IGT for Sunday, 8/28. Mets at Giants

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Vizquel cant handle a hot shot off Woody's bat, so Woodward has the Mets second hit

[Elster88]

Replay of the Bonds strikeout from 2000. Nice.

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This post was made under the posting designation 171) Mo Vaughn

[Frayed Knot]

"today's lineup is bullshit, bad job willie"

Jeez, is Willie allowed to rest any regulars?
He's sitting one reg - or two if we've decided that a 5-day callup is now cast in stone, both of which are LHBs against a LHP.
Other than that it's your standard cast of characters.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

="Elster88"] I'm Fat Mo!! I'm hitting McDonald's tonight!!!!

Not the Carnegie Deli?

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Elster88 wrote: Wright pops up and screams an expletive.

No he didn't! He doesn't know those kinds of words!


(Is he ok?)

[Zvon]

="Frayed Knot"]"today's lineup is bullshit, bad job willie" Jeez, is Willie allowed to rest any regulars? He's sitting one reg - or two if we've decided that a 5-day callup is now cast in stone, both of which are LHBs against a LHP. Other than that it's your standard cast of characters.

point taken.
And the last half of this next road swing we play teams that are tuff to beat. Gotta get that rest in somewhere.

Its just that I hate when I detect a defeatest attitude, like Willies thinkin "well, Ill take a 5-2 trip and its all i could have asked, so Ill rest em now and see if the backups can get me that 6th for a 6-1 that would be really alot to expect". I think on this road trip we go for the throat cuz we can get rollin off that for awhile.
But there will be tuffer dayz ahead, this i know.

[Zvon]

they had that lead runner hung out to dry!
well, we got one.

That guy on 2nd better not score

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Especially since tomorrow's an off day. Let them rest on the cross country plane ride if they need rest.

OE - Responding to Werewolf's point about going for the jugular TODAY!!!!

[Zvon]

NICE CATCH BELTRAN.
save a run and Matsuis honor (with me)

[nymr83]

tommorow is an offday, why rest a starter today?

wtf was that matsucki?? tag the lead runner!

nice catch by beltran to stop boneheaded infield defense from costing us a run.

[Elster88]

Good thing Beltran wasn't positioned on the warning track like he usually is. Nice diving catch on a half bloop-half line drive. And wouldn't you know it, he's leading off the next inning.

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[Frayed Knot]

Heads-up play by Benson ... gets followed by a dumb (heads-down?) play by Matsui ... gets bailed out by a nice play by Beltran.

[Zvon]

and Carlos leads off with a double.
I like :D

[Elster88]

Alou looked pretty terrible on that, running back to the track. It lands for a double. Apparently, Alou is all beat up.

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[Guest Edgy DC]

That was a ducky louble. Alou seemed to pull up.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Heads-up play by Benson ... gets followed by a dumb (heads-down?) play by Matsui ... gets bailed out by a nice play by Beltran.

........and thats baseball,buddy.

lol

[Frayed Knot]

Alou hasn't been a good fielder since the first time we had a George Bush as President.

[Zvon]

Edgy DC wrote: That was a ducky louble. Alou seemed to pull up.

he seemed to be running everywhere cept right to the ball.
good 4 us.

Wright moves beltran over.
heads up running by Carlos.

[Guest Edgy DC]

]like Willies thinkin "well, Ill take a 5-2 trip and its all i could have asked, so Ill rest em now and see if the backups can get me that 6th for a 6-1 that would be really alot to expect"

Pregame reports have Willie saying, for what it's worth, the exact opposite.

[Zvon]

Edgy DC wrote: ]like Willies thinkin "well, Ill take a 5-2 trip and its all i could have asked, so Ill rest em now and see if the backups can get me that 6th for a 6-1 that would be really alot to expect" Pregame reports have Willie saying, for what it's worth, the exact opposite.

i heard that.
thats why im confused.
What he says and what hes thinkin, id like them to sync up.

[Zvon]

that low inside curve lowrys throwin is a bitch. We need someone to rip that down the 3rd base line.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Woodie is staying alive, but fouling off a lot of balls.

[Zvon]

YES
hahahahahaha

and thats baseball too.
how bout that.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wow! What a way to go ahead.

[Elster88]

Elster88 wrote: I don't see the Mets scoring unless Wright hits one out or unless Reyes triples and scores on an out. Namely, the only ways that they scored yesterday or Friday.

I guess a strikeout with a passed ball is a possibility. I guess I'll take the run, but that's embarrassing.

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[Guest OlerudOwned]

Woodward hacks at a ball in the dirt for strike three.

Except the ball bounced into the stands, Woody to first, Beltran scores, and we have the first lead of the game.

1-0

[Zvon]

Edgy DC wrote: Woodie is staying alive, but fouling off a lot of balls.

yep. he gets points just 4 that atbat.
makin him throw 11 pitches and put too much stuff on that last one that went wild.

So Woody does make a difference.
1-0 Mets.

Diaz keeps it goin with a single.

[Elster88]

Zvon wrote: thats why im confused. What he says and what hes thinkin, id like them to sync up.

I think it's pretty simple. He wants to win, but he has to rest his players, as someone said above.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Diaz has been battling Lowry away all day. Good job.

[Frayed Knot]

"Let them rest on the cross country plane ride if they need rest. "

And we all know how relaxing cross-country travel can be!

Point is, that unless and until this whole thing all falls apart on us, we could look at any game from here on out and say that it's not the time to rest a regular. It's our main lefty bat sitting against a tough lefty and takes advantage of the off-day to get the double day-off (ye olde Bobby V. strategy) and gear up for the stretch run.

It all reminds me about the complaints at Benitez picking the wrong day to blow saves. In all that time I never heard what the criteria were for a good time to blow one.