Cold Turkey Jerry

[batmagadanleadoff]

Maybe Pagan took the pitch because it wasn't to his liking. Or are we gonna start blaming Jerry whenever a Met batter takes a called strike?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I certainly endorse that possiblity.

By the way, one more bunt-free tilt this afternoon.

Jerry's transforming himself before our eyes and we're talking about a butterfly flapping its wings.

[Benjamin Grimm]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Or are we gonna start blaming Jerry whenever a Met batter takes a called strike?

Yeah, really! I remember when we'd blame Jeff Wilpon.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: I certainly endorse that possiblity. By the way, one more bunt-free tilt this afternoon. Jerry's transforming himself before our eyes and we're talking about a butterfly flapping its wings.

I'd have gladly taken an idiotic bunt if it meant we had someone on base to bunt over..

[Valadius]

Could it be? Has Jerry the Robot loaded a new program? Time will tell.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Edgy DC wrote: I certainly endorse that possiblity. By the way, one more bunt-free tilt this afternoon. Jerry's transforming himself before our eyes and we're talking about a butterfly flapping its wings.

Also-- holy shit!-- Our Daily Nieve has only been in 2 of the past 9 games. (Mitigating my point somewhat, PedroDos has been used in 5 of those same games.)

[Guest Edgy DC]

I connect that to another pattern. He gains confidence in a guy, elevates him, uses him until he melts down, then loses confidence and buries the guy just as fast.

But that's not a bunting issue. Know what's a bunting issue? One more game this evening without a sacrifice. It's stunning.

[Zvon]

Alls I know about that Pagan bunt situation (probably was just looking at a pitch for Reyes)
in the 1st inning of todays ball game is that Reyes should have stolen second base way
before Davis was up and/or well into his at bat, if he was going to do it at all.

I know that there were a ridiculous amount of throw overs to first, but I think it's
bad baseball in that spot to run when there are 2 out and Davis has two strikes on him.

Davis K'd.

I don't wanna blame anyone in regards to this.
But you can see who I would if I was gonna.
Baseballs funny.
It could have distracted the pitcher, the result being a fat pitch to Ike.
It didn't.
I think more so its possible it could have distracted Davis who had 2 strikes
on him and needed all the focus he's got.

[Valadius]

Reyes just showed bunt.

[Zvon]

I think showing bunt can be a great strat/maneuver if done at the right time.
Like when you have already decided to take a pitch.
Was it a strike?

[Guest Edgy DC]

And like when you're Jose Reyes and want to challenge a guy to shift his position.

[Valadius]

Pagan also bunted foul earlier.

[Guest Edgy DC]

You know, I created this big, sweet, twenty-gallon punch bowl of a thread. And now you, Valadius, and you, Ceetar, have laid about ten turds in it.

I can keep fishing turd after turd out of it. I don't mind that. I'm real persistent that way. But sooner or later, the other posters, it won't matter to them how many turds I haul in. They just aren't going to drink my punch. Worse, they're going to leave the whole party... talking bout, "That's was surreal, man. He was just going to keep going in there fishing out those turds all night. And those two other guys were just somehow able too keep at it, laying turd after turd. They had, like, inexhaustble turd resources. It was like being stuck in some avant-garde film --- and I won't lie to you, the other fare at that party was great --- but it was like being stuck in some Scandanavian avante-garde film with a perpetual motion machine of turd-laying and turd-fishng."

So thanks.

[Ceetar]

Maybe Manuel just had the AL mindset in his head with the impending road trip and stopped thinking about bunting cause he knew he'd be able to use his animal-dh Carter and he'd drive in a Ortizian 25 runs on the trip.

[Zvon]

But that's such a cute turd.

[ashie62]

The Mets won. That is good by me.

[batmagadanleadoff]

[Zvon]

I recently read that the shark used in Jaws was found in a junk yard in California.
You would think I have a joke here but....



..I got nuthin.

This is just my Jaws update that I send out once every ten years.

[Guest Edgy DC]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: {Thread} {jumps} {shark}

There goes one guest. Thanks again, turdboys.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: {Thread} {jumps} {shark} There goes one guest. Thanks again, turdboys.

After this weekend I'm pretty sure it's defunct anyway.