IGT, Nationals @ Mets, 04/10/10

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METS:
1. Jose Reyes, ss
2. Alex Cora, 2b
3. David Wright, 3b
4. Jason Bay, lf
5. Jeff Francouer, rf
6. Gary Matthews Jr., cf
7. Fernando Tatis, 1b
8. Henry Blanco, c
9. Oliver Perez, lhp

Nationals
1. Nyjer Morgan, CF
2. Cristian Guzman, 2B
3. Ryan Zimmerman, 3B
4. Adam Dunn, 1B
5. Josh Willingham, LF
6. Ian Desmond, SS
7. Ivan Rodriguez, C
8. Willy Taveras, RF
9. John Lannan, SP

Edited April 10, 2010 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

Jo-se to-day! Jo-se to-day!

[ashie62]

Still can't shake Cora out of that lineup

[bmfc1]

[u:jxj4yj4e]The Washington Post[/u:jxj4yj4e]'s new beat reporter (Chico Harlan is now the Post's reporter in Japan), gives the Mets a couple of shots today. I don't mind us insulting the Mets, I do it all the time, but not an outsider.

First paragraph: "The Washington Nationals and New York Mets, connected by Amtrak, I-95 and grim expectations, will play 17 more times this season, meetings that will most likely determine which one of them finds solace in not finishing last."

Last paragraph: "For now, the Nationals can find comfort in two things. The season is only four games old, and on Saturday, at least they get to play the Mets again."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/09/AR2010040906110.html

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Jo-se to-day! Jo-se to-day![/quote:1txxb0k3]

JO-SEEEEEE! TO-OO-DAAAAAAY!

[nymr83]

Welcome back Jose!

Hey Jerry, you can copy this, I won't tell anyone.
METS:
1. Jose Reyes, ss
[crossout:gvdvwn8g]2. Alex Cora, 2b[/crossout:gvdvwn8g] 2. Angel Pagan, cf
3. David Wright, 3b
4. Jason Bay, lf
5. Jeff Francouer, rf
[crossout:gvdvwn8g]6. Gary Matthews Jr., cf[/crossout:gvdvwn8g] 6. Fernando Tatis, 1b
[crossout:gvdvwn8g]7. Fernando Tatis, 1b[/crossout:gvdvwn8g] 7. Henry Blanco, c
[crossout:gvdvwn8g]8. Henry Blanco, c[/crossout:gvdvwn8g] 8. Alex Cora, 2b
9. Oliver Perez, lhp

[TransMonk]

1-2-3 1st with a K for Ollie.

I like it.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Up and over the plate... ugh. Taveras might as well have closed his eyes and swung. (He may actually have done that.)

[TransMonk]

Ollie strikes out the side in the 2nd.

But allows a single, a walk and a triple. 2-0 Bad guys.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

2-out, 2-run triples to the 8 hitter suck.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ollie strikes out the side in the 2nd.

But allows a single, a walk and a triple. 2-0 Bad guys.[/quote:ssn5zf5e]

STFD, Nats.

Except for those of you who feel like some exercise-- you guys go ahead and have a gallop, now.

[TransMonk]

2nd and 3rd, no outs. No reason we shouldn't have those 2 runs back after this inning.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Lannan, fastball left over the outside part of the plate.

Oh, you just know that's getting...


FRENCHED.

[metirish]

You fucking kidding me , Tatis gets booed loudly for popping up with the bases loaded.

Blanco and Perez tie the game at two.

[nymr83]

Perez helps his own cause with an RBI single, fuck YOU DH!

[TransMonk]

...fuck YOU DH![/quote:2yg4lzro]
Here, here.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

John Lannan, like whatever God you worship, helps those who help themselves.

This crowd seems full of ornery cusses for a sunny Saturday afternoon. STFU, cusses.

Edited April 10, 2010 by Guest

[metirish]

...fuck YOU DH![/quote:3uwkm3xj]
Here, here.[/quote:3uwkm3xj]


Here, here, here

it's not pretty but I lie it.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Zimmerman joins the K club on a nasty slider as OhPea cruises through the third like a shark looking for minnows.

OLLIE OLLIE OLLIE!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Oy oy oy.

Desmond fumble gives the Mets drunk bases with nobody out. Again.

Guess how many runs scored? Go ahead... I'll give you a minute.

[TransMonk]

0?

There's not much that pisses me off more than that.

[bmfc1]

Bases loaded, none out, two innings in a row, and the hitters only got one run in (Ollie drove in the other one).

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

What bothers me is that I've been conditioned to expect-- forget the "half-"-- the team to blow bases-loaded situations. I'm happily surprised when someone actually crosses home these days.

[Frayed Knot]

Obviously the Francoeur AB killed that inning.
That's at least the third time in five games where one of our guys has hit the ball less than 2 ft from home plate. Wright did it once in the Florida series and so did at least one other guy.




btw, 2.5 runs is the average number a team should expect from a bases-loaded/no-outs situation. - so we're down three today since it happened twice and only 2 runs came out of them.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

DABIDRYE!

[TransMonk]

Oh, Ollie, Ollie, Ollie.

DWright's D saves the day before things can get even worse.

[MFS62]

Ollie, call your Proctologist.
Taveras is a pain in your ass.

Later

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Y'know how they say a guy "scattered" a bunch of hits, if he lets up more than a handful of baserunners and only lets 1 or 2 of them score?

Ollie's the exact opposite sort. He clusters his runners. He's a clusterer. Lord knows he's clustering today.

[Guest Astro Annie]

I just turned on the FAN .... am I welcome here?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Big spot for Henry here.