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IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

G-Fafif Jun 22 2016 03:33 PM

[youtube:16cta6mh]xnRwQjTYfGI[/youtube:16cta6mh] Well, the boys are thirsty in Atlanta...thirsty for revenge. Matt Harvey behind the wheel for the visitors, Matt Wisler in the driver's seat for the home team. One of 'em's gonna be a floor mat before it's all over. Or the bullpens will settle it.

Edgy MD Jun 22 2016 03:44 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

I like to read that in the voice of "Waylon Jennings as the Balladeer."

d'Kong76 Jun 23 2016 08:00 AM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

NY Mets at Atlanta When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, June 23, 2016 Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia SportsDirect Inc. The New York Mets have some potentially major injury concerns as they prepare to open a seven-game road trip with the first of four contests against the Atlanta Braves on Thursday. The Mets completed a two-game sweep of Kansas City on Wednesday but saw ace right-hander Noah Syndergaard (elbow) and slugger Yoenis Cespedes (wrist) forced from the game with injuries. Syndergaard and Cespedes both were sent to the Hospital of Special Surgery in Manhattan to be examined, which could leave a gaping hole in a New York lineup already missing captain David Wright and Lucas Duda. "I'm certainly concerned about it," Mets manager Terry Collins said of Cespedes. "Any time when you're a hitter - and you're a big hitter - and your hands and your wrists have problems, it's a concern." The Braves own the worst record in the National League and are a dreadful 9-27 at home, but they swept a three-game set in New York over the weekend. Atlanta, which is opening an 11-game homestand, had its six-game winning streak halted with a 3-0 loss at Miami on Wednesday. TV: 7:10 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), FSN Southeast (Atlanta) PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Matt Harvey (4-9, 4.76 ERA) vs. Braves RH Matt Wisler (3-7, 4.23) Harvey's nightmarish season continued when he was tagged by Atlanta for four runs and seven hits over six innings to absorb his career-worst ninth defeat. The 27-year-old has lost two of his three decisions versus the Braves this season to drop to 2-4 with a 3.72 ERA in six starts against New York's NL East rival. A.J. Pierzynski is 6-for-9 against Harvey, who will carry a 2-5 road record and 4.70 ERA into Thursday's start. Wisler halted a four-start losing streak by limiting Cincinnati to two runs over six innings for his first victory since May 20. The 23-year-old turned in awful performances in his previous two turns, lasting only four innings and surrendering three homers in each. His best outing came versus the Mets on May 3, when he tossed eight scoreless innings of one-hit ball to improve to 3-1 with a 1.55 ERA against them. WALK-OFFS: 1. Cespedes has hit four homers in 14 games versus Atlanta and was 4-for-6 against Kansas City before exiting Wednesday's game. 2. Braves 1B Freddie Freeman is 15-for-31 in his last seven games while 2B Jace Peterson has hit safely in 10 of his last 11 contests. 3. Mets RHP Bartolo Colon, who left Tuesday's start with a thumb injury,will make his scheduled start in the series finale versus Atlanta.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 23 2016 08:12 AM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Oh no! Matt Wisler! He's becoming a real bête noire for the Mets!

cooby Jun 23 2016 11:36 AM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

God how I hated that whole CB radio culture. But that movie was great :D

Frayed Knot Jun 23 2016 11:49 AM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

1. Cespedes has hit four homers in 14 games versus Atlanta and was 4-for-6 against Kansas City before exiting Wednesday's game. Yeah, but it sounds like he'll be out a couple days with this wrist thing so he may not ever bat the whole weekend.

G-Fafif Jun 23 2016 02:37 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Granderson RF Cabrera SS Loney 1B Walker 2B Johnson 3B Conforto LF d'Arnaud C De Aza CF Harvey P

G-Fafif Jun 23 2016 02:53 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Peterson 2B Inciarte CF Freeman 1B Markakis RF Garcia 3B Pierzynski C Aybar SS Bonifacio LF Wisler P

Frayed Knot Jun 23 2016 03:01 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

These type of hypothetical questions get asked of every team every year: but if you were to be told that the 3-4-5 in a mid-season lineup would be James Loney, Neil Walker, Kelly Johnson, how many dozen games below .500 would you guess they'd be?

Edgy MD Jun 23 2016 03:09 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

I looked at that lineup and wondered when they reactivated HoJo.

Ceetar Jun 23 2016 03:42 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Matthew Kaminski @bravesorganist #Braves vs #Mets - 'Alejandro' by Lady Gaga for Alejandro De Aza #Braves vs #Mets - 'Welcome Back Cotter' for Kelly Johnson #Braves vs #Mets - 'Batman Theme' for Harvey #Braves vs #Mets - 'He's Not Heavy, He's My Brother' for d'Arnaud #Braves vs #Mets - 'Comfortably Numb' for Conforto #Braves vs #Mets - 'Walking on the Moon' for Neil Walker #Braves vs #Mets - 'Oscar Meyer Bologna' song for Loney #Braves vs #Mets - 'Theme from Taxi' for Cabrera

TransMonk Jun 23 2016 03:46 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Funny. The only one I'm not getting the reference on is "Taxi" for Cabrera. ?

Benjamin Grimm Jun 23 2016 03:51 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

All of the characters on Taxi had the first name "Asdrubal".

TransMonk Jun 23 2016 04:51 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

LOL

Ashie62 Jun 23 2016 04:56 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Loney third?

TransMonk Jun 23 2016 04:58 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Loney as a Met in 76 ABs: .289/.333/.408/.741 Not an ideal #3 hitter, but we've had worse.

d'Kong76 Jun 23 2016 06:01 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Taxi-CABrera

Edgy MD Jun 23 2016 06:30 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

d'Kong76 wrote: Taxi-CABrera Good job, but that's the organist over-thinking it. Maybe Matt can give up hits to each of the first three guys and pick 'em all off.

Edgy MD Jun 23 2016 06:58 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

MLB.tv just showed Paul Molitor's 3,000th hit. That wasn't a hit. That was an error.

Edgy MD Jun 23 2016 07:07 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Harvey has owed any success he has had tonight to the Turner Field wall distances.

Zvon Jun 23 2016 07:07 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

de Aza with a useful catch!

Edgy MD Jun 23 2016 07:35 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

A hit with two out and a runner in scoring position. My word.

Zvon Jun 23 2016 07:47 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

That Wisler has a nice tight little slider. It snaps.

Zvon Jun 23 2016 07:49 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

A hit is always useful Mr. de Aza. 3-1 Mets, mid 6th.

Zvon Jun 23 2016 08:03 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Matt struggling a bit here in the 6th. Get through it, but surrenders one on a Pierz~ RBI double. 3-2 Mets after 6.

Fman99 Jun 23 2016 08:15 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

James Loney is really great at not being Eric Campbell.

Zvon Jun 23 2016 08:20 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

A 2 out walk and single by Loney & Walker run Wisler from the game. Wilmer PH: pops out. :( A run there would have been nice. I was positive Harvey was getting the 7th, & I was okay with that, but he's not. Gilmartin gets the 7th.

Zvon Jun 23 2016 08:26 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Ohhhhhhhh, shit. Almost a great catch by Conforto, but he couldn't corral it. Gil walked the lead off guy. Luckily Conforto kept the ball from going past him on the diving effort and we have 1st & 2nd, no out.

Edgy MD Jun 23 2016 08:26 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

A strangely high-leverage situation to be calling on Gilmartin.

Zvon Jun 23 2016 08:30 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Big purple OMG! What a throw by Conforto! OUT AT THE PLATE!!! I didn't think he had a chance. lil d' hangs in there and blocks the plate. It will be reviewed. Im thinkin 50/50

Fman99 Jun 23 2016 08:30 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Wow, Conforto with the cannon to get the runner! Way to save the lead.

Edgy MD Jun 23 2016 08:30 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

I can't call this one. The point of contact is too blurry on the replays I'm getting, but I'm guessing it gets overturned.

themetfairy Jun 23 2016 08:31 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

You're a bad guesser - inning over!

Zvon Jun 23 2016 08:31 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

OUT ON REVIEW!! AWESOME!! What a throw. Braves are getting tossed.

Edgy MD Jun 23 2016 08:32 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Well, that settles that. Conforto for MVP.

Lefty Specialist Jun 23 2016 08:32 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

I was certain he was safe. But hey, I'll take it.

d'Kong76 Jun 23 2016 08:33 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 23 2016 08:38 PM

Nice gun by Con4to... I think the Braves got dicked on the replay, but these things even out over the course of the season*. *This bbbyyy brought to by yyybbb.

d'Kong76 Jun 23 2016 08:34 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Someone tweet Keith, ask him if it was a bad slide.

Frayed Knot Jun 23 2016 08:35 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Edgy MD wrote: I can't call this one. The point of contact is too blurry on the replays I'm getting, but I'm guessing it gets overturned. But the 'I can't tell' response is exactly why it shouldn't be overturned. And I've got to say, whether by coincidence, by policy, or just small sample size, the umps back in the bunker seem to be my biggest fear with the replay rule and that's the one where guesses are made based on minute evidence is used as evidence enough for flipping the call.

Zvon Jun 23 2016 08:37 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

It was a terrible slide but I don't think Bonicfacio expected the ball to be involved.

Zvon Jun 23 2016 08:40 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

I agree that a juicy argument would have been nice there. Just so we could sit back a bit. They should allow 23 seconds for arguing. If he stops b4 the times up, he can't be tossed.

d'Kong76 Jun 23 2016 08:42 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Zvon wrote: It was a terrible slide but I don't think Bonicfacio expected the ball to be involved. I was goofing on Keith going on and on and....

Zvon Jun 23 2016 08:45 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

FFF! grrrrr Blevins going in the 8th hoping to keep his blank inning run intact. FFF on 1st. He did something, got there. I'm not going into details on him anymore. Maybe I jinx him or something. Big K by Blevins. 1 out.

Zvon Jun 23 2016 08:47 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

d'Kong76 wrote: Zvon wrote: It was a terrible slide but I don't think Bonicfacio expected the ball to be involved. I was goofing on Keith going on and on and.... He did, and I expected one of them to say Bonny didn't expect a close play. He slide in reaction to lil d', not the ball. He had no freakin idea where the ball was,lol. Again, what a throw.

themetfairy Jun 23 2016 08:48 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Fuck!

Zvon Jun 23 2016 08:50 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

gah, fk me. Reed. It would be nice if these guys came thru every time but that's a lot to ask. 4-3 Natives

Mets Guy in Michigan Jun 23 2016 08:54 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Rats

Frayed Knot Jun 23 2016 08:57 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 23 2016 08:59 PM

Remind me again how many replay challenges a team gets? Braves delay the game to challenge one but then decide against it. Then they do challenge another and lose the challenge and lose the argument after the challenge and the manager gets tossed for doing so. And then a half-inning later they don't like another call and they get to challenge that one. Essentially there's been three judgement calls tonight and the Braves have stopped the game to review the calls all three times. I hereby take back the nice things I said about the replay process 10 minutes ago.

Zvon Jun 23 2016 08:58 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Time to answer right back. Because that's what championship caliber teams do :) Also if lil d' is going to throw to 2nd like his last two all the time I will stop worrying about our catcher. Hitting as well would be nice and he has been making some decent contact. He'll start running into a few at the plate.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 23 2016 08:59 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Here we go guys.

Edgy MD Jun 23 2016 09:03 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: I can't call this one. The point of contact is too blurry on the replays I'm getting, but I'm guessing it gets overturned. But the 'I can't tell' response is exactly why it shouldn't be overturned. No need to get all Thomas Paine-y on me. I'm aware of the rule.

themetfairy Jun 23 2016 09:05 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Poop....

d'Kong76 Jun 23 2016 09:06 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Booksaswirlin'...

Zvon Jun 23 2016 09:09 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Ugh. Ow. This one really hurt. It's game one of this series and I have the same feeling I had after the sweep, which was as low as I go. If not for the Royal mini-sweep I might have gone lower on my Meto-meter. Not good.

Frayed Knot Jun 23 2016 09:09 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

We can bitch all we want about the depleted lineup but, between the pick-off, the caught stealing, the throw-out at home, and the Braves only coming to bat 8 times, Met pitchers retired just 21 of the 34 hitters they faced tonight and that's simply not good enough. And, yeah, there were some seeing eye hits early on, but there were also a bunch of loud outs. Now 5-5 with the Braves on the year.

Zvon Jun 23 2016 09:13 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Frayed Knot wrote: Now 5-5 with the Braves on the year. Unacceptable. But there's always a thorn. There's always a shitty team that sticks it to you. I will keep saying that all night^. If they want to be a doormat for Atlanta then they'll just have to go on and sweep everyone else.

Frayed Knot Jun 23 2016 09:14 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Edgy MD wrote: Edgy MD wrote: I can't call this one. The point of contact is too blurry on the replays I'm getting, but I'm guessing it gets overturned. But the 'I can't tell' response is exactly why it shouldn't be overturned. No need to get all Thomas Paine-y on me. I'm aware of the rule. The guess that it was going to get overturned was logical because since the introduction of replay it seems that too many folks weren't aware of the 'clear and convincing' evidence part of the equation. Like I said, that seems to have been getting better lately (by chance or by design I'm not sure) but too often they've just been replacing live guesswork with grainy video guesswork. Now all they have to do is actually stick to the policy where one wrong challenge actually means you don't get another and then teams would stop challenging every bang-bang play in the 1st inning knowing that a wrong guess won't come back to bite them.

Frayed Knot Jun 23 2016 09:17 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 23 2016 09:18 PM

Zvon wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Now 5-5 with the Braves on the year. Unacceptable. But there's always a thorn. There's always a shitty team that sticks it to you. That's not an excuse when you get to 5-5 after starting the season 5-1 And in the five they've lost they've blown leads in three of them and been one-hit in the other two.

Zvon Jun 23 2016 09:18 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I can't call this one. The point of contact is too blurry on the replays I'm getting, but I'm guessing it gets overturned. But the 'I can't tell' response is exactly why it shouldn't be overturned. No need to get all Thomas Paine-y on me. I'm aware of the rule. The guess that it was going to get overturned was logical because since the introduction of replay it seems that too many folks weren't aware of the 'clear and convincing' evidence part of the equation. Like I said, that seems to have been getting better lately (by chance or by design I'm not sure) but too often they've just been replacing live guesswork with grainy video guesswork. Now all they have to do is actually stick to the policy where one wrong challenge actually means you don't get another and then teams would stop challenging every bang-bang play in the 1st inning knowing that a wrong guess won't come back to bite them. I think as far as the "getting it right" thing the umps have become a bit obsessive. I don't understand why because it works against the goal.

Edgy MD Jun 23 2016 09:38 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I can't call this one. The point of contact is too blurry on the replays I'm getting, but I'm guessing it gets overturned. But the 'I can't tell' response is exactly why it shouldn't be overturned. No need to get all Thomas Paine-y on me. I'm aware of the rule. The guess that it was going to get overturned was logical because since the introduction of replay it seems that too many folks weren't aware of the 'clear and convincing' evidence part of the equation. Yeah, they're the worst.

Zvon Jun 23 2016 10:56 PM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Now 5-5 with the Braves on the year. Unacceptable. But there's always a thorn. There's always a shitty team that sticks it to you. That's not an excuse when you get to 5-5 after starting the season 5-1 And in the five they've lost they've blown leads in three of them and been one-hit in the other two. Youch. That's pretty depressing. Hey, you guyz are supposed to try & cheer me up, not make it worse. ;) Metro-meter: [=#FF4000]\ ]. In the orange-red! A new low for 2016. :(

Fman99 Jun 24 2016 07:24 AM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

As soon as the ball cleared the fence and it became a 4-3 game, I went to bed. In my defense, I was seriously sleepy at this point.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 24 2016 08:07 AM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Cast your vote!

cooby Jun 24 2016 08:35 AM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit

Now 5-5 with the Braves on the year. Unacceptable. But there's always a thorn. There's always a shitty team that sticks it to you. That's not an excuse when you get to 5-5 after starting the season 5-1 And in the five they've lost they've blown leads in three of them and been one-hit in the other two. Youch. That's pretty depressing. Hey, you guyz are supposed to try & cheer me up, not make it worse. ;) Metro-meter: [=#FF4000]\ ]. In the orange-red! A new low for 2016. :( Yowzers on that Schaffer gal! I love the metro-meter!

Benjamin Grimm Jul 15 2016 07:42 AM Re: IGT 6/23/16: NYM@ATL -- Harvey and the Bandit