IGT 5/18/08 - Mets at MFYs

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

On the bright side, Wang is burning up a lot of pitches.


Nice, Carlos!

[Zvon]

Delgado comes thru despite getting totally ripped off!

[metirish]

Elster88 wrote: Unbelievable. Can we get instant replay for baseball yet.

Wouldn't work in that situation Morgan says.

[Guest AG/DC]

bmfc1 wrote: Angel Hernandez welcomes Mike Riley into the Circle of Hell.

Thing is, Riley ("Reilly"?) got the call correctly. He just caved too easily on the consultation. Good for getting the call right, but a crew chief should be a better leader.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Jeter thinks Reyes shot from yesterday was foul, too.

[Guest AG/DC]

metirish wrote: ="Elster88"]Unbelievable. Can we get instant replay for baseball yet. Wouldn't work in that situation Morgan says.

Morgan, as is sadly typical, is wrong.

[bmfc1]

The game wouldn't be slowed down to the extent that Morgan fears if replay was only used for fair/foul calls on potential homers.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

That was a pretty eventful inning. The Gods owe us two runs.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

What the heck is Morgan's "call him a journalist, not a reporter?"

I'm a journalist. There's nothing wrong with being called a reporter.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

That was so freaking foul.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Now I'm pissed.

[Guest AG/DC]

That call. THAT CALL!

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

I really, really like that trade.

[Guest AG/DC]

From firejoemorgan.com:

Kurt (NYC): What are your overall thoughts on the Mets this season?

Joe Morgan: I've been asking myself the same question.

You've been asking yourself what your own thoughts are on the Mets this season?

They can't come up with any consistency.

I would like someone who knows how to do such things to go through every one of Joe's chats since he started chatting and find out how many times he has used the word "consistent" or any of its noun/verb/adj./adv. forms. My guess: the highest number calculable by machines.

They can look like the best or worst team in the majors. That has marked them this year and at the end of last year. Their players are not producing together. I don't know how good they can be, if they can be the team that I picked to win this year. They're an enigma.

Perfect Morganian anti-analysis. I dunno. Something's wrong. "Their players aren't producing together." I don't know how good they can be. Huh. Weird. Geez. Gosh. Heavens to murgatroid. (Shrugs.)

I will now answer this question without looking anything up.

I think the Mets are underperforming because Reyes, Beltran, and Delgado are underperforming, though I think Beltran's OPS is actually pretty good, like low-800's. They're being carried by Ryan Church, which is nice, but probably not the recipe for success that Minaya had in mind. Their starters are fine -- Santana is Santana, and will only get better as he adjusts to the NL parks. Pelfrey and Perez are serviceable-to-good, and Maine is having an excellent year so far. Wagner is still lights-out. So, with a solid pitching staff and a decent pen, you'd expect them to speed up their winning ways over the next few months, because you assume that those good hitters will anti-regress to their means -- if I remember correctly, PECOTA had them at like 92 wins with a +100 run differential.

Delgado might be done, but Reyes and Beltran will heat up. And they'll be fine.

[Zvon]

Interesting thing, that space between the line on the wall and the foul pole, but they should take into consideration the angle both are from the plate.

Skanks get 2 back on Godzilla's goner.

[Elster88]

Zvon wrote: Interesting thing, that space between the line on the wall and the foul pole, but they should take into consideration the angle both are from the plate.

Also the fact that the fair side of the white line should line up with the foul side of the foul pole?

Regardless, you're giving them too much credit expecting them to take the angle into consideration.

[Elster88]

These retards are going to talk about the foul pole being in the "wrong" place for the rest of the game aren't they?

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Stepped out for a late desert run with my wife and daughter. I insisted we go somewhere with a TV so I could keep tabs on the game. I didn't like the hose job Delgado got on his home run down the line. The Mrs. had to ask me to lower my voice - I believe there were people staring at us.

[Guest AG/DC]

Call me Steve Na�ve, but I'm going to call that Oliver Perez's Desgnated Meltdown Inning and believe we're going to be OK.

[metirish]

Jeter looking smooth and cool out there huh?

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

metsguy - "That said, there are a lot of things Yankee Stadium deserves."

I suggest an enema.

[Zvon]

Elster88 wrote: These retards are going to talk about the foul pole being in the "wrong" place for the rest of the game aren't they?

Well, there must be accountability.....on the field.....

What really blew my mind was hearing Morgan say, regarding Wagner's sound bite,..."I think he was intending to be funny.I can see the humor in that."

[metirish]

AG/DC wrote: Call me Steve Na�ve, but I'm going to call that Oliver Perez's Desgnated Meltdown Inning and believe we're going to be OK.

I was thinking as the inning was going that Ollie was in the dugout for a long time , I think that played a prt in what happened.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

On the bright side, I like that they're sending home the message -- with a sledgehammer -- that the umps blew the call.

I suspect the head of umpires is seething.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Rockin' Doc wrote: metsguy - "That said, there are a lot of things Yankee Stadium deserves." I suggest an enema.

That would be a start.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ollie needs a whiff here on Abreu

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Schneider working his ass off back there.

[Guest AG/DC]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: ="Rockin' Doc"]metsguy - "That said, there are a lot of things Yankee Stadium deserves." I suggest an enema. That would be a start.

Walking away from this one.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Thank you, Ollie.

[Guest AG/DC]

Yankee Stadium needs some freaking foul territory.