IGT 08/21, Padres at Mets (brrrr)

[Guest Edgy DC]

"Heeey! Look who didn't pop up!
C'mere, let me give ya a hug!"

[Willets Point]

I'm 3-2 this season.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Willets Point wrote: I'm 3-2 this season.

I'm 0-2 this season (0-4 if you count spring training) and shockingly, I have not witnessed a regular-season Mets win since 1991.

[Frayed Knot]

seawolf17 wrote: Lastings gets it going with a leadoff single. Don't fucking bunt, Willie. I hate the sacrifice bunt.

So do I - as I've mentioned a few (thousand) times on these same airwaves - but ...
- in the 9th inning
- needing one run to tie the game
- with a light-hitting 3rd-string catcher due up
- facing an all-time closer that's tough to score on in any situation

the sac bunt was absolutely the right move in that situation.

(IMHO of course).

[Guest Edgy DC]

You like it better than sending Marlon Anderson up there for DiFelice and Green up there for the pitcher?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Marlon lifetime against Hoffman going into this year: 2-4 with a double and a homer. (Retrosheet says that's incomplete.)

Shawn Greeen lifetime against Hoffman going into this year: 3-15 with two walks and no extra-base hits.

[Frayed Knot]

When I need one run, against Hoffman, and would have to PH two straight hitters while removing my best defensive catcher in a tight game ... yes.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, I understand. But sending Anderson up there followed by Green would be aimed at being a one-run strategy also.

[Frayed Knot]

Green is barely a better bet than DiFelice to get a hit these days.
The bunt strategy works best here because it was DiFelice due up, AND you could get through his AB while staying out of the GiDP to get the runner into scoring position, AND setting it up for the best off-the-bench guy who happens to have good numbers against Hoffman.
I like that better than depending on several PHers to come through before you get to the top of the order.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Maybe the best thing about the bunt is that, if successful, it does guarantee that the lineup flips over with a run in scoring position.

The un-seen benefit of just sending Anderson up there is, if he doesn't get a hit, he maybe advances the runner also --- a lefthanded groundball hitter that he is. Maybe he hits into a doubleplay --- he hit into 28 in 2001-2002.

But, he could single the runner to third. No bunt will do that.

I'm of two minds here. It think Randolph liked the Anderson-Hoffman matchup a lot.

[Gwreck]

Edgy DC wrote: "Heeey! Look who didn't pop up! C'mere, let me give ya a hug!"

Didn't see her until she got to first. And neither did security. Dragged her off quickly. What a moron.

Thought the usual media policy was to ignore this stuff as to discourage it by not showing the perp(s) when they go on the field. SNY showed a quick camera shot of the person being dragged off but no commentary on it from Gary or Ron.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

She looked like a 9-year-old. I missed it too until the cops showed up.

I think they "gave" her to Pedro Feliciano in the bullpen.

[nymr83]

i was there and didnt even notice her until she was being taken off the field, i'm not sure how old she really was but my impression was young teen

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sounds like a pretty Craney game.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Gwreck wrote: Suck It, Hoffman. Disagreed with Randolph's strategy in the 9th but it sure worked out ok. I would hit for DiFelice. Wouldn't have bunted. Would've had Anderson hit away there. Then would've used Green to hit in the pitcher's spot. ]I wonder if JD is starting to warm to Castillo. We talked about it a little in the middle innings. He's really come up big in several spots now. I really like the effort I see from him; how much fun he has; that he and Reyes have taken a shine to each other; etc. (A Boy Named Seo was a no-show. Hope the weather didn't keep him away). Fun game, but I still worry about our 'pen. Pedro, come back soon!

Sorry I missed you guys. I was in NJ with a few friends and the weather made the other 3 I was supposed to go with change plans. I went to the city and got a hotel and hung out with a girl instead and got text messages all night about the wonderful game I was missing. Serves me right.

[metirish]

If your going to run onto the field of play the least you could do is streak.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah. Hanging in a New York hotel beating the wet frigid weather with some girl. That must've sucked.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Edgy DC wrote: Yeah. Hanging in a New York hotel beating the wet frigid weather with some girl. That must've sucked.

I think I made that sound better than it was. There was a hotel and a girl, but the two never met. A nice night, but the outcome of the game made it sting a little that I skipped it.