IGT May 2: Mets v. DBaggs

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Aflac Trivia Question wrote: What two pitchers share the record for most home runs hit against the Mets?

I'm guessing, totally, but Bob Gibson... and um...

[metirish]

AG/DC wrote: Call me short-sighted, but I want to sign Alou to an extension.

Alou said before the game that his mere presence with the team will make them better.

I don't doubt it.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

metirish wrote: ="AG/DC"]Call me short-sighted, but I want to sign Alou to an extension. Alou said before the game that his mere presence with the team will make them better. I don't doubt it.

And standing around with their thumbs up their asses wishing for him to come back made them a worse team, I'm just as sure.

[Guest AG/DC]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: ="Aflac Trivia Question"]What two pitchers share the record for most home runs hit against the Mets? I'm guessing, totally, but Bob Gibson... and um...

I'll try Drysdale.

If only there was a database...

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I said Gibson because one of my early bball memories is my grandfather telling me Bob Gibson hit a grand slam against the Mets. The crazy thing is he warned me of it beforehand... he was like Gibson could hit one here...

Anyway, so if my grandfather knew Gibson was a HR hitter, he prolly had a few in his career...

Looking it up...

Off John Strohmeyer in 1973:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN197307261.shtml

One of 4 HRs vs. the Mets overall...

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

ka-splat!

[DocTee]

Don Robinson comes to mind.

[Guest KC]

Someone remind me to start a 'Ryan Church won't suck' thread tomorrow.

[Guest AG/DC]

The Church Ladies are shouting in the aisles.

[Guest AG/DC]

DocTee wrote: Don Robinson comes to mind.

Good one. He and Rhoden were as good as almost anybody in those Pittsburgh lineups.

[Fman99]

Maine's settled into a nice groove the last two innings.

And the lineup just seems to have a different feel with Alou in there. Or is it just me?

[Guest themetfairy]

metirish wrote: 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?

I was there in 2000. That was the trip that added the term "Axe Murderers" to our family lexicon.

We planned the trip along with a friend of mine from the LA area who was a big Mike Piazza fan from Mike's Dodgers days. Upon hearing that we were going to meet someone from the Internet on this trip, friends of ours in the City were aghast, saying, "You can't do that. What if they're axe murderers?" We replied that even if they were axe murderers, they wouldn't be bringing their axes to a ballpark. Since, then, we have referred to friends whom we have initially met on the Internet as our Axe Murderer Friends.

What I remember most about the stadium was that, after the game, we were talking with our friends for a while. While we were there, the roof opened, and this Woosh of hot, dry air came to our previously climate controlled environment. It was pretty cool, and definitely unique.

[Fman99]

OK we get it. Owings can hit.

Can they please stop talking about Babe Ruth? My cerebrum hurts.

[DocTee]

If only someone would break into the pressbox and punch them in the throat!

[Fman99]

DocTee wrote: If only someone would break into the pressbox and punch them in the throat!

Now you're talking! Punch Cohen in the neck and tell Ron Darling that his sister is a ****.

[Guest AG/DC]

Gracey sounds like he's bben punched in the throat.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Castinko has made the third out as the No. 8 guy three times now. Batting behind Casanova ain't helping but... ya know...

[Guest AG/DC]

I nominate that whiff of Reynolds as the turning point of the game.

[bmfc1]

Isn't this the 3d time this season that we've said that Reyes is "a homerun away from the cycle"?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

bam

[metirish]

Wright is some sort of player , as Reyes was stealing I'm thinking why bother...

[Guest AG/DC]

A fourth time, and it's the "a homerun away from the cycle" cycle.

David Wright is a triple away from the cycle.

I think Wright should take a page from Chipper's book and name his son Bob.

[Valadius]

KABOOM

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Here she is.

[Frayed Knot]

So what was the answer to the trivia question anyway?

My guesses were Drysdale and Rhoden but I must have been out of the room when they answered it.



Maine's gotta learn to get by on fewer pitches.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I missed it if they did. Baseball reference breaks down HRs by opponent.

[bmfc1]

I'm watching the AZ feed via Extra Innings and I have this question: do Diamondbacks fans have more problems with ED than the average fan? There are Cealis commercials every other inning.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

There it is Drysdale and Gibby with 4 each.


Neither Don Robinson nor Rhoden ever hit a HR vs the Mets

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

whoops.

[Guest AG/DC]

Nice try, Jose.

Don't get yourself hurt.