IGT 09/01/08 -- Mets @ Brewers

[bmfc1]

YES!!!!!

Time for more 'roids, Gagne.

[Gwreck]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Delgado!!!!!!

[nymr83]

beltran and church with back-to-back hits to add some insurance

[Frayed Knot]

Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

CHURCH!!!!

[bmfc1]

Frayed Knot wrote: To steal one of Keith Olberman's schticks, our problems so far today: Worst (tie): Murphy's 1st inning bunt & Reyes's steal attempt Worster: Wright 1-out/runners-on K Worstest: Santana's balk

Ed Rapuano: The Worst. Person. IN THE WORLD!!!!

[stevejrogers]

Time for pen to hold it.

Can they?

[bmfc1]

Three Guiseppe Franco's? We usually only have 2!

Edited September 1, 2008 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

Sticking w/Figgy ... and why not? He only threw about 10 pitches in the 7th.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Frayed Knot wrote: Sticking w/Figgy ... and why not? He only threw about 10 pitches in the 7th.

Didn't last long. Braun doubles, and in comes Feliciano to face the Hamburgler.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Feliciano........not feeling good.

[Guest themetfairy]

Feliciano and Smith do the job in the 8th!

[Frayed Knot]

2 relief IPs, 3 pitchers, 7 batters, 1 hit.

So far so good.
Only 1 inning to go ... and how much trouble can they get into in one measley inning?

[Guest KC]

For as much as we piss and moan about the pen, that eighth was a thing
of beauty.

Time for Wright to wake up here.

[Frayed Knot]

"For as much as we piss and moan about the pen, that eighth was a thing of beauty."

Yes it was, which is why giving away outs at the top of the order while trying to pad the lead is so fuckin' frustrating!!!!

[Guest themetfairy]

Beltran comes out of the game with a bruised knee, thanks to Ed Rapuano.

[Guest KC]

AYALA!!!

[Gwreck]

--> [books] !

[stevejrogers]

In Da Books.

[Frayed Knot]

VERY nice win.
Lots o' suds for Johan & Carlos and then divvy up a case among a whole ton of relievers.

[bmfc1]

Meanwhile, we have to worry about Carlos B.

And the Phillies are w/i 3 after a bases loaded walk and then a HBP.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

yay!

Call the cops, we stole one!

[TransMonk]

Had cheap seats in this one. Brewers fans were confident and cocky as I was walking into the stadium wearing Mets gear. Lots of shouts about "7 with 17 to go" and such. Picking on Brewers fans is a little too easy, though, when their team hasn't even earned a playoff spot in 26 years.

I was the only Mets fan in my section to start the game and Milwaukee scoring early did not help. A Mets fan and his two daughters showed up in the second and sat in the empty seats to my right. He is from Chicago and has tickets to the Cubs series at Shea in the final week of the season.

It was a beautiful day in Milwaukee and the game breezed by. We were pretty surprised to see Sheets out early. When Murphy batted in the eighth with 2 strikes, the Brewers scoreboard flashed that he is batting 1.000 with 2 strikes this year...a stat I never would have guessed. He continued by hitting a double down the line in left. Delgado hit his HR 2 batters later.

I've never seen a Brewer booed as hard in Milwaukee as Gagne was in the 8th. Milwaukee fans aren't used to paying 10 million per yer to a player, and when they do, they expect him to perform. No Brewers fans mentioned my Mets fandom to me after the Mets took the lead today.

Listened to the Milwaukee postgame on the radio during the drive home and all of the callers blamed Yost for losing the game. They are winning this year, but I get the sense that Yost is not a favorite of the fans in Milwaukee. If for some reason they blow this thing, watch out Ned.

Today was easy...I'm going with 3 Brewers fan friends on Wednesday. It's going to be a long drive home if they don't win with Perez on the mound. My seats Wednesday are below the SNY booth...I'll have to bring some Tootsie Pops for Keith.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Sounds like a fun day!

Miller Park is a nice place to see a game. I'm sure you had a brat with secret stadium sauce.

[soupcan]

TransMonk wrote: I've never seen a Brewer booed as hard in Milwaukee as Gagne was in the 8th. Milwaukee fans aren't used to paying 10 million per yer to a player, and when they do, they expect him to perform.

I saw a funny bumpersticker in Massachusetts last week that was apparently a holdover from last year:

'GAGNE IS A YANKEE SPY'

[TransMonk]

I wrote: When Murphy batted in the eighth with 2 strikes, the Brewers scoreboard flashed that he is batting 1.000 with 2 strikes this year...a stat I never would have guessed. He continued by hitting a double down the line in left.

Checking Baseball Reference, this stat is nowhere near correct...not sure where they got it from Oh well, for that one instance yesterday it was.

[Guest holychicken]

The amazing Murphy is able to strike out without ever getting to 2 strikes.

That's why they call them the Amazins!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Maybe they meant an 0 and 2 count?

[Guest holychicken]

12 ABs this year with an 0-2 count, 6Ks.