IGT May 2: Mets v. DBaggs

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I think I'm 0-3 or maybe 0-4 in IGTs so far but
a) I don't really believe in Game Thread Mojo, except when I do
They're going to win tonight
c) I just now found this hilarious video and been LMAO and wanted to pass it along. His page has specific MFY and Red Sox stances as well.

[Guest AG/DC]

I saw that. Ben Oglivie is comedy gold.

How he gets through the eighties without doing Darryl or Teufel is amazing.

[metirish]

Funny , saw one like that before that had a kid age 5 or 6 do the same thing for current players.

So fucking what if the three D-Back starters we face here are a combined 14 -1 , not after this series they won't be..........

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

He does a good Keith in the Cardinals one.

[Elster88]

Great stuff I saw that link in a Sports Guy article and somewhere else but this is the first time I've watched it. Hopefully someone will step up and do a Mets one.

Who would be fun, too many to name really
Darryl, Lenny, Teufel, HoJo, Backman. Piazza and BigMac and Olerud would be nice calm stances. Carter standing nice and tall and calm and then violent down on a swing and miss.

He already got Vaughn and Rickey.

[Gwreck]

Us
Reyes
Church
Wright
Beltran
Alou LF
Delgado
Casanova
Castillo
Maine

Them
Chris Young CF
Eric Byrnes LF
Orlando Hudson 2B
Conor Jackson 1B
Mark Reynolds 3B
Stephen Drew SS
Justin Upton RF
Miguel Montero C
Micah Owings P

[metirish]

Watching the pre-game makes me want to be there at the game , I know a few here have been there , just can't remember who....metfairy?

[DocTee]

Owings should bat cleanup...wouldn't you agree, Val?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I've been there twice... My old job would send me to a meeting out there every April. Also, Ms. Bucket went to skool out there.

Nice enough stadium, amenity-wise, that's airplane-hanger like from the outside and has a lot of bad seats way up high due to the roof. The experience there was strange as when I went at least, there was no loyalty to the home team since they were new and everyone who lives in Phoenix is from Cleveland or Chicago or Mexico.

[metirish]

DocTee wrote: Owings should bat cleanup...wouldn't you agree, Val?

HE SHOULD BE PLAYING FOR US.......

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yup. Whack

[metirish]

Nice start , didn't expect that....the triple at least.

Nice perk from the old job Bucket...meet the missus there?

[stevejrogers]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Nice enough stadium, amenity-wise, that's airplane-hanger like from the outside and has a lot of bad seats way up high due to the roof. The experience there was strange as when I went at least, there was no loyalty to the home team since they were new and everyone who lives in Phoenix is from Cleveland or Chicago or Mexico.

Favorite story, don't know how true it would be now, but Todd Pratt in 2000 started a game out in Arizona and was greeted by the usual polite boos associated with any visitor, rather than the chorus that oh...greets Yadier Molina at Shea Stadium.

The guy effectively ended the DBack's first ever trip to the postseason and hardly anyone knew who he was!

[Elster88]

Church second and Castillo eighth should be bolded too. Way to go Willie.

[Elster88]

metirish wrote: ="DocTee"]Owings should bat cleanup...wouldn't you agree, Val? HE SHOULD BE PLAYING FOR US.......

Lol x2

[nymr83]

Alouuuuu

[metirish]

I do not believe what I am seeing.........

[Theoldmole]

It's always a good omen when a game opens with a Reyes triple.

[metirish]

The official scorer should be shot.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

metirish wrote: Nice perk from the old job Bucket...meet the missus there?

No, I waited until after to ruin her life.

It was not a great job but I had a lot of good times on the road. The Phoenix (actually Tempe) trip was definitely one of the highlights of the year. All the honchos played golf and I disappeared.

[Fman99]

I barely recognize these guys. But that's a good thing.

[Fman99]

Maine doesn't look like he has his best stuff tonight. He's staked to a lead but he's going to have to work to get through 5-6 innings, at this rate.

[Guest AG/DC]

Oh, man, the frat-boy Diamondbacks air staff.

[metirish]

Fman99 wrote: Maine doesn't look like he has his best stuff tonight. He's staked to a lead but he's going to have to work to get through 5-6 innings, at this rate.

Wags won't be happy.

[DocTee]

Irish on a roll tonight.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I don;t get what's wrong with Maine. I was CAHNfident he would have a good year.

[metirish]

What a catch by Wright.......

[Guest AG/DC]

That's what happens when you eat at Sofrito.

[Guest AG/DC]

Call me short-sighted, but I want to sign Alou to an extension.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Nice balls-out kinda game on both sides so far.