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IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

d'Kong76 Jun 20 2017 04:36 PM

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California 10:10 p.m. ET, ESPN, SNY (New York), SportsNet LA (Los Angeles) Mets RH Robert Gsellman (5-4, 5.50 ERA) vs. Dodgers RH Brandon McCarthy (5-3, 3.14)

Edgy MD Jun 20 2017 11:01 PM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Slugger Cecchini back in the lineup tonight for the Metties. Dodgers are deploying ol' 66. [list=1][*]Michael Conforto, cf[/*:m] [*]Jose Reyes, ss[/*:m] [*]Yoenis Cespedes, lf[/*:m] [*]Jay Bruce, rf[/*:m] [*]Lucas Duda, 1b[/*:m] [*]T.J. Rivera, 3b[/*:m] [*]Rene Rivera, c[/*:m] [*]Gavin Cecchini, 2b[/*:m] [*]Robert Gsellman, sp[/*:m][/list:o] [list=1][*]Logan Forsythe, 2b[/*:m] [*]Corey Seager, ss[/*:m] [*]Justin Turner, 3b[/*:m] [*]Cody Bellinger, 1b[/*:m] [*]Chris Taylor, lf[/*:m] [*]Yasmani Grandal, c[/*:m] [*]Yasiel Puig, rf[/*:m] [*]Joc Pederson , cf[/*:m] [*]Brandon McCarthy, sp[/*:m][/list:o]

Ashie62 Jun 21 2017 01:50 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Good night all. LGM

metirish Jun 21 2017 02:03 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Definitely want to see some games at Dodgers Stadium one day LGM

metirish Jun 21 2017 02:04 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Christ the Altuve 5 Hour Energy commercial is painful to watch , does he actually talk like that ?

Fman99 Jun 21 2017 02:15 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

I'm 4 pitches in and I'm yawning, like, full body yawn.

Edgy MD Jun 21 2017 02:21 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Stick around for a bit. Maybe we can get one of those scoreless firsts.

Fman99 Jun 21 2017 02:24 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Unfucking real. Another first inning tater. I think the mattress companies have put the Mets up to this. They just DESPERATELY want me to go to bed.

41Forever Jun 21 2017 02:25 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

We can't even get a first out without these guys doing damage.

Fman99 Jun 21 2017 02:27 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Oh good. Another 4-0 first inning hole. Feels like yesterday in here. I'm going to go set myself on fire, BRB.

41Forever Jun 21 2017 02:27 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Absolutely insane.

d'Kong76 Jun 21 2017 02:28 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

I've gotten to the point where it's funny.

Edgy MD Jun 21 2017 02:29 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Bellinger is like an impossible puzzle. We have a 240-pound Cuban lump of pure muscle, and this skinny freak with a perfect swing is impossible to stop.

Centerfield Jun 21 2017 02:30 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

This team is pathetic.

41Forever Jun 21 2017 02:31 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

West coast trips are where Mets seasons go to die.

d'Kong76 Jun 21 2017 02:36 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

They were pretty dead before boarding the plane.

Edgy MD Jun 21 2017 02:39 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Edgy MD wrote: Bellinger is like an impossible puzzle. We have a 240-pound Cuban lump of pure muscle, and this skinny freak with a perfect swing is impossible to stop. Plus, his father was a total banjo hitter.

Frayed Knot Jun 21 2017 02:41 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Tonight's 1st inning epitomizes everything about what our opening defensive frames have been this season: - almost every ground ball finds a hole - those grounders that don't find holes become errors anyway - throw in a walk or two - potential GiDPs aren't turned - the pitcher in immediate pitch-count hell - and, of course, 1st inning bomb(s)

Edgy MD Jun 21 2017 02:58 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

I feel like Ann Coulter was behind home plate a few minutes ago. Now Peter Fonda or some other super-rich hippy has her seat.

Frayed Knot Jun 21 2017 03:03 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

2nd inning update: - Gsellman is on pace to need 270 pitches in order to finish the game - and the game itself is on pace to last 3:45 (aka: ten minutes to two AM) or maybe more like 3:35 since the Dodgers most likely won't have to bat in bottom 9 Other than that it's going OK though

Frayed Knot Jun 21 2017 03:04 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

I have no memory of this McCarthy guy as a Yanqui ... (looking it up) 14 starts in 2014 with a 7-5 record and sub-3.00 ERA

Centerfield Jun 21 2017 03:10 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Thank you Mets for a truly awful hour of baseball. Off to bed. Fitting end to a shit day.

Frayed Knot Jun 21 2017 03:11 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

We don't turn many DPs, but we're sure good at hitting into them.

Frayed Knot Jun 21 2017 03:22 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Tommy Lasorda was 0-4 with a 6.48 ERA in 26 appearances (5 starts) in his major league career. It's possible that the 56 walks in 58 innings might have had something to do with all that.

cooby Jun 21 2017 03:27 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

I does appear that they are trying to help us get our beauty sleep.

Edgy MD Jun 21 2017 03:31 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Come on! An inside-out homer by the shortstop? I'm calling BS.

41Forever Jun 21 2017 03:32 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Done. Just, done.

d'Kong76 Jun 21 2017 03:33 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

T J flashin' some leather, woke me up for maybe another inning...

Frayed Knot Jun 21 2017 03:34 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jun 21 2017 04:27 AM

Edgy MD wrote: Come on! An inside-out homer by the shortstop? I'm calling BS. Shortstops didn't used to be 6' 4" / 220 oe: speaking of which, I had occasion to look used Johnny Evers a while ago (I forget why). Evers, of course, was the Troy, NY born 2B man of Tinker-Evers-Chance fame. He's listed in BB-Ref as 5' 9" / 125 !! I mean, shit, I was skinny as a teenager (as opposed to the big, husky lad I am now) and weighed around 130 back when I was 5' 9" at 16 or so years old. But this was a full grown man at that height and only 125 lbs. And he won an MVP at one point! Perhaps not surprisingly, he hit all of 12 HRs over a 15 year career

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 21 2017 03:53 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

I just read Verduccis Sports Illustrated article and it's extremely depressing, sort of confirms what I already sensed, and combined with what looks like it could be not only an awful season for the Mets but a dull pennant race on top of it am suddenly very worried for the future of obb

Edgy MD Jun 21 2017 04:01 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Shortstop: third homer. Ten-zip. The machine is broken.

Frayed Knot Jun 21 2017 04:12 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Edgy MD wrote: The machine is broken. What, just because they have 5 HRs to our 4 hits?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 21 2017 04:27 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Cespedes double switched out, Salas entering with bases loaded. Hmm. Zimmo! will save us.

Frayed Knot Jun 21 2017 04:29 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: ... am suddenly very worried for the future of obb obb? yeah you know me

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 21 2017 04:32 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Organized Base Ball, as The Sporting News call it, O.B.B.

Frayed Knot Jun 21 2017 04:33 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

The number of errors we've committed recently is staggering. The number of errors we've committed recently that were [u:2yrz17v9]Not[/u:2yrz17v9] scored as errors is even worse.

Frayed Knot Jun 21 2017 04:37 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Organized Base Ball, as The Sporting News call it, O.B.B. Ahh yes. Was simply 'OB' back in 'BALL FOUR' i.e.. that guy's the worst pitcher in OB ... Cleveland has the worst post-game spread in OB ... etc.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 21 2017 04:48 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I just read Verduccis Sports Illustrated article and it's extremely depressing, sort of confirms what I already sensed, and combined with what looks like it could be not only an awful season for the Mets but a dull pennant race on top of it am suddenly very worried for the future of obb Got a link?

41Forever Jun 21 2017 10:31 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I just read Verduccis Sports Illustrated article and it's extremely depressing, sort of confirms what I already sensed, and combined with what looks like it could be not only an awful season for the Mets but a dull pennant race on top of it am suddenly very worried for the future of obb Nah. Verducci's been depressed since Derek Jeter retired. There are always columnists declaring baseball to be on its deathbed. I found a 1970 baseball magazine with a cover story, "Did the Mets save baseball?" I think football is in greater trouble. And Mike and Mike on ESPN radio, in their post-finals LeBron funk, were declaring that the NBA is in trouble if the finals matchup is pretty much determined before the start of the season, and the regular season is a long, boring slog to the inevitable.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 21 2017 11:24 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Verducci's about the best there is. https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/06/20/stand ... on-kershaw

Benjamin Grimm Jun 21 2017 12:37 PM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Cast your vote!

cooby Jun 21 2017 12:47 PM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Verducci's about the best there is. https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/06/20/stand ... on-kershaw I have to say, I honestly wondered if I were just losing interest in baseball, but now I can see why. And explains why a bunch of us are willing to just go to bed and see what happened the next day. Relief pitchers ARE boring. Strikeouts and HRs are not boring if they are timely and really make a immediate difference in a game. Over and over again, not so exciting.

Edgy MD Jun 21 2017 01:25 PM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Exactly. I've been saying it for years. Games played at the extremes normalize the extremes, make the extremes boring, and perpetuate themselves. If the game is full of sluggers who strike out and hit homers, why worry about defense? Put a 6'4" guy at short. He's only getting three or four chances instead of seven to ten. And then, of course, you have one more guy who strikes out and hits homers. About six times more of this and we might have a game again: [tweet:39qao0er]https://twitter.com/kg_holler/status/876957795173752832[/tweet:39qao0er]

cooby Jun 21 2017 01:32 PM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Relief pitchers were fun when they used to be called "firemen" Remember that? Came in when there was a real need for a fresh arm, not because, heavens! It's the sixth inning!

MFS62 Jun 21 2017 01:34 PM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Well, at least they held Justin Turner hitless. Later

themetfairy Jun 21 2017 01:36 PM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Cast your vote! Remember the time when the rule was that you had to award ten points even, no matter what the score? Thank G-d we abandoned that rule!

cooby Jun 21 2017 01:37 PM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

lol you'd have to start giving them to the other team sometimes :D

Benjamin Grimm Jul 13 2017 11:36 AM Re: IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers