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Redlegs @ Mets, 6/19

Johnny Dickshot Jun 19 2006 06:46 PM

Freel 3B F. Lopez SS Griffey Jr CF Dunn RF Kerns LF Hattiberg 1B Phillips 2B D. Ross C Cornrolio P Reyes LoDuca Beltran Delgado Wright Valentin Nady RF Chavez LF Hernandez

Edgy DC Jun 19 2006 06:48 PM

Telling!!

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 07:23 PM

F'real?

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 07:25 PM

Ball down the right field line looked like it hit the ball boy's stool, but he hopped out of the way and got the stool up. Ball just caromed into the field by bouncing off the wall. Gary mistakenly said it hit the stool. Anyways, the carom into the field held Reyes to a double. Edit: By stool, I do not mean feces.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 07:29 PM

I believe the Mets should've worn pinstripes again today. What the hell is the point of the white unis?

Willets Point Jun 19 2006 07:34 PM

Elster88 wrote: I believe the Mets should've worn pinstripes again today. What the hell is the point of the white unis? Better than god-forsaken black.

Willets Point Jun 19 2006 07:39 PM

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 07:39 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 19 2006 07:50 PM

What the ....? Brandon Phillips coming from third on a suicide squeeze. Bunt popped up. El Duque catches the ball, runs behind him up the line, so he's between third and Phillips. Phillips stand still, backs away slowly from El Duque. So El Duque walks towards him. Phillips backs away, then suddenly waves towards first in an effort to distract El Duque, then tries to sprint around him to the left. El Duque tags him and he was out of the baseline anyway. Even if neither was true, El Duque could've just thrown to third. One of the weirdest things I've ever seen. PLEASE watch the highlights and see this play. It's bizarre enough that you will want to see it.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 07:42 PM

Willets Point wrote: ="Elster88"]I believe the Mets should've worn pinstripes again today. What the hell is the point of the white unis? Better than god-forsaken black. At least the black is different. It has a point...to be different. The white has no point. By the way, the black is cool, you old coot.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 07:44 PM

Keith and Gary sporting black SNY golf shirts. They know black is cool.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 07:49 PM

Lots of fouls here for El Duque. Count still 0-2, but I like what I see.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 07:51 PM

I think Kelly Ripa is pretty.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 08:01 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 19 2006 08:02 PM

Reyes swinging at everything today. The past few games he's been in "swing and get hits but don't walk" mode. He can't seem to put the two together. I think his batting average has risen twenty points but over that span he hasn't gotten many, if any, walks.

seawolf17 Jun 19 2006 08:02 PM

That "Brandon" Arroyo has some kinda leg kick.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 08:02 PM

Senile Tim McCarver called him Brandon a lot too during the playoffs.

seawolf17 Jun 19 2006 08:04 PM

Elster88 wrote: Reyes swinging at everything today. The past few games he's been in "swing and get hits but don't walk" mode. He can't seem to put the two together. I think his batting average has risen twenty points but over that span he hasn't gotten many, if any, walks. Reyes in June: .339 (21 for 62), .423 OBP (eight walks, but six of them came in a two-game stretch in Arizona and Philly). Still on pace for 72 walks on the season, which is pretty damn good, all things considered.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 08:05 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 19 2006 08:05 PM

I've been on a BifL kick lately, but I think today's bunt might've been for the best. Double, bunt, ground out scores the run in the first. Bronson's a good pitcher. Maybe we don't score without the bunt.

seawolf17 Jun 19 2006 08:05 PM

Elster88 wrote: Senile Tim McCarver called him Brandon a lot too during the playoffs. I know. Hence the quotes.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 08:05 PM

seawolf17 wrote: ="Elster88"]Senile Tim McCarver called him Brandon a lot too during the playoffs. I know. Hence the quotes. Oh, I thought you heard it from Keith or Gary.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 08:06 PM

="seawolf17"] ="Elster88"]Reyes swinging at everything today. The past few games he's been in "swing and get hits but don't walk" mode. He can't seem to put the two together. I think his batting average has risen twenty points but over that span he hasn't gotten many, if any, walks. Reyes in June: .339 (21 for 62), .423 OBP (eight walks, but six of them came in a two-game stretch in Arizona and Philly). Still on pace for 72 walks on the season, which is pretty damn good, all things considered. That's what I was saying (I put the bold in). I could be anecdotally incorrect, but I thought he got all the walks first while his BA was still low...then started swinging and got all the hits but stopped walking. IIRC, in the deathwatch thread his OBP went up along with walks, but his BA hovered....then the BA went up but walks have stayed the same. I haven't updated that thread in a while, but it's an interesting trend to watch. His pace is for 69 walks right now, but I'd argue that that's pretty darn low considering the number or plate appearances he gets. But obviously a marked improvement for him.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 08:13 PM

It's only a five day trend, so that's not very telling, but I'm going to keep my eye on it. Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:38 am EDIT: .251 AVG/.326 OBP/.413 SLG//.739 OPS 29 BB, (projected 74.57) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:09 pm Before the 6/19 game opening the Red series: .269/.336/.439//.775 29 BB (pace for 69 BB)

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 08:14 PM

Nice diving play by Delgado to his left down the line, flip to Doo K who misses the bag with his front foot and has to tap it on the way by with his back foot.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 08:31 PM

A little help here. I'm a color guy not a play by play guy.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 08:35 PM

A picture of Hernandez and Arroyo side by side with their leg kicks in freeze frame is disturbing. Arroyo does some sort of Rockette-style straight-leg kick.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 08:37 PM

Griffey hits the Banco Popular sign beneath the scoreboard. The old Griffey is back. Edit: Actually it may have hit the part where the line score goes. A bomb.

TransMonk Jun 19 2006 08:38 PM

Damn you Ken Griffey, Jr.! HR for Griff, 2-1 Reds.

seawolf17 Jun 19 2006 08:43 PM

Did Gary Cohen jusst mention the Sword of Damocles? How literary. We might have the most well-read booth in baseball.

Edgy DC Jun 19 2006 08:47 PM

I have no problem with Delgado bunting against this shift.

TransMonk Jun 19 2006 08:48 PM

I agree, slap one down the line...only have to get it past the pitcher.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 08:51 PM

Did Reds really spawn from Redlegs?

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 08:54 PM

Interesting story from Cotter today. El Duque is proud of using English, refuses to use a translator in interviews. When he gets stuck (usually a few questions into his post-start interviews) Franco or Delgado will yell the translation from across the room. I'm interested in that kind of clubhouse stuff. How cool would it be to just hang out in there?

TransMonk Jun 19 2006 08:57 PM

Cincy were the Redlegs from '53 to '58. [url]http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1958&t=CN4[/url]

Edgy DC Jun 19 2006 08:59 PM

El Duque, Lo Duque. Lo Duque, El Duque.

TransMonk Jun 19 2006 09:00 PM

The Duke pitched a great game tonight...the offense owes him a couple runs.

Willets Point Jun 19 2006 09:01 PM

="TransMonk"]Cincy were the Redlegs from '53 to '58. [url]http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1958&t=CN4[/url] Name change is credited to the Communist scare of the McCarthy era. Or that could just be an urban legend.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 09:03 PM

Sounds urban to me....I don't know why Reds would be less-associatable with Communism then Redlegs. I like making up words.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 09:04 PM

Ball went under Freel's glove as he was cutting across, but Lopez was there. 6-3.

OlerudOwned Jun 19 2006 09:04 PM

What has Bronson Arroyo been drinking and where can I get some. He's unstoppable.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 09:04 PM

Rain.

Edgy DC Jun 19 2006 09:08 PM

I want victory tonight, and I'll do what I must.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 09:12 PM

Feliciano's slider didn't slide, and the batter didn't move. Loads the bases for the Reds.

TheOldMole Jun 19 2006 09:13 PM

Brad Chadford's string on the line.

Edgy DC Jun 19 2006 09:13 PM

Hatteberg practically hit the ball with his arm there.

Edgy DC Jun 19 2006 09:15 PM

Serious Bradford situation.

Edgy DC Jun 19 2006 09:16 PM

D'oh!

Edgy DC Jun 19 2006 09:19 PM

I'm heading to the hotel to shortsheet Hatteberg's bed. Cheapie.

Edgy DC Jun 19 2006 09:22 PM

Feggit. Rally song time. Ain't got no regrets And I ain't losin' track Of which way I'm going Ain't gonna double back, no Don't want no misplay Put on no display An angel? No! But I know my way… Oh yeah, oh...! I used follow Yeah, that's true But my following days are over Now I just gotta follow through And I remember what my father said He said "Son, life is simple" It's either cherry red or... Midnight Blue! Oh, oh-oh! Midnight Blue! Oh, oh-oh! You were the restless one And you did not care! That I was the trouble boy Lookin' for a double dare I won't apologize for The things I've done and said But when I win your heart I'm gonna paint it cherry red I don't want to talk about it What you do to me I can't live without it And you might think that It's much too soon For us to go this far Into the Midnight Blue! Oh, oh-oh! It's Midnight Blue! Oh, oh-oh! Things could be different But that'd be a shame, 'cause I'm the one who could feel the sun Right in the pouring rain I won't say where And I don't know when But soon there's gonna come a day I'll be back again Yeah, I'll be back for you… You see, I'm saving up my love… Midnight Blue! Oh, oh-oh! Into the Midnight Blue! Oh, oh-oh! Another Midnight Blue! Oh, oh-oh! We need this Midnight Blue! Oh, oh-oh! Into Midnight Blue! Oh, oh-oh! Midnight Blue! Oh, oh-oh! Midnight Blue! Oh, oh-oh! We need this Midnight Blue…!

seawolf17 Jun 19 2006 09:37 PM

Way to inspire the troops, Edge.

Edgy DC Jun 19 2006 09:40 PM

Everybody was kung-fu fighting Those cats were fast as lightning In fact it was a little bit fright’ning But they fought with expert timing They were funky China men From funky Chinatown They were chopping them up And they were chopping them down It's an ancient Chineese art And everybody knew their part From a feint into a slip And kicking from the hip Everybody was kung-fu fighting Those cats were fast as lightning In fact it was a little bit fright’ning But they fought with expert timing There was funky Billy Chin And little Sammy Chung He said here comes the big boss Let’s get it on We took a bow and made a stand Started swinging with the hand The sudden motion made me skip Now we're into a brand knew trip Everybody was kung-fu fighting Those cats were fast as lightning In fact it was a little bit fright’ning But they fought with expert timing … Make sure you have expert timing Kung-fu fighting Had to be fast as lightning …

Edgy DC Jun 19 2006 09:41 PM

Carlos Beltran has ex-pert tim-ing.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 09:45 PM

If Delgado was ever going to bunt against the shift, that would've been the spot.

Nymr83 Jun 19 2006 09:46 PM

Wright singles and the tying run will bat.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 09:46 PM

The pitch right before Beltran's pitch was fouled off of the scoreboard out there in foul territory in right.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 09:47 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 19 2006 09:47 PM

And it worked out to be a good thing Delgado didn't bunt for a hit. If he had gotten on Wright's three hop single would've gone 6-4-3.

Nymr83 Jun 19 2006 09:47 PM

1 pitch out for Valentin, Nady will bat...

Nymr83 Jun 19 2006 09:48 PM

ah, fuck.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 09:50 PM

Grounder down the left field line right into the teeth of the no-doubles defense. Force out.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 19 2006 09:52 PM

Wright shoulda came up with that bouncer. LoDuca should notta made so many outs. If he'd mix in a double every now and again it'd really help.

Elster88 Jun 19 2006 09:56 PM

The Red Sox are looking like shlubs on that trade.

Zvon Jun 19 2006 11:50 PM

Elster88 wrote: Edit: By stool, I do not mean feces. Just read thru this-Im still crackin up from this^. ElDouque pitched a excellent game and its ashame his performance was wasted. But that Arroyo is having a hell of a season, and he outdueled us. Ill settle for a split this series and we should take the next two. Aside from Arroyo and Harang the Reds pitching really doesnt impress me. And we dont have to face Harang this series, tG.

Edgy DC Jun 20 2006 08:21 AM

So let's sweep the next three. We won one day on an interference call and the ball rolling up the sleeve of the pitcher. We lost the next day on a cheapie HbP and a dink to right. Le'ts split those games where the difference is nebulous and win all the others.

Elster88 Jun 20 2006 09:12 AM

The NY Times says that Willie didn't start Milledge because he thought the kid would have trouble with Arroyo's breaking stuff.