IGT 07/05, Mets at 'stros

[Guest Kid Carsey]

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

Bidge 2b
Pence cf
Berkman 1b
Lee lf
Loretta ss
Lamb 3b
Scott rf
Munson c
Jennings p

[metirish]

Bidge - 2B...that's not meant to be Lidge is it..has he given up pitching?

[Gwreck]

Bidge = nickname for Biggio.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Reyes: first triple since June 2.

[seawolf17]

Ledee: First RBI since Little League.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Remember when Jason Jennings destroyed us? Hit a few homers and shut us out... it might have been his 1st or 2nd career start.

His ass has become really enormous.

[Frayed Knot]

Not that either of those first two ABs were Pence's (CF) or Berkmna's (1B) fault ... but Houston is a bad fielding team in that they've got about 5 guys on the field at one time whose best position is LF/DH/1B

(and, once again, we don't know our enemy as well as we should)

[Frayed Knot]

two in the top of the 1st ... will probably be our last as per recent trends.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Early lead
Early lead
Foreshadowing
A night of need?

[metirish]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Remember when Jason Jennings destroyed us? Hit a few homers and shut us out... it might have been his 1st or 2nd career start. His ass has become really enormous.

His first MLB start...only pitcher in history to throw a compete game shutout and hit a homer in his maiden game...thanks Gary.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

]His first MLB start...only pitcher in history to throw a compete game shutout and hit a homer in his maiden game...thanks Gary.

I don't believe Gary shared that xtra tidbit about the size of Jennings' caboose.

CPF: You get the whole story here.

[metirish]

So Gary brings up the Rockies series and they show a clip of Willie talking about it,his usual cool self,then Keith spends five minutes talking aobut the fucking yankees and how they handle things...who gives a shit man.

[Frayed Knot]

Don't worry 'bout leaving them bases loaded like that Carlos ... it's not like we're gonna need those runs later or anything.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Maine looks extra crispy tonight.

[metirish]

Delgado with warning track power...double of the wall...430 foot away.

[Guest Edgy DC]

New strategy, put the pill on the hill.

[Frayed Knot]

Pence actually caught one of Ryan Howard's drive on that hill the other day, right up against one of those flag poles.

Just Delgado's luck tho huh? Hit's one 430+ and gets only a double.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Not for nothing but if Delgado would only improve a lot of our other issues would go away.

I said the same thing about my complexion in high school.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Valentin hustling. Important run he brings home.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

[Farmer Ted]

Astros announcers tell me that the Mets are 17-8 when Rastro is in the lineup.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Go Maine.

K K K K K K K

[Guest Edgy DC]

Aflac trivia in Houston. Fonzie is the answer.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

That was some game by Edgardo.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

It turned Seventeen to Thirteen.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm glad that bouncer down the third-base line wasn't the first hit.

The gain of Maine makes LaRussa look insane.

[metirish]

And the guy form teh Pirates won his ninth game today...did LaRussa actually get to pick Oswalt...Young won the online vote.

[Guest Edgy DC]

All of a sudden, Luke Scott is Joe Rudi.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I know he was once a top prospect, and maybe he's a wunnerful guy or something, but I fear no team that puts Eric Munson in uniform. He symbolizes more than anybody (even Easley) those awful Tiger teams of the early eighties.

I nonetheless applaud Houston for returning him to catcher after all these years. It's like he's finally realizing the legacy of his name.

[nymr83]

John Maine says "you want to leave ME off the allstar team?"

6 innings, no runs, 8 k's.