IGT - Wed 6/22 Oakland @ Mets

[Frayed Knot]

Time to bust our no walk-off streak.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

There you go. Now bring him around.

[Frayed Knot]

SWING!!!!!!
Ronnie Paulino was put on this earth to crush LHPs

[Guest Edgy DC]

HELL, YEAH!

Hitting .314 vs. lefties.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Left it up to the bottom of the order, too.

[Frayed Knot]

Well that should at least loosen up the OFers a bit.
They'll have to play deeper for Angel.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Pagan to win it. As a righty.

This does not give me comfortables.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Pagan way late on the fastball, way early on the curve.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Aaaaand we're averaging a LOB per inning.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

****bunters...

[batmagadanleadoff]

I enjoyed this game thoroughly for eight innings. Then K-Rod coughs up the save. Then Paulino comes up in the 9th with nobody out and the winning run on first. Paulino just murders lefties, and is the most lethal bat that will get an AB in the Mets 9th. So naturally, Collins orders Paulino to make an out on purpose.

What a ****bunter he is.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Am I being superselective with the memory, or does Collins' decision-making seem to get iffier (albeit sometimes in traditional, baseball-guy ways) in close-and-late situations?

[bmfc1]

What batmagadanleadoff just said. And why wasn't Harris close enough to 2d so he could tag? The Mets lack of baseball sense is staggering.

[Guest Edgy DC]

PiggiesTomatoes wrote: PiggiesTomatoes wrote: How you can even consider trading Reyes is beyond me. Contract year or not, too much talent and spark not to hang on to. Well, nobody's looking to dump him. I assume they would be looking to leverage the value of that talent and spark. I didn't say dump but you rarely ever receive equitable value in return. You'll receive prospects you hope will manifest into talent. For once, I'd like to see a talented everyday player come up, hit their prime and grow old in a Mets uniform. That occurrence is way too infrequent.

I agree more than you know. At least with that last statement. I hate every trade ever. I wish it was as easy as keeping the most talented players, but it's not.

[Gwreck]

I like our chances against Fuentes.

[Frayed Knot]

I don't think Harris should have been tagging there.
Do that and he might not score even if that hit drops in.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Byrdak's Fu Manchu not working for me.

[batmagadanleadoff]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Am I being superselective with the memory, or does Collins' decision-making seem to get iffier (albeit sometimes in traditional, baseball-guy ways) in close-and-late situations?

I was just thinking the same thing. Collins is relatively OK, but only until it's crunch time. That's the vibe I'm getting.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

There's a little bargain-basement-Orosco in Fuentes' delivery.

[Frayed Knot]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Am I being superselective with the memory, or does Collins' decision-making seem to get iffier (albeit sometimes in traditional, baseball-guy ways) in close-and-late situations? I was just thinking the same thing. Collins is relatively OK, but only until it's crunch time. That's the vibe I'm getting.

They said the other night that Terry had bunted with a position player seven times this season. This one makes it eight which I suspect is low for most NL managers.

Bunting when you need just one run in the ninth isn't, by definition, a bad move. It just was in this case due to the personnel involved.

[Frayed Knot]

An SB just like we drew it up.

[bmfc1]

Way to swing at a ball outside AND high, you sack of shit.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Piggiestomatoes]

It's still early but other than the way Dickey pitched tonight, the only other positive take-away is that Fuck Nut ****-Rod didn't get credit for ending the game.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Buttermaker would've let Engleberg swing. Mike Leake also, probably.

Why don't they ever look to bunt for hits anymore, though? Reyes and Pagan each led off as the go-ahead run in recent innings.

[Piggiestomatoes]

Just couldn't get it done tonight.

[Frayed Knot]

Amazing what a losing stretch does to ones psyche; there hasn't been one moment tonight where I thought this game was going to end well - and that includes the time we were ahead in the 8th & 9th.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Psyche aside, Beato does Craig Swan proud.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Nice beginning for Beato.

Please don't start down the Moneyball path, Gary.

[Guest themetfairy]

OK Guys - I'm tired and in desperate need of sleep. Can you just finish this thing up here and now?

okthanxgoodbye