IGT -- 6/18/06 vs. Baltimore

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Marrero saves the day with a great running grab of a Melvin Mora rocket.

Mets still lead 5-4.

[Zvon]

Elster88 wrote: How many disgusting outfielders do we have on this team???

HaHa--that was hit so hard there was little else he could do.
Im amazed he got his glove up there.
Damn--that catch is big, big, BIG.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Nice catch by Marrero, but I agree with Elster that he made it tougher than it needed to be by taking a bad angle on Mora's shot. Still, it was a big play and he made it.

[Zvon]

Reyes hits the ball so hard that Mora only option is to let it hit him.
That HAD to hurt.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Reyes ricochets a rocket off the knee of Melvin Mora who was playing in at third. That's gonna leave a mark. That's why they call it the hot corner.

Okay team, let's bring him around.

[Elster88]

Though by disgusting, I actually meant good.

It's like saying "nasty outfielders".

[nymr83]

Mora throws it away!
1st and 3rd for david wright!

[Zvon]

Beltran grounds to third-Mora looks Reyes back, rushes his throw and throws it away!
Ron Darling thinks his knocked knee was a factor.
Anyone who saw that--if it hit him in the knee I cant believe he's still in the game.

1st and 3rd, one out, and they will bring in a new pitcher to face Wright.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Mora air mails his throw to first allowing Beltran to reach base on the error. Reyes moves up to third. Wright coming to the plate with one out and a chance to pad the lead.

Lots of speed on the bases. I'd like to see Beltran run and see what the Orioles do.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Now that's something I don't recall seeing before. Wright singles on a sinking liner to left that short hops up the arm of the left fielder and goes down the back of his jersey.

[Zvon]

Wright singles!

The ball went up and into left fielder Rogers shirt!
Holy crapoli- it went up his sleeve and out the back of his collar.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Breaking this game open on some strange plays here. A lost ball? An obstruction call?

Mora is having a bad inning.

[Guest Iubitul]

Watch the Mets - you'll see something you've never seen before almost every day...

[Zvon]

UNBELIEVABLE!
AMAZIN!
Mr Franco singles to left and all hell breaks loose as Beltran scores, Wright is thrown out and is ruled safe on interference by Tejada!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Wow, another rare sight. Wright gets gunned down at the plate trying to score on a wild throw from the outfield, but Tejada is called for interfering with Wright rounding third so the run counts.

I love insurance runs anyway we can get them.

[Zvon]

Mr FRANCO STEALS 3RD!

This may be the wacyest inning of the year, and we have seen some wacky ones

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

The fun just keeps coming. Castro singles through the hole on the right side scoring Franco.

Mets 8 Orioles 4.

[Guest Edgy DC]

"At my first game, the Mets kicked some butt in some really wacky fashion."

--- Ivan Dickshot, CPF 2016

[Elster88]

That's a fun game.

[Zvon]

Mets win 9-4 and Tom Glavine is the first ten game winner in the bigs.
Who woulda thought?

Great game.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

[Elster88]

Why, exactly, was Heilman used today?

[Elster88]

Variety is the spice of life.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Elster88 wrote: Why, exactly, was Heilman used today?

I called that one. Why use Wagner when there won't be an off day for another week? Let Heilman get some work in a non-stress situation and, hopefully, be on the mound for the end of game celebration. He needed a confidence inning, and a chance to earn the cheers of the fans at Shea. I thought it was the right move.

[Elster88]

Nope. Let Heilman rest and put a back of the bullpen guy in.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Fun game. Very hot.

Did the sensible thing after all and left I.J. at home where he watched it on TV with Mom and the A/C. My brother brought his 11 month old and she (and he) were gone after the slam. Too hot!

Eli Marerro's at-bat music is "Burning Heart" by Survivor.

Visited the KCs who did the right thing and had seats in the shade. Shade didn;t reach me till the 8th.

Giveaway Met visor was/is SWEET. Needed it too since I forgot to take a cap.

Dad was there and mentioned he & Mom (and my embryonic sister) were in Shea for its opening day in 64. I either never knew that or forgot. He said he bought the tixx a few weeks before the game at the park -- they let you in to walk around the seats and choose the ones you wanted.

When I bought the tixx for this game back in February, I waited in a 2+ hour line in the freezing cold, and a cop stopped me when I tried to go down into the seats afterward.

[Guest Edgy DC]

]Nope. Let Heilman rest and put a back of the bullpen guy in.

This is a perfectly sound choice to let a good pitcher who has been pitching poorly get a low-risk inning in which to get right.

[nymr83]

i was ok with heilman pitching, he's been shaky for a few weeks now and getting him some work in a spot where he could just pitch without worrying about the scoreboard might have been a good idea.
i'd being lying if i said i felt uncomfortable bringing him into a 1-run game before today, but now i feel slightly more comfortable.

[Elster88]

Edgy DC wrote: ]Nope. Let Heilman rest and put a back of the bullpen guy in. This is a perfectly sound choice to let a good pitcher who has been pitching poorly get a low-risk inning in which to get right.

It's perfectly sound choice if and only if (iff) some of his high-risk innings over the next few days go to someone else to keep his arm healthy. Let's see if Willie does that.

[Guest Edgy DC]

His arm will be fine.