IGT, 4/30: @ Phillies

[Guest Edgy DC]

Thank you, Juan Samuel.

[Guest Edgy DC]

What's your name, son?

[Theoldmole]

Murphy!

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm not sure I approve of having Harris take two. Not with this pitcher.

And Valdez does a Murphy imitation.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Hey, it's only the eighth, and this game already feels over!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Murphy, it's you! Again!

[Guest Edgy DC]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Hey, it's only the eighth, and this game already feels over!

It ain't.

[Guest Edgy DC]

You like Wright running on Sardihna?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

rats!

[Ceetar]

I know it's partially that I'm just frustrated that they lost, but I'm annoyed they pulled Niese.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Reallly? He was having a turrible inning. I just wish they went with a pitcher higher up on their depth charts.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: Reallly? He was having a turrible inning. I just wish they went with a pitcher higher up on their depth charts.

It's true, but he's a better pitcher than Buchholz. I was hoping the Halladay out and the turning over the lineup would help him buckle down.

I mean, he's the starter. that's his job. I was worried after the walk to the crappy catcher guy that maybe he was tiring a little bit, but he hadn't thrown a ton of pitches or anything either. Did he have flu symptoms this week too?

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy DC wrote: Reallly? He was having a turrible inning. I just wish they went with a pitcher higher up on their depth charts.

I think Buchholz is probably a better strike-out guy than Izzy at this point so I don't think it was a bad idea to go that route - or, by that reasoning, you could argue that Frankie is the guy to go to there although knowing it was a 2-out stint at most counters that.
Of course we all know the real reason was that it was TB's "spot" to come in and not Izzy's or Frankie's, but that's a whole 'nother story.

I had no problem pulling Niese after he went 1B then 4-pitch walk to the 7 & 8 hitters following the HR.



We had a few chances, just didn't cash them in. Tough days for Ike & Bay.

[Ceetar]

My other thought that although Buchholz curve is different than Niese's, I might've went with something a little different than what they'd been seeing.

[Guest themetfairy]

That sucked.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Frayed Knot wrote: We had a few chances, just didn't cash them in. Tough days for Ike & Bay.

But they each pulled a gem on defense, for what it's worth.

I'm fine with pulling Niese. He may be a better pitcher than Buchholz, but he wasn't in that inning. Finding new life by striking out a trying-to-bunt pitcher after bowing to the seventh and eighth hitters and then turning over a lineup saturated with all-stars in the top half? Yeah, it could happen, but that's not where I put my chips.

I go to Frankie, Beato, Isringhausen, in that order. Saving all three of them to protect three-run leads is malarkey. Use good pitchers to protect 1-1 ties also.

[Frayed Knot]

It's also not like Buchholz has been bad, so let's not be too quick to mock Terry for sticking too closely to roles while we make a similar one by assigning levels of 'goodness' too soon.
TB this season = Less than a hit/inning; more than a K/iP; WHiP of under 1.1; 1.38 ERA; only one run allowed since opening day.
Today he went: single, FO, GO (albeit on a nice play on that last one, but it just have easily could have been at someone and been routine) upon coming in a 1-out/2-on situation.

[Guest themetfairy]

I did like the defensive lineup graphic they had on the scoreboard before the game -

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Philadelphia, where Mets hot streaks go to die.