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IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Edgy MD May 22 2012 08:48 PM

Study well, Jonathon.

Bunt the First Two May 23 2012 07:29 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Ike Davis's bat O brutalest weight How frigid you have been this year Your splinters hold Your master's fate Your final chance is now, I fear Ike Davis's bat O sceptre of kings How dimly glows your fire these times The power nests In your bold swings To lift our hearts, to raise our rimes Ike Davis's bat Shillelagh unscarred Your king now looks to exile He's kept you honed And freshly tarred That you might make his people smile

Edgy MD May 23 2012 07:46 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

[list=1:1qs4exdj][*:1qs4exdj]Mike Baxter, lf[/*:m:1qs4exdj] [*:1qs4exdj]Kirk Nieuwenhuis, cf[/*:m:1qs4exdj] [*:1qs4exdj]David Wright, 3b[/*:m:1qs4exdj] [*:1qs4exdj]Lucas Duda, rf[/*:m:1qs4exdj] [*:1qs4exdj]Daniel Murphy, 2b[/*:m:1qs4exdj] [*:1qs4exdj]Ike Davis, 1b[/*:m:1qs4exdj] [*:1qs4exdj]Ronny Cedeno, ss[/*:m:1qs4exdj] [*:1qs4exdj]Rob Johnson, c[/*:m:1qs4exdj] [*:1qs4exdj]Jon Niese, sp[/*:m:1qs4exdj][/list:o:1qs4exdj]

Ceetar May 23 2012 07:46 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

well if that doesn't inspire him..

Edgy MD May 23 2012 07:49 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Good chance we'll see Gorkys Hernandez get his first big league start today, possibly leading off. Good tools, but little extra-base power, and questions about his bat being able to get around on big league pitching. A lot like a lot of Pirates prospects in recent years, always leaving fans clinging to the memory that Roberto Clemente's power came late. Already with his third organization. Which doesn't mean I don't expect him to score at least three runs today.

Frayed Knot May 23 2012 07:53 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

btw, it's a 12:35 game, not noon ... y'know, just in case anyone was thinking of running over a bunch of pedestrians trying to make it by first pitch. Be nice to see Duda park one in the river before he leaves town. Big guy like that shouldn't be getting shut out of long balls for the month of May. Has just one since game 8 of the season.

Ceetar May 23 2012 07:55 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

when Gary first said "Gorkys Hernandez" I though he was saying "Poor Keith Hernandez" like he had to hang out with the Phillie Phantic or something.

Edgy MD May 23 2012 08:03 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Anniversary of Piazza's debut today. In other words... Go, Rob Johnson!

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2012 08:07 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Is Gorkys considered a top prospect? I had never heard of him until yesterday.

Edgy MD May 23 2012 08:11 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

To a greater or lesser extent, we're all prospects, my friend.

HahnSolo May 23 2012 08:14 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Ceetar wrote: when Gary first said "Gorkys Hernandez" I though he was saying "Poor Keith Hernandez" like he had to hang out with the Phillie Phantic or something. I had Yorkis Perez flashbacks, shivers.

metirish May 23 2012 08:20 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Don't know why but I would have sworn that Gorkys' was in the Mets system.

Frayed Knot May 23 2012 09:26 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Gorkys was never a top prospect but was one of those very young/very raw prospects in the Braves system who wound up being the main bait when the Pirates dealt Nate McLouth over to Atlanta. At the time I remember thinking that the Pirates were selling McLouth short because he was pretty good there for a brief time. The other guys in the deal were today's starter Charlie Morton and Jeff Locke who's still in the Pittsburgh system *AND* they have McLouth back. So I guess it wasn't such a bad deal after all.

Edgy MD May 23 2012 09:46 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

btw, it's a 12:35 game, not noon ... He doesn't really go by Niesie, either. PNC does indeed become Gorkys park this afternoon. The Family [list=1][*]Harrison, rf[/*:m] [*]Hernandez, lf[/*:m] [*]McCutchen, cf[/*:m] [*]Walker, 2b[/*:m] [*]McGehee, 1b[/*:m] [*]Barajas, c[/*:m] [*]Navarro, 3b[/*:m] [*]Barmes, ss[/*:m] [*]Morton[/*:m][/list:o] Neil Walker: not your protypical cleanup hitter.

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2012 11:06 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

RBI single by Duda plates Nieuwenhuis in the first. Now it's the bottom second, Mets still up 1-0.

HahnSolo May 23 2012 11:07 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

and Ike has a hit!

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 23 2012 11:09 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

I don't like Niese bunting for the 2nd out with a guy at 3rd.

Edgy MD May 23 2012 11:13 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

i support that only if the idea is to get the runner home.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 23 2012 11:17 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Never even entered their minds. It was strictly a ploy to get Johnson to 2nd. The worst that could happen if you try anything else is a DP allowing Baxter to lead off the next inning.

Edgy MD May 23 2012 11:20 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Wright down to .400. Is a dream a lie when it don't come true?

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2012 11:25 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

So far so good for Niese. One walk, one hit, 41 pitches through 3 innings.

Ceetar May 23 2012 11:37 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I don't like Niese bunting for the 2nd out with a guy at 3rd. Yeah, didn't like that. Here's a guy struggling and we can't even trust Niese to put a hard swing on it and hope it finds a hole or they make a mistake? If pitchers are going to solely exist as bunters and an free out in the lineup we might as well just go all-DH. Not asking them to be .300 hitters..but how about half that or it be considered you're hurting the team. (which obviously, you are)

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2012 11:39 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Ceetar wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: If pitchers are going to solely exist as bunters and an free out in the lineup we might as well just go all-DH. No. It's that kind of thinking that spawned the DH in the first place.

Edgy MD May 23 2012 11:47 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Three-zip lead. Wright with the big hit. World = all right.

Frayed Knot May 23 2012 11:57 AM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Edgy DC wrote: Is a dream a lie when it don't come true? ... or is it something worse?

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 23 2012 12:04 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

This Harrison fellow is quite the little dynamo. He's also the guy who broke up Verlander's no-no last week.

Ceetar May 23 2012 12:06 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Wright back to .401

duan May 23 2012 12:07 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

you letting Niese bat? I would.

Lefty Specialist May 23 2012 12:07 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

In a lineup with no hitters, and with first base open, why are they even pitching to McCutcheon? Inquiring minds want to know.

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2012 12:07 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

78 pitches through six innings? I'd absolutely let him bat.

Frayed Knot May 23 2012 12:09 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

duan wrote: you letting Niese bat? I would. Here? -- definitely. It's a different situation from last night.

Frayed Knot May 23 2012 12:11 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Lefty Specialist wrote: In a lineup with no hitters, and with first base open, why are they even pitching to McCutcheon? Inquiring minds want to know. Not sure I want to be putting the tying run on base (and a speedy one at that) so early-(ish) in the game.

Frayed Knot May 23 2012 12:16 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

If nothing else, the games during this series in Pittsburgh have been moving right along. Right now: bottom 7th -- Boston at Baltimore same starting time and same number of runs scored (2-2): Top 5th

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 23 2012 12:18 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Frayed Knot wrote: If nothing else, the games during this series in Pittsburgh have been moving right along. Right now: bottom 7th -- Boston at Baltimore same starting time and same number of runs scored (2-2): Top 5th Now watch Terry use 5 pitchers to get the next 6 outs.

Frayed Knot May 23 2012 12:19 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Tack on a 6-pitch 1-2-3 inning for Niese and it's on to the 8th.

Ashie62 May 23 2012 12:20 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: If nothing else, the games during this series in Pittsburgh have been moving right along. Right now: bottom 7th -- Boston at Baltimore same starting time and same number of runs scored (2-2): Top 5th Now watch Terry use 5 pitchers to get the next 6 outs. It is most decidedly so...

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2012 12:28 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

84 pitches through 7 innings. Let him keep going!

Frayed Knot May 23 2012 12:32 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Again no double-switch w/Duda even though he made the last out ... and again a fly-ball single falls in despite seeming to be in the air a long time. Mabye Torres in CF moving Nieuey to RF makes a difference but maybe not. Still ...

Frayed Knot May 23 2012 12:35 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Niese walks Hernandez and now it'll be Parnell to face McCutcheon w/2-out and 2-on

Lefty Specialist May 23 2012 12:37 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

(Reaches for the bottle of Scotch in his desk drawer)

Ceetar May 23 2012 12:38 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Frayed Knot wrote: Niese walks Hernandez and now it'll be Parnell to face McCutcheon w/2-out and 2-on well best reliever in arguably the highest leverage situation. so..

Nymr83 May 23 2012 12:39 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Walking Gorky there is pretty unforgiveable, but the bullpen stinks and part of me thinks "lock the door and let Niese go"

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 23 2012 12:40 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

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Lefty Specialist May 23 2012 12:41 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

(Puts bottle of Scotch back in desk)

Ashie62 May 23 2012 12:43 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Ike Davis-- The gift that keeps on giving--good job Parnell.

Edgy MD May 23 2012 12:45 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Frayed Knot wrote: Again no double-switch w/Duda even though he made the last out ... and again a fly-ball single falls in despite seeming to be in the air a long time. Mabye Torres in CF moving Nieuey to RF makes a difference but maybe not. Still ... Is it a character-building thing? Terry doesn't want to get Duda down on himself by switching him out like gimpy veteran? Because these seem like obvious moves. And if Torres has lost his job --- at least for now --- as starting centerfielder, there isn't much of a role for him if you don't use him as a defensive sub.

Lefty Specialist May 23 2012 12:50 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

FrankFrank in. Scotch at the ready.

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2012 12:52 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

I woulda let Parnell stay in. But Terry is now doing the double-switch. Torres in for Duda.

Edgy MD May 23 2012 12:52 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Torres in also. Bobby disrespected.

Ashie62 May 23 2012 12:55 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

BOOKS>>>

metirish May 23 2012 12:58 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Niese win, good trip.

Ashie62 May 23 2012 01:00 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Now that its' done..What happened to Clint Hurdle? He is 53 going on 80..Anyone else catch that?

metirish May 23 2012 01:10 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Ashie62 wrote: Now that its' done..What happened to Clint Hurdle? He is 53 going on 80..Anyone else catch that? worst offense in either league might do that to you.

Frayed Knot May 23 2012 01:54 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Clint, by his own admission, had some rough miles on those early years. I would have left Parnell in also, but now that's six straight outs for Frank-Frank w/5 of them Ks so that's not too bad either. If not switching out Duda is a confidence thing he probably would have skipped it altogether. It just made more sense to do it an inning earlier.

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2012 07:15 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

They won because we didn't call it a "Gay Dame" or a "Condom Game".

Fman99 May 23 2012 07:37 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

I got to listen to a few outs here and there before it got real busy at the workplace. I did catch the radio call of the Duda RBI in the first as well as Wright's later on, so that was a plus.

Edgy MD May 23 2012 09:16 PM Re: IGT, 5/23 vs. PIT: High Noon with Niesie

Benjamin Grimm wrote: They won because we didn't call it a "Gay Dame" or a "Condom Game". You're welcome.