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IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Edgy MD Jul 19 2017 07:19 PM

A team on the chopping block attempts to show some ... something ... in defending their own turf. The Red Sox supposedly had been scouting New York infielders this series, and I would guess T.J. Rivera failed his audition yesterday, so it's Wilmer's turn. But apart from returning Flores to the lineup, Terry is all same-old/same old. Go, Jake! [list=1:2ajz4jel][*:2ajz4jel]Michael Conforto, c[/*:m:2ajz4jel] [*:2ajz4jel]Asdrubal Cabrera, 2b[/*:m:2ajz4jel] [*:2ajz4jel]Jay Bruce, rf[/*:m:2ajz4jel] [*:2ajz4jel]Yoenis Céspedes, lf[/*:m:2ajz4jel] [*:2ajz4jel]Lucas Duda, 1b[/*:m:2ajz4jel] [*:2ajz4jel]Wilmer Flores, 3b[/*:m:2ajz4jel] [*:2ajz4jel]José Reyes, ss[/*:m:2ajz4jel] [*:2ajz4jel]Travis d'Arnaud, c[/*:m:2ajz4jel] [*:2ajz4jel]Jacob deGrom, sp[/*:m:2ajz4jel][/list:o:2ajz4jel]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 19 2017 07:30 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

No, look, he dropped Cespedes 1 slot and promoted Doodoo 1 spot

Edgy MD Jul 19 2017 07:37 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

True, I was just looking at personnel.

d'Kong76 Jul 19 2017 10:07 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Just said hi to Mike Breen and he's like do I know you! Hurt a little.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2017 11:05 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Getting under way. Remember to defend your turf, men. [youtube:eyohqo10]sn3xH2QMdmc[/youtube:eyohqo10]

Edgy MD Jul 19 2017 11:23 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Interesting. A 1-2-Walk-Trip-to-the-Mound-3 inning.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2017 11:29 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Cabrera gets a hit and might be a Red Sock by the end of the weekend.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2017 11:30 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Cabrera tags and goes to second on a fly to center, sweetening the deal-to-come for the Mets.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2017 11:37 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Cabrera! Duda! Flores! All the Mets on the block are producing!

Frayed Knot Jul 19 2017 11:46 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

What are these 2-out/run-scoring hits of which you speak? Modern baseball oddity: Not only did that first AB by Carpenter take 13 pitches but, because each of the strikes (including, I believe, the first two) was a foul ball and the only 2 balls during the AB were both in the dirt, I'm pretty sure that that AB used 13 different baseballs. That's gotta be a record! I'm sure there were early 20th century games where they used fewer than 13 balls in the entire game.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2017 11:53 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Not often Brucie finds a hole on a grounder through the right.

Frayed Knot Jul 19 2017 11:54 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

I think I see the problem with Cespedes ... HIS FUCKING HAIR IS BLUE!!!

Edgy MD Jul 19 2017 11:54 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Cespy hurting? He's working on CYCLE, GUYS!!

Frayed Knot Jul 19 2017 11:59 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Matheny is quite reluctant to take a Leake tonight.

themetfairy Jul 20 2017 12:00 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

deGrom makes two outs in the second inning. The four runs that intervened were sublime.

Frayed Knot Jul 20 2017 12:08 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Two more 'hits' (in front of Cespedes, to the left of Flores) that are probably outs I'd guess 75% of the time ... but not on this team, this year.

Edgy MD Jul 20 2017 12:11 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Well, looks like Cespy can run, anyhow.

41Forever Jul 20 2017 12:17 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Maybe some of these guys are auditioning for a condender.

Ashie62 Jul 20 2017 12:18 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

The old Mets on the Bloc.

Edgy MD Jul 20 2017 12:21 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

41Forever wrote: Maybe some of these guys are auditioning for a contender. As noted earlier, the Sox are reportedly in the house scouting infielders. Also, Keith has a leather thing.

Edgy MD Jul 20 2017 12:28 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Keith references Jackson Browne's "These Days." Cool fact: Jackson wrote that song (his best, to a lot of folks' thinking) at 15, and sold it to Nico. He was a born existentialist.

Fman99 Jul 20 2017 12:39 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

This game kicks ass.

Ashie62 Jul 20 2017 12:40 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

All Mets players have a hit except the pitcher.

Edgy MD Jul 20 2017 12:48 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Five shutout innings on 84 pitches.

Edgy MD Jul 20 2017 01:14 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

What a game for Cabrera!

Edgy MD Jul 20 2017 01:17 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Edgy MD wrote: What a game for Cabrera! I spoke too soon.

Edgy MD Jul 20 2017 01:31 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

We have a Tonganese in the game.

Edgy MD Jul 20 2017 01:37 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Frayed Knot wrote: I think I see the problem with Cespedes ... HIS FUCKING HAIR IS BLUE!!! Well, here we are.. The star of the Blue Lagoon... and me, the blue-haired goon. What the ... ?! THAT'S TERRIBLE!!

Edgy MD Jul 20 2017 01:40 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Amazing that they're getting a full half inning out of what a hog Dwight Gooden was.

Edgy MD Jul 20 2017 01:44 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

You're mopping up with a big lead. Throw strikes, Seabie!

Edgy MD Jul 20 2017 01:53 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Muh-oh.

Frayed Knot Jul 20 2017 01:53 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

The inning has been far too interesting for my tastes.

Fman99 Jul 20 2017 01:54 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

It's my fault, I cruised once around the dial when it was 7-1 and it all went to hell. I'm back now.

Frayed Knot Jul 20 2017 01:57 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Terry had to go to Reed here because if he went to Robles the game would have been tied after the first pitch.

Frayed Knot Jul 20 2017 02:00 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Man, Matheny almost fell UP the stairs there. He pulls three of his starters with 5 innings to go in the game and when the unlikely tying-run situation appears his power-hitter replacement is the guy coming up.

themetfairy Jul 20 2017 02:10 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Fman99 Jul 20 2017 02:16 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

BOOOOOOOOKS

G-Fafif Jul 20 2017 01:34 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Wonderful win but the first since 2014 that, when it was over, I didn't find myself placing it into the context of playoff position or preparation. From contending to contending with also-ran status. LGM anyway.

seawolf17 Jul 20 2017 02:23 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Beautiful night for baseball. Brought my dad, and we sat in LF, first row, right on the wall. Those first two innings were glorious -- EVERYTHING was hit hard, even the outs. Cardinals fan next to me from Texas who was actually a very good dude despite his MOLINA 4 jersey, complaining the whole time. "All season with Leake. All season." He wasn't happy with Matheny emptying his bench in the fifth inning, either. When Voit came up in the eighth with the bases loaded, I said "much happier facing this guy than Carpenter" and he was like "EXACTLY." Totally wanted to go up and see the SNY guys but didn't feel like making the hike all the way up there. Also, Kase said he'd stop down but TOTALLY DIDN'T.

Frayed Knot Jul 20 2017 02:44 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

As I mentioned at the time, I was thinking the exact opposite concerning the Carpenter/Voit swap. Not that Matheny planned it or anything but, just when the blow-out was chipped down to a four-run gap, the early switch brings up the guy most likely to 'run into one' as the tying run w/the bases loaded. I mean, sure, Carpenter is more likely to keep the rally going than Voit, but at the time I was more worried about a dagger slam and was counting my blessings that it wasn't Robles out there. In all though, Matheny [u:vsj17y4s]was[/u:vsj17y4s] quick with his player hooks which was odd in that he was slow to pull Leake who obviously didn't have it from the git-go. And that all looked especially worse in retrospect as NYM bats did their usual disappearing act against place-holding middle relievers: 2 hits and 6 Ks over 5 innings vs the non-descript trio of John Brebbia, Kevin Seigrist, and Sam Packofvowels

seawolf17 Jul 20 2017 03:18 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Frayed Knot wrote: As I mentioned at the time, I was thinking the exact opposite concerning the Carpenter/Voit swap. Not that Matheny planned it or anything but, just when the blow-out was chipped down to a four-run gap, the early switch brings up the guy most likely to 'run into one' as the tying run w/the bases loaded. I mean, sure, Carpenter is more likely to keep the rally going than Voit, but at the time I was more worried about a dagger slam and was counting my blessings that it wasn't Robles out there. Yeah, that was where I was glad that Reed was in the game, because Terry might have been tempted to leave Blevins (my dad: "He kind of looks like an accountant.") in there for one more lefty.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 20 2017 03:22 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Lefty-on-lefty crime is out of hand with this club. I think the plan was to get Reed work at any rate, but this was the kind of march toward disaster that early in the season triggered the crisis. That Terry could take a lesson from Matheny on bullpen use at least is sobering. You can guarantee today will be that day where the pen is really needed. Write it down.

Frayed Knot Jul 20 2017 03:55 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

The question wasn't really Reed so much as whether it was necessary to go to Blevins with two on and lefty-lefty (Wong, Sierra) coming up followed by the pitcher's slot with no one left on the bench. One could make a good argument that it was still a six-run game so why not leave Seawald in, although if he wanted to finish the inning he probably shouldn't have walked those two guys and if the game had gotten out of hand with Seawald still in there pitching to the LHBs then we'd be killing Terry for that. I don't think that Matheny managed his pen any better than Terry, it's just that his guys covered 7 innings giving up 0 runs, 3 hits, 0 walks while our guys were busy serving up 2, 3, 3 over just 2-1/3 Sucky pitching makes all decisions look bad.

seawolf17 Jul 20 2017 04:06 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

You're up by six. If you're a major league pitcher, even with two runners on base, it's the bottom of the fucking order. Get the guys out, Sewald. This is why baseball games take six hours.

d'Kong76 Jul 20 2017 10:36 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

seawolf17 wrote: Also, Kase said he'd stop down but TOTALLY DIDN'T. I'm totally unreliable! Actually, I was looking in your general area around 7 but the gestapo usher wouldn't let down the stairs to look around. Had a good night being baseball ambassador to two couples visiting from Australia who knew nothing about the game of baseball. They said cricket sucks, and not to bother with it at all. Sorry, Spitter.

cooby Jul 21 2017 12:09 AM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!

Yay

Benjamin Grimm Aug 13 2017 01:18 PM Re: IGT, 7/19 STL@NYM: You're STILL New York Mets!