IGT 07/20 - NYM @ CIN - SHaM'n On The River

[kcmets]

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49-42

Stock RHP (0-2, 7.88)



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48-46

Miley LHP (7-4, 2.80)

[Benjamin Grimm]

This certainly looks like a favorable matchup!

[kcmets]

They'll be SHaM'n, SHaM'n, SHaM'n on the river

Listen to the story!

[Edgy MD]

How about that subtext last night, when the camera pointed across the river, and Gary said, "And across the Ohio River, we see the State of Kentucky" and right there in the middle of the shot is a white guy without a shirt sitting on a beach chair by the river bank just doing nothing?



It'd be fun if the team traveled from Pittsburgh to Cininnati by boat, but I'm guessing that would not be as quick a trip as all that.

[kcmets]

I saw a guy, not a white guy.

[Edgy MD]

Well, my mistaken.

[Edgy MD]

Well, I hope the bass guy from Titty Twister is back tonight.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy MD wrote: It'd be fun if the team traveled from Pittsburgh to Cininnati by boat, but I'm guessing that would not be as quick a trip as all that.

According to https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/cir439this page, it would take between 7 and 28 days.



I'm not clear on what it's saying, though. It may be saying that that's how long it would take if you were just drifting with the flow of the water. It may be quicker if the boat is being powered.

[kcmets]

Edgy MD wrote: Well, I hope the bass guy from Titty Twister is back tonight.

If anyone noticed, they bailed from their seats. At the end of the game there were

two women sitting there. Actually, I hope they're back tonight.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

He was definitely white, had the farmers tan and what looked like on old-school generic canned beer

[Edgy MD]

There may have been more than one river guy caught on camera. I've been jumping through the broadcast and I was able to find this guy, who is shirted and actually doing something (if passively), so my apologies to him and his kin if I've misrepresented him, but I seemingly remember somebody who better fit JCL's description.



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[kcmets]

Funny, the first thing I thought was trying to see what cheap beer he had.

The obvious fact that he was a white guy in Kentucky didn't occur to me until

Edgy (the great 'splainer of things*) brought it up.



*add salt grains and some tongue in cheek for effect...

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[MFS62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm not clear on what it's saying, though. It may be saying that that's how long it would take if you were just drifting with the flow of the water. It may be quicker if the boat is being powered.

There are many cruises you can take on the Ohio River:

https://www.cruisecompete.com/river_cruises/water/ohio_river/1https://www.cruisecompete.com/river_cruises/water/ohio_river/1

When I stayed at the old "Big E" hotel in Owensboro, KY (a beautiful place that was gutted by fire and now replaced) there was a stop for one of the old paddleboat steamers. One came to dock there and it was like looking at a page out of history.



Later

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: ... and right there in the middle of the shot is a white guy without a shirt sitting on a beach chair by the river bank just doing nothing?

I was thinking while enjoying the scenery ... that's not "nothing"!

[cal sharpie]

I was just in Pittsburgh around July 4 (saw the Pirates beat the Braves 11-1, delightful) and drove through Cincinnati on my way to a wedding. It's a long drive (plus the highway was shut down for part of the way so had to backtrack through Cincinnati streets which was terrible). The boat down the Ohio would have been preferable.

[G-Fafif]

Nimmo CF

Alonso 1B

McNeil 2B

J.D. Davis 3B

McCann C

Conforto RF

Pillar LF

Villar SS

Stock RHP

[bmfc1]

Why didn't they recall Blankenship to replace Peraza? They have a 3-player bench tonight. I'm guessing it's because Banda and May aren't available and Diaz is iffy.

[bmfc1]

Another day, another two injuries.



Carrasco isn't ready: https://www.milb.com/gameday/mets-vs-bisons/2021/07/20/642944#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=642944https://www.milb.com/gameday/mets-vs-bisons/2021/07/20/642944#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=642944

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[Fman99]

There was definitely a shirtless guy from Kentucky yesterday.



In today's news, Nogosek takes a break from fixing copiers and banging 70's broads with big pubic thatches to come in and play some ball. Welcome to the party!

[Frayed Knot]

OK, I give up, why was there just shy of three and a half minutes between the final pitch of the 2nd inning and the first pitch of the 3rd?



They were supposedly going to more strictly enforce the 2:05 limit but instead this gap was nearly 50% longer than allowed and for no apparent reason.

[Frayed Knot]

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Why didn't they recall Blankenship to replace Peraza? They have a 3-player bench tonight. I'm guessing it's because Banda and May aren't available and Diaz is iffy.

[bmfc1]

Yeah. Maybe it would be safer to only keep Nido on the bench and just have more relievers for the inevitable injuries. I'm kidding, I think.

[Edgy MD]

Was Aquino positioned on the track for that drive by Conforto? It seemed there was no way he could get back there in time.

[Edgy MD]

So, do we know yet what happened to Stockpile?

[Fman99]

Came up gimpy running out his grounder to end the top of the 2nd inning. Looked like a hamstring from where I be sittin

[Centerfield]

If you're going to pull Nogosek after just one more inning then you should have PH for him. Still gotta win the game.

[Edgy MD]

Got a three-man bench. No good options.

[Edgy MD]

Mets doing nothing but hitting the ball hard and finding gloves.



Miley isn't knocking my socks off.

[Edgy MD]

Hartlieb has a little bit.



Pretty cool to even be in this game considering the four guys they've used today are something other than their top choices.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Mets doing nothing but hitting the ball hard and finding gloves.

At least when they're not striking out.