IGT 9/17/06 - Mets vs. Pirates

[TransMonk]

Holy crap! Ledee got a hit!

[Valadius]

Thank you, Thugmaster!!!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Boogers.

[Valadius]

And Jose fucks it all up. Sigh...

[Zvon]

Well Ill be darned.
Swept in Pittsburg.


Phils are winning but Huston is trying to comeback.
Going into the 8th there.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

If I'm managing against the Mets in the NLDS, every game will be started by a lefty. Even if I have to press an outfielder into service.

[Valadius]

[Farmer Ted]

Just back from PNC and I have to say, it sucked. They played like shit. I admit, since buying the tix a few weeks ago, we were hoping this would be clinch day. The losses the past two nights, coupled with Philly's wins, put smiles on our faces. A bit selfish, but this could've been a special day.

There were 34,000 announced and prolly 15-20 percent Mets fans. A lot of NY and NJ plates in the parking garage across the river. It was my first time to the park and like everyone says, it's gorgeous. Only two slight negatives...the main concourse is a bit narrow and the jumbotron was too small. The Primanti Brothers sandwich stand was awesome.

Mrs. Ted/Sponge noticed that half the people rooting for Pittsbugh were grossly overweight, the other half looked like they lived in double-wides. The PGH fans in our section were complimentary toward the Mets and were well behaved. The Mets fans, of course, were beautiful.

I hope the Mets brass spent the weekend at PNC looking around.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Farmer Ted wrote: I hope the Mets brass spent the weekend at PNC looking around.

They've definitely looked around PNC in the past, and have used it as something of a model for the new stadium. Rightfully so - it's my favorite park.

[Guest cleonjones11]

Our family rates heavy Pennsylvania people by Hershey kisses. Very obese is 5 kisses for example. Actually the entire USA is at about 3 1/2 kisses.

For the love of God please let our new stadium have something to eat other than cold Nathans hot dogs and sub-par Premio sausage...

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Hey Ted, Wifey wants to know if you brought Little Sponge-ette along.

[Guest cleonjones11]

Shawn Green needs his steroids back.

Keith Hernandez trashed him yesterday. "He has zero bat speed" Funnier yet in the 6th inning Hernandez asked when the car service was coming but mentioned unlike when he played ... Pittsburgh had real restaurants he could go to. I laughed my ass off...

[Gwreck]

The guy from SNY was putting in Keith's order at Primanti's when we were getting our sandwiches there this afternoon.

This game sucked.

Result aside, using Ledee (when Green and Floyd are on the bench) is giving up.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I assume Floyd was being held to pinch-hit for Chavez if Reyes got on and they needed a three-run crown. But, yeah, Willie always seems under-aggressive when it comes to ninth-inning catch-up substituting.

[Farmer Ted]

Yeah, we took Baby Ted. She's almost a year old so this was a big measuring stick for us. We bought three seats knowing we'd need the extra space...that was a good call. She was grumpy for the first inning so I put her in the Bjorn and walked along the concourse so she could sleep and I could still watch the game. I spent the first four innings on my feet but it was cool. After that, she sat in her seat, ate snacks and played with her Pirate Parrot doll (it was giveaway day). We started leaving after the Mets 8th and watched the final six outs on the exting concourse. It was a good day but I could see how brutal it could have been if she was younger. Weather was great. We'll send the Dickshots some snapshots.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Younger is easier. Once they can move around on their own is when things become trickier.

I'm glad you had a good time at the game with your daughter. I hope that you took lots of pictures

[Guest cooby]

That is the same game we were going to go to and didn't. That is funny, there would have been a whole mess of us there

[Guest Edgy DC]

Is "mess" the actual correct collective noun for Cranepoolers?

[Guest cooby]

I think so, yes