IGT 24 August Mets v. Fish

[Fman99]

Josh Johnson v. R.A. Dickey.

[G-Fafif]

Johnson. Dickey. And Fman lets them both just hang there.

[Ceetar]

speaking of which, I appear to have an extra (free) ticket to tonight's game if someone's interested..

[Fman99]

Johnson. Dickey. And Fman lets them both just hang there.[/quote:2cgh6s37]

I know, you don't have to be cocky about it.

[Ceetar]

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

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

If you want to win now, you maybe play the hot hand in Carter.

If you want to see what you've got, you maybe send Feliciano and/or Hessman back down, and bring up Lutz.

If you're Jerry, you play Frenchy and chuckle.

OE: Meant "Duda," not "Lutz."

Edited August 24, 2010 by Guest

[Ceetar]

If you want to win now, you maybe play the hot hand in Carter.

If you want to see what you've got, you maybe send Feliciano and/or Hessman back down, and bring up Lutz.

If you're Jerry, you play Frenchy and chuckle.[/quote:2fdkn8fc]

I wish beat writers would question why he's playing Francoeur

[Ceetar]

As for lineup construction.. I've really been thinking the Mets should explore having someone that gets on base batting in front of Reyes, whether that's 9th or 1st. He's been the best hitter for a while now, and he has two automatic outs in front of him. Wouldn't Castillo 9th score some more runs?

[Frayed Knot]

As for lineup construction.. I've really been thinking the Mets should explore having someone that gets on base batting in front of Reyes, whether that's 9th or 1st. He's been the best hitter for a while now, and he has two automatic outs in front of him. Wouldn't Castillo 9th score some more runs?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Frenchy and Tejada, poor Dickey.

[Ceetar]

As for lineup construction.. I've really been thinking the Mets should explore having someone that gets on base batting in front of Reyes, whether that's 9th or 1st. He's been the best hitter for a while now, and he has two automatic outs in front of him. Wouldn't Castillo 9th score some more runs?

[batmagadanleadoff]

if Frenchy's in, I'm out.

[Ceetar]

if Frenchy's in, I'm out.[/quote:2tqhxvm8]

Want me to throw something at him? Hmm..suddenly I'm missing Shea's stale pretzels..

[batmagadanleadoff]

if Frenchy's in, I'm out.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I wondered if perhaps, Fracnoeur has his well against Josh Johnson in the past. Nope.

Frenchy vs. Josh: .269/.286/.269 0 HR's, 8 K's in 26 AB's.

[Ceetar]

I wondered if perhaps, Fracnoeur has his well against Josh Johnson in the past. Nope.

Frenchy vs. Josh: .269/.286/.269 0 HR's, 8 K's in 26 AB's.[/quote:j74hl4fw]

Thanks to the Marlins gameday notes, I know that Nick Evans is 0/2 and Murphy is 4/14.

Frenchy's numbers look pretty standard. And since it's assumed Manuel thinks he's a good player normally..

My guess is he's predicting a 2-1 game and wants the defense.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I've been away. I see that Tejada is still grabbing PT.

And Francoeur. Mercy.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

These two-out, nobody-on issues Johnson's having have to be frustrating for those 15 or so diehard Marlin fans.

[Zvon]

LETS

[Guest Edgy DC]

One thing I'd like to see HoJo teach Wright is to spin around before his throws on those plays where he cuts the ball off in front of the shortstop and is facing right center.

Wow, bad defense by the Marlins. Year after year.

GO

[Zvon]

Yea Maybin.
You dive for the ones you don't have to dive for and you let the ones you should get to routinely go by.
You keep doing that.

Beltran comes through!

[Guest themetfairy]

3-2 Mets in the 5th.

Let it rain!

[Zvon]

I'm just asking for consistency Maybin.
You have no business playing that Wright single nicely.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Jabs, jabs, jabs have gotten the Mets a lead.

A left hook, though, would be nice here.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ike's looking a bit like a tall, white Castillo the last few weeks.

[Guest Edgy DC]

There's been some bad calls against Ike off the outside corner. But he's got to protect against that.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Frency is Monsieur SacFly.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I kind of want to send Wright there.

He's pretty much doomed, but with Tejada and Dickey coming up, I think you force them to make the throw and tag.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Walking Tejada with two out? Really?

(And yeah, I would have sent Mr. Rye, too.)

[Zvon]

Ike's looking a bit like a tall, white Castillo the last few weeks.[/quote:1a4o804c]

Ouch.
Ike has to decide what his strike zone is going to be and stick to it. He has some good reach.
Can't go by the umps.

Frenchy with 2 sac flies. That first sac fly was a very nice at-bat.
Tejada with a nice diving catch (not sure if that was an important factor being late in, but it is here on the MLB.TV replay. Very nice grab).

So what do we know?
Baseball is so wacky.

Man, Dickeys balls are moving tonight.