Get Out of Denver (Alive) <iGt> May 12

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Weather report sucks, looks like a rainout.

(EDITED game thread!)

[bmfc1]

Rained out.

Move the game over one day to the right--Thursday @ 3.

No day off for the Mets to frolic in Houston.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

And so it is rained out, rescheduled for 3 pm Thursday.

I propose for the sake of Mojo we continue to utilize this thread.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Gives Ike a day to heal, I guess.

Or... it's not raining here. Maybe they can play in my backyard.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Whacky lineup:

Reyes SS
Harris 3B
Beltran RF
Bay LF
Muffy 1B
Turner 2B
Thole C
Pridie CF
Niese P

[Ceetar]

bench is strong though. Martinez! Wright!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Predicting a good game for Harris, adapting to his infield perspective and getting a message from smelling Martinez's farts.

[Gwreck]

Edgy DC wrote: Predicting a good game for Harris, adapting to his infield perspective and getting a message from smelling Martinez's farts.

Wouldn't Harris be in greater danger from Angel Pagan's return? There's zero reason to keep Harris over Pridie when Pagan returns.

[TransMonk]

I feel a good game coming on from the B-Team today. A grand slam maybe...

[G-Fafif]

Just crazy enough to work.

Weather and lunacy permitting, Willie H. in position to be Mets Third Baseman No. 144. The list's notoriety has kind of slacked off since July 21, 2004, for some strange reason.

143. Luis Hernandez
142. Mike Hessman
141. Justin Turner
140. Wilson Valdez
139. Andy Green
138. Fernando Tatis
137. David Newhan
136. Ruben Gotay
135. Damion Easley
134. Julio Franco
133. Eli Marrero
132. Jose Valentin
131. Miguel Cairo
130. Chris Woodward
129. David Wright

[Guest Edgy DC]

Gwreck wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Predicting a good game for Harris, adapting to his infield perspective and getting a message from smelling Martinez's farts. Wouldn't Harris be in greater danger from Angel Pagan's return? There's zero reason to keep Harris over Pridie when Pagan returns.

There are a lot of farts in the clubhouse which might give Willie pause.

[Gwreck]

Whacky lineup: Reyes SS Harris 3B Beltran RF Bay LF Muffy 1B Turner 2B Thole C Pridie CF Niese P

Indeed. How many days off does David Wright really need? He got his day off yesterday.

[Theoldmole]

The whole point was to give him two -- a game followed by an off day. This is the same only backwards.

[Gwreck]

I understand the process. My questioning is regarding the need for same.

[TransMonk]

I would hope that he is at least available to pinch hit.

[Fman99]

I predict Willie Harris will hit 9 home runs and impregnate your sister today. Just. You. Wait.

[G-Fafif]

Fman99 wrote: I predict Willie Harris will hit 9 home runs and impregnate your sister today. Just. You. Wait.

Better chance of the latter, and I'll spot you seven home runs.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Game already delayed due to weather, with more bad shit forecast, raising the possibility that we'll have to fly out to Denver to determine [crossout:18p010dg]our[/crossout:18p010dg] their playoff seeding at the end of the year.

[Ceetar]

mutual off day on May 23rd I believe, Middle of a roadtrip for the Mets, where they fly from NY to Chicago. Probably not a horrible day, although the Sunday game is 8pm right? so it'd be a rough couple of days sleepwise.

Rockies fly home from Milwaukee on the 22nd, but they've got a Tuesday double header with the Diamondbacks. Might relish the off day?

8/25 is the best choice.
9/8 Mets enroute home from Miami which seems out of the way.

Those are the only three options besides them just conceding to save the trouble.

[bmfc1]

Ceetar--good work. May 22 is a day game. What's the rule about a team playing for consecutive games? Is it 15 is the most w/o approval of the union.

Besides the dates you have, each team is off on August 8.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I predict a lot of cardplaying today.

[G-Fafif]

Edgy DC wrote: I predict a lot of cardplaying today.

Charlie Samuels could have cashed a lot of checks today.

[Ceetar]

bmfc1 wrote: Ceetar--good work. May 22 is a day game. What's the rule about a team playing for consecutive games? Is it 15 is the most w/o approval of the union. Besides the dates you have, each team is off on August 8.

I skipped 8/8 because it's mid homestand for the Mets.


yeah, day game 5/22. my printout is a little old and I kinda assumed. neither Sunday Subway Series Stint is on eSpn. That'd probably be the day then, get it over with if they can. I dunno about the consecutive games though, that might be rough. (21 in 20 days for the Rockies starting tomorrow if they played that day)

[ashie62]

Unless Colorado needs it there is little chance this will be made up.

If they don't play its' one more game Ike does not miss.

[Ceetar]

Ashie62 wrote: Unless Colorado needs it there is little chance this will be made up. If they don't play its' one more game Ike does not miss.

Revenue.


and if they make it up the 23rd Ike would still miss it.

There's certainly a fair shot that neither team needs it, but the worst case would be playing it 9/29 after the season.

[ashie62]

Ceetar wrote: Ashie62 wrote: Unless Colorado needs it there is little chance this will be made up. If they don't play its' one more game Ike does not miss. Revenue. and if they make it up the 23rd Ike would still miss it. There's certainly a fair shot that neither team needs it, but the worst case would be playing it 9/29 after the season.

Care to wager on that?

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: Ceetar--good work. May 22 is a day game. What's the rule about a team playing for consecutive games? Is it 15 is the most w/o approval of the union. Besides the dates you have, each team is off on August 8.

More than 19 consecutive dates requires player permission.

And unless all sides find the game virtually impossible to make-up it almost certainly will be at some point. Regardless of whether or not it matters in playoff implications or seeding, MLB doesn't like to give the impression that regular season games are simply disposable to the point where no attempt will be made even though there's still the better part of four months to go in the season.

[Guest Edgy DC]

If the challenge seems more problematic these days, it is. Because 56% of games are now played in cities where the visiting team won't be returning to the rest of the regular season.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy DC wrote: If the challenge seems more problematic these days, it is. Because 56% of games are now played in cities where the visiting team won't be returning to the rest of the regular season.

Yup!
That's one of the side issues which cropped up after you go from most teams dividing their 162 over 11 opponents (pre-1993) to spreading them out over 20 different foes in the post-expansion, multi-divisions, inter-league playing days.

[Ceetar]

Imagine how it'd be if my proposal of interleague all the time got some love?

I know, I know, back to doubleheader sundays with more off days fixes everything.