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IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

ashie62 Aug 18 2019 09:48 AM

The Wheeler Sparkman Tool Company will find the Sparkman unit subpar Hoping J.D. Davis can DH

G-Fafif Aug 18 2019 11:02 AM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Amed Rosario – SS Joe Panik – 2B Pete Alonso – 1B Michael Conforto – RF Wilson Ramos - DH (yeech) Todd Frazier – 3B Juan Lagares – CF Aaron Altherr – LF Tomás Nido – C Zack Wheeler - RHP

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 11:20 AM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Sparkman? Man, the Marvel movies are really watering down the profile of the heroes they're rolling out these days.

G-Fafif Aug 18 2019 12:21 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Panik. Triple. All the verbs.

41Forever Aug 18 2019 12:24 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Wow. That was a bomb by Conforto. 452 feet.

bmfc1 Aug 18 2019 12:24 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Do you think the people in that box expected to get a ball hit to them?

G-Fafif Aug 18 2019 12:26 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Yost thinking about replacing Sparkman with Kefauver.

41Forever Aug 18 2019 12:42 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

=G-Fafif post_id=19214 time=1566152807 user_id=55] Yost thinking about replacing Sparkman with Kefauver.

Nice! (And he can't do worse.)

41Forever Aug 18 2019 12:51 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Gary Apple comes clean about his Woodstock goof.

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 12:52 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Gary Apple correcting his Santana/Hendrix flub. Keith telling the story of Santana's set, hopefully won't mention Carlos being totally dosed on acid.

G-Fafif Aug 18 2019 12:52 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Estes Kefauver was of course named for Shawn Estes, who once homered off Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as the Rocket Man, or Elton John, today most famous for the elbow surgery that bears his name. That's according to Gary Apple.

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 01:14 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

"There goes the no-biggie." — Gary Apple

41Forever Aug 18 2019 01:17 PM Q!

=G-Fafif post_id=19218 time=1566154356 user_id=55] Estes Kefauver was of course named for Shawn Estes, who once homered off Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as the Rocket Man, or Elton John, today most famous for the elbow surgery that bears his name. That's according to Gary Apple.

Perfect!



Nido, meanwhile, is having a tough inning.

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 01:19 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

"And ... there goes the shut-eye."

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 01:22 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Now Keef is calling Buck O'Neil "Buck Owens," but at least he caught himself after a few beats.

41Forever Aug 18 2019 01:30 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Edgy MD wrote: Now Keef is calling Buck O'Neil "Buck Owens," but at least he caught himself after a few beats. Oops. Was able to visit the museum once and met Buck there. Such a nice man. Meanwhile, this is starting to look scary.

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 01:31 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Looking slobby here as the Royals are on the verge of tying or better with the bases loaded and nobiddy out.

41Forever Aug 18 2019 01:36 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Rats.

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 01:51 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

There's a five-year-old or so rocking a LET'S GO METS placard behind home plate.

41Forever Aug 18 2019 01:55 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Not thrilled with the idea of the bully taking four innings here.

Lefty Specialist Aug 18 2019 01:56 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Edgy MD wrote: There's a five-year-old or so rocking a LET'S GO METS placard behind home plate. Kid's set up for a lifetime of pain.

bmfc1 Aug 18 2019 01:59 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

A big last 3 innings coming up here. Not that you'd know from the car conversation on SNY.

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 02:05 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Won't be able to pinch-hit for Nido — who is hitting nothing right now — without losing the DH.

41Forever Aug 18 2019 02:05 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Nice hustle by Todd to get to second on that.

41Forever Aug 18 2019 02:06 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

And freaking Lagares needs to work on bunting. OE: He did better on the second pitch and got the job done.

Frayed Knot Aug 18 2019 02:06 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

A rare successful bunt by Lagares and I STILL wish he hadn't done it.

bmfc1 Aug 18 2019 02:07 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Edgy MD wrote: Won't be able to pinch-hit for Nido — who is hitting nothing right now — without losing the DH. Good point. Another reason to add Rene (24 HRs) Rivera and go with one fewer RP.

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 02:08 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Is Tejada going to play left now that Altherr is out of the game?

41Forever Aug 18 2019 02:08 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

JD gets it done!

41Forever Aug 18 2019 02:09 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Nido disputes the assertion he's not hitting.

Frayed Knot Aug 18 2019 02:12 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

And Tejada's legs pay off!!!!!

Frayed Knot Aug 18 2019 02:13 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

The NYM offense really perked up after the Royals lost their spark, man.

Chad ochoseis Aug 18 2019 02:14 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

From here on in, Rosario and Conforto switch LF and RF depending on the hitter?

G-Fafif Aug 18 2019 02:14 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Matz for LF!

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 02:15 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Edgy MD wrote: Won't be able to pinch-hit for Nido — who is hitting nothing right now — without losing the DH. Good point. Another reason to add Rene (24 HRs) Rivera and go with one fewer RP. They tried the other option: Putting Nido's uniform and a fake beard on a better hitter and sending him up to the plate.

bmfc1 Aug 18 2019 02:16 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Swap McDowell and Orosco between the mound and the OF.

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 02:16 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Let us take a moment to honor the man who worked his way from kindergarten to the Major Leagues with the name "Richard Lovelady."

bmfc1 Aug 18 2019 02:17 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Edgy MD wrote: Let us take a moment to honor the man who worked his way from kindergarten to the Major Leagues with the name "Richard Lovelady." LOL.

Chad ochoseis Aug 18 2019 02:21 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

I like pitcher's parks in principle, but Kaufmann Stadium has cost us some runs this series.

Frayed Knot Aug 18 2019 02:21 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Four more runs and this game will be Diaz-proofed.

41Forever Aug 18 2019 02:23 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Pete's up to 94 RBI. Has he already set the team's rookie RBI record?

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 02:24 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Home plate ump has about three inches left on his shirt that isn't soaked through with sweat.

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 02:25 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

=41Forever post_id=19251 time=1566159784 user_id=69] Pete's up to 94 RBI. Has he already set the team's rookie RBI record?

Oh, yeah. The WHERE METS RANK thread is all over it.



Fun Fact: Tied for tenth in Mets rookie RBI are Gregg Jefferies and ... Tsuyoshi Shinjo.

Frayed Knot Aug 18 2019 02:29 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 18 2019 02:29 PM

Edgy MD wrote: Let us take a moment to honor the man who worked his way from kindergarten to the Major Leagues with the name "Richard Lovelady." So I guess that in the Wifey-Watch section of the BBBF (the Base-Ball-Boni Forum) they post pictures of Lovelady's lady love.

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 02:29 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Ramos called out just for being Ramos.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 18 2019 02:29 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Jeezuz! All Alonso's doing lately is driving in lotsa runs. Who cares about that? I wanna see some homers. It took me, probably, over 150 keystrokes to type these three sentences. I don't know how people type on these smartphones.

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 02:31 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Get your bets down now on what the Mets' defensive alignment is going to be.

41Forever Aug 18 2019 02:32 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Edgy MD wrote: =41Forever post_id=19251 time=1566159784 user_id=69] Pete's up to 94 RBI. Has he already set the team's rookie RBI record? Oh, yeah. The WHERE METS RANK thread is all over it. Fun Fact: Tied for tenth in Mets rookie RBI are Gregg Jefferies and ... Tsuyoshi Shinjo.

My bad. Missed that. Was so focused on the homers I didn't see the RBI charts.

Frayed Knot Aug 18 2019 02:33 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Rosario to LF ... I like it!

41Forever Aug 18 2019 02:33 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Wow. Rosario making his leftfield debut. Good thing we piled on the runs there to hopefully take away some of the pressure.

G-Fafif Aug 18 2019 02:45 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

The best defense is a spit ton of runs scored.

41Forever Aug 18 2019 02:51 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Two doubles for Nido!

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 02:58 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Too bad Familia was the first out of the pen. This could have been a good opportunity for Sewald to get in the win column.

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 02:59 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

I heard they got this O'Hearn guy by trading O'Cone for him.

41Forever Aug 18 2019 03:07 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

PETE BOMB!!!!!!! YOUR NEW N.L. ROOKIE HOMER RECORD HOLDER!!

G-Fafif Aug 18 2019 03:11 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=19256 time=1566160198 user_id=68] Jeezuz! All Alonso's doing lately is driving in lotsa runs. Who cares about that? I wanna see some homers.

Who knew the Mets take requests?

batmagadanleadoff Aug 18 2019 03:12 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=19256 time=1566160198 user_id=68] Jeezuz! All Alonso's doing lately is driving in lotsa runs. Who cares about that? I wanna see some homers.

Jeezuz, again. I missed this homer. You believe that?

batmagadanleadoff Aug 18 2019 03:13 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

=G-Fafif post_id=19271 time=1566162672 user_id=55] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=19256 time=1566160198 user_id=68] Jeezuz! All Alonso's doing lately is driving in lotsa runs. Who cares about that? I wanna see some homers.

Who knew the Mets take requests?


Jeezuz, again. I missed this homer. You believe that?

bmfc1 Aug 18 2019 03:19 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

The game was 3:01 and Keith acted like it was last night's MIL-WSH game. Rosario didn't know the OF victory ritual but he tried. Well done, Mets. Time for Mickey to show his mentor that his new team is better.

G-Fafif Aug 18 2019 03:35 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Difference between today and MIL-WSH last night, from Keith's perspective, is Keith was doing this game.

Frayed Knot Aug 18 2019 03:39 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

=G-Fafif post_id=19275 time=1566164115 user_id=55] Difference between today and MIL-WSH last night, from Keith's perspective, is Keith was doing this game.

And that it's a get-away day.

bmfc1 Aug 18 2019 04:17 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

The Mets must be doing something right as the next 4 games are on either ESPN or MLBN: http://mets.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/broadcasts/national.jsp?c_id=nym

batmagadanleadoff Aug 18 2019 04:43 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

The Mets must be doing something right as the next 4 games are on either ESPN or MLBN: http://mets.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/broadcasts/national.jsp?c_id=nym In addition to their recent torrid pace, the Mets have a lot of star power -- marketable names. Actually, a heck of a lot of star power for a team that hasn't contended for most of this season and isn't much over .500. deGrom's a star and the reigning Cy Young award winner. Syndergaard's baseball's hardest thrower and has one of the highest ceilings in the game for pitchers. Alonso's on pace to shatter every Mets single season HR record, might break the MLB single-season HR record for rookies and is not that far off the pace of Ruth and Maris's single-season HR records, which are the real standards in that category if you wanna discount the steroid era records. Ruth 60, Maris 61, it's essentially the same record and if not for steroids, those marks would've held for almost 100 years. And McNeil plays like a batting champ, even though he's currently out. But you know all this.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 18 2019 05:17 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

I'd be quite happy if he passed (or tied) Hack Wilson's 56.

Edgy MD Aug 18 2019 06:58 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Frayed Knot wrote: =G-Fafif post_id=19275 time=1566164115 user_id=55] Difference between today and MIL-WSH last night, from Keith's perspective, is Keith was doing this game. And that it's a get-away day.

Gary Apple seems like a good guy. But he sure didn't spark Keith the way the real Gary does.

ashie62 Aug 18 2019 08:18 PM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Great game today. I give Gary Apple an A- in the pinch hitting role. He is easy on the ears and would guess he will improve when next called upon. LGM

Benjamin Grimm Aug 19 2019 04:50 AM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

I don't know if it was commented on in this thread, but at one point Gary Apple seemed to be praising Brodie for being canny enough to not include Jeff McNeil in the Cano/Diaz deal. Yes, I'm glad McNeil wasn't included, but I wouldn't be inclined to praise a GM for not making a stupid awful deal more stupid and more awful.

Lefty Specialist Aug 19 2019 05:40 AM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Gary Apple spent a week reminding me why I love Gary Cohen so much.

bmfc1 Aug 19 2019 05:50 AM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I don't know if it was commented on in this thread, but at one point Gary Apple seemed to be praising Brodie for being canny enough to not include Jeff McNeil in the Cano/Diaz deal. Yes, I'm glad McNeil wasn't included, but I wouldn't be inclined to praise a GM for not making a stupid awful deal more stupid and more awful. 100%.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 19 2019 07:50 AM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

http://potg.ultimatemets.com/images/schaefer30.jpg> Cast your vote!

Centerfield Aug 19 2019 08:19 AM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I don't know if it was commented on in this thread, but at one point Gary Apple seemed to be praising Brodie for being canny enough to not include Jeff McNeil in the Cano/Diaz deal. Yes, I'm glad McNeil wasn't included, but I wouldn't be inclined to praise a GM for not making a stupid awful deal more stupid and more awful. 100%. Gary Apple is a shill. Bad one.

Edgy MD Aug 19 2019 10:30 AM Re: IGT 8/18 Mets v Royals Wheeler & Sparkman

Grapple. This was a fascinating game from an armchair manager perspective. We had good decisions that worked out, bad decisions that didn't work out, good decisions that didn't work out, and bad decisions that worked out. To me, the J.D. Davis drama was all over the place. a) J.D. has a strained calf. b) But Mickey insists he's OK to pinch hit. c) But Mickey doesn't have him at DH, which is kind of like pinch-hitting four times. Presumably Mickey is OK with him at the plate, but doesn't want him to run the bases. d) Mickey instead puts his starting catcher at DH, which is defensible, except that his backup catcher is mired in a deep slump, and now you can't pitch hit for him in a tight spot without losing the DH. e) And the emergency catcher is J.D. Davis, so that's right out. f) Mickey has J.D. Davis pinch-hit, but when he reaches base, he totally forgets why Davis wasn't starting, and leaves him in to run the bases. (This was perhaps Mickey's most egregious boner since batting his players out of order.) g) Davis tweaks (hopefully, just a tweak) his calf going from first to third. h) Mickey, short on bats, long on athletic pitchers, puts Ruben Tejada in to run for Davis (after the calf is already out of the barn), which takes away the option to use Tejada as a pinch-hitter later in the inning, or whenever. i) Kansas City can confidently put lefthander Richard Lovelady in to face Joe Panik in a pinch, knowing that pinch-hitter Tejada has been burned. He probably wouldn't have been used anyhow, but still. j) The Royals' bullpen collapsed like a house of cards anyhow.