5/3 Makeup IGT — Detroit Breakdown

[ashie62]

I had a good time in the old Tigers Stadium in the 70's so I'm biased

[ashie62]

Jimmy doesn't like it when it rains

[Edgy MD]

Seventh-inning stretch.



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[Edgy MD]

Getting a third scoreless inning out of Jimmy is totally a yaca-bonus.

[ashie62]

Jimmy is happy that he helped the team

[Edgy MD]

Keep playing Pham toward the gap, Tiggs.

[ashie62]

Tyler Alexander has a master Pornstache

[Edgy MD]

Mets lucky Vierling didn't get two bases out of that pop single.



A lot of that luck was McNeil's hustle, though.



And as I type, Vierling steals the base anyhow.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

more like SNOT-a-Vino, amirite??!?

[Edgy MD]

Well, that's a kick in the gut.



Too much plate to start off a DH, Otto. Situation called for a pitcharound.

[Frayed Knot]

The major crime in that inning was plunking Baez with a 1-2 pitch (the 0-2 pitch was poor too).

Other than that, the mis-played bloop in RF set it all up.

[ashie62]

Jimmy doesn't like getting screwed out of a win

[Edgy MD]

This game could use a bit of Locastro Factor.

[ashie62]

Lame

[Frayed Knot]

Nice AB by B.B., 'specially after whiffing on that curve in the dirt.



Meanwhile, dangerous batting Vogerbomb when a GiDP ends the game.

[ashie62]

Booo

[ashie62]

Punched out by Artie Lange

[Edgy MD]

Well, gloof.

[Frayed Knot]

Nerts!

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: The major crime in that inning was plunking Baez with a 1-2 pitch (the 0-2 pitch was poor too). Other than that, the mis-played bloop in RF set it all up.

When he was with the Mets he would have had to bribe someone to get on base three times in a game, and he's scored three runs today.

Bah!



Later

[Tamora]

Ooof that sucks. Might be a good time to drop the habit of giving up multiple runs in the first couple of innings before game 2.

[kcmets]

The baseball Ferris wheel looks pretty cool.

[Tamora]

Everyone enjoy the second game and I hope we split the day, I'll listen tomorrow.



Let's go Mets!

[Fman99]

Well that drank some ass

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: The major crime in that inning was plunking Baez with a 1-2 pitch (the 0-2 pitch was poor too). Other than that, the mis-played bloop in RF set it all up. When he was with the Mets he would have had to bribe someone to get on base three times in a game, and he's scored three runs today. Bah! Later

I tend to think that the Mets got the best eight weeks or so of his career.

[MFS62]

Looking back on his numbers, you're probably right.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: The major crime in that inning was plunking Baez with a 1-2 pitch (the 0-2 pitch was poor too). Other than that, the mis-played bloop in RF set it all up. When he was with the Mets he would have had to bribe someone to get on base three times in a game, and he's scored three runs today.

Baez had, By Far, the highest OBA of his career during his (partial) season as a NYM (.371 vs nothing better than .326) so this is hardly the time

for 'he sucked for us so why is he good now?' arguments. The point is that, once down 0-2, there's no reason to throw Baez a strike since he's

so prone to chasing. The problem was that Adam O's next two weren't sharp, the first was so far outside even J.B. wouldn't chase and the other

so far inside that Houdini couldn't have avoided getting hit. He needed better 'bad' pitches there but didn't make them. Maybe that's the result

of a week off caused by multiple rainouts, or maybe not. But that, combined with the poorly played bloop, paved the way for the killer two runs

in an inning where the Tigers hit exactly one ball hard.





oe: cross-posted with Edgy

Edited May 3, 2023 by Guest

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Baez had, By Far, the highest OBA of his career during his (partial) season as a NYM (.371 vs nothing better than .326)

I noticed that after Edgy's post.

Thanks.

Later

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

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The baseball Ferris wheel looks pretty cool.

[Gwreck]

Moves I didn't like:



Not hitting Vogelbach for Canha in the 9th. Getting first runner on is of paramount importance in the 9th inning, down 1 run situation, and therefore the best on-base guy was needed.



What about Nido, then, due up third? There was still a full bench with Alvarez, Guillorme, and Escobar. And who would hit there would certainly depend on what the first two batters had done.



“Saving” Vogelbach for Nido's spot was dumb.