IGT 10: 4/15/06 - vs. Brewers - Okha vs. Trachsel

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Nady's having a rough inning. Trax having a rough afternoon.

[Guest Edgy DC]

He needs to do some telekinetic shit if he intends to keep hitting .200.

In fairness, at the beginning of play, three National League qualifiers had lower batting averages than Anderson Hernandez -- Jim Edmonds, Aramis Ramirez, and Dickshot's favorite hired gun at the keystone (I think), Ray Durham. Durham is the only qualifier (there are 103) with a lower OPS.

[Gwreck]

Brewers 7-8-9 is 5-6 with 2 runs and 2 RBI.

Now, Prince Fielder is one thing. But Chad Moeller is a career .231 hitter, and Tomo Ohka is a career .156 hitter. I'd like to think Steve could get THOSE guys out.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Now 4-1.

[Gwreck]

With him due up 2nd, I think that's the end of Trachsel's afternoon. 96 pitches.

[Guest Edgy DC]

It is.

Jose Reyes, walking fool.

[Guest Edgy DC]

A good time for Hernandez's first career RBI, not happening. Willie not looking genioid at that moment.

[Guest Edgy DC]

A funny thing about Darren Oliver. There was a feature on him in the times two days ago. I tried to save it to my hard drive as last night's game ended and just as I did, it morphed into an account of last night's game, not five minutes over.

[Gwreck]

Oliver still looking solid.

3-4-5 due up. RALLY TIME!

[A Boy Named Seo]

I saw this program called "On the Wire", an hour-long collection of clips from players and managers who wore microphones during games in the 2005 season.

Most were safe, but some were candid. My favorite was Ozzie Guillen rallying the Sox, yelling in the dugout, "We're down by three, so fucking what. Let's go!".

So I say, we're down by three, so fucking what. Let's go!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hey! ho! let's go!
Hey! ho! let's go!

They're forming in a straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds
The Blitzkrieg Bop

They're piling in the back seat
They're generating steam heat
Pulsating to the back beat
The Blitzkrieg Bop.

Hey, ho, let's go
Shoot'em in the back now
What they want, I don't know
They're all reved up and ready to go

Hey! ho! let's go!
Hey! ho! let's go!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Beltran cooperating.

Boo!

[Gwreck]

Wright Sac Fly gets us another. Still need 2 more.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wright cuts it to two on a sacrifice fly.

Z'okay. Plenty of time.

[Guest Edgy DC]

And Floyd walking brings up Xavier Nady as the tying run.

[Gwreck]

Cliff brings the tying run to the plate. Seems like the Mets haven't been very patient at the plate today, with the exception of Floyd, whose seeen a lot of pitches today. Nicely done Cliff.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I never knew Darren Oliver was Bob Oliver's kid.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

A solo homer makes it a three-run game again.

[Guest abogdan]

Uh-oh. Jorge Julio is warming up.

[Gwreck]

Ohka's gettting tired. We can get him here.

[Gwreck]

I'd like to see a Pinch Hitter for Hernandez.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Pinch hit for Andy NOW!!!!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Or NOT!!!!

[Guest abogdan]

Unclutchness from Franco, Reyes, and Hernandez strands Castro at 2B. You have to pinch hit for Hernandez in that spot.

[TransMonk]

Stranding a leadoff double is just bad baseball.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Julio's pitching - Willie has officially given up on this game.

[nymr83]

can we cut Julio yet?

[Gwreck]

ScarletKnight41 wrote: Julio's pitching - Willie has officially given up on this game.

I don't think that's true.

[Guest abogdan]

Julio bringing nothing to the table yet again. His ERA is up to 13.50.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Julio was one strike away from his first scoreless inning of the year.