Mets @ Florida IGT 7/22: The Wright Time

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Welcome back Sugapants

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[ashie62]

It's going to be hot hot hot!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Thunderstorms expected for tonight. Plus a Miami team still pissed about the pointless fly-thru on Monday.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: Thunderstorms expected for tonight. Plus a Miami team still pissed about the pointless fly-thru on Monday.

No Bay, could he be the roster move?

WRIGHT!

KBurkhardtSNY wrote: Reyes. Turner. Beltran. Wright. Murphy. Pagan. Duda lf. Paulino. Pelfrey.

Kevin would like you to know he's back as well.

...guys?

[ashie62]

Bay?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

It's Nick Evans, again.

Meantime, Mets have claimed Padres AAA OF Mike Baxter on waivers, I believe this means he joins the 40.

Baxter was born in Queens. Slashing 278/413/306 // 719 in the California League.

Hit .125 in 9 ABs for the Padres last year.

[Guest Edgy DC]

You got the wrong line there. Queens' own Mike Baxter put those percentages up during an 11-game stay in high A. It's all the numbers he has this year, but in the PCL last year, he went .301 / .382 / .517 // .899.

Yet another Ivy League man. He and Fernando Perez were probably teammies at Columbia.

[Ceetar]

we're off. Reyes grounds out, but Turner bloops a single.

Carlos Beltran is up, couldn't notice any cheers, but you gotta figure Miami is basically a home game for the Mets sometimes, especially with Puerto Rican fans.

[Guest Edgy DC]

turner gets things started with a single.

Really messed up: Whenever I tune in to GameDay, they show a backdrop of the home park with the place packed with adoring fans. Wherever they are --- Flushing, Arlington, Oakland --- the stands are depicted as full.

Except in Miami, where there are scatterings of fans filling about 35% of a sea of orange seats. Increible.

[Ceetar]

Ceetar wrote: we're off. Reyes grounds out, but Turner bloops a single. Carlos Beltran is up, couldn't notice any cheers, but you gotta figure Miami is basically a home game for the Mets sometimes, especially with Puerto Rican fans.

and on the 'home game' front, David Wright gets quite a hand.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Walk to 'Los. Wright Time.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

yeehah

[Guest Edgy DC]

Doubloom! Awesome! We have a lineup!

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: Doubloom! Awesome! We have a lineup!

indeed, 2-0, first and third, 1 out!

[Fman99]

Welcome back indeed. Mets up 2-0 on the Muffie RBI single.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Tree-nuttin'.

Hey, Mike, not for nothing, but don't screw this up.

[Ceetar]

3-0 on a long sac fly from Pagan. He smashed it, but dead center.

[Fman99]

Cmon Ronnie, let's turn the screws on these shitdicks.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Edgy DC wrote: Really messed up: Whenever I tune in to GameDay, they show a backdrop of the home park with the place packed with adoring fans. Wherever they are --- Flushing, Arlington, Oakland --- the stands are depicted as full. Except in Miami, where there are scatterings of fans filling about 35% of a sea of orange seats. Incredible.

Other than the World Series game, when I've been to that stadium the team doesn't even sell the upper deck outfield seats. They're usually covered with a tarp.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Edgy DC wrote: Tree-nuttin'. Hey, Mike, not for nothing, but don't screw this up.

Seriously (as he walks the number-eight hitter), can we get a reliever up?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Really messed up: Whenever I tune in to GameDay, they show a backdrop of the home park with the place packed with adoring fans. Wherever they are --- Flushing, Arlington, Oakland --- the stands are depicted as full. Except in Miami, where there are scatterings of fans filling about 35% of a sea of orange seats. Incredible. Other than the World Series game, when I've been to that stadium the team doesn't even sell the upper deck outfield seats. They're usually covered with a tarp.

They've actually officially shut the upper level down for the rest of the season. (They had only been available for weekend night games, anyway.)

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Lucas Duda: World's Biggest Singles Machine

[Ceetar]

Really messed up: Whenever I tune in to GameDay, they show a backdrop of the home park with the place packed with adoring fans. Wherever they are --- Flushing, Arlington, Oakland --- the stands are depicted as full. Except in Miami, where there are scatterings of fans filling about 35% of a sea of orange seats. Incredible. Other than the World Series game, when I've been to that stadium the team doesn't even sell the upper deck outfield seats. They're usually covered with a tarp. They've actually officially shut the upper level down for the rest of the season. (They had only been available for weekend night games, anyway.)

Actually, they've shut them down _forever_ which might explain the lack of tarp. Let the Dolphins worry about it.

[G-Fafif]

Gary suggested sometimes the biggest kids in their class have hangups about being too aggressive -- so we are now officially out of excuses for Mike Pelfrey.

(Mrs. Fafif on the theory: "What about Randy Johnson?")

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Pelfrey hasn't walked many guys this year, but, man alive, has he seemed to walk the wrong ones.

[Ceetar]

G-Fafif wrote: Gary suggested sometimes the biggest kids in their class have hangups about being too aggressive -- so we are now officially out of excuses for Mike Pelfrey. (Mrs. Fafif on the theory: "What about Randy Johnson?")

Gary did counter with Johnson pretty fast. Johnson was even mean to NY cameramen.

Think there could be a difference between a California guy born in the 60s versus a Kansas native from the 80s. upbringing and all.

but intimidation only actually goes so far. the major difference is ability.

[G-Fafif]

The Missus added there are lots of blue jays in Kansas, so forget about him pitching against Toronto.

[Frayed Knot]

I saw that Bonofacio dash coming the whole way ... why didn't they?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I don't know if net ability is the issue. The guy has 96-MPH heat and stamina. Those are abilities. he lacks a particularly effective breaking pitch, control, and a sequence that crosses people up. But he has more ability than a lot of people. Me, for instance.

I'm not sure I'd've let him bat this inning.

[Frayed Knot]

I think if you told me it would only be 6-3 Marlins by the end of this inning I might sign up for it.