IGT 6/23/08 - Mariners at Mets

[Gwreck]

Seattle Mariners
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Jose Lopez 2B
Raul Ibanez LF
Adrian Beltre 3B
Richie Sexson 1B
Yuniesky Betancourt SS
Jeff Clement C
Willie Bloomquist CF
Felix Hernandez P

New York Mets
Jose Reyes SS
Luis Castillo 2B
David Wright 3B
Carlos Beltran CF
Carlos Delgado 1B
Trot Nixon LF
Ramon Castro C
Endy Chavez RF
Johan Santana P

[metirish]

It's not often I look forward to IL games but I am looking forward to watching this pitching match up tonight.

Got to say I really like Harold Reynolds on the pre-game , would like to see SNY work him in the booth.

[Guest AG/DC]

Felix Factz from wikipedia:

Like some other pitchers, Hern�ndez wears a long-sleeved undershirt beneath his uniform jersey. While typically this is done to keep the pitcher's arm from getting chilled, Hern�ndez wears it even in the hottest weather. For him it serves to keep perspiration from running down his arms and interfering with his hand's grip on the baseball.

Hern�ndez has been given the nickname King Felix, a title that matches the moniker of NBA phenom LeBron James. The U.S.S. Mariner weblog invented the nickname in July 2003, when he was just starting out in the minor leagues. Meanwhile, team CEO Howard Lincoln instructed the club's broadcasters to avoid the nickname, to reduce the pressure it might put on Hern�ndez.

Discovery as a prospect

Hern�ndez was first spotted by Luis Fuenmayor, a part-time Mariners scout who saw him pitching at age 14 in a tournament near Maracaibo, Venezuela. Fuenmayor recommended Hern�ndez to fellow scouts Pedro Avila and Emilio Carrasquel, who were impressed with the

youngster who could already throw 94 mph.

The Mariners continued to follow Hern�ndez for over a year, but baseball rules prohibit teams from signing players to contracts until after they have turned 16.

[Guest KC]

I like Harold too, I can do without the rubber/plate and a guy in suit thing on
a fake studio field that I find annoying about football pre-games. That whole
little segment there was very ESPNesque.

[seawolf17]

FUCKIN' HELL, Johan.

[Guest KC]

Felix hits a grand slam? Could be a long night.

[Guest AG/DC]

King Felix comes down from his throne and smites Santana.

[Guest AG/DC]

Nice play by Castillo.

Let's answer.

Johan, I wouldn't mind you answering in kind.

Wright, some atonement opportunities will be available. Take them.

[seawolf17]

Jets center Nick Mangold, Mets fan.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

OK, so I'm sitting here at work, and one the other reporters just yelled, "Hey Dave, how did Johan just give up a grand slam to an American League pitcher?"

I told him, "Don't even joke like that."

Then he said he wasn't.

Dammit.

The hell with that being his first homer. Was that his first-ever hit?

[seawolf17]

I think Gary said he was 1-for-8.

[Guest AG/DC]

King Felix just walked onto the train track.

[Guest AG/DC]

Asking for one more pitch? Is he crazy?

[Guest AG/DC]

Not that I think the spiking was intentional (Hernandez dropped his knee down toward the plate), but Beltran better get ready to duck.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

And so begins the comeback!

[Guest AG/DC]

I hope so. (The graphic just said the Mets are one of only two teams this season to have no wins after trailing by three or more.) But that's horrible to see a super-talented young pitcher like that go down.

[Frayed Knot]

A couple of not so simple twists of fate so far.

[Frayed Knot]

I remember Bob Gibson getting injured in a game while base-running. He tried to change direction and collapsed in a heap for the final out of the inning as his leg buckled.

He, like Hernandez, tried taking his warm-ups the next inning and again crumpled like a rag doll on his first try. I think it turned out to be a broken leg (or something equally serious) which caused him to miss a chunk of time afterward and maybe even the balance of the season.

But Bob was not going to go willingly.

[Guest AG/DC]

Well, he was one strike from qualifying for the win, so I hope his intransigence wasn't about getting himself a stat.

[seawolf17]

Randy Myers is in the picnic area! Always liked him.

[Frayed Knot]

Wright's numbers don't look too bad because he managing to get his one hit per game and usually an RBI to go with it, but his power for the last month or so is virtually non-existant.

Isolated power numbers:
April: .250
May: .243
June: .063

I mean that's like Luis Castillo slugging.

Edited June 23, 2008 by Guest

[Guest AG/DC]

Randy Myers = Me Sandy Ear

[Guest Grote15]

It wont be so funny when neither Wright or Reyes makes the all star team

This team still sucks

Think I'd rather have Carlos Lopez back and the three pitchers...Oh I forgot Lopez is the goods and will be a yankee in 4 years

Thanks Omar..another winning trade..How's Brian Bannister doing..You had to trade him for a spanish guy that wasn't good enough to make the Royals..

[Frayed Knot]

="Grote15"]Think I'd rather have Carlos Lopez back and the three pitchers...Oh I forgot Lopez is the goods and will be a yankee in 4 years

If you're going to pine for players gone away at least get their names right.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Who the hell is Carlos Lopez?

And who really cares whether or not Wright and Reyes make the All-Star team?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Anyway, if "Lopez" was still a Met, cleon would be whining about how much he sucks, and how stupid Omar was not to trade him for Santana.

[Guest Grote15]

YesI keep writing Lopez for Gomez..He is burning it for the twinkies.

Please stop calling me Cleon unless you can prove it..Thanks!

[Guest Grote15]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Who the hell is Carlos Lopez? And who really cares whether or not Wright and Reyes make the All-Star team?

Their agents probably care..and Met management

[Benjamin Grimm]

="Grote15"]Please stop calling me Cleon unless you can prove it..Thanks!

I've already proven it. I'm not going to waste my time trying to convince you, because you know damn well that you're cleon.

[Frayed Knot]

Wasn't there a local newsman in NYC here named Rowland Smith?