IGT 6/30/2011 Gaydame Mets @ Tigers Pelfrey v. Verlander

[ashie62]

Not at my regular computer so I can't pull up the broom guy.

Verlander has to get hit sometime again so why not now??

LETS!

[TransMonk]

[soupcan]

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US
Reyes SS
Pridie RF
Beltran DH
Murphy 3B
Pagan CF
Bay LF
Duda 1B
Thole C
Tejada 2B

Pelfrey P

THEM
Jackson CF
Kelly 3B
Boesch LF
Cabrera 1B
Martinez DH
Dirks RF
Peralta SS
Avila C
Santiago 2B

Verlander P

[Lefty Specialist]

I'll go out on a limb here and say they're not going to score 16 runs today.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Lefty Specialist wrote: I'll go out on a limb here and say they're not going to score 16 runs today.

17 or 18 more likely.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I got Duda down for at least one homer today.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I got 20 Cranebucks on Pridie hitting for the cycle.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Also, it might behoove the Mets to watch out for some chin music early on.

[TransMonk]

The FAN booth seems to think this Verlander dude is pretty good.

Reyes says..."FU, I'm Jose Reyes!" Bloop DOUBLE!

[Guest Edgy DC]

LiDP saves Detroit.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Mike Pelfrey: ninth pick of the 2005 draft.
Justin Verlander: second pick of the 2004 draft.

[metirish]

Edgy DC wrote: Justin Verlander: second pick of the 2004 draft.

squeezed between Matt Bush and Philip Humber

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Palefaced lefty journeyman Dave Purcey went somewhere in the teens that year, if I recall correctly.

OE: And I do. Other notables:

4- Jeff Niemann, TB
7- Homer Bailey, CIN
10- Neil Walker, PIT
12- Jered Weaver, ANA
13- Bill Bray, MON (now CIN)
14- Billy Butler, KC
15- Stephen Drew, ARI
18- Josh Fields, CHI
22- Glen Perkins, MIN
23- Phil Hughes, MFY
27- Taylor Tankersley(!), FLA (now Bison?)
28- Blake Dewitt, LAD
38 (Supp)- Gio Gonzalez, CHI (now OAK)
40 (Supp)- Huston Street, OAK (now COL)

[TransMonk]

Jesus, Mike. Walks the bases loaded. Sheesh.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

There may yet be a win today.

But I don't think it'll be as out-and-out fun (or even nearly as "good-weird") as any of the last few days.

[TransMonk]

KABOOM

Daniel Murphy!

[Guest Edgy DC]

You bat cleanup for the Mets, it means you're good.

[TransMonk]

Tigers pitchers have thrown 299 pitches so far this series.

I've switched to the Detroit radio feed after technical difficulties.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Murph's home run trot took all of five or six seconds. Crazy-fast.

I'm guessing you don't want to risk the prospect of a know-your-role plunk-- for you or a teammate-- against a guy like this.

[Lefty Specialist]

Make it stand up, Mikey.

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[Guest Edgy DC]

Austin Jackson --- two western cities --- ties the game up.

[TransMonk]

Mike at 53 pitches through 2. Byrdak better start warming now...just in case.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Reyes caught in the act of theft.

[TransMonk]

Reyes caught stealing. What a bum!

[Frayed Knot]

That's twice-on/twice-erased for Reyes. Can't give away runners like that in when you're in the land of Ver.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Ron Darling confesses that he wishes he had one more win as a Met.

I say, activate him in September!

[TransMonk]

C'mon, Pelfrey!

[Guest attgig]

walk machine...