IGT, vs. Washington, 4/3/2006

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

David goes the opposite way, singles to right.

Now it's Floyd. Two out rally?

[smg58]

Wright is going to hit .320 this year.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Wright with a single.

Show 'em what a REAL clean-up hitter looks like, Cliff!

[metirish]

Come on Cliff, is he pissed to be batting sixth...if you are take it out on the ball...

[Guest Edgy DC]

My monster from his slab begins to rise:

[metirish]

Dude is scary looking....

[smg58]

Eischen's mouthpiece makes him look like Jaws from the James Bond movies.

[Guest Rotblatt]

metirish wrote: Come on Cliff, is he pissed to be batting sixth...if you are take it out on the ball...

Nah, he's saying all the right things. I read somewhere yesterday that his friends are giving him shit about it though.

I thought Eischen was injured.

Oh, wait, no--it was Ayala.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Cliff grounds to third.

Okay, who's pitching the top of the 8th? Let's see.

[metirish]

No way Willie brings in Julio, is there?...

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I hope not.

I heard nothing about bullpen action, so maybe it's Aaron again.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Yup, Heilman still on the mound.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Boo.

Cliff grounds out.

I'd still like to see Heilman out there, despite the shaky inning, but it might be Sanchez.

Three righties, so we shouldn't see Oliver.

If anyone gets on first with less than 2 outs, I'd think we'd bring in Bradford for the groundball.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Soriano leads off with a bouncy single.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Zimmerman an extra base hit; Floyd guns down Soriano at the plate.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Interesting.

How's Heilman's pickoff move these days? I bet Soriano tries for the steal.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

(Reyes on the relay)

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sip of Schaefer for Floyd.

Shot of Schaefer for Reyes.

Glass of Schaefer for LoDuca.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Another out. 2 down, man on third.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Man, but this is a tight game.

[Guest Rotblatt]

And now we've got our lefty up.

Let's go, Heilman.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

The Nationals announcers have no objectivity on this play. "OH NO!" on the out call at the plate.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Watch that replay a half dozen times, I can't make that call.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

According to the replay, Lo Duca didn't have control of the ball on the tag.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Strikeout ends the inning!

Still 3-2 Mets!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, looks that way, but I'm not sure it's conclusive either. The ball isn't in the pocket of his glove, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have control.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Yes!

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Holy shit, man. Like, let's score 8 or 10 runs this inning.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

We'll see Wagner in the 9th, I assume.

Nice job by Heilman. It wasn't always pretty, but he'll have a lead to hand over.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Edgy DC wrote: Yeah, looks that way, but I'm not sure it's conclusive either. The ball isn't in the pocket of his glove, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have control.

True. The DC announcers are pretty sure, though!