IGT 8/7/2011: ATL @ NYM: Beat the Next Guy Pitching for Them

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Here's hoping they musical-chair it for the last couple of innings. Fun for the whole family, and likely just as effective as whatever the "optimal" arrangement is.

[bmfc1]

Terry's being very fair, letting everybody play everywhere.

[Guest Edgy DC]

And we over-indulge a little more, double-switching Thole in.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Tasty slider, Bobbeleh.

[Guest Edgy DC]

All the Mets RBI this afternoon have come with two down.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Edgy DC wrote: Secondbasiest game in Mets history. They've had four guys playing there already. They lose another infielder, I guess Evans moves over.

Four guys have now played there five ties, with Turner returning there.

Three shortstops.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Damn, Chipper.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah. Highly booable.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Got another comeback in 'em?

I'm looking at you, Pridie.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Enjoying BayDay.

[metirish]

"Perfection, that's what you call that DP by Uggla, perfection", STFU Wayne.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Oh, well, a lot of fun and a lot of good baseball. Just not too much of it from Parnell.

I 'spect Ruben Tejada and Zach Lutz already have tickets to the big league in their hands.

[bmfc1]

Not thrilled w/the attempted bunts from Pagan.

[metirish]

Wayne did make I thought a good point about Parnell, he needs to learn how to throw a curve ball. No matter how hard you throw players sitting on heat will hit it, even 50 year old Chipper.

[HahnSolo]

I have a feeling Parnell will be the 2015 version of Heath Bell. Shipped out of NYC and finds himself somewhere else.

[HahnSolo]

bmfc1 wrote: Not thrilled w/the attempted bunts from Pagan.

Neither was I, but hell, if you are going to square around, don't stare at one right down Broadway.

[Ceetar]

metirish wrote: Wayne did make I thought a good point about Parnell, he needs to learn how to throw a curve ball. No matter how hard you throw players sitting on heat will hit it, even 50 year old Chipper.

it was a slider. Three straight sliders, and Ron was upset about that. Although, he reflected, the slider did get the ground ball, just in the wrong spot.

we need a new pitching coach that can teach pitch selection though, Warthen is pretty much lost, leaving the pitchers to fend for themselves, or Thole, who isn't exactly experienced.

[Frayed Knot]

All the Mets RBI this afternoon have come with two down.

So did theirs ... until the last one (which was with 1 out).


In a way NYM pitchers were lucky to get away with giving up as few runs as they did seeing as all the leadoff and/or 1-out hitters they let on - although in a way the Braves were lucky that they kept getting those runners on as they were, for the most part, via gifts and/or pieces of shit
- 1st inning: leadoff walk
- 2nd inning: leadoff Heyward HR (OK, they earned that one)
- 3rd inning: 1-out HBP
- 4th inning: leadoff infield single (Gee should have had it)
- 5th inning
- 6th inning: leadoff ground single (actually reached the OF ... barely)
- 7th inning: 1 out walk + SB
- 8th inning: 1 out walk
- 9th inning: leadoff bloop single in front of Pagan and then followed that with a walk.
The Chipper single was another seeing-eye hit (Gary & Ron questioned the slider instead of a fastball) which could just as easily been a GiDP but, again, the real problem was the bloop (seemed to take Pagan forever just to get in the picture) and then walk to Hinske which brought him up in the first place.

Oddly, the 5th was the one inning the Mets got the first two batters which is when Gee decided to go the 2-out walk-HR-HR route.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ceetar wrote: metirish wrote: Wayne did make I thought a good point about Parnell, he needs to learn how to throw a curve ball. No matter how hard you throw players sitting on heat will hit it, even 50 year old Chipper. it was a slider. Three straight sliders, and Ron was upset about that. Although, he reflected, the slider did get the ground ball, just in the wrong spot. we need a new pitching coach that can teach pitch selection though, Warthen is pretty much lost, leaving the pitchers to fend for themselves, or Thole, who isn't exactly experienced.

Come on.

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: So I guess this means we'll see Ruben Tejada called up for tomorrow, all of which probably means ... goodbye again Nick Evans! (boy can't seem to buy a break). Either him or Pridie.

Now Murph's injury almost certainly gives Evans a reprieve - along with anyone else above A-ball in this organization who can walk upright for more than twenty paces.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Lutz has been back in the lineup for Buffalo for all of one game, and now he may be packing for the show.

[ashie62]

Is Reyes more likely day to day or month to month..I missed it.

Murphy got hurt bad..

[Frayed Knot]

There was nothing to see.
Just grounded out in first AB and didn't show for the second.

[Ceetar]

Ashie62 wrote: Is Reyes more likely day to day or month to month..I missed it. Murphy got hurt bad..

same 'minor' strain as last time. Probably one of those things that'll keep cropping up until he sits with his legs up for a month.

Makes me wonder about the "strength and conditioning" though. pregame workouts,e tc..

[metirish]

They should get rid of the strength guy along with Wharten eh?

Seriously, can you explain your hard on for Dan?

[MFS62]

After he pumped his fist in the air when he threw out the final runner, someone should have run out of the stands and hit Chipper in the groin with a fire axe.
Bush league smirking mother-fucker.

Murphy was spiked just above the knee, but I don't know if it just a gash or something more serious.
Later

[ashie62]

Would you tell us how you really feel?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ain't nothing wrong with celebrating the final out of a ballgame. Chipper's only fault there is succeeding.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Daniel Murphy will be DL'ed.

[MFS62]

Ashie62 wrote: Would you tell us how you really feel?

I'm more concerned about how Murphy feels than how I do.
Any new word on the severity of the injury?
EDIT: just saw magadan's post that DAn will be DL'd.

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