IGT 4/5/06 - Young Mr. Bannister Debuts vs. The Nationals

[Gwreck]

6990, and counting...

[Guest vtmet]

If you were to throw a no-hitter, but you drill 2 batters...is it still a no-hitter, or is a 2-hitter?

[metirish]

Johnson hits a three run homer, 4 to 3 Mets, this is a test for Brian, is he rattled?

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Crap! Nick fucking Johnson hits a 3-run homer, and the Mets lead is down to 4-3.

[Gwreck]

Soriano pops out. He needs one more to finish what is still a pretty good ML debut.

[metirish]

I like that Willie let him finish that inning, or that hitter at least.....

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Bannister strikes out Clayton to end the 6th.

[Guest Rotblatt]

A fine debut. As much as we could possibly have asked of him.

You've got to figure the control issues were due to it being his first start and all--he was very precise in the minors. Once he settles down a bit, we can expect him to do a little better.

I suspect batters will figure him out the second time around, but that was pretty promising work.

[Guest GYC]

And it's like 30 degrees. I don't like making excuses, but impressive debut nonetheless.

[Gwreck]

For those with TV: what's up with the umpires / talking to the dugouts?

[Guest Beenso]

sny commercials are embarassing. ugh

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Keith Hernandez shouldn't be so obsessed with Duaner Sanchez's pants.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Stanton is pitching for Washington.

I hate him.

Not hat. Hate!

[Guest GYC]

Beenso wrote: sny commercials are embarassing. ugh

I laugh everytime I see them.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Briging back Heilman after he went two innings in game one. I guess he's not starting any time soon.

[Guest Edgy DC]

He whiffs Johnson with Guillen on first. Veddy nice.

Johnson strikes me as exactly the type of batter Heilman would have trouble with.

[Gwreck]

IMO, Darren Oliver on the roster seems to indicate that even if a starter's needed, Aaron's in the pen.

I wonder if Aaron going back out tonight (after 2 innings Mon.) in this spot is a Willie/Peterson thing to build confidence/favorable opinion/etc. for Heilman in his bullpen role.

I was thinking we'd have seen Julio in this inning.


Edit: spelling/grammar.

[Elster88]

HOLY SHIT. CATCH OF THE FUCKING YEAR!!!

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Anderson Hernandez makes an amazing diving catch to end the 8th, then gives us alll heart attacks by not getting up for several minutes. But it looks like he just had the wind knocked out of him, thankfully!

[Guest Rotblatt]

I love the play to put Heilman in there.

I was worried that Willie would misuse him in the pen, but Willie clearly learned his lesson last year.

And Aaron gets Byrd to pop up, ending the inning.

3 outs away from Bannister's first career win.

[nymr83]

Gwreck wrote: I was thinking we'd have seen Julio in this inning.

maybe if the lead was still 4 runs. I'd never want to trust Julio with a 1-run lead.

[metirish]

]HOLY SHIT. CATCH OF THE FUCKING YEAR!!!

Has to be...AMAZIN.

[Theoldmole]

I do like to see Aaron coming in in the late innings.

[Guest GYC]

One of the best catches I've ever seen. AMAZING.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The eighth ends for the Nats. Let's get some insurance wit a rally song.

"I saw it officer,
it looked prehistoric ..."

There's a monster in my pants
And it does a nasty dance
When it moves in and out
Everybody starts to shout

"Monster, aaaah! Monster, aaaah!
Get outta here monster!
Monster! Monster!
Get outta here monster!"

There's a monster in my pants
And It does a nasty dance
When it sees the light of day
You can here the people say

"Oh no, a monster! Oh no, a monster!
Oh no, oh no, oh no a giant monster
Monster! Monster!
Oh no, a giant monster!"

"Shut the window, bolt the door!
Don't wanna see that monster no more!"

There's a monster in my pants
And it does a modern dance
When it comes into a room
People hit it with a broom

"Take that monster! Take that monster!
Take it! Take it! Take that you awful thing!
Take that aaah! Take that aaah!
Take it! Take it! Take that you naughty thing!"

And they don't wear pants on the other side of France
But they do wear fleece to protect them from the beasts

"Monster! Monster!
Oh gee, a great big monster!"

There's a monster on the run
And it wants to have have some fun
When it flies hup in the air
All the people stop and stare

The guys give a yell
And the girls start to shriek
When they see its giant claws
And its razor-sharp beak

Gosh would you look at that thing
And I thought dinosaurs were extinct

"Aaaaah!"

[Gwreck]

Stupid, stupid fans. You don't boo after a battling, 10-pitch at bat. This needs to stop.

[Guest Edgy DC]

]I was worried that Willie would misuse him in the pen, but Willie clearly learned his lesson last year.

Yeah, I remember that. You and me, we fought. Chairs were splintered, glass broken. Good times.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Edgy DC wrote: Yeah, I remember that. You and me, we fought. Chairs were splintered, glass broken. Good times.

Good times.

[Elster88]

irish, finish your Met predictions.

Same goes for anyone else. Vic, OldMole, let's go already. Locked after today, right?

[Guest Edgy DC]

]Stupid, stupid fans. You don't boo after a battling, 10-pitch at bat. This needs to stop.

What's to be done? I'd like it if Delgado and/or somebody unimpeachable like Wright said something like "No, I'm not coming out for any curtain calls until they stop booing my teammate."

But I don't see that working. It certainly wouldn't work unless Wright took the lead. If Delgado or Willie takes the lead it's colored folk against a sea of bloodthisty whiteys.

Besides, Beltran's going deep as soon as Martinez takes the mound.