Sunday Night Live - IGT Mets-Dodgers, 8/26

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I'll just admit it: I like Jon Miller a lot; and I think Joe Morgan is perfectly acceptable for the jock announcer role he plays. National guys are never going to get it as right as the local fans would want it. But those 2 are OK by me, especially since they most often call games of teams I don't see often enough to be a snarked out critic.

Jon & Joe: OK by Me.

[Zvon]

Maine disappoints me, tho im sure i disappointed him as well when i jinxed him in an earlier post.

Note to self: never bring fantasy baseball into and IGT. NAVAH!

[Valadius]

No. Not Schoeneweis!!!

*sigh*

[Valadius]

And Schoeneweis makes it business as usual by fucking up.

[seawolf17]

And very quickly, it's turned ugly.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

We're not as crispy as we've been in recent games. Too many dumb plays.

[Valadius]

Why the fuck do we STILL have Schoeneweis?!?!?!?

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

seawolf17 wrote: Jon! Cut it out! "The Dodgers go home next to take on the Washington Nationals, a young team that's done really well." They're 58-73, a game and a half away from being the worst non-Tampa team in the majors! (sigh)

And speaking of the Nats, there are writers out there talking up Manny Acta as manager of the year. I guess the trend now is to be the manager of a team that sucks, but doesn't suck as much as the sportswriters said it would before the season.

Because, you see, the writers can't be wrong. So then Acta, like Joe Girardi before him, must be a miracle worker.

Oh, and Scheoenweis sucks.

[seawolf17]

I usually like Miller; he's not the problem for me. Morgan bothers me because he's supposed to be the expert, lending his name to "Baseball For Dummies" and things like that, but it seems like he's just talking just to fill space without processing anything through the truth sensor first.

[metirish]

The problem I have with Morgan is he says shit that's not true and acts like it is,stuff he should know weather he knows that team or not,Miller then doesn't correct him.


LA scores again.

[Valadius]

Goddamn shitty Schoeneweis...

[metirish]

Valadius wrote: Goddamn shitty Schoeneweis...

Great on the road,he should get that deal Clemens has except in reverse.

[nymr83]

Schoenweis stinks, i have a feeling Maine is gonna be the odd man out of the rotation in the playoffs if Pedro is back

[Frayed Knot]

We can blame Schoeneweis all we want folks, but this game's on Maine.
Too many 2 out/2 strike hits, couldn't put away hitters when needed, high pitch counts in every inning, yadda, yadda. His line's going to wind up looking better than it should as those last 3 runs were unearned on account of the Conine error but that ball was smoked. Schoeneweis, meanwhile, gave up 1 hard hit single and two cheap IF grounders.

[metirish]

Nymr83 wrote: Schoenweis stinks, i have a feeling Maine is gonna be the odd man out of the rotation in the playoffs if Pedro is back

I was thinking the sane thing,has time to get his act together.

[Zvon]

metirish wrote: The problem I have with Morgan is he says shit that's not true and acts like it is,stuff he should know ....

kinda like our commander and chief


I think Joe is nowhere near as lame as he usually is.

The line about never seeing Carl Lewis dive to the finish line in regards to Milledge sliding head1st into 1st, and how a runner gets there faster by running thru the base, was classic funny.
Broadcast laff of the night with a broadcast team that i never expect to get a laff from.

Credits where credits due.(tho lameness usually irks me to no end)

Im gonna install a filter that wont allow my browser to display any posts where Joe Morgan or any combination of his two names, is typed.

Reading about him seems to detract from my IGT experience

[Valadius]

What I don't understand is why the hell we still HAVE Schoeneweis. Surely there's SOMEBODY out there we can replace him with.

By the way, I REALLY miss Chad Bradford.

[Zvon]

Nymr83 wrote: Schoenweis stinks, i have a feeling Maine is gonna be the odd man out of the rotation in the playoffs if Pedro is back

u gotta be kidding with that observation.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

The 6-7-8 hitters going in order 3 times are guilty parties too.

[metirish]

Valadius wrote: What I don't understand is why the hell we still HAVE Schoeneweis. Surely there's SOMEBODY out there we can replace him with. By the way, I REALLY miss Chad Bradford.

Dude has a three year contract with some serious cabbage.

[Zvon]

^im referring to Maine ever being removed from the rotation, of course,cuz Schoeneweis does more than just stink. He reeks of suck

[Valadius]

Tom McCarthy sounding really freaking creepy/insane with this helmet story.

[metirish]

Joe,Peter and Jon are talking up a storm about Pedro.

[Frayed Knot]

Valadius wrote: What I don't understand is why the hell we still HAVE Schoeneweis. Surely there's SOMEBODY out there we can replace him with.

I'd like a shut-down 6th inning reliever too.
If you find one let me know.

]By the way, I REALLY miss Chad Bradford.

Bradford - 60 hits in 52 IPs
Schoeneweis - 45 hits in 45.2 IPs

I don't miss him too much.

[Valadius]

Well at least the Dodgers didn't score any runs this inning.

[metirish]

Valadius wrote: Well at least the Dodgers didn't score any runs this inning.

That's a relief.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Joe saying there are people out there saying the Mets might not make the playoffs?

Who are they, Joe?

[DocTee]

Miller is so much better doing SF Giants games than he is the Sunday night broadcast. He knows the team, players, issues, history... he used to be a vendor at Candlestick...

and oh yeah, Blowenweis sucks.

[metirish]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Joe saying there are people out there saying the Mets might not make the playoffs? Who are they, Joe?

Steve Phillips has said it a few times on Baseball Tonight.

[Zvon]

Valadius wrote: Well at least the Dodgers didn't score any runs this inning.

ha--see, this is what we need to do.
look at the up side.

uDaMaN val