IGT - 6/14/19 Archies demand some "Sunshine"

[Guest 41Forever]

Edgy wanted a deep dive into the Archies catalog.!



Goodness knows after last night, we need a little "Sunshine."



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No teenage witches, leering dogs and other stuff in this one -- but you can sure tell it's from the early 1970s!



Once Thursday's game is completed, Steven Matz (5-4, 3.99) will take the hill against Daniel Ponce de Leon (0-0, 1.80) I think last year he was Poncedeleon. Either way, that's a tough name.

[whippoorwill]

I wonder if he's related

[Benjamin Grimm]

Maybe he's the same guy! The could be some truth to that fountain-of-youth stuff!



I saw Juan Ponce de Leon's grave in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but I couldn't verify that he was actually in there.

[ashie62]

One day the Mets will starting hitting the crap out of the ball. It can be tonight against Marco Polo.



LGM

[G-Fafif]

Tyler Bashlor is the 26th man for the regularly scheduled game tonight despite the Mets presumably wanting to win it.

[ashie62]

Anyway, the tattoo's are sexy

[G-Fafif]

McNeil 2B

Conforto RF

Alonso 1B

Smith LF

Frazier 3B

Ramos C

Rosario SS

Lagares CF

Matz P

[ashie62]

On to the main event. Hit!

[ashie62]

Redbirds a leadoff double

[Lefty Specialist]

I think tonight I'll watch something less depressing and error-filled, with fewer catastrophic decisions than the Mets.





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[Edgy MD]

There's a kid behind home plate — about nine — doing the old arm-twirly thing.

[Edgy MD]

Looks like 45 minutes on the mound makes Matz a better hitter.

[G-Fafif]

LIOSMHR

[Frayed Knot]

It almost seems like a plot sometimes, one where the hitters, fielders, and pitchers conspire to see how the game can be sabotaged.



Fielder: 'Hey I'm due to make an error this inning, but I'll only do it if you walk the leadoff hitter first'

P: 'Sounds good to me. And this way when I follow up your error with my one big hit for the night it'll totally destroy the lead we had built up.'

H: 'So I should fail to drive in any tack-on runs prior to this all, then?'

P: 'Definitely, we don't want any lead too big for our pen to blow later on'

[Edgy MD]

Hey, bloaded and no out and LaCock at the plate!

[Edgy MD]

And in comes John Gant — 2011 Mets draftee, sent to the Braves in the Kelly Johnson/Juan Uribe deal.

[Edgy MD]

I'm feeling Wilsonian.

[Edgy MD]

I'm kind of surprised the throw went home and not to first.

[Frayed Knot]

Alonso's running isn't going to win him any style points, but it gets the job done.

[Guest 41Forever]

Ramos finds daylight and brings in two!

[Edgy MD]

That was fast.

[Guest 41Forever]

They really can be tough to watch sometimes.

[Guest 41Forever]

Son of a ...

[kcmets]

¡Familia!

[Edgy MD]

Sorta like they're beating themselves and the Cards are just in the right place.

[Edgy MD]

McNeil introduces the F-word to SNY viewers.

[Frayed Knot]

You bring in Familia in order to get some balls beaten into the ground.

And it worked: Familia came into the game and Mets batters started beating balls into the ground.

[MFS62]

F'milia is a contraction.



Later

[Fman99]

I apologized to my son last night for bestowing this particular team's fandom upon him. I felt like it was that kind of game.

[Lefty Specialist]

=Fman99 post_id=13031 time=1560597390 user_id=86]
I apologized to my son last night for bestowing this particular team's fandom upon him. I felt like it was that kind of game.