IGT Businessmen's Special Thursday 5-25-06 Mets vs Phillies

[Guest Rotblatt]

Elster88 wrote: Not as bad as I thought. When the hell did he throw out 7 guys?

Dunno. I can only remember 2 or 3 CS this year.

Hey, the guy's got a 10-game hitting streak going, though!

[Guest Rotblatt]

And now Nady with a single! Runners at 1st & 2nd.

Come on, Matsui.

[Elster88]

Rotblatt wrote: ="Elster88"]Not as bad as I thought. When the hell did he throw out 7 guys? Dunno. I can only remember 2 or 3 CS this year. Hey, the guy's got a 10-game hitting streak going, though!

Jumping right into the Met tradition of catchers who can hit.

[Centerfield]

I was surprised too. Russo is better than Mike at play by play.

Cliff with a bonehead play getting picked off 2nd.

[Elster88]

Rotblatt wrote: And now Nady with a single! Runners at 1st & 2nd. Come on, Matsui.

Floyd picked off. Dammit. I thought we cleared Kaz for the next inning.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Yeesh. Floyd gets picked off at second--2-6.

[Elster88]

Centerfield wrote: I was surprised too. Russo is better than Mike at play by play.

I thought Mike was improving as the inning went along....but then he was hard to understand on the pickoff too. He's not good when trying to get stuff out fast.

[Guest Rotblatt]

After 3 innings, your pitch counts stand at:

Gonzalez: 47 (32 Strikes)
Myers: 60 (40 Strikes)

If we keep this up, Myers will be out by the 6th.

Of course, if Gonzalez keeps this up, he'll be IN til the 7th, so it's kind of a catch-22.

[Centerfield]

Ok. We got 4 out of Gonzalez. Isn't that enough? How much do we want to push our luck? I say pinch-hit for him in this frame and let the bullpen take it from here.

[Guest Hillbilly]

Centerfield wrote: I was surprised too. Russo is better than Mike at play by play.

But everytime Russo lets out a laugh, blood flows out of my ears.

[Guest Hillbilly]

Kaz not looking good.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Centerfield wrote: Ok. We got 4 out of Gonzalez. Isn't that enough? How much do we want to push our luck? I say pinch-hit for him in this frame and let the bullpen take it from here.

I think Willie will try and stretch him out to 6 innings.

God help us all.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Jose: double, homer, single.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Reyes a triple away from the cycle.

[Guest holychicken]

As much as gonzalez scares the hell out of me, you gotta leave him in as long as humanly possible because 16 inning marathon on tuesday.

[Elster88]

Mike dropped a new one on me. Vittorino is apparently "The Flying Hawaiian". Not a bad nickname.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Looks as if this'll be Jeremi's challenge frame.

[Guest Hillbilly]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Looks as if this'll be Jeremi's challenge frame.

I think Bell is getting loose. 2 on base

[Centerfield]

How is Feliciano not ready to face Howard. This is a bad job by Willie.

[Guest Rotblatt]

. . . except it works out, as Howard grounds out to Delgado.

[metirish]

Relax people, Willie knows what he's doing....

[Willets Point]

I don't smoke and I don't want to see that commercial with the aorta ever again.

[Guest vtmet]

metirish wrote: Relax people, Willie knows what he's doing....

what hallucinagen did you take?

[Guest Rotblatt]

. . . and exhale.

Rollins pops up to shallow left.

Gonzalez at only 83 pitches and will have the bottom of the order coming up next. He's been moderatly productive & efficient--at least pitch count wise.

By any measure OTHER than runs allowed, he's been atrocious, though:

5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 2 HR

[Guest holychicken]

Bend, don't break, baby!

[Guest Hillbilly]

Hey, 5 innings 3 or less runs. That's a quality start by definition, no?

[Guest Rotblatt]

Hey, Gonzalez's ERA has dipped below Lima's! 8.31 v. 8.73

(knock on wood)

[Centerfield]

Well, more accurately, bend, don't break again.

[metirish]

]Hey, 5 innings 3 or less runs. That's a quality start by definition, no?

It's 6 innings with 3 runs or less....I think

[Elster88]

6 IP, I think.