IGT - New Yorks at Washingtons 6/6/09

[Guest Mendoza Line]

I flipped on SNY this afternoon and saw Beltran get called out at third stretching a double into a triple and posted a rant about it here. Then I saw that Redding was pitching in the bottom of the first and thought, "wait - didn't he pitch last night???"

Then I noticed the Encore logo at upper right on my screen.

Yeah. Last night's game. I missed it. Missing tonight's game, too, because I'm seeing Citizen Cope in Montclair. But let's go Mets, and all that.

duh.

[Guest Mendoza Line]

NYM (29-24)

Castillo, 2B
Brown, RF
Beltran, CF
Sheffield, LF
Wright, 3B
Tatis, 1B
Santos, C
Valdez, SS
Maine, P

=red]WSH (14-39)

Guzman, SS
Johnson, 1B
Zimmerman, 3B
Dunn, LF
Dukes, RF
Harris, CF
Hernandez, 2B
Nieves, C
Lannan, P

[Guest Edgy DC]

five of eight guys are subs.

[Guest themetfairy]

May the subs be heroes!

[G-Fafif]

May the heroes be grinders!

[Frayed Knot]

They should play Hoagy Carmichael music!

[Theoldmole]

That's counting Sheffield as a sub, which is technically correct.

[Zvon]

aww shit.
Come on Maine.

Settle down, find a groove.

[Zvon]

Ugh.
Santos lead off single wasted via another D.P.

Phils/Dodgers 2-2 in the 10th.
L.A. threatening with 2 on, 2 out.

[Zvon]

Horrible, awful baserunning.
Get your heads outta your ass's guys!

[seawolf17]

That's four double plays in four innings for the Nats, the latest thanks to the aforementioned head-up-ass baserunning as Emil Brown passes a retreating Luis Castillo on the bases, then Castillo gets thrown out doubling back to second.

It was just ugly.

And now Dukes homers and it's Worst Team In Baseball 4, Mets 0.

[Zvon]

Even if that was a blown call and a catch, you can't let that turn into a double play.
Thats ridiculous.

[Frayed Knot]

Either the umps gave the wrong call or Castillo simply assumed it was a catch and never looked at the ump (or he looked at the wrong one).

[Zvon]

jeezelouise

[Guest Kong76]

Maine pitched much better with the flu bug.

[Zvon]

I thought he just had a bad first inning and was gonna keep us in it.
WRONG!

Takahashi on to mop up.

Dodgers beat Phils in 12!

[seawolf17]

Yeah, just let Takahashi hit. No sense actually trying to win the game, Jerry.

[stevejrogers]

Someone had better tell that nimrod in the front row that his team is down by 7 runs, and he looks more pathetic talking on his cell, waving his arms like a moron because the team he is rooting for is getting 1 hit and down by 7.

WOW, you scored behind the plate seats, and you are a Met fan, good job, but you are still an attention seeking piece of crud with your silly antics.

And its saying something when I'M calling someone out for being an attention seeking piece of crud!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'm mildly disconcerted at these poor pitching performances we've seen recently.

Maine, Pelf and Redding (last time thru) have now all thrown the kinda game even a good O would have a hard time winning.

[ashie62]

Ouch..7-0..same old same old

[seawolf17]

News flash: David Wright has arrived safely at third base.

[Zvon]

[Elster88]

I'm not crazy right...the camera angle is different here? But I like it.

[Guest Kong76]

The behind the plate camera is really high. I think they talked about it last
night when talking about how high their booth is.

[Zvon]

Crapeeola.
Whats the record for D.P.'s in a 9 inning game?

Can't be many more than 5.....

[seawolf17]

I like how that commercial rhymes "neck broke" with "crash you didn't provoke."

This team has suck tonight.

[Elster88]

Have faith. They can push it to 6.

[seawolf17]

Your record would be seven.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1969/B05040HOU1969.htm

FIELDING -
DP: 7. Menke-Morgan-Blefary, Rader-Morgan-Blefary, Menke-Morgan-Blefary, Morgan-Blefary,
Menke-Blefary, Blefary-Menke, Morgan-Menke-Blefary.

edit: by six different guys (Ron Hunt hit into two)

[Piggiestomatoes]

This team is f-ing pathetic. Wilson Valdez, please! Strike out, flay out. Just no DP.

[Zvon]

Man, I'm getting old.
I know who almost all of those players in that box score are.

Thx seawolf17
I tip my hat to you.
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