Mayday IGT: Mets @ Phils 05/01/11

[Frayed Knot]

Capuano would have been a good idea.
But this way you do get to start the inning with Buchholz and go to Iggy (or whoever) only if/when he gets into trouble.
If you were going to change pitchers anyway then I would have PH'd

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Hit with RiSP? Obviously just a glitch in the Matrix. The agents should see to that in between innings.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Pee Tour to lead off.

[nymr83]

I would have let Dickey (.246 career) hit for Bucholtz and brought in Igarashi.

[Frayed Knot]

I'm giving Paulino 12 Schaefer points for this game.
And if that Grimm bastard doesn't like it he can come to my house and try and start something!!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Nymr83 wrote: I would have let Dickey (.246 career) hit for Bucholtz and brought in Igarashi.

Giving up a lot on the mound there, I think.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I don't see why Bucky shouldn't get a win and a save in this game.

[Frayed Knot]

Put it in the Buch Holz!!

[TransMonk]

Books! Ugly game offensively, but some pretty good pitching.

It's still my birthday in the midwest. A Met win is a great gift.

[Gwreck]

BOOKS

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

YES!!!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Stick it, losing streaks.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Osama, Phillies Defeated

[Frayed Knot]

It's always a historic day when the Mets win.
This day just a bit more so than most.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

U-S-A! U-S-A!

[HahnSolo]

Edgy DC wrote: I don't know whether to wake my wife. I never dreamed I spend this moment with Wayne Hagin.

This made me laugh out loud.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Frayed Knot wrote: I'm giving Paulino 12 Schaefer points for this game. And if that Grimm bastard doesn't like it he can come to my house and try and start something!!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'd consider giving bullpen catcher Dave "I'm Biking To Florida" Racianello some Schaefer... but I'm pretty damn sure he's out of room, still.

Bullpen catcher Dave Racaniello set the official visitors' clubhouse record at Citizens Bank Park with 14 cheese steaks consumed. The previous record had belonged to former major leaguer Dmitri Young.

And it's not like he didn't have work yesterday-- there were four Met pitching changes. I've got some decent stomach capacity, and I can't imagine eating, say, 14 Twinkies and then squatting for 5 minutes at a time to warm up relievers.

[G-Fafif]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'd consider giving bullpen catcher Dave "I'm Biking To Florida" Racianello some Schaefer... but I'm pretty damn sure he's out of room, still. Bullpen catcher Dave Racaniello set the official visitors' clubhouse record at Citizens Bank Park with 14 cheese steaks consumed. The previous record had belonged to former major leaguer Dmitri Young.

It's a series record, not a single game. But it's still...impressive.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Dmitri Young's screen name at The Dugout: Steak Grows on Dmitri.

Apparently, it kid of worlks literally as well.

[metirish]

that's funny stuff......Rac should go on with Adam Richman

The chants of "U-S-A" in the visitors clubhouse after the game were partially reflecting the international news. But they also were celebrating an American tradition -- gorging oneself.

sounds like a happy club house.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

G-Fafif wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'd consider giving bullpen catcher Dave "I'm Biking To Florida" Racianello some Schaefer... but I'm pretty damn sure he's out of room, still. Bullpen catcher Dave Racaniello set the official visitors' clubhouse record at Citizens Bank Park with 14 cheese steaks consumed. The previous record had belonged to former major leaguer Dmitri Young. It's a series record, not a single game. But it's still...impressive.

That's 4 1/3 steaks a night... about one per pitching change. Jebus.

[G-Fafif]

Maybe the chants should have been for E-K-G!

[Frayed Knot]

Bullpen catcher Dave Racaniello set the official visitors' clubhouse record at Citizens Bank Park with 14 cheese steaks consumed. The previous record had belonged to former major leaguer Dmitri Young.

A record that in part explains why Dmitri Young is a former major leaguer.

[Gwreck]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: That's 4 1/3 steaks a night... about one per pitching change. Jebus.

Let's break this down:
We can assume that Racaniello isn't getting the same per diem the players, so he's definitely more motivated to get to the park early for the free food there.

Additionally, we know Racaniello is David Wright's wingman, so if they were out (even just at the hotel bar) after the game on Friday, a cheesesteak to start the day on Saturday might just be perfect.

1. Friday, 2:00 PM, lunch.
2. Friday, 7:30 PM, dinner, after the game starts (2nd inning or so).
3. Friday, post-game.
4. Saturday breakfast/hangover cure, 9:00 AM.
5. Saturday, 1:30 PM, lunch after the game starts (2nd inning or so).
6 and 7. Saturday, post-game dinner.
8. Sunday, 1:00 PM, lunch.
9. Sunday, 4:30 PM, snack
10. Sunday, 8:30 PM, dinner after the game starts.
11. Sunday, 11:00 PM, extra-innings snack
12 and 13. Monday morning, 1:00 AM, post-game meal

I myself could probably do that. He'd need to go 15+ in a three-game series for me to be really impressed.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hey, no kissing in the IGT.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Have you ever had nothing but meat for 3-4 meals a day for three straight days? One huge gorging meal/one day of gorging meals is one thing... but no relief, no fiber and nothing but beef for a long weekend?

It's like Bataan for the bowels, friend. Racianello's in his thirties-- this can't be a picnic for him, either.

[Guest Edgy DC]

So, I got the radio version of this, and I would have tuned out and went to bed if it weren't for (1) a vicious case of heartburn, and (2) wanting to see the president's statement, but was this more

a) a nailbiting thriller, a la 10/15/1986, or
a slogging war of attrition, a la 4/11/2010?

[Guest Edgy DC]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Have you ever had nothing but meat for 3-4 meals a day for three straight days? One huge gorging meal/one day of gorging meals is one thing... but no relief, no fiber and nothing but beef for a long weekend? It's like Bataan for the bowels, friend. Racianello's in his thirties-- this can't be a picnic for him, either.

Yeah, but as a wage-earning dude who pinches himself at his good fortune of hanging out with multi-millionairre babe-magnets, this sort of sadly strikes me as a version of the playground flunky desperately eating worms to maintain some status among the cool kids, even if it's grossout status.

I'm trying to come up with a scenario where Derek Jeter put him up to it.

[G-Fafif]

Edgy DC wrote: So, I got the radio version of this, and I would have tuned out and went to bed if it weren't for (1) a vicious case of heartburn, and (2) wanting to see the president's statement, but was this more a) a nailbiting thriller, a la 10/15/1986, or a slogging war of attrition, a la 4/11/2010?

Neither. Take away the opponent, the Sunday night stage and the external influences (which, granted, would be "other than that, Mrs. Lincoln..." reasoning) it was a close game that had to end some time. It never became absurd. Maybe another inning or two would have sent it there. We only got down to one pitcher as pinch-hitter, Hamels. And the stakes (let alone the cheese stakes) weren't high enough to make this OMG.

Good, solid, 14-inning win. Paulino and the Navy Seals, not necessarily in that order, bumped it into classic terrain.