IGT, May 1: Mets @ Phils

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

HUGE pickoff there.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Plef helping himself with the bat and the pickoff. That really wrecked what I was sure was about to be the game-tying rally we all know is coming.

[Zvon]

Kong76 wrote: Re: Beltran running home, I thought at the time to myself, "why isn't he in more of a hurry?" He's lost a step a little, I don't think he's slow yet. It's like in the outfield, he seems to know how fast and how much energy to use to get where he has to be to get whatever done. I'm not forgetting the nice bounce so otherwise he mighta been out. Ahh, never mind.

If you couple the ginger running to the lack of sliding you might think he's more concerned with
not getting hurt than he is with playing the game, and that's a bad place for a player with his tools to be.

Its like with Perez, in a way.
I think some players consider some games more important than others, and I don't agree with that.
I think every game is important, whether it be april, sept, vs the Phils or the worst team in the league.

Nice pick off as Pelf erases J-Roll.

And Beltran doubles to open the Mets 5th

[Zvon]

ooooo, Wrights drivin in some runs tonight

[Zvon]

ooooo,nice catch by Ibanez.

[Zvon]

Chan Ho leaves the park.

Pelf due up vs Chad Durbin.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

That's how you win! Beat up the starter then beat up the reliever.

[Guest Kong76]

Big Pelf with another RBI! Mmmm, Schaefer ....

[metirish]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: That's how you win! Beat up the starter then beat up the reliever.

And make sure your own pitcher is doing some hitting.....Pelfrey!

[Zvon]

Baseball is such a nutty game

They bring in a new pitcher to pitch to our pitcher and our pitcher gets a hit.

[Guest Kong76]

. .

[Zvon]

nvm

[Guest Kong76]

Z: If you couple the ginger running to the lack of sliding you might think he's more concerned with
not getting hurt than he is with playing the game <<<

He slid under the tag.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I hope Pelfrey has an easy inning here. He's already thrown 81 pitches. I can imagine Jerry leaving a struggling Pelfrey in too long in order to get the five innings.

One. Two. Three. And then try to get him to pitch the sixth, too.

[Zvon]

="Kong76"]Z: If you couple the ginger running to the lack of sliding you might think he's more concerned with not getting hurt than he is with playing the game <<< He slid under the tag.

Yea, he slid there.
Nice to see him playing the game.

[Guest Kong76]

So he didn't slide another time and he's not interested?

[Zvon]

Kong76 wrote: So he didn't slide another time and he's not interested?

That's not for me to say. Ask him.

I can only speculate, as I have.

But if you play the game and the balls arriving
at a base when you are, you slide.
And he slid that time.

Yay!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Through 5 innings, Pelfrey's thrown 95 pitches.

Six is the most we'll get out of him. He'll get more Schaefer from me if he finishes six.

(He'll get something for the hitting regardless.)

[Guest Kong76]

Beltran steals second.

Slides.

[Zvon]

Kong76 wrote: Beltran steals second. Slides.

He had a great jump there too.
Looked fast.

[Guest Kong76]

Don't make me throw my sneaker over there, Z.

[Zvon]

Kong76 wrote: Don't make me throw my sneaker over there, Z.

lol

Pelf hits the shelf with one out, two on in the 6th.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Holy shit!

What a break!

[Zvon]

WOOT!
CRAZY PLAY ALERT!

[seawolf17]

Wow, that was ugly. I was sure the Phillies were somehow scoring two runs there, but instead they get nothing.

Come on, Feliciano. Give me one more out.

[Guest Kong76]

That was bizarre, could of been disaterous if that throw to second
sailed another foot to the right.

[Zvon]

Phils talking heads say Reyes will get an error on that.
That so?
Or a FC?


That was quick thinking by Reyes to try at third after the bobble.

[seawolf17]

Nice. A goose egg on the scoreboard for Pedro.

Gary: "If Coste breaks for the plate right away, I think he makes it."

Yes, he does, because I don't think there was anyone covering home plate, unless Feliciano was there. Stuttering gave Santos time to get back into position, and Dobbs' bad decision exacerbated the situation.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Kong76 wrote: That was bizarre, could of been even more so if that throw to second sailed another foot to the right.

Just what I thought -- that had little league 2-run triple written all over it.

[Zvon]

seawolf17 wrote: Yes, he does, because I don't think there was anyone covering home plate, unless Feliciano was there. Stuttering gave Santos time to get back into position, and Dobbs' bad decision exacerbated the situation.

I do think you are correct sir.