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IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

metsguyinmichigan May 29 2012 10:36 AM

I didn't see an IGT started, so I figured my recent activities in Philadelphia might bring us some luck. I brought the Alternate Victory Flag with me on my morning runs through downtown and eluded the National Park Service long enough snap some defiant Mets photos with Philly landmarks. Tonight, Jermey Hefner goes up against Joe Blanton.

Frayed Knot May 29 2012 01:39 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

1) Mike Baxter LF 2) Kirk Nieuwenhuis CF 3) David Wright 3B 4) Lucas Duda RF 5) Daniel Murphy 2B 6) Ike Davis 1B 7) Mike Nickeas C 8) Omar Quintanilla SS 9) Jeremy Hefner RHP Anyone who submitted this lineup at the beginning of the year for the starting nine on May 29th please step up to the window and collect your Billion Dollar prize.

Edgy MD May 29 2012 01:45 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Ike, we needs you, buddy.

Lefty Specialist May 29 2012 02:08 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Rain comin'. How does Hefner do when it rains?

themetfairy May 29 2012 02:47 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Let Ramirez start the game and put in Hefner after the rain delay.

Edgy MD May 29 2012 02:50 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Not a bad idea at all.

themetfairy May 29 2012 05:15 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Double, sacrifice, wild pitch - before you can blink it's 1-0 Phillies.

Ashie62 May 29 2012 05:15 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Well, Hefner is a wild dude.

Ceetar May 29 2012 05:32 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

it's alright, the Mets double that with help from the Phillies loltastic defense.

themetfairy May 29 2012 05:36 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Hefner isn't getting any beer from me tonight.

batmagadanleadoff May 29 2012 05:43 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Mike Baxter - a double a day keeps the Bisons away.

Edgy MD May 29 2012 05:45 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

So who forgot the scouting report on Brian F. Schneider?!

Edgy MD May 29 2012 05:48 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Lewin stealing material from MBTN.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 29 2012 05:58 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 29 2012 06:01 PM

And you KNOW he's got the thing linked, too. What material? (Also: the front end of the rain band is in a diagonal line between West Milford and Edison and just west of Trenton in central-western Jersey; go, game, go!)

Edgy MD May 29 2012 06:00 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

He was observin' Quintanilla and referencing exactly how many players have worn that number, how it's the most issued number, who first wore it, blahblahblah. Reference your sources!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 29 2012 06:03 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

"0-2 to 3-2 to oppo-field hit. What a Polanc-ish at bat." -Gary

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 29 2012 06:10 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

That is one gawky-looking great play by Pence on the Nickeas drive to the bullpen area in right-center. But then, ANYTHING involving Pence kinda feels... prepubescent, doesn't it?

themetfairy May 29 2012 06:11 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

OK - Hefner's getting some beer.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 29 2012 06:11 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Now THAT was a bombshell.

Edgy MD May 29 2012 06:12 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

What's more embarrassing than giving up a dingdong to Schneider? How about giving up one to Hefner? [bigpurple:2b53ja2p]Kaboom![/bigpurple:2b53ja2p] Seriously, Daniel Murphy... get one in the homer column.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 29 2012 06:17 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 29 2012 06:28 PM

NOW we starting walking to field positions and such. OE: I think I watched a little too much "Hatfields and McCoys" last night.

Frayed Knot May 29 2012 06:21 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: That is one gawky-looking great play by Pence on the Nickeas drive to the bullpen area in right-center. But then, ANYTHING involving Pence kinda feels... prepubescent, doesn't it? Like a just finding his legs colt.

TransMonk May 29 2012 06:21 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Mike Baxter - a double a day keeps the Bisons away. BOC!

Nymr83 May 29 2012 06:23 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Time to take our time! Let's Go Thunder&Lightning!

Edgy MD May 29 2012 06:37 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Kinda surprised we haven't gone to the pen here. Tying runner on third, one out.

Edgy MD May 29 2012 06:38 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

AND HE FANS VICTORINO! Stormin' seriously in DC.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 29 2012 06:38 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 29 2012 06:39 PM

Mike Baxter is not exactly making anyone forget Bay with his defense. Actually, he kind of makes you remember Bay.

Edgy MD May 29 2012 06:39 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

OUT OF IT!!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 29 2012 06:40 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

No sweat. Why don't you Phillies take a rest on daddy's lap?

Gwreck May 29 2012 06:40 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Big, BIG with the rain coming.

Ceetar May 29 2012 06:43 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Mike Baxter is not exactly making anyone forget Bay with his defense. Actually, he kind of makes you remember Bay. that was a tricky one. it was literally impossible to use his glove to pick it up, it was rolling under the padding. can we ..pad that maybe?

Fman99 May 29 2012 06:44 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Impressive work by Heff to get out of the runner on 3rd/no out jam. But I've always been a Hefner fan.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 29 2012 06:45 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Our starting shortstop is starting to look like quite the Pitbull at the plate, as well.

Fman99 May 29 2012 06:45 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

AND KA-FUCKIN-BOOM

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 29 2012 06:46 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 29 2012 06:49 PM

Boom boom, boom boom. Ba-boom-boom-boomboom, boom boom.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 29 2012 06:47 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

HAVE ANOTHER SLICE OF HAIRPIE, SCOTT! TOUCH 'EM ALL!!!

Edgy MD May 29 2012 06:48 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

When was the last time the Mets got two homers out of the nine-hole?

Fman99 May 29 2012 06:49 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: No sweat. Why don't you Phillies take a rest on daddy's lap? That's an old picture. I think, maybe, before his cock started working again.

Frayed Knot May 29 2012 06:57 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Ronnie dropping the hammer on the official scorer!

Fman99 May 29 2012 06:58 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Bobby P, mowing em down.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 29 2012 07:01 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

"Hey, Bobby-- why don't you take some of these prospects off my hands?"

PiggiesTomatoes May 29 2012 07:02 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Frayed Knot wrote: Ronnie dropping the hammer on the official scorer! Wow..."If he wants to be a scout, we'll get him a pairof Sansabelt and a radar gun." That's fucking classic!

Frayed Knot May 29 2012 07:08 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Parnell's eight pitches in the 7th were obviously too much to have him continue.

Edgy MD May 29 2012 07:11 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Our starting shortstop is starting to look like quite the Pitbull at the plate, as well. It's awesome how many guys who started in the minors this year have made a contribution. Gonna be tough to cut us down to 30 ranked players at the end of the season.

Frayed Knot May 29 2012 07:13 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

[youtube:1r1iq965]Z-es4Q8AJaU[/youtube:1r1iq965]

Ashie62 May 29 2012 07:14 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Must win this game.. Pissin rain here.

smg58 May 29 2012 07:20 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

I don't mind the rain when we're winning. Something tells me this game is over.

Gwreck May 29 2012 07:24 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Random note for the rain delay: During the aftermath of the Hefner homerun, did anyone else notice Ron talk about Joe Blanton hitting a home run in the World Series, and that he was the "first pitcher" to do so? Obviously that's not quite right, as plenty of other pitchers had done so previously, particularly before the DH. Blanton was, as best as I can tell, the "first NL pitcher to do so in the DH era" which is a pretty arbitrary line to draw for "first." Love our announcing crew but even they're not perfect.

Edgy MD May 29 2012 07:26 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Atlanta up on the St. Louis Beltrans, 5-4 in the seventh. Miami beating the Nationals by the very Nationalistic score of 2-1 in the eighth inning. I believe a pitcher hit a WS homer in the first or second year of DH play. An AL pitcher, I think, for the A's.

Ceetar May 29 2012 07:27 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Gwreck wrote: Random note for the rain delay: During the aftermath of the Hefner homerun, did anyone else notice Ron talk about Joe Blanton hitting a home run in the World Series, and that he was the "first pitcher" to do so? Obviously that's not quite right, as plenty of other pitchers had done so previously, particularly before the DH. Blanton was, as best as I can tell, the "first NL pitcher to do so in the DH era" which is a pretty arbitrary line to draw for "first." Love our announcing crew but even they're not perfect. Wonder if Babe Ruth did it. *checks* no. but he did have a triple.

Edgy MD May 29 2012 07:28 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Ken Holtzman, 1974: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes ... 0160.shtml.

Frayed Knot May 29 2012 07:39 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Gwreck wrote: During the aftermath of the Hefner homerun, did anyone else notice Ron talk about Joe Blanton hitting a home run in the World Series, and that he was the "first pitcher" to do so? I suspect he meant to say that Blanton was the last pitcher to do so in the WS

Frayed Knot May 29 2012 07:45 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Edgy DC wrote: Atlanta up on the St. Louis Beltrans, 5-4 in the seventh. Miami beating the Nationals by the very Nationalistic score of 2-1 in the eighth inning. Now 3-1 Marlins. Ceshek got out of a bases-loaded one-out situation in the top of the inning (K'd Harper then a Zimmerman GO) with no runs allowed Hanley then hit the first pitch of the bottom out of sight. Miami, btw, is an ML best 19-8 in the month of May Another thing as I check out tonight's in-progress game, is that their stadium is actually somewhat loud! Not sure of the crowd size but they were roaring when they danced out of that jam in the top of the inning then again for the leadoff HR. On the other hand, the grass there looks like shit.

metirish May 29 2012 08:00 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

this will get you unfollowed mate @NY_Sports_World Huge #Mets fan, but nothing's worse than Mets Yearbook ......

Ceetar May 29 2012 08:06 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

metirish wrote: this will get you unfollowed mate @NY_Sports_World Huge #Mets fan, but nothing's worse than Mets Yearbook ...... I can sorta get if you're not real into the old timey stuff, but what's he want? two blow-hards over-discussing the 'important' issues of the game so far?

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 29 2012 08:38 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Have a seat, Schneider.

themetfairy May 29 2012 08:40 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Books!

Nymr83 May 29 2012 08:40 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

It beats WPIX cutting to a sitcom rerun imo, and I wouldn't want "Mets Classic Games" or anything like that because who would want to cut out of Game 6 to get back to the rainout? Yearbook is fine, keep it on mute til the game comes back if you really want.

Edgy MD May 29 2012 08:52 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

The fun thing is that was exactly what you were hoping for 30 years ago. If they put on an old highlight film during a rain delay, you would be living in hope. If they cut to a Dick Van Dyke rerun in progress, you knew things looked bleak, and there was a good chance that the Sara Lee Kessler would be opening the evening news by telling me I'm an idiot and I oughta go to bed or at least done my homework, because the game was called twenty minutes ago. And now it's too late and you're too tired to do your homework. Idiot.

batmagadanleadoff May 29 2012 08:59 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Q's quick compact swing tonight reminded me of the good Gregg Jefferies.

MFS62 May 29 2012 09:14 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Edgy DC wrote: When was the last time the Mets got two homers out of the nine-hole? And by two different hitters. Good question. So far no answers. Later

Ceetar May 29 2012 09:15 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

MFS62 wrote: Edgy DC wrote: When was the last time the Mets got two homers out of the nine-hole? And by two different hitters. Good question. So far no answers. Later makes me wish I'd installed a database.

Frayed Knot May 29 2012 09:15 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Raise your hand if you had Hefner, Hairston & Schneider in today's HR pool. Now put your hand down and admit that you're a liar.

Ceetar May 29 2012 09:26 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

b-r.com play index says there's only one case of a 9th hitter having two HR in Mets history, but I don't have an account so it won't tell me any more than that. nevermind, managed to trick it: Walt Terrell 1983-08-06 against the Cubs. They won 4-1, with Terrell providing all the offense going 2/3 with 2 2-run home runs.

MFS62 May 29 2012 09:32 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Anyone done it since Gooden and Chico Walker in July 1993? Which leads me to the question if the pitcher has just hit a home run, and you would like a pitcher like Gooden to stay in the game, why pinch hit for him? Later

Edgy MD May 29 2012 09:39 PM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Post-game show said Gooden and Walker. The answer to the question above is that Gooden in 1993 was hardly a sure thing.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 30 2012 07:25 AM Re: IGT: May 29, Ring the Phillies' bell!

Snooze back cover (Sports Extra edition, I'm sure the final will try and get Andy Petitte back there): HUGE HEFNER