IGT #160 vs. Florida

[seawolf17]

Bye, playoffs.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

7-3, middle of the fifth.

L. Castillo 2b
D. Wright 3b
C. Beltran cf

[seawolf17]

So, you mean:

K
6-3
fo4
?

I'm turning the game off.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

No, I meant triple to start off the inning :-)

[Guest Kid Carsey]

The freakin' nuns in the Mezz Boxes are with us!!!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Go, nuns!

I'll take that single run. Would've liked to have chased Kimmie.

[Guest Rotblatt]

seawolf17 wrote: Bye, playoffs.

Indeed.

This is interminable, and yet, I keep watching.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

Since there's no OoTS ... Phils are up 4-sniffle.

[Guest Edgy DC]

EWJ out by Schoeneweis.

Keep the heat on, offense. Score somehow.

[TransMonk]

I find I don't hate Schoeneweis as much as I did a couple of months ago.

Too bad he probably won't make more than 2 pitches in this game.

[TransMonk]

2 run dinger by Howard. We need this game 'cause the Phillies don't seem to be looking back.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

6 - sniffle, Phils.

[Frayed Knot]

Nice to escape futher damage there but JEEZ can we have a 1-2-3 inning once in a while?
Fish have had something like 14 baserunners thru 6 and have hit maybe 4 balls hard. Walks, HBPs, infield singles and plays not made are killing us here.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Let's see maybe some Milledge.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Or Niner. Let's go, Mets.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Boo.

Three innings to get three runs back.

Net.

Hold them.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Aaron's being turned into a workhorse, as the most dependable of a suddenly marvelously undependable lot.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Why Conine and not Milledge?

Milledge v. lefties: .305 AVG/.379 OBP/.542 SLG/.921 OPS
Conine: .253 AVG/.329 OBP/445 SLG/.775 OPS

Willie has been just god-awful at pulling strings during these stretches.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

Heilman gets through the 7th, still 7-4.

If Lo Duca can't throw, he should sit.

Uh, Jose, do that thing you used to do ....

[Frayed Knot]

"Why Conine and not Milledge?"

Probably subscribing to the school of thought that vets make for better pinch-hitters.
That may be accurate or maybe just one of those things that most just assume is true.
Either way, Conine is certainly has a lot of experience PHing compared to Lastings who has virtually none.

[Guest Rotblatt]

]Uh, Jose, do that thing you used to do ....

I'd like to see a couple things he used to do: get on base, steal a base, score . . .

Especially that last one.

Come on, guys, despite my negativity, I haven't given up hope yet. Scratch a run or two across here, and show a little pride.

]Either way, Conine is certainly has a lot of experience PHing compared to Lastings who has virtually none.

Sure, but in his limited sample size, Milledge is a world-class pinch hitter.

8 AB: .375 AVG/.444 OBP/.625 SLG/1.069

[Guest Kid Carsey]

Rot: >>>Why Conine and not Milledge?<<<

I hope I'm wrong, but I think he's in the doghouse.

[Frayed Knot]

Jose = Clueless

[Guest Kid Carsey]

Jose jose jose jose

He K's

He K's

Jose jose jose jose

Jose

Jose

[Guest Rotblatt]

="Kid Carsey"]Rot: >>>Why Conine and not Milledge?<<< I hope I'm wrong, but I think he's in the doghouse.

I think you're right. Given how little we're using him during this stretch, I'd rather we'd have traded him for one of those bullpen arms.

It would have been a terrible deal, but if we're not using him anyway . . .

ETA: Castillo wants to win tonight. Good. Let's get it going, Mets!

[Guest Kid Carsey]

Castillo with the type of infield base hit with a hobbled leg that Jose
should be getting. Just sayin'.

[Guest Edgy DC]

That's cool. Just chip away.

[Frayed Knot]

Gotta at least get SOMETHING here!!

[Guest cooby]

What's going on? Delgado hasn't really been on deck for 10 minutes has he?

[Frayed Knot]

THAT may have been our last best chance.