IGT - 06/23/2009 - St. Louis Cardinals @ NY Mets

[metirish]

I'm on a roll

No idea what these numbers mean , Lennon posted this

Cora 6
Murphy 3
Wright 5
Tatis 7
Church 9
Santos 2
F. Mart 8
Castillo 4
Livan 1

[Benjamin Grimm]

That's their scorecard position. (Pitcher = 1, catcher = 2, etc.)

[metirish]

Thanks Grim , I would have hoped for an answer that didn't make me look like a proper fool.

[Centerfield]

I wonder if Sheffield is hurt.

[Frayed Knot]

Fartinez in CF could be interesting ... and by 'interesting' I mean scary.

Actually 'scary' is probably too severe a word, but one of the cautions always thrown around the prospect discussions about him was that he'd need to develop a real good bat because he wasn't looking like a guy who could handle CF, at least not on a long-term basis.

[Gwreck]

I wonder if Ryan Church should be playing centerfield instead.

[metirish]

Cardinals (39-32)

Schumaker 2B
Duncan LF
Pujols 1B
Ludwick RF
Ankiel CF
Molina C
Greene 3B
Pineiro P
Ryan SS

Mets (35-33)

Cora SS
Murphy 1B
Wright 3B
Tatis LF
Church RF
Santos C
Martinez CF
Castillo 2B
Hernandez P

[metirish]

Rain delay with the bases loaded......the booth going to take calls , Keith loves it.

Cardinals up 1 to 0

[metirish]

So we come back after the long rain delay with the bases still loaded and Livan throws one pitch and gets the fly ball from Ankeil.

There ought to be a law against swinging at the first pitch after a long rain delay.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

You know I wouldn't mind beating Joel Piniero's ass.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

At this point I'd settle for a second hit.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Botched hit and run......wasting opportunities.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Livan, Livan, Livan.

That Castillo cannot be kept off the basepaths (on base 6 straight times!) is of little value if you're f*cking up hit-and-runs.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Gwreck wrote: I wonder if Ryan Church should be playing centerfield instead.

This is another thing about drives me crazy about Jerry. "I haven't seen enough to make an informed decsion."

Same excuse kept Murphy out of the infield. These guys come with histories and big scouting dossiers.

It's not that his judment is unsound or anything. I think he's a good judge of talent. But absent an informed opinion, he seems unaware of the record.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bases loaded for Pujols.

I'd go to Bradford here. Is he loose?

Edited June 23, 2009 by Guest

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Gulp.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Boojols.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Tony LaRussa just exploded. Thank you, Cardinals.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Livan, Livan, Livan. That Castillo cannot be kept off the basepaths (on base 6 straight times!) is of little value if you're f*cking up hit-and-runs.

Yeah, that was a tough pitch to hit.

Who do these guys think they are? The Mets?

[Piggiestomatoes]

Nice to see another team makes out like that on the bases. Considerably less damage than there could have been. Whew.

[Guest Edgy DC]

LaRussa also hates hit batsmen.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Tatis is getting too good at that.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Having a hard time imaging Wily Mo Pena being any worse an option that Tatis right now.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Patient, yes. See a lot of pitches against those who go outside the zone, yes. But this team isn't so great at fouling off pitches they don't want, are they?

Pineiro may throw a complete game here without breaking 90 pitches.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Elmer Dessens: First No. 64 in team history.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

PiggiesTomatoes wrote: Nice to see another team makes out like that on the bases. Considerably less damage than there could have been. Whew.

That was a mercy killing by the Cardinals. They're hot, tired and know the Mets aren't going to score three runs. Pujols probably told Murph, "Hey, I'm running now. Make sure Livan doesn't throw it away."

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Welcome to New York, Elmer! Nice job!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Elmer Dessens: First No. 64 in team history.

A Shea fan?

[Fman99]

Dessens good, Tatis bad.

[Fman99]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Darling and/or Mex sitting in the seats for the different perspective. We are spoiled by this broadcasting crew I tells ya.