IGT #108 - Mets at Brewers, 8/2/07

[Gwreck]

New York Mets
Reyes SS
Castillo 2B
Wright 3B
Delgado 1B
Alou LF
Easley RF
Castro C
Milledge CF
Brian Lawrence P

Milwaukee Brewers
Corey Hart RF
J.J. Hardy SS
Ryan Braun 3B
Prince Fielder 1B
Bill Hall CF
Geoff Jenkins LF
Johnny Estrada C
Tony Graffanino 2B
Chris Capuano P

[Benjamin Grimm]

Lawrence will become the 818th Met. (Castillo was 817, Adkins 816.)

He's the third Mets player to have been born in Colorado. (The other two: Ron Herbel and John Stearns.)

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Only the second No. 54 to play (Mark Clark #1)... Rube Walker Mr. All-Time

[TransMonk]

3 day games in a row followed by a Sunday night game.

My baseball internal clock is going to be all out of whack.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Only the second No. 54 to play (Mark Clark #1)... Rube Walker Mr. All-Time

And will remain so, but good luck to Lawrence all the same.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

How about LoDuca's ass nailed to the pine once again? And DGANG, no DIFelice? Or was he demoted?

I have no way of knowing but I wouldn't be surprised to discover this is as much about LoDuca's informing the press of Tuesday's lineup long before Willie posted it as it does with a hammy tweak. He was chirping again in today's papers about WWSB leaving him out last night.

I thought LoDuca in the meantime quit talking with the press, but seeing his quotes everywhere again. What a buswreck his year has been.

[metirish]

I'd bat Milledge 5th or 6th today.....

[Gwreck]

DiFelice was the Met removed from the roster, so that at least suggests that LoDuca is ok enough to play.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Meanwhile, Wright doubles, Delgado doubles, Alou singles.

2-0, Mets still batting in the first.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

2-0 good guys as with 2 out, Wright ^& Delgado double, Alooooo singles.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hey, Milwaukee got one back while I wasn't looking. Retroactive boo.

[Guest Edgy DC]

If you believe Gameday, nothing Lawrence throws is really over the plate.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Now it's tied. I'm not seeing the pitches, but I'm looking up when the ball gets hit.

And I knew Alou wasn't going to catch that.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Mercedes Benz is using the theme song from The Jeffersons in its TV commercials? (It's not the original vocals; it's some new version.)

I enjoy the cooking tips you see on the Brewers commercial breaks. It's always about tailgating or taters, it seems.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder, and Jeromy Burnitz are the only Brewers ever th have been named Player of the Month.

That seems a bit surprising, doesn't it? I would have guessed Yount or Molitor.

[Guest Rotblatt]

For those of you able to watch, how does Lawrence look? I read somewhere today that since surgery, he'd been struggling to break 80, which you'd think would make things difficult for an MLB pitcher.

Any scouting reports on him?

[Benjamin Grimm]

On his last pitch of the third inning (a hard grounder to Castillo) the radar gun showed Lawrence at 84 MPH.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder, and Jeromy Burnitz are the only Brewers ever th have been named Player of the Month. That seems a bit surprising, doesn't it? I would have guessed Yount or Molitor.

Larry Hisle. Don Freaking Money. Cecil Cooper. Gentle Ben Oglivie.

The Brews must've lacked a good publicist. Robin Yount only made three all-star teams.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: On his last pitch of the third inning (a hard grounder to Castillo) the radar gun showed Lawrence at 84 MPH.

Well, that's at least better than 78-79 . . . So it's probably fair to say there was a little hyperbole in the article I read this morning.

Thanks!

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's also fair to say that our offense has become adept at jumping on guys in the first inning and then disappearing.

[Guest Edgy DC]

David Wright is looking cycle, my friends.

This may be his hottest stretch of the year.

[Guest Edgy DC]

And Lawrence gives that run right back with a Corey Hart homer.

Corey! His name is Corey!

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Thanks for calling the Corey Hotline. The following words rhyme with Corey
Story..
Gory...
Allegory...

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

...Montessory

[Benjamin Grimm]

Easley gets an inside-the-parker!

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

wow!

[Guest Edgy DC]

My dream of teams being shy about throwing lefthanders against a lineup with Wright, Alou, and, to a lesser extent, Easley, is finally coming true.

Has Willie been rolling sevens in choosing which reserve infielder to use in the outfield or what?

Edited August 2, 2007 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

It hit near the top of the wall, so it was almost a traditional homer, but it took a funny bounce. The ball started rolling along the warning track, parallel to the wall. By the time the outfielder chased it down, Easley was approaching third. Easley "slud" into home, but he didn't have to. He scored easily.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: It hit near the top of the wall, so it was almost a traditional homer, but it took a funny bounce. The ball started rolling along the warning track, parallel to the wall. By the time the outfielder chased it down, Easley was approaching third. Easley "slud" into home, but he didn't have to. He scored easily.

Pure gold, Yance! Thanks for not making me ask!

LGM!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I remember when I was eight years old, discussing with my friends whether or not it was possible to stretch a triple into a home run.

Shortly after that, Don Hahn proved that it was.