IGT 05/15, Cubs at Mets

[Guest Kid Carsey]

Theriot 2b
Bang Pow rf
Soriano lf
Ramirez 3b
Ward 1b
Barrett c
Jones cf
Iztursis ss
Zambrano p

Reyes ss
Chavez lf
Beltran cf
Delgado 1b
Wright 3b
Green rf
Lo Duca c
Easley 2b
Maine p

[Frayed Knot]

Here's an exacta I bet few would have had before the season started:

Carlos Zambrano R 3-3; 5.83 vs John Maine R 5-0; 1.79

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Soriano, Jones, Floyd.

Go for the gaps, boys.

[Guest iramets]

Cubs 3-0.

Maine seems to have let a crucial pitch over the plate that none of the radio guys can ID: too slow for a fastball, too fast for a change, just right to get whacked for a Ground Rule double.

[Guest iramets]

Maine looks kinda weak tonite, no control. He IBBs Is-Tsuris to get at Carlos Z. and goes a very unintentional 3-and-0 on him.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Wow, Cotter v 2.0 interviewing Metsblog's Matt Cerrone.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

Interesting that SNY (a station owned by an MLB team) has a guy in the
stands giving a plug to a baseball internet site about that team that isn't
powered by Sun Microsystems.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Green raking today. Made sure to get under this one a bit more.

[Guest iramets]

Lorne Green jacks one out. 3-1.

Can Maine eke out a win, ya think?

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Newhan may not be much of a pinch hitter, but the guy draws a lot of walks.

[Batty31]

Easley with a base hit. Newhan with a walk using LoDuca's bat, and here comes Reyes. Let the rally begin!

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Way to be, Scot.

[duan]

i'll say this, I don't think Schoeneweis was one of Omar's best moves.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Not a lot of moves working out today.

Plenty of time left for the Schoeneweis signing to, um, fully reveal itself.

[nymr83]

[metirish]

I was at the game.....it sucked...good seats though...field level,3rd base.

[Batty31]

Oh wow...those are great seats. How did you manage to get those? I was only able to get field seats once, and that was the game that was snowed out in April 2000. Figures... But on the positive side, I got two replacement games in subpar seats.

[nymr83]

in my opinion, field level sucks. the front rows of loge and mezzanine are far better.....and if you're not between the bases on field i'd even rather be in the upper deck

[Gwreck]

Was there. It sucked.

Floyd got a nice reception but shoulda got the standing O. Disappointing.

[duan]

Edgy DC wrote: Not a lot of moves working out today. Plenty of time left for the Schoeneweis signing to, um, fully reveal itself.

yeah, I know, and the market for 'established' left handed relief pitching was so insane this winter that the rotting carcass of Mike Stanton got a 2 year deal plus option at worth 5.5 - 8 million.
I just wish they'd gone the Oliver route:
ie: sift through the retreads in spring training/start of the season rather then commit to 3 years.

[metirish]

Batty31 wrote: Oh wow...those are great seats. How did you manage to get those? I was only able to get field seats once, and that was the game that was snowed out in April 2000. Figures... But on the positive side, I got two replacement games in subpar seats.

My wife got them through work,four tickets,best seats I ever had at a game,wife is not a baseball fan but she thoroughly enjoyed it,apart from the score of course,wants to go again,seats didn't suck.