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IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

41Forever Jun 20 2018 12:26 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 20 2018 09:33 PM

Let's see if we can get another win out of the Fixx. Plus, we have Nimmo. Lugo, 2-2, 2.49, vs Bettis, 5-1, 4.65. [youtube:1yjtgrgp]ebjSvTaX1fA[/youtube:1yjtgrgp]

Edgy MD Jun 20 2018 08:55 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Red Skies in Denver!

You think Lugo's stuff plays much better at Coors than Vargas'?

41Forever Jun 20 2018 08:57 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Red Skies in Denver!

Edgy MD wrote: You think Lugo's stuff plays much better at Coors than Vargas'? Thin air accelerates the spin rate!

Edgy MD Jun 20 2018 09:04 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Red Skies in Denver!

Maybe, but my understanding is that it doesn't provide enough resistance to effectively create the break of curveball pitchers.

d'Kong76 Jun 20 2018 09:10 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Red Skies in Denver!

Unusual IGT voodoo, recycling a recently used song and in a different city to boot.

Edgy MD Jun 20 2018 09:11 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Red Skies in Denver!

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batmagadanleadoff Jun 20 2018 09:15 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Red Skies in Denver!

Edgy MD wrote: Maybe, but my understanding is that it doesn't provide enough resistance to effectively create the break of curveball pitchers. You're right. He's wrong. Thin air reduces spin rate, which relies on friction. Coors Field particularly diminishes the effectiveness of curves and stinkers. In fact, Rox reliever Chad Bettis is finding success this year with an extremely low spin rate changeup.

41Forever Jun 20 2018 09:17 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Red Skies in Denver!

Edgy MD wrote: Maybe, but my understanding is that it doesn't provide enough resistance to effectively create the break of curveball pitchers. Denver air is different on Wednesdays. Work with me, man!

41Forever Jun 20 2018 09:18 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Red Skies in Denver!

d'Kong76 wrote: Unusual IGT voodoo, recycling a recently used song and in a different city to boot. The phrase you are looking for is either "paying homage" or "adopting best practices." New song selected!

Centerfield Jun 20 2018 10:07 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Lugo throws harder than 86 on his fastball, so at least he's got that on Vargas. I don't think Seth will go 8 innings 1 run like Jake, but I think he keeps us in the game. Trouble is today's starter for them looks a bit stronger.

TransMonk Jun 20 2018 10:58 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

I got done with my thing in Denver early today and bought a cheap ticket to this one. I'll be one of the guys rooting for the blue and orange in a sea of purple.

d'Kong76 Jun 20 2018 11:19 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

You changed the song?!? That's even crazier IGT voodoo. I'm going out back and kill a chicken. (for soup, not sport or voodoo)

Frayed Knot Jun 21 2018 12:03 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Post-8:00 (EDT) starts after tonight: Sunday July 22 @ Yanx (ESPN) - 8:05 Mon Aug 27 + Tues Aug 28 @ Cubs - 8:05, 8:05 Friday Aug 31st @ SFG - 10:15 Mon Sept 3 (Labor Day) @ LAD 8:05 Tues Sept 4th @ LAD - 10:10 So really only 2 late-night games (and only one of those on a school night) plus a handful of starts right at 8 PM. We're even done with the 7:35 games in Cobb County, GA for the season. Although there does remain the possibility of being 'flexed' into another ESPN SNB game; Sun Sept 16 @ Boston, for instance, is listed as 'TBD'

Rockin' Doc Jun 21 2018 12:54 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Mesoraco rips a double down the left field line with the bases loaded. Drives in 2 more. Could be feasting on the Rockies pathetic bullpen early in this one. Lugo up with the bases again loaded.

Rockin' Doc Jun 21 2018 12:56 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Bettis needed 33 pitches to get through the top of the 1st for the Rockies. Now Lugo needs to set the Rockies down quickly, before he can catch his breath.

Zvon Jun 21 2018 12:57 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

This has started rather nicely. Out Double! Single (RBI)! Out Single! Walk! Double (2RBI)! Walk! Out (Lugo, 9 bat in the 1st) !!!-0 Mets!

Rockin' Doc Jun 21 2018 01:06 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Lugo goes to the curve ball for the 1st time on the 13th pitch of the game. It hangs and Arenado absolutely crushes it to deep left field.

Rockin' Doc Jun 21 2018 01:15 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Mets tack on another run as Frazier plates Nimmo with a single through the middle.

Zvon Jun 21 2018 01:18 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

[fimg=500:288hvm3k]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Nwfe5r9w_oL2s83_TeWAaMVJ6Kb0v4SQJU0q9GGI93CSRj9uLnE-_OM7Y4zXDWZ35Q3iaV5Qq3hQtr_m80i5Ycjtlj7DB0v4aLttNts0eNh4EuKqUubooPb7jghhDDME_sWwgEb0biJZv_7Ff_ELVEOAC7WCxoNDDsdcKnAdNL8qRN2XDZ-0k9levZWHI80iBmcHMS2zBI-Xl4gaC83i-meuXD4pvZdozvj9WRbhItyTl7whh6Qz2OD4XIqoDI4lIvXi07nKsosRwBx7fuBnId5kuWl78Io_v_duMR3yp7v44NQdGkihMqDk1zujvPUnxo_c-gfZ_WaJaHxZ0dyIBrpBPDXqWL5kpc3RurqzJaWmPguzm2-7NUrTSVV0cJkTIf74cPJTmm72v-caa9VBxzl3sFqVK-k78SLC9MpHQd4LbaNNRVdhtcqMLWcqMy-sbs7Eq1D-6HEnY9UdUP2LGl1Fr9_i7mII59l6Dn4d-Hrgb2T3UoF8Vv7C6vmVh-xUR6w0ULfxkpsvueau6pihMaz89uwLKSoUMJ1fYaS5XVg51lH88Ww_3ly1UTwTRU9Is9srWXZ2zxBDkFfWOWoOujjyvJ24ggTIgdTPipkU=w848-h120-no[/fimg:288hvm3k] GAH! As I'm about to hit send Frazier commits an error.

Zvon Jun 21 2018 01:21 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

...another on of those games, huh? 4-2 Mets.

MFS62 Jun 21 2018 01:29 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 21 2018 01:33 AM

Has any reason been given as to why Jose Reyes is the starting shortstop? Is Lugo THAT good that they have to give him a handicap? And, Edgy is pretty correct about this: Maybe, but my understanding is that it doesn't provide enough resistance to effectively create the break of curveball pitchers. The thinner air doesn't create as much of a pressure differential on one side of the ball VS the other. (Bernoulli's principle) Later

d'Kong76 Jun 21 2018 01:33 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Frazier with some early goat du jour.

Fman99 Jun 21 2018 01:53 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Loogs not adjusting well to the thin air. On the other hand, yes, the Fixx. So great. I don't know how they weren't bigger in this country.

Zvon Jun 21 2018 01:56 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

$@^$*$()%($&!!!! Lugo's done.... 6-4, Men in black.

Edgy MD Jun 21 2018 02:00 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Keith may blow a big advertising deal between the Mets and Gatorade.

Frayed Knot Jun 21 2018 02:06 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

That (the GiDP) is the first Colorado grounder that's actually gone at someone tonight with the exception of the one that Frazier effectively turned into a double. Lugo certainly wasn't good tonight but he was also a bit unlucky.

Edgy MD Jun 21 2018 02:13 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Smith looked like he was in deep danger of getting pegged on that trip. Thanks, Mr. DJ!~

41Forever Jun 21 2018 02:14 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Thin air helped him run faster. Less resistance.

Edgy MD Jun 21 2018 02:16 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Would be nice to have a lefty pinch-hitter in this situation.

Edgy MD Jun 21 2018 02:19 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Mets knock out the Bus and now they face Rus.

Edgy MD Jun 21 2018 02:23 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

LET'S GO, NIM-MO!! (clap! clap! clap-clap-clap!)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 21 2018 02:26 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

walk

Edgy MD Jun 21 2018 02:27 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Nimmo gives me OBP Fever, and there is no cure.

41Forever Jun 21 2018 02:27 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

NIMMO!!! Such a bad ass! Doesn't even need a hit to get a game-tying RBI.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 21 2018 02:27 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Cabrera!!

Edgy MD Jun 21 2018 02:28 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Why in the world is Colorado not trying to throw out our runners? Don't get me wrong. I'm not complaining.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 21 2018 02:30 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

walk.

Edgy MD Jun 21 2018 02:31 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Your posting brevity is carrying this rally.

41Forever Jun 21 2018 02:32 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Edgy MD wrote: Why in the world is Colorado not trying to throw out our runners? Don't get me wrong. I'm not complaining. Keith sure is! He's ripping the Rocks.

41Forever Jun 21 2018 02:33 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Monk is there. Must be going nuts!!!

Zvon Jun 21 2018 02:33 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Edgy MD wrote: Why in the world is Colorado not trying to throw out our runners? Don't get me wrong. I'm not complaining. Jose was a dead duck!

Edgy MD Jun 21 2018 02:36 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Frazier has missed two meatballs this at-bat.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 21 2018 02:36 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

6-3

Edgy MD Jun 21 2018 02:53 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Man, if Smitty gets hitty ...

Edgy MD Jun 21 2018 03:00 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

If only Brandon Nimmo could get a turn at bat.

Fman99 Jun 21 2018 03:02 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Keith is not very chuffed about the Rockies sad pitching performance.

41Forever Jun 21 2018 03:08 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Booo. Wasted opportunities.

TransMonk Jun 21 2018 03:11 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

41Forever wrote: Monk is there. Must be going nuts!!! I could use a comeback tonight. This is a beautiful stadium. The StubHub gods put me between a Yankee fan and a Braves fan who wanted to talk to each other (even though I was between them) about anything baseball related EXCEPT for the Rockies or Mets. I moved all the way down the left field line into the last seat of the first row of the second level corner and have a nice empty cushion. There does not look to be a bad seat in this joint. The Rox fans seem a bit aloof and the food selection is not top notch, but the baseball watching experience is pretty great. And now, Blackmon goes yard. Shit.

Frayed Knot Jun 21 2018 03:13 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

I have CAHNfidence that the Mets aren't going to lose this game ... mainly because I don't think it's ever going to end.

Edgy MD Jun 21 2018 03:33 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Let us all praise Asdrubal Cabrera's elbow, which has fallen in the name of a great cause.

d'Kong76 Jun 21 2018 03:43 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

My KAHNfidence is waning, but anything can happen in the screwy ballpark.

Zvon Jun 21 2018 03:50 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Druby stays in! :)

d'Kong76 Jun 21 2018 03:52 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Jose

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 21 2018 03:52 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

"You thought I wasn't hot garbage, just because I took a couple of half-decent PAs? Au contraire, amigos."

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 21 2018 04:04 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

So Rosario owns Wade Davis, apparently. Lessee what Kid Wyoming does here.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 21 2018 04:05 AM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Or a nice Cab-ernet, p'raps?

d'Kong76 Jun 21 2018 02:40 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

I guess game plan for Thurs afternoon is score 11 or more runs. #lgm

Centerfield Jun 21 2018 02:44 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Two straight clunkers for Seth. Come on buddy. Prove you belong in this rotation.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 21 2018 02:45 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

We need to Fixx this team

d'Kong76 Jun 21 2018 02:50 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

If we get a miraculous no-hitter, we can call it the Saved By Zero game.

Edgy MD Jun 21 2018 02:56 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

I think whoever starts today's thread needs to work with a Colorado act. I have mixed feelings about The Lumineers, but I don't know, why not? Or Big Head Todd or Jag Panzer or somebody.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 21 2018 05:18 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Not to throw shade on our man in Michigan but I thought doubling down on the Fixx was asking for it. I'd have welcomed, I dunno, a Big Country themed game thread, or something.

41Forever Jun 21 2018 06:16 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Not to throw shade on our man in Michigan but I thought doubling down on the Fixx was asking for it. I'd have welcomed, I dunno, a Big Country themed game thread, or something. Mistakes were made.

Edgy MD Jun 21 2018 06:35 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!

Also worth noting that they pointlessly ran out of benchies again in this game.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 10 2018 02:53 PM Re: IGT 6/20 -- Deeper and Deeper in Denver!