IGT 7/6/06, Pirates at Mets

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

metirish wrote: You should have seen it SK, it was a vintage Piazza home run the other way....

I just saw the replay

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Come on Cliffy. We need insurance.

Damn.

[Willets Point]

Pedro as a boy was not the child you'd want in the back seat on long trips.

[Guest Iubitul]

7-4 Good guys after Oh No Not Aaron Heilman almost implodes...

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Wagner in for save #301, thanks to Heilman.

[metirish]

Well we know one thing from this game ...Marreo should not be playing CF.

[Frayed Knot]

Jackie Wilson says: 1B

Tying run to the plate

[Guest Iubitul]

metirish wrote: Well we know one thing from this game ...Marreo should not be playing CF.

I think most of us here knew that going in.

[Willets Point]

Rockin' Doc wrote: Wagner in for save #301, thanks to Heilman.

And a sucky save it will be.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Sucky saves beat beautiful losses.

The Mets Win! The Mets Win!

[Gwreck]

Put it in the books!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

The suckiness of the save was more the fault of Marrero than Wagner.

[Frayed Knot]

Don't knock any knid of save - particularly as Wags gave up only a measly single and an UNearned run on his own.
Cuz at the same moment that he was nailing down our 3 (then 2) run lead, Atlanta was in the midst of blowing a 5 run 9th inning lead to the Reds, the last 3 courtesy of Jose V's baby brother's 1-out PH 3R HR. That was Atlanta's league-leading 18th blown save of the year.

7-7 heading for the bottom of the 9th - despite the Braves getting a (not all that common lately) good game from Tim Hudson.

[metirish]

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

(knock on wood)4-0 at Shea this year!{/knock on wood)

I was the special guest of CPF visitor and occasional contributor Gfafif tonight: I hope to be a character in a better writeup than I can muster now tomorrow.

The Top 500 and the nature of baseball on the internet was deconstructed, we had a visit from the late lamented Bret Sabermetric, and I realized on the train home that it was 10 All-Star Breaks ago (Philadelphia) that began spectacular and unexpected events leading to my fleeing the hinterlands, moving to New York and re-connecting with the Mets.

It was also decided that we'd had enough of Aaron Heilman surrendering a run an inning over his recent performances. But that Jose Reyes & D Wright are something else, and Cliff Floyd is a truly a Met.

[G-Fafif]

To Jon in New York, here's your long-distance dedication...

http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2006/7/7/2089418.html

[Willets Point]

Do you mean to imply that Cliff Floyd is a diver?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Yes. Yes I do.

]Jackie Wilson says: 1B

They played that song last nite at Shea, though it was long before Wilson came to hit.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Let's make a mental note here: The Mets beat up on a rookie starter the first time they faced him. Let's not forget that the next time a rookie starter shuts them down.

[Elster88]

I think the use of the term "thrashing" is in order.

[Willets Point]

The Pirates pitcher is also joing the All-Mouthful All-Stars squad. So far it looks like this:

1B Mientkiewicz
2B Grudzielanek
P Gorzelanny

[Guest Edgy DC]

All playing for desperate teams this year --- teams that can ill afford all those letters for their jerseys.

[metirish]

Who would have thought Trax would have the second most wins on the team at this stage of the season.

[Centerfield]

It's not that far-fetched. At the outset, there were only two candidates you would have slotted in ahead of Trachs.