IGT - 4/3/11 Mets at Marlins

[Centerfield]

Free Willie Harris!

[Guest The Second Spitter]

The Goodies
Jose Reyes, ss
Willie Harris, lf
David Wright, 3b
Ike Davis, 1b
Angel Pagan, cf
Lucas Duda, rf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
Josh Thole, c
R.A. Dickey, rhp

The Fishies
Chris Coghlan, cf
Omar Infante, 2b
Hanley Ramirez, ss
Gaby Sanchez, 1b
Logan Morrison, lf
John Buck, c
Emilio Bonifacio, 3b
Scott Cousins, rf
Javier Vazquez, rhp

Edited April 3, 2011 by Guest

[metirish]

Murphy with his first career start at second base...with all the talk about him playing second in the last few seasons I was surprised that he has never actually started a MLB game there.

[Benjamin Grimm]

So, Thole gets the day game after the night game. Mildly surprising.

I remember there was talk that this series might be played in San Juan. I'm beginning to seriously doubt that that's going to happen.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

When you don't have another catcher that hits....

[Ceetar]

The Second Spitter wrote: When you don't have another catcher that hits....

day off tomorrow, it's early. and yeah, Nickeas doesn't hit, and you're resting Beltran and Emaus today too.

[Gwreck]

I wonder how much Nickeas has caught a knuckleball, too.

On Dickey: apparently he is going to climb Mount Kilamanjaro this offseason.

Does anyone else remember those Dos Equis "Most Interesting Man in the Whole World" commercials? Because that's what I think of each time I hear another one of these Dickey stories...

[Ceetar]

I wonder how much Nickeas has caught a knuckleball, too. On Dickey: apparently he is going to climb Mount Kilamanjaro this offseason. Does anyone else remember those Dos Equis "Most Interesting Man in the Whole World" commercials? Because that's what I think of each time I hear another one of these Dickey stories...

I would've loved to have run into Dickey out and about in Port St. Lucie. maybe next year.

I do think of that commercial a bit. I wonder what Dickey's preferred beverage of choice is..

[TransMonk]

Ceetar wrote: I wonder what Dickey's preferred beverage of choice is..

http://realalebrewing.com/

[Ceetar]

Not Knuckleball Bock?

[ashie62]

Lets get R.A.D.

Murphy should be batting 8th, not Thole..

[ashie62]

KABOOM!

[smg58]

Textbook pitching against Bonifacio there. After Bonifacio went the opposite way and just missed a run-scoring double (it went foul), Dickey comes inside with two perfectly placed pitches for strikes two and three.

[Met Hunter]

I can watch Marlins miscues and poor pitching all day long with the Mets. I only wish Hermida and Ross could have been involved.

[metirish]

This is how I like my Sunday afternoons.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Something's wrong. Acccording to Gameday, there are people in the stands in Miami. Upper deck and everything.

Meanwhile, my wife's new Macbook Pro is streaming the game quite nicely Thanks for the loaner, Honey.

[Guest Kong76]

metirish wrote: This is how I like my Sunday afternoons.

Me too! I have spring fever.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

metirish wrote: This is how I like my Sunday afternoons.

These tend to go better than Friday and Saturday nights in Florida.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

My name is Buck, and I like to fuck up rallies.

Nice 3-2 slider from Carrasco cleans up Capuano's mess.

[Gwreck]

That's a lot of high sock action in today's game:

Wright
Reyes
Dickey
Capuano
Carrasco

[Guest themetfairy]

Inherited runners stranded is my favorite statistic. Nice work DJ!

[Frayed Knot]

THESE are the Marlins I remember.
Performances like they got from Josh Johnson cover up a lot of dreck, but they've been just awful defensively and otherwise since.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Imagine if they hadn't replaced Uglla with the far slicker Omar Infante.

[bmfc1]

Hooray! And to the whistling guy in the stands: SHUT UP!

[TransMonk]

Willie Harris = 4 RBI this weekend.

Not bad, Double Flap!

[Fman99]

Napped through innings 1-6 and caught the end. Good stuff.

[Met Hunter]

And after all the talk, all the same old same old, the Mets finish the weekend with the same 2-1 record as the MFYs.

[Frayed Knot]

And did it on the road ... against a division opponent ... one we've usually had trouble with ... and are behind only Philly in the East (who had a series at home with maybe the worst team in the NL).

Really only 1 bad inning (pitch?) from Pelfrey and a blown Frankie save marred the whole weekend.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: And did it on the road ... against a division opponent ... one we've usually had trouble with ... and are behind only Philly in the East (who had a series at home with maybe the worst team in the NL). Really only 1 bad inning (pitch?) from Pelfrey and a blown Frankie save marred the whole weekend.

and I like all the matchups with the Phillies this week. First place here we come.

[Willets Point]

Frayed Knot wrote: Really only 1 bad inning (pitch?) from Pelfrey and a blown Frankie save marred the whole weekend.

Well there was the six innings of noffense to start off the season that was worrisome too, but I'm pleased to see that the bats have woken up.