IGT 9/29/2018: MIA @ NYM -- Playing the Former Kids

[G-Fafif]

What the hell is Mickey doing? A thirty-four year-old at third base and another at shortstop? In this going-nowhere season? What happened to getting a look at the kids? What the hell is going on here?

Oh, right. Never mind. Let's Go David. Let's Go Jose. Let's Go Mets.

[G-Fafif]

Reyes SS
Valentin 2B
Wright 3B
Floyd LF
Delgado 1B
Green RF
Beltran CF
Lo Duca C
Martinez P

[G-Fafif]

Turns out only two of the above entries are correct.

Reyes SS
McNeil 2B
Wright 3B
Conforto LF
Bruce 1B
Nimmo RF
Jackson CF
Plawecki C
Matz P

[Frayed Knot]

The actual lineup the last time Reyes & Wright were in the same starting lineup (9/28/11):

SS - Jose Reyes
2B - Ruben Tejada
LF - Willie Harris
3B - David Wright
1B - Nick Evans
RF - Mike Baxter
C - Ronny Paulino
CF - Jason Pridie
P - Miguel Batista


Some guy named Justin Turner pinch-ran for Reyes after his (in)famous lead-off / bunt base-hit / quick-exit. Turner would stay in the game at 2nd w/Tejada moving over to SS
Josh Satin later pinch-ran for Wright and played 3rd for the remainder of the game.
Evans & Baxter drove in the runs in the 3-0 NYM victory. The 2R HR by Baxter was the first of his career ... there would be three more.
Batista pitched a complete game two-hit shutout. He'd only start five more games in his career (not surprising seeing as how he was already 40 y/o at this point)

[G-Fafif]

Trevor Richards will pitch for the 2018 Marlins.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Frayed Knot wrote: The actual lineup the last time Reyes & Wright were in the same starting lineup (9/28/11): SS - Jose Reyes 2B - Ruben Tejada LF - Willie Harris 3B - David Wright 1B - Nick Evans RF - Mike Baxter C - Ronny Paulino CF - Jason Pridie P - Miguel Batista

Good job, I was wondering what year it was. Evans, Baxter, Paulino and
Pridie... yikes, that's a fearsome foursome.

[ashie62]

Lets win for sentimentality sake

LGM!

[Guest 41Forever]

Umpire gets a fist bump, too!

Beautiful moment with Olivia.

[Fman99]

Watching on a laptop in a hotel, in Bath, NY, waiting to get up at 5 AM tomorrow and run 26.2 miles. God bless the captain and LGM!

[Guest 41Forever]

Fman99 wrote: Watching on a laptop in a hotel, in Bath, NY, waiting to get up at 5 AM tomorrow and run 26.2 miles. God bless the captain and LGM!

Good luck in the race!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Nice opening inning by Matz. Now I just want to see Wright get a hit.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Lead off double by Reyes. It seems like old times.

[Edgy MD]

Just as I'm saying "Who paid 1,000 bucks for those seats behind the plate and aren't in their seats in the first inning?!" the Wright family sneaks down the tunnel and takes the seats.

[Guest 41Forever]

And Jose leads off with a double -- and here comes Wright!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Wright draws a walk. Mets at the corners.

[Guest 41Forever]

Oh, Conforto!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Well, the old guys came through in the 1st inning. Conforto grounds weakly to the pitcher for an inning ending double play.

[Edgy MD]

Two things I didn't realize how much I missed:

[list:1tb69tlx][*:1tb69tlx]The tongue hanging out of his mouth.[/*:m:1tb69tlx]
[*:1tb69tlx]The wiping of his boogs upon his shirt between innings.[/*:m:1tb69tlx][/list:u:1tb69tlx]

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Easy chance for Wright at third and he handles it flawlessly with a nice throw across the diamond.

[Fman99]

Rockin' Doc wrote: Easy chance for Wright at third and he handles it flawlessly with a nice throw across the diamond.

I enjoyed that too.

[Edgy MD]

Home plate ump is calling the game like he has a plane to catch.

[Guest 41Forever]

Mets posted this today.

[Guest 41Forever]

Wally Matthews is an idiot.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-sports-mets-david-wright-matthews-20180929-story.html#

[Edgy MD]

Cliff Floyd looks great.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Cliff Floyd was a favorite of mine during his time with the Mets.

[Edgy MD]

Let's see some serious Ka-BOOM-age.

[Guest 41Forever]

Give him one more at-bat!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Conforto with a weak dribbler toward short for a single thanks to the shift.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Unless Wright says he can't continue on, I don't see any reason to pull him this early.

[Edgy MD]

Céspedes, Flores. Look at some of these guys who used to play for the Mets.