IGT, 8/18/05 v. Pittsburgh

[Guest Edgy DC]

No thread yet?

That would be bad

P'burgh

Duffy, CF
McLouth, rf
Bay, lf
Eldred, 1b
Mackowiack, 3b
Doumit to Hell, c
Castillo, 2b
Wilson, ss
Duke, p

N' York

Reyes, ss
Cairo, 1b
Beltran, cf
Floyd, lf
Wright, 3b
Woodward, rf (huh?)
Castro, c
Matsui, 2b
Zambrano, p

[Guest Edgy DC]

Pittsburgh up 1-0 after three, on a two-out single by Doumit and a over Beltran by Castillo, who was thrown out going for three.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

I zoned out and just realized that 3 innings have already happened. "Not Luis" Castillo had an RBI double in the second for the Irates

(edit: yeah, what he said)

[Guest Edgy DC]

Eldred homers and it's 3-0.

[Guest GYC]

Zambrano has options left, right?

[Guest OlerudOwned]

grr...the Brad homers in Bay and himself. 3-0 Pierats

[Guest Edgy DC]

Let's not use options punitively. Let's use our bats.

That HbP of Bay was Zambrano's eleventh, which ties him for the fifth hit-batsemenest season in Metstory.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

God Doumit Zamby sucks today!

[Guest GYC]

:roll:

[Guest Edgy DC]

Woodie misplays a drive to right and it's 4-0.

[Zvon]

Im watchin the game.
Sometimes these rare WPIX weeknight games get blocked down here at the NJ shore due to my non Met fan cable company. Im probly the one guy who calls to complain.


Is Beltran a lil gun shy?
How did that fly ball drop in for the 1st Buc run?

Whoops, Eldred just goes deep on Zambrano for 2 runs.
And they get 1 more.
OUCH.
Cammy would a had that drive to right.

Okeedoke,
time to break out the bats boys.


~the batboy

[seawolf17]

And the rookie McLouth in right misplaces a fly ball and Beltran's on second base.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Oh, Angle Hernandez is behind the plate.

[Zvon]

Edgy DC wrote: Oh, Angle Hernandez is behind the plate.

Is it just me or have you all noticed how umpires these days seem to suck.
And sometimes I think they instigate things.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hernandez always seems to have a chip on his shoulder.

Not that, you know, about 90% of the players don't.

[MFS62]

The first one who I actually considered to be antagonistic and confrontational as well as anti-Met was Lee Weyer.
Not only that, but he was a bully. If you disagreed slightly, you got the thumb. I hated that big fat bastard.

But, you're right. I'm noticing a steady decline in umpiring quality in the past few years. And Hernandez is a real piece of work.

Later

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Bay plunked. Again. What did he ever do to you, Victor?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bay's been hit twice. I fear a Met is going down hard this inning.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Nothing Duke throws is really over the plate. It's either on the corners or off. Very tough hitter.

Way to hog the call, on that Cairo play, Hernandez.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Edgy DC wrote: Bay's been hit twice. I fear a Met is going down hard this inning.

That may be the only way we get another runner on base

[Guest Edgy DC]

Beltran takes a change up low and away into center for a single.

If that's the best hittable pitch we get, maybe we should be fouling more off and waiting this guy out.

But he's good.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Beltran singles!! Woo hoo!!



There hasn't been much to cheer about in this game so it doesn't take much to get me going.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Cliff swings at a ball.

Cliff swings at another ball.

[Frayed Knot]

Dukey making Cliffy look silly

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Cliff grabs a seat in the dug out.

[MFS62]

This is all Howie Rose's fault.
(Or whoever was doing the pre-game radio show- my car radio had static)
He mentioned that if the Mets won, it would be a SWEEP.

Doesn't the idiot know the old baseball superstition that you never, as in NEVER, use that word?
You can think it, but you should never speak it.

It is one of the most famous baseball jinxes. He should know by now how superstitious players, and fans, are.

How could he?
Its so dumb, even Fran Healey wouldn't ever utter that word.
Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wright waits him out. Exie.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Dammit.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sweep, sweep, sweep.

[seawolf17]

Didn't someone mention during an IGT the other day that the Mets have stolen a lot of third base lately, but that the runner on first never seems to move? I understand when it's Ramon Castro, but I don't know why Wright wouldn't be on the move as soon as he sees Beltran go.