I-G-T 5/13/09 Get Away Afternoon Fun at Citi vs the Braves

[stevejrogers]

Rubber Game in the afternoon.

[stevejrogers]

Braves
Infante 2B
Escobar SS
Jones 3B
Anderson LF
Diaz RF
Prado 1B
Ross C
Schafer CF
Reyes P

Mets
Reyes SS
Castillo 2B
Beltran CF
Sheffield LF
Wright 3B
Tatis 1B
Castro C
Church RF
Niese P

[Guest Edgy DC]

That's it. Save Churchie for the lefthander.

[nymr83]

]Mets Reyes SS Castillo 2B Beltran CF Sheffield LF Wright 3B Tatis 1B Castro C Church RF Niese P

What has Sheffield done to deserve to bat fourth? What did Church do to Manuel that he's getting benched all the time andnow batting 8th?

Reyes, Castillo, Beltran, Wright, Church, Tatis, Sheffield, Castro, Niese, please.

[Farmer Ted]

"Rubber Game in the afternoon."

Boy, that conjures up images of days gone by. Nothing baseball related I'm glad to say.

[nymr83]

come on Niese, we don't walk people infront of Chipper!

[soupcan]

BAM! Larry doubles Escobar home. 1-0 Bravos.

[soupcan]

Larry scores ahead of Anderson's ribby single.

2-0 bad guys.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

="Nymr83"] ]Mets Reyes SS Castillo 2B Beltran CF Sheffield LF Wright 3B Tatis 1B Castro C Church RF Niese P What has Sheffield done to deserve to bat fourth? What did Church do to Manuel that he's getting benched all the time andnow batting 8th? Reyes, Castillo, Beltran, Wright, Church, Tatis, Sheffield, Castro, Niese, please.

I'd switch Tatis and Church in that hupothetical lineup(lefty on the mound, and Tatis is swinging a much hotter bat of late), but, yeah, point taken.

JCL and I both noted that when Reed was plugged in on Monday night (and this was echoed on Tuesday), he was batting ahead of Omir. Not sure what Churchy did, but it must be a doozy...

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Nevermind tripling-- Luis can hit it OVER OUTFIELDERS?

[Guest holychicken]

Is anyone else getting sick of them wasting ABs on Sheffield?

[nymr83]

="holychicken"]Is anyone else getting sick of them wasting ABs on Sheffield?

I'm getting there.
I'm at least sick of them wasting starts on Sheffield.

[Centerfield]

Gamecast tells me Citifield just took one away from Ryan Church.

[soupcan]

BTW -

2-2 top 3rd.

[soupcan]

Escobar, Chipper, Anderson and Diaz combine for 2 more runs.

4-2 bad guys.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Flerg. It all starts with a walk, doesn't it?

[Centerfield]

For David Wright.

[Centerfield]

For Fernando Tatis.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wright plates a duck and knocks out the starting pitcher.

That pitch was several inches outside.

[bmfc1]

Two pearls from Jon Heyman, the most overrated--OHMIGOD, it's the KARS FOR KIDS COMMERCIAL! ARGH!!!--"expert" in the business. The former is unattributed, the second his observation:

� David Wright and Jose Reyes have disappointed at least one Mets official so far. "Maybe they have a hot streak in them."

� The Mets look nervous whenever Johan Santana pitches, like they're not going to live up to his standards. And they often don't. Crazy that they're 4-3 in his starts with his 0.78 ERA.

[Centerfield]

Really? Gamecast tells me bases are loaded. One of you two is lying.

[Fman99]

GRAND SALAMI!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Citifield didn't steal that one.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Centerfield wrote: Really? Gamecast tells me bases are loaded. One of you two is lying.

Me.

[G-Fafif]

Tatis goes Wig-Wam SLAM!

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Tatis, a man familiar with grand slams. I hope he gets a chance to tie his record!

[soupcan]

6-4 white hats.

[nymr83]

I think Tatis should BREAK his record, preferably at Yankee Stadium in the 1st inning against Andy Pettite and a few relievers. I'd love to see that place completely devoid of Yankees fans during an interleague game.

[nymr83]

HUGE GIGANTIC ENORMOUS inning for Niese here against the top of the braves order, don't give it back!!

[Guest Edgy DC]

You know, we are going to need a centerfielder's speed in right field in this ballpark.