IGT for Sunday, 8/28. Mets at Giants

[Zvon]

Elster88 wrote: I guess I'll take the run, but that's embarrassing.

actually thats the kinda play that makes for a legendary type of baseball tale.
Dont be embarrassed.
It was the giants who screwed up.
hehe

[Elster88]

I typed passed ball but, for posterity, it was a wild pitch.

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[Guest OlerudOwned]

Frayed Knot wrote: 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.

Hey, if it means Cliff is rested+ for the series with Philly, I'll take it.

[Guest Edgy DC]

For more posterity, Matsui was robbed of a single, perhaps by Diaz not getting down to second quickly as much as by a nice play by Vizquel.

[nymr83]

]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.

against milwaukee in may is ok. against the braves twice in a week in september or against the yankees in the world series is not ok.

Diaz didn't hustle to 2B last inning.

Snow just tied it. 4th homer of the year geez.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

The guy in the J.T.Snow jersey ties it up at 1.

[Elster88]

Zvon wrote: ="Elster88"] I guess I'll take the run, but that's embarrassing. actually thats the kinda play that makes for a legendary type of baseball tale. Dont be embarrassed. It was the giants who screwed up. hehe

I know all that. It's just pathetic how we scored. Beltran's double should've been caught, and he scores on a strikeout. Ugly.

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[Zvon]

="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.

Very well put.
Im sold on Floyds off day. And i guess the lefty aspect applies to Jacobs.

But please dont remind me of benetez and his trials and tribs. Sometimes I look back on those days , dealing with Looper now, and wonder which of the 2 has blown bigger should win games. I never felt as down on benetez as i do on Loop. And id ride benetez pretty bad.Cuz Loop just seems so one demensional.



CRAP! JT Shnot smacks one out and ties it.
Dagnabbitt.

SHIT!
another giant 4 bagger!, and we are down 3-1.
Woodward deeked me out there. I thought it was playable.

Cripes, things can turn just like that.

[Frayed Knot]

"against milwaukee in may is ok"

No it wasn't (not according to fans at the time) but that's a whole seperate can o' worms for another day.



Not that he was going to catch it anyway - but Woodward def lost that ball, probably in the sun.

[Theoldmole]

Benson gone, and not happy.

[Zvon]

nice throw by Diaz, but a tad late.
4-1.
bell dont keep em in check.

We did have that guy picked off, and I could sense the team deflating when it went against em. Like how the bench wasnt screamin runnergoin! to castro on that steal. Everyone just stopped dong their part for a minute there.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

In more exciting baseball news, Hawaii comes back in the bottom of the 6th to tie the LLWS at 6-6. Game going to extras.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Today would be a really nice day for a blown save by Armando Benitez.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Winn looks like a ballplayer, except for that lame stance.

[Zvon]

Edgy DC wrote: Today would be a really nice day for a blown save by Armando Benitez.

lmao
hellzyea it would be.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Hawaii's catcher hits a walk off home run to lead off the bottom of the 7th inning.


Your LLWS Champs.

[Zvon]

="OlerudOwned"]In more exciting baseball news, Hawaii comes back in the bottom of the 6th to tie the LLWS at 6-6. Game going to extras.

I know this probly aint approriet here but this is that catch i was talkin about the other night. pretty awsum. Lottsa great plays in those games.

[Guest KC]

I mean really, can Beltran be any more mediocre? This isn't the time or the
place, but I'm starting to get a little impatient and worried about the next
six years.

[Zvon]

KC wrote: I mean really, can Beltran be any more mediocre? This isn't the time or the place, but I'm starting to get a little impatient and worried about the next six years.

Im the opposite. i think he'll pan out over 6 yrs. i just think his transitional period should end now, this series and he should show his ability.
He looks like he's doin everything a lil more slowly and diliberatly. Like hes makin sure he stays within himself. And thats fine, but time for him to pull his head out of that turtle shell and look around.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Castro shouldn't be batting.

[Zvon]

of course, benitez looks untouchable, layin it right on that outside black of the plate.
You think the Mets shocked themselves flat after that offensive explosion vs the Dbacks? I would think theyd be all animated but the last few they looked, or seemed, so flat.

Kaz keeps it alive..................

[Zvon]

Edgy DC wrote: Castro shouldn't be batting.

and Anderson shouldnt even joke by showin bunt.

[Guest KC]

>>>Im the opposite. i think he'll pan out over 6 yrs. i just think his transitional period should end now, this series and he should show his ability.<<<

So this is the end to the mediocrity? He's got my digestion tract all messed up.

And if anyone posts that he had a double who wasn't actually watching ... watch out.

Anyway it's over, Mets lose the last two.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Really, going all righthanded against the lefty gave them four pinch hitters available from the left side. It made no sense to let Castro bat.

I've got no problem with showing bunt or actually bunting.

[Zvon]

ahhhhhhhhhh.
he tried to adjust to that off speed but popped it. Great pitch choice there by Benitez, the bastard.

i hear ya about castro.
Its what i mean by defeatest when we dont see Floyd or Jacobs in that spot PH'n.
Why not play the % there?
Cuz you feel like 5-2 is good nuff?




okay, ill shutup.
Well,
big series vs the phils, and its time to focus on that.

[Guest Edgy DC]

These guys are bitching and soft-core cussing about JT Snow and the Giants media guy.

O'Brien doing mock opera.

[Elster88]

Zvon wrote: ="KC"]I mean really, can Beltran be any more mediocre? This isn't the time or the place, but I'm starting to get a little impatient and worried about the next six years. Im the opposite. i think he'll pan out over 6 yrs. i just think his transitional period should end now, this series and he should show his ability. He looks like he's doin everything a lil more slowly and diliberatly. Like hes makin sure he stays within himself. And thats fine, but time for him to pull his head out of that turtle shell and look around.

I'm half and half. Maybe he is showing his true ability. He is a career .280 hitter or something right?

[Zvon]

Elster88 wrote: I'm half and half. Maybe he is showing his true ability. He is a career .280 hitter or something right?

....bite Elster's (or your) tongue.

The guy has the tools, and he will have AllStar years as a Met.
We should see 30 hr 90+ rbi seasons ahead. That coupled with .280 is fine with me.
Ill give him this year for adjustment, and then next year i may have to join you if he dont show what we decided he was worth.

[Zvon]

well, Ill take the 5-2 trip and the lil winning streak (5 games is just waht i wished for) and say we have a good start and alotta work ahead of us.

Chin up my bruddas.
We have games that count in August, and it doesnt get any better than this.

(well, course it does but that sounded good there,lol)

[Guest Rotblatt]

I missed the whole game, but what I don't get about the lineup is why Floyd instead of Beltran.

I mean, Beltran has broken bones in his face and is coming off a concussion, and without looking at their numbers, I can pretty much guarantee that Floyd is hitting lefties better than Beltran this season.

Now, I realize that means we have Williams in the lineup but the difference between Williams & Beltran is smaller than that of Floyd & Woody.

And what the fuck is up with Cairo at first base? I'd rather see what Jacobs can do than run a slumping Cairo out there again.

argh.

At least Benson was okay today.