IGT: 4/13/2006- Zambrano's Season Debut, Mets @ Nationals

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hey, this might mark the 2006 debut of Julio Franco's glove.

OK, I'm calling it: Diaz to right, Nady to third, Chavez to left, and Franco to first. Sorry, Beltran, we've already burned Valentin.

[Guest Iubitul]

We may need 20 points for this POG list...

[Guest Rotblatt]

[Gwreck]

I'd do Diaz to Left, Chavez to Center, Franco to 1st, Woodward to 3rd, Hernandez to 2nd.

[metirish]

HUH...?

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Gameplanning for Rauch

[Elster88]

Eischen's ERA is 19.29 on the year.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I hate work.

[Guest Edgy DC]

]HUH...?

Speculating on how to empty the bench on a blowout --- a fun pasttime.

[Guest holychicken]

Oh shit!

Thanks for reminding me that I am actually at work.

[Elster88]

Wright's up. Cross your fingers.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I want Wagner to pitch the ninth.

[Guest abogdan]

OK, 10 run lead, two innings left, now it's really time to empty the bench.

[Guest abogdan]

]I want Wagner to pitch the ninth.

Julio is in for the 8th, so you might get your wish.

[Elster88]

Let's get this over with and get them back to New York. Nice rest tonight before Milwaukee and Atlanta and a west coast swing.

[seawolf17]

Wow, Elster's right... the ESPN GameCast is way better. They totally f'ed it up last year, so I got addicted to the Sportsline version; but this one's neat. Looks like they rebuilt it from scratch; very fancy.

[Willets Point]

It looks like we've got ourselves an old-fashioned ass-whuppin'!

[Guest Hillbilly]

Hopeful Julio will start to turn things around.

[Guest martin]

ooh 97. i know i am supposed to get excited about real pitching, control, speed changing, that sort of thing, but still, 97+ still impresses me.

[Elster88]

seawolf17 wrote: Wow, Elster's right... the ESPN GameCast is way better. They totally f'ed it up last year, so I got addicted to the Sportsline version; but this one's neat. Looks like they rebuilt it from scratch; very fancy.

The upper right corner says it's the Beta and there's a button for feedback right below. I left them some nice feedback.

It even shows the path of the ball with each ball in play. Cute.

[Guest holychicken]

Hillbilly wrote: Hopeful Julio will start to turn things around.

No no. I really think he continues with the general flow of this game. We don't want him turning anything around in this position.

[Elster88]

Hernandez in at second, Woody to first, Delgado out. Victor in at left, Floyd out.

Our two young stallions still in.

[Guest vtmet]

I was never real keen on Oliver making the team over Feliciano, but after Oliver's hit, I looked up his hitting stats...eventhough I think of him as more of an AL pitcher than NL pitcher, he's got a .228 career batting average with 2 seasons of having 17+ hits ('99 had 20 hits with 4 extra basehits; '03 had 17 hits with 3 doubles and a HR)...he can do long relief, can spot start, can swing a bat...he's kind of a LOOGY version of Pat Mahomes...

[Guest Rotblatt]

We needed a blowout.

This is good.

Woody at 1st, Hernandez at 2nd, Diaz in Left.

[Guest Hillbilly]

Julio continues to struggle. Nick Johnson takes him deep.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

martin wrote: ooh 97. i know i am supposed to get excited about real pitching, control, speed changing, that sort of thing, but still, 97+ still impresses me.

the one Johnson just hit out probably went faster off the bat.

Free Heath Bell

[MFS62]

Read back a few pages in this thread. I told you Johnson was a pain.
I haven't liked him since he was a Yankee.

Later

[Guest abogdan]

No love for Franco? Move Woody to 3B or SS and give Franco an inning at 1B.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I mean, rilly.

Ho, hum, way things are swinging, maybe Franco is pitching the ninth.

Jorge is definitely looking to launch Operation Extended Spring Training.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Well, Julio gives up 2 extra base hits, but also doesn't walk anyone, strikes out 2, and only gives up 1 run.

Julio's # of runs allowed/Appearance
1. 5
2. 2
3. 1

It's progress, right?