IGT 6/17/08 NYM vs LAA of A

[Guest 86-Dreamer]

Easley, SS
Castillo, 2B
Wright, DH
Beltran, CF
Delgado, 1B
Anderson, LF
Tatis, 3B
Schneider, C
Chavez, RF

yikes, willie is probably sitting at home saying "good luck with that lineup Omar!"

wright and beltran have their work cut out for them tonight.

[Frayed Knot]

Defense isn't any better under Manuel.
Delgado & Easley not coming off with a shine. Plus if Castillo gives Easley a better feed prior to that they might have had an inning-ending GiDP

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Gameday is operating once again. I liked it better when it was locked up.

[Guest AG/DC]

Funny that those miscues and tempers of the first inning would be attributed to the "circus" of keeping Willie hanging on if Willie was still hanging on.

Nothing goofier than a media circus ringing their hands over a media circus.

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

Keith sounds a little...swishy on the phone. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[Fman99]

Santana's 2nd inning goes much better than his first.

Poor Mex - doesn't realize that the inning has ended and he's going on and on. Classic.

[Guest AG/DC]

I'm getting the Angels feed again.

They're comparing the circle change to the screwball. In movement if not in arm trauma.

Santana looked like a goaltender there.

[Guest AG/DC]

Celtics up by 23 at halftime.

[Fman99]

AG/DC wrote: Celtics up by 23 at halftime.

Take that shit outside.

[Guest *62]

Entertaining thread.

Nice job, all. LOL

[nymr83]

so far i like how Manuel handled Reyes, hasn't bunted yet, and DH'd Wright, the only man in the league to have played every inning in the field this year before tonight.

[Fman99]

Vlad goes to 2nd as Marlon kicks the ball around in the corner like Beckham.

[Guest AG/DC]

Fman99 wrote: ="AG/DC"]Celtics up by 23 at halftime. Take that shit outside.

Excellent.

[Guest AG/DC]

My word. It's like they've entered into Operation Defensive Stinko in support of Randolph.

[Guest AG/DC]

I notice the bottom of the left field fair pole is black instead of yellow.

Is that the new American League standard?

Get with the 21st century, Junior Circuit.

[stevejrogers]

.avi

[Guest AG/DC]

Carlos D. is golfing tonight.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Nothing livens up a Game Thread like roadside photos.

What do you say we stop hitting into force plays?

[Fman99]

Yikes. Mathis sent that one a ways.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Santana could use some words of wisdom from the terazzo floor.

[Fman99]

Interesting. Beltran hustling down the line on a routine grounder to second.

I haven't been paying much attention to it but it's a good thing to see.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Really? Cuz they've been playing like lazy shits for most of it. Two guys whiffed on dropped 3rd strikes and haven't tried to run; Castillo was in slow motion on a DP ball and missed a coverage assignment. Easley missed a coverage assignment and his non-pay of a groundball in the first inning, for a single, opened the doors to give the Halos a lead they haven't relinguished.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Aaron Heilman learns hos new role: Mopup Guy.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Two-out threat chases Lackey after 7 2/3. It'll be Castillo vs. Scot Shields if we wanna send up the potential tying run.

Lackey is almost good enough to wear No. 41.

[Guest AG/DC]

Reyes would have gotten to that first-innng single, but he wouldn't been able to throw the guy out.

Tying run on deck and name Dabit Wright.

[Guest AG/DC]

A run scores as Tatis makes a nice stop followed by a crap throw, setting up Castillo to take a slide that hurts his knee and his wrist.

He stays in, but I expect him to miss 20 games.

[Guest AG/DC]

Delgado golfing all. night. long.

[Guest AG/DC]

This sucked. All the worst sins of this team before their recent surge were, like magnified.

Delgado played like a sucka. I haven't seen him this detached from his game all year.

[Benjamin Grimm]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: ="soupcan"]Why'd Gary and ron make such a big deal of the Reyes-Manuel thing? Reyes doesn't want to come out, Manuel wants to play it safe. I'd expect both guys to act exactly the way they did. Oh come on Soupy. Reyes was a belligerent dick in the very first inning of Manuel's very first game. Really interesting test of Manuel's leadership right off the bat.

I'm with Lunchbucket. That was completely infantile. If Jose plays tonight, I'd bat him ninth. Teach him a little humility.

[soupcan]

="John Cougar Lunchbucket"] ="soupcan"]Why'd Gary and ron make such a big deal of the Reyes-Manuel thing? Reyes doesn't want to come out, Manuel wants to play it safe. I'd expect both guys to act exactly the way they did. Oh come on Soupy. Reyes was a belligerent dick in the very first inning of Manuel's very first game. Really interesting test of Manuel's leadership right off the bat. BTW, fire Warthen.

I didn't see it as belligerence so much as I saw it as a player really not wanting to come out of a game.

Leadership, schmeadership - he did what any of us would do.