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Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2011 07:05 AM

One last try for a win for me as the season will be over in about 31 hours. Well there's that, plus I just wanted to weasel a chance to use the word penultimate in a sentence. Tonight's matchup sees HR-King Bronson Arroyo (there's a McDonalds-like sign over his locker saying: '44 served this season') going for the Reds He'll be facing Chris Capuano assuming that the BoSox don't get super desperate and request him to be shipped to Baltimore sometime today. Call Fed-Ex: When your pitcher absolutely positively has to be there by 6 PM If they're still interested I'm listening.

SteveJRogers Sep 27 2011 04:20 PM IGT 9-27-2011 Mets vs Reds

Final Night for the Mets season.

bmfc1 Sep 27 2011 04:33 PM Re: IGT 9-27-2011 Mets vs Reds

METS: 1. Jose Reyes (S) SS 2. Ruben Tejada (R) 2B 3. Willie Harris (L) LF 4. David Wright (R) 3B 5. Nick Evans (R) 1B 6. Josh Thole (L) C 7. Mike Baxter (L) RF 8. Jason Pridie (L) CF 9. Chris Capuano (L) P Reds: 1. Brandon Phillips (R) 2B 2. Drew Stubbs (R) CF 3. Joey Votto (L) 1B 4. Jay Bruce (L) RF 5. Chris Heisey (R) LF 6. Todd Frazier (R) 3B 7. Devin Mesoraco (R) C 8. Paul Janish (R) SS 9. Bronson Arroyo (R) P

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 05:31 PM Re: IGT 9-27-2011 Mets vs Reds

Already down 2-1 here after one, ladies and gents. Wright drove in Tejada to get one back after Capuano gave the Mets a Red-friendly first inning.

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2011 05:39 PM Re: IGT 9-27-2011 Mets vs Reds Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 27 2011 07:01 PM

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Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 05:58 PM Re: IGT 9-27-2011 Mets vs Reds

I hate the AHEM!-s. Gary out of the booth this inning. Hmmm...

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 05:59 PM Re: IGT 9-27-2011 Mets vs Reds

BIG KABOOM!

TransMonk Sep 27 2011 06:08 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

This will be my last TV session this season. Nice looking hit, Jose.

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 06:31 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Two hunnert and five strikeouts for Stubbs? Dave Kingman is blushing.

TransMonk Sep 27 2011 06:35 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Wow!!!

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 06:36 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Gorgeous, Jose. Arroyo's gonna break a record at this rate.

TransMonk Sep 27 2011 06:36 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Curtain call...sweet!

Ashie62 Sep 27 2011 06:38 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Somebody said Curtain Call?

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 06:51 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

I'm not sure I'm getting it. Evans double eludes the poison glove of Heisey.

Ashie62 Sep 27 2011 06:58 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Just for Edgy, its Val Pascucci.

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 07:00 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

I love me some Val Pascucci. You go. Hope he gets us something, because Terry is going back to trying to turn a one run lead over to his pen for three innings.

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 07:01 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

No. Or as they say in Italian, no.

Ashie62 Sep 27 2011 07:05 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Booth gushing over prospects of Capuano for next season..

TransMonk Sep 27 2011 07:32 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Jose's having a memorable game. Earning some bucks tonight?

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 07:38 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Terry listening to that online crank Edgy DC and sticking with his pitcher. Hope it works out for him. You go, Terry!

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 07:43 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

They pinch-hit yonder Alonso and Terry doesn't counter with yonder lefthander in the pen?

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 07:45 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Steeee-rike three! The penultimate out!

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 07:50 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Two out, runners on first and second, and Parnell comes on to face the lefty Francisco. I support this move.

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 07:53 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Even though it didn't work. Scrumble.

TransMonk Sep 27 2011 07:53 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Fuck.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 27 2011 07:53 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Dissatisfying .

themetfairy Sep 27 2011 07:54 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

When can we admit that this Parnell as a closer experiment has failed?

bmfc1 Sep 27 2011 07:54 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Parnell stinks. Should have brought in Shorty. (Braun walked.)

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 07:56 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

He had retired sixteen straight guys before that. Herrera hadn't been getting much of anybody.

bmfc1 Sep 27 2011 07:59 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Stinks.

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2011 08:02 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

themetfairy wrote: When can we admit that this Parnell as a closer experiment has failed? Personally I'm going to wait for more than around a dozen or so tries before declaring it a dead issue for now and beyond.

bmfc1 Sep 27 2011 08:03 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Jose! Good job by the official scorer!

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2011 08:04 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Holy defensive swings batman!!! H + E is the right call IMO.

metsmarathon Sep 27 2011 08:05 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

it hit his foot didn't it? oh, i guess the guys in teh booth just noticed.

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2011 08:05 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

metsmarathon wrote: it hit his foot didn't it? Looks like it might have.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 27 2011 08:07 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Just gonna say, go for the balk-off

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 27 2011 08:08 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Tejada can be an awful tuff out. He's making me fall in love.

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2011 08:09 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Tejada can be an awful tuff out. He's making me fall in love. Yeah, I'm with Gary, I would have walked him if I'm Cincy ... and now it turns out that they do anyway (although less than intentionally).

TransMonk Sep 27 2011 08:13 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

The Brewer broadcast just played Jose's latest hit on the local network. This is a fun little race.

bmfc1 Sep 27 2011 08:14 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Great job by the starting 2B for '12. We get it Ronnie: you love Chapman (the Reds pitcher, not themetfairy).

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 08:14 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

And that rally comes up empty as Terry headscratchingly sticks with Harris while Paulino sits and watches.

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2011 08:22 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Edgy DC wrote: And that rally comes up empty as Terry headscratchingly sticks with Harris while Paulino sits and watches. Eh, I didn't mind that one. Harris is a better contact guy and faster. And now the Herrera for the lefty crowd gets a long double (should have been a triple and almost was a HR) for their trouble.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 27 2011 08:27 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Dontrelle Willis to PH with the bases loaded. I'm thinking Pepsi Porch

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2011 08:28 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Willis looks like Dave Parker up there.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 27 2011 08:28 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Whew.

SteveJRogers Sep 27 2011 08:28 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Hey Wayne, Dontrelle doesn't warrant an "looking unfamiliar" in a number when he hasn't been much since his Florida days in #35 (and I had to look that up). To say nothing about the fact that he didn't wear 35 in Detroit either.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 27 2011 08:53 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Pridie, Satin, Turner and Reyes Black panties with an Angel's face

Ceetar Sep 27 2011 08:56 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

MORE REYES IS ALWAYS GOOD

SteveJRogers Sep 27 2011 09:02 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

SteveJRogers wrote: Hey Wayne, Dontrelle doesn't warrant an "looking unfamiliar" in a number when he hasn't been much since his Florida days in #35 (and I had to look that up). To say nothing about the fact that he didn't wear 35 in Detroit either. Not even Wayne's most inane attempt at making a "I know baseball history" remark. While talking about the Cards and Astros game, he brought up the rivalry between the two teams back in the early to mid 2000s, as if it's been a relevant part of the game since 2006, the last time the Astros finished 2nd or better in the Central.

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 09:03 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Dickey's season might not be over, after all.

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 09:06 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy DC wrote: And that rally comes up empty as Terry headscratchingly sticks with Harris while Paulino sits and watches. Eh, I didn't mind that one. Harris is a better contact guy and faster. What's contact going to do for you? There were two outs. It's a guy who's hit .239 against lefties over the course of his career versus a guy who's hit .330.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 27 2011 09:09 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

What do we call the pitcher-PHing thing? Is there a name for it? The Reverse-LaRussa? The Half-Switch? A Brown Ruffing?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 27 2011 09:16 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

hmmm i disapprove of these triples

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2011 09:16 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

And our relay throws continue to suck, no matter who's making them.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 27 2011 09:17 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Fresh Squeezed Terry Juice

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 27 2011 09:19 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

I hate it when Dusty Baker's right about things. It makes the edges of my world a little more fuzzy.

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2011 09:20 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Amazing what you can accomplish when you: a) use the bunt as an offensive weapon rather than a passive strategy b) are able to make actual bat-to-ball contact when bunting

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2011 09:23 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

[bigpurple:33erq30a]GOOD GOD, STOP IT!!!![/bigpurple:33erq30a]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 27 2011 09:24 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Can't bunt, can't hit-and-run.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 27 2011 09:25 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2012 on-field brain trust!

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2011 09:25 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Cordero's thrown one pitch over the plate this inning and twice as many as that to the backstop - and he still has an out.

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2011 09:29 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Three batters, three walks, plus a balk ... and we're still not close to scoring.

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 09:30 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

For God's sake, don't swing.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 27 2011 09:30 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

here we go

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2011 09:31 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

If Turner swings at the first pitch I want him cut immediately.

metsguyinmichigan Sep 27 2011 09:31 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Maybe I'm harsh, but that walk might be the only thing Pridie's done well all season.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 27 2011 09:31 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

He hit a home run once.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 27 2011 09:31 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

fuck me

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 27 2011 09:32 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Good f'ing Lord.

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 09:32 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

I've been waiting to hear that.

metsmarathon Sep 27 2011 09:32 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

holy fuck. its endings like this that almost make me glad the season is coming to a close.

metsguyinmichigan Sep 27 2011 09:32 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

In-freaking-credible.

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2011 09:32 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 27 2011 09:33 PM

Cordero faces five batters, retires one of them, and still doesn't allow a run.

Edgy DC Sep 27 2011 09:33 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

On a liner, nonetheless. Maybe we should have squeezed 'em back.

Ashie62 Sep 27 2011 09:38 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Just one more

MFS62 Sep 27 2011 09:41 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Just saw the box score. Thayer, with the best WHIP and the second best ERA (to Acosta) in the bullpen takes the loss. Ain't no justice. Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 27 2011 10:05 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

Happens when you surrender triples in extra innings

Gwreck Sep 27 2011 10:42 PM Re: Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

My last game of the year. If this was the last game seeing Reyes in a Mets uniform, it was a hell of a way for Jose to go out. Just about everything you could want from the Jose Reyes experience: -Exciting extra-base hits...check -Stolen base...check -Antagonizing the pitcher on the bases...check -Highlight-reel defensive play...check -A little extra panache (the curtain-call)...Check! Lots of love for Jose from the crowd tonight too. You could almost see him gain confidence and play better when there were spontaneous Jose-Jose-Jose chants going. As for the rest of the game? I suppose, given the season, that one final kick to the gonads was in order. Still can't really believe what happened. The scoreboard even put up the "Mets Win!!" graphic for about 5-10 seconds.