IGT 5/9, Pirates at Mets

[Guest Kong76]

Baba Booey, today's b'cast has it all.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Alert the Takahashi fan club.



Castro out with a tight thigh.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Howie and Wayne agree: Takahashi "knows what he's doing out there... he really looks like he knows what he's doing." This time, I agree with their agreement. (I'm thinking the decade-plus in big-league ball helps.)

Ken Takahashi: a Professional Pitcher.

[Guest Kong76]

They showed the guys clowning around in the dugout with Takahashi with
potential handshake moves and I think it was Santana trying to incorporate
some sushi eating move into it.

Winning good, nice to be loose.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Reyes gets a single half inning off and he looks depressed.

[Guest Kong76]

I was thinking the same thing, "Sandy thinks he's big guy giving me the hook."

SIX in a row!

[MFS62]

I just hope Delgado didn't re-injure that hip when he beat out that infield roller.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Howie and Wayne agree: Takahashi "knows what he's doing out there... he really looks like he knows what he's doing." This time, I agree with their agreement. (I'm thinking the decade-plus in big-league ball helps.) Ken Takahashi: a Professional Pitcher.

A semi-efficient 25 pitches for 2 full innings is nice to see also.
I know it's a small sample but it's a change from what we get from a lot of our guys - starters & relievers.

[Guest holychicken]

First place Mets. . . I thought the season was over a couple weeks ago?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Frayed Knot wrote: ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]Howie and Wayne agree: Takahashi "knows what he's doing out there... he really looks like he knows what he's doing." This time, I agree with their agreement. (I'm thinking the decade-plus in big-league ball helps.) Ken Takahashi: a Professional Pitcher. A semi-efficient 25 pitches for 2 full innings is nice to see also. I know it's a small sample but it's a change from what we get from a lot of our guys - starters & relievers.

Agreed. He's worked well so far, and as long as he's keeping the ball low-- 80-mph anything is getting clobbered up if he leaves it up-- I'm all for him seeing more innings. (I think he and Stokes are an interesting pair to use back-to-back... they're complete opposites as pitchers, and the contrast could work to nice effect if they're used back-to-back in more high-leverage situations.)

[ashie62]

I retract my 4/29/09 season over post and open myself to all the ridicule I deserve...

[G-Fafif]

Marvelous day at CF thanks to awesome game and awesome company in the form of bmfc1 and the sons of everybody's favorite [friggin'] fantasy camper. Think I saw Swan Swan H in a Viva Shea t-shirt. Called out his non-screen name but he didn't respond, so I could be mistaken*. My facility with dates is matched inversely by my inability to remember faces as well as I should.

*I'm now thinking it was somebody else familiar from the online rounds. Either way, good game.

[batmagadanleadoff]

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm looking forward to that Mayor's Trophy Game.

[seawolf17]

That Seavers is one helluva pitcher.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

I was there, but in a Hofstra sweatshirt. We sit in the last row of the ballpark, and by the seventh inning I was in a sweatshirt and a jacket. A wind tunnel, it is.

Nice game, eh? Maine looked good, the offense piled up some bloops and blasts, and the defense in the outfield looked way better than I feared when the lineups were introduced.

A 1-0 game is nice, but a blowout is like watching in a rocking chair.

[G-Fafif]

Swan Swan H wrote: A 1-0 game is nice, but a blowout is like watching in a rocking chair.

Shh! The Mets are going to start charging special rocking chair prices.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

G-Fafif wrote:

]Shh! The Mets are going to start charging special rocking chair prices.

I can see it now - a rocking chair, warm milk and vanilla wafers, and for an additional $5.00 you can rent a blue-n-orange Snuggie.

[G-Fafif]

Sometimes it's quiet enough there so such would be appropriate.