IGT #57 - Mets (Pedro) at Giants (Zito) - 6/3/08

[Gwreck]

Mets
Reyes SS
Easley 2B
Wright 3B
Beltran CF
Church RF
Tatis LF
Delgado 1B
Castro C
Pedro P

Giants
Fred Lewis LF
Ray Durham 2B
Randy Winn RF
Benji Molina C
Aaron Rowand CF
John Bowker 1B
Rich Aurilia 3B
Omar Vizquel SS
Barry Zito P

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Interesting. I thought Willie said Schneid would go tonite. Not that I'm complaining.

[Guest AG/DC]

I think a straight platoon is so the way to go.

Remember when Castro got two starts in a row with Pedro? And the papers were all, "He's Pedro's personal catcher!"

And Willie's all, "He is not!"

And the papers are all, "They're so reflexively deferential to Mike that they won't even admit it that Pedro doesn't want to pitch to Mike, and that Mike sucks, and that they kowtow to Latino mafia!"

Good times.

[Guest AG/DC]

Molina is not a slender bird.

[metirish]

I excited for this , come on Mets.

[Guest AG/DC]

Two ducks quickly on the pond for Wright-Beltran-Churchie.

[Guest AG/DC]

Jose, why wasn't that ball caught?

[Guest AG/DC]

Tied.

On a crap rally.

[Guest AG/DC]

My fat catcher and your fat catcher
Sitting by the fire
My fat catcher says to your fat catcher
You're gross when you perspire

[Guest AG/DC]

The old 6-5 putout works.

[metirish]

Pedro hitting 91/92 regularly , a good sign.

[Frayed Knot]

Also out of the strike zone regularly, not a good sign.

[Guest AG/DC]

He's one of the great control pitchers of all time. I'm not concerned about his location. If he doesn't have it, he'll find it.

Velocity is what we're pursuing.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

AG/DC wrote: My fat catcher and your fat catcher Sitting by the fire My fat catcher says to your fat catcher You're gross when you perspire

Castro-Castro Benji

Top o' the order coming up, let's score a few and send me to bed happy.

[Frayed Knot]

Bengie Molina: Slowest #1 ever?

[Guest AG/DC]

The duck asks you to:

Name the five pitchers to be unanimous Cy Young Award winners two or more times.

I got Pedro, Carlton, and Clemens. Who else?

I'll guess Seaver and, um, Vida Blue?

[Elster88]

AG/DC wrote: Jose, why wasn't that ball caught?

It's hard to catch with your head up your ass.

[Elster88]

Line shot to left by Castro, caught.

Grounder up the middle for Pedro, base hit.

[Frayed Knot]

AG/DC wrote: The duck asks you to: Name the five pitchers to be unanimous Cy Young Award winners two or more times. I got Pedro, Carlton, and Clemens. Who else? I'll guess Seaver and, um, Vida Blue?

Santana

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

I can't get the game on TV, but it looks like Pedro is pretty strong. Let's get some runs off this bum and get Pedro a win!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

That's what happens when you go around catching everything one-handed.

[Willets Point]

Nice recovery by Tatis, but not fast enough.

Let's make it not matter by getting Vizquel out.

[Elster88]

Church runs down a ball in the gap that is out of most parks in center. He plays a helluva right field.

Gary is flabbergasted that Willie intentionally walks Vizquel, who was 1 for his last 29.

[Gwreck]

I like his bat so far, but I can't stress enough how much I'd like to have a real outfielder (read: not Evans, either) out there instead of Tatis.

On the other hand, Church's defensive value is on display particularly this series.

[metirish]

Mets can't keep letting Zito off the hook.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Here we go. Easley walks and Wright singles hard.

Beltran doubles!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Easley with a lead off walk. Now let's make Zito pay for that mistake.

[metirish]

Belltran knocks in a run....yes.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

The Met's have a rally going.

Good to Beltran starting to swing the bat better of late.

[Guest AG/DC]

Driving the ball on the ground and running is the strategy tonight. The wind is holding up everything in the air.