IGT, Yar! Pirates @ Mets, 5/8/09

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Yer home 9...

Reyes...... SS
Castillo.... 2B
Beltran.... CF
Delgado... 1B
Wright..... 3B
Murphy..... LF
Santos...... C
Church...... RF

And your starter, our young lefty with a not-altogether-UN-Muppety honker...

... Mr. Jon Niese.

For the scurvy-ridden dreadnoughts in ye visitin' dugout...

Morgan.......................... LF
Sanchez........................ 2B
McLouth........................ CF
LaRoche the Elder....... 1B
LaRoche the Younger.. 3B
Moss............................... RF
Diaz................................ C
Bixler.............................. SS

We have that sorry lout Jeff Karrrrrrstens harlin' the orb.

Yer win streak, she stands at 1, 2, 3, 4...



Let's take five, shall we?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Oh, Nyjer... if you let go of the bag, it won't be your bag anymore.

An unorthodox CS-- Morgan tagged out after sliding past second-- and two deep flies, and young Mr. Niese is out of the first.

[ashie62]

Ahoy Ye Mateys! Captain Niese on the mound and Karstens walking the plank

[ashie62]

That inaugural patch on Niese is huge

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Couple of hits, couple of steals, a sprig of Delgado to perk up the flavor (and cut through the shift)... and you got a stew going!

Niese looks to be settling in nicely. (In the batter's box as well-- line-drive single for the youngun in his first ups.)

[ashie62]

Niese now has the highest Mets batting average

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yo lo tengo!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Guh. Way to communicate.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Niese is making a case for himself tonight.

Five nice innings so far.

[Guest Kong76]

That was a nice decoy play an inning or so ago by Reyes when Niese threw
a bad pick-off throw to first after Morgan already left the bag. The ball sailed
into the foul territory abyss and Reyes kept Morgan at second instead of
him winding up on third or worse.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

I like this kid!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Niese has been solid (though Morgan, Sanchez and Mclouth seem to have him solved). Otherwise, we be wendin' our way through some doldrums, me hearties.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

More O please.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ken Takahashi Fan Club +++++++

[Fman99]

I wonder why they go to Green (ERA 8.76) instead of Stokes (ERA 0.00) there.

And I wonder why they don't have cameras installed in the bullpens, and instead force us to look between the fences for a glimpse of the relievers.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

I'm not joining the Ken Takahashi Fan Club until he doubles off of Randy Johnson.

[Guest Kong76]

I think we should refer to the bullpen as the bullcave until further review.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Now I'm visualizing cattle hanging upside-down from the roof.

[Fman99]

Parnell throws some smoke. Fun to watch.

Let's Go Mets! OFFENSE!

[Guest Swan Swan H]

OK, top of the order in the bottom of the eighth. Time to strike!

LET'S

[Guest Kong76]

ORDER O

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Steal, don't bunt. Or steal, THEN bunt.

[Guest Edgy DC]

[Guest Kong76]

Or don't do either and draw a walk.

[Fman99]

Get the rally caps on. First and second, no outs, big bats up.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

This has the makings, it does. Of what, I'm not sure.

[Fman99]

There we go!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I got my rally Toolsheds on.

[Frayed Knot]

So now that we got a lead aren't you tempted to run Parnell out there again for the 9th?

I would

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Putz didn't shave off that landing strip of his to sit in the 'pen.