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IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

G-Fafif Jul 06 2017 11:33 AM

As the old-timey tune goes, Meet me in St. Louie, Jakey. He'll be taking on Cardinal All-Star Carlos Martinez. I was going to say "fellow All-Star". I should be saying fellow All-Star. Anyway, deGrom needs to pitch like that he was not dubbed. He's certainly performed as such. The Mets will have gone more than 72 hours without playing by Friday night 8:15 EDT. One assumes Terry will bemoan his team having too much rest, which in some ways is as bad as not enough, it's hard to stay loose when you're not getting your innings in, which explains all the cramping the Mets went through when they took the field at Busch Stadium. Ah, enough worst-case scenarios. They tend to take care of themselves without us inventing them in advance. #LGM.

G-Fafif Jul 07 2017 09:15 PM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

They're back! Curtis Granderson – CF Asdrúbal Cabrera – 2B Yoenis Céspedes – LF Jay Bruce – RF T.J. Rivera – 3B Lucas Duda – 1B José Reyes – SS Travis d’Arnaud – C Jacob deGrom – RHP

G-Fafif Jul 07 2017 09:33 PM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

These a-holes... Carpenter 2B Piscotty RF Fowler CF Gyorko 3B Fucking Molina C Voit 1B Grichuk LF DeJong SS Martinez P

Frayed Knot Jul 07 2017 10:41 PM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

-- Matt Carpenter was just moved back to 2B after spending most of the last full season at 1st which kind of seemed like a strange place for him anyway. But Kolten Wong is DL'd so Carpenter slides over while rookie call-up Luke Voit (now THERE's a quick autograph!) takes the reins at 1st. -- The Cuban SS they seemed to concoct out of thin air in 2016, Aledmys Diaz, is also DL'd so rookie call-up Paul (Come Back and Stay) DeJong is the fill-in. And if it seems like the Cards have a different SS every year, and then that guy never plays well for any other team after he leaves, it's because that's pretty much true. 2007 - David Eckstein 2008 - Cesar Izturis 2009-10 - Brendan Ryan 2011 - Ryan Theriot 2012 - Raffy Furcal 2013 - Pete Kozma 2014-15 - Jhonny Peralta 2016 - Aledmys Diaz btw, they seem to do the same thing with closers: 2007 - Jason Isringhausen 2008-10 - Ryan Franklin 2011 - [u:21124a54]Fernando Salas[/u:21124a54] 2012 - Jason Motte 2013 - Edward Mujica 2014-15 - Michael Rosenthal 2016-17 - Seung-hwan Oh And even though you'd probably have trouble even remembering half of those guys, the Cards managed to use that turntable of spare parts at these two important positions to get themselves into the playoffs six times over the last decade including into two WS.

Ashie62 Jul 07 2017 11:44 PM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Aledmys Diaz got sent to the minors.

d'Kong76 Jul 08 2017 12:07 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Let's GO Mets!

Ashie62 Jul 08 2017 12:07 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

We are due. LGM!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 08 2017 12:45 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Picket fence starting, deGrom deGromming so far. All's good thru 2.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 12:54 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

S'okay. Be cool, Jacob. Summon your inner Bartolo.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 12:55 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Or ... give up another homer to center. That's another option. Brlfr.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 08 2017 12:57 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

I suck at game thread participation.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 01:05 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Frayed Knot wrote: The Cuban SS they seemed to concoct out of thin air in 2016, Aledmys Diaz, is also DL'd so rookie call-up Paul (Come Back and Stay) DeJong is the fill-in. I heard he played for Desert Moon last season.

d'Kong76 Jul 08 2017 01:06 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I suck at game thread participation. I do also, I won't say what I was typing about Travis when he knocked in the go ahead run just now...

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 01:07 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Mets in the lead. You both just be yourselves. If they lose this lead, you can try being each other.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 01:09 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Two-run lead. Good work guys.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 01:16 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Too much plate, man.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 01:18 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

2017 stinks.

Frayed Knot Jul 08 2017 01:20 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Ashie62 wrote: Aledmys Diaz got sent to the minors. Yup, he was their surprise power source last year, and before that they released their previous power-hitting SS with time still left on his contract. So now they just reach into their system and pluck out a 23 y/o former 4th round pick who comes up and immediately starts hitting HRs.

Frayed Knot Jul 08 2017 01:26 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

So much for strategic baseball tonight.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 01:26 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Who needs a homerun derby?

Frayed Knot Jul 08 2017 01:37 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

With that blue hair Carlos Martinez is sporting these days, shouldn't he be pitching in south Florida?

d'Kong76 Jul 08 2017 01:42 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Answer to the shift in a nutshell, just keep doing it until it stops...

Fman99 Jul 08 2017 01:44 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Balls flying off the bat tonight for all parties.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 01:47 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

d'Kong76 wrote: Answer to the shift in a nutshell, just keep doing it until it stops... Yup, yup, and yup. Why the Mets aren't doing it wit' regularity is a question that troubles, and provokes me, and uneases my sleep late in the night.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 01:52 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Making friends with the double play.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 02:01 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

I don't know if Bruce is safe or out, but his foot was a foot past the bag before making actual contact.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 02:04 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

It seemed like Fowler quit on that drive by Rivera 20 seconds before it landed.

d'Kong76 Jul 08 2017 02:04 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Horrible slide, lucky he didn't hurt himself. (I know Keith has said bad slide like seven times)

Frayed Knot Jul 08 2017 02:07 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Edgy MD wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: Answer to the shift in a nutshell, just keep doing it until it stops... Yup, yup, and yup. Why the Mets aren't doing it wit' regularity is a question that troubles, and provokes me, and uneases my sleep late in the night. If you were Matt Carpenter and the defense was shady, would you swing away anyway or drop the bunt maybe?

Fman99 Jul 08 2017 02:20 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Edgy MD wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: Answer to the shift in a nutshell, just keep doing it until it stops... Yup, yup, and yup. Why the Mets aren't doing it wit' regularity is a question that troubles, and provokes me, and uneases my sleep late in the night. I have a solution for you on that last point. It involves some bawdy talk.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 02:25 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

This should be Nimmo up there 10 times out of 10.

Frayed Knot Jul 08 2017 02:26 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Yeah, that's a curious choice. Not sure what Terry's logic is there.

Frayed Knot Jul 08 2017 02:33 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Not even sure if this is a bad thing these days or a good one, but the Nats scored 3 in the 9th and then just walked-off the Braves with one more in the 10th.

d'Kong76 Jul 08 2017 02:36 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Ok Keef, put your Cardinal ring back on and go update your scorecard...

Fman99 Jul 08 2017 02:39 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

I don't like the way this is trending here in the 8th. C'mon, pen. OUTS.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 02:40 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

0-2 and right over the plate.

Fman99 Jul 08 2017 02:44 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

41Forever Jul 08 2017 02:45 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Our defense is not stellar.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 08 2017 02:45 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Yeah that sucked. Matchups all going bad for Terry these days. Lefties surrendering leadoff bases to lefties has to stop.

d'Kong76 Jul 08 2017 02:45 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Ces flashin' the radar!

Frayed Knot Jul 08 2017 02:46 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Better turn on that potential DP (that's all on Cabrera) and that run doesn't score.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 02:47 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

d'Kong76 wrote: Ces flashin' the radar! I don't know. Good break, but he handled that ball like a man whose had a baby foisted on him that he's just been told was his. Scared me, anyhow.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 08 2017 02:50 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Who of us imagined Seaweed would be the 8th inning guy anyhow. Bullets dodged.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 02:52 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Yeah, but lots o' bullets certainly fired. And one bullet landed, anyways.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 02:56 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Rivera is someday going to pull a Beltre and knock one out off of one knee. Let's go, Reedy.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 02:59 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Nimmo should be out there for defense. Nimmo, Nimmo, NIMMO!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 08 2017 02:59 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, but lots o' bullets certainly fired. And one bullet landed, anyways. That's Blevins bullet. Let's Go Reed

d'Kong76 Jul 08 2017 03:00 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

1 pitch, one down.

d'Kong76 Jul 08 2017 03:01 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

2 pitches, 2 down.

41Forever Jul 08 2017 03:03 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Phew!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 08 2017 03:03 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Edgy MD wrote: Nimmo should be out there for defense. Nimmo, Nimmo, NIMMO! Look Smithers, Garbo is coming

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 03:03 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Refreshing.

Frayed Knot Jul 08 2017 03:03 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Strange game ... but I'll take it.

d'Kong76 Jul 08 2017 03:05 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

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themetfairy Jul 08 2017 03:18 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Fman99 Jul 08 2017 03:29 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Nimmo should be out there for defense. Nimmo, Nimmo, NIMMO! Look Smithers, Garbo is coming Immediately laughed.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2017 04:05 AM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance

Always happy to play the not-so-straight straight man.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 30 2017 01:33 PM Re: IGT 7/7/2017: NYM@STL -- deNext Chance