IGT 9/19 @ 4:10pm: Phillies (Painter) vs Mets (Scott)

[Edgy MD]

Kerkiering is sinking here.

[Frayed Knot]

Just been smackin' the shit out of the ball all inning!!

[kcmets]

What record setting hit occurred with Benge?

[kcmets]

I'm so happy I could pee!

[Edgy MD]

8 minutes ago, kcmets said:

What record setting hit occurred with Benge?

You'll see in the Hookie Rits thread that Benji now has more hits in a rookie season than any Met in history.

[kcmets]

Yeah, I'm a little behind. But saw that just now.

Nat Shermans for everyone!

[Radar]

Another win. We're not a team that's in close hunt for playoff spot  wants to play right now.

[Gwreck]

Fun day at the park.

Beltran ceremony was very good and Carlos had some very nice words.  Very classy way to embrace the fans and he was clearly quite emotional - even choked up when addressing his daughter.  Glad to see him recognized and I was pleasantly surprised by how big the crowd was (37,468 paid, and a healthy amount in the stands for the ceremony).  I too was surprised there weren’t more teammates or other key figures there — would have liked to see David, Willie, and Delgado there.

Re: pulling Scott in the 5th:  if this was a game that mattered, I’d say it was madness.  For a guy coming off a major injury and who is already more than 25 innings beyond anything he ever threw in a single season?  Seems like prudent load management.

Benge got a standing O and tipped his cap after the record-breaking hit.

Crowd seemed oblivious to the fact that Raley was returning.  He did not get a tribute video tonight but by tradition it would have been Thursday.

[Edgy MD]

2 hours ago, Gwreck said:

I too was surprised there weren’t more teammates or other key figures there — would have liked to see David, Willie, and Delgado there.

It's weird, because it would seem to me a basic part of the job description for "Mets ambassadors" to be on the field for such occasions.  Fellow Mets Hall of Famers and "special assistants to the GM" also.

Papering a ceremonial event should be the easiest part of the role.

[Gwreck]

The Mets ambassadors were there:  Darryl, Mookie, Keith, Hojo.  Maybe David counts as one too, although he lives in California and seems to be in NY only very occasionally. 

It’s the non-ambassador teammates that I was surprised to not see (excepting Valentin and Endy, of course).