Saturday Knight Live (IGT 7/26)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

good guys lineup as I go for 4 straight:

Reyes, ss
Chavez, rf
Wright, 3b
Delgado, 1b
Beltran, cf
Tatis, lf
Cancel, c
A. Reyes, 2b
Knight, rhp

[bmfc1]

Jerry goes for the what is undoubtedly the first battery consisting of former members of the Somerset Patriots.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

The Mets are likely going to need to score a lot of runs tonight to get a win.

Knight is off to a rough start. Single - HBP- Single gets the bases loaded to open the game for the Cardinals.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Ankiel singles to drive in the first run. Bases are still loaded with no outs and Troy Glaus up for the Cardinals. Knight needs to get out of this mess with minimal damage. I'm hoping for a 6-4-3 DP here.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Best have someone warming up in the pen. It's not looking good as Knight walks in a run.

Now Molina drives in another run with a sac fly. Well, at least the Mets get the first out of the inning.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

ugh. Endy providing a preview of Manny's outfield play.

[Benjamin Grimm]

With the Phillies and the Marlins having already won, I'm ready to chalk this us as a bad day.

On a positive note, if the Mets do win this one, it will be especially inspiring.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Knight is throwing batting practice out there as Miles singles for the fourth Cardinal run. Luckily, La Genius has his pitcher hitting 8th, hopefully Knight can handle him.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm setting a goal for Brandon Knight:

Have a better game than Brett Hinchliffe did.

[Guest KC]

Well that was fun to watch.

Let's get a couple back quick or it's going to be a long night.

[TransMonk]

That first inning was bad, but it could have been worse.

We will need some O today. A seven run inning would be nice.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Reyes' double would've been a triple in the Polo Grounds.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

KC wrote: Well that was fun to watch. Let's get a couple back quick or it's going to be a long night.

good call

[Valadius]

Well we got a couple back.

I'm really hoping Knight doesn't pitch like this during the Olympics.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I don't give a damn how he pitches during the Olympics. I only care how he pitches in Flushing today.

[TransMonk]

An ugly 0 is still round with a whole in it.

Let's score more runs.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Reyes' double would've been a double in the Polo Grounds.

[nymr83]

The resurgence continues, Delgado cuts the Cardinal lead to 4-3.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We tyed this wigginton

[batmagadanleadoff]

Reyes' Home Run would've been a Home Run in the Polo Grounds.

[Guest AG/DC]

Things are really breaking good for Met fans these days.

Journeyman guy gets his first big league start, has a first inning so bad that it invokes Brent Hinchcliffe, he settles down and starts pounding the strike zone, shutting down a Cardinal team that can hit, if nothing else, and the Mets hit him back into the game.

And as I type, Jose Reyes parks one to give journeydude a lead.

A
maz
in'.

[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Reyes' Home Run would've been a Home Run in the Polo Grounds.

Maybe not. I'm not as sure as I was when I first wrote the post above.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Really the 1st inning wasn't so rough on Knight until the cheapie bloop single, accidental HBP and misplayed fly ball loaded the bases with nobody out.

Anyway, he just put the giveback run on base.

[Guest AG/DC]

Dark Knight gets the Joker to ground out and he's in line for a winnigan.

[Guest AG/DC]

Robinson Cancel: has any Met with a bigger mass-height ratio ever beaten out a DP grounder and then stolen second?

[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Reyes' Home Run would've been a Home Run in the Polo Grounds. Maybe not. I'm not as sure as I was when I first wrote the post above.

No way that Hr leaves the Polo Grounds.

http://www.andrewclem.com/Baseball/PoloGrounds.html#diag

Roll your mouse over the Shea link on the right side for an easy Shea to Polo comparison. The position of home plate is identically situated in each of the stadium diagrams.

[batmagadanleadoff]

The Mets used three catchers this year with the initials of R.C. (Robinson Cancel, Ramon Castro & Raul Casanova).

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

This pitching change is brought to you by Spalding:


http://www.sportsnetamerica.tv//view_video.php?viewkey=40c699190e2d8c029fa9

[TransMonk]

AG/DC wrote: Robinson Cancel: has any Met with a bigger mass-height ratio ever beaten out a DP grounder and then stolen second?

Agbayani never did it.

[Guest AG/DC]

Benny had good speed for a fattie, but Cancel looks stouter. He's certainly not as tall.