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IGT 04/26 - Mets at Cardinals, Businessperson's Special

Edgy MD
Apr 26 2018 03:34 AM

It's a rematch of Opening Day, with Noah Syndergaard matching up against Carlos Martinez.

You know who else was out there on Opening Day? Brandon Nimmo. Just a thought.

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Edgy MD
Apr 26 2018 03:05 PM
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G-Fafif
Apr 26 2018 03:27 PM
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"The business of America is the Mets kicking the Cardinals' ass."
--Calvin Coolidge

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 26 2018 04:57 PM
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"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to kick the Cardinals asses is more important than any other one thing."
--Abraham Lincoln

Edgy MD
Apr 26 2018 05:06 PM
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good Mets to do nothing."

— Edmund Burke

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 26 2018 05:12 PM
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"I've got spurs that jingle jangle jingle."

-- Gene Autry

Lefty Specialist
Apr 26 2018 05:18 PM
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"Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me two out of three from the Cardinals or give me death!"

-Patrick Henry

Lefty Specialist
Apr 26 2018 05:22 PM
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Cespy provides an instant lead.

seawolf17
Apr 26 2018 05:37 PM
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Lefty Specialist wrote:
Cespy provides an instant lead.

-Rousseau

(Sorry. I thought we needed attribution for everything in today's thread.)

Edgy MD
Apr 26 2018 05:47 PM
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Can I get a huzzah for Brandon Nimmo the Table Setter?

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 26 2018 05:52 PM
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Lefty Specialist
Apr 26 2018 06:02 PM
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Syndergaard is totally dealing.

-Benjamin Franklin

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 26 2018 06:31 PM
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Fuck, I thought he was going to be perfect today
--Jackie Chan

G-Fafif
Apr 26 2018 06:56 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Fuck, I thought he was going to be perfect today
--Jackie Chan

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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 26 2018 07:01 PM
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Zimmo reaches base for the 3rd time, helps add a run
--Craig Chaquito, Jefferson Starship

Centerfield
Apr 26 2018 07:02 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Zimmo reaches base for the 3rd time, helps add a run
--Craig Chaquito, Jefferson Starship

What he said.
--Erik Estrada, Award Winning Actor

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 26 2018 07:05 PM
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That Yadier Molina is some fucking typewriter.
-Tom Hanks

A Boy Named Seo
Apr 26 2018 07:17 PM
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"Frazier's down on his knees, blowing this game."

-Jedediah J. Fman, early New York frontiersman

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 26 2018 07:18 PM
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Inning over. Thank God.
--Bill Cosby, Incarcerated Comedian

G-Fafif
Apr 26 2018 07:19 PM
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"Thor, Thor, Thor -- how do ya like it, how do ya like it?"
--Andrea True Connection

cooby
Apr 26 2018 07:23 PM
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G-Fafif wrote:
"Thor, Thor, Thor -- how do ya like it, how do ya like it?"
--Andrea True Connection

2018 Cooby Award

Lefty Specialist
Apr 26 2018 07:28 PM
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Down goes Frazier!

-Howard Cosell

A Boy Named Seo
Apr 26 2018 07:30 PM
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"I know exit velocity and launch angle and all that, but Adrian Gonzalez looks like a pile of shit."

-Bill Shakespeare

Centerfield
Apr 26 2018 07:31 PM
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For those of us at work, can anyone explain how DeJong doubled to SS?

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 26 2018 07:35 PM
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Frazier hit the ball as it went by, slowing it as it traveled to the outfield
--Otto Mann

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 26 2018 07:40 PM
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Phuck
--Noah Syndergaard

bmfc1
Apr 26 2018 07:42 PM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 26 2018 08:29 PM

Maybe if the SS who is supposed to be a great fielder made a play he should have made this innning the Mets would still be ahead. But hey, at least Rosario is hitting a ton.
--me

Lefty Specialist
Apr 26 2018 07:47 PM
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Nice DP to put out the fire. But Rosario....grrrr.

-Smokey the Bear

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 26 2018 07:54 PM
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"This is a great chance for Nimmo to be a hero."

-- Benjamin Grimm

seawolf17
Apr 26 2018 08:06 PM
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Pham.

-Braden Looper

G-Fafif
Apr 26 2018 08:09 PM
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Extree Extree!!
--Newsie, early 20th century

Lefty Specialist
Apr 26 2018 08:26 PM
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Ohhhhh myyyyy.

-George Takei

bmfc1
Apr 26 2018 08:27 PM
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"He walked Jose Lobaton with the bases loaded? Get me another Budweiser!"
--Cardinals fans

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 26 2018 08:28 PM
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"A walk is as good as a hit"

-- Jamie Reidy

Centerfield
Apr 26 2018 08:30 PM
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"Big, big save opportunity here."

--Armando Benitez

Edgy MD
Apr 26 2018 08:43 PM
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"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
— Thomas Paine

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Apr 26 2018 08:47 PM
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"No glove, no love."

-- Anonymous sex worker

Vic Sage
Apr 26 2018 08:51 PM
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Centerfield wrote:
"Big, big save opportunity here."

--Armando Benitez

"Me chupo un pene grande."

--Armando Benitez

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 26 2018 09:05 PM
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"I'm available if you need me to come in for a save in the 19th inning."

-- Mike Pelfrey

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 26 2018 09:29 PM
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"Suck my dick'
-- Amelia Erhart

bmfc1
Apr 26 2018 09:34 PM
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Dear Mets:
Fuck you.
2 good starters and they wasted one of them today. The SS can't hit and can barely field, they don't have anyone at 1B, the 3B has an iron glove, they might as well have a screen behind the plate instead of the sacks of shit that are out there.

Fman99
Apr 26 2018 09:43 PM
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Well that sucked ass.

HahnSolo
Apr 26 2018 09:59 PM
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It would be nice to not allow their bottom end of the bullpen to throw three perfect innings in extras.

The tying hit in the 10th. I was driving...should Lagares have caught it? Howie seemed dumbfounded that he didn’t get it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 26 2018 10:04 PM
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It wasn't very Lagares-y. Slow to get back then blindly reached for it

bmfc1
Apr 26 2018 10:13 PM
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Nimmo, Conforto, likely no but Lagares should have caught it. If he's not going to catch that ball then he has no business being on the roster.

HahnSolo
Apr 26 2018 11:03 PM
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That’s kind of what Howie implied.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 27 2018 01:07 PM
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Cast your vote!

41Forever
Apr 27 2018 01:27 PM
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HahnSolo wrote:
That’s kind of what Howie implied.

Watching the video on the MLB ap, even the Cardinals announcers were implying that. "That's a former Gold Glover out there, and it looks like he had a chance to catch that one."

A Boy Named Seo
Apr 27 2018 02:25 PM
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[tweet:g4bylzxb]https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/989630595155353600[/tweet:g4bylzxb]

Keith said he thought he lost it in the sun, too. It looked like a crappy jump to me, Juan didn't really get too close to it.

Ceetar
Apr 27 2018 02:40 PM
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roughly every fly ball late in that game featured an outfielder getting a bad jump on it.

Centerfield
Apr 27 2018 02:48 PM
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Defense aside, that's 3 blown saves in the last 10 days for Familia. He's blown 3 of his last 5 chances. Every closer goes through a slump, but this isn't going to cut it.

d'Kong76
Apr 27 2018 02:53 PM
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Though well-struck, the ball only had a 17 percent hit probability, per Statcast

This stuff drives me crazy, it was clearly at 19 percent.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 27 2018 02:53 PM
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Bumping this to the new page.

Benjamin Grimm wrote:

Cast your vote!

Ceetar
Apr 27 2018 04:05 PM
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d'Kong76 wrote:
Though well-struck, the ball only had a 17 percent hit probability, per Statcast

This stuff drives me crazy, it was clearly at 19 percent.

weighted value based on the position of the sun?

Frayed Knot
Apr 27 2018 06:53 PM
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A Boy Named Seo wrote:
Keith said he thought he lost it in the sun, too. It looked like a crappy jump to me, Juan didn't really get too close to it.

Well I think it was a crappy jump because of the sun. He didn't take a great angle to the ball and then wound up jumping both late and ultimately short.
On the other hand, it was also a smoked liner off the wall in dead center. Would have taken a nice play to get it under any circumstances.
But we are talking about Juan here so I'd say he probably gets to a ball like that 7 or 8 times out of 10

smg58
Apr 27 2018 08:10 PM
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Centerfield wrote:
Defense aside, that's 3 blown saves in the last 10 days for Familia. He's blown 3 of his last 5 chances. Every closer goes through a slump, but this isn't going to cut it.

The first involved an inherited runner in the eighth inning, and the third involved an infield single and a fly ball that should have been caught. And he has a 1.93 ERA. Familia is near the bottom on the list of worries.

Vic Sage
Apr 27 2018 08:19 PM
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smg58 wrote:
Centerfield wrote:
Defense aside, that's 3 blown saves in the last 10 days for Familia. He's blown 3 of his last 5 chances. Every closer goes through a slump, but this isn't going to cut it.

The first involved an inherited runner in the eighth inning, and the third involved an infield single and a fly ball that should have been caught. And he has a 1.93 ERA. Familia is near the bottom on the list of worries.

bullshit.

Familia sucked last year, and he's blown too many wins so far this year. Hey, Mickey, what happened to accountability? What happened to "closer by committee" and using different guys to close depending on the situation? Isn't that what we heard in ST? You sent Wheeler, to AAA and dropped Harvey out of the rotation, so you know how to do it. Lets see Gsellman get a few chances to close. Use familia to get a K in the 7th once in a while.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 27 2018 08:20 PM
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Vic Sage wrote:
Hey, Mickey, what happened to accountability? What happened to "closer by committee" and using different guys to close depending on the situation? Isn't that what we heard in ST?

I know. Mickey hasn't been nearly as out-of-the-box as he indicated he would be.

Ceetar
Apr 27 2018 08:31 PM
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Vic Sage wrote:

bullshit.

Familia sucked last year, and he's blown too many wins so far this year. Hey, Mickey, what happened to accountability? What happened to "closer by committee" and using different guys to close depending on the situation? Isn't that what we heard in ST? You sent Wheeler, to AAA and dropped Harvey out of the rotation, so you know how to do it. Lets see Gsellman get a few chances to close. Use familia to get a K in the 7th once in a while.

No. closer by committee was never a thing. It was always Familia with the intention of not ignoring obvious better matchups. Mostly things like letting Blevins get big lefties even in the 9th or bringing Familia in the 8th if that's where the save is happening and replacing him in the 9th if pitch count/matchup warrants.

Gsellman and Familia have near identical numbers right down to blown saves. Gsellman presumably has the arm strength to go a little longer at the moment, so might as well use him in the 6th/7th when maybe you can get the 8th from him too.

Callaway's been pretty good with the bullpen so far, including seemingly less dry humping. His management style feels pretty much like what he said he was going to do.

Centerfield
Apr 27 2018 09:05 PM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
Vic Sage wrote:
Hey, Mickey, what happened to accountability? What happened to "closer by committee" and using different guys to close depending on the situation? Isn't that what we heard in ST?

I know. Mickey hasn't been nearly as out-of-the-box as he indicated he would be.

Yes. Formulaic and predictable. In that Washington game, Familia needed to come in and put out the fire much earlier in that 8th inning. If he does that, then you coast to the win in the 9th.

That he went to Lugo and Blevins and then Ramos and finally Familia smells an awful lot like a manager reserving their "closer" for the save situation.

And bringing in Blevins to face a guy who murders him because of lefty-lefty. Just idiotic.

Edgy MD
Apr 28 2018 04:42 AM
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"I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad."
— Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Grimm
May 10 2018 03:50 PM
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