IGT - 9/22/05. Trying to Fry the Fish Again

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Yes - the Conine triple didn't have to be.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Castro whiffs looking on a pitch at the shins.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Piazza pinch hitting with two on and two out.

Willis drops behind 2-0 and gets a visit.

[Zvon]

Edgy DC wrote: Castro whiffs looking on a pitch at the shins.

Yep---Willis is over his fear of Castro.

Piazza to pinch hit
Comon Mikey

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wow! Whiffed on three straight fastballs.

[Zvon]

Edgy DC wrote: Wow! Whiffed on three straight fastballs.

.....woe is me.

[Zvon]

Okay....Cairo day has been retracted and erased from history.

[Zvon]

So we got Floyd, Wright and Diaz in the 9th.

if heilman does his job we got a chance

[Zvon]

Last licks!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, but Dontrelle has dominated Floyd, and we Jones has done the job this year.

But we've gotten to him once.

W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	SVO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
0	0	1.93	9	0	0	0	3	4	9.1	8	2	2	0	0	3	10

[Guest Edgy DC]

Somebody remind Jones about his 10-run inning against Phillie.

Cliff, you do it.

[Zvon]

Edgy DC wrote: Yeah, but Dontrelle has dominated Floyd, and we Jones has done the job this year.

as it looks like he just did.

[Guest Edgy DC]

A lefty maybe should be pinch-hitting for Castro.

Two outs.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Mets eliminated from the division race.

[Guest Spacemans Bong]

Anybody who thinks the Met offense doesn't suck should watch this game.

[Zvon]

my bad....that was a reliver.
Wright reaches on error.
Fish makin alot of errors these days.

Cairo, of all people , ends it.

EDIT^^--that had to be Castro, i guess. My eyes must be going

Still,....NO SOUP FOR HIM!

[Guest KC]

Diaz is pretty agile, and has gotten a lot better in the outfield since early
season. Hat-ing Diaz for that triple is a reach. He is a fourth outfielder at
best right now on this team if everyone is healthy.

Lose the hat.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Judging the offense so decisively based on a Dontrelle Willis game is a reach also.

[Zvon]

well,.....I just hope Wright starts kaboom'in again.

Ill settle for afew more dingers from him over the remainder of the season.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Once I decide that I hat someone it takes a whole heck of a lot to get me to un-hat him.

[Guest KC]

Yeah, ok Mrs. D-dad

[Elster88]

Not much to report. The crowd was calling for Mike before his pinch hit appearance, and went nuts when he climbed out of the dugout. I didn't hear a single boo when he struck out either. He woulda got massacred last year for that strike out. I'm going to miss him when he's gone. Anyone else down for a Piazza/Jacobs platoon next year?

Quickest game I've ever been too. The Met hitters looked awful all game.

Diaz looks as slow as frozen molasses.

[Elster88]

Oh, and they did another Mike Piazza memory: his homerun off the top of the camera tower in center on 8/21/01.

[Elster88]

Didn't Hojo hit 41?

[Frayed Knot]

Diaz didn't do anything wrong on that ball - like take a new and interesting scenic route to the destination as he sometimes does - he just never got there. Sure Cammy puts that in his back pocket, but I can't kill Diaz for missing it.

Piazza's getting the send-off greeting from fans - all of whom will deny ever booing him for not winning the triple crown in his first weeks here.
Which got to to thinking about players over say the last 5 years that have NOT had a significant segment of fans hate them at some point: Olerud, Fonzie, Wright, Reyes, Pedro.
Then there's the list of those who have felt the wrath: Everyone else.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm so OK with Wright --- and this goes double for Jacobs and Diaz --- not getting more homers. It can be dismaying when a young hitter comes up as an all-round hitter, with his power cut developing relatively late, but then gets a few home run trots, likes them, and leaves behind the broader ability and approach that they climbed the ladder with.

Wright is perfectly welcome to keep doubling to right center and walk away with a team record. The homers can then come as pitchers adjust to him and he to them.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Well said, Edgy.

As long as they keep trying to drive the ball, the home runs will come. If they start trying to pull everything and swing for the fences, generally a slump will ensue.

[Guest Rotblatt]

I totally agree, Edgy. FWIW, Ted Williams, for example, was never really a home run hitter. He was a line drive man who happened to hit home runs.

Not to suggest that Wright will be anywhere near the hitter that Williams was (Williams was hitting .406 when he was 22 & had 91 career HR and 120 2B already), but I'm all for Wright taking a page or two from his book.

Tough loss. I'm glad I missed the whole thing. I hope our offense rebounds tonight.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I more fear that this is happening with Diaz.

He won two batting average titles in the minors before his power stroke came. Right now, he's a .259 hitter with occasional power.