IGT, 5/18, Mets at Dodgers

[A Boy Named Seo]

Great job, Pedro. Free baseball tonight, kids.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Swan Swan H wrote: Green makes a great pitch and a lousy throw to first, and Feliciano has himself a mess to deal with.

"Me llamo Pedro. Soy su basurero."

[Guest Swan Swan H]

My alarm clock looms like an evil spectre as I await the tenth.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Two pitch-arounds in a row for Wright. It's up to Tatis to pull the finger out of Torre's nose and shove a bat in there.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Swan Swan H wrote: My alarm clock looms like an evil spectre as I await the tenth.

You late night east-coasters are my heroes. I woulda been asleep by the 3rd.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Clean living and a pot of Peet's House Blend.

[Gwreck]

I feel like our chances to win just went down in a big way when we didn't take a lead there in the 10th.

Would you double switch out Tatis for Reed in order to keep Stokes in the game longer?

[Guest Swan Swan H]

]Would you double switch out Tatis for Reed in order to keep Stokes in the game longer?

At this point I think so. Stokes is probably going two or three if he has to. May as well delay his AB.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Swan Swan H wrote: ]Would you double switch out Tatis for Reed in order to keep Stokes in the game longer? At this point I think so. Stokes is probably going two or three if he has to. May as well delay his AB.

Agreed. Not to mention that 'Nando-- the one at-bat with a lineout aside-- has looked jumpy at the plate tonight... you're losing little by way of offense.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Sheesh. Two ropes right at outfielders. Bloop one in, will ya, Churchie?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Hey, this Church guy's pretty good-- he should be starting!

[Guest Swan Swan H]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Hey, this Church guy's pretty good-- he should be starting!

Put the glove on the other hand and stick him at shortstop.

[apmorris]

a new low

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Holy Throneberry! Church gets called for missing third trying to score on Pagan's shot in the gap.

As I was watching it live he seemed to miss it, and nobody argued. Oy.

[Elster88]

That won't get him off of Jerry's shit list. Plus it looks like he hurt himself. Pagan picking up where he left off last April.

Is there any way we win after that? Should I go to sleep?

[Elster88]

Gary says it's a double for Pagan. I was wondering how to score that but I guess it makes sense if Church "never made it" to third.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Stokes, after breezing through the 10th, walks Loretta leading off the 11th on four pitches. Ominous.

[Gwreck]

Unbelievable.

I guess Beltran bears a certain amount of fault but there's a cardinal rule that any ball the centerfielder can get to, he takes. Pagan should have known better.

[apmorris]

tee them up for another error

[Guest Swan Swan H]

I should just go to bed now and read about this disaster tomorrow.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

OK, Furball's little flare to left doesn't do the job.

I'd go back to normal defense here, but Jerry doesn't.

[Elster88]

I don't like this 5 infielder thing. I'd rather play the outfield shallow. What's more likely to happen, a dink hit between the two outfielders (where a shallow centerfielder could keep the runner on third from tagging up), or a groundball up the middle that gets between second and shortstop?

[Gwreck]

I guess that could've theoretically ended worse but I'm not really sure how.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

OK, so they shouldn't have double switched Tatis out. Stokes did a hell of a job against Furcal and Hudson, but Reed threw it away.

I live to second guess. I will NEVER be wrong. BWAAHHHHHHHAAAHHHHH.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Gwreck wrote: I guess that could've theoretically ended worse but I'm not really sure how.

Some time in the mid 1980s my softball team was in game 3 of a 2-of-3 playoff series. Game tied, bottom of the inning (I don't remember which, but it was the seventh or later).

Leadoff triple. We intentionally walk the next two guys and move our left fielder in to be the fifth infielder. Next batter hits it right to him on one hop. He steps on second and throws to first, a beautiful double play, as the runner on third crosses the plate to end our season.

That was worse. For me, anyway.

[ashie62]

that was truly unique...don't think Church will play tomorrow

Tired of these AAA lineups

[Fman99]

I'm glad I went to bed before this mess of an 11th inning started. Wow.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

This IGT was a lot like a a good book that you just can't put down, then you get to the ending and it ruins the entire story for you.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Very happy I missed that

[Methead]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Very happy I missed that

Turned the TV off after Church missed third.