IGT 5/28/06 - Mets (El Duque's Debut) vs. Marlins

[Gwreck]

Mets
Reyes SS
LoDuca C
Beltran CF
Delgado 1B
Wright 3B
Floyd LF
Valentin 2B
Chavez RF
Orlando Hernandez P

Marlins
Hanley Ramirez SS
Dan Uggla 2B
Mike Jacobs 1B
Miguel Cabrera 3B
Joe Borchard RF
Josh Willingham LF
Jeremy Hermida CF
Miguel Olivo C
Ricky Nolasco P

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Mets load the bases with no outs on a hit, an error, and a bunt single.

Delgado up.

[Gwreck]

Carlos...why are you bunting?

[Guest OlerudOwned]

RBI groundout for Delgado, the shift costs Florida a double play.

Shifting w/ the bases loaded seems iffy.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Nady out again. Probably not just a day off after two days off for the back this week. I've got the Florida broadcast. Any word on X?

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Easy out dribbler to Cabrera by Wright.
Cabrera thinks about throwing home, hesitates, goes to first, and Wright beats it out. Oopsidaisy.

2-0 Mets.

[Zvon]

Gwreck wrote: Carlos...why are you bunting?

I like the sneak bunt there.......as long as it works.
He had the whole third baseline.
(Last year w/o Delgado i wouldnt think that way)

With 0 out, Delgado-Wright-Floyd coming up-
not that bad a play.


Wow--they had Wright dead at third.
.Blew that tag Cabrera

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Off Jacobs glove, base hit.

Wright gets to third on a beautiful heads up slide to counter Cabrera's indifferent tag.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Valentin with a sac fly.

Throw gets through the cutoff man, and Floyd takes second.

Mets 4, Miami Little League All-Stars 0.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Lets hope El Duque can throw a ball better than he just chucked that bat.

[Zvon]

Nice 1st inning.

4-0 already.

Nice lil cushion for ElDuke.

[Gwreck]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Nady out again. Probably not just a day off after two days off for the back this week. I've got the Florida broadcast. Any word on X?

Willie on the pregame said he'll be back in the lineup tomorrow. Just the day off.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Thanks, G. Good to hear.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

1, 2, 3

[Zvon]

Reyes 2 for 2-
but overslides the bag on that steal.
They pitch out and he woulda been safe--
he beats the throw but he slides past the
bag and is tagged out.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Dubioius stuff on the between innings banter from the Florida booth:

Broadcaster: What's that, Bobby?

Director: Congratulations on Jewish Heritage Day.

Broadcaster: (Snicker...)

[Guest OlerudOwned]

That's classic.
Go Mike Jewcobs!

[Gwreck]

Ha. The giveaway on Jewish Heritage Day in Miami is, naturally, Mike Jacobs t-shirts.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Oh piss.

[Zvon]

2 walks---
Hermida homers.
A 3 run blast makes it 4-3.

Walks kill I tells ya.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

OT: I'm Tony Castillo. He seems to be without a mug on UMDB, so here.

[A Boy Named Seo]

]Ha. The giveaway on Jewish Heritage Day in Miami is, naturally, Mike Jacobs t-shirts.

Jacobs isn't Jewish though, and the t-shirt giveaway and Jewish Heritage Day were two separate attractions sez the Marlins. That same somewhere where I read this bit made it sound like Jacobs was a little upset over the confusion and his teammates were giving him the business over it. Here's a snippet from the Chicago Sun Times:

May 28 is ''Jewish Heritage Day'' for the Florida Marlins, who plan to give Mike Jacobs youth T-shirts to fans. Only one problem: Jacobs isn't Jewish. ''I asked them what their thinking was, but they said that wasn't why,'' Jacobs said. ''I didn't know until I played [for Class A Brooklyn in 2001] that Jacobs was a common Jewish name.''


Edit: Found that quote in the Palm Beach Post:

Jewish Heritage Day: As part of Jewish Heritage Day, the Marlins this afternoon will give away Mike Jacobs T shirts � even though they wrongly assumed that Jacobs is Jewish.

"They said it wasn't done intentionally but I don't know about that,'' Jacobs said. "It's a big joke around here.''

[Guest OlerudOwned]

The Duke strikes out the side, which is a lot less exciting when you realize he allowed 3 runs.

[Guest Edgy DC]

That was a 39-pitch inning for our new innings eater.

One big inning to eat.

[Gwreck]

I'd rather that El Duque not have any more 39-pitch innings.

[Zvon]

Wright 6 for last 6.
Man-he ripped that curve ball-he was all over it.
Double.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Nolasco isn't getting any more corners after that mini-fit.

Valentin with an RBI single!

5-3 Good guys.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Valentin, going from designated whipping boy to guy who gets a green light 3-0.

Awright.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

El Duque lost his undershirt. I hope the liberation lets him pitch better.

And dammit, learn to hang onto the bat.

[Zvon]

Jacobs may have saved a run there for the Fish.
He was NOT gonna take his eyes off Wright until he went back to third.
He almost missed the easy out at 1st starin David down.