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IGT 09/19/07 - Mets at Nationals

Kid Carsey Sep 19 2007 02:29 PM

Ok, so I'm a little eager ... NYM: M. Pelfrey (2-7, 5.23) WAS: M. Chico (5-8, 4.61)

Johnny Dickshot Sep 19 2007 02:32 PM

This is like one of them kid quizzes: Can you spot what's wrong in this (non-doctored) picture? No cheating!

metirish Sep 19 2007 02:33 PM

Yikes...his cap logo.

Willets Point Sep 19 2007 02:36 PM

Is that a sunflower or a supernova?

Benjamin Grimm Sep 19 2007 02:38 PM

Was that from when the Mets were the "Mercury Daisies"?

metsguyinmichigan Sep 19 2007 02:44 PM

Arizona fall league? I know they wear their team uniforms for those games, but matching caps.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 19 2007 02:46 PM

AZ fall league is correct. That also explains his No. 39 jersey. (he wears 34 with the real club).

TransMonk Sep 19 2007 02:50 PM

That cap is for the Mesa Solar Sox.

TransMonk Sep 19 2007 03:36 PM

NY Mets J. Reyes ss L. Castillo 2b D. Wright 3b C. Beltran cf M. Alou lf J. Conine 1b P. Lo Duca c L. Milledge rf M. Pelfrey p =red]Washington N. Logan cf F. Lopez ss R. Zimmerman 3b W. Pena lf A. Kearns rf R. Belliard 2b R. Fick 1b J. Flores c M. Chico p Alright Mets, I'm calling youse out, just like Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald did to Hall and Oates: You think that maybe it's over Only if you want it to be Are you gonna wait for your sign, your miracle Stand up and fight This is it Make no mistake where you are This is it Your back's to the corner This is it Don't be a fool anymore This is it The waiting is over

Kid Carsey Sep 19 2007 03:37 PM

J. Reyes ss .288 L. Castillo 2b .280 D. Wright 3b .313 C. Beltran cf .281 M. Alou lf .338 J. Conine 1b .256 P. Lo Duca c .272 L. Milledge rf .280 M. Pelfrey p .059 N. Logan cf .271 F. Lopez ss .240 R. Zimmerman 3b .268 W. Pena lf .291 A. Kearns rf .266 R. Belliard 2b .289 R. Fick 1b .227 J. Flores c .253 M. Chico p .143

Kid Carsey Sep 19 2007 03:37 PM

d'oh

Johnny Dickshot Sep 19 2007 03:38 PM

Good, I guess, to see Alou in there.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 19 2007 04:46 PM

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Good, I guess, to see Alou in there. That was my first reaction as well.

TransMonk Sep 19 2007 05:13 PM

The Mets are shaking things up. In the first inning they go 1-2-3. MASN showed a graphic that stated the 21 runs that the Nationals have scored the past 2 games are the most runs in consecutive games that the team has scored since they moved back to DC. Ouch.

Valadius Sep 19 2007 05:14 PM

Thank God Alou is back in there.

metirish Sep 19 2007 05:16 PM

Jeter makes that play...

Zvon Sep 19 2007 05:17 PM

Awwww, come on Reyes! Was it a tuff play? Just reads like an error here. 0-0 after one.

TransMonk Sep 19 2007 05:20 PM

There was no way he would have thrown the runner out...he had to range pretty far to get the ball. He airmailed it into the camera-well past 1st.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 05:25 PM

Beltran: looking: gah. Alou keeps his streak going. Whats the use if we don't bring him around? Come on Conine. Do something memorable and I'll make a sign out of it.

bmfc1 Sep 19 2007 05:27 PM

We're ready Zvon: Conine the Barbarian? Conine O'Brien?

Zvon Sep 19 2007 05:29 PM

="bmfc1"]We're ready Zvon: Conine the Barbarian? Conine O'Brien? I can do that. First let me thank him. And Lo Duca brings Alou home-- the streak adds dividends.

Valadius Sep 19 2007 05:29 PM

Z - Conine the Barbarian. I'm begging you.

bmfc1 Sep 19 2007 05:30 PM

Cardinals tonight--no Edmonds, no Poo-holes. Ugh.

Valadius Sep 19 2007 05:32 PM

Alou is up to a 23-game hitting streak.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 19 2007 05:34 PM

Conine's got 3 straight hits I think. All about his changing into No. 19

Frayed Knot Sep 19 2007 05:34 PM

Oh no, we have a lead!! Well at least it's not a big one, then we'd really be in trouble.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 05:35 PM

No doubt, Belliard is this years fat ass.

Kid Carsey Sep 19 2007 05:40 PM

FK: >>>Oh no, we have a lead!!<<< Oh well.

TransMonk Sep 19 2007 05:46 PM

Weirdest double of the year for Reyes.

Frayed Knot Sep 19 2007 05:46 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 19 2007 05:57 PM

Now THAT is something you don't see everyday!! For those not watching ... Reyes's shot to LF got stuck *on the fly* in the padding of the fence where no one could find it for a while. Ground Rule Double is the call.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 05:48 PM

Wow.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 05:59 PM

Mr. Wright singles in Reyes. Thats what I talkin bout. 2-2 Mets

Zvon Sep 19 2007 06:08 PM

Lopez singles and is picked off. My Stat-tracker seems to be lagging quite a bit. CBS Sportsline is even worse.

Frayed Knot Sep 19 2007 06:09 PM

WFAN talkie Evan Roberts in the stands tonight and getting interviewed by Kevin Burkhardt ... which allows fans to discover that Roberts has the perfect face for radio. Pelfrey's looking good IMO even though that's 6 hits thru 3. Several have been of the infield/seeing-eye variety.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 06:14 PM

Whew. Pelfrey gets out of it. Phils game 0-0 after 1/2. Guess who leads off.... Heres' the link Val http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/Zvon58/MetStuff/ConineBarbarian.jpg Cut and paste that to word pad or something, use it anytime you want. All these signs are available for sharing if anyone wants to get some use from em.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 06:22 PM

This reads like a nice at bat by Milledge. Worked the count to full, but grounds out. Poo.

Valadius Sep 19 2007 06:36 PM

Z, you made my freaking day! Too bad my laptop's busted, I can't wait to save the image when I get it fixed though.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 06:37 PM

Reyes singles. RBI TRIPLE FOR CASTILLO!

Valadius Sep 19 2007 06:37 PM

Reyes singles, Castillo with the TRIBOOM to drive him home!

Mendoza Line Sep 19 2007 06:37 PM

This is fun to watch. Good pitching, timely hitting, clean fielding - just fun to watch after all the bad baseball lately.

Valadius Sep 19 2007 06:40 PM

D-Wright sac flies Castillo home!

Zvon Sep 19 2007 06:50 PM

Whew. Nats plate one. Big K of Belliard. 4-3. Pelfrey up to 85 pitches.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 19 2007 06:50 PM

Castillo must have forgotten how many outs there were. He threw home (in vain) instead of to first to complete the DP. 4-3 Mets after 5.

metsguyinmichigan Sep 19 2007 06:57 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 19 2007 06:57 PM

just getting here. Paulie's gotta get Alou home!

TransMonk Sep 19 2007 06:57 PM

God, I hate Don Sutton. I say this every time we go to Washington. But it's so true.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 06:59 PM

Another Lo Duca rbi sac fly! wooohooo

metsguyinmichigan Sep 19 2007 06:59 PM

Yes! Paulie follows through.

bmfc1 Sep 19 2007 07:00 PM

That's Paulie's 3d SF in 2 games... he only had 2 in '06.

metsguyinmichigan Sep 19 2007 07:05 PM

Bad time for an error, Carlos.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 07:09 PM

Sosa for Pelfrey , Green takes over in right.

Mendoza Line Sep 19 2007 07:11 PM

Fantastic. Was just going to moan about Willie bringing in Sosa. Willie is a genius.

metsguyinmichigan Sep 19 2007 07:11 PM

Big strikeout for Sosa!

TransMonk Sep 19 2007 07:11 PM

Great job by Sosa!

metsguyinmichigan Sep 19 2007 07:12 PM

Perfect! That's a momentum shifter!

Zvon Sep 19 2007 07:14 PM

a K and DP! muhahaHAHAHA

Zvon Sep 19 2007 07:17 PM

Cards just screwed up their own rally with a baserunning boner. 2 birds end up at third. They fail to score. 0-0 in the 5th there.

Mendoza Line Sep 19 2007 07:20 PM

...and the Nats fick it up! 6-3 Mets.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 07:22 PM

Mendoza Line wrote: ...and the Nats fick it up! 6-3 Mets. lmao. <<< I don't like how Foster is looking at me.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 07:24 PM

BIG double by Mr Wright. HUGE. 7-3 Mets

Nymr83 Sep 19 2007 07:25 PM

Alou is at it again! given his injuries and the score (i'm not saying its over but its a nice lead) i'd pinch-run with endy chavez and leave him in for defense right now. edit- and the mets thought so too.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 07:27 PM

3 for 4, 2 runs scored, a big ribby. Damn I'm glad he's okay after last night.

metsguyinmichigan Sep 19 2007 07:30 PM

M! V! P!

Zvon Sep 19 2007 07:40 PM

Utley scores from first on a real close play. Burrell doubled him in. 1-0 Phils in the 6th. ___________________________ Sosa gets through the 7th. 8-3 Mets up in the 8th.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 19 2007 07:44 PM

Sosa is huge. Saved the whole season there in the 6th.

Gwreck Sep 19 2007 07:46 PM

Wonder if we'd be tempted to use Wagner for 2 innings. He hasn't pitched in 5 days...

Kid Carsey Sep 19 2007 07:52 PM

That's temptation I'd rather not tempt even thinking about.

bmfc1 Sep 19 2007 07:55 PM

Cardinals tie it.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 07:55 PM

Green off the bench is 2 for 2. Woohooo! But Reyes can't keep it going. Cards are threatening in the 6th with 1st and 2nd, 2 out. But pitcher Wainwright will bat for himself there--- AND HE TIES THE GAME WITH A LOOPING SINGLE TO CENTER! 1-1, Cards. How about that? I was thinkin whats Wainwright doing batting? Ha. ______________________________ Note to self: Wainwrights a good hitting pitcher.

metsguyinmichigan Sep 19 2007 07:56 PM

bmfc1 wrote: Cardinals tie it. Little help from the Cards tonight would be a wonderful thing.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 07:57 PM

Heilman gets the ball for the 8th. DiFelice on to catch. Gomez will take over in right for Green. I think. ST has him in right, CBS has him in left.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 08:04 PM

*Zvon tips his cap to Heilman. 1-2-3 8th. Great job guy! In St Loo Phils outfielder Werth has his feet taken out from under him from loose turf while tracking down a fly with bases loaded... and he pops up and makes the catch. Whats up with the outfield turf in Busch? Rowand also had a problem the other night and said the outfield grass there is messed up.

bmfc1 Sep 19 2007 08:06 PM

I wrote about the angry Mets fan that sat in front of me the last two nights. Turns out he hosts a radio show (Tim): http://www.radioamerica.org/PRG_talkinbaseball.htm

Zvon Sep 19 2007 08:08 PM

bmfc1 wrote: I wrote about the angry Mets fan that sat in front of me the last two nights. Turns out he hosts a radio show (Tim): Only in America. No report of Wagner up in the pen.....so Heilman gets the 9th?

Zvon Sep 19 2007 08:14 PM

I guess all my baseball feeds could have frozen at a worst time............

Mendoza Line Sep 19 2007 08:16 PM

Wright threw a ball away and Nats have a runner on second. Wags got Nook Logan to pop up. So far, he looks like he's back in early season form.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 08:18 PM

Thx. Just all caught up. 2 out. Maxwell to third. That run means nothing. CLOSE THE DOOR WAGS!

Gwreck Sep 19 2007 08:19 PM

Put it in the books! Thankfully!

Zvon Sep 19 2007 08:20 PM

Well, Billy, if you DON'T close the door your gonna make me look silly, cause that run might mean something. Zim singles in Max. 8-4 Mets

Mendoza Line Sep 19 2007 08:20 PM

Mets win. Hello, John Tyler.

seawolf17 Sep 19 2007 08:21 PM

/finally starts breathing again

Zvon Sep 19 2007 08:21 PM

Benjamin Grimm Sep 19 2007 08:22 PM

Such a strange, unfamiliar feeling this is! A Cardinal victory would really put a spring in my step. Go Redbirds!

metsguyinmichigan Sep 19 2007 08:24 PM

And no one was ever as happy to see President Tyler than we are! Hopefully the Cards can get us to the short tenure of Mr. Harrison by the end of the night.

Valadius Sep 19 2007 08:31 PM

We win at last! And bmfc, that's freaking hilarious! There he is!

Benjamin Grimm Sep 19 2007 08:34 PM

And in St. Louis, it's still 1 to 1 heading into the bottom of the 8th.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 08:42 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: And in St. Louis, it's still 1 to 1 heading into the bottom of the 8th. And Phils third baseman Nunez is fielding like Brooks Robinson. I've seen him steal at least 3 hits tonight, the last just now on a grounder chopped over his head that he made a fantasic leaping grab of. And Charlies smart enough to remove Burrell in left in this close game and late inning. Werth just catches a beebee to left .I wonder what Burrell would have done with that. 1-1 in the 9th. Another good ball game here.

metirish Sep 19 2007 08:51 PM

I like the way we buit runs tonight,three sac-flies tells the story.

Willets Point Sep 19 2007 08:52 PM

See, now that's not so bad isn't it? On other fronts, I can't believe I've been reduced to rooting for the Cardinals to win tonight.

Valadius Sep 19 2007 08:52 PM

Ryan Franklin shuts Philly down in the top of the ninth. St. Looie coming up.

Gwreck Sep 19 2007 08:53 PM

Philly had 1st and 2nd with 1 out but after going 3-0 on Victorino, he got him to hit a comebacker and then got Rollins to ground out on the first pitch.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 08:57 PM

metirish wrote: I like the way we buit runs tonight,three sac-flies tells the story. Yes. Even Sarge who broadcasts for the Phils now said before the game, "The Mets have to focus and start doing the little things right." In the Phils 9th Rollins is ROBBED by Spezio on a looked to be extra base hit down the 1st baseline. Phils had 2 on at the time, 2 out, and they are turned away. Now the Cards have 1st and 3rd,1 out, bottom of the 9th.

Valadius Sep 19 2007 08:59 PM

Interesting note: Ray Knight does pre- and post-game stuff for the Nats.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 09:00 PM

OMG--with the outfield in Victorino is able to catch a sure bloop single...no chance for and tag from 3rd. wow.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 09:02 PM

Phils/Cards go to extra frames. At least tonight I feel I can breath a bit.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 09:26 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 19 2007 09:27 PM

CARDS WIN IN THE 10th! Thank you fat ass for driving in that run

Willets Point Sep 19 2007 09:27 PM

Yadier "Bleeping" Molina, I love you!

Gwreck Sep 19 2007 09:27 PM

Yadier F. Molina.

TransMonk Sep 19 2007 09:28 PM

It was Molina's bobblehead night, too.

Frayed Knot Sep 19 2007 09:33 PM

Nice of the Cards to actually get a 2nd run out of their 11 hits and 5 walks ... but I guess I can't complain too loudly.

holychicken Sep 19 2007 09:59 PM

I can't bring myself to look. . .did we win?

Edgy DC Sep 19 2007 10:37 PM

Fucking won.

Zvon Sep 19 2007 10:39 PM

I think we did. Mr. Wright watching the scoreboard? Just keep your eyes on the field and whats going on in front of you. And keep winning guys.

Edgy DC Sep 19 2007 10:46 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 19 2007 11:02 PM

Notes: I'd say that Farmer Ted makes a better seating companion than Valadius or bfmc1, but the fact is a slump-busting win featuring a bullpen salvation beats slump-extending losses featuring bullpen meltdowns. Things Bubba Ted and I learned tonight: The Loge actually has seats with an "LA" intertwined logo pressed into the ironwork, like RFK actually bought up surplus seats from an old LA stadium. Moises Alou, during pitching changes, leaves the field and goes into the bullpen to sit down and drink some water. Guy Conti is as nice a guy as you want him to be. After the game we cheered on the Mets bullpen and wished them luck. They all kept their heads down until Guy trailed up the rear and said, "Thanks, do you want a ball?" And a ball is what Bubba Ted got to bring home to the family. I want my daughter to marry Guy Conti. UMDB and Uni-Watch Alert: Tom Ñieto actually wears a tilde above the initial N in his name on his back. Never saw that before. Sosa was awesome and him being awesome was one of the best things ever. Highlight from the post-game wrap: "Manny, it's not like your team didn't have chances to score. The sixth, for instance, what happened there?" "Jorge Sosa won the game for them is what happened. He was astounding. That was the ballgame right there."

Gwreck Sep 19 2007 10:59 PM

'preciate the wrapup from the in-person perspective. Thanks. Glad you got a win(!)

Benjamin Grimm Sep 20 2007 06:53 AM

My outlook is so much brighter this morning, especially once I learned of the Phillies' loss last night! Incidentally, when pasting box scores this morning I discovered that Justin Maxwell is the first Mets opponent ever with the last name of Maxwell. Strange that it took 46 years for them to play against a Maxwell.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 20 2007 07:04 AM

Maxwell in the da house! Yeah, I noticed that weird Nieto thing. Sosa's hugeness not only killed the Nats but it saved our entire season. Biggest inning of the entire year. Not for nothing but for a guy who gave up way too many hits and runs in almost every inning, it seemed, Pelfrey looks a lot better to me than he did earlier this year. There's a shot they gave of him from the center field camera showing his form and follow-through right to the end, and I thought: There's a classick motion I could get used to seeing over and over again for the next few years.

Edgy DC Sep 20 2007 07:41 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 24 2007 01:24 PM

I'm pretty certain we didn't see an Ñ on Ñieto 's back in the eighties. Here's a batting practice jersey --- from those creeps at Steiner --- that doesn't appear to have a tilde. I want tons of Schaefer for Sosa. I agree that, for a five-and-fly start, Pelfrey seemed to have it together. Until the sixth, he was mostly throwing strikes when he had to, keeping his 94-MPHer down.

Frayed Knot Sep 20 2007 07:51 AM

The cool thing about Sosa's first inning was not just that he got out of a 1st-&-3rd/no outs situation but that he wrapped it all up in 4 pitches: strike - strike - strike - GiDP (to the fastest player on the team)

Edgy DC Sep 20 2007 08:03 AM

He's one of the fastest in baseball. Nook is a throwback, out of the 300-year-old deep-south colony of Natchez, MS. He's fast as light but with almost nothing in the way of secondary skills. He made some weak-assed throws Tuesday night and when Carlos Gomez, as the tying run, went from first to third in the ninth inning on a single, more Mets fans than I were kinda sorta rooting for Alomar to go nuts and send him home. But when you see a guy name Nook run like that, you really want to like him, so they keep giving him chances, only to see him lose his job to the likes of Curtis Granderson. He's finally been rewarding them with some hitting the last 7-8 weeks, but that just elevated him from Jeff Duncan status to Chris Duffy status. The long-winded point being that staying out of double plays is like the guy's primary offensive skill.

Edgy DC Sep 20 2007 08:16 AM

Fan Graphs rates Pelf's effort as a net negative, but Sosa as the shizzle.

Valadius Sep 20 2007 10:56 AM

Edgy DC wrote: He made some weak-assed throws Tuesday night and when Carlos Gomez, as the tying run, went from first to third in the ninth inning on a single, more Mets fans than I were kinda sorta rooting for Alomar to go nuts and send him home. *Raises hand* And Carlos might have made it, too.

Farmer Ted Sep 24 2007 01:18 PM

Belated as it is, I'm just back off the road. Things I learned from the game: *Edgy is the King of Box Truck driving. *Edgy's GPS system is better than On-Star. *When Edgy says you can get from the Mezz to the box seats in left, no usher is going to stop you, especially if he looks like one of the kids from New Edition. *We saw Darryl Strawberry AND Lenny Dykstra at the game (at least dead ringer throwback jerseys). *The young buck next to us in the Mezz looked like he was dating Meadow Soprano (God, to be 17 again). *Have Edgy tell you great stories about the RFK "Tarp of Fame". *RFK gave the out-of-town scoreboard operator the rest of the season off. *Not only does Edgy feed the homeless, he volunteers hauling Pepsi carts around RFK. *One usher asked the entire front row of the Mezz to pipe down because the players in the Mets bullpen were getting annoyed. Funny thing was, we (like the rest of the stadium) were dead quiet at that point. We presumed it was Sosa narc-ing on the fans, but he gets a pass for the blazing stuff he threw. *To reiterate, Guy Conti is God. In all a good night. Glad we were there to see the Mets stop the bleeding. Edge is the host with the most.

Kid Carsey Sep 24 2007 04:13 PM

Edgy's driving a box truck? I gotta hear more about that.

Farmer Ted Sep 24 2007 06:42 PM

Actually, a Honda Element. But it seemed the same.

Edgy DC Sep 24 2007 07:40 PM

Plastic floor, no hump and seats that both fold up aganst the sides or are removeable make it car that works equally well for passengers or freight.

Kid Carsey Sep 25 2007 03:20 PM

Gotcha, I was picturing something different.

Edgy DC Sep 25 2007 05:40 PM

Element, baby.