IGT, Mets @ O's 6/17

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

This is a true story: Junior Lunchpail's best little pals are named Koji and Redding, just like tonight's opposing starters.

Redding is a chick, but she's named after Otis, not Tim.

[metirish]

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


I like the symmetry there with junior Lunchpail, a wining symmetry I believe.

[Guest Number 6]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: This is a true story: Junior Lunchpail's best little pals are named Koji and Redding, just like tonight's opposing starters. Redding is a chick, but she's named after Otis, not Tim.

Last-names-as-firsts very popular these days. I'm thinking of naming my first kid Weiner or Lipschitz.

[Guest Edgy DC]

That settles it. I'm naming my kid "Hagar."

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Saltalamacchia Schwartz. Kranepool McGee. Wockenfuss Marino. The possibilities from baseball alone are endless.

[soupcan]

Edgy DC wrote: That settles it. I'm naming my kid "Hagar."

As in 'Sammy' or 'The Horrible'?

[Guest Swan Swan H]

soupcan wrote: ="Edgy DC"]That settles it. I'm naming my kid "Hagar." As in 'Sammy' or 'The Horrible'?

Same thing.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I should add that Koji is not Japanese.

Parents today are batshit crazy, I should know.

[metirish]

A lot of rain down there apparently , although Lennon reports that the tarp is coming off

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]I should add that Koji is not Japanese. Parents today are batshit crazy, I should know.

Nah, that's just a heapin' helping of pretension (and 21st-Century Orientalism). Batshit would be actively trying to make the kid Japanese.

Still, though, pretty funny. (Grew up with a Yuki myself that was whiter than Tom Cruise's teeth.)

[Frayed Knot]

Y'mean Kobe Bryant isn't Japanese either?!?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The bad guys:

Brian Roberts - 2B
Adam Jones - CF
Nick Markakis - RF
Aubrey Huff- 1B
Melvin Mora - 3B
Luke Scott - DH
Nolan Reimold - LF
Matt Wieters - C
Robert Andino - SS
Koji Uehara - RHP

[ashie62]

Batshit Farms Park

[ashie62]

Lets hope the Redding Line has the Express going

[Guest Kong76]

Nice stuff by Kevin B getting Boog Powell last night and Palmer tonight talking
about the '69 World Series in the pre-games.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Go Sheff.

Go Muffy.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Big trip here for Cora. Sacks juicy, 1 out.

[Piggiestomatoes]

What's a professional hitter. Yeeha, Cora!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Jerry yanks the Fart after he destroyed a double in his last turn, going with Tatis vs the left Hendrickson.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Tatis makes Jerry look stoopit.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Grrrr. Double plays with bases loaded and one out are horrible.

[Frayed Knot]

I think Jerry's overdoing the switch thing here -- as Parnell was cruising along but gets pulled for a lefty/righty deal.
Meanwhile we've still got this innings plus two more after this (and maybe extras) to cover and both Green & Rodriguez were heavily used last night.

[Guest Kong76]

Log on, and phwam

[Frayed Knot]

That the switch didn't work is just an extra kick in the nads.

[Guest Kong76]

Holy crap play by Cora, you'll be seeing that one all week.

[Piggiestomatoes]

Another Stokes sighting. Fingers crossed for tonight's performance.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Great play by Cora.

I think Jerry wanted to be careful to get Parnell a good outing but Feliciano can't be money every time.

Same with David Wright I guess. Boy is he having a rotten time at the plate tonight.

[Frayed Knot]

I suppose that in a tie game you've got to look for every edge you can get ... but I thought that one smacked of desperation where it wasn't needed even before he did it and left him with little in reserve if/when things went wrong.

[Piggiestomatoes]

Nice swing, Sheff. Let's go young Daniel.

On a side note, I'm watching the O's feed tonight and Thorne/Palmer are probably the best non-Mets local announcers I've heard all season. I'll always remember Bob Murphy and Thorne from '86.

[Frayed Knot]

Gotta hold them here and hope the top of the lineup gets it done in the 9th
Beltran & Wright can't suck all night, can they?