IGT, 8/23, Mets vs Braves

[Edgy MD]

New York tries to take a series against the league's best by sending lefty José Quintana, coming off his first Metly win, facing longtimer Charlie Morton. Morton throws with his right arm, so the Mets strategy of stacking lefties may continue. Or it may not. I don't know.



The team continues to be sandwiched between San Diego (a game ahead) and Washington (a half game behind) and opportunities to move up are still available to them if they can TCB, with swooning San Francisco falling from their once-seemingly secure perch of the second Wild Card spot, their fates suddenly swapped with those of red-hot Pham-led Arizona. Five teams sit within a single game of each other around those two positions, and with the Giants playing the Phillies, the Marlins playing the Padres, and the Diamondbacks playing the Reds, there could be a lot of movement before nightfall.



So root for the Mets to take this one, and if you can do it without bringing harm on yourself, root for the Yankees to break out of their free-fall and help get the Nationals off our tail.



Also, it's Rick Springfield's birthday, so if that isn't reason enough to play our best, I don't know what is.

[ashie62]

Say hi to Jessie

[kcmets]

Edgy MD wrote: Also, it's Rick Springfield's birthday, so if that isn't reason enough to play our best, I don't know what is.

Barbara Eden (Morehead) was born today too. But you go with

Rick Springfield. Interesting.



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B Nimmo (L) CF

F Lindor (S) SS

J McNeil (L) 2B

P Alonso ® 1B

D Vogelbach (L) DH

D Stewart (L) RF

F Alvarez ® C

R Ortega (L) LF

D Mendick ® 3B

[kcmets]

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R Acuña ® RF

K Pillar ® LF

A Riley ® 3B

M Olson (L) 1B

M Ozuna ® DH

S Murphy ® C

M Harris II (L) CF

O Arcia ® SS

V Grissom ® 2B

[ashie62]

Jeannie was hot. I don't know if there was a real Jesse

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: Also, it's Rick Springfield's birthday, so if that isn't reason enough to play our best, I don't know what is. Barbara Eden (Morehead) was born today too. But you go with Rick Springfield. Interesting.

Hmmm ... Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea vs. Battlestar Gallactica.



It's a big day either way.

[MFS62]

This is Charlie f'n Morton!!

You've faced him a gazillion times.

You know what he throws.

Let's get some runs.





By your command.



Later

[MFS62]

Going into the boom of the 4th, they are being held hitless by Charlie f'n Morton.

1-0 bad guys.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Strange call to challenge.



Stranger still that they overturned it.

[Frayed Knot]

Tonight's output is making last night's five hit effort look like an offensive bonanza.

Which is particularly disturbing on the one night they're managing to hold the Braves under 7 HRs

[MFS62]

[CROSSOUT]One hit is better than none.[/CROSSOUT]

Oh fuck, did I really say that?

This is disheartening.

Later

[kcmets]

Gonna lose by a football score again.

[Fman99]

This game took a turn for the worse

[Frayed Knot]

If you challenge a call by 1B umpire Junior Valentine, does the appeal go to Senior Valentine?

[Edgy MD]

Álvarez is looking like quite the hole in the lineup these days.

[Frayed Knot]

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Gonna lose by a football score again.

[Edgy MD]

I've been trying not to write this sentence, because I don't know what I'm talking about, but I suspect Marcel Ozuna of being drugged to the gills.

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: I've been trying not to write this sentence, because I don't know what I'm talking about, but I suspect Marcel Ozuna of being drugged to the gills.

Are we sure he isn't Chipper Jones in disguise?

Later

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Edgy MD wrote: I've been trying not to write this sentence, because I don't know what I'm talking about, but I suspect Marcel Ozuna of being drugged to the gills.

Definitely a cheater.

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: I've been trying not to write this sentence, because I don't know what I'm talking about, but I suspect Marcel Ozuna of being drugged to the gills. Are we sure he isn't Chipper Jones in disguise?

Seeing as Chipper's in the booth and 51 years old, I think we're safe on that score.

[Edgy MD]

Holy crap! It's Sean Reid-Foley!!

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

And he's been jacked up from 61 to 71

[Edgy MD]

Long live The Hyphen!

[Edgy MD]

Kirby Yates! We have a pan-Pacific grudge match! A Hawaiian pitching against a Guamanian!

[Frayed Knot]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Edgy MD wrote: I've been trying not to write this sentence, because I don't know what I'm talking about, but I suspect Marcel Ozuna of being drugged to the gills. Definitely a cheater.

Well he is a proven drug cheat as well as an abuser of women.

[Gwreck]

Don't forget the DUI.



Class guy all around

[Benjamin Grimm]

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[Frayed Knot]

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Don't forget the DUI.



Class guy all around