IGT #125 - Mets at Pirates - August 18, 2008

[Guest sharpie]

Met starters in this series, 28 innings, 1 run.

Met relievers in this series (so far), 5 innings, 6 runs.

[Guest AG/DC]

Gameday has Murphy batting righthanded.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Beltran needs to get a hit right here.

[bmfc1]

Delgado needs to get a hit right here.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

In comes Sean Burnett and the weird step-over delivery.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

They have to be going to a lefty specalist

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Not what we needed. Pissing this game away.

[Gwreck]

Are any of our relievers actually capable of pitching a full inning?

Or is it that Jerry is just unwilling to let them do so?

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Ugh. Multiple ugh.

Good defense by Sanchez, at very least.

[bmfc1]

"Are any of our relievers actually capable of pitching a full inning?"

You ain't kidding. When I saw the B-Mets last night and one reliever pitched the entire 7th and 8th AND held a one run lead, it was stunning.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Hawkeye up with the bases loaded. Burns in Post-Op

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Ass.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Jerry apparently likes to use ALL the bullpen.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Duaner Sanchez sucks.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

I suppose it's hard to complain after a 6-game win streak. But this sucks. This game should have been won.

[Guest holychicken]

Ugh. Why does our BP have to suck so much?

[Methead]

:: closes Gamecast window ::

[Guest OlerudOwned]

I bet the asshole who crashed into Duaner's cab is living it up somewhere right now, too.

[Guest KC]

[Gwreck]

Here's what sticks in my craw right now:

1. When Jerry brought Schoeneweis into the game, he didn't double-switch. Even though the pitcher's spot was due up in the order next. And we're still carrying 3 catchers, so he could've easily lifted Castro from the game without much consequence.

2. Yet then, after removing Schoeneweis from the game (after Scott pitched well), he puts Feliciano (another lefty!) in as the next pitcher.

Why couldn't Schoeneweis have stayed in the game?

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The reason this bugs me is that I am convinced that part of the bullpen problems is that he is simply having everybody get up and into the games too frequently. It's ok -- really, I swear -- to have a pitcher go a whole inning.

[Guest themetfairy]

I lost track of the innings and thought it was the 9th already.

Although it might as well be

[Guest KC]

I know what you mean, but Jerry got ejected in like the 2nd or 3rd inning.

[Gwreck]

True. In that case, I'm angry because he set a bad example for Sandy Alomar to follow.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Five runs in three innings for the bully. Terrible. Was the new guy even there yet. Omar needs to make about three more moves.

[Gwreck]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Five runs in three innings for the bully. Terrible. Was the new guy even there yet. Omar needs to make about three more moves.

Who gets cut / sent to the minors?

[bmfc1]

Gwreck wrote: ="metsguyinmichigan"]Five runs in three innings for the bully. Terrible. Was the new guy even there yet. Omar needs to make about three more moves. Who gets cut / sent to the minors?

Kunz.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

What will Easley do now that there's nobody on base for him to erase also?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Of course.

[Gwreck]

bmfc1 wrote: Kunz.

He already was, to make room for Ayala.

[Gwreck]

I would've liked to have seen Reyes hit here instead of Cancel.