IGT 7/26/06 - Day Game Against The Cubs

[Elster88]

I'm assuming Prior is on a strict pitch count.

[TransMonk]

Maine has earned a spot on this rotation for sure.

Although, I said the same of Soler in mid-June.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Maine strikes out the side in the 7th! 17 scoreless innings in a row!

He's due up fifth in the upcoming inning. Let's see what happens.

[Guest Edgy DC]

He's at 118 pitches.

It's John Wayne time.

[Elster88]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Maine strikes out the side in the 7th! 17 scoreless innings in a row! He's due up fifth in the upcoming inning. Let's see what happens.

What's Orel's record again? Does Orel even still hold it?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I'd really like to see some runs here. Maine deserves to go home with a win today.

[Willets Point]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Maine has now struck out the first two batters in the 7th. By October, he may be our best pitcher. NLDS Game 1 anybody?

Beware of irrational exuberance.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I know. My point was less that Maine is a superstar than that everyone else seems to be in decline.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

David Wright starts the 7th with a slow hopper that sould have been an infield hit, but a nice play robs him.

Then Valentin hits a little blooper that nobody seemed to want to catch.

Base hit!

[Willets Point]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: I no longer care if any Met ever throws a no-hitter. In fact, I kind of like that it's never happened.

On the one hand I think it's crazy that you'd be content that are team has not reached certain benchmarks of personal achievement. On the other hand it would be cool if a Met became the first to do something no one else has done like a 5 homer game or a 27 K performance or the most consecutive shutouts.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Thank goodness for Porn Stashe - we don't have to suffer the indignity of being no-hit at home.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Pop singles are great ways to break up no hitters, and nice radio diversions on an afternoon drive.

[seawolf17]

Elster88 wrote: ="Yancy Street Gang"]Maine strikes out the side in the 7th! 17 scoreless innings in a row! He's due up fifth in the upcoming inning. Let's see what happens. What's Orel's record again? Does Orel even still hold it?

59 innings, and yes.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Castro flies out to end the rally. No decision for Maine today.

It's in the pen's hands.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Dammit, Shea!

That's why we need a new Shea. Old Shea selfishly holding homers like that.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Years ago I really wanted that no no-hitter thing to be erased. But when we made it through the second great era of Mets pitchers (after Gooden, Darling, Cone, Fernandez) were all gone, the lack of a no-hitter began to seem more like an interesting quirk than a serious deficiency.

The Mets have now defied the odds for almost 45 full seasons. And now, any no-hitter short of a perfect game will seem anti-climactic.

Do I really care if Steve Trachsel pitches a no-hitter? Not really.

[Frayed Knot]

Lots of pop-outs today - and lots of warning track fly outs all series.

[Vic Sage]

i just got back from lunch at Tonic, the Met Lounge, and i saw no hits or runs scored.

Freakin' Prior. He waited till i dropped him off one of my fantasy teams to actually throw a solid game.

[Elster88]

17 and 2/3 according to the radio.

[stevejrogers]

Got a feeling we may be here a while! Grab a Snickers...

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

That fly by Castro got my pulse racing for a second or two.

Oh well.

Sanchez in.

[stevejrogers]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Years ago I really wanted that no no-hitter thing to be erased. But when we made it through the second great era of Mets pitchers (after Gooden, Darling, Cone, Fernandez) were all gone, the lack of a no-hitter began to seem more like an interesting quirk than a serious deficiency. The Mets have now defied the odds for almost 45 full seasons. And now, any no-hitter short of a perfect game will seem anti-climactic. Do I really care if Steve Trachsel pitches a no-hitter? Not really.

You know, I think the lack of No-hitter for the Mets is more a by product of having the fellow who wound up with more No-Nos than anyone being a Met at the start of his long career.

Do Padre fans moan about their franchise never having a no-no?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

So you're saying that if Nolan Ryan had never been a Met, they'd have a no-hitter by now?

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Duaner Sanchez pitches a 1-2-3 8th.

Let's make him the pitcher of record on the long side, shall we?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Sanchez gets the Cubs out in the 8th.

Again, a plea to the Mets to finally score a run!

We'll have a pinch hitter (unless there was a double switch that I missed), then the top of the order.

Beltran (Vanis Takee!) due up fourth.

[Willets Point]

I think he's saying it becomes notable that the Mets have never had a no-hitter because they traded a guy who eventually had 7, whereas otherwise we might not notice it as much. I think that have great pitchers like Seaver and Gooden pitch superbly for the Mets and the fact that pitchers like Seaver and Gooden only got no-hitters for other teams adds to the mystery and aura.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think of Seo
I sing of Duaner
The winner in the deal
The Mets, no-brainer

[Centerfield]

Beltran 3 run HR coming up. You heard it here first.

[Willets Point]

Centerfield wrote: Beltran 3 run HR coming up. You heard it here first.

Only three runs? But there are 3 batters up ahead of him, surely they'll all get on base.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Centerfield wrote: Beltran 3 run HR coming up. You heard it here first.

Sounds good to me.

And when he bats, will SOMEBODY try to identify that song!