IGT 09/16/07 - Phillies @ Mets

[TransMonk]

Let's do this!

Phillies
J Rollins SS
C Utley 2B
P Burrell LF
R Howard 1B
A Rowand CF
J Werth RF
W Helms 3B
C Ruiz C
A Eaton P

=blue]Mets
J Reyes SS
L Castillo 2B
D Wright 3B
C Beltran CF
M Alou LF
S Green 1B
P Lo Duca C
E Chavez RF
O Perez P

[bmfc1]

Brian Lawrence gets the start tomorrow. I guess WR would rather have Lawrence, who obviously wasn't great as he was sent down after several starts, was deemed more worthy than Pelfrey or Humber.

[Zvon]

bring it.

[Valadius]

Well, Joe Smith is back.

[Zvon]

Maybe it's a different Joe Smith.
Thats a very common name.

[Zvon]

Hey Edgy.
I thought I fixed that Wright avatar hat and sent it to you awhile back.
I have the newer one right here in my files.



I assume you did get the Glavine.
Maybe these were lost in the shuffle between boards.

[Zvon]

Lo Duca starting today too. Alou too.
Im thrilled.


Rollins draws a game opening walk.

[bmfc1]

Nice back up Beltran. Wake UP!!!!

[Valadius]

Utley K's.

[Valadius]

Burrell K's, but not before Rollins scoots his way to third.

[Zvon]

Perez strikesout the side in the 1st!
wooohooo.

An throwing error by Lo Duke could have ended up costing us,
allowing Rollins to get to third.
But it don't.

[Valadius]

Reyes grounds out to first.

Reyes ought to try doing the infield single thing again, that worked.

[Zvon]

Philllies broadcasters say:

(translated by me from what they actually said into what I type below)

1. Adam Eaton sucks, but he don't suck against the Mets.

2. If Perez is "on", the Phils will have their work cut out for them, and Perez looked awfully "on" in the 1st.

[Valadius]

Wright draws a walk, here's Beltran.

[Zvon]

Fire Ricky.

[Valadius]

RICKEY!!!!!!!!!

[Valadius]

I have a feeling we might see a dugout-emptying brawl today.

On edit: this is my 3,333rd post. Just thought that was pretty cool.

[Valadius]

HOW DO YOU WALK THE PITCHER, OLIVER?!?!?!?

[bmfc1]

How do you screw up an easy ground ball, Jose?

[Valadius]

JOSE!!!!!!!! GAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[Zvon]

Perez Ks 2, but gives up a single and walks 2, including the pitcher,
and then Reyes is charged with 2 errors on an easy (tho his vision was blocked by the runner) ground ball off Rollins.
One boot for missing the grounder, one for his rushed and errant throw to second.

Even the Phils announcers say thats a rare thing, to see Reyes boot one like that. Hasn't happened in 44 games.
They called it a "fluke."

Utley flys out.


Phils up 2-0

[Guest Edgy DC]

Jose is out of focus.

What did Rickey do?

[Valadius]

I can't deal with an angry Jose. We need happy, jolly Jose.

[Valadius]

Rickey sent David to second, where he got caught and ended the inning.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Junior Ortiz talk in the booth.

Apparently he had a stutter.

[Zvon]

Alou recognizes and waits nicely on Eatons curve ball, but grounds out hard to 3rd.
Alou is 0 fer 1.

1-2-3 inning for the phight'ins.


Ill edit that Alou gaffaw

[Valadius]

Alou is 0 for 1.

[Valadius]

Perez is giving me a heart attack.

[Valadius]

Oh good lord...

[Zvon]

This outing by Perez reminds me of a Sid Fernandez performance in the late 80's.

Perez walks Werth and then tosses his glove.

He may have twisted his right leg.

Bases loaded, one out