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IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 07:55 AM

The steel death-cage match for 3rd place is on (and to stay away from the last-place Marlins). So let's see now: - they're going with a guy making his 3rd ML start (2nd against NYM) -- Tom Milone - we're going with someone making his 2nd ML start -- Chris Schwinden I think the fact that the Mets have spent the last 27 innings racking up an impressive 4 runs on 18 hits (16 of them singles*, 11 of them in one game) against rookies, near-rookies, and re-hab cases indicates that we're the ones that are going to have trouble taking advantage so watch/follow at your peril. If you have known health risks please consult your physician before tuning in. If the game lasts for more than four hours please consult a professional (a professional what I don't really care, just as long as he/she is a professional). * those two non-singles were, of course, nothing more than doubles: Pagan's soft bloop over 1B on Monday which accounted for all the runs in that game, and Turner's boomer into the gap on the second pitch he saw PH-ing last night ... after which he was rewarded by being asked to bunt down by two runs with shit coming up after him.

bmfc1 Sep 15 2011 08:52 AM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Oddly enough, FK report above is exactly what can be found in the official press notes. [u:celllrav]Mets:[/u:celllrav] 1. Ruben Tejada (R) SS 2. Justin Turner (R) 2B 3. David Wright (R) 3B 4. Jason Bay (R) LF 5. Angel Pagan (S) CF 6. Nick Evans (R) RF 7. Valentino Pascucci (R) 1B 8. Ronny Paulino (R) C 9. Chris Schwinden (R) P [u:celllrav]Nationals:[/u:celllrav] 1. Ian Desmond (R) SS 2. Rick Ankiel (L) CF 3. Ryan Zimmerman (R) 3B 4. Michael Morse (R) LF 5. Jayson Werth (R) RF 6. Danny Espinosa (S) 2B 7. Chris Marrero (R) 1B 8. Wilson Ramos (R) C 9. Tom Milone (L) P

bmfc1 Sep 15 2011 11:27 AM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

The Nationals had the Mets just where they wanted--2 on, none out.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 11:28 AM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

So get the first two guys on and then don't score because the 3 & 4 hitters made three outs while not even getting the ball out of the infield. Same Shit Different Day. On the bright side, David Wright actually fielded a ground ball cleanly and got an out.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 11:37 AM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Oh shit, we got the leadoff guy on again! Now we'll never score. ... aaaaaaand, rain delay.

Ceetar Sep 15 2011 12:14 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

here we go again.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 15 2011 12:51 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

4 scoreless (with some help, but still). Someone might end up with his first Schwin, if this team can score some of the baserunners this other guy keeps putting on for them, gratis.

Ceetar Sep 15 2011 01:07 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Pascucci makes an error, then saves a Tejada error. defense?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 15 2011 01:10 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Ceetar wrote: Pascucci makes an error, then saves a Tejada error. defense? And then pops out as the first batter of the next inning. It's like the inverse of that great-defensive-play-leads-to-batter-hitting-in-the-next-inning thing.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 01:15 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

And then we spend another half-inning where no batter gets the ball past the fucking pitchers mound. Good thing Terry shuffled the line-up so we get these "kids" in who obviously care more.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 01:26 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

It's now reached the point where the opposing manager pulls his pitcher following a two-out bloop single. I guess that's now a sign that your guy is losing it.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 01:30 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

OK [u:11u68q02]THAT TIME[/u:11u68q02] the wall cost Bay a HR

Ceetar Sep 15 2011 01:31 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Frayed Knot wrote: It's now reached the point where the opposing manager pulls his pitcher following a two-out bloop single. I guess that's now a sign that your guy is losing it. 'now'? That's been common for years. hey, look at that, a run.

bmfc1 Sep 15 2011 01:32 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Davey must have remembered that Bay homered off Milone in DC last time but Bay still hit a shot.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 01:33 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

bmfc1 wrote: Davey must have remembered that Bay homered off Milone in DC last time but Bay still hit a shot. And must have forgotten that Bay K'd twice today off him.

bmfc1 Sep 15 2011 01:34 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Frayed Knot wrote: bmfc1 wrote: Davey must have remembered that Bay homered off Milone in DC last time but Bay still hit a shot. And must have forgotten that Bay K'd twice today off him. Good point.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 15 2011 01:35 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Nick the Stick is quickly backsliding into "Who?" territ'ry, here.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 01:51 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

So what's the record for runs-balked-in in a season? The Nats now have their runs in this game because of balks and because Pascucci couldn't pick up a ball that had essentially stopped rolling.

bmfc1 Sep 15 2011 01:54 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

2d balked in run this season (the other was a game ender against ATL). They draw within a run, have a little momentum for once and then the 'pen lets it go to shit.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 01:56 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

bmfc1 wrote: 2d balked in run this season (the other was a game ender against ATL). I would have guessed we were up to 15 or 16 at this point.

Ceetar Sep 15 2011 02:01 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Whew, got 'out' of it. 3-1 Natty's.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 15 2011 02:02 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

bmfc1 wrote: 2d balked in run this season (the other was a game ender against ATL). They draw within a run, have a little momentum for once and then the 'pen lets it go to shit. Ah, yes. Carrasco, just after the misplay to put men at first and third. Igarashi stops damage? New trick.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 02:04 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Ceetar wrote: Whew, got 'out' of it. 3-1 Natty's. It hardly matters considering we haven't scored as many as 3 runs in any game this series - or scored a run off the Nats' pen in like half a season.

bmfc1 Sep 15 2011 02:09 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

How about PH'ing Reyes right now for Tejada?

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 02:10 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 15 2011 02:11 PM

Two runners via consecutive one-out walks. So whattaya think ... GiDP or back-to-back pick-offs? ... Oooh, I'm sorry, the answer was first-pitch pop-out

bmfc1 Sep 15 2011 02:11 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Good guesses FK but the answer was: swing at the first pitch after consecutive walks.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 02:21 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

And the final answer is: fly out with the bases loaded. btw, that's the 8th time the Mets have faced Todd Coffey this year. They have 0 runs on 2 hits. I think there are HS teams with better records off Mariano Rivera

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 02:30 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

And now Pagan watches a ball drop at his feet for a double - one batter after Tejada bobbles a sure GiDP and only gets one out. And then that's followed by a ball through an infield that was drawn in to counter the fact that they handed the Nats two outs in this inning alone. And we won't even mention the earlier three runs scored on errors and balks, or last night's two runs which were both unearned. This squad doesn't even remotely resemble a major league team at this point.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 15 2011 02:35 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Good Lord.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 15 2011 02:36 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

The season is about three weeks too long for them.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 02:38 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Beato's afternoon: single, force-out, double, IW, single, force-out, double We're now into, 'oh well we'll get a better draft pick next June' territory

bmfc1 Sep 15 2011 02:40 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Terry talked for months about how much this team cared. Well after Beltran was traded, that all went away. They're a bunch of minor leaguers. And where's Sandy these days? Any thoughts from the top? And a special "F you" on behalf of us Mets fans in the DC area.

bmfc1 Sep 15 2011 02:43 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

FK: "And now Pagan watches a ball drop at his feet for a double - one batter after Tejada bobbles a sure GiDP and only gets one out." Add that to the pickoff--quite a day for Pagan.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 02:44 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Bay's 2nd double of the game means the Mets are at least now out-hitting Ian Desmond for the day (5-4).

Ceetar Sep 15 2011 02:48 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

bmfc1 wrote: Terry talked for months about how much this team cared. Well after Beltran was traded, that all went away. They're a bunch of minor leaguers. And where's Sandy these days? Any thoughts from the top? And a special "F you" on behalf of us Mets fans in the DC area. Oh, no point in talking now. But we'll probably hear a whole bunch just after the season. And expect some fun shakeups this offseason.

bmfc1 Sep 15 2011 02:51 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Howie is discussing the differences between winter and summer. I hope you're right Ceetar about shakeups.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 02:53 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Frayed Knot wrote: Bay's 2nd double of the game means the Mets are at least now out-hitting Ian Desmond for the day (5-4). And nothing like following up a leadoff 2B with K-K-FO

Ceetar Sep 15 2011 02:56 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

bmfc1 wrote: Howie is discussing the differences between winter and summer. I hope you're right Ceetar about shakeups. It's not going to be "Haha, we got rid of Bay" type shakesups, atlhough I suppose they'll try. But there are probably 40man issues that will neccesitate trades to create flexibility. Guys like Murphy, Turner, , Tejada, Pagan, Pelfrey. (both of who will be tendered contracts. Doesn't mean they won't be traded though) I'll take winter over summer. Hopefully Howie wasn't talking about the Islanders though.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 02:57 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Those of you holding tickets for '9th inning' in the: when will David Wright make his error contest, please advance to the window to claim your winnings.

Ceetar Sep 15 2011 03:00 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Frayed Knot wrote: Those of you holding tickets for '9th inning' in the: when will David Wright make his error contest, please advance to the window to claim your winnings. I'm now worried about my over 77 bet that's seemed a pretty easy win up until about Sunday.

bmfc1 Sep 15 2011 03:01 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Wayne just talked about "our" first trip to the new stadium in Miami so I guess he'll be back. Howie said "I don't know why anybody would take winter over summer."

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2011 03:02 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Acosta: 6 base-runners (E, 2B, Sac Fly, 1B, 1B, 2B) on his first 10 pitches Oh yeah, and Ian Desmond has re-caught the Mets in the hits race: 5-to-5

Ashie62 Sep 15 2011 04:28 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

bmfc1 wrote: Terry talked for months about how much this team cared. Well after Beltran was traded, that all went away. They're a bunch of minor leaguers. And where's Sandy these days? Any thoughts from the top? And a special "F you" on behalf of us Mets fans in the DC area. Very True, and oddly timing wise the Giants went into the tank when Beltran appeared. It is a long quirky season folks.

Farmer Ted Sep 15 2011 06:12 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Mets now looking up at the Nats in 3rd place.

Lefty Specialist Sep 15 2011 07:07 PM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

At least someone's happy they're mailing it in.

Edgy DC Sep 16 2011 07:14 AM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Can't we just talk about until they win or at least get a lead or something?

G-Fafif Sep 16 2011 07:35 AM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 16 2011 09:17 AM

Factoring in the literal gloom, the plunge in temperatures, the spitting rains, the caliber of opponent, the fact that I was there the night before to witness ninth-inning heartbreak and the length of the proceedings (plus the guy in the ATF cap and Army t-shirt who lectured the Mets for being a bunch of millionaires who are afraid of a little rain before he went off to ingest some alcohol, burn some tobacco and explode some firearms -- and another guy who explained loudly to all six of us in the Promenade that the Nationals would keep scoring because this way their agents would be able to get them more money), that may have been the worst Non-Collapse game i've ever been to. It was all I could do to not give Justin Turner six Schaefer points out of gratitude for ending it with a double play. But nice to see themetfairy and dgwphotography before it all went to hell.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 16 2011 07:46 AM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Edgy DC wrote: Can't we just talk about until they win or at least get a lead or something? Yes. See this morning's album-cover challenge kwiz.

G-Fafif Sep 16 2011 08:04 AM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Edgy DC wrote: Can't we just talk about until they win or at least get a lead or something? Washington X New York I

Edgy DC Sep 16 2011 08:06 AM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

It's been a pretty humiliating homestand. The rookies should take the vets' clothing away.

G-Fafif Sep 16 2011 08:19 AM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Edgy DC wrote: It's been a pretty humiliating homestand. The rookies should take the vets' clothing away. Yesterday was the day they chose to haze the fans.

metirish Sep 16 2011 08:21 AM Re: IGT - Nats @ Mets - 9/15 - Gay Dame

Saw a tweet that this four game sweep was the first by the Nats over the Mets since they were in Montreal , that 2003 season the Expos swept two four gamers from the Mets.