IGT, Game 9, 4/11, Mets v. Brews at the Home of the Mets

[Guest AG/DC]

Gary Cohen: "People who look solely at numbers will tell you the sacrifice bunt isn't a good play. People who watch baseball will tell you different."\

That's followed by an inning-ending double play, which wouldn't have ended the inning had they not sacrificed.

[stevejrogers]

Feliciano warming in the pen.

[TransMonk]

AG/DC wrote: That's followed by an inning-ending double play, which wouldn't have ended the inning had they not sacrificed.

Wha?

[Guest AG/DC]

They gave them an out.

Player might have made out anyhow, but nothing like a double play to underscore how precious outs are.

Welcome back, Aaron Heilman.

[Guest *62]

AG/DC wrote: They gave them an out. Player might have made out anyhow, but nothing like a double play to underscore how precious outs are. .

Without the sac, though, Chavez doesn't score from first on a single.

Not really.

[TransMonk]

I guess, but a lot of other things happened between the sac and the end of the inning. They scored the run they were playing for, and there's no guarantee that Marlon doesn't kill the rally with a DP of his own if he didn't bunt.

That being said, if we lose by a run, you're absolutely right.

[stevejrogers]

Time to sleep with one eye open...

[TransMonk]

This would be Billy's first save in the last 26 Mets games played, no?

[stevejrogers]

Put that in the books!

[TransMonk]

Nice job, Nelson.

3 in a row. Let's do it again tomorrow.

[Guest Triple Dee]

Survey says: One more for the good guys!

[Valadius]

[willpie]

Nice game by Figueroa.
I was really pulling for him.

[Gwreck]

Crowd had a nice ovation for Figueroa after he let up the first hit. I love Angel Pagan too, but had he hit the damn cutoff man, that first Brewer run wouldn't have scored.

Marlon didn't look particularly comfortable at second base. Could be because he only played a total of 2 innings there all of last year.

Crowd booed Heilman (again) when he came in. Glad to see him shut the morons up (welcome back, Aaron).

Foggy night but the worst we got was a tiny bit of mist for a few seconds, if that.

[Fman99]

I missed the first 5 but got to see some clutch hitting and pitching. Nice little roll all of a sudden.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Just finished it. What a fun game. Don't remember rooting so hard for a guy to do well (as much or more than the team) like I did for Figuroa tonight. I knew it, too, when he got down 2 strikes trying to sac bunt in the 4th and I really, really wanted him to get that thing down and he did.

And I've got a man crush on Pagan like Dickshot on Duaner circa 'ought six. Great jumps on fly balls. Sharp instincts on the bases. Tall, sleek, and graceful, and man, the dude can fly.

I'm on board.