Happy 4th IGT

[Guest Hillbilly]

Today's Lineups
NO. PITTSBURGH NEW YORK
1. J. Bautista, CF J. Reyes, SS
2. J. Wilson, SS C. Woodward, 2B
3. S. Casey, 1B C. Beltran, CF
4. J. Bay, LF C. Delgado, 1B
5. F. Sanchez, 2B D. Wright, 3B
6. J. Randa, 3B C. Floyd, LF
7. C. Wilson, RF X. Nady, RF
8. R. Paulino, C R. Castro, C
9. Z. Duke, P T. Glavine, P

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Well, a US soldier boy on leave in West Berlin
No music there that rocks, just a thousand violins
He wants to hear some American Music, American Music
They want to hear that sound right from the USA

Well it can be sweet and lovely, it can be hard and mean
But one thing's for sure: it's always on the beam
They want to hear some American Music, American Music
They want to hear that sound right from the USA

It's a howl from the desert, the screams from the slums
The Mississippi rollin' to the beat of the drums
Because they're playing American Music, American Music
They want to hear that sound right from the USA

We got the Louisiana boogie and the Delta Blues
We got country swing and rockabilly, too
We got jazz, country-western and Chicago blues
It's the greatest music that you ever knew

Well it's American Music
It's American Music
It's American Music
It's the greatest sound right from the USA

Well a US soldier boy has to stop right in his tracks
When he hears that crazy beat, he turns and doubles back
Because they're playing American Music, American Music
The whole world digs that sound from the USA

[TransMonk]

Do you like amercan music
I like american music
don't you like american music baby
I want you to hold me
I want your arms around me
I want you to hold me baby
did you do too many drugs
I did too many drugs
did you do too many drugs too baby
you were born too late
I was born too soon
but every time I look at that ugly moon
it reminds me of you
it reminds me of you ooh ooh ooh
I need a date to the prom
would you like to come along
but nobody would go to the prom with me baby
they didn't like american music
they never heard american music
they didn't know the music was in my soul baby
you were born too soon
I was born too late
but every time I look at that ugly lake
it reminds me of me
it reminds me of me
do you like american music
we like american music
I like american music baby
do you like american music
we like all kinds of music
but I like american music best
baby you were born too late
and i was born too late
but every time I look at that ugly lake
it reminds me of me
it reminds me of me
do you like american music
it reminds me of me
do you like american music...

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yup.

She's waitin' for me
When I get home from work
Oh, but things ain't just the same
She turns out the light
And cries in the dark
And she won't answer when I call her name

On the stairs I smoke a...
Cigarette alone
Mexican kids are shootin'...
Fireworks below...
Hey baby!
It's the Fourth of July!
Hey baby!
It's the Fourth of July!

She gives me her cheek
When I want her lips
But I don't have the strength to go
On the lost side of town
In a dark apartment
We gave up trying so long ago

On the stairs I smoke a...
Cigarette alone
Mexican kids are shootin'...
Fireworks below...
Hey baby!
It's the Fourth of July!
Hey baby!
It's the Fourth of July!

What ever happened
I apologize
So dry your tears and baby
Walk outside
It's the Fourth of July!

On the stairs I smoke a...
Cigarette alone
Mexican kids are shootin'...
Fireworks below...
Hey baby!
It's the Fourth of July!
Hey baby!
BABY TAKE A WALK OUTSIDE!
It's the Fourth of July!

(The Femmes need paragraph breaks. I keep talking to them about that.)

[TransMonk]

Glavine deals through the first...2 Ks and a pop out.

Has Sean Casey always been a whiny baby? That's 2 games in a row he's argued called 3rd strikes.

[Guest Hillbilly]

Glavine looks good in first. Here come the Mets!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bell down. Jose Lima up.

[Guest Hillbilly]

Edgy DC wrote: Bell down. Jose Lima up.

Good god! I guess we have to hope for the best.

[TransMonk]

I'd rather start Bell than Lima. Would be about the same result.

[TransMonk]

Joe Randa = professional hitter.

Wilson with an RBI single...Mets down early 1-0.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Seeing eye hits produced that run.

The perils of veteran players... Sanchez throwing out Delgado by a step from short center field.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Big break for the Mets as Reyes fumbles the transfer on a potential DP and they give him the out at second.

They shouldn't have.

He needs a day off.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Kiner komin'.

[TransMonk]

My God! The Dukes are going to corner the entire frozen orange juice market!

Mets offense looking anemic again through 3. 1 hit (erased by a DP).

[Guest Edgy DC]

Pirates --- Duke included --- doing a great job going out and taking Glavine's pitches on the outside corner and going the other way.

I'd take some stock in the Bucs at this point. Why not? Buy low.

[TransMonk]

A 6 hit, 4 run 4th gives the Mets a 4-2 lead.

[Guest Hillbilly]

Reyes and Floyd smack together on a popup. Looks like everyone is OK, but Cliff took a knee to his noodle.

[Guest Hillbilly]

Reyes shows that he's OK with a leadoff hit.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

There's a black man with a black cat

I think he's singing about Cliff Floyd there. Ain't that America?

[Guest cleonjones11]

Arsonist Heilman on duty

This team stinks...all 25 right now

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

A HPB and bases loaded walk ties the game

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Damn! The Mets fail to make the double play due to Wright's wide throw, and the Pirates take a 3-2 lead:(

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Sanchez's hit on an 0-2 pitch makes it 6-4

Joe Randa, Professional Hitter at the plate.

[Guest KC]

Floyd shouldna glared at Reyes last night for non-pursuit of that shallow
fly to left. Awaiting a med report on Floyd, hopefully just shook up and
nothing broken and no concussion.

[Guest Edgy DC]

JIm Tracy, in the role of Chuck Tanner, pulls a quick hook on Zach Duke and Matt Capps gets the DP on one pitch.

Mets got to grind.

[Guest KC]

Floyd's got a mild concussion according to the booth.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Injury report in. Cliff has a mild concussion.

Yuck. Day-to-day.

At least Reyes' legs are OK.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Reyes hitting from both sides of the plate today.

Still not walking, but... Let's go, Mets!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Jose runs, ball goes to center.
Jose runs, ball goes to center.
Repeat as necessary.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Tying runs on with one out and Robocop coming in to pitch to Endy.

I wish my brother Floyd were here.