IGT, 7/9, Dodgers @ Mets

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

PiggiesTomatoes wrote: Is it me or am I imagining this. It seems the Dodgers are hitting the ball hard -- not necessarily out of the park but driving the ball on a line and with a purpose.

This is not uncommon during Livan starts-- when a soft-tosser gets hit, he gets hit hard.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

="Kong76"]Getting weird noises out of one of the rear speakers, like fake fart noise. mgim: Fugly. Giving up hope <<< It's been over for weeks, we watch because that's what we do.

I know. But I'm delusional. I keep thinking they can hold on just a little longer.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Loney walk leaves the bases drunk... for Martin, again.

Perhaps if Stokes can get this right, the fates will reverse history, and the 2 runs will never have happened. (Like "Quantum Leap," but with less offense.)

[Piggiestomatoes]

Wow, that'll leave a mark! Drill a couple more while you're at it.

[Guest Kong76]

mgim: I know. But I'm delusional <<<

Not singling you out. I just meant collectively we're a Mets watching bunch
and we're gonna watch in September if they're 15.5 games out or 0.5.

[Guest Triple Dee]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I turn on the TV. It's 4-0 Dodgers. I turn off the TV. Sheesh.

Yeah consider yourself among the lucky ones. Some of us are freezing our butts off while the Mets are getting theirs handed to them. And I'm sitting next to Yanqui fan. Great inititation to Citi Field. Gwreck's company the only hightlight of the evening.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

PiggiesTomatoes wrote: Wow, that'll leave a mark! Drill a couple more while you're at it.

BS: "If we can't have Orlando Hudson... NOBODY can." (Kneecap. Yowch.)

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Triple Dee wrote: ="Benjamin Grimm"]I turn on the TV. It's 4-0 Dodgers. I turn off the TV. Sheesh. Yeah consider yourself among the lucky ones. Some of us are freezing our butts off while the Mets are getting theirs handed to them. And I'm sitting next to Yanqui fan. Great inititation to Citi Field. Gwreck's company the only hightlight of the evening.

Have some Shake Shack. You deserve a comfort burger.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sorry to be late to the show. Life got complificated.

[Guest Kong76]

Life is one complflication after another.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Don't I knowificate it.

[Fman99]

Kong76 wrote: It's been over for weeks, we watch because that's what we do.

I am beginning to think this is the case for me now. What the hell else would I do?

[Piggiestomatoes]

Fucking Jerry just seems like a bystander tonight.

I like how Ron declared it a blowout at 10-2. I think that could have been called at 4-0.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Gary and Ron seem to think the alternative is to talk about Mattingly.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Chan Ho Park sucks horribly in the rotation, goes to middle-relief limbo. He concentrates on keeping mistakes down, and ends up being a lights-out, multi-inning middle-reliever, helping solidify a shaky Philly pen.

Tim Redding sucks horribly in the rotation, goes to middle-relief limbo. Now he's suckiness concentrate, one inning of mistakes down at a time.

[Piggiestomatoes]

Wonderful to hear about the great chemistry in the dugout. Now win some fucking games, damnit.

[Piggiestomatoes]

Nick playing the no doubles defense at 11-2. Nice!

[Fman99]

Well, that's over.

[G-Fafif]

PiggiesTomatoes wrote: Wonderful to hear about the great chemistry in the dugout. Now win some fucking games, damnit.

Amen, PT. I know there are hours of blowout to fill, but what an odd digression. "Better chemistry than Mets teams with better records." One infers that not only is team chemistry overrated, it's something you don't want.

[Gwreck]

That was fucking awful.

Great to meet Triple D. Sorry I won't be around to see everyone else on Sunday afternoon but was nice to meet our Australian correspondent.

True story: Walk down to the Caesar's Club level where the usher demands my ticket. He tells me my section is upstairs and I say "yeah, I know. I came down to say hi to a friend in section 330." Has no response and lets my by. Worth remembering this for the future.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yesterday just for fun my brother and I stopped in the Promenade Club which our tickets don;t allow us. The chick at the door asked to see the tix and lets us in. I remark at that point that I'd been denied entry with the same tickets before and she basically admits she didn't look real hard at our tickets anyway, and that we're not supposed to be there but have fun anyway.

She was kinda cute.

[bmfc1]

"Tim Redding sucks horribly in the rotation, goes to middle-relief limbo. Now he's suckiness concentrate, one inning of mistakes down at a time."

Jason Marquis was a FA, like Redding. Marquis is a NYker and I'm sure would rather have pitched in NY than Colorado but our genius GM went after Redding instead.

[metirish]

I'm pretty sure Jason Marquis was traded from the Cubs to the Rockies.

[bmfc1]

From Wikipedia:

On January 6, 2009, Marquis was traded to the Colorado Rockies for pitcher Luis Vizca�no. General Manager Dan O'Dowd said "We like (Marquis') athleticism, age and durability."

You are correct. Of course, our GM could have traded for him.

[Guest Triple Dee]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: ="Triple Dee"] ="Benjamin Grimm"]I turn on the TV. It's 4-0 Dodgers. I turn off the TV. Sheesh. Yeah consider yourself among the lucky ones. Some of us are freezing our butts off while the Mets are getting theirs handed to them. And I'm sitting next to Yanqui fan. Great inititation to Citi Field. Gwreck's company the only hightlight of the evening. Have some Shake Shack. You deserve a comfort burger.

Gwreck gave me the same advice.

The Yanqui fan (from CT) sitting next to me said: "Judging from your accent, you must be from Long Island"

My retort was; "No, I'm from Big Island".

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

bmfc1 wrote: From Wikipedia: On January 6, 2009, Marquis was traded to the Colorado Rockies for pitcher Luis Vizca�no. General Manager Dan O'Dowd said "We like (Marquis') athleticism, age and durability." You are correct. Of course, our GM could have traded for him.

IIRC, they were interested in Heilman from the get-go (as the later deal to get him confirmed), but wanted more peripheral parts from Omar. Then the Mariners thing happened.

[metirish]

I thought this was interesting about him

] On September 26, 2008, the Cubs post-season roster was announced, and Marquis was granted a roster spot as a reliever. Marquis thereby reached the playoffs in all nine of his major league seasons through 2008.. He made one appearance against the Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League Division Series, when he pitched the top of the ninth inning. In it he gave up a solo home run to Russell Martin for the Dodgers' seventh and final run of the game -- one they'd win by a final score of 7-2