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

[Guest Rotblatt]

Wright having a bad day--0-3 with 2 K's and a ground out.

[metirish]

Someone needs to throw a french fry in his face...get him all mad and shit...

[Centerfield]

Gonzalez back out for the 6th.

Myers at 100 pitches.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Cliff strikes out, but Myers is at 101 pitches and his spot is due up this inning.

Give us one more inning, Gonzalez.

[Guest Rotblatt]

metirish wrote: Someone needs to throw a french fry in his face...get him all mad and shit...

hah! That was a good one.

[Centerfield]

Gonzalez throws a french fry in the face of over-reactive CF and breezes through the 6th.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Quality Start, bitches.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Huh. Myers staying in.

And Gonzalez strikes em out! 1-2-3 for Gonzalez.

Only 90 pitches. If Nady or Matsui get aboard, Willie might give Gonzalez a shot at the 7th . . .

[metirish]

Obviously the trade for El Duque has lit a fire in the arse of Gonzo...Omar you are a genius.

[Centerfield]

Feliciano coming in to face the top of the lineup. 7th inning is usually Heilman time no? Or Sanchez?

[Gwreck]

Dammit, "real" work got in the way, just rejoining. After an inning, sounds like Russo's really not that bad on PBP.

Looks like a much more reasonable outing from Gonzalez. Bullpen time.

[Gwreck]

Centerfield wrote: Feliciano coming in to face the top of the lineup. 7th inning is usually Heilman time no? Or Sanchez?

I think's because of Utley and Abreu. If he doesn't go 1-2-3 I'd imagine someone else (Bradford?) to face Burrell.

[Guest Rotblatt]

]Feliciano coming in to face the top of the lineup. 7th inning is usually Heilman time no? Or Sanchez?

Usually Heilman with a lead. We might see Heilman if Burrell gets to bat in this inning.

[MFS62]

Centerfield wrote: Feliciano coming in to face the top of the lineup. 7th inning is usually Heilman time no? Or Sanchez?

He's going lefty against the guys due up.
Heilman may not be available today. How many games in a row can he pitch, especially since some of them were more than one inning?

Later

[Centerfield]

Feliciano walks the Flying Hawaiian.

[Willets Point]

I think Gonzalez could have walked the leadoff hitter just as well.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Centerfield wrote: Feliciano walks the Flying Hawaiian.

Ugh. That's just terrible.

Please tell me we've got someone warming up in the bullpen . . .

[Guest Hillbilly]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Quality Start, bitches.

Yup (as most of you knew), He needed to get through the 6th - I looked it up.

[Elster88]

Is Myers really the Phillies' ace?

[Centerfield]

Well that sucked.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Well, shit.

Bring in Heilman, Willie.

[Gwreck]

Big K of Abreu. Walk Burrell to set up the DP?

[Guest Rotblatt]

. . . or leave Feliciano in there to strike out Abreu.

That works too.

Okay, so now what? Howard's struggled (relatively) against lefties. Do we walk Burrell here and leave Feliciano in to face Howard?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Eight days a week you walk Burrell here.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

The thick-legged Heath Bell is coming in to pitch to Burrell.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Gwreck wrote: Big K of Abreu. Walk Burrell to set up the DP?

Get out of my head, dude.

[Guest Rotblatt]

ScarletKnight41 wrote: The thick-legged Heath Bell is coming in to pitch to Burrell.

Huh. I like Bell, but it seems like this is a situation where we're setting him up to fail.

Even if he gets Burrell out, are we going to leave him in there to face Howard?

[Guest Edgy DC]

They're going to Bell. I guess it's the ninth day.

[Elster88]

Bell lives in Port St. Lucie and skateboarded to spring training every day?

[Centerfield]

What an odd decision. Do you leave Bell in to face Howard afterwards?