IGT - Mets @ Braves - 05/04/2009

[Piggiestomatoes]

Over/Under on the number of walks Maine gives up this inning?

Okay, I'm a glass half empty kind of guy.

[Guest Kong76]

From baseball-reference.com :

1.	Darryl Strawberry	733		
2.	Mike Piazza		655		
3.	Howard Johnson		629		
4.	Ed Kranepool		614		
5.	Edgardo Alfonzo		538		
6.	Cleon Jones		521		
7.	David Wright		499		
8.	Keith Hernandez		468		
9.	Kevin McReynolds	456		
10.	Carlos Beltran		432		

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Make 'at 434.

Two home runs? That's mildly edgy.

[Guest Kong76]

Beltran went KABOOM again while the forum was dead in the water.

Critical Error, it sounds so critical.

[Guest Kong76]

Jay Satan, that explains it.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Holy crap I almost forgot how obnoxious the Braves TV crew can be.

[Guest themetfairy]

Putz....

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Dammit all.

[Fman99]

J.J. Putz blows dead bears.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Would it be so wrong to try and give Parnell another inning? I like that kid!

[Guest Kong76]

Jeez, tough room.

[seawolf17]

A few years ago, I'd be cowering under a blanket, sure the Mets would blow this game, being in Atlanta and all. But the mystique there is long gone.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

You're a hitter, Gary, not a runner.

[Guest Kong76]

Why the hell is Sheff trying to steal a base there?

[nymr83]

i guess he (wrongly) thought they werent paying attention

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Kong76 wrote: Why the hell is Sheff trying to steal a base there?

Because this team seems to still be confusing "aggressiveness" with "doing really stupid things."

[seawolf17]

Coulda been a bad jump on a hit and run.

[Fman99]

And yet I am encouraged by that last Reyes hit and his running of the bases tonight.

On to Frankie. Let's put this thing to bed.

[seawolf17]

I tell you, though, that insipid chant drives me fucking batty, and just sounds idiotic.

[Fman99]

Wow. A comeback win. I don't even know what that means!

Good times in Hot Lanta.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Into the books we go. Frankie Rodriguez is a lot of fun to watch out that. Entertaining motion and electric stuff.

[bmfc1]

Great win. Fell behind, didn't cave, everybody contributed, the bullpen held on, no drama, under 3 hours.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

OlerudOwned wrote: ="Kong76"]Why the hell is Sheff trying to steal a base there? Because this team seems to still be confusing "aggressiveness" with "doing really stupid things."

That's Edge, baby! It cuts both ways! It'll make you howl in ecstasy one night, then sleep with your mother and sister the next-- that's just the way it rolls.

[Guest themetfairy]

It feels so strange - I don't know how to react to this kind of win....

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Fman99 wrote: Wow. A comeback win. I don't even know what that means! Good times in Hot Lanta.

Come... back?[/code]

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: ="OlerudOwned"] ="Kong76"]Why the hell is Sheff trying to steal a base there? Because this team seems to still be confusing "aggressiveness" with "doing really stupid things." That's Edge, baby! It cuts both ways! It'll make you howl in ecstasy one night, then sleep with your mother and sister the next-- that's just the way it rolls.

lol

[Fman99]

OlerudOwned wrote: Into the books we go. Frankie Rodriguez is a lot of fun to watch out that. Entertaining motion and electric stuff.

Seriously. I love watching pitches break that hard from right to left like that. Filthy, in all the best connotations of that word.

[soupcan]

This is from today's New York Post:

]The personal highlight reel by Beltran was in keeping with his season, which has been off the charts. Not only does he lead the NL with a .400 average, but Beltran extended his hitting streak to 15 games. "My whole career I've been a pull hitter, and now letting the ball get deep has helped me to use the whole field," Beltran said. "Once you do that, you've got a lot of opportunities to help the team."

What does Beltran mean here? Letting the ball go deeper in terms of the front and back of home plate/strike zone? So a pull hitter hits the ball towards the front of the plate/strike zone and if one is going to go opposite field then its not so much the swing but where the ball is hit within the zone? Interesting stuff.

[Frayed Knot]

soupcan wrote: What does Beltran mean here? Letting the ball go deeper in terms of the front and back of home plate/strike zone? So a pull hitter hits the ball towards the front of the plate/strike zone and if one is going to go opposite field then its not so much the swing but where the ball is hit within the zone?

Yes - to all of the above.
That's why inside fastballs are, in effect, faster than fastballs towards the outside corner.
Hitters need to meet the inside pitch out in front of the plate or else they're getting jammed in on the hands. Outside pitches of the same speed aren't usually met until the ball has reached over the plate, maybe as much as a foot or so "later".

[soupcan]

I guess that's common sense if you think about it. Apparently I never really thought about it.

Learn something new and interesting everyday.

Thanks FK.