IGT, 7/21, Mets v. Fish

[Guest SwitchHitter]

Zvon wrote: Those Phils gonna be breathin down your backs tho. They are playin like they dont wanna give it up.

If they don't lose today, they have another chance to lose tomorrow.

[Zvon]

SwitchHitter wrote: ="Zvon"] Those Phils gonna be breathin down your backs tho. They are playin like they dont wanna give it up. If they don't lose today, they have another chance to lose tomorrow.

lmao.
I like how you make it sound so simple.

[Frayed Knot]

Nice game by the much-maligned Miguel Cairo. He ran that rundown play perfectly from the second he got the ball.

Seo was better than the linescore looked. The Marlins had hits in every inning but many of them were cheesy little dunkers.

Reyes makes 2nd there because he runs to 1st expecting that the fielder will not make the play cleanly. If/when he does field it w/o a hitch you've got plently of time to get back but in the meantime you don't lose your momentum by anticipating that it'll only be a single. Most players don't do that and the slower guys are the ones who should do it even more than the fast ones.

Looper's problem was the walk. The hits were all dinkers but his lack of a 'K' pitch this year contributes to that.

The booers are stupid because they're booing before anything goes wrong.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I thought the RBI single by Lenny Harris was a solid hit off of Looper.

The funny thing is that Hernandez seems to have the same problem as Loop --- the fastball is the only thing that's going over for strikes. He just has a few more miles per hour on it.

I wonder if Piazza gets any blame for letting Takatsu throw the fastball.

The victory --- along with Philadelphia beating Atlanta --- helped the Mets stave off elimination in the division for one more night. Mets are a game and a half out of fourth.

Willie had an interesting position, saying that focusing on being a spoiler is for losers, and that team should go out there looking to win for it's own sake.

[metirish]

I like Willie's take on that Edgy,losers might be a bit strong but I see his point.