IGT 8/14/06 - Mets (Pedro) at Phillies (Cole Hamels)

[Zvon]

cooby wrote: Maybe Pedro can start again tomorrow night?

I dont see why not.
We can even let him pitch lefty and give that strained calf muscle a rest, as well as his arm.
........He cant do any worse than tonight.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Ring seems to be doing nicely in the no-pressure spot. Maybe this will be the game where he finds his major league groove.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Gary and Keith just said the same things about Ring that I said an inning ago.

Is it possible that they read the Pool during games? Hmmm.....

[metirish]

I thought about you SK when Gary and Keith said that....

[Zvon]

ScarletKnight41 wrote: Ring seems to be doing nicely in the no-pressure spot. Maybe this will be the game where he finds his major league groove.

Yea- nice work so far.
No runs or hits and two Ks in 2.1 innings.

Delgado is pulled for Mr Franco.
LoDuca is out-DiFelice in.
Id say thats the throwing in of the towel.
Not that CarlosD has been hitting lately.

Mets have only three hits - Milledge is 2 fer 2. Go figure.

Hamel has been magnifico.

[Zvon]

Hamel-
20 out of 25 1st pitch strikes.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

metirish wrote: I thought about you SK when Gary and Keith said that....

I've always liked you Irish

[metirish]

Thanks SK....Hamels is just great tonight,and what a great name he has....Reyes gets a hit but the ball hits Milledge, that about sums up this night.

[Zvon]

Milledge reaches again--on a strike out past ball,...ha.
But the way he chased that pitch for the third strike--thats all Hamels.

Hamels strikes out Ledee for his 9th K of the game.

And Milledge is out as the ground single by Reyes hits him in the leg!

Now Ive seen everything--

I think.

[metirish]

Gary brings back a memory,telling us that the Mets worst shutout loss was in 1999 when the Braves beat them 16 to nothing,Matt franco pitched that night for the Mets, I remember that well.....

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

It's comforting that loss took place in 1999.

Even the best teams have their days of suckitude.

[metirish]

Ok I am stumped, Gary talking about position players that pitched in games for the Mets said that the first time it ever happened for the Mets was in 1992, I thought he said it was Bill Beceto, but when I check UMDB I see no one with that name, anyone know the postition player was?

[metirish]

OK I heard wrong,it was Bill Pecota,thanks to UMDB.

[stevejrogers]

ScarletKnight41 wrote: ="metirish"]I thought about you SK when Gary and Keith said that.... I've always liked you Irish

Hey I think thats the closest we've gotten to a Cyber Cookie on the Cranepool Forum!

Well not counting that birthday cake SK trots out all the time

=

[Zvon]

Yep, even the best teams have a bad night.
But that one inning.....sheesh.
And even if you subtract that 1st inning Phils still win 7-0.

But this was just one horrendous inning for the books:

Phils first inning______________________________
Rollins: single
Victorino: Rollins steals 2nd- Victorino flies out.
Utley: single-RBI
Howard: error(LoDuca)- Utley to second- Howard singles (1st & 3rd)
Dellucci: walk (loaded)
Rowand: hit by pitch (run)
Coste: balk (run)- hit by pitch (loaded)
Nunez: doubles past Beltran (was really a single and error in my book)
clears the bases.(3 runs) Nunez out trying for the triple.
Hamels: strikes out.
________________________________________________

Shake it off guys-tomorrows another day.

[metirish]

That's the great thing about Willie's Mets, they bounce back and take no crap...look for a big win tomorrow night.

[Guest cooby]

Geez Pedro, rub some Ben Gay on that thing

[metirish]

Well that game sucked, at least it's still light out.