NLDS Game #1 IGT, 10/4 - Mets vs. Dodgers

[metirish]

Damn you nomar.

[Zvon]

Centerfield wrote: Tying run into scoring position.

yea, uncontested steal.
And Nomar comes thru for the dodgers with a BIG double to tie the game.

[Guest Hillbilly]

Fuck you Nomar!

[Guest KC]

Mota batting ... the decision that keeps hurtin and hurtin and hurtin ...

[Guest Hillbilly]

LETS GET SOME RUNS!!!!!!!!!!

[Zvon]

Mota comes back to strike out Kent. Niiiice.

okay, its 4-4-----back to being nervous on every pitch.

[Guest Hillbilly]

KC wrote: Mota batting ... the decision that keeps hurtin and hurtin and hurtin ...

Yeah, but Valentin throwing o wrong bag really hurt him!

[Valadius]

What the fuck??? MOOOOOOOOOOOTAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

[Zvon]

KC wrote: Mota batting ... the decision that keeps hurtin and hurtin and hurtin ...

you could be correct sir-
it was a big spot to be hitting in.
And he may have been in there a wee bit too long---but he did get Kent and we are still in the game.

We cant show all our arms in one fell swoop,....can we?

Penny is in for the Dodgers.
Mets have the top of the lineup.
We need you on base Reyes.

[Guest Hillbilly]

Hi I'm Brad Penny. My back feels like I'm 100 years old. My pitches are about to travel all over the world....

[Guest KC]

Agreed hillbilly, but I still think it's a little nutty throwin' a relief pitcher up to
bat when you can put someone in to get a single and a couple of runs.

Shit, even Glavine could have batted if they're gun shy with the bench.

[Zvon]

YES-he works a walk.

[apmorris]

time to steal

[Guest Hillbilly]

KC wrote: Agreed hillbilly, but I still think it's a little nutty throwin' a relief pitcher up to bat when you can put someone in to get a single and a couple of runs. Shit, even Glavine could have batted if they're gun shy with the bench.

I hear you. I was surprised when Mota hit.

[apmorris]

not, in, time (reyes takes 2nd)

[Zvon]

apmorris wrote: time to steal

YES!!---Reyes hears you.

[apmorris]

p.s. can ESPN tell us about Showalter please

[Guest Hillbilly]

="apmorris"]p.s. can ESPN tells us about Showalter please[/quoteI I heard he got fired.

Centerfield Oct 04 2006 06:33 PM

LET'S GET SOME RUNS

apmorris Oct 04 2006 06:34 PM

boom goes the dynamite

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 06:35 PM

Gary Cohen in the booth. Oh, the injustice.

Centerfield Oct 04 2006 06:35 PM

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT!!!!!!

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 06:35 PM

How 'bout that Delgado? Suddenly he's a leftfield hitter of late.

TheOldMole Oct 04 2006 06:36 PM

I love these guys. They're coming through.

Centerfield Oct 04 2006 06:36 PM

YES!!!!!! GO WRIGHT!!!!!!

Hillbilly Oct 04 2006 06:36 PM

Willets Point wrote: ="Yancy Street Gang"] He's not Jeter. Thankfully. Maybe he is, Delgado sure is and he'd have Arod's back

TheOldMole Oct 04 2006 06:36 PM

Hustle by Wright.

apmorris Oct 04 2006 06:37 PM

Zvon Oct 04 2006 06:37 PM

Delgado with a big ribby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5-4. Carlos D is 4-4. And WRIGHT with THE BIG hit again drives in run 6! David gets to second. 2 in scoring pos 4 Cliffy.---UGH! that was no strike

Centerfield Oct 04 2006 06:38 PM

Come on Green.

Hillbilly Oct 04 2006 06:39 PM

Wlaks Kill, as both walked baserunners score.

Zvon Oct 04 2006 06:49 PM

Nice play by CarlosD!

Hillbilly Oct 04 2006 06:50 PM

Great 8th by Heilman! I won't be disappointed if the Mets plate 10 runs here in the bottom of the frame.

Zvon Oct 04 2006 06:50 PM

KC Oct 04 2006 06:50 PM

And nicer inning by Heilman, Z ... jeez

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 06:52 PM

Zvon is burning nitro in his tank tonight. I almost hat him for framing this game historically while it's still going on. Billy Wagner, tonight you are a man.

apmorris Oct 04 2006 06:53 PM

did they HAVE to show that hi-light (1988 killed me)

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 06:54 PM

Oh, and two guys tagged out one-behind-the-other hap'd to the Yankees around 1983. I'm pretty sure one of the guys was Dale Berra and the other was a rookie who got sent down to AA by Steinbrenner before the game was over.

apmorris Oct 04 2006 06:54 PM

base hit (kent's not the best defensive 2nd baseman - is he)

Rockin' Doc Oct 04 2006 06:55 PM

Oh boy! Isn't this great?

Zvon Oct 04 2006 06:56 PM

apmorris wrote: did they HAVE to show that hi-light (1988 killed me) I was at the game when Gibson made that catch. One of the few things I could actually see from the mezz seats i had. Reyes--MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Hillbilly Oct 04 2006 06:57 PM

Speed Kills, there isn't a Stat in the game that picks up how Jose caused that 3-0 count, which lead to that hit.

apmorris Oct 04 2006 06:57 PM

speed kills ld hits a long single

apmorris Oct 04 2006 06:58 PM

lets go beltran - the time is now.

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 06:59 PM

This would be a good time to walk Beltran and let the lefthanded specialist go after Delgado. But he decided to cut his hand open.

A Boy Named Seo Oct 04 2006 07:01 PM

I love that McEnroe's rocking the blue cap and blue t-shirt.

Zvon Oct 04 2006 07:01 PM

Big walk by Beltran!-- bases intoxicated for Delgado......

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 07:04 PM

Me, I'm rockin' the pastel.

A Boy Named Seo Oct 04 2006 07:05 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Me, I'm rockin' the pastel. Equally anti-establishment. C'mon, Billy.

Zvon Oct 04 2006 07:06 PM

CarlosD cant be perfect in his 1st post season game--strikes out. But he has delivered, so i aint complainin'

Valadius Oct 04 2006 07:06 PM

David Wright Rockin' the Pastel Shirts

KC Oct 04 2006 07:07 PM

Now is when Wagner is gonna earn his dough not when he's padding roto stats .... I hope.

Zvon Oct 04 2006 07:07 PM

Should I?.....should I? Yea-

Valadius Oct 04 2006 07:08 PM

Goddammit!!!!!

Hillbilly Oct 04 2006 07:09 PM

No problem Billy. Leave him at 2nd!

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 07:09 PM

Um, Bootemit.

Zvon Oct 04 2006 07:09 PM

Awww-that dont hit his back we got him at third---damn.

Hillbilly Oct 04 2006 07:09 PM

Man trhey should have had that fool at 3rd!!!

Valadius Oct 04 2006 07:10 PM

A "laser" to third.

Valadius Oct 04 2006 07:11 PM

Damn right he got him!!!

Zvon Oct 04 2006 07:11 PM

Did Phillips call Beltran Delgado? Wags with the big K--2 out.

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 07:13 PM

Le'ts not face Nomar.

metirish Oct 04 2006 07:13 PM

Holy shit Wagner.

Hillbilly Oct 04 2006 07:13 PM

Stress, Stress, Stress!!!!

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 07:13 PM

We're going to face Nomar.

Valadius Oct 04 2006 07:13 PM

Goddammit!!!!! I don't know whether to blame Green or Wagner on that one.

apmorris Oct 04 2006 07:14 PM

this is huge (nomars up, man on 2nd, 2 outs, 2 strikes)

Valadius Oct 04 2006 07:14 PM

DAMN. 84-4 when leading after 8.

Zvon Oct 04 2006 07:14 PM

Hillbilly wrote: Stress, Stress, Stress!!!! ...and more stress.

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 07:14 PM

I blame Milledge for not making a better case for himself to be on the roster and covering for Green in the ninth.

apmorris Oct 04 2006 07:15 PM

Valadius Oct 04 2006 07:15 PM

YES!!!!!!!!!!

metirish Oct 04 2006 07:15 PM

Game over.....Mets win.

Zvon Oct 04 2006 07:15 PM

WHEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Hillbilly Oct 04 2006 07:15 PM

YES YES YES, FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 07:16 PM

Partee!!

KC Oct 04 2006 07:16 PM

Wagner pitched a nice sequence to Nomah ... but I'm not sold that he'll take us to the promise land. It's not how you get there I guess, a W is a W.

Zvon Oct 04 2006 07:17 PM

Player of the game

Johnny Dickshot Oct 04 2006 07:19 PM

YES!

Zvon Oct 04 2006 07:29 PM

Play of the game

Elster88 Oct 04 2006 07:42 PM

That's how we roll.

Elster88 Oct 04 2006 07:45 PM

KC wrote: Wagner pitched a nice sequence to Nomah ... but I'm not sold that he'll take us to the promise land. It's not how you get there I guess, a W is a W. Every closer is going to lose playoff games. I'll take Wagner over most of the guys out there.

metirish Oct 04 2006 07:47 PM

Good post-game stuff on SNY....

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 07:49 PM

Mr. Met is sitting on top of my computer, partying like it's 1999.

OlerudOwned Oct 04 2006 07:52 PM

I couldn't get to a computer for the exciting parts of the game (see: most), but god damn that was a blast. A nervous blast, but a blast nonetheless.

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 07:53 PM

Elster88 wrote: ="KC"]Wagner pitched a nice sequence to Nomah ... but I'm not sold that he'll take us to the promise land. It's not how you get there I guess, a W is a W. Every closer is going to lose playoff games. I'll take Wagner over most of the guys out there. Payton hit a three-run homer off of Mariano Freakin Rivera in the ninth inning of Game Three in 2000. The trick is to build enough of a pad to ask as little of your closer as possible. They gave him a two-run pad, and he pitched within it. Game.

metirish Oct 04 2006 08:01 PM

Gary and Ron trying to do the post-game from Shea to chants of "Yankees suck" from the fans gathered behind them.

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 08:03 PM

Turn in your tickets, punks.

metirish Oct 04 2006 08:08 PM

How does Mota get the win after giving up the runs to tie the game?

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 08:13 PM

Because the process by which wins are awarded to pitchers is archaic and highly flawed. Teams win and teams lose.

cooby Oct 04 2006 08:15 PM

Just like 1986, the first thing I did was call my dad.

Yancy Street Gang Oct 04 2006 08:20 PM

Boy, that was fun!

KC Oct 04 2006 08:38 PM

Hey, I don't like Wagner. Tomorrow I'll just post FUUUCCCKKK and pretty pictures if I happen to be in the IGT. People embrace and dance around weird shit here sometimes.

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 08:47 PM

Thing is, I don't trust him either. I'd just rather not trust any closer.

Valadius Oct 04 2006 09:01 PM

Hey, I called my dad too!

Edgy DC Oct 04 2006 09:24 PM

Yikes, I'm reaching out to rescue 5157 and bring him home. http://www.dodgerblues.com/fanforum/nfphpbb/viewtopic.php?t=6689

cooby Oct 04 2006 09:26 PM

heheh, I'll bet you didn't call your dad in 1986!

metirish Oct 04 2006 09:27 PM

Jeez that board seems like a fun place...

OlerudOwned Oct 04 2006 09:28 PM

Yikes. Remind me to never visit LA.

cooby Oct 04 2006 09:28 PM

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I love that McEnroe's rocking the blue cap and blue t-shirt. Has John McEnroe been ill?

Gwreck Oct 04 2006 09:30 PM

Crowd was as loud as I've heard it in quite some time, especially during the first inning. Never got quite that loud again but they were pretty good. Unfortunate Yankees suck chant here and there (like after they ran that commercial on the Diamondvision where Tommy Lasorda tells us that October is the time to root against the yankees). Pedro was in the dugout, shown on the screen between innings. Cheers. He tries to duck away, but Ray Ramirez convinces him to come back up, he waves to the crowd (doing that Pedro "point" thing he does). Floyd got a curtain call of sorts, he was shown inside a big heart during the "Kiss Cam" between innings on the Diamonvision. He's put up, lots of cheering, he turns to see what's on the scoreboard and realizes that it's him. Tips the cap. I don't think I've ever seen Delgado show so much emotion on the field. I don't think he could've high-fived David Wright any harder after that bomb of a homer. Huge fist pump after the single in the 7th. To answer a question from earlier, yes, they did player introductions, but before the TV coverage started. El Duque limped out there for them, but then they didn't introduce him...and after finishing the rest of the players introduced him (the announcer seemed to be reading from the roster sheet directly). Serves Fox right for getting the rain delay after putting the MFYs in primetime again.

metirish Oct 04 2006 09:32 PM

Delgado in the post-game press conference could not have been happier,I guess when you wait that long to play these games it means that much more.

ScarletKnight41 Oct 04 2006 09:39 PM

Wow - that was intense! I'm not going to have a voice for a week, but it is totally worth it. A lot of emotion and ceremony even before the game, and thank goodness John Maine came through on short notice. It was a great day to be at Shea. I hope that those of you with Game 2 Tix have as good a time tomorrow night!

Centerfield Oct 04 2006 09:45 PM

After two months of meaningless baseball, what a weird feeling it was to be hanging on every pitch again. I am exhausted. I started feeling the effects during the seventh inning or so. Clearly the layoff has affected my endurance. Maybe I should have stretched it out a bit more in September.

metirish Oct 04 2006 09:49 PM

Some pics from today....thanks Newsday...I love this one

Centerfield Oct 04 2006 09:56 PM

Is John McEnroe a Mets fan?

Johnny Dickshot Oct 04 2006 10:01 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Yikes, I'm reaching out to rescue 5157 and bring him home. http://www.dodgerblues.com/fanforum/nfphpbb/viewtopic.php?t=6689 Don't bother. That guy's an idiot who's embarrassing us Met fans, and besides those fans are doing a fine job skewering him anyway.

Rotblatt Oct 04 2006 10:05 PM

Amazing game. Maine did a great job, and Delgado and Wright made me ever-so-happy. Mota looked sharp in the sixth, but I really wanted us to go to Heilman midway through the 7th. Still, it's hard to blame that awesome bunt by Anderson or Valentin's error on Mota . . . The crowd was amazing. I didn't think they could get any more intense than they were at the clincher, but they managed it. Billy nearly gave me a heart attack. Seriously, dude, stop fucking around. I can't wait to see the replay of the double play at the plate. That shit was incredible. I've never seen anything remotely like it. Green had a suck-ass game, but that one throw mitigates at least half of his at bats. Anyway, I'm totally exhausted now. And happy. What a game! Let's Go Mets!

Johnny Dickshot Oct 04 2006 10:06 PM

What an extraordinary 2006 Met game. It went almost exactly as you knew the Mets would have to win: Their guns came through with just enough offense (despite leaving a few too many guys on 3rd), they were rewarded for making the plays and punished for not making them, WWSB strapped them on BIG-TIME going to situational guys in the 5th! -- brilliant! Ballsy! -- getting more than half the game from a tag-teaming bullpen. I don'tt recommend playing that way as a means to win every game, but to win one game -- today's game -- it was the way to go.

Lundy Oct 04 2006 10:29 PM

It was absolutely intense at the game. The fans were keyed up for every pitch of the game. We were standing and rhythymically clapping for strikeouts in the FIRST inning, for crissakes. I was sitting in the mezz in the rightfield corner, kinda near the back of the section, so we couldn't see Shawn Green miss the ball, but we could tell from the crowd reaction that he didn't catch the ball. I'm guessing the baserunners were also focused on Green and whether or not he caught the ball. It certainly was the oddest double play I've ever seen. Kinda angry that they didn't replay it on Diamondvision (or if they did, we missed it.) Just to illustrate how busy and intense the game was. While walking to Penn Station, I noticed that my shoelace was untied. I was running late for the train, so I said, screw it, I'll tie it on the train. Train was too crowded--had to stand. Boardwalk over to Shea was packed as well. Waiting to pass through Gate E packed as well. Got to my seat right at first pitch and never thought about my shoelace. It was finally tied--right after I got off the train at Little Neck after the game.

Gwreck Oct 04 2006 10:32 PM

Where did Delgado's homer land, anyway? I watched the replay on ESPN and on Mets.com and I can't see it. I missed it at the game because, well, we were going nuts. It was announced as 470 feet...did it clear the batter's eye? I don't think I've ever seen anyone do that.

Willets Point Oct 04 2006 11:38 PM

I think this is my first win for starting an IGT.

Zvon Oct 04 2006 11:38 PM

="Gwreck"]Where did Delgado's homer land, anyway? I watched the replay on ESPN and on Mets.com and I can't see it. I missed it at the game because, well, we were going nuts. It was announced as 470 feet...did it clear the batter's eye? I don't think I've ever seen anyone do that. Good question--I heard the 470 feet thing but never did see the ball come down, or hit off the batters eye. ="Lundy"] Just to illustrate how busy and intense the game was. While walking to Penn Station, I noticed that my shoelace was untied. I was running late for the train, so I said, screw it, I'll tie it on the train. Train was too crowded--had to stand. Boardwalk over to Shea was packed as well. Waiting to pass through Gate E packed as well. Got to my seat right at first pitch and never thought about my shoelace. It was finally tied--right after I got off the train at Little Neck after the game. ...you know what that means, dont ya Lundy....... You have to untie your shoe before tomorrow nights game and leave it untied all game. Dont question it. Someone find out who this babe is---I think its love at first sight.

Zvon Oct 04 2006 11:53 PM

Last two game one cards. (if CPF'rs would rather I put these in a seperate thread, lemme know--I know these could effect some load times)

metirish Oct 04 2006 11:54 PM

Season ticket holder and avid Mets fan, Cheryl Baren of Jericho, Long Island wears her game face and waves a poster to cheer her team during batting practice. New York Mets vs.the Los Angeles Dodgers at Shea Stadium, Game She's all yours

Gwreck Oct 04 2006 11:56 PM

="Zvon"] Someone find out who this babe is---I think its love at first sight. I don't know her, but she seats in the Field Boxes, first base side, somewhere between boxes 49 and 79.

Zvon Oct 05 2006 12:08 AM

="metirish"] Season ticket holder and avid Mets fan, Cheryl Baren of Jericho, Long Island wears her game face and waves a poster to cheer her team during batting practice. New York Mets vs.the Los Angeles Dodgers at Shea Stadium, Game She's all yours WOW! I did not really expect an answer , no less the whole scoop. Is she hitched? If so, does she play around? I dont mean sex or anything like that--Id settle for tossing the ball around with her.

Nymr83 Oct 05 2006 12:10 AM

great great game, i just got home (no i wasnt there.) this was a huge win for the Mets behind the bullpen. i thought Randolph should have pinch-hit for Mota, the Mets have too many pitchers on the roster anyway theres no reason to care about wasting one there. it was well-managed and well-played otherwise. where is cleon "doom and gloom" jones? are the dodgers still winning it in 4?

Zvon Oct 05 2006 12:18 AM

ESPN just showed clips of all the instances 2 runners were thrown out at home in video recorded MLB history. 7 or 8 of em. Willie Randolf was a number 2 of 2 out-at-the-plate-guys while playing for the Mets.(the play was broken up by a throw to second and blotched rundown in between) ha...still- how bout that?

ScarletKnight41 Oct 05 2006 07:07 AM

This was more of a pregame thread thing, but I was in the ladies room before the game, when I overheard someone on her cell phone saying, "I'm stuck here in Manhattan in a management training seminar. I'll be here until at least 6:30." I wonder whether the person on the other end of the conversation heard me lauging at that.

cooby Oct 05 2006 07:46 AM

I wonder if she called again at 6:30 to say the seminar was running late

Willets Point Oct 05 2006 07:53 PM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: This was more of a pregame thread thing, but I was in the ladies room before the game, when I overheard someone on her cell phone saying, "I'm stuck here in Manhattan in a management training seminar. I'll be here until at least 6:30." I wonder whether the person on the other end of the conversation heard me lauging at that. You should post that on Overhead in New York.

ScarletKnight41 Oct 05 2006 08:15 PM

LOL - you have my permission to post it on my behalf

[Centerfield]

LET'S GET SOME RUNS

[apmorris]

boom goes the dynamite

[Guest Edgy DC]

Gary Cohen in the booth. Oh, the injustice.

[Centerfield]

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT!!!!!!

[Guest Edgy DC]

How 'bout that Delgado? Suddenly he's a leftfield hitter of late.

[Theoldmole]

I love these guys. They're coming through.

[Centerfield]

YES!!!!!! GO WRIGHT!!!!!!

[Guest Hillbilly]

Willets Point wrote: ="Yancy Street Gang"] He's not Jeter. Thankfully.

Maybe he is, Delgado sure is and he'd have Arod's back

[Theoldmole]

Hustle by Wright.

[apmorris]

[Zvon]

Delgado with a big ribby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5-4.

Carlos D is 4-4.

And WRIGHT with THE BIG hit again drives in run 6!
David gets to second.
2 in scoring pos 4 Cliffy.---UGH! that was no strike

[Centerfield]

Come on Green.