IGT 05/19/11-Nationals @ Mets

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think about it from the first pitch. I just do.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Howie's an excitable feller, and generally an exemplary Metsian. That doesn't mean we have to follow his lead in everything, does it? (After the first 1-2-3, I'm counting. After the first four 1-2-3s, I'm counting down.)

I'm just enjoying Gee's competent pitching for the moment. (It would figure, however, that he'd be doing this when I had access to neither live radio nor TV coverage.)

[G-Fafif]

Jason Bay's glove earning its keep.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Out 16 on a big save by Bay.

Mid-week getaway day game against the worst hitting team in the league. If it's going to happen...

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'm only being polite to people who think there's something to a jinx.

I always think it too.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Oops.

Freaking Livan.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Wah, wah, wah, waaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!

[soupcan]

Never in doubt.

[TransMonk]

Fuck you, Livan.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Let's go for 1-hitter No. 36

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

In my mind, I had Cora breaking it up. But, yeah, that fucking figures.

[Gwreck]

I always think it as well.

I also recognize the silliness of the "rules" about what you can and can't talk about but am at least able to respect them.

[bmfc1]

I'd love to see the look on Wayne face whenever Howie speaks in Hebrew or Yiddish.

[G-Fafif]

Livan is Spanish for "obviously".

[Frayed Knot]

When an announcer talks about Livan "approaching the upper '70s" you don't always know whether he's talking about: his pitch count, the radar gun, or his age.

[G-Fafif]

Jason Bay's bat earning its keep.

[TransMonk]

Bay's havin' a day...that's a good thing.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Jason Bay with 3 hits: next rarest thing to a no-hitter

[Guest Edgy DC]

Three hits into his afternoon. it's some'n'.

Beats futile flailing at the fences.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Turner pulling an Ikey.

Not bad for a guy used to playing the middle of the infield.

[Frayed Knot]

Gee just upped his bunting grade from a Dee to a Cee with that one.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Tho-lay, Tho-lay Tho-lay Tho-lay... make 'em pay... Tho-oo-lay...

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Pudge walking, Cora getting a base hit?

That's just unsightly.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Matt Stairs. Old enough to hate stairs.

[TransMonk]

Tip of the cap to Dillion Gee.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Gee-Spot Warrior.

Is going to be it Byrdak now?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'd rather see Beato.

I'm pretty sure we will, anyway, after Byrdak puts this guy on.

[Guest Edgy DC]

One-pitch Byrdie.

[Frayed Knot]

Tim Byrdak: Efficiency Expert

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

It happened. Let's just gratefully move on.