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IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

SteveJRogers Apr 25 2015 06:05 PM

Jon Niese looks to pick up the series win as the nation looks on!

Edgy MD Apr 25 2015 07:06 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Sunday night baseball in April in the Northeast. Not a pretty thought.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 25 2015 07:21 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Ugh! I hadn't realized it was a night game!

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 25 2015 07:44 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Jon Niese looks to pick up the series win as the nation looks on! ROGERS! We're looking to close out a series win against the Evil Empire right in their unholy den of evil, with the aura of St. Derek the Rangeless hovering right there in the building, and you're starting a potentially epic IGT with: Jon Niese looks to pick up the series win as the nation looks on! Come on, man! Bring your A Game! You need something like: Jon Neise, representing pretty much all that is good in life, takes the hill against the soulless thugs who have harmed much of our very existence on a game televised nationally so even people in Michigan get the chance to watch. Niese, fresh from being run out of Friday's game simply for exercising his First Amendment right to free speech, will face a charmless lineup led by a player so vile, his own team practically begged to have him get suspended for use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs for an entire season. Considering that the Yankees as a team generally look the other way when needle pierces flesh -- hell, they're retiring the number of a confessed abuser this year -- ARod must be really, really bad to have around. Luckily Niese is backed by an cast of heroes that are so good, even their injury replacements step up and save the day. And we got more of them in Vegas, too, just waiting to take a stand for America. We're so good that we can reel off 11-game winning streaks even when our All-Star second baseman has apparently completely forgotten how to play the game. A Game, Rogers.

d'Kong76 Apr 26 2015 07:00 AM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

NY Mets at NY Yankees When: 8:05 PM ET, Sunday, April 26, 2015 Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York SportsDirect Inc. Less than 24 hours after having their 11-game winning streak halted, the New York Mets returned the favor by denying the New York Yankees a fifth straight victory with an 8-2 romp behind ace Matt Harvey. The Mets, who own the best record in baseball at 14-4, look to capture the Subway Series in Sunday night's nationally-televised finale at Yankee Stadium. Rookie catcher Kevin Plawecki clubbed his first major league homer - one of three hit by the Mets - and drove in three runs Saturday. Juan Lagares, who had his 10-game hitting streak end in the series opener, tied a career high with four hits and scored three runs for the Mets. Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira collected three hits and homered for the third time in the series to boost his season total to eight. Alex Rodriguez has cooled after his hot start to the season and is 2-for-18 over his last five games. TV: 8:05 p.m. ET, ESPN PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets LH Jonathon Niese (2-0, 1.50 ERA) vs. Yankees RH Nathan Eovaldi (1-0, 3.12) Niese is coming off his best outing of the young season on Tuesday, surrendering a solo homer among four hits over 6 2/3 innings in a 7-1 victory over Atlanta. The 28-year-old Niese has permitted one earned run in each of his three starts, but he was reached for nine hits over 6 1/3 innings by Philadelphia in his previous turn. Niese is 1-1 with a 2.05 ERA in four career starts versus the Yankees, who are batting .311 against him. Eovaldi halted an 11-start winless drought dating to last year with Miami by limiting Detroit to one run on eight hits over a season-high seven innings Tuesday. The 25-year-old failed to go past 5 1/3 innings and yielded eight hits in each of his first two starts, both no-decisions. Eovaldi struck out a career-high 10 against the Mets early last season but was pounded for six runs in 4 1/3 innings at the Mets in mid-September. WALK-OFFS: 1. Teixeira belted his 371st career homer, moving into 75th place on baseball's all-time list. 2. Mets 2B Daniel Murphy is 6-for-17 and RF Curtis Granderson is 3-for-5 with a homer against Eovaldi. 3. Eovaldi is looking to win back-to-back starts for the first time since May 21-26, 2014.

Frayed Knot Apr 26 2015 09:10 AM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Yanx are hoping they've landed a diamond in the rough with Eovaldi who they got from the Marlins over the winter in exchange for Matin (the devil wears) Prado. He just turned 25, though is already in his 5th ML season, and is one of those guys who's always talked about as having great "stuff" even though his results over a four years w/LAD & MIA have yet to match the projections as he's as likely to pitch a turkey as he is a gem. So we'll see lots of mid-90s numbers and talk of "heavy sink", but his K numbers are nothing special (barely above 6 per/9 in this K-happy era) and, while his walk rates are decent, his hits allowed are consistently over 10/game including last year when he led the majors in hits allowed (223). The only thing he really excels at is keeping the ball in the park [<1 HR/9] so the Yanx prolly figure that their improved IF defense (now that they've gotten most of the old men off the field) will be a good match for him. I'd love to see him get his ass kicked.

Lefty Specialist Apr 26 2015 09:57 AM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Frayed Knot wrote: I'd love to see him get his ass kicked. Yes. It's a nationally televised game, and it'd be nice to come out of it with the whole nation murmuring, "Hey, those Mets are pretty good this year" around the water cooler tomorrow morning.

Frayed Knot Apr 26 2015 10:18 AM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Lefty Specialist wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I'd love to see him get his ass kicked. Yes. It's a nationally televised game, and it'd be nice to come out of it with the whole nation murmuring, "Hey, those Mets are pretty good this year" around the water cooler tomorrow morning. Plus there's just the whole thing where Yanqui fans are resigned to the fact that CC is going to be mediocre at best (for like $80 more million) and that Tanaka's elbow ligament is down to the thickness of a linguine strand (for about the same $$) which could snap at any moment, so to have one of their few young hopes get his ass kicked (on national TV or otherwise) would just thrown another worry log onto their fire.

SteveJRogers Apr 26 2015 10:20 AM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Jon Niese looks to pick up the series win as the nation looks on! ROGERS! We're looking to close out a series win against the Evil Empire right in their unholy den of evil, with the aura of St. Derek the Rangeless hovering right there in the building, and you're starting a potentially epic IGT with: Jon Niese looks to pick up the series win as the nation looks on! Come on, man! Bring your A Game! You need something like: Jon Neise, representing pretty much all that is good in life, takes the hill against the soulless thugs who have harmed much of our very existence on a game televised nationally so even people in Michigan get the chance to watch. Niese, fresh from being run out of Friday's game simply for exercising his First Amendment right to free speech, will face a charmless lineup led by a player so vile, his own team practically begged to have him get suspended for use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs for an entire season. Considering that the Yankees as a team generally look the other way when needle pierces flesh -- hell, they're retiring the number of a confessed abuser this year -- ARod must be really, really bad to have around. Luckily Niese is backed by an cast of heroes that are so good, even their injury replacements step up and save the day. And we got more of them in Vegas, too, just waiting to take a stand for America. We're so good that we can reel off 11-game winning streaks even when our All-Star second baseman has apparently completely forgotten how to play the game. A Game, Rogers. LOL! You are right, that's the last time I'll attempt to toss up an IGT via a mobile device! Should also add that this will be done as the Met faithful brave the insufferable ESPN broadcast team, whom most likely will be discussing past history more so than present day foibles of the home team.

Frayed Knot Apr 26 2015 02:53 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

btw, Mark Teixeira is on pace this year for 72 HRs and 36 doubles, but just 27 singles.

d'Kong76 Apr 26 2015 02:53 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Granderson-RF Lagares-CF Duda-1B Cuddyer-LF Murphy-2B Campbell-3B Flores-SS Muno-DH Plawecki-C Niese-LHP

Lefty Specialist Apr 26 2015 03:16 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Show me the Muno! Interesting choice for DH.

Edgy MD Apr 26 2015 03:23 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Curious why they wouldn't start him at segundo and let Murph concentrate on hittin'.

d'Kong76 Apr 26 2015 03:29 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Like Murph is concentrated in the field? Yanks not revealing their lineup... it's top secret!

TransMonk Apr 26 2015 03:29 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Edgy MD wrote: Curious why they wouldn't start him at segundo and let Murph concentrate on hittin'. My thoughts exactly.

TransMonk Apr 26 2015 03:33 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Lefty Specialist wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I'd love to see him get his ass kicked. Yes. It's a nationally televised game, and it'd be nice to come out of it with the whole nation murmuring, "Hey, those Mets are pretty good this year" around the water cooler tomorrow morning. The Braves and Nats both lost today, too. This is a great chance to extend those leads even more.

d'Kong76 Apr 26 2015 03:54 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Gardner LF Young CF Roidreeguess DR Tex 1B Beltran RF Headley 3B Murphy C Drew SS Petit 2B Oliveoyl P

Frayed Knot Apr 26 2015 04:53 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

No Ellsbury, no McCann, no Gregarious vs the lefty. Plus I guess McCann needs to sit the night game after the day game.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 06:12 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

GRANDERSON KABOOM!!!!

TheOldMole Apr 26 2015 06:12 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

GONE!!

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 06:13 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

And Lagares rips one! Is that his fifth hit in a row?

TheOldMole Apr 26 2015 06:14 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Are they going to show that fucking strike zone all night?

Edgy MD Apr 26 2015 06:15 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Oh, man, the thing about a cold Sunday night is that if the Mets can get ahead early, the Yankee fans will all bail early.

cooby Apr 26 2015 06:17 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Nice to see two out of three of a series on TV. God bless the subway series.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 06:17 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Man, I thought Lucas had that one.

Edgy MD Apr 26 2015 06:18 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Defense saving Eovaldi twice in a row.

TheOldMole Apr 26 2015 06:18 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Who does this guy think he is...Lagares?

Edgy MD Apr 26 2015 06:20 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Two-zip. Gloves have kept it from being 4-0. Would be nice to get Murphy in on this.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 06:20 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Wow, I think Murph nearly killed Teixiera there.

d'Kong76 Apr 26 2015 06:22 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

TheOldMole wrote: Are they going to show that fucking strike zone all night? Unfortunately, yes... f'n annoying, it's not a video game.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 06:29 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

d'Kong76 wrote: TheOldMole wrote: Are they going to show that fucking strike zone all night? Unfortunately, yes... f'n annoying, it's not a video game. I confess I don't mind it. Kind of cool to see how they call the close pitches. Stinking ARod.

d'Kong76 Apr 26 2015 06:32 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

I find it annoying, and call it the Disneyfication of baseball. Our mileage will vary as always here.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 06:45 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Crap. And with Stephen Drew, aren't we glad we didn't drop $12 million on him last year?

Benjamin Grimm Apr 26 2015 06:48 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

This is starting to go very badly.

d'Kong76 Apr 26 2015 06:48 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

$6,000,000 man up!

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 06:48 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Not liking this.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 06:49 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

That was all kinds of awful.

d'Kong76 Apr 26 2015 06:50 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Unusual throw from left and inning over.

Ashie62 Apr 26 2015 06:51 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Like a monkey trying to fuck a football.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 26 2015 06:53 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Ashie62 wrote: Like a monkey trying to fuck a football. Hey! That's the title I was planning to use for my autobiography!

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 07:02 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

I'm gonna say it again. I like Cuddayer.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 07:03 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

And Murph seems to be snapping out!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 26 2015 07:04 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Murphed the hell out of the ball both times up, he did. Looks like it's a two-out rally kind of night, both ways.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 26 2015 07:21 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Lefty Specialist wrote: Show me the Muno! Interesting choice for DH. Why is this happening? Has Kirk's slow start cost him the chance?

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 07:26 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: Show me the Muno! Interesting choice for DH. Why is this happening? Has Kirk's slow start cost him the chance? Muno doesn't seem to be making the best of this opportunity.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 07:35 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Cuddy disappointed me there!

Frayed Knot Apr 26 2015 07:43 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

They could knock five minutes off of game times by adding just one simple rule: All close plays at 1st go against the Mets We've lost every challenge -- both ways -- so far so they can just skip the whole replay part.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 07:44 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Murph.

d'Kong76 Apr 26 2015 07:44 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Murph! Flashing the leather!

Edgy MD Apr 26 2015 07:44 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

H.R. Muffnstuf.

Gwreck Apr 26 2015 07:45 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Why exactly is Murphy at second and Muno at DH again?

Edgy MD Apr 26 2015 07:46 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

DEFENSE!! Give 'em five outs, Mets. That's the strategy.

d'Kong76 Apr 26 2015 07:46 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

4 errors, but who's counting...

Edgy MD Apr 26 2015 07:47 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Sorta six outs the Yankees are getting, actually since the Mets only got one out from two double-play balls.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 07:47 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

We are giving this away.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 07:49 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Well, got that one.

Gwreck Apr 26 2015 07:49 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

This is really ugly. And yet, we're still not out of it.

Edgy MD Apr 26 2015 07:54 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Walk to Muffkowsky and the Yankees go to the pen.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 08:00 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

The whole freaking team has a case of the Murphs.

Lefty Specialist Apr 26 2015 08:00 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 26 2015 08:04 PM

I hate games with the Yankees. I hate stupid ESPN announcers. I hate this idiotic "Core Four" contest. I hate how they drool all over Steroid Boy. I hate the whole Sunday Night Baseball experience.

d'Kong76 Apr 26 2015 08:01 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Good hustle, Soup! ... ooops!?!

Gwreck Apr 26 2015 08:02 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

This is unreal. What the hell is wrong with these guys? How did they win 14 games?

Edgy MD Apr 26 2015 08:03 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Consistently effective pitching, timely hitting, and the glove of their center fielder. Not so much by infield defense.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 26 2015 08:05 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

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Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 08:06 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Why does this guy have two first names?

Zvon Apr 26 2015 08:13 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

This went from being great to blah, then to GAH!, then horrible. No one no where thinks Muffy should have slid into 2nd? And Soupy, stoopy. Embarriskin'.

Edgy MD Apr 26 2015 08:33 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Bunt against this big guy.

Gwreck Apr 26 2015 08:39 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

That Cuddyer GIDP in the 5th is looking like the Foxwoods Resort Casino Turning Point of the Game.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 26 2015 08:41 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Edgy MD wrote: Bunt against this big guy. Why didn't this even occur to, say, JohnnyLags? (Or the coaching staff during his turn up?) Good Lord, the movement on his stuff.

Frayed Knot Apr 26 2015 08:46 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

I'd REALLY like to see them get to Miller. This Yanqui closer tandem is like a pair of power forwards.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 26 2015 08:48 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Frankly, not hopeful of our chances in the ninth against Miller.

Edgy MD Apr 26 2015 08:49 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Be OK, Wilmer.

Zvon Apr 26 2015 08:50 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Gah! Wilmer already had bad ankles! He stays in. *satlute

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 26 2015 08:51 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Cripes. It's not like Flores needs help running slower.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 26 2015 08:53 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 26 2015 08:56 PM

The Metly plate approaches in these last two innings look like these hitters weren't prepared to face these guys. Which is unfortunate.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 26 2015 08:56 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Not quite the worst-case scenario for the series, but not good.

Zvon Apr 26 2015 08:56 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Boooooo!

Frayed Knot Apr 26 2015 08:58 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

OK, sideshow's over. Back to the divisional grind tomorrow. Nice of them to schedule a 1,000 mile trip right after a night game, btw. And not just a night game but a later starting night game.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 26 2015 09:01 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

I suppose that liner could have fractured Niese's wrist, then bounded over to Duda's eye socket, traumatizing a recovering SugarPants watching at home and putting him off baseball forever. So, yay?

Edgy MD Apr 26 2015 09:02 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Next time you get a DH, don't pick Muno. I mean, I get that you want to get everybody a chance and all, but... let's keep the heat on.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 26 2015 09:03 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Maybe look at a scouting report before going up against the fireballers, and, like, bunt/shorten the swings a bit?

Zvon Apr 26 2015 09:10 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

We didn't let A-Rod get 660, so I'm happy with that. :)

Edgy MD Apr 26 2015 09:19 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Extra inning thriller in Baltimore ends with the police commissioner asking fans not to leave the park, due to concerns about civil unrest in the area.

metirish Apr 27 2015 07:03 AM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Very sloppy in the field......hate to see that, didn't help ourselves.....and wow, this ESPN booth are bloody awful.

cooby Apr 27 2015 07:44 AM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Zvon wrote: We didn't let A-Rod get 660, so I'm happy with that. :) Speaking of which, nobody in the stands seemed too excited about that possibility, I noticed.

dgwphotography Apr 27 2015 10:13 AM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Why does this guy have two first names? Look at Dan Napolean, and you might notice, His last name's a first name Just like Amos Otis, Like Ed Charles, Frank Thomas, Charley Neal, and Kevin Mitchell, but not Rod Kanehl

Edgy MD Apr 27 2015 06:21 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

Thinking back to last night, maybe Terry needs to re-consider the strategy he suggested back during the spring that he might use: start Tejada when Niese is throwing.

d'Kong76 Apr 27 2015 06:38 PM Re: IGT #19 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!

I never thought about it, I have two first names.