IGT 04/03, Mets at Redbirds

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Hey, Schoenweis is a local. Cool.

[Elster88]

Rotblatt wrote: Alou wuz robbed by the wind--I thought it was a goner for sure.

I think Alou did too.

="GYC"] Rotblatt wrote: Alou wuz robbed by the wind--I thought it was a goner for sure. You're telling me. I'm in Florida, stuck without SNY or WFAN so I have to listen to the Cardinals' broadcast on XM radion. "The pitch to Alou..." *CRACK* "SWIIIIIIIIING AND A HOME RUN!!!" ...two seconds go by... "Maybe not, he's out at the wall." Talk about a buzz kill.

Hahaha that's hilarious. Even though it must've sucked for you just imagining that is killing me. Something Sterling would do.

[Guest iramets]

Rotblatt wrote: . . . Green's swan song didn't last long. Don't know what it is, but he really offends me on some basic level. Maybe it's just that I'd far rather have Milledge taking his at bats.

What's the thinking behind Endy coming for D for Green rather than Alou?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I've got the Cardinal broadcast here also.

Eckstein is up, and there's scrap everywhere.

[Guest cooby]

iramets wrote: ="Rotblatt"]. . . Green's swan song didn't last long. Don't know what it is, but he really offends me on some basic level. Maybe it's just that I'd far rather have Milledge taking his at bats. What's the thinking behind Endy coming for D for Green rather than Alou?

At first I thought that said Edgy

[Elster88]

We're getting dangerous here.

[Guest GYC]

Schoeneweis is already on my bad side.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Gimme danger

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

]Among other things, I learned that there's a chain grocery store in Missouri called "Schunks" and they have Oscar Mayer bacon on sale this week.

That's S-c-h-n-u-c-k-'s, pronounced "Shnooks" They operate some pretty nice stores. St. Louis is unique among U.S. cities in that its top 2 grocery chains are local, family-controlled companies. (Dierberg's is the other).

Schoeneweis is the first No. 60 in Mets history.

Nervous.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Ugh. I don't like this.

Let's go, Heilman!

]What's the thinking behind Endy coming for D for Green rather than Alou?

Yeah, I'm not sure. Maybe it's that Endy can do more damage in right field, and you don't want to take Alou's bat out of the game?

[Gwreck]

iramets wrote: What's the thinking behind Endy coming for D for Green rather than Alou?

Simple:
Alou is a better hitter and will be up in the order sooner.

[Elster88]

Heilman's BAA with righties last year .231
Against lefties? .231

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Look at that 2006 split on Heilman.

BAA: .231

vs. RH: .231

vs. LH: .231

(Yeah, what he said)

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Got under it. Good word, Aaron.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Balls of Jupiter

[Guest Rotblatt]

Atta boy, Aaron!

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Smoke 'em inside.

[metirish]

iramets wrote: ="Rotblatt"]. . . Green's swan song didn't last long. Don't know what it is, but he really offends me on some basic level. Maybe it's just that I'd far rather have Milledge taking his at bats. What's the thinking behind Endy coming for D for Green rather than Alou?

Gary asked Keith that,Hernandez thinks Alou covers more ground than Green....

[Frayed Knot]

Gwreck wrote: ="iramets"]What's the thinking behind Endy coming for D for Green rather than Alou? Simple: Alou is a better hitter and will be up in the order sooner.

Yeah, it's just a double switch and Green was the last out.
Green may not be the fielder he used to be but Alou never was particularly good and certainly isn't getting better at age 40.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Alou is a bad leftfielder. Green is a bad rightfielder. Assuming that they're equally bad (hardly established, but assuming so), a bad rightfielder is greater handicap.

Green may have the weakest righttfield arm in the bigs. It's a good thing he's scrappy.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Green is too tall to be scrappy.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Oh, wait, I didn't mean that s to be in there.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Totally Paulie totally whiffs on a totally high pitch totally after it's in Molina's mitt.

Totally un-cool.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

That's more like it.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Hey Billy, it's getting late, so how about a quick 1-2-3 inning tonight?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Wags looks redneckier than last year. He appears to have really stepped up his smokeless tobacco use over the overseason.

[metirish]

Where did all the fans go....you would think it's a blow out game..

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Way to wipe our asses with those gold-piped Cardinal unis.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Rockin' Doc wrote: Hey Billy, it's getting late, so how about a quick 1-2-3 inning tonight?

Ask and ye shall receive.

On to the next!

[metirish]

Stay tuned for Maz's post-game gig...