Battle of the Redeemed: Cubs-Mets IGT 4/21/10

[nymr83]

we have life!

time to earn your massive paycheck, Jason!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Let's keep it going. No outs still.

[nymr83]

ARAM boots a DP ball but still gets one.

[Guest Edgy DC]

OK, now Francoeur. Maybe you can get on board again.

[nymr83]

fuck francoeur grounding out on 1 pitch as well.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

French Fried

[nymr83]

Lou will turn to the bullpen for Ike

[Guest Edgy DC]

Take one when the tying run is behind you, fellas. Article. Of. Faith.

[Frayed Knot]

Ike def bailing on the LHPs a bit.

[Guest Edgy DC]

we have life![/quote:2fh9l7we]
Fuckin' dorkogoths sucked it out of us.

[nymr83]

sadness.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

ugh, not looking good. Turn 3, now.

[nymr83]

bases loaded walk. tv off.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

What, and miss the two-run single?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Fuk 'em. This is the kind of beating the Met offense deserves.

[Valadius]

Who the hell is Manny Acosta, and why is he on my baseball team?

[Guest Edgy DC]

And they keep going up hacking.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Funny. The Acosta appearance was, in essence, his Atlanta career-- raw, unbridled promise, then dazzling flashes (3 Ks), then flameout and falling apart-- in an inning and a third.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Acosta is the sort of guy every team should have one of, except the Mets --- who ride their bullpen way too hard, and structure it without a back end, to be able to afford to carry a guy perpetually searching for a way to consistently retire batters at the big league level. With the kind of flashes of brilliance that leaves managers and pitching coaches sayign, "If only he could come out each night throwing like he did that one night in Atlanta, that'd be sweet. But too often he throws like that night a week later in Pittsburgh that everybody was trying to forget.


And so the Peter Principle continually kicks in, getting him regularly promoted beyond his level of competeince. Atlanta, at one point, promoted him all the way to closer in 2008 --- preferent a dominating failure perhaps over an innocuous success --- and we should all be grateful to them, except perhaps if the pitcher we have now bears any psychic stars from his fruitless experience.

He's been around for a while, haviing given the Yankees 5 1/2 years and never made it beyond A ball, so that's cool.

He's from Panama. Baseball-reference says he's from Colon and lists him at 6'4" 170 lbs. Perhaps somebody needs to weight him again.

[soupcan]

Okay so on the plus side - I went to this game last night and sampled the Blue Smoke fried bologna samitch and the fried Korean chicken.

Bologna meets with my approval - not what I thought it would be. A nice THICK slab o' baloney, very tasty and a nice sized meal as well. The chickety-china-chicken (not what its called - don't embarass yourselves by asking for it by that name), available in 3 or 5 pieces, located behind left field in the World's Fair Market, was the winner though - crunchy, juicy, tasty and a wee bit spicy. I will definitely revisit that many times.

Any other recommendations from the masses?

[metirish]

Okay so on the plus side - I went to this game last night and sampled the Blue Smoke fried bologna samitch and the fried Korean chicken.

Bologna meets with my approval - not what I thought it would be. A nice THICK slab o' baloney, very tasty and a nice sized meal as well. The chickety-china-chicken (not what its called - don't embarass yourselves by asking for it by that name), available in 3 or 5 pieces, located behind left field in the World's Fair Market, was the winner though - crunchy, juicy, tasty and a wee bit spicy. I will definitely revisit that many times.

Any other recommendations from the masses?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I like the turkey and mozzarella hero from Mama's of Corona, found on the food court atop the rotunda.

I'd try other stuff, but whenever I'm at Citi, the line at Mama's is the shortest, so that's where I end up.

[soupcan]

Have you tried the bearded clam?[/quote:37kfo105]

Of course.

I'm also a big fan of the tuna fish taco, the roast beef curtains, the hot buttered muffins, the fur burger, and the vertical bacon sandwich.

Wise ass.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yanks' GM Cashman brings Series ring to Cubs' Nady

NEW YORK (AP) � Talk about an unexpected guest -- and what a treat, too!
Cubs outfielder Xavier Nady received his 2009 World Series ring on Wednesday when New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman delivered the prize to Citi Field before Chicago faced the New York Mets.

"It was funny. I didn't know when I was going to get it so I was surprised," Nady said. "It was pretty special."

Nady praised Cashman for bringing it over himself and said the ring was "gorgeous."

Nady played in only seven games last season. He went on the disabled list in April with an injured right elbow that eventually required ligament replacement surgery. He signed a $3.3 million, one-year contract with the Cubs in January.

[metirish]

Only seven games and he gets a ring?....not that I care but is there a minimum amount of games appeared in for a player to be eligible for a ring? I know to get a English Premier league winners medal you have to have appeared in 10 games out of the 38.

[soupcan]

He got a World Series ring and only played in 7 games?

That's just odd.

[Centerfield]

I'm all for comraderie between the teams and all, but should MFY's be handing out World Series rings in CitiField?

Am I being petty here?

[soupcan]

I'm sure I'm wrong and I'm certain I'm just being an overly sensitive Mets fan, but am I the only one sensing the slightest odor of putting it in the Mets face...?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm all for comraderie between the teams and all, but should MFY's be handing out World Series rings in CitiField?

Am I being petty here?[/quote:2no9a94f]
Yes. But I'm certainly tempted toward pettiness, or at least Jeff Lynn-ness, as well. I might feel different if it wasn't such a suck-ass loss, but. I guess I should feel more generous because Nady gave the Mets more than he ever gave the Yankees, but the first World Series ring presented on the soil of BetaShea, and it's a 2010 Yankees ring?

That's a bitter pill.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Not official major-league business. Should have made him buy a ticket.

And get patted down by this guy.