IGT, Mets @ Charm City, 6/16

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Been a while since I started one of these.

lineup vs. Jeremy Guthrie, according to that Internet:

Cora - ss
Martinez - lf
Beltran - cf
Wright - 3b
Church - rf
Sheffield - dh
Murphy - 1b
Schneider - c
Castillo - 2b
Pelfrey - sp

[metirish]

That's a winning team right there folks , looking at that winning nine makes me confident that we will be watching playoff baseball this season.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Bad guys:

Roberts 2B
Jones CF
Markakis RF
Huff 1B
mora 3B
Scott DH
Reimold LF
Wieters C
Andino SS

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Bad guys: Roberts 2B Jones CF Markakis RF Huff 1B mora 3B Scott DH Reimold LF Wieters C Andino SS

It occurs to me that they're strong exactly where we're weak (2B, RF, C, and, say, Scott at his usual LF). We'd make a hell of a Frankenstein lineup out of this squad.

[Farmer Ted]

The Newark Bears might have a more intriguing lineup than both squads.

[Farmer Ted]

Guthrie with three Ks through two innings. Oh my.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Farmer Ted wrote: The Newark Bears might have a more intriguing lineup than both squads.

Matt Wieters is supposed to be like Joe Mauer with power/Johnny Bench with a better eye and contact rate. Adam Jones is frighteningly Eric-Davis-y. Nick Markakis is what the Pirates thought they were getting when they signed Andy Van Slyke longterm over locking up Barry... plus about 40 slugging percentage points, twice the walk rate, and a better arm.

Plus, Brian Roberts and Luke Scott and Aubrey Huff are at the tail end of their offensive peak years. They've got horses.

They just have no pitching-- Guthrie and Bergesen's flashes of competence aside-- yet. (Emphasis on yet-- they've got, like, three prime arms in the high-minors.)

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Andino's the guy who hit his first ML homer as a walk-off against Matt Wise last year, right?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Wow, wouldn't it be something to be no-hit at Camden Yards?

(Suck on that reverse-jinx, muthatrucka!)

[Guest Swan Swan H]

A second baseman makes an error on a routine play. Inconceivable!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

One-hitter! DWright with a single to left, plating Fernando the Younger. Beltran to third on an erratic throw home.

As the Oriole Examiner knows, the Yankees would've scored, like, 5 on that, but still.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Wright with the big bingle, and some throwing tomfoolery sets up 1st & 3rd, no out for Churchie.

Before the Wright AB:

Keith (paraphrasing): Wright is so hot, if I were his teammate I'd be rubbing up against him.

My daughter: Me too!

[Piggiestomatoes]

Yeeha! Good guys breaking through. Come on, let's put up a big number.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Church delivers a run with a nice opposite field single, and Sheff also goes the other way to load 'em up for Muffy, still none out.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

POP QUIZ: Bases loaded, nobody out. Murphy coming up. How many get scored?

A) 0

0

C) 0.5

D) 1, but somebody loses an arm on the scoring play

[Piggiestomatoes]

The O's have us just where they want us. Based juiced, none down.

[Willets Point]

I'll go with 2.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Well, he can't hit it much harder. 3-0 on a sacrifice line drive to the track in right, then Schneidley whiplashes a single up the middle to make it 4-0 Mets.

[Willets Point]

Willets Point wrote: I'll go with 2.

Right on the money!

[Willets Point]

There goes the no-hitter.

[Guest Edgy DC]

No no-hitter tonight.

[Piggiestomatoes]

WTF, Mike. Stop walking these humps.

[nymr83]

Pelf gets out of the jam! I thought only the Mets could strand them loaded!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wayne Hagn seems to keep bringing the conversatin around to Alan Jackson tonight.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Wright giving Pelf an earful in the dugout.

[dgwphotography]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Wright giving Pelf an earful in the dugout.

Like Mex, I like it.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Bases loaded, one out.

Care to press your luck, Willets, you order-off-menu winner, you?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Dammit, Beltran.

That first pitch was the one to swing for-- right down the middle.

Come on, Sugar Pants.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Whoops

[Guest themetfairy]

Whaddaya know? Other teams can't catch pop balls either.