IGT 08/07 - Cubs at Mets - Ending the Downward Swirly

[Cowtipper]

This is promising.

[Edgy MD]

JV rally!

[nymr83]

strategic pitching change by the Cubs here - the strategy being "lets give the umpires a few minutes standing around in the rain to send us to the dugout"

[nymr83]

Senga either slipped or did some great acting on a warmup pitch. end this shit!

[Edgy MD]

Delay begins.



Tarp looks like a mess.

[kcmets]

It's gonna be weathering out for some time, they let the infield turn

to shit, my guess this is this is a much needed W.



(usual disclaimers apply)

[Edgy MD]

Hey, we're back in action!



Man, Keith's gonna have a late drive out east!

[Edgy MD]

The 40 prime seats behind home plate are all vacated.

[Edgy MD]

Wake up, sleepy-heads! Danny Mendick just joined Klub Kaboom!

[Edgy MD]

Umpire callin' 'em like he's got a flight to catch, and so far, it's the Mets benefiting.

[Edgy MD]

Position player for the Cubs tossing cream puffs up there.

[Edgy MD]

Yacabonis back from a long time in the wilderness.

[Edgy MD]

Downward Swirly turned upward!!

[Benjamin Grimm]

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http://potg.leaptoad.com/mets/index.phpCast your vote!

[kcmets]

I quickly watched the end on Mets Fast Forward. I didn't realize that the

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eephus_pitcheephus pitch* was really something. I guess I thought it was just some silly

slang word used by broadcasters to describe a garbage pitch or something.



* - link to eephus pitch wiki entry

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: It's like Ortega and Araúz are starring in a montage from an over-contrived movie with the description, "minor league fill-in players demonstrate their unsuitability for major league duty on any team with ambitions to win/manager grimaces on bench."

It's cool that, by the second half of the game, some of the newcomers were contributing to the win on both offense and defense.

[Lefty Specialist]

Blind squirrel finds nut. Film at 11.

[Edgy MD]

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Maybe they are just blind squirrels finding nuts, but those are our squirrels,

and those are our nuts.