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IGT 8/7: Bravos vs. Metsies

sharpie Aug 07 2007 03:17 PM

Bad Guys: Escobar ss Diaz lf C. Jones 3b Teixeira 1b A. Jones cf Francoeur rf McCann c Johnson 2b Carlyle p Good Guys: Reyes ss Castillo 2b Wright 3b Delgado 1b Alou lf Green rf Lo Duca c Milledge cf Perez p

Benjamin Grimm Aug 07 2007 03:21 PM

Two starts in a row for Lo Duca! Should we start monitoring Castro's fuse?

Centerfield Aug 07 2007 03:27 PM

The Braves have a pretty scary lineup. Hudson and Smoltz going the next two days...gotta take this one.

DocTee Aug 07 2007 03:30 PM

The starting pitcher sounds like a character actor from the 1950s. "The part of the soda-jerk will be played by Buddy Carlyle"

holychicken Aug 07 2007 03:56 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Two starts in a row for Lo Duca! Should we start monitoring Castro's fuse? Seriously, this is getting ridiculous. I can understand giving preference to veterans, but it just makes no sense to start LoDuca over Castro right now.

metirish Aug 07 2007 03:57 PM

Obviously Willie is sending a message to Castro,any idea what that might be?

Nymr83 Aug 07 2007 04:47 PM

metirish wrote: Obviously Willie is sending a message to Castro,any idea what that might be? "You don't make as much money as LoDuca and you don't whine to the media the way he does, so I'm just gonna have to sit you."

Kid Carsey Aug 07 2007 04:55 PM

Has LoDuca really been whining to the media?

Willets Point Aug 07 2007 05:04 PM

The Mets are gonna kick ass tonight. Who's with me? LET'S

TransMonk Aug 07 2007 05:08 PM

GO

Kid Carsey Aug 07 2007 05:10 PM

OUT FOR THAI!!!

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 05:12 PM

Kid Carsey wrote: OUT FOR THAI!!! you screwed it up

duan Aug 07 2007 05:32 PM

anyone else finding this not showing up on mlbtv mosaic

seawolf17 Aug 07 2007 05:44 PM

I'm blaming all three of those runs on Kase's Thai joke.

TransMonk Aug 07 2007 05:46 PM

He's a Gai-Pad-Prik.

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 05:47 PM

Green = warning track power?

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 05:53 PM

Milledge is striking me as a capable centerfielder.

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 05:55 PM

I hate this fucking shit.

TransMonk Aug 07 2007 05:58 PM

Well, Perez officially gets his Brave killer status revoked.

Willets Point Aug 07 2007 05:59 PM

I hat baseball.

Willets Point Aug 07 2007 06:01 PM

METS!!! (maybe that will reverse the KC hex).

Kid Carsey Aug 07 2007 06:03 PM

TM: >>>He's a Gai-Pad-Prik<<< Good one.

Gwreck Aug 07 2007 06:18 PM

The 3 strikeouts were encouraging for Perez. Too bad he's already up to 90 pitches and 6 runs down.

Gwreck Aug 07 2007 06:20 PM

2 men on, nobody out. We need to get a couple back here to keep us alive.

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 06:21 PM

I'm angry

Gwreck Aug 07 2007 06:26 PM

Alou = terrible.

Willets Point Aug 07 2007 06:38 PM

Willie should institute a rule. Every time a batter grounds into a double play with 2 or more runners on base, he loses a testicle.

Nymr83 Aug 07 2007 06:39 PM

Milledge leads off the 5th with a double, its not too late...

Willets Point Aug 07 2007 06:40 PM

Milledge is the shit!

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 06:41 PM

Please don't swing Mr. Newhan.

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 06:41 PM

Elster88 wrote: Please don't swing Mr. Newhan. Mr. Newhan triples on a 3-1 pitch. Mr. 88 will STFU.

Willets Point Aug 07 2007 06:43 PM

Nymr83 wrote: its not too late... On a night where Newhan triples, anything is possible.

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 06:44 PM

Castillo with Burning Heart by Survivor, of Rocky IV fame. Well done. Who's running the entrance music thread?

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 06:46 PM

I feel that Reyes and Wright were too anxious there. But I also told Newhan not to swing 3-1.

TransMonk Aug 07 2007 06:48 PM

Willets Point wrote: Willie should institute a rule. Every time a batter grounds into a double play with 2 or more runners on base, he loses a testicle. Hilarious!

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 06:50 PM

Wow that was crazy. It literally hit the top of the fence and came back.

Frayed Knot Aug 07 2007 06:51 PM

Cox not taking any chances with Carlyle. He'll empty his bullpen trying to hold onto this one.

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 06:52 PM

Is their pen any good?

TransMonk Aug 07 2007 06:54 PM

Time for the good guys to put up a 3 spot.

Frayed Knot Aug 07 2007 06:56 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 07 2007 06:57 PM

"Is their pen any good?" Not so good all year - but they've recently added a few new pieces in Mahay & Dotel sp there's more depth now then there's been in a while. And Cox, moreso than most managers, will go to his pen early and use the whole lot of them trying to nail down the game at hand and then worry about the next game when he gets there.

Kid Carsey Aug 07 2007 06:57 PM

Nice to keep unlucky-dude at second. Plenty of outs and only three down.

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 06:58 PM

Great f-ing at bat.

Gwreck Aug 07 2007 06:59 PM

Alou, you're fired.

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 06:59 PM

I'm angry. 11 GiDP for Alou is one back of the team lead.

Kid Carsey Aug 07 2007 07:01 PM

Well, we got nine outs and we've cleared Alou. You guys need to focus.

Willets Point Aug 07 2007 07:06 PM

Does not make up for the GiDPs, Alou, not at all.

Kid Carsey Aug 07 2007 07:09 PM

*time out* Did Gary freakin' objective Cohen just say that unless Alou has a debilitating injury he's out there -- after the diving catch and commenting on how much ice down he needs after a game -- making it sound like he's Joe Gamer? Define DEBILITATING??? */time out*

Frayed Knot Aug 07 2007 07:14 PM

Nice play Carlos ... but it's not like Castillo wasn't waiting there for it.

TransMonk Aug 07 2007 07:16 PM

LoDuca = warning track power?

Frayed Knot Aug 07 2007 07:31 PM

Reyes fulfills his 2 pop-up a day minimum.

Edgy DC Aug 07 2007 07:32 PM

Reyes=most exciting popups in the league.

Frayed Knot Aug 07 2007 07:32 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 07 2007 07:33 PM

Keith & Ron making fun of Joe Morgan's comments from Sunday's game (without explicitly saying so) -- the one about Castillo being unfamiliar with Natl league parks.

Edgy DC Aug 07 2007 07:33 PM

Did Keef just make fun of Joe Morgan?

Edgy DC Aug 07 2007 07:35 PM

Escobar=good.

TransMonk Aug 07 2007 07:36 PM

Yup...Ronnie, too.

Edgy DC Aug 07 2007 07:39 PM

Listen, whatever Frayed Knot says, assume I would'vw posted pretty much the same thing a minute later. Seriously, if local broadcasts --- frequently staffed by contemporaries of Joe Morgan --- are making fun of Joe, how long can ESPN ignore it? (I know. About as long as the Mets broadcast outlets could ignore Fran Healy.)

Willets Point Aug 07 2007 07:40 PM

Fuckin' Larry!

Frayed Knot Aug 07 2007 07:44 PM

]Seriously, if local broadcasts --- frequently staffed by contemporaries of Joe Morgan --- are making fun of Joe, how long can ESPN ignore it? Morgan's been taking a beating from that section of the print press that covers the media beat. On the other hand, I don't think ESPN cares. I think they just like star power and assume Morgan still has it. Morgan, meanwhile, seems to think that since he played the game that his observations are correct ones ... no matter what those peksy fact things say.

TransMonk Aug 07 2007 07:51 PM

Mets wriggle out of bases-loaded no-out situation in the ninth. Last chance boys.

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 07:52 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: ]Seriously, if local broadcasts --- frequently staffed by contemporaries of Joe Morgan --- are making fun of Joe, how long can ESPN ignore it? Morgan's been taking a beating from that section of the print press that covers the media beat. On the other hand, I don't think ESPN cares. I think they just like star power and assume Morgan still has it. Morgan, meanwhile, seems to think that since he played the game that his observations are correct ones ... no matter what those peksy fact things say. My only disagreement is that Morgan never actually had it.

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 07:55 PM

Never EVER throw Alou a fastball on the first two pitches.

Kid Carsey Aug 07 2007 07:56 PM

Tomorrow we should go out for Greek.

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 07:57 PM

When do the Jets start?

TransMonk Aug 07 2007 08:00 PM

Atlanta's bullpen was terrific. Alou was about as clutch as pissy hands climbing across greased monkey bars.

Willets Point Aug 07 2007 08:00 PM

I'm getting the feeling that 2006 was more about the Braves sucking than the Mets being good. I hate this.

Elster88 Aug 07 2007 08:01 PM

Willets Point wrote: I'm getting the feeling that 2006 was more about the Braves sucking than the Mets being good. I hate this. You've had that feeling since early June.

Kid Carsey Aug 07 2007 08:14 PM

Neither team has been lights out, it's not rocket science. The Mets blow this series and the Phillies keep winning and everything's gonna be kinda where most everyone thought it was going to be at the start of the season this time of the year -- a fight til' the end. Flingin' doo doo and yimmerin' and yammerin' about it -- eh, not for me.

Edgy DC Aug 07 2007 08:18 PM

I'm Ok, with the yimmerin'; not so much the yammerin'. The doo-doo is right out.

cleonjones11 Aug 07 2007 08:46 PM

TransMonk wrote: Atlanta's bullpen was terrific. Alou was about as clutch as pissy hands climbing across greased monkey bars. I did suggest Alou be waived a week ago..but hey..I'm never right in the clique oops I mean forum.

Kid Carsey Aug 07 2007 08:57 PM

Name one team in a similar circumstance that has just waived a player with Alou's contract/player seniority status. Why should the Mets break new ground and just cut him? Are there players on the Mets that want him cut out right? How would treating him that way affect future signing possiblities? Please, the martyr thing's been done. As for cliques, you're annoying ... do you deny trying to be annoying?

Frayed Knot Aug 07 2007 08:58 PM

cleonjones11 wrote: I did suggest Alou be waived a week ago..but hey..I'm never right

Willets Point Aug 07 2007 09:04 PM

Elster88 wrote: ="Willets Point"]I'm getting the feeling that 2006 was more about the Braves sucking than the Mets being good. I hate this. You've had that feeling since early June. Yeah, but I've been feeling optimistic since mid-July. This game is just a temporary downturn if the Mets win tomorrow. In fact I'm getting psyched for it right now. The Braves and their fans are feeling all cahnfident, but the Mets are going to smack 'em down in heartbreaking fashion. You just watch.

HahnSolo Aug 08 2007 07:38 AM

My optimism fades with every lackluster performance, and the growing realization that the moxy of 2006 is long gone, but then the Phillies go in the tank and lose 4 out of 5, giving me renewed hope. I worry that if the Mets ever get passed in first place that the team doing the passing will not look back. One small point from the game and I had no internet access at the time to voice it: On Andruw's bloop single before Francoeur's HR, can I get a little more effort from Castillo chasing the ball? Would he have caught it?Probably no. But he looked way too lackadaisacal going after it.