IGT--Phillies @ Mets, 08/23/09

[bmfc1]

Phillies:
Rollins
Victorino
Werth
Howard
Ibanez
Feliz
Bruntlett
Ruiz
P. Martinez rhp

METS:
Angel Pagan CF
Luis Castillo 2B
Daniel Murphy 1B
Jeff Francoeur RF
Cory Sullivan LF
Fernando Tatis 3B
Brian Schneider C
Anderson Hernandez SS
Oliver Perez LHP (3-3, 6.06)

In looking for the Phillies lineup, I found this lovely video from last night's game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQNBGT8riWA

I don't think that SNY would show a fight. Stay classy, Philadelphia.

[Guest Kong76]

Ollie wasting no time in the top of the first providing some agita.

[metirish]

="Kong76":1ypuyko0]Ollie wasting no time in the top of the first providing some agita.[/quote:1ypuyko0] And a three run shot by Werth , no outs and about 100 pitches from Ollie

Kong76 Aug 23 2009 11:27 AM

Everyone who thought Werth wasn't going to hit a three run homer please go weed the garden, clean out the trunk, or do something else NOW!!!

Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 11:28 AM

nothing new here.

PiggiesTomatoes Aug 23 2009 11:28 AM

Typical Ollie. MF'er!

bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 11:29 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 23 2009 11:30 AM

Nice to know that Omar will be keeping his job, according to today's [u:xqbub2b0]Post[/u:xqbub2b0], given that Omar will be subjecting us to Ollie through 2011.

bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 11:29 AM

="Kong76":cu1pjtng]Everyone who thought Werth wasn't going to hit a three run homer please go weed the garden, clean out the trunk, or do something else NOW!!![/quote:cu1pjtng] Werth may come across as a cocky SOB but I wish he was a Met. PiggiesTomatoes Aug 23 2009 11:33 AM Guy who hasn't started in three weeks and batting .128, single on the first pitch. Hey, 6-0. Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 11:33 AM thats SIX nothing in the 1st inning. FUCK PEREZ bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 11:34 AM That loser better not blame this on his knee. metirish Aug 23 2009 11:35 AM 3 -0 count on the opposing pitcher in the first and Manuel pulls Ollie......what a shame PiggiesTomatoes Aug 23 2009 11:37 AM If that isn't a kick in the balls! Thanks, Jerry. Let's see what Figgy can do. No hitter from this point? Now that would be funny. MFS62 Aug 23 2009 11:41 AM 2010 audition time for Nelson. I hope he pitches well enough, and Jerry leaves him in the game long enough, to show he belongs. Later bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 11:47 AM Small victories: seeing that jackass Victorino embarrass himself. Kong76 Aug 23 2009 11:51 AM bmfc: Werth may come across as a cocky SOB but I wish he was a Met <<< I didn't say he was cocky, I said anyone who thought he wasn't going to .... Ashie62 Aug 23 2009 11:59 AM ="Kong76"]bmfc: Werth may come across as a cocky SOB but I wish he was a Met <<< I didn't say he was cocky, I said anyone who thought he wasn't going to .... Werth has been en fuego prior to this series Don't mind cocky by anybody when winning Kong76 Aug 23 2009 12:00 PM Uh, oh never mind ... Ashie62 Aug 23 2009 12:00 PM I'm trying to think of the least painful way to get Ollie off the payroll short of crime, organized crime? maybe Valadius Aug 23 2009 12:11 PM Wow, I'm surprised I'm actually able to follow a Mets game from Italy. Of course there it's the afternoon. Here I'm getting ready for a late dinner. And the Mets are exactly the same as I left them. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 23 2009 12:15 PM ="Ashie62":1w4vw3nx]I'm trying to think of the least painful way to get Ollie off the payroll short of crime, organized crime? maybe[/quote:1w4vw3nx] Maybe my coffee was a little weak this morning, but all I've got are extralegal things. Kong76 Aug 23 2009 12:29 PM Valad posting from a late dinner in Italy lol. Fman99 Aug 23 2009 01:38 PM Took a two hour nap today and missed the first several innings and I challenge anyone to tell me watching this game would've been a better way to spend my afternoon. Wild pitch, 9-5 Phillies. Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:01 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 23 2009 02:02 PM HE CAUGHT THE BALL, THAT WASNT EVEN CLOSE!! GET YOURSELF TOSSED HERE JERRY!!!! edit- umps conference and make right call Fman99 Aug 23 2009 02:02 PM Another ridiculously bad call by the umpires. Kong76 Aug 23 2009 02:02 PM Over turned, amen. Fman99 Aug 23 2009 02:03 PM ="Fman99":3hidg8bq]Another ridiculously bad call by the umpires.[/quote:3hidg8bq] OE: Rescinded. Umps reversed the call. bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:06 PM So Francoeur could have gotten tossed by arguing and then the umpires end up correcting the call. Kong76 Aug 23 2009 02:06 PM I smell an embarrassing ninth inning come back and loss for the Phils! Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:06 PM Ryan Buckner at 1st for the Phils Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:07 PM and now an error at 2nd and Castillo beats it out!! Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:09 PM no defense!! tying runs on base, he'll get a hit but that was another defensive misplay Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:12 PM an unassisted triple play to end the game. it could only happen to us. Gwreck Aug 23 2009 02:13 PM Unbelievable. TheOldMole Aug 23 2009 02:13 PM All you can say is well, uh, OK. Kong76 Aug 23 2009 02:13 PM Ya think you've seen everything, that may the first one to end a game. Ashie62 Aug 23 2009 02:14 PM UNBELIEVABLE... Methead Aug 23 2009 02:14 PM Amazing. Well, I've always wondered if I'd ever see an unassisted triple play... I guess I can cross it off the list now. bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:17 PM What was the point of putting the runners in motion? If Jerry doesn't, that's a single and the bases are loaded w/none out. If they're down by one, OK but two? No, especially when the trail runner, the important runner because he's the tying run, is slow. Classic over-managing by Jerry. Ashie62 Aug 23 2009 02:23 PM ="bmfc1":1s01huou]What was the point of putting the runners in motion? If Jerry doesn't, that's a single and the bases are loaded w/none out. If they're down by one, OK but two? No, especially when the trail runner, the important runner because he's the tying run, is slow. Classic over-managing by Jerry.[/quote:1s01huou] You betcha!! where's Earl Weaver? Kong76 Aug 23 2009 02:41 PM A62: where's Earl Weaver <<< Poor choice, the guy who lived by the the three run homer. Fman99 Aug 23 2009 02:42 PM I couldn't even post anything when it happened. Just shut the laptop off and walked away. Methead Aug 23 2009 02:44 PM ="Kong76":243j8yoi]that may the first one to end a game.[/quote:243j8yoi] Pretty sure you're right. bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:48 PM Second time in history. Jayson Stark is so happy, he tweeted over and over. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1927/B05310DET1927.htm bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:50 PM I can't believe that Jerry wasn't asked about sending the runners. Maybe he was and FAN didn't play it. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 23 2009 03:07 PM ="bmfc1"]What was the point of putting the runners in motion? If Jerry doesn't, that's a single and the bases are loaded w/none out. If they're down by one, OK but two? No, especially when the trail runner, the important runner because he's the tying run, is slow. Classic over-managing by Jerry. You're fucking kidding me. I can't fucking believe that he would try and fucking do that. Next, you'll fucking tell me that Angel Hernandez tried to insert himself into a fucking ballgame. Imfuckingpossible. Fuck. (Watching Manuel is KILLING my vocabulary.) LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 23 2009 03:08 PM ="Methead":1pephxo0] ="Kong76":1pephxo0]that may the first one to end a game.[/quote:1pephxo0] Pretty sure you're right.[/quote:1pephxo0] STATS says it's the second. May 31, 1927 was the other time (Johnny Neun, liner-step-tag for Detroit, preserving a 1-0 win over Cleveland). G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 04:57 PM I thought it was pretty incredible that I went to a game and saw two three-run homers in the top of the first, a starter pulled with a 3-0 count to the opposing pitcher after 45 pitches, a leadoff inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the first, a triple follow that, a poor-hitting pitcher drive in a run, the inside-the-park homer-hitter hit a homer outside the park and the return of an icon to face his old club. Also, Pat Misch in the middle innings giving up nothing was pretty special. Apparently, prior to the ninth, I hadn't seen nothing yet. In related news, I learned from those sitting around me that the Beach Boys of Mike Love were a lock to sing the National Anthem (they didn't); that Carlos Delgado has an option for next year (he doesn't); that Billy Wagner couldn't be used because once you're claimed on waivers you're ineligible (no such rule exists); and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens). Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 05:02 PM ]and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens). CBS gamecast actually had Wagner warming up at some point in the 8th, whether that was a mistake or not i dont know G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 05:03 PM ="Nymr83"] ]and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens). CBS gamecast actually had Wagner warming up at some point in the 8th, whether that was a mistake or not i dont know Wagner did warm up, but it was after the dissertation from the scholars in the row behind me. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 23 2009 05:07 PM ="G-Fafif":3usy497h]I thought it was pretty incredible that I went to a game and saw two three-run homers in the top of the first, a starter pulled with a 3-0 count to the opposing pitcher after 45 pitches, a leadoff inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the first, a triple follow that, a poor-hitting pitcher drive in a run, the inside-the-park homer-hitter hit a homer outside the park and the return of an icon to face his old club. Also, Pat Misch in the middle innings giving up nothing was pretty special. Apparently, prior to the ninth, I hadn't seen nothing yet. In related news, I learned from those sitting around me that the Beach Boys of Mike Love were a lock to sing the National Anthem (they didn't); that Carlos Delgado has an option for next year (he doesn't); that Billy Wagner couldn't be used because once you're claimed on waivers you're ineligible (no such rule exists); and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens).[/quote:3usy497h] What's your threshold for factual corrections? Is said threshold more dependent on the egregiousness of the error, or is it based more on the scholar's/s' volume? Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 05:09 PM you get alot of that, at weekend day games especially. i've found the people sitting around me to be much smarter on freezing cold or rainy weeknights in April. i guess theres something about the early start and the heat that attracts the morons who would never show up to watch a game in the cold after work on a thursday G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 05:16 PM ="Nymr83":1ir3j8vb]you get alot of that, at weekend day games especially. i've found the people sitting around me to be much smarter on freezing cold or rainy weeknights in April. i guess theres something about the early start and the heat that attracts the morons who would never show up to watch a game in the cold after work on a thursday[/quote:1ir3j8vb] Of course when the morons who would never show up to watch a game in the cold after work on a Thursday are warm in their homes, they may divine a sense of intellectual superiority over those of us shivering at the ballpark despite our working knowledge of rosters and rules. bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 05:16 PM Here's something else for this bizarre baseball day: a Mets minor leaguer threw a no-hitter! http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_23_broasx_abeasx_1 G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 05:36 PM From Brandon Moore, no-hit whiz of Coney Island: ]"I love playing in Brooklyn. They say it's the closest you can get to playing in the big leagues without playing in the big leagues." And I thought that's what they said about the Mets.

[Guest Kong76]

Everyone who thought Werth wasn't going to hit a three run homer please
go weed the garden, clean out the trunk, or do something else NOW!!!

[nymr83]

nothing new here.

[Piggiestomatoes]

Typical Ollie. MF'er!

[bmfc1]

Nice to know that Omar will be keeping his job, according to today's [u:xqbub2b0]Post[/u:xqbub2b0], given that Omar will be subjecting us to Ollie through 2011.

Edited August 23, 2009 by Guest

[bmfc1]

="Kong76":cu1pjtng]Everyone who thought Werth wasn't going to hit a three run homer please go weed the garden, clean out the trunk, or do something else NOW!!![/quote:cu1pjtng] Werth may come across as a cocky SOB but I wish he was a Met.

PiggiesTomatoes Aug 23 2009 11:33 AM

Guy who hasn't started in three weeks and batting .128, single on the first pitch. Hey, 6-0.

Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 11:33 AM

thats SIX nothing in the 1st inning. FUCK PEREZ

bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 11:34 AM

That loser better not blame this on his knee.

metirish Aug 23 2009 11:35 AM

3 -0 count on the opposing pitcher in the first and Manuel pulls Ollie......what a shame

PiggiesTomatoes Aug 23 2009 11:37 AM

If that isn't a kick in the balls! Thanks, Jerry. Let's see what Figgy can do. No hitter from this point? Now that would be funny.

MFS62 Aug 23 2009 11:41 AM

2010 audition time for Nelson. I hope he pitches well enough, and Jerry leaves him in the game long enough, to show he belongs. Later

bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 11:47 AM

Small victories: seeing that jackass Victorino embarrass himself.

Kong76 Aug 23 2009 11:51 AM

bmfc: Werth may come across as a cocky SOB but I wish he was a Met <<< I didn't say he was cocky, I said anyone who thought he wasn't going to ....

Ashie62 Aug 23 2009 11:59 AM

="Kong76"]bmfc: Werth may come across as a cocky SOB but I wish he was a Met <<< I didn't say he was cocky, I said anyone who thought he wasn't going to .... Werth has been en fuego prior to this series Don't mind cocky by anybody when winning

Kong76 Aug 23 2009 12:00 PM

Uh, oh never mind ...

Ashie62 Aug 23 2009 12:00 PM

I'm trying to think of the least painful way to get Ollie off the payroll short of crime, organized crime? maybe

Valadius Aug 23 2009 12:11 PM

Wow, I'm surprised I'm actually able to follow a Mets game from Italy. Of course there it's the afternoon. Here I'm getting ready for a late dinner. And the Mets are exactly the same as I left them.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 23 2009 12:15 PM

="Ashie62":1w4vw3nx]I'm trying to think of the least painful way to get Ollie off the payroll short of crime, organized crime? maybe[/quote:1w4vw3nx] Maybe my coffee was a little weak this morning, but all I've got are extralegal things. Kong76 Aug 23 2009 12:29 PM Valad posting from a late dinner in Italy lol. Fman99 Aug 23 2009 01:38 PM Took a two hour nap today and missed the first several innings and I challenge anyone to tell me watching this game would've been a better way to spend my afternoon. Wild pitch, 9-5 Phillies. Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:01 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 23 2009 02:02 PM HE CAUGHT THE BALL, THAT WASNT EVEN CLOSE!! GET YOURSELF TOSSED HERE JERRY!!!! edit- umps conference and make right call Fman99 Aug 23 2009 02:02 PM Another ridiculously bad call by the umpires. Kong76 Aug 23 2009 02:02 PM Over turned, amen. Fman99 Aug 23 2009 02:03 PM ="Fman99":3hidg8bq]Another ridiculously bad call by the umpires.[/quote:3hidg8bq] OE: Rescinded. Umps reversed the call. bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:06 PM So Francoeur could have gotten tossed by arguing and then the umpires end up correcting the call. Kong76 Aug 23 2009 02:06 PM I smell an embarrassing ninth inning come back and loss for the Phils! Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:06 PM Ryan Buckner at 1st for the Phils Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:07 PM and now an error at 2nd and Castillo beats it out!! Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:09 PM no defense!! tying runs on base, he'll get a hit but that was another defensive misplay Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:12 PM an unassisted triple play to end the game. it could only happen to us. Gwreck Aug 23 2009 02:13 PM Unbelievable. TheOldMole Aug 23 2009 02:13 PM All you can say is well, uh, OK. Kong76 Aug 23 2009 02:13 PM Ya think you've seen everything, that may the first one to end a game. Ashie62 Aug 23 2009 02:14 PM UNBELIEVABLE... Methead Aug 23 2009 02:14 PM Amazing. Well, I've always wondered if I'd ever see an unassisted triple play... I guess I can cross it off the list now. bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:17 PM What was the point of putting the runners in motion? If Jerry doesn't, that's a single and the bases are loaded w/none out. If they're down by one, OK but two? No, especially when the trail runner, the important runner because he's the tying run, is slow. Classic over-managing by Jerry. Ashie62 Aug 23 2009 02:23 PM ="bmfc1":1s01huou]What was the point of putting the runners in motion? If Jerry doesn't, that's a single and the bases are loaded w/none out. If they're down by one, OK but two? No, especially when the trail runner, the important runner because he's the tying run, is slow. Classic over-managing by Jerry.[/quote:1s01huou] You betcha!! where's Earl Weaver? Kong76 Aug 23 2009 02:41 PM A62: where's Earl Weaver <<< Poor choice, the guy who lived by the the three run homer. Fman99 Aug 23 2009 02:42 PM I couldn't even post anything when it happened. Just shut the laptop off and walked away. Methead Aug 23 2009 02:44 PM ="Kong76":243j8yoi]that may the first one to end a game.[/quote:243j8yoi] Pretty sure you're right. bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:48 PM Second time in history. Jayson Stark is so happy, he tweeted over and over. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1927/B05310DET1927.htm bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:50 PM I can't believe that Jerry wasn't asked about sending the runners. Maybe he was and FAN didn't play it. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 23 2009 03:07 PM ="bmfc1"]What was the point of putting the runners in motion? If Jerry doesn't, that's a single and the bases are loaded w/none out. If they're down by one, OK but two? No, especially when the trail runner, the important runner because he's the tying run, is slow. Classic over-managing by Jerry. You're fucking kidding me. I can't fucking believe that he would try and fucking do that. Next, you'll fucking tell me that Angel Hernandez tried to insert himself into a fucking ballgame. Imfuckingpossible. Fuck. (Watching Manuel is KILLING my vocabulary.) LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 23 2009 03:08 PM ="Methead":1pephxo0] ="Kong76":1pephxo0]that may the first one to end a game.[/quote:1pephxo0] Pretty sure you're right.[/quote:1pephxo0] STATS says it's the second. May 31, 1927 was the other time (Johnny Neun, liner-step-tag for Detroit, preserving a 1-0 win over Cleveland). G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 04:57 PM I thought it was pretty incredible that I went to a game and saw two three-run homers in the top of the first, a starter pulled with a 3-0 count to the opposing pitcher after 45 pitches, a leadoff inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the first, a triple follow that, a poor-hitting pitcher drive in a run, the inside-the-park homer-hitter hit a homer outside the park and the return of an icon to face his old club. Also, Pat Misch in the middle innings giving up nothing was pretty special. Apparently, prior to the ninth, I hadn't seen nothing yet. In related news, I learned from those sitting around me that the Beach Boys of Mike Love were a lock to sing the National Anthem (they didn't); that Carlos Delgado has an option for next year (he doesn't); that Billy Wagner couldn't be used because once you're claimed on waivers you're ineligible (no such rule exists); and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens). Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 05:02 PM ]and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens). CBS gamecast actually had Wagner warming up at some point in the 8th, whether that was a mistake or not i dont know G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 05:03 PM ="Nymr83"] ]and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens). CBS gamecast actually had Wagner warming up at some point in the 8th, whether that was a mistake or not i dont know Wagner did warm up, but it was after the dissertation from the scholars in the row behind me. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 23 2009 05:07 PM ="G-Fafif":3usy497h]I thought it was pretty incredible that I went to a game and saw two three-run homers in the top of the first, a starter pulled with a 3-0 count to the opposing pitcher after 45 pitches, a leadoff inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the first, a triple follow that, a poor-hitting pitcher drive in a run, the inside-the-park homer-hitter hit a homer outside the park and the return of an icon to face his old club. Also, Pat Misch in the middle innings giving up nothing was pretty special. Apparently, prior to the ninth, I hadn't seen nothing yet. In related news, I learned from those sitting around me that the Beach Boys of Mike Love were a lock to sing the National Anthem (they didn't); that Carlos Delgado has an option for next year (he doesn't); that Billy Wagner couldn't be used because once you're claimed on waivers you're ineligible (no such rule exists); and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens).[/quote:3usy497h] What's your threshold for factual corrections? Is said threshold more dependent on the egregiousness of the error, or is it based more on the scholar's/s' volume? Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 05:09 PM you get alot of that, at weekend day games especially. i've found the people sitting around me to be much smarter on freezing cold or rainy weeknights in April. i guess theres something about the early start and the heat that attracts the morons who would never show up to watch a game in the cold after work on a thursday G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 05:16 PM ="Nymr83":1ir3j8vb]you get alot of that, at weekend day games especially. i've found the people sitting around me to be much smarter on freezing cold or rainy weeknights in April. i guess theres something about the early start and the heat that attracts the morons who would never show up to watch a game in the cold after work on a thursday[/quote:1ir3j8vb] Of course when the morons who would never show up to watch a game in the cold after work on a Thursday are warm in their homes, they may divine a sense of intellectual superiority over those of us shivering at the ballpark despite our working knowledge of rosters and rules. bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 05:16 PM Here's something else for this bizarre baseball day: a Mets minor leaguer threw a no-hitter! http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_23_broasx_abeasx_1 G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 05:36 PM From Brandon Moore, no-hit whiz of Coney Island: ]"I love playing in Brooklyn. They say it's the closest you can get to playing in the big leagues without playing in the big leagues." And I thought that's what they said about the Mets.

[Piggiestomatoes]

Guy who hasn't started in three weeks and batting .128, single on the first pitch. Hey, 6-0.

[nymr83]

thats SIX nothing in the 1st inning. FUCK PEREZ

[bmfc1]

That loser better not blame this on his knee.

[metirish]

3 -0 count on the opposing pitcher in the first and Manuel pulls Ollie......what a shame

[Piggiestomatoes]

If that isn't a kick in the balls! Thanks, Jerry.

Let's see what Figgy can do. No hitter from this point? Now that would be funny.

[MFS62]

2010 audition time for Nelson. I hope he pitches well enough, and Jerry leaves him in the game long enough, to show he belongs.

Later

[bmfc1]

Small victories: seeing that jackass Victorino embarrass himself.

[Guest Kong76]

bmfc: Werth may come across as a cocky SOB but I wish he was a Met <<<

I didn't say he was cocky, I said anyone who thought he wasn't going to ....

[ashie62]

="Kong76"]bmfc: Werth may come across as a cocky SOB but I wish he was a Met <<< I didn't say he was cocky, I said anyone who thought he wasn't going to ....

Werth has been en fuego prior to this series

Don't mind cocky by anybody when winning

[Guest Kong76]

Uh, oh never mind ...

[ashie62]

I'm trying to think of the least painful way to get Ollie off the payroll short of crime, organized crime? maybe

[Valadius]

Wow, I'm surprised I'm actually able to follow a Mets game from Italy. Of course there it's the afternoon. Here I'm getting ready for a late dinner. And the Mets are exactly the same as I left them.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

="Ashie62":1w4vw3nx]I'm trying to think of the least painful way to get Ollie off the payroll short of crime, organized crime? maybe[/quote:1w4vw3nx] Maybe my coffee was a little weak this morning, but all I've got are extralegal things.

Kong76 Aug 23 2009 12:29 PM

Valad posting from a late dinner in Italy lol.

Fman99 Aug 23 2009 01:38 PM

Took a two hour nap today and missed the first several innings and I challenge anyone to tell me watching this game would've been a better way to spend my afternoon. Wild pitch, 9-5 Phillies.

Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:01 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 23 2009 02:02 PM

HE CAUGHT THE BALL, THAT WASNT EVEN CLOSE!! GET YOURSELF TOSSED HERE JERRY!!!! edit- umps conference and make right call

Fman99 Aug 23 2009 02:02 PM

Another ridiculously bad call by the umpires.

Kong76 Aug 23 2009 02:02 PM

Over turned, amen.

Fman99 Aug 23 2009 02:03 PM

="Fman99":3hidg8bq]Another ridiculously bad call by the umpires.[/quote:3hidg8bq] OE: Rescinded. Umps reversed the call. bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:06 PM So Francoeur could have gotten tossed by arguing and then the umpires end up correcting the call. Kong76 Aug 23 2009 02:06 PM I smell an embarrassing ninth inning come back and loss for the Phils! Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:06 PM Ryan Buckner at 1st for the Phils Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:07 PM and now an error at 2nd and Castillo beats it out!! Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:09 PM no defense!! tying runs on base, he'll get a hit but that was another defensive misplay Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:12 PM an unassisted triple play to end the game. it could only happen to us. Gwreck Aug 23 2009 02:13 PM Unbelievable. TheOldMole Aug 23 2009 02:13 PM All you can say is well, uh, OK. Kong76 Aug 23 2009 02:13 PM Ya think you've seen everything, that may the first one to end a game. Ashie62 Aug 23 2009 02:14 PM UNBELIEVABLE... Methead Aug 23 2009 02:14 PM Amazing. Well, I've always wondered if I'd ever see an unassisted triple play... I guess I can cross it off the list now. bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:17 PM What was the point of putting the runners in motion? If Jerry doesn't, that's a single and the bases are loaded w/none out. If they're down by one, OK but two? No, especially when the trail runner, the important runner because he's the tying run, is slow. Classic over-managing by Jerry. Ashie62 Aug 23 2009 02:23 PM ="bmfc1":1s01huou]What was the point of putting the runners in motion? If Jerry doesn't, that's a single and the bases are loaded w/none out. If they're down by one, OK but two? No, especially when the trail runner, the important runner because he's the tying run, is slow. Classic over-managing by Jerry.[/quote:1s01huou] You betcha!! where's Earl Weaver? Kong76 Aug 23 2009 02:41 PM A62: where's Earl Weaver <<< Poor choice, the guy who lived by the the three run homer. Fman99 Aug 23 2009 02:42 PM I couldn't even post anything when it happened. Just shut the laptop off and walked away. Methead Aug 23 2009 02:44 PM ="Kong76":243j8yoi]that may the first one to end a game.[/quote:243j8yoi] Pretty sure you're right. bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:48 PM Second time in history. Jayson Stark is so happy, he tweeted over and over. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1927/B05310DET1927.htm bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:50 PM I can't believe that Jerry wasn't asked about sending the runners. Maybe he was and FAN didn't play it. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 23 2009 03:07 PM ="bmfc1"]What was the point of putting the runners in motion? If Jerry doesn't, that's a single and the bases are loaded w/none out. If they're down by one, OK but two? No, especially when the trail runner, the important runner because he's the tying run, is slow. Classic over-managing by Jerry. You're fucking kidding me. I can't fucking believe that he would try and fucking do that. Next, you'll fucking tell me that Angel Hernandez tried to insert himself into a fucking ballgame. Imfuckingpossible. Fuck. (Watching Manuel is KILLING my vocabulary.) LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 23 2009 03:08 PM ="Methead":1pephxo0] ="Kong76":1pephxo0]that may the first one to end a game.[/quote:1pephxo0] Pretty sure you're right.[/quote:1pephxo0] STATS says it's the second. May 31, 1927 was the other time (Johnny Neun, liner-step-tag for Detroit, preserving a 1-0 win over Cleveland). G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 04:57 PM I thought it was pretty incredible that I went to a game and saw two three-run homers in the top of the first, a starter pulled with a 3-0 count to the opposing pitcher after 45 pitches, a leadoff inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the first, a triple follow that, a poor-hitting pitcher drive in a run, the inside-the-park homer-hitter hit a homer outside the park and the return of an icon to face his old club. Also, Pat Misch in the middle innings giving up nothing was pretty special. Apparently, prior to the ninth, I hadn't seen nothing yet. In related news, I learned from those sitting around me that the Beach Boys of Mike Love were a lock to sing the National Anthem (they didn't); that Carlos Delgado has an option for next year (he doesn't); that Billy Wagner couldn't be used because once you're claimed on waivers you're ineligible (no such rule exists); and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens). Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 05:02 PM ]and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens). CBS gamecast actually had Wagner warming up at some point in the 8th, whether that was a mistake or not i dont know G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 05:03 PM ="Nymr83"] ]and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens). CBS gamecast actually had Wagner warming up at some point in the 8th, whether that was a mistake or not i dont know Wagner did warm up, but it was after the dissertation from the scholars in the row behind me. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 23 2009 05:07 PM ="G-Fafif":3usy497h]I thought it was pretty incredible that I went to a game and saw two three-run homers in the top of the first, a starter pulled with a 3-0 count to the opposing pitcher after 45 pitches, a leadoff inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the first, a triple follow that, a poor-hitting pitcher drive in a run, the inside-the-park homer-hitter hit a homer outside the park and the return of an icon to face his old club. Also, Pat Misch in the middle innings giving up nothing was pretty special. Apparently, prior to the ninth, I hadn't seen nothing yet. In related news, I learned from those sitting around me that the Beach Boys of Mike Love were a lock to sing the National Anthem (they didn't); that Carlos Delgado has an option for next year (he doesn't); that Billy Wagner couldn't be used because once you're claimed on waivers you're ineligible (no such rule exists); and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens).[/quote:3usy497h] What's your threshold for factual corrections? Is said threshold more dependent on the egregiousness of the error, or is it based more on the scholar's/s' volume? Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 05:09 PM you get alot of that, at weekend day games especially. i've found the people sitting around me to be much smarter on freezing cold or rainy weeknights in April. i guess theres something about the early start and the heat that attracts the morons who would never show up to watch a game in the cold after work on a thursday G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 05:16 PM ="Nymr83":1ir3j8vb]you get alot of that, at weekend day games especially. i've found the people sitting around me to be much smarter on freezing cold or rainy weeknights in April. i guess theres something about the early start and the heat that attracts the morons who would never show up to watch a game in the cold after work on a thursday[/quote:1ir3j8vb] Of course when the morons who would never show up to watch a game in the cold after work on a Thursday are warm in their homes, they may divine a sense of intellectual superiority over those of us shivering at the ballpark despite our working knowledge of rosters and rules. bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 05:16 PM Here's something else for this bizarre baseball day: a Mets minor leaguer threw a no-hitter! http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_23_broasx_abeasx_1 G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 05:36 PM From Brandon Moore, no-hit whiz of Coney Island: ]"I love playing in Brooklyn. They say it's the closest you can get to playing in the big leagues without playing in the big leagues." And I thought that's what they said about the Mets.

[Guest Kong76]

Valad posting from a late dinner in Italy lol.

[Fman99]

Took a two hour nap today and missed the first several innings and I challenge anyone to tell me watching this game would've been a better way to spend my afternoon.

Wild pitch, 9-5 Phillies.

[nymr83]

HE CAUGHT THE BALL, THAT WASNT EVEN CLOSE!!
GET YOURSELF TOSSED HERE JERRY!!!!

edit- umps conference and make right call

Edited August 23, 2009 by Guest

[Fman99]

Another ridiculously bad call by the umpires.

[Guest Kong76]

Over turned, amen.

[Fman99]

="Fman99":3hidg8bq]Another ridiculously bad call by the umpires.[/quote:3hidg8bq] OE: Rescinded. Umps reversed the call.

bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:06 PM

So Francoeur could have gotten tossed by arguing and then the umpires end up correcting the call.

Kong76 Aug 23 2009 02:06 PM

I smell an embarrassing ninth inning come back and loss for the Phils!

Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:06 PM

Ryan Buckner at 1st for the Phils

Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:07 PM

and now an error at 2nd and Castillo beats it out!!

Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:09 PM

no defense!! tying runs on base, he'll get a hit but that was another defensive misplay

Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 02:12 PM

an unassisted triple play to end the game. it could only happen to us.

Gwreck Aug 23 2009 02:13 PM

Unbelievable.

TheOldMole Aug 23 2009 02:13 PM

All you can say is well, uh, OK.

Kong76 Aug 23 2009 02:13 PM

Ya think you've seen everything, that may the first one to end a game.

Ashie62 Aug 23 2009 02:14 PM

UNBELIEVABLE...

Methead Aug 23 2009 02:14 PM

Amazing. Well, I've always wondered if I'd ever see an unassisted triple play... I guess I can cross it off the list now.

bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:17 PM

What was the point of putting the runners in motion? If Jerry doesn't, that's a single and the bases are loaded w/none out. If they're down by one, OK but two? No, especially when the trail runner, the important runner because he's the tying run, is slow. Classic over-managing by Jerry.

Ashie62 Aug 23 2009 02:23 PM

="bmfc1":1s01huou]What was the point of putting the runners in motion? If Jerry doesn't, that's a single and the bases are loaded w/none out. If they're down by one, OK but two? No, especially when the trail runner, the important runner because he's the tying run, is slow. Classic over-managing by Jerry.[/quote:1s01huou] You betcha!! where's Earl Weaver? Kong76 Aug 23 2009 02:41 PM A62: where's Earl Weaver <<< Poor choice, the guy who lived by the the three run homer. Fman99 Aug 23 2009 02:42 PM I couldn't even post anything when it happened. Just shut the laptop off and walked away. Methead Aug 23 2009 02:44 PM ="Kong76":243j8yoi]that may the first one to end a game.[/quote:243j8yoi] Pretty sure you're right. bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:48 PM Second time in history. Jayson Stark is so happy, he tweeted over and over. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1927/B05310DET1927.htm bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 02:50 PM I can't believe that Jerry wasn't asked about sending the runners. Maybe he was and FAN didn't play it. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 23 2009 03:07 PM ="bmfc1"]What was the point of putting the runners in motion? If Jerry doesn't, that's a single and the bases are loaded w/none out. If they're down by one, OK but two? No, especially when the trail runner, the important runner because he's the tying run, is slow. Classic over-managing by Jerry. You're fucking kidding me. I can't fucking believe that he would try and fucking do that. Next, you'll fucking tell me that Angel Hernandez tried to insert himself into a fucking ballgame. Imfuckingpossible. Fuck. (Watching Manuel is KILLING my vocabulary.) LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 23 2009 03:08 PM ="Methead":1pephxo0] ="Kong76":1pephxo0]that may the first one to end a game.[/quote:1pephxo0] Pretty sure you're right.[/quote:1pephxo0] STATS says it's the second. May 31, 1927 was the other time (Johnny Neun, liner-step-tag for Detroit, preserving a 1-0 win over Cleveland). G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 04:57 PM I thought it was pretty incredible that I went to a game and saw two three-run homers in the top of the first, a starter pulled with a 3-0 count to the opposing pitcher after 45 pitches, a leadoff inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the first, a triple follow that, a poor-hitting pitcher drive in a run, the inside-the-park homer-hitter hit a homer outside the park and the return of an icon to face his old club. Also, Pat Misch in the middle innings giving up nothing was pretty special. Apparently, prior to the ninth, I hadn't seen nothing yet. In related news, I learned from those sitting around me that the Beach Boys of Mike Love were a lock to sing the National Anthem (they didn't); that Carlos Delgado has an option for next year (he doesn't); that Billy Wagner couldn't be used because once you're claimed on waivers you're ineligible (no such rule exists); and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens). Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 05:02 PM ]and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens). CBS gamecast actually had Wagner warming up at some point in the 8th, whether that was a mistake or not i dont know G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 05:03 PM ="Nymr83"] ]and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens). CBS gamecast actually had Wagner warming up at some point in the 8th, whether that was a mistake or not i dont know Wagner did warm up, but it was after the dissertation from the scholars in the row behind me. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 23 2009 05:07 PM ="G-Fafif":3usy497h]I thought it was pretty incredible that I went to a game and saw two three-run homers in the top of the first, a starter pulled with a 3-0 count to the opposing pitcher after 45 pitches, a leadoff inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the first, a triple follow that, a poor-hitting pitcher drive in a run, the inside-the-park homer-hitter hit a homer outside the park and the return of an icon to face his old club. Also, Pat Misch in the middle innings giving up nothing was pretty special. Apparently, prior to the ninth, I hadn't seen nothing yet. In related news, I learned from those sitting around me that the Beach Boys of Mike Love were a lock to sing the National Anthem (they didn't); that Carlos Delgado has an option for next year (he doesn't); that Billy Wagner couldn't be used because once you're claimed on waivers you're ineligible (no such rule exists); and that Wagner, warming up in the bullpen wears No. 34 (Wagner wears 13; Mike Pelfrey wears 34; the pitcher warming up was No. 64, Elmer Dessens).[/quote:3usy497h] What's your threshold for factual corrections? Is said threshold more dependent on the egregiousness of the error, or is it based more on the scholar's/s' volume? Nymr83 Aug 23 2009 05:09 PM you get alot of that, at weekend day games especially. i've found the people sitting around me to be much smarter on freezing cold or rainy weeknights in April. i guess theres something about the early start and the heat that attracts the morons who would never show up to watch a game in the cold after work on a thursday G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 05:16 PM ="Nymr83":1ir3j8vb]you get alot of that, at weekend day games especially. i've found the people sitting around me to be much smarter on freezing cold or rainy weeknights in April. i guess theres something about the early start and the heat that attracts the morons who would never show up to watch a game in the cold after work on a thursday[/quote:1ir3j8vb] Of course when the morons who would never show up to watch a game in the cold after work on a Thursday are warm in their homes, they may divine a sense of intellectual superiority over those of us shivering at the ballpark despite our working knowledge of rosters and rules. bmfc1 Aug 23 2009 05:16 PM Here's something else for this bizarre baseball day: a Mets minor leaguer threw a no-hitter! http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_23_broasx_abeasx_1 G-Fafif Aug 23 2009 05:36 PM From Brandon Moore, no-hit whiz of Coney Island: ]"I love playing in Brooklyn. They say it's the closest you can get to playing in the big leagues without playing in the big leagues." And I thought that's what they said about the Mets.

[bmfc1]

So Francoeur could have gotten tossed by arguing and then the umpires end up correcting the call.

[Guest Kong76]

I smell an embarrassing ninth inning come back and loss for the Phils!

[nymr83]

Ryan Buckner at 1st for the Phils