IGT 146: 9/13 Game 1: Hampton vs. Santana

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Rats, I knew that bases-loaded-no-outs screw-up would haunt.

[Frayed Knot]

Their bases-loaded ground balls found holes, ours didn't.
Simple as that so far.

[HahnSolo]

Omar Infante sac fly. 3-2 Atl.

[bmfc1]

And they got a SF with the bases loaded--the Mets hit into a DP (Easley).

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Santana's gotta be pulling his hair out with this bunch.

And we need this game if the Neise is going in game 2.

[bmfc1]

I hate the albino physicist.

[stevejrogers]

Frayed Knot wrote: ="metsmarathon"]mark grace really is not pleasing to the ears. how the hell do they go about hiring awful, awful announcers like him? i mean, there's gotta be better guys out there than this, just hoping for a job, right? I think Grace had the rep as a player of being "colorful", maybe because he was often going out with some good-looking babes. I think network execs look at that kind of stuff and say; "Hey, this guy would be great on TV" That said, while he's certainly not Mr. Excitement out there, he hasn't said anything particularly dopey today ... at least not yet.

He also earned a rep through interviews on shows like Jim Rome where he would frequently tell R, and sometimes X rated stories from the locker room (It's Grace who gets credit for bringing the "Slump Buster" out in the open).

So his Crash Davis/Jim Bouton mentality probably gave execs the idea that he'd be great for their "target" audience.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I want two happy outcomes today, but it's not looking good.

We may need to get three tomorrow.

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: I hate the albino physicist.

Whitey Einstein?

[bmfc1]

The guy in the TV commercial.

[metirish]

Frayed Knot wrote: ="bmfc1"]I hate the albino physicist. Whitey Einstein?

Good descriptions , every time I see him I think of the big German guy form "Die Hard".

[Frayed Knot]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Santana's gotta be pulling his hair out with this bunch.

Overall yeah, but that inning was as much on him as his relief.
He gave up two liners to start the inning. The relievers got the grounders they wanted but both were soft rollers which simply found holes.

[Frayed Knot]

Would have been nice to get some runners in the 8th if only to turn the lineup over back to the top.
Gotta force a run now with the bench seeing as how 8 & 9 are due to lead off.

I'd like to see Murphy be one of the PHers
On edit: I had forgotten Gonzalez was a lefty - hadn't seen him in so long

[Benjamin Grimm]

This would be an ideal time for a bloop and a blast.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Nope.

I'm officially antsy now.

[Frayed Knot]

Bases-loaded/no-outs twice = 1 run
Nuff said.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Mets lose and Phillies win, virtually simultaneously.

This won't be good for our NHOP.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

This was a bad beat. Santana went out and pitched as an ace is expected to do, but the offense let him down. Too many squandered chances came back to bite the Mets.

We need the offense to show up in tonight's second game.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Mets offense, that is.

[Guest holychicken]

Now THAT was a good old fashion 2007 collapse game.

Get the lead early, squander a bunch of chances, the offense goes to sleep and the BP gives it up.

I am not happy right now.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Yup�

That is in response to both Ben and holychicken.