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Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Chad Ochoseis Jul 19 2016 11:20 AM

We're gonna win and we're gonna win big. I like teams that win. Winning. Wins. Big wins. This is a team that wins. A hopefully rejuvenated Syndergaard goes up against some guy named Jake Arrieta.

cooby Jul 19 2016 11:24 AM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Cripes. Somebody post 25 times so we don't have to look at that!

G-Fafif Jul 19 2016 12:38 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

It's like Melania Trump wrote: Meet the Mets. Meet the Mets. Step right up and Greet the Mets.

d'Kong76 Jul 19 2016 12:50 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

[fimg=425:c9g3ylnp]http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160427&t=2&i=1134818301&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=644&pl=429&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC3Q1FB[/fimg:c9g3ylnp] Jake Arrieta has this much chance of success against the Mets.

d'Kong76 Jul 19 2016 01:29 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

La Stella 3B Bryant RF Rizzo 1B Zobrist 2B Contreras LF Heyward CF Russell SS Montero C Arrieta P

d'Kong76 Jul 19 2016 02:40 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Reyes 3B Granderson CF Cespedes LF Loney 1B Walker 2B Cabrera SS Conforto RF Rivera C Syndergaard P

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 19 2016 02:46 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Grandyman in center. I'm OK with this if it supports the lineup that scores. Oh, and I might sat Walker for Flores, and sat Rivera for dArnaud.

Zvon Jul 19 2016 03:02 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Grandyman in center. I'm OK with this if it supports the lineup that scores. Oh, and I might sat Walker for Flores, and sat Rivera for dArnaud. If Thor don't come up with a way to hold runners close TC will lean towards Rivera, I figure. I also would have liked to have seen Wilmer in the lineup tonight. So Lags is back to riding the pine? I don't see him platooning w/Conforto in right. So they will be playing musical OF'rs as opposed to a straight up position platoon?

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 03:12 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

It's the only way to keep the four productive outfielders in action. If you can't physically move Céspedes to right, this is the best alternative. Conforto has four games of professional experience in right, but his mom was a swimmer, so don't expect him to sink, or something.

Ashie62 Jul 19 2016 04:42 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Nice to see Conforto back. Looking for a win and a healthy Noah Syndergaard.

Zvon Jul 19 2016 05:59 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Edgy MD wrote: It's the only way to keep the four productive outfielders in action. If you can't physically move Céspedes to right, this is the best alternative. Conforto has four games of professional experience in right, but his mom was a swimmer, so don't expect him to sink, or something. Conforto did play some center, although not since he went pro. What's this game doing on ESPN? SNY isn't blocked so I guess I really don't care.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 06:23 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Rizzo dives over the plate. Got to saw him off. Don't know why Matzy got caught with a change-up.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 06:24 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

That's the way, Syndie. 99 up and in.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 06:41 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Yoenis running like Duda out there.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 06:45 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Nice catch of Heyward. How about that guy in the yellow jacket behind home plate?

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 06:51 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Maybe the Cubs become the team that can't capitalize.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 07:34 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Hey, two runners on! (For Syndergaard!)

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 07:35 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Ouch. Gave one a modest ride.

Fman99 Jul 19 2016 07:46 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Reyes showing off the wheels.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 19 2016 07:46 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Reyes did good.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 19 2016 07:48 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

That's Reyes's 100th Met triple. [fimg=444:10qri63y]http://blogs.rep-am.com/off_the_record/files/2013/06/mets_piersalljpg620400.png[/fimg:10qri63y]

Fman99 Jul 19 2016 07:48 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Grandy gets it done.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 08:10 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Granderson didn't get anywhere near that second-inning double either, but he looks confident out there in center.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 19 2016 08:11 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Very impressive outing for Thor tonight. Matz would have turned his situations into about 9 runs.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 19 2016 08:13 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

first hard hit nonhomer for Walker since April.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 08:15 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Hit a catcher in the fingers and then try and bunt on him. Not particularly cool by Cabrera, but nice to see a Met looking for an edge.

Fman99 Jul 19 2016 08:22 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Oh, de Aza, how you de Sucka at hitting de baseballa.

bmfc1 Jul 19 2016 08:27 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Terry should have used Kelly Johnson. Or the Bat Boy instead of de Aza. Does Sandy not want to admit a mistake so he keeps de Aza on the team?

Frayed Knot Jul 19 2016 08:35 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Isn't this guy Strop the one Billy Squire wrote a song about?

Fman99 Jul 19 2016 08:51 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

These umps suck!

Fman99 Jul 19 2016 08:55 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

It's a god damn rally! C'mon Conforto, get the hit here.

Fman99 Jul 19 2016 08:57 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

RENE FUCKING RIVERA!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 19 2016 09:02 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Humdinger of a game tonight

Fman99 Jul 19 2016 09:04 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Just throw strikes, dude. Stop trying to hit 103 on the radar.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 19 2016 09:08 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

im farting with fear

Fman99 Jul 19 2016 09:09 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Oh, Jose, let that shit roll foul.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 09:11 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Shmoh, Reyes.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 09:13 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Infield in? Wow.

Fman99 Jul 19 2016 09:13 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Well got the lead run. Take that. One good ground ball away from putting this fucker to bed.

Fman99 Jul 19 2016 09:15 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

THERE IT IS! METS WIN

Frayed Knot Jul 19 2016 09:17 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Oh wow!! Gutsy move by Reyes to go to 2nd there. My first inclination was to take the out at home.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 09:17 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Reyes giveth and Reyes taketh.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 19 2016 09:18 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

That was pretty awesome

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 09:19 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

And Washington (or, as my wife calls them, the mid-Atlantic Yankees) losing.

Frayed Knot Jul 19 2016 09:19 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

That was so awesome that I never ever want to see it again!!

Fman99 Jul 19 2016 09:20 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

I jumped up off the couch like a crazy person. Shit got all real!

Frayed Knot Jul 19 2016 09:21 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 19 2016 09:22 PM

8-4 Dodgers in Washington, 2 out in the 9th Marlins & Phils tied at 1 in the 10th. Nats lose. THAAAAAA Nats lose!!!

Lefty Specialist Jul 19 2016 09:21 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Geez guys, give me a heart attack why doncha?

Frayed Knot Jul 19 2016 09:34 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Marlins win. THAAA Marlins win ...

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 09:35 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Sheesh, when did they pass the Mets. Half game off the second Wild Card. Booo.

soupcan Jul 19 2016 09:42 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

That entire ninth inning was seat-of-your-pants! Good times, I like baseball!

Zvon Jul 19 2016 09:56 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: That was pretty awesome Twas. I thought the jig was up for Familia. Terry should have used Kelly Johnson. Or the Bat Boy instead of de Aza. Does Sandy not want to admit a mistake so he keeps de Aza on the team? Oh, de Aza, how you de Sucka at hitting de baseballa. De Aza is starting to effect my health and well being. RENE FUCKING RIVERA! Of course the day I support him he shits behind the plate. I was pissed. But baseball is wonderful! He made up for it. Did u see the backhand on the 1st wild pitch? Is he learning that from lil'd? The one where he threw it away, he played that perfectly and it still bounced up and hit high on his chest. And of course, why did he throw it? The guys hands were already on 3rd. But it all worked out. I enjoy it when a player fucks up and then redeems himself. Oh, Jose, let that shit roll foul. I went a little ballistic when he gloved that ball. I like the aggressiveness. He'll learn. He redeemed himself with the DP. Reyes whipped that ball to Walker and have you ever seen any of our second baseman pull such a blazing fast pivot & throw. Loney made the short hop look easy (it kinda was tho), but how many plays tonight did Loney pull off that Doo Doo wouldn't even have had a chance? John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: im farting with fear That was so awesome that I never ever want to see it again!! lol x2. John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Humdinger of a game tonight It really was.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 11:02 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Zvon wrote: He redeemed himself with the DP. Reyes whipped that ball to Walker and have you ever seen any of our second baseman pull such a blazing fast pivot & throw. Doug Flynn, man. And actually, even though the rest of his defensive game was mostly dead by the time he got here, Roberto Alomar good still turn two pretty consistently and impressively.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 11:15 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

It's a strange sense you get when a team loads the bases against you with none out, to know this hardly guarantees any runs will score, because you have seen the 2016 Mets .

Benjamin Grimm Jul 20 2016 06:18 AM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Cast your vote!

Frayed Knot Jul 20 2016 07:29 AM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

I think it's safe to say that replay saved our collective asses last night -- first the play at home, then Walker's negated GiDP -- and, as much quarrel as I've had with the rule since expanded beyond HRs, it was nice to see it work as designed: - the two calls in question were simply horrible and not some 'Oooooh I think maybe possibly his spikes lost contact with the base for 1/4 second' type of call for which the rule was never intended - quick calls by the team to ask for the review rather than going into a game stall while the bench coach waits on the phone for their review specialist to examine the evidence from nine angles looking for possible loopholes - reasonably quick decisions from the Chelsea headquarters although you still wonder why it wasn't even quicker. Would have been fun to see the umps put on the headphones and then take them off like 5 seconds later because their colleagues in NY already knew that they so obviously blew it - and no rules were spontaneously ignored allowing additional reviews for a team after their supposed quota was spent

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 20 2016 07:50 AM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Edgy MD wrote: It's a strange sense you get when a team loads the bases against you with none out, to know this hardly guarantees any runs will score, because you have seen the 2016 Mets . eff that. Even the Mets get one run out of that situation with 1-2-3 up. The Mets crappy RISP is only a subset of their overall BA which isn't great, but those numbers will start to look like one another as the season goes on and barring any more injuries and anticipating they do something to improve the club if only at the margins, and given the easier 2nd half schedule, I am confident it gets better. Maybe a lot better! Go SHaMs!

Edgy MD Jul 20 2016 08:02 AM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

I was thinking this morning of putting up a poll about the RISP BA, and whether it would move to correct itself, or whether it was a real thing. I guess it can be seen as heartening that the figure is so historically low and the team is still in contention.

Frayed Knot Jul 20 2016 08:13 AM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

I keep telling myself that there's going to be a (good) regression to the mean of our RiSPy numbers and that, even if that upward regression is only to our stinky mean of well below average BA & OBA, the result is going to be more runs scored and a less HR-reliant offense. And then someone like the normally reliable Cabrera heads off on a run where he's nearing on-fer-30 in RiSP situations and my logical optimism gets shot to hell all over again.

Frayed Knot Jul 20 2016 08:21 AM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 20 2016 08:34 AM

Meanwhile, the Cubs having got to be kicking themselves over this game. Not only did their 13 baserunners (10 hits incl. 3 doubles + 4 BBs) result in just one run, but the way they got those runners made it almost impossible not to score more: - 1st inning: 1st & 2nd, no outs - 2nd inning: 2nd & 3rd, no outs - 4th inning: runner on 2nd, 2 outs (run taken off the board after replay review) - 6th inning: leadoff walk - and of course then there was the 9th inning So of course the only inning where they did score started with 2 outs/nobody on and was essentially gifted to them via a Wild Pitch + Error Cubs were 2-for-13 w/RiSP and neither of those 2 hits scored a run: the play at the plate that was reversed, and then 9th inn bunt single that loaded the bases -- that's certainly 2016 Mets-like (in)efficiency. Mets were 1-for-5 last night w/RiSP, Rivera's single being the magic hit

Edgy MD Jul 20 2016 08:26 AM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

I'm telling you. We transferred the whammy onto them. OE: And pitched out of trouble like princes.

Zvon Jul 20 2016 10:53 AM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

Zvon Jul 20 2016 02:00 PM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs

84? Wow, I forgot about that Gagne dude. That'll be a tough one to reach. But watch out Gordon & Valverde! Fammy's coming to get you. [fimg=600:geiwf3qx]https://o.twimg.com/2/proxy.jpg?t=HBhJaHR0cDovL2EyLmVzcG5jZG4uY29tL2NvbWJpbmVyL2k_aW1nPSUyRnBob3RvJTJGMjAxNiUyRjA3MjAlMkZGYW1pbGlhLmpwZxSAFBS6ChwUhAYUlAMAABYAEgA&s=GMzbElJjXCH4TuEgXuRAg-5aIUtqDVxXZ6rThlPior4[/fimg:geiwf3qx]

Benjamin Grimm Aug 12 2016 09:00 AM Re: Winning IGT 7/19/16 Mets@Cubs