltran-9 Murphy-3 Pagan-8 Bay-7 Thole-2 Tejada-4 Capuano-1

G-Fafif Jun 07 2011 02:01 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

OTOH, Bay returns to the lineup. Good think Miller Park is where he turned his 2011 around and stopped being Nosaj Yab. Which is what he's been ever since becoming a Met: the opposite of Jason Bay.

Ceetar Jun 07 2011 02:03 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

G-Fafif wrote: OTOH, Bay returns to the lineup. Good think Miller Park is where he turned his 2011 around and stopped being Nosaj Yab. Which is what he's been ever since becoming a Met: the opposite of Jason Bay. Works for me. Although he's played in 132 game as a Met. I wonder if he's just aiming for one 'full' season of sucking and then will turn things around. Or maybe waiting for a 9RBI outburst against teh Yankees like Delgado?

Edgy DC Jun 07 2011 02:15 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

G-Fafif wrote: My Beltran's back and you're gonna be in trouble... Reyes-6 Turner-5 Beltran-9 Murphy-3 Pagan-8 Bay-7 Thole-2 Tejada-4 Capuano-1 I was so prepared for Beltran to be day-to-day for days and days.

Ceetar Jun 07 2011 02:59 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

remember, Mets bat first. be there at 8:10 or you miss Reyes. Also, Transmonklive tweeting from the game. Follow him if you don't already.

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 05:25 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

The Mets get to play on the road against a very good team. We shall see.

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 05:32 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

I believe Transmonk and his band will be doing the National Anthem!

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 05:34 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 07 2011 05:57 PM

Ceetar wrote: OTOH, Bay returns to the lineup. Good think Miller Park is where he turned his 2011 around and stopped being Nosaj Yab. Which is what he's been ever since becoming a Met: the opposite of Jason Bay. Works for me. Although he's played in 132 game as a Met. I wonder if he's just aiming for one 'full' season of sucking and then will turn things around. Or maybe waiting for a 9RBI outburst against teh Yankees like Delgado? Pleez Dear Lord I hope you are so correct..

Ceetar Jun 07 2011 05:50 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Ashie62 wrote: I believe Transmonk and his band will be doing the National Anthem! good seats too. Drinking good beer too.

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 05:57 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Are those lyrics sheets? Nice photo, I dang well wouldn't mind being there!

Ceetar Jun 07 2011 05:59 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Ashie62 wrote: Are those lyrics sheets? Nice photo, I dang well wouldn't mind being there! might be menus. Transmonk will have to fill us in.

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 06:04 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Keith's voice is shot. Must have been the plane ride. Very warm here in Bumfuck NJ and Milwaukee so at least he can't bitch about being cold..

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 06:39 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Not much interest in this game is there. Well, Bay just made an out, so there.

G-Fafif Jun 07 2011 06:44 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Nosaj Yab still skcus.

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 07:20 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Run Bayfuck!

Edgy DC Jun 07 2011 07:21 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

This guy looks awfully hittable and, relatedly, afraid to throw strikes.

Edgy DC Jun 07 2011 07:38 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Tejada's jersey --- and these road grays are beautiful --- seems to say "TE JADA."

themetfairy Jun 07 2011 07:45 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

In every half inning the pitcher gets to two outs, lets a runner or two on, and strands 'em. Every half inning so far (or virtually every half inning so far).

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 07 2011 07:59 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Edgy DC wrote: This guy looks awfully hittable and, relatedly, afraid to throw strikes. So did Glavine. So does latter-day Johan. He lives on the black, Marcum does.

Edgy DC Jun 07 2011 08:08 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Look at that big man jog.

themetfairy Jun 07 2011 08:08 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Crap - Fielder homers :(

Frayed Knot Jun 07 2011 08:09 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

This game has been (until just now anyway) both devoid of offense and slow of pace. Not the greatest combo.

Edgy DC Jun 07 2011 08:18 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Great job climbing the ladder with two strikes. Met comeback time.

Edgy DC Jun 07 2011 08:23 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Great eye from Thole. Cool to not see Tejada bunting.

The Second Spitter Jun 07 2011 08:23 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

The Beer Makers look like rubbish for a team 8 above 500.

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 08:26 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Keith says Pridie is a good bunter? Is he shittin me???

Edgy DC Jun 07 2011 08:26 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Capuano could've bunted.

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 08:27 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Swing the friggin bat you pussy.

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 08:28 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Pridie's face looks like it was run over by a truck.

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 08:29 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

HOLY JOSE!

Benjamin Grimm Jun 07 2011 08:30 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

JOSE JOSE JOSE JOSE!

themetfairy Jun 07 2011 08:30 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

N'echangez pas Jose!

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 08:30 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Ok, what was that slide all about?

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 08:31 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Actually, I'm happy he didn't slide. Those legs are too valuable.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 07 2011 08:32 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Wow. Beltran got Beltranned.

Edgy DC Jun 07 2011 08:34 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Gomez was having a great game on defense before that play.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 07 2011 08:36 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Geez, weird turn of events right there. Mets stole all the mo only to give it back in a few pitches.

Frayed Knot Jun 07 2011 08:41 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

I think we found the two spots where shots of that distance were NOT HRs in that park. I think those two shots missed by a combined distance of less than a foot.

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 08:41 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Bobby V was not too big on Muffy Sunday night. Didn't think he could be an everyday player. We shall see I guess..

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 08:42 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Frayed Knot wrote: I think we found the two spots where shots of that distance were NOT HRs in that park. I think those two shots missed by a combined distance of less than a foot. Which may be ten feet short of citi--wink-wink

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 07 2011 08:50 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Just can't hide Bay can we. He's having a worse year than Jeromy Burnitz in 2002.

Fman99 Jun 07 2011 08:51 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Tito Puente Jr., when he's not busy having both male and female genitals, wants to be sure my kids don't get meningitis.

Edgy DC Jun 07 2011 08:51 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Don't worry about Citi's distances. Ever.

Frayed Knot Jun 07 2011 08:51 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Oh well, it's not like failing to pad a lead has come back to bite us anytime in the recent past or anything. Oh wait

Edgy DC Jun 07 2011 08:54 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

You don't need three pitchers to go three innings. Recording.

Fman99 Jun 07 2011 08:56 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Izzy drops the big curve on these shitdicks. Six up and six down for the pen, may their success pass on to the 9th inning.

Fman99 Jun 07 2011 09:03 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Okay, Frankie. You can do this. Shut the fucking door.

Edgy DC Jun 07 2011 09:07 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

No margin of error and Nyjer Morgan is slowly conflating with Tike Redman in my head.

Edgy DC Jun 07 2011 09:09 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Look at Jose lead this team.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 07 2011 09:10 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Every guy who comes to the plate I mentally scan for his potential to have been or be a Met killer. Kotsay? I can see it, but somehow more concerned that Craig Counsell's on deck.

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 09:10 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

BOOK IT!

Fman99 Jun 07 2011 09:11 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

See? Nine up and nine down for the good guys' pen.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 07 2011 09:11 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Books! Ben Grimm for IGTMVP!

Ashie62 Jun 07 2011 09:11 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Edgy DC wrote: Look at Jose lead this team. If we all just donate the cost of a cup of coffee a day....

Frayed Knot Jun 07 2011 09:12 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

An actual no-muss/no-fuss inning from KRod (and from Izzy & Beato too).

themetfairy Jun 07 2011 09:13 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

YES!!!

Edgy DC Jun 07 2011 09:15 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Just before the last out, the Brewcast gave us a shot of a beautiful Fgirl lookalike in the the stands wearing Mets gear. Very good omen.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 07 2011 09:16 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

I'm lightly amazed that the Jose thing and the near-misses didn't come back to bite 'em in the tuchus. Has Monk's juju reversed the bullpen curse?

Edgy DC Jun 07 2011 09:32 PM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

TransMonk Put it in the books. Jose, jose, jose. Too much sun today.

TransMonk Jun 08 2011 07:28 AM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Thanks to everyone who followed on Twitter last night. Admittedly, I'm not a very good tweeter. The game was hot, hot, hot! The temperature while tailgating got up to 102 degrees. It was still 95 according to my phone at game time. We had great seats, but also the most obnoxious drunk sitting next to me at field level. By the third time he spilt beer on me (1.5 innings in), we moved to higher ground looking for a breeze. I would have really enjoyed the low scoring pitcher's duel watching the game at home on my computer...but with the heat, the game was really rather tough to watch until the Fielder HR in the 6th. Obviously, the Metly scoring in the 7th was awesome and watching the bullpen hold the one run lead was great. There were very few Mets fans at the game. The paid attendance was around 27,000, IIRC. I'm on a 3 game winning streak for in-person Mets games I've attended. I'll look to continue that on Thursday. Hopefully, we're going for the sweep rather than the rubber game.

Edgy DC Jun 08 2011 07:32 AM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Men in the Brewer booth went on and on about what a pleasant evening it was in Milwaukee.

TransMonk Jun 08 2011 07:38 AM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

That booth must have had AC. The record-setting heat was the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's lead story this morning. http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/123449089.html It's supposed to be hot again today, but tomorrow, high temps are supposed to fall by 30 degrees and rain is supposed to fall.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 08 2011 08:12 AM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Didn't Damion Easley once hit an inside the park HR at Miller Field by hitting virtually the same spot on the outfield wall where Reyes' triple landed? I was mightily impressed with Justin Turner's first inning walk. With two strikes, Turner fouled off four pitches, and appeared to eventually wear down the opposing pitcher. It seemed to me that Turner purposely softened his swing with the express intention of fouling off pitcher's pitches that weren't hittable with the good part of the bat, yet too close too take with two strikes.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 08 2011 08:22 AM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

Twas a good at-bat. Marcum also pitched a passively effective game, seeming to prefer allowing walks to hits.

duan Jun 08 2011 08:24 AM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Every guy who comes to the plate I mentally scan for his potential to have been or be a Met killer. Kotsay? I can see it, but somehow more concerned that Craig Counsell's on deck. Mark Kotsay and Craig Counsell are two guys who I don't know which is which.

Edgy DC Jun 08 2011 08:28 AM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Twas a good at-bat. Marcum also pitched a passively effective game, seeming to prefer allowing walks to hits. Yeah, he was a 2010 Met yesterday. He seemed to pitch around the whole lineup and I'm glad we had just enough offense to catch up to him. That shit shouldn't fly.

Frayed Knot Jun 08 2011 08:36 AM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I was mightily impressed with Justin Turner's first inning walk. With two strikes, Turner fouled off four pitches, and appeared to eventually wear down the opposing pitcher. It seemed to me that Turner purposely softened his swing with the express intention of fouling off pitcher's pitches that weren't hittable with the good part of the bat, yet too close too take with two strikes. Def a nice AB after Reyes had popped out on the first pitch (time to trade the mental midget obviously). That AB (and a few others like it) plus Marcum's aforementioned passive aversion to hits helped drive him out after six innings despite pitching 2-hit ball at the time. That got us into their bullpen which in turn got us to the win.

Gwreck Jun 08 2011 09:18 AM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Books! Ben Grimm for IGTMVP! Somewhere, Centerfield and his 7.2 WARP* cries. *Wins above replacement poster

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 08 2011 09:21 AM Re: IGT 6/7/11 Mets! Brewers! The Thriller at Miller!

CF is like the Chris Young of IGTs, a little early success, then disappeared. I'm riding Grimm like Manuel rode Fernando Nieve.