IGT 09/28 - Mets at Phils (for all the marbles)

[Zvon]

Burrell goes yard.......crap.
The Phils explode here in the 8th.

16-6, Phils on top.
(Houston is tied with the cards in the 7th)

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Hamulack says, "Thank you sir! May I have another?"

Pat "The Bat" says, "No problem."

[Zvon]

Mets pinch hit for Anderson with matsui, who swings at a very shitty 1st pitch to pop out.
Beltran follows with a check swing K.

Alls we need is a 10 run homer fron Diaz, who pinch hits with 2 out in the 9th.
(Phils went to Fultz instead of Wags)

[Zvon]

Diaz pops out to put me out of my misery.
Phils hand it to the Mets and, tho derailed, their trains still a chuggin.
Its a long shot tho, but this is baseball.
Could very well happen.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bad bullpen management tonight.

[Frayed Knot]

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(Avi wuz here)

[smg58]

And poor Hamulack gets to go into the offseason with a rather ugly ERA permanently attached to his stat sheet.

I'd get him back out there tomorrow. That's one you don't want to dwell on for six months.

[MFS62]

Bitch of a way to say "Happy Birthday" to Heath Bell. (Its really today)
He hasn't pitched since Mike Schmitt was still playing, then he's put in there against a good hitting team that's pissed off.

Later

[Guest cooby]

="smg58"]And poor Hamulack gets to go into the offseason with a rather ugly ERA permanently attached to his stat sheet. I'd get him back out there tomorrow. That's one you don't want to dwell on for six months.

Yes, God love him, I felt so bad for him. Yet at the same time I was sitting there wishing it was Looper; what does that say about my feelings for him?

[smg58]

MFS62 wrote: He hasn't pitched since Mike Schmitt was still playing, then he's put in there against a good hitting team that's pissed off.

Yes, and it's tough to come in and pitch well when you haven't pitched in a while, or when you'd been getting a batter a week like Hamulack. But they have to make good on the opportunities they get if they want to get more. I'm worried that this one game will set them way back in Randolph's eyes.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Bell seemed to do okay in his first inning (1 H, 2 K) and wasn't helped at all by Hamulack in his second . . .

All in all, I'm glad I missed this one.