IGT 8/2 - Mets at Marlins

[Willets Point]

K2.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Thank you Joe Girardi (for leaving the bunt on w/2 strikes)

....did he really?
Ha.

Another BIG K of Uggla!

[Frayed Knot]

]....did he really?

Yeah, that was the Hanley Ramirez K

Now Girardi is pinch-running for the pinch-runner?!?!??

[Frayed Knot]

Open Book ... Insert Game!!!!

[Gwreck]

Put it in the books!!

[stevejrogers]

[Zvon]

Gotta get their big bat Cabrera----(Willingham on deck--remember him?)

YES!!

WAGNER STRIKES OUT THE SIDE>GAME OVAH!

[Willets Point]

Way to go Wags, knew you could do it, was behind you all the way.

Off to change underwear.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Now Girardi is pinch-running for the pinch-runner?!?!??

Over manager of the year!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Delgado being on base all day was pretty cool.

It would have been far cooler if Mr. Rock the Pastel Shirts didn't leave 10 Mets on. Shazzbat.

[Frayed Knot]

Wright's left a small village on base the last coupla days.
- 3 Ks on Tuesday.
- Then another today, plus a bags-drunk pop-up, and only a Cabrera error kept him from hitting into 2 GiDPs

[Guest Edgy DC]

SteveJRogers wrote: I was referring to the Captain in that incruseatingly long "I'm your Captain, I'm your Captain..." song.

Is that a word?

[Frayed Knot]

Sounds perfectly cromulent to me.

[Zvon]

Edgy DC wrote: Delgado being on base all day was pretty cool. It would have been far cooler if Mr. Rock the Pastel Shirts didn't leave 10 Mets on. Shazzbat.

Yea-He's in a funk.

He'll snap out of it soon 'nuff.

10!?

David-you go thirsty tonight.

[stevejrogers]

Edgy DC wrote: ="SteveJRogers"]I was referring to the Captain in that incruseatingly long "I'm your Captain, I'm your Captain..." song. Is that a word?

Uh, whatever word means painfully long, thats the word I was going for...

[Zvon]

Just saw ESPNs highlights of the game on Sportcenter--and all they showed were clips from Wagners ninth.
WTF?


"...and Wagner does something he has never done before--hits the opposing pitcher with a pitch...."

Ahhh--excuse me--the Mets scored 6 runs in the first 3 innings and seein a lil a that would have been nice.
Sheesh.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

I was scoreboard watching this one in St. Louis, with supplemental updates from my Sidekick (and the first inning recap courtesy of Iubitul - thanks!). Frustrating as heck, but at least the Mets won.

Then we saw Looper pitching like Looper for St. Louis, which made me appreciate Alpaca Boy more.

[Elster88]

Wagner.

[Elster88]

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

="Zvon"] "...and Wagner does something he has never done before--hits the opposing pitcher with a pitch...."

Technically, he wasn't the opposing pitcher. He was the opposing batter, a pinch-hitter whose day job is as a pitcher.

[seawolf17]

So you had a pitcher pinch-hitting for the pitcher, who got hit with a pitch, so he was replaced by a pitcher serving as a pinch-runner, who got replaced by another pitcher serving as a pinch-runner for the pinch-runner for the pitcher who was pinch-hitting but got hit by the pitch.

Cool.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

That was overmanaging to a degree that I've never seen it.

Last night's game, by the way, made me really feel old. I've seen players that looked young to me, but last night Joe Girardi, the Marlins' manager, looked young to me.

Sheesh! Before I know it, the President of the United States will look young to me.

[seawolf17]

My wife was stunned the other night when they mentioned that Pelfrey and Olson were born two days apart in 1984. "1984?! God, we're old."

[Guest ABG]

By the way Seawolf, that is an all-time great avatar.

Nice work.

OE: Let me note that when I made this comment I was seeing the Dr. from Scrubs. The cheerleader's cute though. So the nice work part stands.

[Elster88]

I like it too, though I don't understand the connection.

[Vic Sage]

I just LOVE IT when the opposing manager not only takes the bat out of a hot hitter's hands by asking him to bunt, he then forces him to bunt with TWO STRIKES after already showing 2 badly executed bunt attempts!

What a gift. Thanks, Joe! And here i didn't get you anything... i'm so embarrassed.

That K turned the inning around for Wags and lead to a Mets victory.

BIFL!!!