IGT 8/3 NYM@ATL - The Nips Are Getting Bigger

[Guest The Second Spitter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnG1vqVlPGE

If Dickey can't save this team, then nobody can....

[G-Fafif]

Fourth place and down
Losing ground and suckin'
We're gonna do what they say
Can't be done

We've got a long way to go
And a short time to get there
Eight games out
Just watch ol' R.A. gun

Keep your foot hard on the pedal
Mets never mind them brakes
Let it all hang out
'Cause we got a run to make

The boys are slumping in Atlanta
And they didn't help Santana
Yet we'll bring it back
No matter what it takes

Fourth place and down
Losing ground and suckin'
We're gonna do what they say
Can't be done

We've got a long way to go
And a short time to get there
Eight games out
Just watch ol' R.A. gun

Ol' Larry's got his bat
He's preparing to prevail
He ain't gonna rest
Until we fail

So we got to dodge 'im
We got to duck 'im
We got to keep our Dickey chuckin'
Just put that knuckler down
And give 'em hell

Fourth place and down
Losing ground and suckin'
We're gonna do what they say
Can't be done

We've got a long way to go
And a short time to get there
Eight games out
Just watch ol' R.A. gun

[Guest The Second Spitter]

[metirish]

I'm inspired , thanks Greg...

[Guest themetfairy]

Kudos!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Breaker, breaker... L-double-U to Faith N' Fear... this is f*cking awesome. Do you read me, Faith N' Fear?

[bmfc1]

METS:
Reyes-SS
Pagan-LF
Beltran-CF
Wright-3B
Davis-1B
Thole-C
Francoeur-RF
Castillo-2B
Dickey- RHP

Everyone excited about 7 and 8 in the order?

Cox:
Infante 4
Heyward 9
L. Jones 5
McCann 2
Hinske 3
Gonzalez 6
Ankiel 8
Cabrera 7
Lowe 1

[Ceetar]

METS:
Reyes-SS
Pagan-LF
Beltran-CF
Wright-3B
Davis-1B
Thole-C
Francoeur-RF
Castillo-2B
Dickey- RHP

Everyone excited about 7 and 8 in the order?

[seawolf17]

Wow.

(Although not Jerry Reed's finest work; that would be

as performed on Scooby Doo.)

[Ceetar]

I wonder how the lineup would succeed in numerical order?

1 Luis Castillo 2B
5 David Wright 3B
7 Jose Reyes SS
12 Jeff Francoeur RF
15 Carlos Beltran CF
16 Angel Pagan LF
29 Ike Davis 1B
30 Josh Thole C
43 R.A. Dickey RHP

[seawolf17]

Or in age order?

Davis 1B
Thole C
Francoeur RF
Reyes SS
Wright 3B
Pagan LF
Beltran CF
Castillo 2B
Dickey SP

[TransMonk]

Reverse position order?:

9 Francouer
8 Beltran
7 Pagan
6 Reyes
5 Wright
4 Castillo
3 Davis
2 Thole
1 Dickey

Maybe not.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Or in shade order:

Reyes SS
Castillo 2B
Pagan LF
Beltran CF
Francoeur RF
Thole C
Davis 1B
Wright 3B
Dickey SP

[bmfc1]

Alphabetical order (w/o the SP--LaRussa would include the SP):

Beltran
Castillo
Davis
Francouer
Pagan
Reyes
Thole
Wright
Dickey

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Alpha first name?

A Pagan LF
C Beltran CF
L Castillo 2B
D Wright 3B
I Davis 1B
Je Francoeur RF
Jose Reyes SS
Josh Thole C
RA Dickey P

[bmfc1]

When I coached kids baseball, I never coached a "travel" team which had a good hitter at every spot in the lineup. I had to choose whether to space the bad hitters throughout the lineup or group the good and bad hitters. Jerry's grouped the good and bad hitters.

[seawolf17]

Size order?

Luis Castillo 2B
Angel Pagan LF
Jose Reyes SS
Carlos Beltran CF
Josh Thole C
David Wright 3B
R.A. Dickey SP
Ike Davis 1B
Jeff Francoeur RF

[Guest Edgy DC]

I kind of like that order.

[Chad ochoseis]

Lowest to highest point value in Scrabble would work pretty well, except for Wright being way down in the order.

Reyes 8
Thole 8
Pagan 8
Beltran 9
Davis 9
Castillo 10
Wright 13
Francoeur 14
Dickey 16

Jerry's grouped the good and bad hitters.[/quote:1dc4bget]

Makes sense to me. Hits are more effective when bunched, no?

[G-Fafif]

When I coached kids baseball, I never coached a "travel" team which had a good hitter at every spot in the lineup. I had to choose whether to space the bad hitters throughout the lineup or group the good and bad hitters. Jerry's grouped the good and bad hitters.[/quote:kzqagx4y]

If MLB worked that way, Francoeur and Castillo wouldn't have to miss any camp this summer because they would be left home.

[G-Fafif]

Breaker, breaker... L-double-U to Faith N' Fear... this is f*cking awesome. Do you read me, Faith N' Fear?

[seawolf17]

When I coached kids baseball, I never coached a "travel" team which had a good hitter at every spot in the lineup. I had to choose whether to space the bad hitters throughout the lineup or group the good and bad hitters. Jerry's grouped the good and bad hitters.[/quote:3v1qkfs0]

If MLB worked that way, Francoeur and Castillo wouldn't have to miss any camp this summer because they would be left home.[/quote:3v1qkfs0]
Well, technically, MLB is supposed to work that way... you know, with the best players playing all the time. Apparently Jerry has as much "travel team" experience as bmfc.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

North to south by birthplace:

Davis (Edina, Minn)
Thole (Breese, Ill.)
Wright (Norfolk, Va.)
Dickey (Nashville, Tenn.)
Francoeur (Atlanta)
Reyes (Villa Gonzalez, DR)
Beltran (Manati, PR)
Pagan (Rio Piedras, PR)
Castillo (San Pedro de Macrois, DR)

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

When I coached kids baseball, I never coached a "travel" team which had a good hitter at every spot in the lineup. I had to choose whether to space the bad hitters throughout the lineup or group the good and bad hitters. Jerry's grouped the good and bad hitters.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think he might occasionally do that, when there are peoples on base.

[seawolf17]

I think he might occasionally do that, when there are peoples on base.[/quote:2c7qqgzr]
Ha! Runners on base! /wipes away tears of laughter

That was a good one, Edge.

[G-Fafif]

The pre-G portion of the IGT is exponentially more engaging than the G the IGT is technically designed to track.

[Ceetar]

Career Games Played

Castillo 2B 1691
Beltran CF 1579
Wright 3B 951
Reyes SS 882
Francoeur RF 807
Pagan LF 365
Dickey SP 158
Davis 1B 93
Thole C 42

[bmfc1]

I enjoyed JCL's the most so far... but what about distance from Flushing?

[seawolf17]

By career OPS:

Wright .905
Beltran .855
Pagan .800
Reyes .768
Thole .765
Davis .761
Francoeur .734
Castillo .720
Dickey .491