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IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

bmfc1 Sep 22 2011 09:08 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 22 2011 09:27 AM

METS: 1. Jose Reyes (S) SS 2. Ruben Tejada (R) 2B 3. Angel Pagan (S) CF 4. David Wright (R) 3B 5. Willie Harris (L) LF 6. Nick Evans (R) 1B 7. Josh Thole (L) C 8. Mike Baxter (L) RF 9. Chris Capuano (L) P Cardinals: 1. Rafael Furcal (S) SS 2. Allen Craig (R) LF 3. Albert Pujols (R) 1B 4. Lance Berkman (S) RF 5. David Freese (R) 3B 6. Yadier Molina (R) C 7. Ryan Theriot (R) 2B 8. Jon Jay (L) CF 9. Jake Westbrook (R) P AdamRubinESPN Terry Collins on lineup: "It took me a while to figure it out."

bmfc1 Sep 22 2011 09:09 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Source: Sox made play for Mets’ Capuano Their wild card lead evaporating, the Red Sox are on the hunt for reinforcements, even if only for a game, in an attempt to make the playoffs. According to a source with knowledge of the talks, the Red Sox have spent the better part of a week trying to pry left-handed starter and West Springfield native Chris Capuano from the New York Mets for cash in order to start on Sunday at Yankee Stadium. However, it appears the Mets will keep Capuano, who is 11-12 with a 4.47 ERA. Capuano is playing on a one-year, $1.5 million contract. Capuano would not be eligible for the postseason with the Red Sox, but he’d be able to help them over the final week of the regular season as they struggle to get quality starts out of a rotation that’s as big a culprit as any for the team’s 5-16 slide in September. Capuano, a Cathedral grad, was an All-Star with the Brewers in 2006 before undergoing a pair of Tommy John surgeries on his elbow, which sidelined him for the entire 2008 and 2009 seasons. He has returned this year to strike out 155 in 175.1 inning and would have given the team a boost in the series finale at New York, particularly since the Yankees hitters are unfamiliar with him and would have little opportunity to advance scout him. http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sport ... s-capuano/

Ceetar Sep 22 2011 09:12 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

I wonder why Sandy wouldn't part with him?

bmfc1 Sep 22 2011 09:14 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Capuano is not under contract beyond next week so why not get something for nothing? Perhaps Sandy is planning on resigning Capuano and doesn't want him to possibly fall in love with Boston (which is doubtful since it's only for a week and they're on the road).

Ceetar Sep 22 2011 09:18 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

bmfc1 wrote: Capuano is not under contract beyond next week so why not get something for nothing? Perhaps Sandy is planning on resigning Capuano and doesn't want him to possibly fall in love with Boston (which is doubtful since it's only for a week and they're on the road). That was my first thought. Then again, you're only going to get crap back for it, so why bother? Or maybe he asked Capuano, and he didn't want to go.

Edgy DC Sep 22 2011 09:22 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Meanwhile, Angel Pagan --- making hiss 2011 debut in the three-hole.

Ceetar Sep 22 2011 09:23 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Edgy DC wrote: Meanwhile, Angel Pagan --- making hiss 2011 debut in the three-hole. is he a snake now?

Edgy DC Sep 22 2011 09:24 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Terry Collins on the lineup: "It took me a while to figure it out."

Fman99 Sep 22 2011 10:52 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Edgy DC wrote: Meanwhile, Angel Pagan --- making hiss 2011 debut in the three-hole. Once you get in the three hole you're golden. Trust me.

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 11:33 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

It's raining in St. Louis. This will likely be the last time in 2011 I'll take an interest in the weather there.

metirish Sep 22 2011 11:37 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Edgy DC wrote: Terry Collins on the lineup: "It took me a while to figure it out." Terry's taking the piss right?.....I hope

Ceetar Sep 22 2011 11:38 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

metirish wrote: Terry Collins on the lineup: "It took me a while to figure it out." Terry's taking the piss right?.....I hope deciding to bat Capuano 8th or 9th..

Benjamin Grimm Sep 22 2011 11:44 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Bay is still sick, I guess. I wonder if he'd be more motivated to play if he knew he was in the running for his first ever Schaefer POTM award?

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 11:55 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Bay is still sick, I guess. I wonder if he'd be more motivated to play if he knew he was in the running for his first ever Schaefer POTM award? Get your ass out of the head, Jason! You can earn a card!

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 11:56 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Usually it's a question of getting his head out of his ass, but this is some virus he has.

metirish Sep 22 2011 11:57 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Bay is a great guy, Alderson said so, throughout his shite Mets career he has carried his shiteness with grace and courage , exemplary fellow Sandy said......

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 11:58 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

metirish wrote: Bay is a great guy, Alderson said so, throughout his shite Mets career he has carried his shiteness with grace and courage , exemplary fellow Sandy said...... That, as opposed to the Mets bullpen of late, is quite the relief.

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 11:59 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Bruce Boisclair is kicking ass on Rain Delay Theater. But Mike Vail illustrates how "all surprises were not pleasant".

Frayed Knot Sep 22 2011 12:29 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Doesn't sound like we're playing ball for a while yet. But, being the last week of the season and the Cards being in the mix, they're going to try like hell to get it it. And ... wait for it ... they see a window!!

bmfc1 Sep 22 2011 12:36 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 22 2011 12:44 PM

Howie is talking about how Cardinals fans are "condescending" toward New York for allegedly ignoring St. Louis. Another reason to love Howie. Howie says that the fans in St. Louis don't have the passion that east coast fans have so they don't get criticized or cheered the same way. He says that there's "no soul" there.

metirish Sep 22 2011 12:41 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

bmfc1 wrote: Howie is talking about how Cardinals fans are "condescending" toward New York for allegedly ignoring St. Louis. Another reason to love Howie. Well, I guess things in St.Louis are going great if this is the kind of utter shite that worries them. Memo to St.Louis , we're NY and we don't give a shit about you.

Ceetar Sep 22 2011 12:44 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

metirish wrote: bmfc1 wrote: Howie is talking about how Cardinals fans are "condescending" toward New York for allegedly ignoring St. Louis. Another reason to love Howie. Well, I guess things in St.Louis are going great if this is the kind of utter shite that worries them. Memo to St.Louis , we're NY and we don't give a shit about you. well, they've got a decent brewpub in downtown, and the pizza's better than Chicago, but that's about it.

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 12:59 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

"Rugged, robust Ron" Swoboda currently leading the Mets to 50 wins in 1965.

Ceetar Sep 22 2011 01:03 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 01:39 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

First pitch a little after Swoboda.

Ceetar Sep 22 2011 01:42 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

G-Fafif wrote: First pitch a little after Swoboda. Save me from Francesa on my way home. I'll live with it.

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 02:07 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Jose falls behind Braun. And Pagan just struck the back of his own head on his follow-through. A long day about to get longer.

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 02:08 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Jake Westbrook's sequel to Five Easy Pieces: Six quick pitches to get out of the first.

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 02:14 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Allen Craig hits two-run homer in first. Red Sox will send deposit bottles to Mets for one Capuano start anyway.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 22 2011 02:18 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Capuano sucks, he'd be a great addition to Boston.

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 02:19 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Capuano sucks No, that's not true. Sucks means good, right?

Frayed Knot Sep 22 2011 02:30 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Jake Westbrook's sequel to Five Easy Pieces: Six quick pitches to get out of the first. And six more to get though the second.

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 02:34 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Gary and Ron acknowledge breakup of R.E.M. in the context of being from same town that produced Jake Westbrook. Failed to berate them for selling out.

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 03:19 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Through 4 1/3, Mets' best chance to score was a foul ball.

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 03:50 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Excellent diving catch by Mike Baxter keeps Cards' lead at 4-1, prevents Braves from protesting Mets' use of Ryota Igarashi. If the Red Sox want him, btw, I'm sure he's available.

bmfc1 Sep 22 2011 03:53 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Pagan shows us again that he's a dope by swinging at the first pitch after the pitcher walked two in a row and 3 in the inning.

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 04:01 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Gary Cohen, perhaps channeling Harry Doyle, just referred to "Igaroshi".

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 04:03 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Or it's a Dizzy Dean tribute, in deference to being in St. Louis.

bmfc1 Sep 22 2011 05:13 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Are you kidding me?

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 05:13 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

I can't believe I just screamed "YEAH!" for something that benefited the Braves.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 22 2011 05:15 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Same. But then, LaRussa brings it out in one, eh? SUCKS TO YOUR PITCHING-CHANGE TOURETTE'S!

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 05:18 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Willie Harris is now officially useful.

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 05:19 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

I don't think I'm overstating the case when I say Holy Fuck.

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 05:22 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

May this not all go to 'nell.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 22 2011 05:30 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

I'm just surprised that there's no appreciative applause of the home team's effort by the Best, Most Loyal Fans In BaseballTM.

bmfc1 Sep 22 2011 05:38 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Good one LWFS.

metirish Sep 22 2011 05:40 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Bloody hell, baseball eh?

G-Fafif Sep 22 2011 05:43 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

metirish wrote: Bloody hell, baseball eh? Bloody hell, baseball eh? indeed.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 22 2011 05:54 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

That was friggin awesome.

Edgy DC Sep 22 2011 07:11 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Notice, if you will, the buntless ninth. We did manage to use our best weapon of late --- the old bases-loaded walk.

Frayed Knot Sep 22 2011 07:28 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Wow! Had stuff to do earlier so I recorded the back half of that game and just finished watching it via delay. Was considering giving up a few times but hung with fortunately. Gotta like that we won a game after our first three runs were 'driven in' by walks & WPs before actual hits kicked in in the 9th. And for all the fans who constantly complain about how we always get beat by scrubs & no-names*, consider that the Cardinals just had their season effectively killed by Ruben Tejada & Willie Harris. * something which, in truth, the fans of all 30 teams complain about while also thinking it's something unique to their team

Edgy DC Sep 22 2011 07:55 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

Plus a walk and a run and a big catch by Jason Pridie. A pinch-hit walk and RBI and run by Turner. Igarashi bailed out the Cap with a runner on third in the fifth and pitched a scoreless sixth. Wright? Whiffed with the bags juiced in the ninth.

Frayed Knot Sep 22 2011 08:01 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

The other fun thing is that after LaRussa moved to his 'defense' lineup in the late innings he wound up in the 9th without Berkman (sked to leadoff but double-switched out) followed by several of the lesser hitters in there for their glove-work. Plus the glove guy in LF still couldn't catch up to Tejada's ball. Not that they were wrong moves necessarily, only that they wouldn't have been made (at least not in such wholesale quantity) had there not been expanded rosters and that they came back to bite him in the ass when his hurlers couldn't get the ball over the plate.

HahnSolo Sep 22 2011 08:40 PM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

It's like a reverse Joel Piniero game. And, Braves? You're welcome.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 23 2011 08:22 AM Re: IGT--Mets @ Cardinals, 09/22/11

For my own selfish Schaefer purposes, I hope Marc Rzepczynski never becomes a Met.