IGT April 11th Nats at Mets (Rubber Game)

[Fman99]

Let's see the Mets take a series from these mooks. Johan vs. Livan.

[Fman99]

Lineups courtesy of Kevin Burkhart on Twitter.

Morgan cf
Tavares rf
Guzman 2b
Dunn 1b
Willingham lf
Desmond ss
Nieves c
Kennedy 3b
Livan p

Reyes ss
Cora 2B
Wright 3b
Bay lf
Jacobs 1b
Francoeur rf
Matthews cf
Barajas c
Santana P

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Zimmerman apparently tweaked a quad during the first game or two of the season-- yesterday's early exit was due to an aggravation of that.

He may not be starting, but you just know Willie F. Harris is lurking in the weeds like a moccasin, or a closeted politician at a rest stop.

And if Jacobs can't whack one of Senor Frisbee's fastballs out, he's dead to me.

[ashie62]

Lead off thriple by the increasingly persky Gnats

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wilingham up with three ducks and one out.

[ashie62]

Bags juiced for Gnats. The Mets are -270 to win today

[Guest Edgy DC]

Matthews not gettnig back today, huh?

[metsmarathon]

boo

[ashie62]

Total disaster..Santana has nothing...Tee time for the Masters at 2

[Guest Edgy DC]

Enjoy it.

I got the idea that, when he gave up that triple, he was nibbling trying to keep that one run from scoring, like it was the ninth.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Matthews not gettnig back today, huh?[/quote:2jii4goj]

But he made that catch once! I KNOW he can do it!

[TransMonk]

Let's go, O! Let's score 17 runs today.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Livan's got both the "crappy junkball dude" advantage and the ex-factor going.

It's early yet, but I'm getting a 12-hit shutout vibe here.

[TransMonk]

I like Frenchy.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Well-Frenched, sir.

[MFS62]

The first thing I'm going to do when I become Commissioner will be to ban all Nats left fiedlers from baseball.
Well, maybe the second thing after eliminating the DH.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Five-zip after a Jeff Francoeur special play at the plate.

[Frayed Knot]

Maybe that Francoeur throw will get the fans off their asses and cheering, even without scoreboard-led help.


The only things Mathews needed to make those two catches were a bicycle, a ladder, and maybe a ticket.

[G-Fafif]

"That's a lesson for all you kids out there!"

[Guest Edgy DC]

Too many fizzling rallies. Time to move. NOW!!!!

[HahnSolo]

Raul Valdez warming in the pen. Who's roster spot did he take? Tejada?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Green.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Ugh, Jacobs. I know it's only 6 games and all, but he's a vacuous, sucking, black hole in the middle of this lineup.

Not for nothing, but Carter is .273/.385/.727 in 11 AB's in Buffalo and Ike's even better, .400/.571/.900 (yeah, i typed it right) in 10 ABs. Shit, give Tatis a few more ABs. Something.

C'mon, Valdez, give us a 1-2-3 and then let's put up a 6-spot on these bitches.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I imagine we'll see Murphy before Carter or Ike, but yeah. There was no reason not to give Carter the first crack at that job.

Gameday is suggesting everything Valdes throws is straight, but he's getting the job done.

[Guest Edgy DC]

OK, Jake, maybe your last crack.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Um... OK!

[A Boy Named Seo]

Mmm.... crow.

Atta boy, Jacobs. My mouth is shut.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hi, my name is the Mets. I have the tying run on deck.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Funny taking Livan out up 5-nil after 88 pitches. Not sure how this'll shake out, but I'm sure as hell glad they did cause we had nothing on him today.

Lets go dudes. Keep chippin.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Well, shit.