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Rey and Bernie

Edgy MD Jan 13 2017 11:17 PM

As Rey Ordóñez' 46th birthday was marked a few days ago, some footage from his big league debut (in particular, his peg from left field) has proliferated in the Metweb. What I had hardly considered, or perhaps had considered and forgotten, was what a terrible throw that was from Bernard Gilkey that preceded it. Was Gilk always this bad with the arm? [youtube:1sdboh4l]7rEGl6n2cvA[/youtube:1sdboh4l]

cooby Jan 13 2017 11:22 PM Re: Rey and Bernie

Three hits. No runs. And here's why! Love it! Actually I remembered the other day that it was Rey's birthday but figured the rest of you guys would throw me out if I mentioned it Thanks Edgy :)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 13 2017 11:26 PM Re: Rey and Bernie

Great play. Crazy tradin GM Jerry DiPoto dealing. That was a crappy throw from Gilkey.

Edgy MD Jan 14 2017 03:02 AM Re: Rey and Bernie

cooby wrote: Three hits. No runs. And here's why! Love it! Actually I remembered the other day that it was Rey's birthday but figured the rest of you guys would throw me out if I mentioned it Thanks Edgy :) Jeez, no way.

Edgy MD Jan 14 2017 03:06 AM Re: Rey and Bernie

Three hits. No runs. And here's why! Love it! Actually I remembered the other day that it was Rey's birthday but figured the rest of you guys would throw me out if I mentioned it Thanks Edgy :) Sheesh, no way, coo. Gilkey seems 65-70 feet away and still spikes the ball 3/4 of the way to Ordóñez. He made up for it by hitting a homer later in the game. The Mets came back from a 6-0 hole. THAT'S the way you do opening day!

d'Kong76 Jan 14 2017 03:36 AM Re: Rey and Bernie

Never really big fan of Rey, nice to hear F X Healy though!

Frayed Knot Jan 14 2017 03:52 AM Re: Rey and Bernie

- The best thing one can say about Gilkey's defense was that he was a good hitter. Or at least that he was briefly. - the thing I always liked about that play wasn't just the throw from the knees, it was the improvisation by him adjusting to the poor relay before he could even execute the throw itself. That was the kind of play where Rey-Rey was at his best, the ones where he would make it up as he went along. - I was never a Fran guy and the stunning part from that clip was the times we didn't hear him; I don't recall many instances where he kept quiet for as many consecutive seconds as he did there. If he had duplicated that more often I'd have spent fewer hours yelling at him through my TV set during those years.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 14 2017 12:59 PM Re: Rey and Bernie

FX talking over the pitch even bothered me. I'm not nearly as obsessed over bad announcers as most fans seem to be but Fran drove me crazy. By the end I couldn't listen to him even for an inning. I never thought Wayne Hagin was good but it never got to active-avoidance levels with him.

Edgy MD Jan 14 2017 02:04 PM Re: Rey and Bernie

FX totally bogarts the mic from Howie on this one, where Rey's creative defensive inspiration is matched only by Al Leiter's comical defensive indifference. [youtube:2knxaqhr]DGU0LJrqQEs[/youtube:2knxaqhr] You watch this stuff enough, the incidental details start to shine through, like the bad fielders who make the good fielders look spectacular.

Frayed Knot Jan 14 2017 02:47 PM Re: Rey and Bernie

That's the Fran I remember, talking up to the pitch, through the pitch, adding sound effects to the play itself and then completely taking over once the play ends (if he even waited that long) right up to the first pitch to the next batter. In the first video when Howie says, "He threw it from his knees Fran", FXH never even picks up on the cue - although maybe because he knew the inning was over and they were headed to commercial. There had to be some reason the head honchos at Cablevision liked him so much.

cooby Jan 14 2017 04:17 PM Re: Rey and Bernie

Fran and Rey Rey in one video clip. My day is complete

Lefty Specialist Jan 14 2017 06:02 PM Re: Rey and Bernie

God, I do not miss Fran Healy one iota.

MFS62 Jan 14 2017 07:05 PM Re: Rey and Bernie

Edgy MD wrote: You watch this stuff enough, the incidental details start to shine through, like the bad fielders who make the good fielders look spectacular. Derek Jeter made a lot of first basemen look spectacular. Later

G-Fafif Jan 14 2017 09:53 PM Re: Rey and Bernie

Rey O at his defensive best was the diametric opposite of Fran at his anything.

Centerfield Jan 17 2017 06:38 PM Re: Rey and Bernie

G-Fafif wrote: Rey O at his defensive best was the diametric opposite of Fran at his anything. Lol. This. Defensively I've never seen anyone with instincts and creativity like Rey. Just an amazing talent to watch.