IGT, 4/16, vs. San Diego

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Mets take on All Star and bad American Jake Peavy tonight, and counter with John Maine, a pitcher who loves the United States so much that he is named after one of them.

They sit three games off the blistering pace of the Marlins, and hope to get above .500 for the second time this season, and above .500 at CitiField for the first time ever.

PV was excellent his last time out, while Maine was hitting the nineties and striking Fish out, so this game could be as good a watermark as anything, if you're looking for that sort of thing.

For those of you delighting in young Hundley's clumsley defense, it looks like the Pads are planning to use Henry Blanco as PV's personal catcher, his PVC, as it were.

I'm 1-0 in IGTs, even after a disastrous start yesterday. Extend my streak.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

On my way to this shindig. Very xcited

[Fman99]

I am in Texas for work, haven't seen a Mets game since the home opener.

Going to try and listen on MLB Gameday Audio from my hotel room tonight. Let's Go Mets!

[Guest Edgy DC]

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Gerut, CF Eckstein, 2B Giles, RF Gonzalez, A, 1B Headley, LF Kouzmanoff, 3B Blanco, H, C Cabrera, SS Peavy, P	Reyes, J, SS Murphy, LF Wright, 3B Delgado, 1B Beltran, CF Church, RF Castro, R, C Castillo, 2B Maine, P

[metirish]

Gary says that the Murphy cut off throw to Reyes last night was by design , it's a play they worked on all Spring Training. Manuel said he saw it before with an ageing Greg Vaughn in Tampa.

[Fman99]

Listening online. Won't be posting too much as I don't want to disrupt my streaming audio over wireless.

[Fman99]

KABOOM!

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

CARLOS!! Playing like the off-season never happened!

[metirish]

That was an absolute bomb from Delgado, 440 foot says Gary.

3-0 Mets

[Guest Edgy DC]

This guy Cabrera is up from A Ball.

A Ball!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Chit! I've logged in and jinxed the game.

[nymr83]

MELTDOWN

[Fman99]

I hate it when the wheels fall off. Who's our longman these days?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Aflac asks: Only two players to hit homers before the age of 20 and after the age of 40.

Edgy answers: Staub and Cobb.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Good time to start your season here, Castro.

[nymr83]

STUPID FUCKIN FAN COSTS REYES A RUN

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, that's right. Get on the cell phone. "Yeah, that was me! Interferring with the game!"

[Frayed Knot]

When are these fans going to learn to leave balls-in-play alone?

[nymr83]

Wright K's looking and the STUPID fan has indeed cost the Mets a run.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Crap strikeout call, Blue!

[nymr83]

Frayed Knot wrote: When are these fans going to learn to leave balls-in-play alone?

They won't. I can't believe they didn't give that guy the boot though.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Never knew that Trevor Hoffman and Glen Hoffman were brothers.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hey, scoring in the first and then hanging up a bunch of zeros. It's the 2008 Mets.

[nymr83]

Peavy 114 pitches over 5 and he's done, lets get some runs back. oh and O'Day, could you please hold them here?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Let's get at that obscure and Sanchez-laden bullpen.

[Elster88]

Nymr83 wrote: ="Frayed Knot"]When are these fans going to learn to leave balls-in-play alone? They won't. I can't believe they didn't give that guy the boot though.

On the radio they weren't sure if Reyes would've scored how did it look on tv?

[Guest Edgy DC]

It probably would have had to have taken (conditional present perfect imperative present?) a funky hot. If the outfielder fields it more or less clean, Reyes holds.

[Elster88]

Funky hot and fresh?

[nymr83]

its probably 50/50 at the plate, it depends on the hop and the quality of the throw but i'd think that with 2 outs reyes aint stopping

[Guest Edgy DC]

Does Keith somehow not know what pizza looks like?