IGT 07/07/06 - Lima Time - Part Deux vs Fish

[MFS62]

metirish wrote: Oliver is giving his team a chance, he's just great tonight.

I still feel cheated. This would have been a perfect game to give the fans a glimpse of Henry Owens.

Later

[metirish]

I think we'll see him tonight, looks like he has a funky pitching motion.

[Guest Edgy DC]

]I still feel cheated. This would have been a perfect game to give the fans a glimpse of Henry Owens.

?? Game isn't over at my end.

[nymr83]

Owens is coming on!
prediction: he strikes out the side and replaces heilman who moves to the rotation. (ok fine its wishful thinking, shutup)

[metirish]

Holy shit Owens throws hard, Gary tells us Henry had hoped to go to Medical School........he got turned down all the time....

[Guest Edgy DC]

Great compact motion.

[metirish]

Damn did I say Owens throws hard...the fans are loving it...

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hey, he needs a fielder after all.

[metirish]

Owens has a 1-2-3 inning, congrats to him.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Let's get him a win.

[MFS62]

Edgy DC wrote: ]I still feel cheated. This would have been a perfect game to give the fans a glimpse of Henry Owens. ?? Game isn't over at my end.

After the Mets scored three, I thought Willie might think the score was too close to bring in a rookie. I wasn't watching on tv. I didn't know he was warming up.

Later

[metirish]

Mets lose but I bet MFS62 is a proud man after seeing his Henry get in the game......

[Guest Edgy DC]

Anybody else?

[MFS62]

metirish wrote: Mets lose but I bet MFS62 is a proud man after seeing his Henry get in the game......

Yessir!
Not just a happy man; a happy adoptive poppa.

Anybody else WHAT?:

Later

[stevejrogers]

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[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Hit the road Jack and don't come back no more.

[Gwreck]

Just plain unacceptable.

It's not hindsight when everybody SAID that Oliver should start and Lima should be in the 'pen.

Not pinch-hitting for Oliver when he was leading off an inning was maddening.

Letting Franco hit, even with 2 outs and nobody on in the 9th, was maddening.

Jose Reyes sliding into first, was maddening.

Got the distinct feeling that Willie wasn't playing to win and the team wasn't playing hard tonight.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Sending Lima to the mound is essentially the same as waiving a white flag in my mind.

[Guest Edgy DC]

MFS62 wrote: Anybody else WHAT?

You feel cheated that you didn't expect to see the guy appear in a game you weren't watching anyhow?

You feel cheated by a three run rally?

[metirish]

I never wrote that Edgy.....

[Frayed Knot]

Re: mailing it in

"Starting pitchers are Lima, Maine and Pelfrey..."

Not a lot of mystery here, it's is a function of having 3 starters on the DL plus a DH.


"he sits Delgado, Floyd, Valentin and LoDuca againt Willis"

With 3 games sked inside 25 hours he's sitting the lefty batters against a tough LHP -- and Castro had some good numbers vs Dontrelle.



'Taking things lightly' wasn't the problem.
The problems were:
- Lima sucking ... but also getting some unlucky hits and ZERO help from his 'D' all at the same time
- Very UNtimely hitting on our part: Castro whacks the ball the only time he's up withOUT runners on, same for Woodward; 1st & 2nd/none out in both 1st & 2nd innings and getting nuthin; etc.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Lima's had one unlucky inning hang him almost every time out.

Unfortunately, at this point he pitches with a small enough margin of error that he can't dig his way out of a little bad luck.

[Frayed Knot]

Owens looked good in his MLB debut inning - although it'll help in the future if he can get his slider at least in the same zip code of the plate.
Not gonna get by with a fastball only for very long at this level.

[Zvon]

I just saw the Willis slam--YOW! (sweet swing tho).

Glad Lima lost the yellow hair- thats all I can say about him-besides bye Jose.

I saw the Reyes injury- hope he's okay.

Ugly game.
Lets play two tomorrow!

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

They said Reyes just cut his pinky finger, I'm sure he's gonna be fine.

That "compact motion" leaves him somewhere between home and first base after every throw.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

In a hurry to cover first base is he?

If he can get hitters out with regularity, then I'll bad to see him coming out of the pen. Just how hard was he throwing tonight?

[Gwreck]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: They said Reyes just cut his pinky finger, I'm sure he's gonna be fine.

My thought too, but Mets.com reporting he will miss Saturday and Sunday's games. 7 stitches.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: That "compact motion" leaves him somewhere between home and first base after every throw.

Funny, yeah. He doesn't really extend his arm, but squats, drives, and brings it from behind his ear, but his follow-through is something else entirely.