IGT 08/30, Phillies at Mets

[Zvon]

Tejeda looks good. Mets have to get to him.
In the meantime, lets get thru an inning without givin up any more runs.
Clutch utley
Abreu
Burrell

scheduled to bat

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Ugh...I feel like this is my fault because I found Jae Seo was a free agent in by fantasy baseball leauge and signed him. DAMN ME!

[Zvon]

Utley gronds out sharply.

Career, Utley is now 0-10 vs Seo with 5 Ks.(wish i had this info for the KTE)

Seo has thrown over 50 pitches at this point.
Only the 3rd inn, so we should see some Met relief work.

Seo does look like he's settling, but still leavin the ball up more than im used to seein from him.

Nice inning from Seo.
Put down the heart of the order.

[Zvon]

OlerudOwned wrote: Ugh...I feel like this is my fault because I found Jae Seo was a free agent in by fantasy baseball leauge and signed him. DAMN ME!

LMAO.
I hear ya, but dont take the blame.
Thats why we love this game.
the darndest things happen.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Dump him NOW, Olerud!

Anyway, Seo gets tough. With his fastball back around 90, he strikes out Abreu & Burrell after getting Utley to ground out.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Zvon wrote: [2nd base is a sore spot for us no matter who ya want to talk about. *Z does his walter Cronkite voice* ......"and thats the way it is...."

I don;t think anyone around here cares, but Wiggy is 7-for-18 since the Pirates recalled him on August 23.

[Zvon]

Bret Sabermetric wrote: I don;t think anyone around here cares, but Wiggy is 7-for-18 since the Pirates recalled him on August 23.

has Wiggy even played 1 game at 2nd this year?

Shoot, i messed up this post. was supposed to be a quote and not an edit.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

Frayed Knot wrote: Gary & Howie have been killing Cairo all year for his lack of range, all while the rest of the NYC media are so busy praising him for NOT being Matsui that they either fail to notice or choose to ignore.

Or the media still has too much Yankee Kool-Aid in them that Cairo is one of those "guys who still should be on the Yanks" players and therefore gets a pass

[Zvon]

Seo gets thru another tuff inning.
Gets in trouble then gets out of it.

Mets need a rally.

[duan]

wright singles ...

if this gets to Seo i'm Ph'ing for him - get Heillman warmed up says I

[Guest Rotblatt]

This game sucks. Wright singles to lead off the inning, then Jacobs hits it hard to Rollins, who doubles him up.

bleh.

[duan]

bah double play. ....

[Guest Rotblatt]

And Diaz with a lazy, two-out triple.

[Guest Edgy DC]

There's that Lofton D I was talking about.

Diaz was busting it right out of the box, but he stumbled two or three times around the bases. Never let up, though.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Castro pops up to end the inning. This game is annoying me.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Diaz's defense costs us a double.

And we're apparently 0-24 with runners in scoring position.

[Zvon]

but we cant capitalize on the stumbling triple.

The Mets are not putting anything together.

Lofton double---diaz freezes on it.

Eyeeecurumba.

On a side note:
The homer by Lofton in the 1st was his 1st since opening day.
(see, I can depress people too, bret :wink: )

YES.
Mets get lofton at the plate on the Utley single.

He was safe too.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Holy shit. Beltran threw out Lofton on Utley's single to center.

Sounds like a nice, close play by Beltran.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Lofton surely beat that throw, but I'm not sure his foot caught the plate.

Cairo's bringing it on O and D tonight.

Not sure what It is, but... .

[Guest martin]

i see that play sometimes, where the foot is above, but not on, the plate, and it is mostly called safe. nice work by the umpire. usually i expect they just give that to the runner the way they give the phantom 2b tag to the fielder on the DP.

[Guest martin]

crap i didnt even notice. i meant to say something thoughtful for the seaver post. oh well. you win some, you lose some.

[Zvon]

The ump had a bad angle.
i think Loftons foot was in but Castros quick lunge gets the call.
Phils manager Manuel gets tossed.


Heres a shot just available off Burrells 1st inning homer.
You can see how he went down and got a low pitch off Seo.
Looked like that swing he put on Glavins off speed stuff early in the season.



Burrell singles, and good think utley didnt try to get to 2nd on that play at the plate.
He only moves up to 2nd

[Guest OlerudOwned]

HAIL! and farewell, to a very fleeting Sacred Seaver Post

[Zvon]

ooouuuuuu.
Nice pitch by Seo Ks Howard.
very nice pitch.
Dodges another bullett.

CBS sportsline has Padilla up in the pen for the Mets.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Seo ponies up again to strike out Howard.

Well, for my money, Seo adjusted to his lack of stuff okay.

[Zvon]

am i slippin or what. Did I miss that?

belated HAIL!!!!!!!!!

[Guest KC]

The play at home was a lot closer on the subsequent Mets' camera angles
than it originally looked. I was laughing at first that they got a gift. Gutsy
call by blue if he saw what we saw in slow-mo four times.

Time'll tell if it matters. I love seeing Phillies managers get tossed, It seems
to be a job requirement sometimes.

[Zvon]

Rotblatt wrote: Well, for my money, Seo adjusted to his lack of stuff okay.

agreed. that pitch was his best of the game.

Matsui pinch hits and Seos work is done for the day.
Well, he couldnt pitch flawlessly 4ever.

[Guest KC]

Seo done after five. Fan favorite, Matsui, is pinch hitting to lead off the bottom half.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Boopunks going after Matsui.

To Heckuba with them, I hope he stays in and bumps the pitcher back into Cairo's spot.