IGT 7/24/10 - Mets at Dodgers - Game On!

[ashie62]

Back to outmaking.

[Zvon]

What I miss?

[Frayed Knot]

Oh holy fuck!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Wow, the Dodgers pitcher has a higher ERA than Ollie does!

I wish I could watch this, but I'm in a region where they showed the Phillies game instead. Like, who wants to watch that??

[Guest The Second Spitter]

This thread has suddenly become alive in the 13th inning!

[Zvon]

Oh dear G-d - now Jerry is putting in the Human White Flag (i.e., Ollie)!

[Guest Kong76]

Good find, FK.

[Benjamin Grimm]

So, Frankie is the last pitcher remaining in the Mets pen. Which means that Oliver is probably in the game until the Mets have a lead that needs to be blown.

[ashie62]

Oh dear G-d - now Jerry is putting in the Human White Flag (i.e., Ollie)!

[seawolf17]

There are few things more baseballially terrifying than turning on the game for the first time and seeing Oliver Perez on the mound in the bottom of the 13th.

[ashie62]

New game is over.

[seawolf17]

And that's why. Fuckin' hell.

[Zvon]

Shit.
My timing is not all dat.
Loney goes yardy.

GAME OVEH!

[Guest The Second Spitter]

[bigpurple:2l47d8c6]Ollie's Back!!!![/bigpurple:2l47d8c6]

[Guest Kong76]

Loney says good night folks!

[Guest themetfairy]

There's Ollie being Ollie.

Goodnight everybody....

[ashie62]

There are few things more baseballially terrifying than turning on the game for the first time and seeing Oliver Perez on the mound in the bottom of the 13th.[/quote:1f4euk53]

Jackpot

[Zvon]

Holdin K-Rod back for the save Jerry?
WARM UP THE HOT SEAT!

I guess you had to try to get as much as possible out of Ollie.
And I would have to think situations like this is why he's still here.
Wouldn't wanna use Dicky today.
Can't gamble K-Rod might be needed for more than 2 innings.
You're not supposed to go there.

K, WARM UP THE LUKE WARM SEAT!

[Zvon]

Now that I think about it, I would have had K-Rod in for 2 before goin to Ollie.
Maybe.
Didn't get to see how things developed, but....

Well, water under my bridge.

[Zvon]

And...


HOT SEAT!

[MFS62]

Just got home, didn't listen to or watch the game.
No hits for the last zillion-or-so innings again.
Why is Howard Johnson still employed?

Later

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Barajas whiffing with the bases loaded, 1 out
Reyes sac bunting

boo

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Needing a baserunner desperately and facing two guys walking 4.4 and 7.1 BB/9 each, and sporting a cumulative WHIP dangerously close to 2, the Mets' 1-6 hitters saw 14 pitches total in the 12th and 13th innings.

Yeah, the approach might be a bit off.

[metsmarathon]

Just got home, didn't listen to or watch the game.
No hits for the last zillion-or-so innings again.
Why is Howard Johnson still employed?[/quote:ui6w6g5x]

because he's a fan favorite. and its more important to mets fans that we honor the 86ers rather than looking at silly things like ability and accomplishment.

[Gwreck]

Those late (and extra) inning at-bats by the Mets were just AWFUL, save perhaps Pagan's walk off of Broxton. They looked (and played) like they had given up. Forget the strategy failures, or the lack of hitting or the long roadtrip, that's got to stop.

I think struggles on a long roadtrip is a perfect example of the self-fufilling prophecy. Everybody looks at the schedule, sees 11 games on the west coast and automatically starts thinking about the travel, and the being-away-from-home and that of course, it's going to be tough and the team is going to do badly...and then set themselves up to do just that.

I've had a fantastic time following around the team on this roadtrip but getting the chance to watch them up close for an extended period of time here has left me very unhappy in the effort and energy being put forth. Losses happen but what they're doing is unacceptable.

[G-Fafif]

It's perilously close to 1991 out there. Mets left town in July in pretty good shape -- 53-38, 4 games out -- and came back from Cali with a 2-7 road trip in their back pocket. Lost their next five at home, managed two wins against first-place Pittsburgh and then endured another nightmare road trip to the middle East teams. One more loss followed and, bam, 57-61, 12-1/2 back, season essentially over. That's a 4-23 stretch.

You can find all kinds of precedent like that in Mets history without looking very hard, sadly. They looked lethargic then, they strive for lethargy now.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Those late (and extra) inning at-bats by the Mets were just AWFUL, save perhaps Pagan's walk off of Broxton. They looked (and played) like they had given up. Forget the strategy failures, or the lack of hitting or the long roadtrip, that's got to stop.

I think struggles on a long roadtrip is a perfect example of the self-fufilling prophecy. Everybody looks at the schedule, sees 11 games on the west coast and automatically starts thinking about the travel, and the being-away-from-home and that of course, it's going to be tough and the team is going to do badly...and then set themselves up to do just that.

I've had a fantastic time following around the team on this roadtrip but getting the chance to watch them up close for an extended period of time here has left me very unhappy in the effort and energy being put forth. Losses happen but what they're doing is unacceptable.[/quote:1ea8akay]

perfectly put. I'm depressed.