Get on the Bus: Gay Dame IGT July 1

[Guest Edgy DC]

There's a lot of room between hitting .340 and "no good."

[nymr83]

Fielder comes a few feet from putting it in the books (yeah, 3-0 is out of reach for this offense.)

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Yeeeeeeeeesh, wuzzat close.

[nymr83]

pelf gets the dounleplay grounder... and the defense actually turns it

[Guest mario25]

I agree.... I just hear all the hype for this guy and he seems to be just that, all hype.

[metirish]

I'm not hot on Murphy either but I imagine this must be a terrible team and season for a young player to try and establish himself.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Castillo and Cora with a nicely-turned DP. Pelfrey not asploding yet.

I'm still holding my breath.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Where in the wrold is anybody hearing "all this hype" for Daniel Murphy?

Or for any Met right now?

[soupcan]

metirish wrote: I'm not hot on Murphy either but I imagine this must be a terrible team and season for a young player to try and establish himself.

That's a good point.

He was supposed to be a complimentary piece. They thought he could fly under the radar with no real pressure to produce.

Not exactly how it panned out.

[Fman99]

Edgy DC wrote: There's a lot of room between hitting .340 and "no good."

I have cooled on him greatly since the season started. I'd like to see Evans get a chance to play every day at 1B and let Muffie be the PH off the bench. Better him as a righty bat than OurAnus Reyes.

[Guest Edgy DC]

He bats lefthanded.

[soupcan]

Oh, snap.

[Guest mario25]

I hear alot of Met "bloggers" and stuff saying "Murphy could win a batting title", "Murphy can take over when Delgado leaves" etc.. I think the Mets wish Carp was back for future 1B..

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

9 strikeouts in 5 innings.

(If you're grading on the curve, though, that only counts as 4 major-league strikeouts.)

[metirish]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: 9 strikeouts in 5 innings. (If you're grading on the curve, though, that only counts as 4 major-league strikeouts.)

For Pelf?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

metirish wrote: ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]9 strikeouts in 5 innings. (If you're grading on the curve, though, that only counts as 4 major-league strikeouts.) For Pelf?

Gallardo. (Hence the grading curve.)

[seawolf17]

metirish wrote: ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]9 strikeouts in 5 innings. (If you're grading on the curve, though, that only counts as 4 major-league strikeouts.) For Pelf?

No, the Brewers are fielding a major league team today; Pelf has four K's.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Enjoy the bloggers. Murphy and Evans are who we've got.

Unforutnately, they have taken over for Delgado, albeit a year earlier than planned. Injuries hurt. Compounding injuries hurt more.

[seawolf17]

I still like Murphy; I think he could still be special. He just seems overmatched right now, thrust into a crucial role when his bat and glove might not be entirely ready. That's okay; he'll get better.

Evans will be dealt soon enough.

[Fman99]

Edgy DC wrote: He bats lefthanded.

Whoops. I conflated him and Evans in their handedness.

Even Muffie as a LH pinch hitter is better than Argayness as a righty. That guy stinks.

[Guest Edgy DC]

seawolf17 wrote: Evans will be dealt soon enough.

I didn't know.

Meanwhile, leadoff double puts us in position to score.

Or bunt.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Enjoy your souvenir and your free ride out of the park, a-hole!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Three whiffs and an error for Wright.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

At this point, shouldn't striking out Wright only count as 3/5 of an actual K?

[Fman99]

[seawolf17]

I can see the back page of the post tomorrow!

METS SCORE RUN
Give up four in eighth anyway, lose 4-1

[Gwreck]

NL Strikeout Leaders
Reynolds, ARZ 110
Howard, PHI 92
Dunn, WAS 86
Wright, NYM 79
Soriano, CHC 77

Plus 3 more today for David.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Caught stealing?

[Fman99]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Caught stealing?

On a throw bounced to second by Kendall, no less. Ah-boo.

[Guest Edgy DC]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: At this point, shouldn't striking out Wright only count as 3/5 of an actual K?

I mean, he's like a cigar-store-Injun version of himself today.

Yabbut check out the visuals.



I know that strike three is what counts, but pitches two and three were somehow called strikes. O'Nora has called plenty of pitches in the zone balls also.