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IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Ceetar May 22 2017 07:42 PM

DateTuesday, May 23, 2017 Start Time7:10et (local) VenueCiti Field SeriesGame #1 of a 3-game series Average Temp73° (based on last ten years) [u:38fktddc]San Diego Padres [/u:38fktddc] Record 15-26 Manager Andy Green Game # 48 On This Date 19-26 Standing 5th (10.5 GB) [u:38fktddc]New York Mets[/u:38fktddc] Record 16-22 Manager Terry Collins Game # 45 On This Date 20-20 Standing 2nd (9.0 GB) [u:38fktddc]Season Series[/u:38fktddc] 2017 0-0 2016 NYM over SDP 4-3 2015 SDP over NYM 4-2 All-time SDP leads 241-235 Matt Harvey, RHP vs Jhoulys Chacin, RHP (Side note: Jhoulys isn't actually his name, a cat walked on the keyboard when they were entering it) SNY Radio 710 WOR, or 104.3 HD2

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 22 2017 07:51 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

It's another Tuesday Night Lunchfest, come see us up in the Prom.

Frayed Knot May 22 2017 08:55 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Mini SDP KTE These guys are a lot like the Angels ... only worse. 16-30 and with an MLB worst run differential (-85) that suggests they shouldn’t even be that good. Their lineup is kind of like an Angels clone in that there's Wil Myers (OPS 862) plus a bunch of guys named Joe, or in this case, Yangervis. In short, they’ve got a bunch of decent power/low average guys in a park not built for power and the rest of the lineup is filled with FA waiver wire pickups and even includes three separate Rule 5 guys, two of which are 21 y/o and never played above A-Ball before. It might be why they’re only a hair ahead of the Giants for lowest RS/G (3.43) But to make up for it they’re also 14th in the league in RA/G (5.28) ahead of only the Mets C - Austin Hedges .215 BA, 8 HRs 1B - Myers 2B - Yangervis Solarte: .226, 3 HR SS - Erick Aybar: .211, 4 HR 3B - Ryan Schimpf: .165, 10 HR RF - Hunter Renfroe: .218, 8 HR CF - Manuel Margot: .264, 4 HR (although with the glove he’s a human highlight film waiting to happen) LF - ??? It had been the grounds of Stonybrook’s Travis Jankowski but he’s on the DL so they’re trying to replace his .160 bat with a host of guys unknown past their immediate families whose names are apparently Blash, Cordoba, Spangenberg, and Szczur, but I think several of those may have been made up by drunk data entry people at BB-Ref. Tuesday 7:10 — Jhoulys Chacin [10 starts, 3-5, 4.61, 1.25] vs Harvey You may remember Chacin from such movies as: 'HELP ME I'M ON THE ROCKIES' and 'THIS IS NOW MY FIFTH TEAM IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS' Wednesday 7:10 — Jarred Cosart [3 starts, 0-1, 2.70, 1.50] vs Gsellman Cosart was drafted by the Phils but has since taken trips through Houston and Miami before landing in Sandy Eggo in 2016 He's started 6 times against the Mets over the years, including twice in 2016, and has put up decent stats [3.12 ERA, 1.10 WHIP] but never had a decision either way Thursday 7:10 — TBD vs deGrom This was to have been Jered Weaver’s turn (note that this team's staff has a Jered and a Jarred) but he’s now DL’d (I think he sprained his Jered - or maybe it was his Jarred)

Edgy MD May 22 2017 09:54 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Jankowski looked like a nice player when we saw him last year. He's done almost nothing since.

seawolf17 May 22 2017 10:10 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Edgy MD wrote: Jankowski looked like a nice player when we saw him last year. He's done almost nothing since. He got off to a rough start this year because he was trying to play through an injury that happened in the first week of the season -- as young guys do who are on the bubble -- but it finally became too much. He'll be back, but for a guy whose game is speed, a foot injury is a big deal. One of our web guys and I had a plan to be there tomorrow night for a "homecoming" story of sorts, catching up with him on the field before the game, but with him hurt, we scrapped it. It's a tough time for Seawolves baseball right now. With Travis, TK, and Nick Tropeano all on the DL and Joe Nathan pitching like a 42-year-old in AAA, we've got nobody close to the majors. Catcher Pat Cantwell was backing up in AAA, but got traded from Texas to Toronto, demoted to AA, and how HE'S on the DL too. We've got two guys at high-A with Pittsburgh, but even one of them is hurt. Oy.

Edgy MD May 22 2017 10:14 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

You should recruit South Africans.

A Boy Named Seo May 22 2017 10:23 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Good article in the Ringer about the Padres attempts to get good quickly a few years (getting Kemp, Upton, Kimbrel) and then nuking that formula and going full NBA-style tank job and carrying a handful of Rule V turds. As one would imagine, it’s rare for a player to make his major league debut without having previously played above A-ball or in a high-level international league such as the NPB, the KBO, or Cuba’s Serie Nacional. In the 37 full seasons since 1980, 27 such players have debuted in the majors in April, according to some sifting of Baseball Prospectus data. No other team in that time has had more than one. During the “bonus baby” years of the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s, some teams would carry a couple of players with no minor league track records, but what the Padres are doing may be unprecedented since the dark ages of baseball, before Branch Rickey brought farm teams into vogue. Looks like their 3 Rule V guys are still hangin around, too.

MFS62 May 23 2017 01:50 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

As one would imagine, it’s rare for a player to make his major league debut without having previously played above A-ball or in a high-level international league I had always thought that pitcher Billy McCool had jumped from A ball directly to the Reds in 1961. But I just checked it out. He actually spent a short time with the Reds' AAA affiliate before joining the Reds. It was in San Diego, then a Pacific Coast League city. Later

Edgy MD May 23 2017 06:55 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

[fimg=300:3umisok9]http://www.lobshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/padres-vintage-logo.jpg[/fimg:3umisok9] [list=1:3umisok9][*:3umisok9]Manuel Margot, cf[/*:m:3umisok9] [*:3umisok9]Yangervis Solarte, 2b[/*:m:3umisok9] [*:3umisok9]Wil Myers, 1b[/*:m:3umisok9] [*:3umisok9]Ryan Schimpf, 3b 3B[/*:m:3umisok9] [*:3umisok9]Hunter Renfroe, rf[/*:m:3umisok9] [*:3umisok9]Cory Spangenberg, lf[/*:m:3umisok9] [*:3umisok9]Austin Hedges, c[/*:m:3umisok9] [*:3umisok9]Erick Aybar, ss[/*:m:3umisok9] [*:3umisok9]Jhoulys Chacin, sp[/*:m:3umisok9][/list:o:3umisok9]

Ashie62 May 23 2017 07:23 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Their cleanup hitter bats .165 with 10 homers. Arguably better than Granderson I guess.

Ceetar May 23 2017 07:26 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

[u:33l2iauu]Mets [/u:33l2iauu] Michael Conforto – LF José Reyes – SS Jay Bruce – RF Neil Walker – 2B Curtis Granderson – CF Wilmer Flores – 3B Lucas Duda – 1B René Rivera – C Matt Harvey – RHP

A Boy Named Seo May 23 2017 07:36 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Looks like "TBD" for Thursday has been "D'd". The Pads called up 6-foot, 4-inch, 24-year old Dominican righty Dinelson Lamet. Whether he brings his 11.5 K/9 with him is also TBD.

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2017 07:46 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

His name is an anagram for "OLD METS LEAN IN". I predict a big day for Curtis Granderson!

seawolf17 May 23 2017 07:48 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Looks like "TBD" for Thursday has been "D'd". The Pads called up 6-foot, 4-inch, 24-year old Dominican righty Dinelson Lamet. Whether he brings his 11.5 K/9 with him is also TBD. Guy nobody's ever heard of? At least seven shutout innings on Thursday.

seawolf17 May 23 2017 07:48 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Ashie62 wrote: Their cleanup hitter bats .165 with 10 homers. Arguably better than Granderson I guess. Not saying much.

Lefty Specialist May 23 2017 07:50 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

seawolf17 wrote: A Boy Named Seo wrote: Looks like "TBD" for Thursday has been "D'd". The Pads called up 6-foot, 4-inch, 24-year old Dominican righty Dinelson Lamet. Whether he brings his 11.5 K/9 with him is also TBD. Guy nobody's ever heard of? At least seven shutout innings on Thursday. This. Book it.

Lefty Specialist May 23 2017 07:56 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Hansel follows the bread crumbs to Vegas, as Smoker rejoins the Mets for this evening's tilt.

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2017 07:58 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Lefty Specialist wrote: Hansel follows the bread crumbs to Vegas...

Lefty Specialist May 23 2017 08:23 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

And yet, Rafael Montero survives for another day. As they say, Amazin'.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 23 2017 08:31 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

I guess Hansel deserved this but hopefully just as a quick get-your-shit-together spanking. I have to say if Reed goes down, he's the next guy I'd wanna try as closer so getting him "fixed" more important than blowout man Montero.

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2017 08:34 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

I agree. Until his recent awfulness, I had Hansel as next-in-line after Reed as closer.

Edgy MD May 23 2017 08:49 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Hansel's got the funny name and the goofy haircut. I guess he's got my vote. Forgotten man who's only just starting to find himself again down in AAA is Erik Goeddel.

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2017 09:00 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Can they put a fake mustache on Jenrry Mejia and pass him off as Jenrry's twin, Kenny Mejia?

Frayed Knot May 23 2017 09:10 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

I agree that Hansel shouldn't be thrown to the bottom of some well and forgotten about, but they had to do something because allowing him near the big boy mound just isn't an option at the moment. 12 ER allowed (plus 4 more inherited) on 10 hits including 4 HRs and 4 walks in his last 3 outings/2.2 innings* is just so stunningly bad that it can't be ignored. This from a guy who had allowed just 3 runs over previous 18 outings/19 innings - although he wasn't exactly stingy with the inherited runners then either even if that can often be chalked up to bad luck and/or SSS * Broken down, he faced 20 batters in those 3 outings, retiring just six (3 Ks, 1 GO, 1 PO, 1 FO). He got the other two outs for the 2.2 IP via caught stealings - both had to be challenged and reversed to get the call, one ended an inning or who knows where it could have ended. The other 14 hitters racked up 2 singles, 4 doubles, 4 HRs, plus 3 BBs and an IW. More extra base hits than outs = Not Good

Edgy MD May 23 2017 11:09 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Any idea what kind of reception Harvey is getting?

Edgy MD May 23 2017 11:10 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Great to see Harvey ditch the blue top and chrome insignia.

Edgy MD May 23 2017 11:13 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Starts off with a K. But Strike Two looked like Ball Four from my seat.

Edgy MD May 23 2017 11:23 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

We need to talk about finding another leadoff hitter. I'd like Conforto leadoff better if we had better options in the middle of the lineup. But thank you for the Kaboomowitz, Michael.

Edgy MD May 23 2017 11:31 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Sheesh guys, you're missing a helluva start. Not sure Reyes touched home plate.

Edgy MD May 23 2017 11:32 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Wilmer inside outs the softest RBI single ever.

Ashie62 May 23 2017 11:33 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Conforto is the best player on the team.

Edgy MD May 23 2017 11:37 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Harvey comes to the plate. Keep pouring it on. Chasing the starter early in game one is how you sweep a series.

Edgy MD May 23 2017 11:38 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Sheesh, don't ask Harvey to squeeze.

Edgy MD May 23 2017 11:40 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Wow, Rivera looked like a dead duck and the throw is cut off. Conforto is a pro, man.

Frayed Knot May 23 2017 11:41 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

I dunno, but three or four more runs here in the 1st and they just may 'Harvey-proof' the game.

Ashie62 May 23 2017 11:41 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Conforto could garner a number of MVP votes.

41Forever May 23 2017 11:42 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

I like this game so far. A lot.

Edgy MD May 23 2017 11:43 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

I think we have another blown call at first. Shoulda challenged. I suspect Terry is just being gracious.

Edgy MD May 23 2017 11:47 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

And Harvey comes out and walks a .160 hitter on four pitches.

Frayed Knot May 23 2017 11:50 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Frayed Knot wrote: I dunno, but three or four more runs here in the 1st and they just may 'Harvey-proof' the game. Or maybe not. It's the dreaded 'Give-Back' inning again. This entire staff can't seem to master the art of the shut-down frame.

cooby May 24 2017 12:02 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

7-2?

Edgy MD May 24 2017 12:03 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Looks like the ump gave Matt a strike on Ball Four again.

Lefty Specialist May 24 2017 12:04 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Harvey is off. Just can't throw strikes, and he looks uncomfortable. And now he walks the pitcher leading off. Jeez. He'll let them back in this game.

Edgy MD May 24 2017 12:04 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

And he walks him. Best Matthew Broderick baseball connection: He received batting instruction from Charlie Lau in Max Dugan Returns.

41Forever May 24 2017 12:05 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Walking the pitcher is never a good thing.

Edgy MD May 24 2017 12:05 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Man, he's still not finishing. He's aiming his pitches.

Nymr83 May 24 2017 12:06 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Harvey is simply a bad player right now. He needs to be in Vegas working out his control issues. Walking thevpiycher with a 5 run lead is a pretty unforgivable sin/sign you have no idea where the ball is going

A Boy Named Seo May 24 2017 12:12 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Nymr83 wrote: Harvey is simply a bad player right now. He needs to be in Vegas working out his control issues. Walking thevpiycher with a 5 run lead is a pretty unforgivable sin/sign you have no idea where the ball is going Sending Harvey to Las Vegas to work on his problems is like sending someone to Colombia for coke rehab.

Edgy MD May 24 2017 12:13 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

If anything, the ump and Padre hitters are helping him.

Edgy MD May 24 2017 12:17 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Well, that was about as ugly as a shutout inning can be.

Lefty Specialist May 24 2017 12:18 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Myers really helped him out by swinging at about 4 balls. He was lucky to escape.

41Forever May 24 2017 12:21 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Nymr83 wrote: Harvey is simply a bad player right now. He needs to be in Vegas working out his control issues. Walking thevpiycher with a 5 run lead is a pretty unforgivable sin/sign you have no idea where the ball is going Sending Harvey to Las Vegas to work on his problems is like sending someone to Colombia for coke rehab. Bad ass.

MFS62 May 24 2017 12:38 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Harvey, get the ball over the plate! They gave you a 7 run lead, and you're trying to give it back. I'm having a John Niese flashback. Later

41Forever May 24 2017 12:38 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Conforto-a-BOOM Remember in the spring when there was talk that he was going to be a fourth outfielder or even go to Vegas to get steady at-bats? Not gonna happen.

Lefty Specialist May 24 2017 12:42 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Conforto is simply a really good player right now.

Edgy MD May 24 2017 12:44 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Nice to see some tack-on. I was afraid this flooded basement performance of Harvey's was ruining all their mo.

cooby May 24 2017 12:52 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

jo?

Chad Ochoseis May 24 2017 01:05 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

MFS62 wrote: Harvey, get the ball over the plate! They gave you a 7 run lead, and you're trying to give it back. I'm having a John Niese flashback. Later I'm having a last week in Milwaukee flashback.

Ceetar May 24 2017 01:07 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

I'm hoping there's some some repetitions needed for Harvey off surgery and what not and he'll round out into somewhat closer to his 'norm' by July.

seawolf17 May 24 2017 01:11 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Ceetar wrote: I'm hoping there's some some repetitions needed for Harvey off surgery and what not and he'll round out into somewhat closer to his 'norm' by July. Boy, I hope so, because I can't see having all that much confidence in him right now. Heck, I literally forgot he was in the rotation the other night when explaining rotations to MiniWolf. "It's Wheeler tonight, then Milone, then deGrom, then Gsellman... then whoever the fifth guy is, then Wheeler will pitch again on Thursday." I'm the worst.

41Forever May 24 2017 01:12 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Conforto's not on the All-Star Ballot? Aw, crap!

Frayed Knot May 24 2017 01:17 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Harvey's 'line' for the night doesn't read all that bad: 5 innings, 2 runs, 3 hits, 6 Ks, and really only one hard-hit out. The only problem of course was the walks (4) and the pitch count, essentially needing 6-1/2 innings worth of pitches just to get through five. He at least did get a bit better as things went on, especially once he decided that going 3-0 to the leadoff hitter in each of the first three innings! wasn't a good idea.

Chad Ochoseis May 24 2017 01:18 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

41Forever wrote: Conforto's not on the All-Star Ballot? Aw, crap! He'll make the team. There's no other Metly possibility.

Edgy MD May 24 2017 01:31 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

I thought Ron was talking some serious social theory and he was making a weak-o joke. Is Kirby Yates Tyler Yates' brother or something? Is that why they're talking Hawai'i?

41Forever May 24 2017 01:43 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Chad Ochoseis wrote: 41Forever wrote: Conforto's not on the All-Star Ballot? Aw, crap! He'll make the team. There's no other Metly possibility. I would not be stunned to see de Grom make it.

Frayed Knot May 24 2017 01:44 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Yes on Tyler / Kirby And Ronnie is a little bit right about the Hawaiian alphabet. Their language was strictly oral until the mostly New England missionaries came visiting and decided that the natives would be better off having their lives run for them. Then, encouraged to develop a written language, native speakers were supervised into creating one from scratch and in doing so decided that 16 letters were all they needed to cover all the sounds in their speech.

Frayed Knot May 24 2017 01:46 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Jeez Terry, Blevins can't face a RHB with a 6-run lead and 2-out in the 8th?

Edgy MD May 24 2017 01:50 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Frayed Knot wrote: Yes on Tyler / Kirby And Ronnie is a little bit right about the Hawaiian alphabet. Their language was strictly oral until the mostly New England missionaries came visiting and decided that the natives would be better off having their lives run for them. Then, encouraged to develop a written language, native speakers were supervised into creating one from scratch and in doing so decided that 16 letters were all they needed to cover all the sounds in their speech. Oh, yeah, I agree. It was his turning it into a punchline (that fell flat) that was goofy. I thought he was on a roll.

Rockin' Doc May 24 2017 01:55 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

I doubt that the Mets get 2 All-Stars from this team. I believe that thus far, Conforto is the best Met and most deserving of being our representative. DeGrom has pitched pretty well, but I don't think he has had as good a start to the season as Conforto.

Edgy MD May 24 2017 01:57 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Congratulations to the Padres for grabbing a crappy starter off waivers in Brad Hand and turning him into a good reliever. Man, the Mets used to beat him around in Miami.

Edgy MD May 24 2017 02:08 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Well, Harvey may not be impressively back in form, but it'd be nice if Salas is.

Ashie62 May 24 2017 02:10 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Yeah!! Matt Harvey made me happy. Good for him. Captain Conforto will almost certainly be our all star guy. I want NL MVP for him.

Edgy MD May 24 2017 02:18 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

One day at a time, man. My goal for Conforto is that he wakes up without a hairline fracture where that ball hit him.

Nymr83 May 24 2017 03:12 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

41Forever wrote: A Boy Named Seo wrote: Nymr83 wrote: Harvey is simply a bad player right now. He needs to be in Vegas working out his control issues. Walking thevpiycher with a 5 run lead is a pretty unforgivable sin/sign you have no idea where the ball is going Sending Harvey to Las Vegas to work on his problems is like sending someone to Colombia for coke rehab. Bad ass. unfortunately, we are stuck in Vegas. you want to send him to AA? i dont think he belongs here right now and the fact that our AAA-Affiliate is in a city known for vices isnt a reason to keep him in NY.

Frayed Knot May 24 2017 03:21 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

I'm not even sure if Harvey can be sent to the minors at this point. But even if they can they won't, nor should they. It would be one thing if Matz and Syndergaard were here, and if Gsellman and deGrom were pitching better, and if Lugo was capable of taking his slot for a couple of turns, and if Wheeler wasn't already on a pace to hit his innings limit in like early August ... but currently none of those things are the case and tonight was enough of a sign of progress (5 IP, 2 ER, 6K, 4 H) that you send him out there again in five days.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 24 2017 11:18 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

THouGhTs oN thE Game!!!!1 The Tuesday Night Lunchclub is now 2-1 with 1 rainout. Ran into the Faith&Fears prior to the game on the concourse. I found a beer I hadn't expected to find-- Mikkeller "Henry Hops" which Ceetar tells me is EXCLUSIVE. I bought it for the can design with the weird 87-ish script and was surprised to find it wasn't local, but from of all places San Diego and tasted like it. I would say the hoppiest thing you can get at that building. The entire game was about Conforto's leadoff at-bat -- he fouled off a million pitches then crushed one over the fence. He's really locked in. If he keeps this up he'll be the best leadoff hitter the Mets ever had. I like him there. Doodoo quietly had also had a big game, while Flores and Bruce were lucky. I'd like to see another replay of Flores' hit in that inning. I know the runner was being held on base which kept the first baseman there but he wasn't running on the pitch, so we couldn't figure out where the f the 2Bman was. It was like a little league play where one kid isn't paying attention and the whole game collapses. I guess he was positioned weirdly but I didn't notice it. Too bad for the Padre Shift. This is not news but the Padres look absolutely terrible in dark blue. It doesn't belong! I liked them better as a visitor in their "Sand" colored jerseys but I mean, this is what's what's wrong with them: They have no identity at all. Even their beers dress in someone else's clothing. You knew Harvey was going to give some of it back so the big inning was a huge blessing. Three of his innings ended on a hard-hit ball with men on base. A better team would probably have destroyed him. I didn't like that Craig Stammen got away with 3.1 innings of clean relief. I was hoping they'd go deeper and discover which of their position players also pitched. Speaking for the few of us in Section 508, the Mets aren't a serious thing still. Even after the big lead the cheers were thick with irony, fear and mild derision. Nobody believes in Harvey, no one's cheers didn't include the subtext "if this wasn't the Padres..." We still believe they can get better but still aren't convinced.

Edgy MD May 24 2017 12:21 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Not for nothing, but maybe, as folks are advocating for Harvey to go down and work his act out against AAA competition, that's pretty much what he got last night against the Padres. And speaking of playing against AAA in the majors. I want to see Nimmo getting Granderson's playing time yesterday. He may only just be pulling out of a tailspin (and went 0-4 last night), but that's more than Grandy is doing, and the outfield is going to get real crowded again if and when Céspedes comes back.

cooby May 24 2017 12:28 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

I read an article yesterday saying Cespedes will be back within days and Granderson prolly benched

Edgy MD May 24 2017 12:30 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

I'm not sure when, but yeah, that Nimmo window is closin'.

cooby May 24 2017 12:32 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Great recap, Lunchbucket!

bmfc1 May 24 2017 12:52 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Good headline.

cooby May 24 2017 12:53 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Hey there's underpants girl.

Ceetar May 24 2017 01:00 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

read somewhere that fwiw (not much) Harvey is in the top 5 or so for 'best' lineups faced. In addition to Henry Hops there's a Say Hey Sally (a pilsner), which is a great name imo. Mikkeller is Danish (As is his brother, Evil Twin) though he did open a microbrewery/pub in San Diego, and Evil Twin brews at Two Roads in CT a bunch. I digress. [url]http://mikkeller.dk/2017/04/02/beer-for-city-field/ I don't know if it's the hoppiest (I haven't had it) there are a few other options

MFS62 May 24 2017 01:13 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

I hate to give the Post any kind of kudos, but that headline makes that a definite Headline Contest contender this coming off season. Later

Fman99 May 24 2017 02:22 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

cooby wrote: Hey there's underpants girl. She makes backpack girl look like a garbage bag full of spoiled ham.

seawolf17 May 24 2017 02:42 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Edgy MD wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: And Ronnie is a little bit right about the Hawaiian alphabet. Their language was strictly oral until the mostly New England missionaries came visiting and decided that the natives would be better off having their lives run for them. Then, encouraged to develop a written language, native speakers were supervised into creating one from scratch and in doing so decided that 16 letters were all they needed to cover all the sounds in their speech. Oh, yeah, I agree. It was his turning it into a punchline (that fell flat) that was goofy. I thought he was on a roll. Come on, their making fun of X ("It's xylophone. It's always xylophone, unless it's x-ray, but that's kind of not a word.") was awesome.

Benjamin Grimm May 24 2017 03:23 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

Cast your vote!

Edgy MD May 24 2017 03:34 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

seawolf17 wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: And Ronnie is a little bit right about the Hawaiian alphabet. Their language was strictly oral until the mostly New England missionaries came visiting and decided that the natives would be better off having their lives run for them. Then, encouraged to develop a written language, native speakers were supervised into creating one from scratch and in doing so decided that 16 letters were all they needed to cover all the sounds in their speech. Oh, yeah, I agree. It was his turning it into a punchline (that fell flat) that was goofy. I thought he was on a roll. Come on, their making fun of X ("It's xylophone. It's always xylophone, unless it's x-ray, but that's kind of not a word.") was awesome. Yeah, I know, but he really baited-and-switched me. He was making this really good point about cultural imperialism, and they he lands with a fake complaint of "And then they stole 14 letters from us." It was a deft fakeout, but I was getting excited listening to him talk some powerful social theory shit to me. I was finally getting the full-on Yalie treatment IN MY FACE from Ronnie. He was touching on post-colonial theory, ideological imperialism, de-linguicization ... and then he turns it all into a Harvard Lampoon punchline. We get satire everywhere. Wouldn't it be great to get a controversy-courtin' social theory treatise from Ron every now and then? Why should Keith be the only high-risk broadcaster in the booth?

themetfairy May 26 2017 05:45 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

One of the first times we ever watched Matt Harvey pitch was his Cincinnati in August 2012. We were in Bermuda at the time, and watched from The Outback, our favorite sports bar on the island. So we figured on Tuesday we'd go back to see him again. We were happily surprised to see that the game was already on one of the TV sets and learned that our bartender, a young Bermudian named Greg, is a Mets fan due to some relatives he has in Queens. All of the good omens were in place, and that first inning was a thing of beauty. We only stayed for the first few innings (the island is in the Atlantic time zone, and I had an early call for my half marathon the next day), but we figure that any time we're in Bermuda and Harvey is pitching we are required to make our way to the Outback for at least part of the game.

Rockin' Doc May 27 2017 02:05 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I found a beer I hadn't expected to find-- Mikkeller "Henry Hops" which Ceetar tells me is EXCLUSIVE. I bought it for the can design with the weird 87-ish script and was surprised to find it wasn't local, but from of all places San Diego and tasted like it. I would say the hoppiest thing you can get at that building. Bar hopping at the local craft brew houses tonight. One of them featured Mikkeller Hoppy Pilsner as a featured option on tap. Remembering this post, I decided to give it a shot. It was actually pretty good. A smooth pilsner with a "hoppy bite" on the finish. A nice change from the Brown Ales, Porters, and Imperial Stouts I generally drink.

Ceetar May 27 2017 02:10 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

That might be the Say Hey Sally (I'm not sure if it's just a rebranding or a new beer)

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2017 03:07 AM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

They had some Mikkeller at Ye Olde Hipstere Beer Store today but I shit you not, it was SIXTY DOLLARS to fill ye olde growlere.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 14 2017 02:12 PM Re: IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?