IGT 04/19, Mets at Marlins

[Guest Kid Carsey]

Reyes ss
Beltran cf
Alou lf
Delgado 1b
Wright 3b
Green rf
Castro c
Valentin 2b
Hernandez p

Ramirez ss
Uggla 2b
Cabrera 3b
Jacobs 1b
Willingham lf
Borchard rf
Olivo c
Amezaga cf
Vanden Hurk p

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Beltran (hitting 2nd) w/ a double in the 1st, Alou (hitting 3rd) with a RBI single.

That Willie. He's a (fucking) genius.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Vanden Hurk?

I'm afraid I don't know my enemy.

[Frayed Knot]

Never heard of this guy, but he throws hard and has gotta helluva hook.

* and I now reach the level of a (mis-spelled) Gregg Jefferies

[Guest GYC]

Joe Borchard FTW: Johnny Cash walk up music.

[A Boy Named Seo]

The Fox Sports Florida guys said Vanden Hurk speaks fluent Dutch, German, English, and Spanish. They said Olivo was freaked out the first time Vanden Hurk spoke to him in Spanish.

His hook is pretty serious. Baseball Cube had limited info on him. He was born in Amherst, NY in May, 1985. Here's a thing from MVN (the Most Valuable Network, whatever the hell that's supposed to mean).

#11 Rick Vanden Hurk - Starting Pitcher - 22 years old - Throws: Right - Bats: Right

Signed at age 17 out of the Marlins’ Dutch academy, Rick Vanden Hurk has been one of the more successful European imports in the system. Pitching in just 8 games between the Gulf Coast League and Jupiter, Rick was absolutely dominant this season. He had a combined 1.80era to go with a 0.92whip and a 14.76k’s per 9 innings. The one caution area is the 5.04 walks per 9 that he was allowing, but that can be attributed to his lack of command after coming off of elbow surgery. Throwing on a steep downhill plane, Rick throws a 96-97mph fastball to go with a big 12-6 rolling curveball, which hitters have a hard time with coming off his fastball. Vanden Hurk was invited to the Hawaii Winter League this season and had a very promising short season there. His velocity started to fade as the HWB season progressed but that is not much to worry about. In 40 innings, Rick compiled a 2-2 record with a 3.60era with 17 walks and 60 strikeouts. Opposing batters hit just .162 off of him in the HWB. The 6-5 Dutchman should start the season off in Carolina and spend most of the season there before having a chance to make the big club out in 2008. Although if the big team needs bullpen help, he may be in line to make the Marlins out of Spring Training.

[Frayed Knot]

]Baseball Cube had limited info on him. He was born in Amherst, NY in May, 1985.

Baseball-Reference.com (and Gary Cohen) have him born in The Netherlands.

[metirish]

The Marlins have a Durch academy?

[Batty31]

Joining the game late...can I have a quick recap?

[Frayed Knot]

Batty31 wrote: Joining the game late...can I have a quick recap?

Beltran double followed by Alou single netted the Mets a 1st inning run

Then a leadoff single followed by an error, a couple of bunts and a groundout netted the Marlins 2 in the bottom of the inning.

[Guest GYC]

Batty31 wrote: Joining the game late...can I have a quick recap?

Beltran double with 1 out, Alou (batting 3rd) singled him in. Bottom 1st, Hanley Ramirez singled, Uggla lays down a bunt and miscommunication in the infield leads to a D. Wright error, allowing Ramirez to score. Cabrera lays down a bunt, Uggla to 3rd. Cabrera would leave the game injured. Jacobs grounds out to score Uggla.

Edit: what Frayed Knot said...

[Batty31]

Thanks, Frayed and GYC for your excellent recaps. I appreciate it.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Big hit. Welcome back Delgado.

[Guest GYC]

Delgado drives in two with his 3rd XBH of the year!

[nymr83]

Green smacks a big hit to the opposite field, 5-2 Mets right now

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Cast-ram-o!

[Guest GYC]

7-2 Mets, Castro goes KABOOM

[nymr83]

Castro touches them all!

he smacked it off the Marlin's WS banner, if it was the 2003 banner then he was on that team!

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

6 runs with two outs:

[Frayed Knot]

What's amazing is that this kid is looking impressive and getting his ass kicked at the same time.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Frayed Knot wrote: ]Baseball Cube had limited info on him. He was born in Amherst, NY in May, 1985. Baseball-Reference.com (and Gary Cohen) have him born in The Netherlands.

Limited and apparently inaccurate. Van Der Beek does expose the ball very early in his delivery. Wonder if the dudes could see his grip? Castro popped that like he knew it was coming.

[Guest GYC]

El Duque thanks the Mets' hitters with a 3-K inning.

[nymr83]

Beltran!

[Guest GYC]

Carlos I goes Kaboom. 8-2.

[Frayed Knot]

In looking the kid up I tried to look for others from The Netherlands but had trouble finding even the ones I already knew of; namely the great Bert Blyleven.
Turns out that they list Blyleven (plus 5 or 6 others) as being from "Holland" which the computer sort naturally treats as being a different place than Netherlands.

[Guest Edgy DC]

That's pretty excellent that the Marlins have a Dutch Academy. They just became my second favorite NL East team. It's a distant second, to be honest.

Credit to Willie for jiggering the lineup in a way that gives him the left/right alternating and ignores demands that he move Wright.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Keep it going, David.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The streak carries on!

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Watching the first inning I thought this might be one of those nights where Dookie gets hammered.

But not to be.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

I forget the exact point, but he's been sick since.