IGT 7/17/2019: NYM @ MIN — We Might Just Make It After All

[G-Fafif]

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Vargas has spunk...and will knock the fuck out any bro who suggests otherwise.



Martín Perez will start for the Twins and explain he's not related to the New Republic guy.

[Lefty Specialist]

If Vargas pitches a complete-game victory, I'd like to see him spin around on the mound and fling his cap in the air.



Hey, a boy can dream.

[MFS62]

=G-Fafif post_id=16119 time=1563335320 user_id=55]
Vargas has spunk...

[Edgy MD]

Player-manager Grant really wants this one. He's sending his A lineup out there.

2. Slaughter, ss


4. Baxter, G., cf


6. Howard, rf


8. Morgenstern, 3b


10. Grant, 1b


12. Lindstrom, c


14. Baxter, T., lf


16. Nivens, 2b


18. Richards, p

[G-Fafif]

WJM is tough. Here's who they'll face at 1:45...





Jeff McNeil – RF

J.D. Davis – LF

Pete Alonso – 1B

Wilson Ramos – C

Robinson Canó – DH (yeech)

Todd Frazier – 3B

Michael Conforto – CF

Amed Rosario – SS

Adeiny Hechavarría – 2B

[Edgy MD]

=G-Fafif post_id=16153 time=1563384046 user_id=55]WJM is tough.

[G-Fafif]

Andy Rivers, Marie Slaughter and Paula from down the hall form the little-used bench.



Grant believes in going with 1970 rules, though critics believe he's just trying to impress Aunt Flo.

[kcmets]

Snow delay? Summers can be tough in The Twin Cities.



Rhoda on the hot corner. Fitting!

[G-Fafif]

47-minute pregame non-rain delay honored Twins prospect Jesse Orosco, eventually the player to be named later in the Greg Field trade.

[Edgy MD]

Target Field plays some funky 70s jams as walkup music.

[Guest 41Forever]

Wee Willie Williams is unable to play today, being dead at the present time.

[Edgy MD]

Chuckles the Clown is also a scratch.



So, are we going to get anything like their first halves out of McNeil, Alonso, and Smitty?

[G-Fafif]

=41Forever post_id=16171 time=1563388432 user_id=69]
Wee Willie Williams is unable to play today, being dead at the present time.

[G-Fafif]

Amed Rosario has 10 home runs, fourth on the club in its 95th game. Sneaky good power production for a non-slugging shortstop.

[Edgy MD]

HEY, CHUBBIE METS FAN!



Good for you for catching a Twins homerun ball. I don't ask you to throw it back, but the victory dance isn't really representing well.

[Edgy MD]

Darling was close to correct while describing https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN199107140.shtmlhis last start.



McGriff beat him with a solo homer when the game was tied, not a three-run homer to put them ahead from behind.



Darling pitched really well, but the Mets were one-hit.

[Edgy MD]

Second and third with no out. I'd've sent Alonso home, nobody out though it may be.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Mickey!

[Edgy MD]

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[bIGPURPLE]SMITHEREENS!![/bIGPURPLE]

[Edgy MD]

Apparently, the key to hitting an 0-2 homer is to club the catcher in the head first.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I'm following on the app at work. Was that the injury delay?

[Edgy MD]

Smith did a big roundhouse swing on a slider low and away and his follow-through conked the catcher on the back of the head.



He seemed fine, but concussion protocols probably mandate the trainer doing a cursory exam.

[Edgy MD]

Interesting that Smith stays in the game in left rather than them bringing in Lagares. They're hoping on getting him another trip to the plate.



Familia is throwing hard.

[Edgy MD]

And Hetchie turns a DP I don't see Canó pulling off.

[Guest 41Forever]

Wow. Don't see that too often! 7-3 Mets!



OE: 8-3 on the McNeil double!

Edited July 17, 2019 by Guest

[G-Fafif]

Twins have just acquired Brant Brown from the September 1998 Cubs.

[Edgy MD]

Twinkie defense may have just put this game into the range where the bullpen has some heat off. It may keep them from going back to Lugo.

[Guest 41Forever]

Wow. Dom drive in McNeil for his fourth rbi of the game.

[Guest 41Forever]

Wow. And Alonso hits one into the third deck to make it 11-3. That was half-way up the third deck -- almost out of the ballpark!



Sets the mets rookie record for most extra-base hits from a rookie.

[Edgy MD]

I like this inning.



I knew we could get to Bess Lindstrom. She'd been overused of late.