IGT #42 - Mets at Braves - May 20 (Game 1)

[Benjamin Grimm]

David Wright has replaced Tom Glavine in the hardhat commercials for the Citi Field construction unions.

No sign of Guissepe Franco today. Maybe that's the problem!

22 Mets in a row have now been retired.

[Guest AG/DC]

A hit!

That really makes me feel all tingly.

[Guest AG/DC]

Come on, Howie. Heilman doesn't have options. Where's your head at?

[Willets Point]

AG/DC wrote: ="Willets Point"]The Mets are starting their big comeback against the Atlanta pen now, yes? I feel all tingly when you talk to me like an Eastern European beauty innocent of baseball and its cruel vicissitudes.

This Ay-gee deserves a bullet of cool, no?

[Fman99]

="Benjamin Grimm"] ="Fman99"]Tom Glavine needs to be punched in the neck. And his wife is a ****. Wow, both of your catchphrases in the same paragraph. You must be such a joy to be around!

I'm just giving the people what they want.

[bmfc1]

Piazza's retirement announcement is here:

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/mets/

BTW, we're the "greatest fans in the world."

[Benjamin Grimm]

Alou refuses to make the last out, singles up the middle.

[Guest AG/DC]

Art Howe love.

[Fman99]

AG/DC wrote: Art Howe love.

How lovely art thou?

[Benjamin Grimm]

And now it is in the books.

[Fman99]

Drubbing.

[bmfc1]

I'm devastated AND disappointed.

[Guest AG/DC]

Man. There's a spot I'd've liked to see Delgado lay one down.

[Gwreck]

We score 9 runs off one of the best pitchers in baseball on Sunday and we can't get more than 1 off the chump the Braves throw out there?

Pathetic.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The first time Glavine pitched against the Mets

Look at those faces in the Mets starting lineup! So much has happened since then.

[Guest AG/DC]

Isn't that an umpire playing short for the Braves?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah, things were different then! It was the era of the player-umpire.

[Willets Point]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yeah, things were different then! It was the era of the player-umpire.

You say this as a joke, but according to A Game of Brawl this was actually fairly common in the 1890's.

[seawolf17]

There were definitely two Paul Runges during that era. I remember that really confusing me as a kid.