IGT 09/24, Nationals at Metropolitans

[Guest KC]

Castro 2b
Lopez ss
Soriano lf
Zimmerman 3b
Fick 1b
Church cf
Lombard rf
Harper c
Armas p

Reyes ss
Chavez cf
Green rf
Delgado 1b
Floyd lf
Valentin 2b
Woodward 3b
Stinnett c
Trachsel p

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Does Wright really need a day off?

He was just getting hot.

[stevejrogers]

I think since the clincher Willie has decided to pull a Billy Martin and just draw random lineups out of a hat!

[Guest KC]

Billy Martin is like the last manager that comes to mind when I think of Willie.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think there's a small bit of Billy Martin in Willie Randolph. Maybe more than a small bit.

Just not the raging sociopath bit.

[stevejrogers]

KC wrote: Billy Martin is like the last manager that comes to mind when I think of Willie.

Willie has said Billy and Joe are his major influences as a manager.

What, no love for Danny Murtaugh? Lou Piniella? Clyde King? Gene Michael? Dick Hoswer? Bob Lemon? Tommy Lasorda? Jeff Torborg? Tony LaRussa? Tom Treblehorn?

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Trax is in immediate trouble - runners on the corners, none out in the first.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

1-0 Nats on the sac fly.

[Guest KC]

Yeah, I was thinking personality traits re: Willie/Billy.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Trax gets out of the first with only giving up one run. Not bad, all things considered.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Might as well get my daily whine in.

Six straight.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

If this game gets rained out, there's no point in making it up. It's a truly meaningless game.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Reyes back in the steal business.

Good throw, though.

Cedeño tailed off at the end of his 66-steal season, also.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Armas comes to the plate with the bases loaded and nobody out. He hits into a double play, with one run scoring. 2-0 Nats, runner on 3rd, two out.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Trax makes a good fielding play to get Castro at first and end the inning. 2-0 in the middle of the second.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ralph in the park, but not in the booth? Boo!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Very nice DP turnage by Jose Valentin as Ryan Church flips him over.

Gary Cohen: "Valentin taken out by Church on Sunday."

How long has he been waiting to use that?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Holy crap, Cliff Floyd gunned down trying for two.

Waddaya thinking, ya big gimp?!

[Zvon]

[A Boy Named Seo]

Is that the Mad Magazine "M"?

Nicely done.

[Zvon]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Is that the Mad Magazine "M"? Nicely done.

Ha--yes it is--good eye dude.
Thats called MadFont.

Ive been reading the GUjersey thread since i got here.
LMAO-i gotta pity that fool...

[Zvon]

Come on guys,-Id like a win here.

Oliver in for Trax.

[Zvon]

That 1b ump really screwed the pootch there-
he clearly called that grounder down the line foul and then changed his call in mid stride.
Two more runs in for the Nats -
5-1.

Watchin that sub commercial w/ Willie and Joe.
Maybe Willie can manage--he [u:d6486e153e]cant[/u:d6486e153e] act.

[Zvon]

Its pouring in Philly and the game will be delayed in the 7th with the Phightins up 9-5.
Games official, but since they are playin the Fish they will try to get the rest of that game in.

Dodgers play later this afternoon,1/2 game behind the Phils in the wild card race.

[Zvon]

Humbers up in the pen.
Someone here was packin lumber for Humber.....who was it?


Crap--I cant believe this. The CW11 just got blacked out mid inning.

[stevejrogers]

That was Val I believe

WELCOME A BOARD ICK!

Met number 799

[Zvon]

This really sucks.
Only game I get to see all week and they black it out in the last few frames.
And Humbers pitchin!
What a rip.

[stevejrogers]

Not a bad inning of work. A little shakiness with Lopez, but the job was gotten done.

Lets hope that was the first of many, many, many innings in a Met uniform!

[Zvon]

Would be nice if the Mets scored 5 runs here and got him a win.
Would be nice to see it happen.
But Ill settle for hearing it go down.
Or reading it.....

im pissed

[stevejrogers]

The few, the...uhh maybe not so proud, the one inning Mets:

Bob Gibson 7/25/1987
Manny Hernandez 9/16/1989
Bill Pecota Non Pitcher 9/26/1992
Kenny Greer 9/29/1993
Derek Bell Non Pitcher 8/22/2000
Desi Relaford Non Pitcher 5/17/2001
Todd Zeile Non Pitcher 7/26/2004
Philip Humber 9/24/2006

I find it interesting that all of the one-inning career appearances by Mets have all come within the last 20 years. Especially how pitching strapped the Mets were back in the pre-Gil/Rube years