IGT: Mets and Cards in da rubba match

[Guest sharpie]

Metsies:

Reyes ss
Valentin 2b
Beltran cf
Delgado 1b
Wright 3b
Floyd lf
Castro c
Chavez rf
Lima p

Cardies:

Eckstein ss
Rodriguez lf
Rolen 3b
Edmonds cf
Spiezio 1b
Encarnacion rf
Bennett c
Miles 2b
Marquis p

Note lack of Matsui, Lo Duca, Nady and PUJOLS.

[Guest Hillbilly]

Bannister faced two batters today and left with an injury. That doesn't sound like good news.

[Guest Edgy DC]

OK, I'm sitting here laughing to myself, thinking about Scott Speizio in the lineup:

Pretty decent player once.

2002: BA: .285 /.371 / .436 // .807

But then he started to fade early.

2003: .265 / .326 / .453 // .779

Until he became a drain on his team.

2004: .215 / .288 / .346 // .634

And seemingly played his way out of baseball.

2005: .064 /.137 / .149 // .286

Well, thinks I, I guess that's the last time I'll see Scott Speizio.

2006: .263 / .368 / .544 // .912

Holy crap!

[Guest Edgy DC]

]That doesn't sound like good news.

It stinks, to be perfectly honest.

[Guest Hillbilly]

We're all in a need of Lima Time!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Scott Speizio has been washing away at a rate similar to Lima's, and if he can briefly resurrect himself, so can Jose.

That's my story and I'm paying a kid to stick to it for me.

[Centerfield]

Edgy DC wrote: OK, I'm sitting here laughing to myself, thinking about Scott Speizio in the lineup:

That's a pretty awesome pinch-hitter the Cards got on their bench.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Speeze makes the first out of the game. It's killing me.

[Guest Rotblatt]

I think this is Valentin's first MLB start at 2B.

[Guest Hillbilly]

Ok, it�s settled. No hitter won�t be happening today.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Nor the shutout.

Well, damn.

[Guest Hillbilly]

There go the shut-out. Rolen takes 2nd when Beltran misses cut-off man.

[Guest Rotblatt]

and so it begins . . .

[Centerfield]

Well this blows.

[Guest Hillbilly]

2-0 nothing as Lima approaches 30 pitches.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Entirely predictible. I can't for the life of me figure out why we gave this guy 3 starts.

Any update on Bannister? If he's out for any length of time, please, for the love of Christ, Opus Dei & Audrey Tautau, put Heilman in the fucking rotation.

[MFS62]

I don't want to see Darrin Oliver in this game.
This is a perfect chance to let Aaron Heilmann prove that he can pitch 5 innings, as a tryout for the rotation.
If Willie's not going to do that, let's see if Feliciano can re-capture some of his 4 inning magic from a few years ago (before Willie got here).
The next starter is on the current roster, if only Willie would give one of those two guys a chance.

Later

[Centerfield]

Spezio catches the Wright pop up. Making an impact in the early going.

[Centerfield]

12 innings without scoring a run.

[metirish]

]This is a perfect chance to let Aaron Heilmann prove that he can pitch 5 innings, as a tryout for the rotation.

Heilman has proven that already.

[Guest Hillbilly]

Centerfield wrote: 12 innings without scoring a run.

And now more Lima Time!

[Guest Hillbilly]

Rotblatt wrote: Entirely predictible. I can't for the life of me figure out why we gave this guy 3 starts. Any update on Bannister? If he's out for any length of time, please, for the love of Christ, Opus Dei & Audrey Tautau, put Heilman in the fucking rotation.

From mets blog...
In his first start for Triple-A Norfolk, while rehabbing an injured hamstring, Brian Bannister was removed from the game with an �injury,� after facing just two batters�

�unreal�

�Update�1:34 pm�

�the word from norfolk is that bannister left the game because he felt �discomfort� in the recently injured hamstring�the trainers will treat it, and the team will most likely assess the situation later today, and again come tomorrow morning�

[Guest Rotblatt]

Thanks, Hillbilly!

Lima with 2 outs and a runner at third. Pesky Ecksty at the plate.

[Centerfield]

Well this blows.

[TransMonk]

Heilman's career numbers as a starter:

5 wins 13 losses, 5.93 ERA, 134.2 IP, 144 H, 66 BB, 106 K

I know he's done very well as a reliever, but that's just it, a reliever.

I'm not sold that Aaron's the answer. Maybe he deserves a shot, but let's not pretend he's guaranteed to solve the problem...most likely he'll just give us more of the same while hurting the pen.

[metirish]

Lima blows..

[Guest Hillbilly]

He's got his ERA up into double figures. Well maybe not, he did make an error saving himself a few points. Lima time is DFA time.

[Guest Hillbilly]

But you gotta love the fist pump after what?4 runs and like 80 pitches in 2 innings?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Most of his starting numbers were racked up before he made his adjustments and turned the corner. Even if not, a 5.93 ERA is looking pretty good right now.

[Guest old original jb]

Edgy DC wrote: Most of his starting numbers were racked up before he made his adjustments and turned the corner. Even if not, a 5.93 ERA is looking pretty good right now.

Edgy, you are too kind.