IGT 3-16-06 - Mets vs. The Evil Braves

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

It's Lima Time!

Jose is wearing #17 tonight.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

It's 1-1 in the top of the 4th.

Kaz Matsui left the game after banging up his leg on the bases in the first inning.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Lima gave up the go-ahead run, and the inning continues on Woodward's error.

Julio Franco at first. A rare player who goes back to Hernandez's playing days.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Lima Time is probably over.

After cruising through the first three innings, Jose gives up two in the fourth and leaves two on base as well.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Matsui --- strained the MCL, and is listed as day-to-day. MRI to come tomorrow. The guys in the booth sound pessimistic.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Why am I surprised?

Does this mean we trade for Graffanino or do we use one of the kids?

[Guest Rotblatt]

So Cablevision Brooklyn is NOT carrying SNY yet?

If it is, anyone know what channel?

[Willets Point]

I'm watching the wrong game.

[Guest Edgy DC]

]Why am I surprised?

I don't know.

]Does this mean we trade for Graffanino or do we use one of the kids?

More to come tomorrow.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Keppinger exhibits the sort of narrow range that would have rained boos on Matsui.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Floyd hits the first KABOOM! in MTV history.

[nymr83]

Edgy DC wrote: Matsui --- strained the MCL, and is listed as day-to-day. MRI to come tomorrow. The guys in the booth sound pessimistic.

good news!

[Guest Edgy DC]

No, it's not!

Jeremi Gonzalez turning in a strong outing.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bradford brings the ball from Australia.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Mets fall behind in the eighth as Keppinger boots the routiniest of routine grounders.

[nymr83]

Edgy DC wrote: No, it's not!

to anyone who believes that he is not the best 2B in the organization and that he is unfairly being slotted ahead of better players an injury to him is good news.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Mets down 5-4 in the bottom of the 9th. Milledge leads off the inning with a double.

Keith has a total man-crush on Milledge.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, much cheering went on last year for Matsui getting injured, paving the way for the triumph of Cairo.

The best way to root for Keppinger to climb the depth chart is to root for him to play well.

[Guest Edgy DC]

He's now up with the tyiing run on third and one out.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Keppinger walks on some crazy wild pitching.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Chavez seriously plunked.

Get this chump out of there.

Bases loaded.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Milledge scores on a VD sacrifice.

Keppinger doesn't tag up, so he's stuck on second instead of being on third.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Diaz brings the tying run home with a 400-foot sacrifice fly.

Kepinger inexplicably fails to tag. Chavez almost ran him over tagging from first.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Passed ball moves Keppinger to third. Would've won the game if he was on third.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Keppinger gets to third on Brave pitcher O'Connor's wild pitch.

Castro's single brings him home - The Mets Win!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Castro instead wins it with a single.

Good night. Good Mets. Undefeated on MTV.

[Willets Point]

STTH: Spring Training Triple Happiness

[Centerfield]

I think Gary Cohen is better on radio.

I dunno. Maybe I'm just not used to it yet.

[Frayed Knot]

So Keppinger showed poor range, muffed an easy grounder, and then made a fundamental base-running error, huh?

Somehow I think his under-dogness will protect him for these sins.

[MFS62]

My cable station doesn't have SNY yet. (I'm pissed)
But I checked out the box score.
Who is "J. Flores" who had 3 hits, 3 rbi, for the Mets?
Did the announcers say anything about him?

Later