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IGT, 3/5/07, vs. Cleveland
| Edgy DC Mar 05 2007 01:09 PM |
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Mets are down 2-1 starting off the seventh. Oliver Perez and and Alay Soler each gave up a run in three innings. Scott Schoeneweis pitched a 1-2-3 inning. Julio Franco led off the seventh with a single. Wright, batting second, has the lone RBI. Reyes has two hits and a stolen base. Kiner is in the booth.
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| Johnny Dickshot Mar 05 2007 01:12 PM |
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I'm certain it doesn't mean a thing this early, but worth mentioning I suppose that WWSB has used Wright in the No. 2 slot twice, with LoDuca 5th or 6th or something, and also threw Beltran there once. Could relate to LoDuca's health or something.
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| TransMonk Mar 05 2007 01:19 PM |
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IIRC, Gary or Keith mentioned during Wednesday's broadcast that the early batting orders didn't mean much. Willie is just trying to maximize certain players' number of at-bats on certain days due to all of the substitutions.
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| Edgy DC Mar 05 2007 01:29 PM |
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Smith look goodish, but he didn't hit his spots the way Bradford can,a nd he walked a guy. Maybe it's just the number 70 on his back, but he doesn't look like a guy about to break camp with the team. We go to the ninth. You have to bat rookies in the ninth, because the veterans aren't motivated to send the game into extra innings.
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| Edgy DC Mar 05 2007 01:32 PM |
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Wow, great exchange by Gotay and Hernandez to make a play on a grounder up the middle. Never saw that done.
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| Edgy DC Mar 05 2007 01:34 PM |
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Three grounders for Smitty in the ninth.
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| Edgy DC Mar 05 2007 01:40 PM |
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Mets drop it.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 05 2007 01:59 PM |
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I don't think they'll do it, but hitting Beltran 2nd would allow him to run more which, considering that he's got the best SB% in ML history, isn't a bad idea. Beltran has also said he wants to run more this year but I know he & Willie like to keep that gap open when Delgado is up. Plus, if you're under the impression that LoDuke won't duplicate his BA from last year then #2 becomes somewhat of a hole in an important point in the lineup since he'll never take enough walks to keep his OBA up to a respectable level unless he keeps that BA high. The question would then remain who you'd bat #3;
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| Johnny Dickshot Mar 05 2007 02:17 PM |
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I also like LoDuca 8th, and I think I'd try Wright 3rd, at least until he louses it up. So: Reyes would be what I'd try. I don;t think WWSB has this in mind, though.
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| metirish Mar 05 2007 02:19 PM |
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I'd rather have Wright protecting Delgado than Alou.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 05 2007 02:36 PM |
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Protection for Delgado is a non-issue IMO.
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| Johnny Dickshot Mar 05 2007 08:42 PM |
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Just watched the hi-lites. Smith looked kinda good, though all they showed were pitches resulting in groundballs to the infield. Perhaps the real revelation is Soler. Still ain;t whiffing them, but looking good (and wearing No. 58, now that Mota owns his 59). Oh, the offense sucks ass.
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| Edgy DC Mar 05 2007 08:54 PM |
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Did nobody else catch the Gotay-Hernandez-Carp play? Sweeter than lemon drops. Wright seemed to be hitting right-to-left again when I saw him. There was a fierce wind blowing in.
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| Johnny Dickshot Mar 05 2007 08:58 PM |
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That was a cool play. Did ya notice it's pronounced Go-TIE? How lame is that?
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| Edgy DC Mar 05 2007 09:27 PM |
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If Soler doesn't make this team, I think he's at least the New Orleans opening-day guy. Hey, look. Frayed Knot steals my birtchday in 33 minutes.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 06 2007 08:05 AM |
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He also went 2 hitless innings against a lineup of mostly LHBs (5 of the 7 he faced I believe) - usually a tough assignment for RH sidewinders.
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| Edgy DC Mar 06 2007 08:19 AM |
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Certainly true. And a particularly tough assignment for Bradford. They were grounding out on pitches hip-high and higher.
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