Penultimate IGT - 9/26 Reds at Mets

[Frayed Knot]

themetfairy wrote: When can we admit that this Parnell as a closer experiment has failed?

Personally I'm going to wait for more than around a dozen or so tries before declaring it a dead issue for now and beyond.

[bmfc1]

Jose! Good job by the official scorer!

[Frayed Knot]

Holy defensive swings batman!!!

H + E is the right call IMO.

[metsmarathon]

it hit his foot didn't it?

oh, i guess the guys in teh booth just noticed.

[Frayed Knot]

metsmarathon wrote: it hit his foot didn't it?

Looks like it might have.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Just gonna say, go for the balk-off

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Tejada can be an awful tuff out. He's making me fall in love.

[Frayed Knot]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Tejada can be an awful tuff out. He's making me fall in love.

Yeah, I'm with Gary, I would have walked him if I'm Cincy



... and now it turns out that they do anyway (although less than intentionally).

[TransMonk]

The Brewer broadcast just played Jose's latest hit on the local network. This is a fun little race.

[bmfc1]

Great job by the starting 2B for '12.

We get it Ronnie: you love Chapman (the Reds pitcher, not themetfairy).

[Guest Edgy DC]

And that rally comes up empty as Terry headscratchingly sticks with Harris while Paulino sits and watches.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy DC wrote: And that rally comes up empty as Terry headscratchingly sticks with Harris while Paulino sits and watches.

Eh, I didn't mind that one. Harris is a better contact guy and faster.



And now the Herrera for the lefty crowd gets a long double (should have been a triple and almost was a HR) for their trouble.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Dontrelle Willis to PH with the bases loaded.

I'm thinking Pepsi Porch

[Frayed Knot]

Willis looks like Dave Parker up there.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Whew.

[stevejrogers]

Hey Wayne, Dontrelle doesn't warrant an "looking unfamiliar" in a number when he hasn't been much since his Florida days in #35 (and I had to look that up). To say nothing about the fact that he didn't wear 35 in Detroit either.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Pridie, Satin, Turner and Reyes
Black panties with an Angel's face

[Ceetar]

MORE REYES IS ALWAYS GOOD

[stevejrogers]

SteveJRogers wrote: Hey Wayne, Dontrelle doesn't warrant an "looking unfamiliar" in a number when he hasn't been much since his Florida days in #35 (and I had to look that up). To say nothing about the fact that he didn't wear 35 in Detroit either.

Not even Wayne's most inane attempt at making a "I know baseball history" remark. While talking about the Cards and Astros game, he brought up the rivalry between the two teams back in the early to mid 2000s, as if it's been a relevant part of the game since 2006, the last time the Astros finished 2nd or better in the Central.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Dickey's season might not be over, after all.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy DC wrote: And that rally comes up empty as Terry headscratchingly sticks with Harris while Paulino sits and watches. Eh, I didn't mind that one. Harris is a better contact guy and faster.

What's contact going to do for you? There were two outs. It's a guy who's hit .239 against lefties over the course of his career versus a guy who's hit .330.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

What do we call the pitcher-PHing thing? Is there a name for it? The Reverse-LaRussa? The Half-Switch? A Brown Ruffing?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

hmmm i disapprove of these triples

[Frayed Knot]

And our relay throws continue to suck, no matter who's making them.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Fresh Squeezed Terry Juice

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I hate it when Dusty Baker's right about things. It makes the edges of my world a little more fuzzy.

[Frayed Knot]

Amazing what you can accomplish when you:
a) use the bunt as an offensive weapon rather than a passive strategy
are able to make actual bat-to-ball contact when bunting

[Frayed Knot]

[bigpurple:33erq30a]GOOD GOD, STOP IT!!!![/bigpurple:33erq30a]

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Can't bunt, can't hit-and-run.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2012 on-field brain trust!