Mets On Pace for Second Place: IGT 5/27/10 PHIL@NYM

[batmagadanleadoff]

Anyone know why Santana's not pitching tomorrow on four days rest, just like Pelfrey pitched today?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Never mind. Today felt like Friday to me all day long.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Quotes:

"It's the most impressive sweep I've ever been a part of," Francoeur said. "To hold that kind of team to no runs over three games is unbelievable.

Of course, much of this streak coincides with the crafty Dickey and Takahashi - who have allowed a total of two runs over 24 combined innings during two starts apiece - replacing bullpen-banished Oliver Perez and inconsistent-and-injured John Maine in the quintet.

.... Pelfrey certainly achieved that in improving to 7-0 with a 1.81 ERA and one save in 10 appearances aside from the ... six-run shelling over four innings against the Phillies on May 1 for his lone loss of the year.

[Willets Point]

I was exhausted last night and went to be early. It was fun to read this IGT this morning. Good IGT everyone.

[soupcan]

Was able to snag a ball last night. Sitting several rows behind Mets dugout, after Werth grounded out to end the 4th, Ike flipped the ball into the stands as he headed in. It bounced off a few people's hands and landed at my feet.

Picked it up and was looking at it when the guy behind me tapped on the shoulder and said 'Hey, why don't you give that to the kid?' and then pointed to his smiling, cherubic 7ish year-old. I looked at the kid - who was wearing a Phillies cap and I said 'Phillies fan? I don't think so'. Then I put it in my bag.

It's on my kid's dresser this morning.

[DocTee]

Great story, Soup!

[metirish]

Was able to snag a ball last night. Sitting several rows behind Mets dugout, after Werth grounded out to end the 4th, Ike flipped the ball into the stands as he headed in. It bounced off a few people's hands and landed at my feet.

Picked it up and was looking at it when the guy behind me tapped on the shoulder and said 'Hey, why don't you give that to the kid?' and then pointed to his smiling, cherubic 7ish year-old. I looked at the kid - who was wearing a Phillies cap and I said 'Phillies fan? I don't think so'. Then I put it in my bag.

It's on my kid's dresser this morning.

[bmfc1]

soupcan gets a BOC nomination for that and a nomination for CPF member of the month.

[Willets Point]

That story would've been even better if you'd been able to turn and give the ball to a kid in a Mets' cap right in front of the presumptuous Phillies phan.

[soupcan]

I appreciate the dual nominations, thank you.

One more: There was an Utley or Howard deep fly ball to center at some later point in the game when it was still 1-0 and the Phillie Phamily behind us all stood up and screamed like it was gone. It settled nicely into Pagan's glove short of the warning track and my son turned around to them and said 'This is a major-league stadium'

[DocTee]

Your member-of-the-month award has just been transferred to your son.

[bmfc1]

Great job by soupcan and soupcan's son. I have to tell my son that the bar for offspring wisecracks has been raised.

[soupcan]

Hey, how far fair was Reyes' double? They didn't show a definitive angle at the game. From where I was it looked like it almost hit the line but from the reactions in the thread I'm thinking it was fair by a lot more than that.

[bmfc1]

No help here:

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8423255&c_id=nym

You'd think they would have considered camera locations when designing the place. We have to look at the fans in the vicinity to know if it's fair.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I was exhausted last night and went to be early. It was fun to read this IGT this morning. Good IGT everyone.[/quote:1a9kbl7j]
I brought crap to this IGT. I was to this IGT as Henry Blanco was to last night's victory.

[Zvon]

Hey, how far fair was Reyes' double? They didn't show a definitive angle at the game. From where I was it looked like it almost hit the line but from the reactions in the thread I'm thinking it was fair by a lot more than that.[/quote:12pfelnc]

If I remember correctly, which as you all know is a very iffy thing,
it was about two feet fair and then traveled into foul territory, almost directly into the corner.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Edgy - "I brought crap to this IGT. I was to this IGT as Henry Blanco was to last night's victory."

Henry Blanco scored last night, so he had a better night than I did.

[bmfc1]

Blanco threw out two runners last night. Everybody contributed. A IGT, like a Mets win, is a team effort.

[Zvon]

This is from my local newspaper.
The head line was:
PHILS LEAVE NEW YORK WITH NOTHING

Won't bore you with it all but I got a laugh from this:

Jose Reyes, fresh from giving batting tips to the newly crowned Miss USA, was pretty at the plate....

Wonder if Reyes was playing to impress last night.
*Q Todd's "We Gotta Get You A Woman"

[Frayed Knot]

Hey, how far fair was Reyes' double? They didn't show a definitive angle at the game. From where I was it looked like it almost hit the line but from the reactions in the thread I'm thinking it was fair by a lot more than that.[/quote:38ycslgw]

Close, but not THAT close. At least a foot fair.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I appreciate the dual nominations, thank you.

One more: There was an Utley or Howard deep fly ball to center at some later point in the game when it was still 1-0 and the Phillie Phamily behind us all stood up and screamed like it was gone. It settled nicely into Pagan's glove short of the warning track and my son turned around to them and said 'This is a major-league stadium'