IGT 6/30 - Phillies vs. Mets - Rubber Game - Lieber/Martinez

[seawolf17]

I completely misjudged the lineup above. Ignore that. Sorry.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Lieberthal grounds out.

One out. Lofton batting.

[metirish]

Jason Michaels flies out to right fielder Mike Cameron.

[Guest holychicken]

I think you mean 2 outs, lofton batting

[Willets Point]

Yay Mets!!!

[Guest holychicken]

:)

[metirish]

Pitch 1 - Called Strike
Pitch 2 - Ball
Pitch 3 - Swinging Strike
Pitch 4 - Ball
Pitch 5 - Foul
Kenny Lofton grounds out, shortstop Jose Reyes to first baseman Chris Woodward.

put it in the books,

[Guest Rotblatt]

woo-hoo!

Nicely done, Loopy!

[seawolf17]

Give that man a Schaefer point! 2 out of 3, 2 out of 3, 2 out of 3. Slowly coming together.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I think you mean 2 outs, lofton batting

I did. GameDay seemed to skip over Michaels.

[Frayed Knot]

Who says Loopy doesn't ever get 1-2-3 innings? (I mean, aside from all the radio callers sure to chime in next time he doesn't)

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

The SBS applauds the CPF for playing the negative Karma perfectly with Looper coming in for the 9th ;)

[MFS62]

I can just hear the sports talk callers on the radio now:
"Beltran only steals bases when Pedro starts".

Later

[willpie]

ScarletKnight41 wrote: The SBS applauds the CPF for playing the negative Karma perfectly with Looper coming in for the 9th ;)

We're just learning how to implement the reverse jinx. Someday, we will use its power for good, like the SoSH folks did.

[Frayed Knot]

Use its power for good?
You mean that if we go around saying; "oh these fuckers are gonna blow this one for sure", that in 86 years (or, I guess 86 minus 19 and counting by now) we too we win the World Series?

[nymr83]

i was there today, great game.

Beltran could have moonwalked home from 3rd and stolen the plate easily.

that shift against Floyd is STUPID.

[Elster88]

They had the shift on with a runner on third? Will someone explain to me now why he didn't bunt the ball up the third base line? Unless he's the crappiest bunter ever, Nymr is right, Beltran could crawl home and Floyd would easily make it to first.

[Frayed Knot]

Cliff did bunt for a basehit earlier in the game against the shift ... nice bunt too.
The problem w/the time where Carlos was on 3rd was that he didn't get there (via his 2nd consect stolen base) until there were 2 strikes on Cliff w/2 outs. Bunting unsuccessfully there w/your best power hitter would look really effing stupid.
And - even though Carlos could lead halfway down the line w/that shift on - it's virtually impossible to steal home w/a righty pitcher and lefty hitter unless the pitcher is stupid enough to deal from the full windup.

[Elster88]

Frayed Knot wrote: Cliff did bunt for a basehit earlier in the game against the shift ... nice bunt too. The problem w/the time where Carlos was on 3rd was that he didn't get there (via his 2nd consect stolen base) until there were 2 strikes on Cliff w/2 outs. Bunting unsuccessfully there w/your best power hitter would look really effing stupid. And - even though Carlos could lead halfway down the line w/that shift on - it's virtually impossible to steal home w/a righty pitcher and lefty hitter unless the pitcher is stupid enough to deal from the full windup.

Ah, I didn't realize there were two strikes by the time Carlos got there.

I agree with your opinion on the chances of stealing home too, I wasn't advocating that, just the bunt itself.