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IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

G-Fafif Aug 07 2019 12:54 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 08 2019 01:19 AM

The Nationals now have to face the Mets, who've won 13 of 14. Gonna be a tough test of Washington's abilities. Marcus Stroman puts on a Mets home uniform and pitches in it for the first time. Stephen Strasburg goes for the Nats. Str vs. Str -- strive to strafe and ward off strife as we stride upward! So let us stretch our streak.

Frayed Knot Aug 07 2019 07:03 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Wait a minute ... y'mean we have to wait until Friday to beat somebody?!? That just doesn't seem right.

41Forever Aug 07 2019 07:30 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

I know the Major League record for most consecutive games with a home run is eight. Can't find the Mets team record. Polar Bear is pretty locked in!

MFS62 Aug 07 2019 07:31 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Frayed Knot wrote: Wait a minute ... y'mean we have to wait until Friday to beat somebody?!? That just doesn't seem right. MLB does a worse job of scheduling the Mets than ESPN. :) Later

ashie62 Aug 07 2019 07:48 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

NEXT! DO WANT A STICK GUM WITH THE HAIRCUT?

Edgy MD Aug 07 2019 09:42 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

I know the Major League record for most consecutive games with a home run is eight. Can't find the Mets team record. Polar Bear is pretty locked in! The Mets record belongs to Daniel Murphy, who homered in six consecutive games, https://www.mlb.com/video/murphy-sets-postseason-hr-record-c524293383>all in the post-season.

41Forever Aug 08 2019 06:08 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Edgy MD wrote: I know the Major League record for most consecutive games with a home run is eight. Can't find the Mets team record. Polar Bear is pretty locked in! The Mets record belongs to Daniel Murphy, who homered in six consecutive games, https://www.mlb.com/video/murphy-sets-postseason-hr-record-c524293383>all in the post-season. Of course. Now, THAT was being locked in!

bmfc1 Aug 08 2019 06:54 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Strasburg's last game: 9 ER in 4 2/3 @ AZ. His previous 2 games: 1 ER in 13 IP at home against LAD and COL. He has pitched well against the Mets this season in NY, 13 2/3 IP, only 2 ER. The Mets beat him on March 30 in WSH. http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/30373/stephen-strasburg Marcus Stroman has faced various Nationals over the years: http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/32815/marcus-stroman

Lefty Specialist Aug 08 2019 07:01 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

A win in the opener would be a nice statement. But being a long-time Met fan, I also worry about the trap door opening.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 08 2019 08:12 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Screw the statement, it's practically crucial.

G-Fafif Aug 09 2019 03:44 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Just under 13 1/2 hours to first pitch.

ashie62 Aug 09 2019 08:15 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

We got this

LWFS Aug 09 2019 08:37 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

I have nervous. Good nervous? I think. But still. The Nats aren't just a step up in class-- they're also playing nearly as well as Metsie. This is where we're proven either for real or frauds, right?

kcmets Aug 09 2019 09:01 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Lol - ¡Tengo nervioso tambien! I mean despite all this crazy newfound success would anyone be surprised one bit if Strasburg throws a 6-7 inning zero-run one-hit gem while up a good 4-5 runs? WSN (61‑53) Stephen Strasburg (RHP, 14-5, 3.72) NYM (59‑56) Marcus Stroman (RHP, 6-11, 3.07)

Lefty Specialist Aug 09 2019 11:27 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

=LWFS post_id=18198 time=1565361462 user_id=84]I have nervous. Good nervous? I think. But still. The Nats aren't just a step up in class-- they're also playing nearly as well as Metsie. This is where we're proven either for real or frauds, right?

I'd rather be nervous than wondering what's on HBO or Showtime tonight. Which is what I expected a month ago, rather than meaningful games in August.

Centerfield Aug 09 2019 11:45 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Really the first time since the 2016 WC game we've played a game this yuge. Feels weird.

G-Fafif Aug 09 2019 01:14 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Panik wearing 2, batting 8th.

G-Fafif Aug 09 2019 01:16 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

McNeil RF Rosario SS Conforto CF Alonso 1B Davis LF Ramos C Frazier 3B Panik 2B Stroman P Hech DFA'd. Brach in 29.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 04:51 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Damn I guessed both right.

Edgy MD Aug 09 2019 05:24 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Most exciting home top of the first all year.

G-Fafif Aug 09 2019 05:40 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Greetings from the Citi Field press box. Can confirm the joint is jumping (except in here where jumping is not permitted).

Methead Aug 09 2019 05:51 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

I'm starting to think we may have something here with this Stroman guy

Lefty Specialist Aug 09 2019 05:52 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Stroman seems a bit amped.

Edgy MD Aug 09 2019 06:04 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

I'm in Rockville Centre visiting my mother. Eating at an Italian restaurant called Nick's. They have three TVs: Yankees, Fox News, and preseason football. Not even a home team in the football game.

Lefty Specialist Aug 09 2019 06:06 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 09 2019 06:07 PM

Well, fuck.

Methead Aug 09 2019 06:07 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Welp. That's what I get for opening my mouth, I guess.

G-Fafif Aug 09 2019 06:18 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Edgy MD wrote: I'm in Rockville Centre visiting my mother. Eating at an Italian restaurant called Nick's. They have three TVs: Yankees, Fox News, and preseason football. Not even a home team in the football game. I know Nick's. Good pizza. Bad taste in TV tuning, though.

Methead Aug 09 2019 06:20 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

YES PETE

Lefty Specialist Aug 09 2019 06:27 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

OK, back even. JD Davis has been a revelation.

41Forever Aug 09 2019 06:31 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Is that four games in a row for Pete?

Methead Aug 09 2019 06:32 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

=41Forever post_id=18252 time=1565397088 user_id=69] Is that four games in a row for Pete?

Yep

Lefty Specialist Aug 09 2019 06:33 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

It is. And a laser beam.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 06:35 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Get Rendon here

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 06:37 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Like that

batmagadanleadoff Aug 09 2019 06:38 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Edgy MD wrote: I'm in Rockville Centre visiting my mother. Eating at an Italian restaurant called Nick's. They have three TVs: Yankees, Fox News, and preseason football. Not even a home team in the football game. Get the Chicken Godzilla -- in honor of Godzilla Alonso.

Lefty Specialist Aug 09 2019 06:51 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Alonso diving twice for balls Panik could have easily fielded.

Edgy MD Aug 09 2019 06:57 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Edgy MD wrote: I'm in Rockville Centre visiting my mother. Eating at an Italian restaurant called Nick's. They have three TVs: Yankees, Fox News, and preseason football. Not even a home team in the football game. I know Nick's. Good pizza. Bad taste in TV tuning, though. Guy behind me in a Bacardi shirt got them to change the riveting Pittsburgh/TB preseason action. What a game.

Lefty Specialist Aug 09 2019 06:58 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Whew.

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2019 07:05 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

So now this is where, after forcing the Nats to choose between a PH and Strasburg (and they rightly went w/Strasburg IMO), you fuck up the whole strategy by having the bats force him out of the game this inning anyway. aka: Ye olde Double Whammy!

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2019 07:06 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Nice 2-strike hitting by Conforto and GREAT read by Rosario.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 07:12 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

JD screwed on that check.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 07:12 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Farts

Methead Aug 09 2019 07:13 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: JD screwed on that check. Buy him dinner first at the very least

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2019 07:16 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Edgy MD wrote: I'm in Rockville Centre visiting my mother. Eating at an Italian restaurant called Nick's. They have three TVs: Yankees, Fox News, and preseason football. Not even a home team in the football game. Who watches news in a bar? I think the last time I watched the news in a bar was after the Reagan assassination attempt. While I was there a local TV film crew came in to interview people to see if they were there specifically to catch up on the latest. Except that no one would talk to them because most were skipping out of work in the middle of the afternoon. Myself, I wasn't there to watch the latest OR to skip out on work but I wouldn't talk to them either on account of not being real anxious to say that I had merely stopped in to collect my coat I had left there the previous evening. Don't quite remember how I wound up doing that -- especially seeing as how it was March in upstate New York -- but, y'know, it was a bar.

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2019 07:22 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Frayed Knot wrote: So now this is where, after forcing the Nats to choose between a PH and Strasburg (and they rightly went w/Strasburg IMO), you fuck up the whole strategy by having the bats force him out of the game this inning anyway. aka: Ye olde Double Whammy! Damn! Looked like we were on our way to just that after the first two batters.

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2019 07:23 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Double damn!

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 07:25 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Discouraging

bmfc1 Aug 09 2019 07:29 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

I'm still steaming over the check-swing call on Davis. And that idiot who made the call is at home tomorrow. F him.

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2019 07:46 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Well, we got Strasburg out of there anyway. I suppose I shouldn't be shocked that he was pulled even after a quick 7th and a low-ish pitch count ... but I kinda am.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 07:47 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

That leadoff walk in the 7th was a big moment. Had him at 0-2 as well. My impression after 2 starts is that Stroman is a good pitcher, who occasionally overdoes it. Top of the order here, let's get it done.

Methead Aug 09 2019 07:48 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Yeah, let's win this shit

LWFS Aug 09 2019 07:48 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

This is the time. Middle-bottom against Doolittle is an iffier proposition.

LWFS Aug 09 2019 07:49 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Oof. Squirrel.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 07:51 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Rosey

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2019 07:52 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Nats finally got burned by their OF shift.

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2019 07:53 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Need at least a run here Pete. We can get to Doolittle, but you don't want to have to do it down by two.

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2019 08:03 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Fourth infield hit by the Nats tonight.

LWFS Aug 09 2019 08:03 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

The Nats' top-of-order rallies like ours should rally.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 08:12 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Dammit

Methead Aug 09 2019 08:13 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Dammit

LWFS Aug 09 2019 08:18 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Bloop and a bloop and...

Methead Aug 09 2019 08:19 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

=Methead post_id=18274 time=1565401716 user_id=61] Yeah, let's win this shit

LWFS Aug 09 2019 08:19 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

I really don't like Frazier in these situations. He presses.

LWFS Aug 09 2019 08:20 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 09 2019 08:22 PM

WELL FUCK ME GENTLY WITH A CHAINSAW

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 08:20 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Oh wow

Methead Aug 09 2019 08:21 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

whoa!

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2019 08:21 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Frayed Knot wrote: We can get to Doolittle ...

LWFS Aug 09 2019 08:23 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

This is all so very very 2015

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2019 08:23 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

You'd like to end it here ... but the battle of the pens is DECIDEDLY in our favor going forward if they don't.

LWFS Aug 09 2019 08:23 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

BIFL

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 08:24 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Dumbass shit bunt

LWFS Aug 09 2019 08:25 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Dumb play, dumbly executed. Mickey shouldn't try to be smart.

bmfc1 Aug 09 2019 08:26 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Howie couldn't stop saying that Lagares can't bunt. He can't hit either but that was a waste.

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2019 08:27 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

A bunt isn't the wrong move in that situation ... but only if you've got somebody who can bunt!!!

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 08:28 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Yeah I wouldn't argue guy on 2nd, 1 out there. But popped up twice in that situation. That's bad stuff

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 08:30 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

That little single mighta won it if Laggy does the job. C'mon Scoooty

LWFS Aug 09 2019 08:31 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Lagares is 3 for 5 against Doolittle with a walk, apparently. I'll trust that over a bunt. May not matter, though, as Amed Carew keeps on sticking it.

LWFS Aug 09 2019 08:31 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Game.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 08:33 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Love you guys

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2019 08:33 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Biggest game of the year ... biggest win of the year. Nuff said! And it was won by a naked man.

Lefty Specialist Aug 09 2019 08:33 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

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kcmets Aug 09 2019 08:33 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Wow!! I'd like to keep the on-field celebration in check a little bit, but just wow!

41Forever Aug 09 2019 08:34 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

FIRST CAREER WALK-OFF FOR SCOOTER!

nymr83 Aug 09 2019 08:35 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

FUCK YEAH!! FUCK WASHINGTON!!

Methead Aug 09 2019 08:35 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

HAHAHAHA wow

Gwreck Aug 09 2019 08:43 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

=LWFS post_id=18275 time=1565401724 user_id=84]Middle-bottom against Doolittle is an iffier proposition.

Eh.



#LFGM

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 08:44 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

That inning had the biggest hit of Rosario's, Panik's, Frazier's and maybe Conforto's Met careers

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2019 08:45 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

=LWFS post_id=18300 time=1565404266 user_id=84] Lagares is 3 for 5 against Doolittle with a walk, apparently. I'll trust that over a bunt.

Sure, and that's pretty much what I meant.

Calling for a bunt under those circumstances isn't the wrong move in a generic sense -- moves game-winning run to scoring position in front of the league's leading hitter / kills the GiDP opp, etc.

But you've got a guy up there who has proven over time to be near inept at bunting AND has a good (if limited) track record off that particular pitcher.

And if nothing else I'd have certainly called it off after the first rather lame-looking stab.

Lefty Specialist Aug 09 2019 08:47 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Shades of 2015 here. Fun times. And they're in their closer's head now.

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2019 08:49 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Problem: I have to get up early tomorrow but I'm too keyed up to be getting to sleep for a while yet after all that. Solution: Bourbon

Chad ochoseis Aug 09 2019 08:51 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Meanwhile, some scoreboard watching: In Milwaukee, Hunter Pence helps out by scoring on a wild pitch and tying the game for the Rangers. In San Francisco, the Giants are beating the Phillies 1-0. If the Brewers and Phillies lose, the Mets wake up tomorrow leading the race for the second WC spot. OE - forgot about those pesky Cardinals, who are up 5-2 in the 8th against Pittsburgh and will be in a virtual tie with the Mets if they win.

Edgy MD Aug 09 2019 08:58 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

I can think of two or three reasons not to send Lagares up to bunt there. Maybe more if I really try hard. But apart from that, fuck me, that was damn near a perfect baseball game.

Lefty Specialist Aug 09 2019 09:01 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Lefty Jr was watching MASN in DC and he said the broadcast team was apoplectic.

whippoorwill Aug 09 2019 09:12 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Hot dog!

Edgy MD Aug 09 2019 09:21 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: That inning had the biggest hit of Rosario's, Panik's, Frazier's and maybe Conforto's Met careers I think Don Hahn's and Darren Reed's too.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 09 2019 09:23 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Ramos too, maybe

bmfc1 Aug 09 2019 09:38 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Lefty Specialist wrote: Lefty Jr was watching MASN in DC and he said the broadcast team was apoplectic. I had MASN on mute with Howie sync'd but MASN went to commercial only 30 seconds after the winning run scored. Cowards.

bmfc1 Aug 09 2019 09:39 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

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TransMonk Aug 09 2019 10:15 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Now that was a game!

Edgy MD Aug 09 2019 11:30 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

We can call this game The Doolittle Raid Game. I'd like to point out that Rosario's offensive improvement is on an almost parallel pace with his defensive improvement. That run-saving, jumpin', snagged liner was exactly the sort of play he wasn't making last year when his movements were like a marionette's.

Lefty Specialist Aug 10 2019 03:55 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

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Fman99 Aug 10 2019 04:23 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Wasn't in the Pool for this but watched nearly all of it, minus a 30-40 minute interruption to go watch Fboy's beach volleyball game (during which I had the audio on via my phone/XM). What a great damn game. Thoughts, though - mostly about Mickey still being terrible. 1. The Alonso challenge, which he really had no chance of winning. He seems to use these specifically on bad challenges as "Hail Mary" attempts to get a break 2. Leaving Stroman in to start the 7th when he clearly labored through innings 5-6. 3. Sending Lagares up to bunt when everyone worth their salt knows he can't bunt, and you've got a bench full of pitchers who practice bunting. Funny, too, that Howie knew to call this out, because GKR didn't even really touch on the point that it was a poor managerial decision. Winning despite all that, plus Ramos/Avilan's mental biff allowing the 6th run to score, is pretty amazin'

MFS62 Aug 10 2019 04:59 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

This was like putting on an old pair of pants and finding money in the pocket. Later

bmfc1 Aug 10 2019 05:17 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Thoughts, though - mostly about Mickey still being terrible. 1. The Alonso challenge, which he really had no chance of winning. He seems to use these specifically on bad challenges as "Hail Mary" attempts to get a break I think that sometimes if a player makes the "challenge" sign Mickey will challenge the call just to show that he supports his player.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 10 2019 05:54 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

All of our enemies won their games last night. To think of how close we came to a bad bad night. I hat baseball night. Geez

Benjamin Grimm Aug 10 2019 07:02 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

I just finished watching the game on TiVo delay. Wow, that was fun!

Benjamin Grimm Aug 10 2019 07:11 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

http://potg.ultimatemets.com/images/schaefer24.jpg> Cast your vote!

Edgy MD Aug 10 2019 07:41 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Frayed Knot wrote: And if nothing else I'd have certainly called it off after the first rather lame-looking stab. Lame-looking stabs are what passes for bunting these days. Some guys (most guys) do it better than Lagares, but I'm telling you, almost everybody bunts wrong, and even a higher percentage of righthanders, and I don't know how the art has been lost and nobody in baseball seems to notice or care. Fuck it, I'm writing to Chili Davis.

Edgy MD Aug 10 2019 07:43 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: All of our enemies won their games last night. To think of how close we came to a bad bad night. I hat baseball night. Geez Yabbut ... the Nats were at least one enemy who didn't win.

G-Fafif Aug 10 2019 07:54 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Nah, this didn't really happen.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 10 2019 08:09 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Nah, this didn't really happen. lol

Edgy MD Aug 10 2019 08:13 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

I read that out loud to my wife and dog.

G-Fafif Aug 10 2019 08:29 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Edgy MD wrote: I read that out loud to my wife and dog. All the species have Wild Card Fever.

Edgy MD Aug 10 2019 08:36 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

My dog is all about the division. "You're getting ahead of yourself," I say. But she's all "Woof."

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 10 2019 09:26 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

The Lagares bunt, the Avilan wild pitch, the Stroman 7th inning leadoff walk. Any or all of those mistakes cost the FHaMs a game. The SHaMs are like, fuck it Also the 2nd and 3rd failure in the 4th or 5th.

Edgy MD Aug 10 2019 09:49 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

And if Conforto and McNeil collided on the warning track for the FHaMs, rather than contributing to a comeback win, they would have each been out for three months or more.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 10 2019 10:09 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 10 2019 03:23 PM

How long before SNY replays this game? I bet it'lll be within a week or two. The "shirt" game might even eventuallly come to replace the "Matt Franco" game as SNY's most replayed game. Also, Stephen Strasburg was the starting pitcher in what are two of the greatest regular season games played at Citi Field: last night's "shirt" game and the "Harvey's better" game.

G-Fafif Aug 10 2019 10:28 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: The Lagares bunt, the Avilan wild pitch, the Stroman 7th inning leadoff walk. Any or all of those mistakes cost the FHaMs a game. The SHaMs are like, fuck it Also the 2nd and 3rd failure in the 4th or 5th. My reporter's notebook was filled with the mistakes that were going to contribute to just one loss that, still, would have been great to have won. Oh well, let's get ‘em tomorrow. By the bottom of the ninth it didn't occur to me we'd get ‘em tonight.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 10 2019 10:39 AM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=18359 time=1565453389 user_id=68] How long before SNY replays this game? I bet it'lll be within a week or two.

20 minutes is your answer. But this repeat airing was already scheduled before the game was even played. Anyone here that missed the game or wants to record it -- it's on again at 1:00PM on SNY.

Frayed Knot Aug 10 2019 03:14 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

The Alonso challenge, which [Mickey] really had no chance of winning. He seems to use these specifically on bad challenges as "Hail Mary" attempts to get a break And often quite early in the game. If you're going to try for a 'Hail Mary' reversal, do so in a crucial late-inning situation where a call going your way can possibly turn a game. Just re-watched the bottom of the 9th. -- What a fucking bolt by Frazier!! I know I'm not breaking any news here but I'm not sure we've seen him hit anything that hard or that far and only fair/foul kept us in suspense for those two or three milli-seconds. It came right after Keith said how well TF has hit LHPs this year. -- Doolittle faced eight batters including three LHBs (which is probably what prompted mgr Martinez to keep him in the game) retiring just two of them and that includes the one who was trying to make an out. Oddly, the only man he actually got out was McNeil. He's faced the Mets more than any other team this season and they're pasting him to a .471/.514/.735 // 1249 clip [16 for 34 plus 2 BB and a HBP]. 19 Runs given up this season; 10 of them to the NYM -- That was a pretty tough pitch Conforto hit and he hit it a lot harder than I initially thought. Inside corner fastball from a LHP, that pitch jams most lefty swingers (and probably Conforto in most ABs) but he "turned on it" as Keith would (and did) say enough to get the barrel on it and it was no 'lofted' fly over a drawn-in OF. That was a liner landing on the warning track that beats any defense except maybe an extreme 'No Doubles' shift. Eaton never came close to laying a glove anywhere near it. I see where they gave him credit only for a single so I guess he only reached the vicinity of 2nd base -- Maybe the funniest thing in that dog pile out behind 2nd base was that Dom got out there on his little scooter thing to join in.

Frayed Knot Aug 10 2019 03:50 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

Edgy MD wrote: Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: All of our enemies won their games last night. To think of how close we came to a bad bad night. I hat baseball night. Geez Yabbut ... the Nats were at least one enemy who didn't win. And while the Phils won it came vs the Giants so that's not nothing. Any number of teams have the ability to muck things up down the road. Also don't overlook the Cubs losing. We have to beat out at least one of the three NLC teams and quite probably two of them. Only 2.5 and 3.0 games up on MILW & StL, they're hardly immune to being dropped into the muck by even a short bad stretch.

Ceetar Aug 10 2019 04:10 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

The Comforto hit had a catch probability of 70% (accounting for starting position) and if you look at the route he breaks straight back and instantly has to adjust. seems like it might've sliced on him.

Edgy MD Aug 10 2019 04:45 PM Re: IGT 8/9/2019: WAS @ NYM -- A Step Up in Class

He also seemed to quit on it earlier than he had to. But clearly, while the general out percentage on that drive might be 70%, the outfield was playing in for a play at the plate.