IGT 09/04, Braves at Mets

[Guest KC]

[u:38ec3cf7e7]Braves[/u:38ec3cf7e7]
Orr 2b
Renteria ss
LaRoche 1b
Jones cf
McCann c
Francoeur rf
Diaz LF
Aybar 3b
James p

[u:38ec3cf7e7]Mets[/u:38ec3cf7e7]
Reyes ss
Lo Duca c
Delgado 1b
Wright 3b
Green rf
Valentin 2b
Tucker lf
Chavez cf
Trax p

[Guest KC]

That guy that walks around for SNY just said that Cliff's tendon thing is
bugging him again.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Keep him in bubble wrap as long as he needs it.

That's why we have Endy Chavez.

[Guest cleonjones11]

and Milledge... LETS GO METS!

[Guest cleonjones11]

Just an email about Wright from a friend of mine who was at the Beltran cyclone fence game...



I was within 10 feet of him before the game yesterday. He's a class act. After BP he was
walking back to the dugout wearing his glove on his head and a kid yelled, "Hey Mr. Wright,
will you sign my ball'. Most big leaguers, especially one with his stature, would have continued on
into the dugout. Wright motioned for the kid to throw him the ball over the dugout, then motioned
for him to throw him his pen. He signed it and tossed the ball back. The next 10 - 15 minutes was
spent with other kids tossing him their balls, him signing them, then tossing them back. He easily
signed over 50 balls in that short span of time. When he was done he tossed the pen back to the
original kid then disappeared into the dugout. I caught it all on video tape. I've been to alot of games
over the years and never seen a star player take the time to do that. Classy guy.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Trax walks one in the first, but he gets the double play to end the first.

Now let's hammer James! If we can get to Atlanta's overtaxed pen, we're in Schaefer City!

Cleon - that's a nice story. It's always great to hear about the guys who get it and who treat the fans well

[Zvon]

Trax walks one in the 1st, but a DP ends the inning.

[Zvon]

Chuck James sets em down 1-2-3.

2 pop ups and a K of Delgado.

So Floyds tender again?
I really hope he gets 100%.
I want to see him hittin in the post season.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

David Wright just misses a home run to left to lead off the second, but he gets gunned out at second by plenty.

[Zvon]

Aside from another walk(to Francouer), Trachsel has a nice second.

Nice to see David Wright out of his hitting funk but not nice to see him thrown out at 2nd.

He smacked the ball off the wall in left, but he is cut down going for the duece.

[Zvon]

Rockin' Doc wrote: David Wright just misses a home run to left to lead off the second, but he gets gunned out at second by plenty.

He did just miss one there.
Looked like his hand came off and it ended as a one handed swing.
And it was a bullet to the wall.

Good quick play by Diaz in left, but Wright could have been running just a lil harder.

[Zvon]

Ew---very ugly play by Delgado on the grounder to 1st off Aybar.
A lead off error reaches.

Then a bunt by the pitcher James gets by Wright and everyones safe!

And then another bunt played off the mound by Trax, and he spins to throw and falls- all safe.......

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Shoddy defense puts the first two hitters on for the Braves. Now Trachsel falls down trying to field a bunt. The Braves have attempted two consecutive sac bunts that both go for hits as the Mets field like Keystone Cops. Sacs drunk with Braves and Renteria coming up.

[Zvon]

All three plays should have been outs^

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Renteria bloops a single into left to drive in the first run of the game. Still no outs.

[Zvon]

Renteria makes us pay with a single to left center.
Only one run scores though..............

bases still juiced.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Zvon - "All three plays should have been outs"

Without a doubt.

[Zvon]

LaRoche flies to left center for the sac fly that makes it 2-0.

Cant let Jones make this a big inning.
Shut em down Trax.

[seawolf17]

Ah, the DP... the pitcher's best friend. Only 2 runs.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Fugly inning, but the damage is limited to 2 runs.

Time to get them back!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Dp gets the Mets out of the inning before it got too ugly.

2-0 Braves with the Mets coming to the home half of the third.

[seawolf17]

"If you get hurt, and miss work... it won't hurt... to miss work."

[Zvon]

Rockin' Doc wrote: Zvon - "All three plays should have been outs" Without a doubt.

Especially the grounder to Delgado to open the inning.
The bunt that got by Wright--he was being over agressive.
The bunt to Trax was just a mix up - Wright was under aggresive there,lol.


A big DP stops the bleeding-

2-0 Braves.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Braves living dangerously and pitching to Wright with Reyes at third with no outs. I guess you can't walk Wright to bring the go ahead run to the plate.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

And it works as Wright flies weakly to Andruw Jones in left center.

[Zvon]

James walks Reyes to start off the 4th.
He steals second during Delgados at bat but the Mets cant get him home as Wright battles James for 9 pitches and pops out to center.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Trachsel walks pitcher James to lead off the fifth. Throw some strikes, damn it.

[Frayed Knot]

Suggesting a trade of today's Atlanta 2nd baseman to the Dodgers for one of their young outfielders would be an Ethier-Orr proposition.

[Zvon]

Rockin' Doc wrote: Trachsel walks pitcher James to lead off the fifth. Throw some strikes, damn it.

Walks can kill.

A wild pitch moves James to second and a groundout to second moves him to third.
1 out- Renteria...........

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Suggesting a trade of today's Atlanta 2nd baseman to the Dodgers for one of their young outfielders would be an Ethier-Orr proposition.