IGT 07/17/11: Phillies @ Mets

[bmfc1]

METS:
1. Angel Pagan (S) CF
2. Justin Turner ® 2B
3. Willie Harris (L) RF
4. Daniel Murphy (L) 3B
5. Jason Bay ® LF
6. Lucas Duda (L) 1B
7. Ronny Paulino ® C
8. Ruben Tejada ® SS
9. Mike Pelfrey ® P

Phillies:
1. Jimmy Rollins (S) SS
2. Michael Martinez (S) 3B
3. Chase Utley (L) 2B
4. Ryan Howard (L) 1B
5. Raul Ibanez (L) LF
6. Domonic Brown (L) RF
7. John Mayberry ® CF
8. Brian Schneider (L) C
9. Kyle Kendrick ® P

http://baseballpress.com/lineup.php
TBS has this one.

Edited July 17, 2011 by Guest

[ashie62]

LETS!

[TransMonk]

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

[bmfc1]

Willie Harris batting 3d, no Carlos (see above).

But Jose is back on Tuesday!

[ashie62]

The league of hotties is in attendance to root us on!









GO TEAM!

[ashie62]

Somebody take away those blue shades from Baysuck.

Better yet, dump his contract.

[bmfc1]

When Morgan Freeman said that Clint Eastwood "works fast", I was hoping he'd then say "unlike Pelfrey."
I wonder if Pelfrey could even give away Pelfrey.

[ashie62]

Not quickly?

[ashie62]

Baysuck using his shoulder as a glove.

[ashie62]

Hope CPF contingent had a nice day. The weather was nice..

[ashie62]

Bring it Pagan!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Let's Go Myrna. Tying run up!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

F'd on that strike 2 call

[bmfc1]

I thought that Turner would come through. The 2d strike was a lousy call. I'm surprised that Keith didn't howl about it.

[ashie62]

Antonio is a tuff bastard

Is there anyone who would take Bay's friggin contract?...no prospects in return even..

[bmfc1]

Question for the group: is it time to sit Bay? You could platoon Hairston and Harris. My guess is that Bay is being paid so much that it won't happen.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Bay should just retire. Or sit for Hairston or something.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

bmfc1 wrote: Question for the group: is it time to sit Bay? You could platoon Hairston and Harris. My guess is that Bay is being paid so much that it won't happen.

lol, hadn't seen this when I started my message. He absolutely sucks.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Thanks, Jason Bay. What a show you put on today.

[bmfc1]

Gary politely said "tough day at the office" for Bay. Tough season, too. Since his 2 HR game in LA, it seems like every one of his ABs is either a strikeout or a groundout to short.

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: I thought that Turner would come through. The 2d strike was a lousy call. I'm surprised that Keith didn't howl about it.

Duda got screwed on a pitch too that put him in an 0-2 count right before he GiDP'd with the bases loaded and no outs.

Not that the game was taken away from us or anything. Too many pitching mistakes mainly (walks and 2-out hits allowed) and too many missed offensive chances early on that just made the comeback that much more improbable.
Oh yeah, and Bay too.

[MFS62]

Ashie62 wrote: Is there anyone who would take Bay's friggin contract?...no prospects in return even..

If they would try to unload Bay's contract (who wouldn't?) they're currently in the position of the poker player who is down a lot of money.
Does he keep playing, hoping to get some return back?
Or does he stop, and cut his losses now?

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bay sure seems to be in the middle of every rally that comes up short. I don't like hoping he walks. Those are the hopes we should be using on Tejada.

Benchng? It's not either-or, I think, but he should be earning any trips to the plate he gets, certainly. He's playing Beltran off this team just as surely as his paycheck has threatened to price Reyes off the team.

[HahnSolo]

The number of Phillies fans all around me (and all around the stadium for that matter) was pretty nauseating. I know how Baltimore fans now feel whenever the Yanks and Sox come to town.

[Ceetar]

HahnSolo wrote: The number of Phillies fans all around me (and all around the stadium for that matter) was pretty nauseating. I know how Baltimore fans now feel whenever the Yanks and Sox come to town.

Are the Yanks/Sox fans as ignorant as the Phillies fans I encountered at Citi?

probably.

Harris mostly sucks and Hairston has been good against lefties but that's also where Bay has been better..

Did Collins maybe get too hopeful that Bay had 'returned' as he started to pick it up a bit? Maybe he should've still sat him here and there, or maybe the injuries have just made it so that the 'potential' of Bay actually hitting is still better than sitting him most days. I dunno.

If we're really going to try to get him out of the lineup more, I'd rather it be for the likes of Evans or Duda or Martinez. Not that any of them have necessarily warranted it, but..

[ashie62]

I'm wondering if any of the South Jersey Piney people came up??

Referring to Bay..Gary said something like "His game has dissappeared." to which Ron said "for over a year."

I hope Bay is not washed up because the Mets own his ass for a long time.

[Ceetar]

Doesn't exactly look like a fierce lineup, and yet they find ways. Could the difference be when Ibanez doesn't suck, he hits a home run and drives in 2-3, and when Bay doesn't suck..he walks or gets a single?

[ashie62]

3-5 are pretty tough. Nice photo.

[Frayed Knot]

No, I think the difference is pitching.
The Mets are actually scoring 0.2 R/G higher than the Phils this season which, when you consider the home park differential and the injuries, is fucking stunning.