IGT - 7/17/07 - NY Mets @ San Diego Padres - 10PM est.

[Gwreck]

LoDuca, Valentin, Beltran -- yes, you all really did need those RBIs. Shawn Green, your turn next.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Alright!
Now listen, Baby...

You don't care for me
I don't-a care about that
Gotta new fool, ha!
I like it like that

I have only one burning desire
Let me stand next to your fire...

Let me stand next to your fire!
Let me stand next to your fire!
Let me stand next to your fire!
Let me stand next to your fire!

Listen here, baby...
...and stop acting so crazy

You say your mum ain't home
It ain't my concern
Just don't play with me
And you won't get burned

I have only one itching desire

Let me stand next to your fire...

Let me stand next to your fire!
Let me stand next to your fire!
Let me stand next to your fire!
Let me stand next to your fire!

Oh! Move over, Rover
And let Jimi take over

Yeah, you know what I'm talking 'bout
Yeah, get on with it, baby!
That's what I'm talking 'bout!
Now dig this!
Ha!
Now listen, baby...

You try to gimme your money
you better save it, babe
Save it for your
Rainy day

I have only one burning desire
Let me stand next to your fire...

Let me stand next to your fire!
Let me stand next to your fire!
Let me stand next to your fire!
Let me stand next to your fire!

[Guest Edgy DC]

How about that base-stealin' Valentin?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Make 'em pay, Last-stings.

[Guest Edgy DC]

David Wright shows some intangibles with the hook slide.

Ruben pinch-hitting robs Hernandez of the complete game.

[Frayed Knot]

I kinda liked the bunt by Green in that inning.
Kept 'em out of the GiDP and was good for a tack-on run.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I kinda liked taking the dog out with a 4-0 lead and coming home with a 7-0 lead. Duque gets the win. Lotsa beer drinkers, but, once again, looks like the pitcher gets first shot at the pitcher.

[metirish]

Edgy DC wrote: Did he pick it up out there? Meanwhile, Rickey is wearing an elbow protector coaching first.

Rickey just can't give up the dream,can he,I noticed when he was being interviewd that he had something on his elbow....funny.


I'm getting old as I lasted until the 3rd inning only.

[Centerfield]

Most enjoyable game in like a month.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Plus Atlanta lost, which puts the Mets in a good position to hold onto first place until the end of this western swing.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I took some satisfaction in the beating up of Royce Ring, and would very much like to smack Heath Bell around tonight.

He can't talk that way about our organization! Only WE can talk shit about our organization!!!

[Benjamin Grimm]

It was a pleasant surprise to wake up this morning and find out that the Mets had defeated Jake Peavey.

Before I got the game results, I was thinking about how during the 2006 season I often had that 1986 feeling, that the Mets could beat any pitcher and any opponent. But the way this season's been going, I went to bed last night expecting to learn of a Mets loss in the morning.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

CF said it -- really their best-looking game in weeks and weeks. Not that we have the luxury of being satisfied with 1-game winning streaks, it was a nice, solid, handsome, virile, crispy win.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Hopefully it's one to build on. Tonight we have young John Maine against ancient Greg Maddux. Braves and Reds are tied in the ninth in Atlanta this afternoon. If the Mets can hold or expand their lead over the course of this California trip, it'll be a very good thing.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Rockin' Doc wrote: I haven't been able to figure out what Pfx stands for either, DocTee.

Apparently, in Gameday, pfx is the horizontal break, while "break" is the vertical break. They are also sometimes distinguished as pfx_x and pfx_z.

[Elster88]

I woulda thought x and y

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah. My guess is that the plane is perpendicular to the front of the plate, and that the Y axis is the one coming at you.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Somebody make Wright feel better.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I found the following explaination of break and pFx on the MLB site:

Q: Why is the Pitch-f/x data only shown for some games but not others?

A: The Pitch-f/x technology is currently up and running in eight ballparks -- Atlanta, Chicago (White Sox), Los Angeles (Angels and Dodgers), San Diego, Seattle, Texas and Toronto -- so this new data is currently only available for games played in those ballparks. However, the system will be operational in all 30 ballparks by the end of the season, so expect to see the Pitch-f/x data for more and more games as the season progresses.

Q: What is the PFX value?

A: The "Pitch-f/x" value is currently defined as the measurement of the distance between the location of the actual pitch thrown over the plate, and the calculated location of a ball thrown by the pitcher in the same way, with no spin; this is the value we provided in Enhanced Gameday last season as "Break". The new Break value, which we feel is more appropriate for the common understanding of the term, is defined as the measurement of the greatest distance between the trajectory of the pitch at any point between the release point and the front of home plate, and the straight line path from the release point and the front of home plate. By this definition, a Barry Zito curveball will have a much greater Break value than a Brad Penny fastball.

[DocTee]

Thanks guys. That MLB explanation is impenetrable-- I like Edgy's better