IGT 05/18 - Diamondbacks at Mets - Weekend .500

[Frayed Knot]

It was a perfect bunt by Gonzalez and, like the booth said, a good time to do it.
But the thing about him is that, even with the shift on, with his speed the bunt almost has to be perfect.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Edgy MD wrote: Ball four for Reyes looked a LOT like strike three.

Ump did his job, didn't buy the thing I can only say twice a year now.

[Edgy MD]

No, I don't think Gonzalez has to be perfect at all. They gave him, and regularly give him, a huge margin for error. All he has to do is bunt it hard. If it had to be perfect, there would have been a play and he would have just beat it out. But there was no question.

As for Rosario, what should be reviewed is the strategy of taking pitches down the middle and and swinging at balls off the plate.

[Fman99]

Two to go.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: No, I don't think Gonzalez has to be perfect at all. They gave him, and regularly give him, a huge margin for error. All he has to do is bunt it hard. If it had to be perfect, there would have been a play and he would have just beat it out.

And so if the bunt was a little less perfect by say being a bit further off the line and therefore closer to the fielder he might not have just beaten it out.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Familia deals a stellar book-a-doodles!

[Edgy MD]

I don't understand that at all.

But the Mets win.

[Edgy MD]

[youtube:3s361l55]na_h6giW4oI[/youtube:3s361l55]

[Guest d'Kong76]

Edgy MD wrote: I don't understand that at all.

Stellar; ya know, excellent and outstanding. Books!

[Ceetar]

Re: IGT 05/18 - Diamondbacks at Mets - Weekend .500

not tonight boss.

[Guest d'Kong76]

.500 is/was in the balance this weekend, I really don't know why you
want to bust my hump over it. I'm certainly not rooting for going to, or
under, .500 this weekend.

[Edgy MD]

d'Kong76 wrote: Edgy MD wrote: I don't understand that at all. Stellar; ya know, excellent and outstanding. Books!

Oops, wasn't responding to you. Sorry.

Great game, great crowd, and Ace Frehely to close it out.

[Fman99]

This was the best that Familia has looked in 2018, if you ask me.

[Lefty Specialist]

Fman99 wrote: This was the best that Familia has looked in 2018, if you ask me.

He had lots of rest.

[Guest 41Forever]

Edgy MD wrote: [youtube]na_h6giW4oI[/youtube]

A little Ace Frehley makes every thing better!

[G-Fafif]

Not in the Schaefer points: Jay Bruce targeted a little kid with a glove in the first row of section 102, tossed it one row too far, an adult grabbed it, first showily walked away with it and then turned around and stuck it in the kid's glove. The kid spent the rest of the night pounding the ball into his glove. Good play by all concerned.

DeGrom was beautiful. Thirteen strikeouts and the 10:19 at Woodside.

[Ceetar]

d'Kong76 wrote: .500 is/was in the balance this weekend, I really don't know why you want to bust my hump over it. I'm certainly not rooting for going to, or under, .500 this weekend.

busting 'woe is me' pessimistic attitude is my job.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Philly lost, Braves lost, Nats PPD, Mets win = 2 games over .500.
(not that I'm scoreboard/standings watching in mid-May)

[Guest d'Kong76]

Ceetar wrote: busting 'woe is me' pessimistic attitude is my job.

I'm a moderate on so many levels. Not naming names, but there are *ahem*
a few more pessimistic posters who frequent the joint than lil' ol' moi.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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[Benjamin Grimm]

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[Benjamin Grimm]