At the break, Mets at Pirates, 07/10

[Guest getalife]

Pedro cruising, Beltran hits his obligatory Pedro's-pitching-home-run.

Mets up 2-0 through 2 1/2.

[Guest getalife]

Mets up 5-0 through 4 1/2. If you weren't watching, Cameron ends the Mets
inning by jogging to third on a pop up to left as if there are two out and is
doubled up at second.

I can deal with errors, noffense, bad luck ... but when stuff like that happens
it's hard to watch a team that is out of control. I don't know whatever became
of that kangaroo court thingy, but maybe they need to start removing finger-
nails or something when a player makes a stupid blunder like that. It's just
totally inexcusable at this level, and the base running vapor locks happen
far too often for a team that should be hungry, not fucking lazy.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Mets add 3 runs in the top of the fifth to extend their lead to 5-0. Pedro shuts down the Pirates, allowing only a 2 out walk to Lawton, in the bottom of the inning.

[seawolf17]

getalife wrote: I can deal with errors, noffense, bad luck ... but when stuff like that happens it's hard to watch a team that is out of control. I don't know whatever became of that kangaroo court thingy, but maybe they need to start removing finger-nails or something when a player makes a stupid blunder like that. It's just totally inexcusable at this level, and the base running vapor locks happen far too often for a team that should be hungry, not fucking lazy.

I second that emotion.

[Guest Edgy DC]

How 'bout that Castro? Scored from second on a double. Way to go!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Who the devil is singing "God Bless America"?

[seawolf17]

Seaver is talking about how he called Rick White "Wick White" once while White was warming up as a Met, and how everybody gave him a hard time for screwing it up. I remember that game, but he called him "Rick Wheat." Of course, it could be that Seaver's so far lost that he just doesn't get anyone's name right, a la Kiner.

Regardless, White is wearing 00, which I don't think any pitcher has ever done. Someone call Paul Lukas.

[seawolf17]

Pedro's done after seven. Here's comes the bullpen parade, starting with Bert.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Mets are in the ninth, with Looper pitching in a NSS.

Their bench is ragging on Castro for something.

[seawolf17]

I believe they're ragging on him because he's funny-looking.

[Guest getalife]

6-1, your final.

Enjoy the all-star break - we all deserve one.

[seawolf17]

Well, we're a .500 team again.

Sigh.

We are what we are, I s'pose.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Another tape-delay job:

They gave Cameron a lot of credit for hustling down to second trying (and failing) to stretch a single into a double in the first inning (the pitch before Beltran's HR)-- but what I saw (and have on tape, if anyone thinks I'm making this stuff up) is a lack of hustle between home and first, and then he turned on the jets. Is there a reason not to go full-out on a ball that looks like a single (it was an infield hit off the secondbaseman, careening into the outfield) , and then to run like hell after you decide to stretch it? Is this base-running worthy of praise, or criticism? (Seaver praised him for being an aggressive baserunner.) Cameron would been at second standing up if he'd been busting it out of the box.