IGT July 30 Mets vs Nats Gm 2

[Fman99]

Dickey vs. Marquis. Once again, thanks to the shitdicks at Verizon/FIOS, I will be tuning in on my phone using the MLB Gameday app.

[bmfc1]

It's a family night at Nationals Park, section 115, BB.

[bmfc1]

Yunesky Maya gets for the start for Washington instead of Jason Marquis who is now a Diamondback. Maya started Gee's MLB debut (when Second Splitter and I were in attendance).

[G-Fafif]

Davey Johnson's nightmare (besides acid reflux and Gene Walter flashbacks):

Jose Reyes, ss
Justin Turner, 2b
Daniel Murphy, 1b
David Wright, 3b
Angel Pagan, cf
Jason Bay, lf
Lucas Duda, rf
Josh Thole, c
R.A. Dickey, rhp

[Frayed Knot]

Davey Johnson: "Hey Marquis, it's time to warm up .... the plane that's taking you to Arizona that is."

Between this trade and the Hairston trade (all for minor leaguers) Nats fans better hope that there's someone close by to replace those guys.
Oddly (because he was playing fairly well) OFer Roger Bernadina was the guy sent down to make room for the incoming Johnny Gomes but he can't come back until 10 days are up.

[Guest themetfairy]

Davey Johnson suddenly looks really, really old.

[Fman99]

I thought that last night.

Wayne Hagin blows.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

So do all these DPs.

Let's go and make a game of this NOW!!!!

[ashie62]

themetfairy wrote: Davey Johnson suddenly looks really, really old.

So do the Mets tonight.

[Guest themetfairy]

And that's that. Willie Harris strikes out with the bases loaded to end things.

Feh

[Frayed Knot]

Disappointing to go out so easily to Maya in the first three innings. Even if they just made him work a little harder for those nine outs he'd have tired earlier and we could have hit the soft part of the bullpen and at least trimmed the lead before Storen threatened to shit the bed.
But when we did start hitting the DPs sucked all the life out and, in the end, I guess you could say that the difference in the game was that Werth's 2-out/2-on shot went out but Reyes's fell about 10 feet short (although they really hit us better the whole game).

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The Pagan DP really killed it for me.

[Valadius]

Disaster of a game. It didn't help that I was waiting outside the ballpark for my friends to arrive and bring me my ticket until the top of the sixth.

[Guest Edgy DC]

That can be a wet blanket on any game.

It looked on review like they were one break away. How often does a guy get plunked twice in a game. I think Josh Thole has a new act.

Is there some colossal screwup by Wright I haven't seen yet? He seems like a PotG, but he's not getting much pointage in that thrad.

[bmfc1]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The Pagan DP really killed it for me.

Detweiler walked his first batter so the next batter should take a pitch--maybe Detweiler's not going to throw a strike--but Pagan doesn't think that way and swung at the 1st pitch.
The Bisons pounded Maya last week, the Mets have been pounded every pitcher they face, so last night made no sense.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, maybe sometimes a batter in a slump gets too caught up in his own issues to see the big picture. Such at-bats really hurt Hudgens' case for MVP.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy DC wrote: How often does a guy get plunked twice in a game. I think Josh Thole has a new act.

I'm also not sure he was actually hit either time.