Mets-Pirates igt 6/1/11

[Frayed Knot]

Things to do today:
- Go meekly in the 7th against a no-name reliever without getting a ball out of the infield .... CHECK!!

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Things to do today: - Go meekly in the 7th against a no-name reliever without getting a ball out of the infield .... CHECK!!

worked for the Pirates, they figured they'd try it.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Going meekly would be more palatable with Keith in the booth.

The boredom of going meekly actually brings out the crazy in Keith.

[ashie62]

Out of order? This whole court is out of order!

LETS GO METS!

[ashie62]

The Mets may be pussies, but hello Kitty!

[Frayed Knot]

The Pirates have Overbay, we have UnderBay.

[metirish]

I'd eat chips out of her nickers.

[HahnSolo]

Well, yeah, Gary, the bullpen has to do better. But the Mets aren't winning anything with the offense scoring 2 runs a game.

Nice knowin' ya, O'Connor.

[ashie62]

Somebody who wrote the KTE said Overbay was washed up...really?

just kidding

[Frayed Knot]

The Pirates have had 22 (and counting) base-runners (versus 12 outs) just in the 7th, 8th, & 9th innings of yesterday's game and today's.
Met batters have had no base-runners and gotten just two balls out of the infield over that same span.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hey, cool, an out!

[metirish]

for the second straight inning the Pirates bat around - Cohen....fuck skae

[ashie62]

Pirates take the series.

[G-Fafif]

Ashie62 wrote: Pirates take the series.

Spiritually, yes, but it's a four-gamer.

[G-Fafif]

Collins ripping several new a-holes in the postgame. He's both entertaining and correct.

[ashie62]

G-Fafif wrote: Collins ripping several new a-holes in the postgame. He's both entertaining and correct.

really!

[Ceetar]

Ashie62 wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Collins ripping several new a-holes in the postgame. He's both entertaining and correct. really!

Bobby Valentine claims Ozzie Guillen really got his team going with his antics the other day, so uh.. this probably means absolutely nothing.

[ashie62]

Collins.."I'm tired of you guys looking at me like I'm a stinking fool."

[G-Fafif]

Ojeda saying Mets have some guy who mostly care about their stats. Seeing as how very few of them have stats worth caring about, I can't imagine who he means.

[Ceetar]

G-Fafif wrote: Ojeda saying Mets have some guy who mostly care about their stats. Seeing as how very few of them have stats worth caring about, I can't imagine who he means.

Ojeda was spewing a lot of nonsense. I'm not sure who he means either. Who put up any stats at all? Turner hitting a home run in a lost cause? Did he have a whole spiel about lack of power planned and didn't want to use it in light of the homer?

Beato? Clearly he started pitching well enough for outs just after he ran out of inherited runners to score?

[ashie62]

G-Fafif wrote: Ojeda saying Mets have some guy who mostly care about their stats. Seeing as how very few of them have stats worth caring about, I can't imagine who he means.

Jason Bay tee-hee

[Frayed Knot]

If you're going to be "gutsy" and spew stuff like that you really ought to have some specifics as to who and how. If not you're just blowing smoke.

The problem (IMO) isn't stat hunting it's that they're not very good right now. The hitting stinks, they're missing their #1, #3, and #5 bats, the FA LF can't get the ball out of the infield, and the previously good bullpen can't get ME out right now.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: If you're going to be "gutsy" and spew stuff like that you really ought to have some specifics as to who and how. If not you're just blowing smoke. The problem (IMO) isn't stat hunting it's that they're not very good right now. The hitting stinks, they're missing their #1, #3, and #5 bats, the FA LF can't get the ball out of the infield, and the previously good bullpen can't get ME out right now.

Clearly. My argument was play good defense (like they were doing) and hit better with RISP (just asking league average here, nothing fancy) and they'd be able to hang on to a couple of wins until the big bats come back to help. But if they're not going to do that..

Will be nice to see Reyes again.

[Vic Sage]

went with my son to the game tonight, on a school trip.
- got double charged at one food kiosk, and short changed at another. I guess Fred has them under orders to get the cash in by any means necessary;
- we sat in the "Pepsi Porch"... which means i couldn't see McCutcheon's diving catch in CF. Looked good on the replay, though. Thanks for those great sightlines, Fred!
- Bucs bat around twice, with nary a real hit hidden amongst the onslaught... wow, do we suck. But my son wants to stay because "we might score 7 in the 9th." Gotta love it, right?
- on the way out, my son asks if Jason Bay is our new Shawn Green. "Indeed," i reply. He wanted to know why Willie Harris wasn't Shawn Green. "Because he's too busy being Shawn Gilbert"
- on the bright side, the lack of crowd made getting out of the parking lot and onto the GCP a snap.

new slogan: 75 wins or bust!

[MFS62]

In case nobody here has heard yet, Lucas Duda had two dingers and a double for Buffalo tonight.
(and two walks)
If Davis is going to be sidelined for an extended period of time, I'd like to see Duda brought up to play first, Turner (and Murphy) at third, Tejada (or Turner) at second and Harris playing wherever guys who have been DFA'd play.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Davis doesn't need to be sidelined for any of that to happen.

[MFS62]

Edgy DC wrote: Davis doesn't need to be sidelined for any of that to happen.

Then where would Davis play if Duda plays first?
Oh, you mean Duda in left?
Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

I mean Harris relieved of his duties.

But it's looking like Wright returns before Davis right now.