IGT - 9/9/11 baby bears @ Mets

[Ceetar]

Your hero will be in attendence. David Wright will grace the cover on the new, and final for the season, issue of Mets Magazine. Mike Pelfrey will be on the mound against Casey Coleman (2-7, 6.61 ERA)

I'm 4-7 at Citi Field this year. The Mets are at 70-73, with their hopes of .500 fading.



New York Mets

1. Jose Reyes SS
2. Justin Turner 2B
3. Lucas Duda RF
4. David Wright 3B
5. Angel Pagan CF
6. Jason Bay LF
7. Nick Evans 1B
8. Josh Thole C
9. Mike Pelfrey RHP



Chicago Cubs

1. Starlin Castro SS
2. Darwin Barney 2B
3. Aramis Ramirez 3B
4. Carlos Pena 1B
5. Alfonso Soriano LF
6. Marlon Byrd CF
7. Bryan LaHair RF
8. Geovany Soto C
9. Casey Coleman RHP

[Ceetar]

Bryan LaHair RF?


I bet he's bald.

[metirish]

Ceetar wrote: Bryan LaHair RF? I bet he's bald.

And flew to NY from O'Hare.

[metirish]

Gary reporting after a Reyes AB that Collins has told Reyes not to run at 100% on ground outs and such......crazy

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

metirish wrote: Gary reporting after a Reyes AB that Collins has told Reyes not to run at 100% on ground outs and such......crazy

what? I know I'm late to this particular party, but Pelfrey's really burning my gut.

[bmfc1]

Would anybody be upset if Terry said "Mike's getting kinda tired and we want to see some of our other arms so we're going to use Mike out of the bullpen for the rest of the season."

[Fman99]

Or, how about, "Well, we've gotten tired of Mike's underachieving and inconsistency for the past several years so we've decided to feed his body limb by limb into a woodchipper, a la Steve Buscemi in 'Fargo.'"

Too much?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Walking Soriano's one hell of a rare achievement.

Um, congrats, Parns!

[bmfc1]

Fman99 wrote: Or, how about, "Well, we've gotten tired of Mike's underachieving and inconsistency for the past several years so we've decided to feed his body limb by limb into a woodchipper, a la Steve Buscemi in 'Fargo.'" Too much?

Not at all.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Bear down, Manny!

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Damn.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ach, nein.

[Frayed Knot]

Not that he was likely to have gotten him in this case, but Pagan's next good throw from the OF will be his first.
Just tonight he's had two throws and both of them have been awful.

[bmfc1]

Maybe I'm making excuses because I'm desperately looking for someone not to dislike from the 'pen, but the walk could have been strike 3, the first single was a broken bat bloop, and the tying hit was a ground ball. It's not like they hit ropes or even liners.

[bmfc1]

Frayed Knot wrote: Not that he was likely to have gotten him in this case, but Pagan's next good throw from the OF will be his first. Just tonight he's had two throws and both of them have been awful.

The good news was that he was trying to throw to the right base.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Evans gets a single -- now let's bring him around.

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: Maybe I'm making excuses because I'm desperately looking for someone not to dislike from the 'pen, but the walk could have been strike 3, the first single was a broken bat bloop, and the tying hit was a ground ball. It's not like they hit ropes or even liners.

Bay got burned by playing "no doubles" defense too. Most times I think he catches that ball.
Acosta's biggest problem though was the walk. Yeah ball 4 could have gone either way, but still.

[bmfc1]

YES!!!

[Frayed Knot]

WOW!!
When he hit that I didn't think it had anywhere near that kind of carry.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

AWESOME!!!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Justin Turner DriveOver (Byrd)!

[bmfc1]

Frayed Knot wrote: WOW!! When he hit that I didn't think it had anywhere near that kind of carry.

Same here.

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: WOW!! When he hit that I didn't think it had anywhere near that kind of carry. Same here.

Helped a bit I suppose that Byrd was doing the opposite of Bay, he was playing in to guard against the winning single.
Still, it was a 400 foot drive.

[Fman99]

Not on TV in Syracuse. Fucking Verizon.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: WOW!! When he hit that I didn't think it had anywhere near that kind of carry. Same here. Helped a bit I suppose that Byrd was doing the opposite of Bay, he was playing in to guard against the winning single. Still, it was a 400 foot drive.

The no-doubles defense giveth up the lead, and the no-singles defense taketh away.

[MFS62]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Walking Soriano's one hell of a rare achievement. Um, congrats, Parns!

Pelfrey.
Lick lick. Nibble nibble.

Sounds like a great title to a softporn flick.

Later

[ashie62]

Alfonso Sorryanus.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Frayed Knot wrote: Not that he was likely to have gotten him in this case, but Pagan's next good throw from the OF will be his first. Just tonight he's had two throws and both of them have been awful.

Yes but if his bad throws were good, he'd be great. /Ceetar

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's like he's smoking something completely different from last year. He plays deeper, approaches the ball with less confidence, throws it in a panic. He was a gorgeous center fielder last year. Garry Maddox good. Very disappointing.

His line isn't that different from last year, and a hot few weeks would blur it even more, but his general effectiveness has been a world of difference.

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Not that he was likely to have gotten him in this case, but Pagan's next good throw from the OF will be his first. Just tonight he's had two throws and both of them have been awful. Yes but if his bad throws were good, he'd be great. /Ceetar

bite me.

Pagan has a much longer history of above average defense than what he's shown for most of this year. But sure, he sucks. Let's just play Pridie because even though he sucks, he'll make less money next year.