Get the Asses in Gear IGT - 8/29 - Mets v Phils

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Good call.

[TransMonk]

Shit.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

In-freaking-credible.

[TransMonk]

Best call of the series so far. This crew sucks...but Marlon did interfere.

[bmfc1]

I thought that Anderson was a smart player but he should have realized that Green has decent speed and that ball was hit too slowly to double him up.

[Frayed Knot]

A regular take-out slide would have done the job there.

[metirish]

No need to intefere like that as it turns out,very frustrating....

[metirish]

Nymr83 wrote: WHAT???? METS LOSE ON ANDERSON BEING CALLED FOR INTERFERENCE, I'M LISTENING ON THE RADIO SO I DIDNT SEE IT...

wait until you see the play,Gary was screaming "tied game" one` second and " nooooooo' the next.

[Zvon]

now THAT was interference. (see IGT from game 1 for what I said)

Shame on u Marlon- shame,shame,shame

Anderson could have ran from 1st straight into right field and we were gonna tie that game.

I hope in Oct Im NOT pointing back at any one game for any reason, but if I am, it'll be to this game.

ARRRRRGHH

[Frayed Knot]

btw, that slide wasn't nearly as bad as the one the Phils did NOT get called for the other day against the Padres - one that put M Giles on the DL when it was all over. That one was both interference by the rules AND dirty to boot.

Zvon and I had a brief conversation about it in one of the IGTs a game or two ago.

[Zvon]

="Johnny Dickshot"]I just changed my son's name to Anderson.

Id rethink that J.D.

[Zvon]

watching the Willie post game interview.

he says he doesnt think the slide was interference.
Something about baseball not being played aggressively anymore.

I echo those sentiments in regards to that Ruiz/Giles incident last week, but Willie,......what slide were you watching?

Guess a good manager always goes to bat for his boys.

[HahnSolo]

Good call by CJ Bucknor, and I can't believe I'm writing that.

That said, I watched all the replays, and despite it being a slowly hit ball, I don't think it's a given that Green beats it out. As it was, when Iguchi got the ball out of his hands Green was still a few strides from the bag. He probably beats it out, but I don't think it's definite.

[TransMonk]

Regardless, the Mets had what seems like about 17 other ways they could have won this game.

[metirish]

Backing up what Zvon posted Willie thought it was a bad call,Marlon touched the bag so Willie felt his hands being up meant nothing.

Like Monk said though we could look at lots of other areas where the Mets sucked.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

There's the small matter of the Phillies being better than we are.

[Guest Edgy DC]

If any of you are planning a trip back in time, how about sending Gotay up there?

Not that I want to undermine Greenie's confidence or anything, but do you want the guy who hits more modestly deep flies (Green) or the one who is more likely to stay out of the doubleplay (Gotay)?

Gotay, for what it's worth, also has the higher K rate.

[Guest Edgy DC]

No overnight support for the Goat?

It jsut seems so perfect. You know, "Ruben, Gotay this game up."

[metirish]

Would Milledge had made that slide,would he got on in the first place,Mets win today and get the Phillies back to four then take two in Atlanta....we can do this.

[seawolf17]

I'd have gone with Gotay there too. But I'm not Willie, and this loss isn't his fault.

Just go get 'em today, fellas.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I'm OK with Green there. He did the minimum that was required and might have walked too.

The Goat woulda been more likely to whiff and less likely to walk.

More surprised nobody wants to challenge my outrageous, Rollinsesque assertion that the Phillies were the better team??

[TransMonk]

I'd have gone with Green.

[TransMonk]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: More surprised nobody wants to challenge my outrageous, Rollinsesque assertion that the Phillies were the better team??

They may have been for the first two games of the series. I don't feel like the Mets played game 3 all that badly...many more tough breaks went Philly's way. Still, it doesn't change the fact that a loss is a loss.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Better at the moment, no doubt, and shining from the return of their best hitter. The Mets still have the better record with 4.5 weeks to play.

(deniial)They're fundamentally flawed also, in some ways, where our flaws might be more ephemeral.(/deniial)

Let me just get this out, though: Jamie Moyer! Are you kidding me?!