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IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Frayed Knot May 08 2013 05:02 PM

Trying for 2 wins in a row, the fourth win out of the last five games, AND [u:2d3r3aug]the 2nd game played in a row[/u:2d3r3aug] for the first time since last Tues/Wed Hefner vs Peavy

Zvon May 08 2013 05:20 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Some guy not in orange and blue hit one out in the first.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 08 2013 05:22 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Well, yes, that'll tend to happen in Hefner starts.

Zvon May 08 2013 05:39 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

DUDS!

Zvon May 08 2013 05:44 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Wow.Nice catch.And we wuz robbed.

Zvon May 08 2013 06:22 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Ugh. What a DP by the Sox. When does Harvey pitch?

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 08 2013 06:26 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Great play by the SS but we really gotta get Buck out of the middle of the lineup. I know, Ike can't handle it either and Terry would rather Doodoo not but geez. Buck is OBPing at 280 and dropping.

Zvon May 08 2013 06:27 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Bucks having a great season at the plate. Behind the plate? Not so much.

Zvon May 08 2013 06:30 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Great play by the SS but we really gotta get Buck out of the middle of the lineup. I know, Ike can't handle it either and Terry would rather Doodoo not but geez. Buck is OBPing at 280 and dropping. If we are gonna stick with Davis we may as well stick him up there. 5th or 6th. As long as he's on this team he's gotta handle it.

Zvon May 08 2013 06:41 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Damn Ike. I'm goin to bat for ya here and your strikin out.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 08 2013 06:59 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Muffy looks awful now too.

Fman99 May 08 2013 07:15 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

This offense gives me cause for offense.

Zvon May 08 2013 07:23 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

We got Peavy outta there. yay! 3 hits. 3 freaggin hits.

Ashie62 May 08 2013 07:41 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

The offense bites but can we get Wheeler up here before we go 10 under?

Zvon May 08 2013 07:44 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Ashie62 wrote: The offense bites but can we get Wheeler up here before we go 10 under? That would be nice. Turner, nice pinch hit. Don't be getting hurt! We need to get you more at bats.

Zvon May 08 2013 07:47 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Zvon May 08 2013 07:49 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Too many strikeouts. You said that weeks ago JCL

Zvon May 08 2013 07:52 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

You are HUGE here Duds.

Zvon May 08 2013 07:54 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

A huge Dud. Crain Ks the side.

Fman99 May 08 2013 07:55 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Sucky.

Zvon May 08 2013 07:58 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 08 2013 08:00 PM

Turner will get more at bats AND play the outfield. Me likey. Course theyll hit it right to him and he'll drop it, but me likey. Oh Solo Rios!

Zvon May 08 2013 07:59 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

achoo

Fman99 May 08 2013 08:00 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Justin Turner proves adept at playing LF as long as his primary occupation is watching home run balls sail over his head at ludicrous speed.

Frayed Knot May 08 2013 08:08 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Y'know, I only started this IGT out of emergency duty having forgotten that about two weeks ago I banned myself from starting them for at least a month because we kept playing shitty whenever I did. So this game is all my fault ... and the fault of whoever was supposed to start the IGT. And of course the sucky offense.

Zvon May 08 2013 08:12 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Ha. Banks sucks.

Zvon May 08 2013 08:15 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Frayed Knot wrote: Y'know, I only started this IGT out of emergency duty having forgotten that about two weeks ago I banned myself from starting them for at least a month because we kept playing shitty whenever I did. So this game is all my fault ... and the fault of whoever was supposed to start the IGT. And of course the sucky offense. You're being too hard on yourself. Wait til one of us bans you ;)

Frayed Knot May 08 2013 08:15 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Great play by the SS but we really gotta get Buck out of the middle of the lineup. I know, Ike can't handle it either and Terry would rather Doodoo not but geez. Buck is OBPing at 280 and dropping. Problem is that this lineup consists of Wright plus seven different seven-hole hitters - and it doesn't even matter which platoon guys are in as they're all seven hitters.

Zvon May 08 2013 08:17 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

I'm gonna say its 6-3 just so we know we did a lil less sucky.

Fman99 May 08 2013 08:18 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Tying run at the dish. Well, honk my hooters.

Zvon May 08 2013 08:19 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Turner 2fer2, tieing run at the plate with Laggy up.

Frayed Knot May 08 2013 08:20 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Only appropriate that it ends on a K

Zvon May 08 2013 08:21 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Frayed Knot wrote: Problem is that this lineup consists of Wright plus seven different seven-hole hitters - and it doesn't even matter which platoon guys are in as they're all seven hitters. Theres gotta be like a "whos on first" comedy sketch somewhere in that paragraph. Laggys bat lags thru the strikezone without making contact for out #3. Mets lose. BOOOOOOO!

Fman99 May 08 2013 08:24 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Crud.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 08 2013 09:22 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

On the one hand, happy to see them get outpitched, outfielded and outhit yet still get the tying run up there twice in the late innings. On the other, awful how those chances ended.

MFS62 May 08 2013 09:45 PM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Buck has become a fawn. Later

Ceetar May 09 2013 07:14 AM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: On the one hand, happy to see them get outpitched, outfielded and outhit yet still get the tying run up there twice in the late innings. On the other, awful how those chances ended. (post idea but I'm lazy) I think the Mets need just one more hitter. Whether that's Davis, or one of these outfielders, or an acquisition, whatever. Their run production fluctuates between near top of the league to closer to average and occasionally they go through these droughts. Just one more solid hitter to mix in so so many of these chances don't go for naught and the hits and walks bunch up better. And on the grouping front, Buck never should've been forced so high and I'm worried this 'aggressive approach' angle may be messing with Duda (although I hope he's listening to himself and Hudgens more than that chatter)

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 09 2013 07:25 AM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

FUCK all those guys (Gary Chen, Josh Lewin, Stupid Bloggers, Mooks With Twitter Accounts, etc down the line) who look at the RBI totals then dump on Doodoo's alleged lack of aggressiveness as though that were anything like a real issue with him or the offense overall. Buck, "elevated" in the lineup thanks to all those RBIs, probably has half were Doodoo not reaching base ahead of his HRs. Meantime, following Buck and/or Davis in the order provides so few opportunities to drive anyone in it comes as absolutely no surprise the RBIs haven't been there.

Edgy MD May 09 2013 07:31 AM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

Following Byrd too. Duda, .239 batting average and all, is one of the real success stories of the young season, but nobody really wants to talk about it, lest he get scared and run away. Regarding one more hitter, the old joke goes: [list:6c1qvbzw]"We're just one or two players away" "Yeah --- Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig."[/list:u:6c1qvbzw] But I hear you. A capable righthanded hitter (or, alternatively, Davis remembering that he's a capable lefthanded one) would sure help. Meantime, they pretend that Buck is for real. I think the management is more interested in risking the season solving that problem longterm from within, rather than trying to make a definitive and bold short-term answer up front. So you start your season with a Marlon Byrd, and challenge your young outfielders to take playing time away from him, while challenging him to stave them off as long as he can. It's not really a strategy producing the results we want, certainly, but on the other hand, the same strategy is working so far at catcher.

Ceetar May 09 2013 07:52 AM Re: IGT - 5/8/13 -- ChiSox @ Mets

I think people often underestimate how much difference just one more player even just a good one can make. And it's hard to quantify. (open to ideas on that though, would love to run some data queries if I write this post) I like the strategy I'm just lamenting that it doesn't seem to be working. Granted, it's been a pretty small sample for Lagares, Brown, Nieuwenhuis (this year anyway) and even Byrd and Valdespin and Cowgill. Lagares and Brown almost seem like automatic outs these days. Baxter has to play more imo, he just has to. He's not doing great, but at least he's not making out (.371 OBP so at least if he's not really hitting he's letting someone else take a chance at hitting...) and he just passed Byrd for most productive non-Duda outfielder.