IGT 05/26 | Fish at Mets

[Guest KC]

Ramirez ss
Hermida rf
Cantu 3b
Jacobs 1b
Uggla 2b
Gonzalez lf
Treanor c
Jones cf
Nolasco p

Reyes ss
Castillo 2b
Wright 3b
Beltran cf
Delgado 1b
Schneider c
Evans lf
Chavez rf
Pelfrey p

[metirish]

About the last thing Reyes needed that inning was an error.

2 - 0 Fish.

[TransMonk]

Let's score some runs.

[Benjamin Grimm]

metirish wrote: About the last thing Reyes needed that inning was an error.

I know. It's brutal. I ask myself why I even watch these guys.

[TransMonk]

KABOOM for Reyes.

Let's score some more runs.

[metirish]

About the only thing Reyes needed that inning was a home run.

[Guest themetfairy]

Tie game!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

That inning was set up to be so much more than just the two runs. Still, I'm happy the Mets were able to tie it up. Now let's get some runs and take the lead.

[TransMonk]

Reyes KABOOMs again!

He gets the 2 runs back by himself.

3-2 Good Guys.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Reyes does it again.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Castillo steals second. Pretty amazing for someone who generally looks like he can barely walk with his gimpy knees.

Wright fails to drive him home.

[TransMonk]

Rockin' Doc wrote: Castillo steals second. Pretty amazing for someone who generally looks like he can barely walk with his gimpy knees. Wright fails to drive him home.

I don't know if that was Willie's call or if Luis went on his own, but either way I like it.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Rockin' Doc wrote: Castillo steals second. Pretty amazing for someone who generally looks like he can barely walk with his gimpy knees. Wright fails to drive him home.

I think of poor Barbaro everytime I see Castillo run.

[nymr83]

that was a decent, though not great, time for a steal.
stealing with 2 outs is good, stealing with your best hitter at the plate might not be.

the first inning should have been bigger.

great to see the two homers from reyes, but based on past experience i want to make sure he doesnt try to put the ball in the air more now

[nymr83]

way to cough back up the lead pelfrey! walking people and plunking them isnt good.

[TransMonk]

Pelf looks like his world is falling apart on the mound.

3 run double by Gonzo 5-3 Fish.

[Guest KC]

I'm not going to pretend to know how to play center field better than anyone
much less Beltran, but isn't a more direct route to a ball by extending your-
self towards the ball (your arms, etc) and not slide and try to back hand the
ball with alligator arms?

Hard to call that a three run double, but that's what the box will say.

[Frayed Knot]

Pelfrey's gotta hold some kind of record for almost getting out of an inning. If not him than Heilman does.
Every run tonight is with 2 outs. 2 are unearned. Several have been driven in on broken bats and bloops plus the one that got past Beltran.

It's like he gets to the brink but then can't put the final guy away.

[TransMonk]

I've officially given up on my dream of Pelfrey being an effective big league starter. If he had the goods, he would be better than he is now. It doesn't help that he can only throw one pitch for strikes.

[Guest AG/DC]

We have blue jackets?

Wrong shade and all, but cool.

[Guest themetfairy]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I think of poor Barbaro everytime I see Castillo run.

Sad, but true....

[Guest AG/DC]

Man, Gary. Man, Ron.

Talk about the game a little.

[Guest KC]

And one last thing on the three run non-double ... it's not like the ball was hit
hard ... try and catch the freakin' thing by diving, show some highlights. I under-
stand that on a scorcher you don't want to commit and have the ball roll to
the wall, but that wasn't the type of hit it was.

I just think it's unfair to slap that on Pelfrey's ass.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Mets are playing like they're disappointed Willie gets to stay.

[Guest KC]

Willie ain't playing and Willie ain't allowing fly balls to shallow center turn
into three run doubles.

[Guest AG/DC]

I'm not sure that's fair, but they certainly seem to have some head-not-in-the-game issues.

[Guest KC]

Oh, and Beltran is quoted by the booth that the Willie thing is a distraction to boot.

[metirish]

Willie ain't playing SS either .

[Guest AG/DC]

Talk about sharks circling, Heilman's warming in the pen.

[metirish]

AG/DC wrote: Talk about sharks circling, Heilman's warming in the pen.

I was ironing so my full attention was at that but Gary mentioned something about Heilman and the minor leagues.