IGT - Philthies @ Mets, 5/7/09

[Fman99]

Hey, Jimmy Dean fingers, get off my TV. I quit smoking eight years ago. Take that shit to Dateline.

[Frayed Knot]

]It's dirty pool, he goes out of his way to bump Reyes and put a shoulder into him when Reyes is moving out of the basepath. And the ump totally missed it.

Again, blame the ump. Making or even faking contact is exactly what runners are taught to do in that situation.

]That's like defending A-Rod's ball slap in the ALCS back when.

Not the same - either in intent or in degree.

[Zvon]

Rodriguez in for the save.

Lets get this one over with asap.

[Fman99]

Can of corn. One down.

[Zvon]

Feliz swings at the 1st pitch and pops out to left.
Nice.

[Frayed Knot]

I'm very Feliz that he popped up that first one.

[Fman99]

Frayed Knot wrote: ]It's dirty pool, he goes out of his way to bump Reyes and put a shoulder into him when Reyes is moving out of the basepath. And the ump totally missed it. Again, blame the ump. Making or even faking contact is exactly what runners are taught to do in that situation. ]That's like defending A-Rod's ball slap in the ALCS back when. Not the same - either in intent or in degree.

How is it any different? They're both cheating and hoping to get away with it. The only difference is that A-Rod got called out and Hawaii Five-Fuck didn't.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Love that .083 OBP, Miguel Cairo.

[Frayed Knot]

Cairo dribbles like an Egyptian.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Dos!

Muy feliz.

[Piggiestomatoes]

Bye, Bye Cairo.

[Fman99]

Dribbler to Reyes, two down. Stairs comes up looking for a Chunky bar and a hit.

I love Mex doing color from the seats by the way.

[Piggiestomatoes]

Stairs reminds of Rusty, the last years. He's only missing the rib sauce on the uni.

[Fman99]

Foul ball to the upper deck. Creamed it.

[Zvon]

Fman99 wrote: Foul ball to the upper deck. Creamed it.

He did. Takes a walk.

Phils talking heads note the shortness of the foul poles at Citi Field.
They are kinda short, aren't they?

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

YES!!!!!

[Fman99]

Put it in the books. AGAIN.

Over .500, a 1/2 game out of first, a motherfucking winning streak. Life is good my friends.

[Frayed Knot]

And Castillo [u:0ba0977424]two hands it[/u:0ba0977424] for the out.

[Piggiestomatoes]

Put it in the books!

[Zvon]

YES.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Rodriguez > Wagner

[Guest themetfairy]

Yay!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'm back, biotches

[Guest Kong76]

Nice to see the guys with the straws on a stick ... two mini sweeps.

[Frayed Knot]

]How is it any different? They're both cheating and hoping to get away with it. The only difference is that A-Rod got called out and Hawaii Five-Fuck didn't.

You're a bit broad with your use of the word 'cheating' here.

There's a big difference between one runner using his hands to smack someone hard enough to make them drop the ball and another making it look like: 'ooh look Mr. umpire, I just plum runned into this guy standing right in my way' in order to steal a call.

The latter is not only done all the time but is taught that way.
The former is explicitly against the rules and was so rarely seen that ARod doing it not only invited the near universal ridicule he got but deserved it as well.



And once more (with feeling); It WAS a BAD call - but the bad here was on Welke for making it, not Victorino for trying.

[Fman99]

Frayed Knot wrote: ]How is it any different? They're both cheating and hoping to get away with it. The only difference is that A-Rod got called out and Hawaii Five-Fuck didn't. You're a bit broad with your use of the word 'cheating' here. There's a big difference between one runner using his hands to smack someone hard enough to make them drop the ball and another making it look like: 'ooh look Mr. umpire, I just plum runned into this guy standing right in my way' in order to steal a call. The latter is not only done all the time but is taught that way. The former is explicitly against the rules and was so rarely seen that ARod doing it not only invited the near universal ridicule he got but deserved it as well. And once more (with feeling); It WAS a BAD call - but the bad here was on Welke for making it, not Victorino for trying.

I respectfully disagree.

[Gwreck]

All 3 of the home runs were announced as being 400+ feet, with I think a quote of 425 for Wright's centerfield shot.

Fun game to be at. Shut up the morons from down south quick and they left early. "Jason Worth-less" chant that happened late in the game was kinda unfortunate given that he was 4-4 at that point.

Was fine with the Mets sticking with Feliciano for the whole inning. Very surprised to see Rodriguez and not Putz.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Edgy DC wrote: ="OlerudOwned"]Man, fuck Jayson Werth right in his stupid Spezio-douchepatch. So says the file cabinet with a bandito 'stache.

You were wrong, Cabinet Sanchez.