IGT 6/26/2011 Mets & Rangers The Hangover

[ashie62]

Dillon Gee gets the started supported by his wife Kara Ann..



And Josh and company may feel abit hungover after yesterday's whuppin.

[bmfc1]

METS:
1. Jose Reyes (S) SS
2. Justin Turner ® 3B
3. Carlos Beltran (S) DH
4. Jason Bay ® LF
5. Scott Hairston ® RF
6. Ronny Paulino ® C
7. Daniel Murphy (L) 1B
8. Angel Pagan (S) CF
9. Ruben Tejada ® 2B

Rangers:
1. Ian Kinsler ® 2B
2. Endy Chavez (L) CF
3. Michael Young ® DH
4. Adrian Beltre ® 3B
5. Nelson Cruz ® RF
6. Mitch Moreland (L) 1B
7. David Murphy (L) LF
8. Taylor Teagarden ® C
9. Andres Blanco (S) SS

http://baseballpress.com/lineup.php

Josh Hamilton's sensitive eyes can rest today. Endy gets the start.

I'm off to Bowie to watch Matt Harvey.

[Benjamin Grimm]

bmfc1 wrote: I'm off to Bowie to watch Matt Harvey.

Is he pitching, or is this one of those creepy stalker things?

[bmfc1]

I'm watching him from the parking lot at the Bowie Motel 6.

No, he's starting today.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

LGM, YGB yyybbb, I'm declaring this a Big Game today.

[ashie62]

He is stalking David Bowie.

In other things at MFY Oldt's Straw was awesome Doc was hobo.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I was kind fo rooting for Terry to get some of his regs out of yesterdays game.

Pretty cool to have Josh Hamilton on the bench. Pretty terrifying to have him looming over the game as a pinch-hitter.

[Frayed Knot]

If former umpire Dutch Rennert were still active and was behind the plate for a game involving Texas pitcher Derek Holland, could that be considered a conflict of interest?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Game opens with Metly singles by Reyes and Turner.

[Guest Edgy DC]

An 0-2 wild pitch gets away from Taylor Teagarden and Reyes scores.

[Frayed Knot]

Whatever happened to that rule where an OFer supposedly has to take the ball cleanly out of his glove before it was considered a catch? (IOW, NOT what Cruz just did).
It's a stupid rule and is rarely called but I do remember the Mets (Mike Cameron maybe?) getting burned by that one time.

[ashie62]

Dillon Gee is nervous in front of his family.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Frayed Knot wrote: Whatever happened to that rule where an OFer supposedly has to take the ball cleanly out of his glove before it was considered a catch? (IOW, NOT what Cruz just did). It's a stupid rule and is rarely called but I do remember the Mets (Mike Cameron maybe?) getting burned by that one time.

Yeah, it was Cammy.

Meanwhile, Gee has a terribul first inning where Texas fires rockets all over the place. Reyes pretty much keeps them from busting it open with a catch on the hardest hit one of them all --- by Taylor Teagarden of all people.

[Frayed Knot]

So far they're hitting better, we're fielding better.

[Fman99]

Happy to be watching a game from this series, finally, after getting screwed out of Friday's by my cable provider and missing yesterday's match to attend a wedding.

[Guest Edgy DC]

So did Kinsler miss that tag or did blue seriously blow that call?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Strong bounceback inning for Gee-Munny.

Was/am concerned about a centrifugal flop to the mean.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, Gee is not going to be a 1.000 pitcher or even an .875 pitcher.

But hopefully some others get hot when he gets cold.

Let's keep hitting.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Popup on the mound brings four infielders converging but no injuries for the Rangers.

Reye$ now 3-3.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy DC wrote: So did Kinsler miss that tag or did blue seriously blow that call?

Jose's spikes hit Kinsler right in the glove, he was out by at least two feet.
Good thing we got that call because he shouldn't have been going in the first place.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Is blue working with us today or what?

The Ranger booth has been real polite about it too.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Granted, they've gotten quite a few borderline calls go against them, but if Washington's coming out of the dugout to bitch about balls and strikes, shouldn't he be showering early?

OE: Neeeeever mind.

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, it's half that the calls have been going for us (one blatant, several borderline) and half that the Mets have immediately jumped on every edge they've been given.
Washington was, I'm sure, frustrated by the cumulative effect of them all.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, he was tossed the moment he came out.

Meanwhile, two on, no out, top of the order.

[Guest Edgy DC]

And Kinsler grounds into one of those best-friend thingies. High pitch, too.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Make that one on, two out, and our Sleeper Agent at the bat.

Nicely turned, that.

[Frayed Knot]

Tejada's error gives the stRangers a shot but then a nice-pla-all-around GiDP [Turner/Tejada/Murphy] shuts the inning down.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Seventh inning and the Chuck Norrises get their first strikeout of the Mets all afternoon.

Bay.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Whoever is running this Ranger team, great job bringing Tatayana in with three righties coming up.

[Frayed Knot]

So do you suppose any team has ever scored 21 runs over a game and a half at that park and somehow managed to NOT hit a HR in the process?