IGT 09/17 - Braves at Mets

[Guest KC]

Ok, all you Cairo fans ... let's give it up for WWSB NOW!!!

ATL BRAVES
Furcal ss
Giles 2b
C. Jones 3b
A. Jones cf
LaRoche 1b
Francoeur rf
Langerhans lf
McCann c
Hudson p

NY METS
Reyes ss
Diaz rf
Beltran cf
Floyd lf
Wright 3b
Piazza C
Jacobs 1b
Cairo 2b
Trachsel p

[Elster88]

Damn. I was about to post a pretty chart.

I take back everything nice that I said about Willie. Let Kaz play until his legs fall off. He's hitting .370 in September for crying out loud.
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[Guest KC]

Sorry, I don't mean to hog the IGT's.

[Guest Rotblatt]

One of the rags said Matsui tweaked a hammy last night, so that might be why.

What I don't understand is why Anderson Hernandez--who has been recalled and is in uniform--didn't get the start instead of Cairo.

Most likely because Hernandez doesn't have the requisite experience to start.

Trachs looks ugly, although he should have been out of the inning on a two-out ground out to Wright. Wright bounced a throw to Jacobs, who couldn't handle it, and Andruw reached on the error. Giles, who walked then stole second, scored on the play. Then LaRouche hit a two-run homer.

Reyes & Diaz down pretty quickly, then consecutive walks to Beltran & Floyd.

Did anyone catch McCarver & whats-his-name talk about all the bitches they'd be bagging if they were in Franceour's shoes? It was pretty embarassing.

I'm paraphrasing here:

W:"Can you imagine being 21 and single in Atlanta while batting .305?"
M:"I'd be living alone, that's for sure!"

[metsmarathon]

BULL!!!

[Guest Rotblatt]

Bases loaded after Wright walks and Piazza lines the first pitch he sees to center. Andruw traps it clear as day and the MOTHERFUCKING UMPS CALL HIM OUT!!!!!!!

Worst fucking call I've seen all year.

Unfuckingbelieveable.

I hate fucking baseball.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Fuckshit

[Guest KC]

It's all just one big test to see if I'll crack. I know what they're all up to, I bet
some of you are in on it too. I'll just keep watching, you can't crack me.

[Guest KC]

I can't believe it's only the end of the third inning ... 5-2 Braves after a ...

[Guest Rotblatt]

If Piazza hadn't gotten punked, it'd be at least a 5-4 game.

Baseball sucks.

[Guest KC]

Piazza says, this KABOOM is for rottie on the cpf!!!

[Guest KC]

Jacobs says, this KABOOM toasts the future!

[Guest Rotblatt]

Mike Piazza--robbed of a bases-loaded single & stolen on three times--unleases his frustration on a poor defenseless ball.

That must have been really, really satisfying for him

And he gets a curtain call for it too.

Then Jacobs launches one into right to go back to back.

The score in "Perfect Umpiring World" is 6-5, NY Mets. Back here in the real world, it's 4-5, Braves.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Reyes FINALLY hits one on the ground after popping up twice and he gets a single.

[Guest KC]

Floyd looking a little hobbled again - if he's having trouble walking he should
probably be shut down for the rest of the year.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Bleh. Jacobs flied out to left (just got under a pitch), Cairo walked, then Offerman (pinch hitting for Trachsel) ground into a double play.

Why Offerman, Willie?

Takatsu in in the seventh.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Takatsu comes in and immediately gives up a home run.

I hat him.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Takatsu gives up a homer to Giles and the Braves tie it up, 6-6.

Or, for those of you in the real world, the Braves extend their lead to 6-4.

[Frayed Knot]

Is it my imagination or does everything off an Atlanta bat - hard or soft, line or fly, long or short - find some grass somewhere?

[MFS62]

Somebody should call 1-800-BUY-AHIT and put out a contract on Giles.
Or maybe I'm just jealous that we don't have a "beat you any way I can" pain in the ass sparkplug* fucker like him at the top of our order.

He annoys me more tan any other Brave.

* = I reached my limit for adjectives in this sentence.

Later

[Valadius]

All right, I'm coming down from my Jay Satan perch and posting again.

Did anyone else feel a torch being handed off when Piazza and Jacobs went back-to-back?

[Valadius]

Who called putting Cameron Diaz in the 2-hole? I knew it would work.

[Frayed Knot]

Did you know it would work during his 2 Ks and GO or just after his single?

[Valadius]

It's better than Cairo, isn't it?

[MFS62]

Valadius wrote: It's better than Cairo, isn't it?

I'm better than Cairo.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Hey, I've got no problem putting Diaz 2nd, I like the move in fact.
But sometimes we're so anxious for a move to work that we declare it a success before it ever is. Diaz is a very average 1/4 today and hasn't had a hand in any of the scoring.

[Frayed Knot]

Two more piece of shit hits create a run.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Trachsel, who was scandal of the week when he was kept out of the rotation for a few days, is now 1-3, 3.42

[Guest Wild Duck]

Valadius wrote: Who called putting Cameron Diaz in the 2-hole? I knew it would work.

I thought Cameron was on the DL..

[Guest Rotblatt]

Frayed Knot wrote: Hey, I've got no problem putting Diaz 2nd, I like the move in fact. But sometimes we're so anxious for a move to work that we declare it a success before it ever is. Diaz is a very average 1/4 today and hasn't had a hand in any of the scoring.

Examining the output from slots in the lineup on a daily basis is meaningless because it's such an incredibly small sample size. It's really only meaningful over part of a season.

That being said, if the goal is to give more at bats to your best hitters (which it SHOULD be), then this move already is a success, since Diaz is a much better hitter than Cairo or Matsui.