Brooklyn Cyclones

[nymr83]

went to the game tonight and what an awesome time. fuck the Mets and overpriced citi field, we got in for $17 each prepaid, sat 20 feet from the field, and saw a really exciting game including:
-a diving defensive play by tri-city's SS that nobody on the Mets active roster could make
-a dropped flyball (hey, its still single-A)
-FOUR strikeouts in one inning for the Mets 35th round pick, a college pitcher out of The Citadel named Wrenn.
-the horrors of bunting, as tri-city moved them up with 1st and 2nd but the Cyclones K'd the next better and then got the pop-out
-heads up baserunning that you sure won't see in flushing: with 1st and 3rd and 1 out, there was a ground ball to the second baseman, the runner on first stopped and got himself caught in a run-down which led them to get the force at forst and then tag him out... but not before the run came home and it counted because it wasnt a force.
-the tri-city SS got taken out on a double play by a hard (but clean) slide but hung in there to complete the DP
-and finally, down 2-1 in the 9th, the Cyclones tied the game and then loaded the bases for pinch-hitting lefty Nick Santomauro who hit one high off the wall to the opposite field and got mobbed by his exuberant teammates. i originally thought, as did everyone around us, that the ball had cleared the fence and that Santomauro had gotten credited for a single Robin Ventura style.

i also caught a t-shirt (the first thing i've ever caught at a game, i'm still waiting for that elusive foul ball) and cut my ankle against the seat doing so. i gave it to some kid, i'm sure it wasnt my size.

[metirish]

Sounds like a fun time.....

[Guest Edgy DC]

Adopt Wrenn NOW!!!! That was his first career start you saw.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=573258

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ten wins in a row, baby. The 'Clones are now at 16-2, best start in their hisotry.

Mark Cohoon, 4-0, 1.67.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Is Cohoon the guy Ron Darling was plugging last night during the telecast?

[nymr83]

="Benjamin Grimm":3vja7zpk]Is Cohoon the guy Ron Darling was plugging last night during the telecast?[/quote:3vja7zpk] at least Keith wasn't plugging him, he'd probably have accidentally called him "Coon" and gotten in more hot water.