IGT 5/19: Mets @ Steve J. Rogers Centre

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Strap 'em on, folks, it's Batista v. Morrow.

[metirish]

Some news via twitter


Jason Radowitz ?@NY_Sports_World
Jordany Valdespin has been sent down to triple A to make room for Hefner. #Mets

Jason Radowitz ?@NY_Sports_World
Wright getting day off today. Turner at third. Baxter will DH and bat second. #Mets

[metirish]

@Mets: #Mets lineup at Toronto: Torres-CF, Baxter-DH, Murphy-2B, Duda-RF, Davis-1B, Turner-3B, Nieuwenhuis-LF, Cedeno-SS, Nickeas-C.






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[Ceetar]

metirish wrote: Some news via twitter Jason Radowitz ?@NY_Sports_World Jordany Valdespin has been sent down to triple A to make room for Hefner. #Mets Jason Radowitz ?@NY_Sports_World Wright getting day off today. Turner at third. Baxter will DH and bat second. #Mets

he's not actually 'news' is he? He's one of the aggregators i think. (not that I'm questioning the truth of this ,just that I worry about the 'telephone' aspect of it sometimes)

[metirish]

I dunno man, it was news to me but yeah he's just passing it a long I guess.

[ashie62]

Seems like Thole has been gone a month.

[ashie62]

Ike now .163.. Please end the national nightmare, for awhile at least..

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Hefner in for Batista, who leaves with undisclosed injury.

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Hefner in for Batista, who leaves with undisclosed injury.

being told groin. i figure this is a lateral move anyway.

[Ceetar]

amended to back stiffness.

Blame Canada.

someone let the Blue Jays have two runs while I was cleaning.

[Frayed Knot]

2nd base ump screws us out of the one tiny chance we did have all afternoon.

Obviously we're a bad Canada/astro-turf team.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: 2nd base ump screws us out of the one tiny chance we did have all afternoon. Obviously we're a bad Canada/astro-turf team.

last time we played on stupid fake grass was that ill-fated Puerto Rico trip right?

[Edgy MD]

Didn't we agree never to speak of the Puerto Rico trip?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Stinky. I mean, sounds like maybe a bad call got us on the Baxter play (I didn't watch and don't wanna see) but isn't kind of hugely important that he finishes that play safely* somewhere?

*And your family can be safe and secure with a life insurance plan from New York Life...

[Edgy MD]

So what's the plan? We kinda need tomorrow's game. Try to bunt our way on? What?

[Frayed Knot]

" ... sounds like maybe a bad call got us on the Baxter play (I didn't watch and don't wanna see)"

The tag was within a foot or so of his shoulder; maybe even as close at 8 to 10 inches.
Ump was on the blocked side. I thought Baxter was going to pull a Lawrie with his helmet.



"but isn't kind of hugely important that he finishes that play safely* somewhere?"

Yeah, but so was getting to 2nd, that being the tying run and all.


That play was almost identical to our only other hard-hit ball of the day, Duda's from several innings earlier.
In both cases a liner down the RF line caromed off the jutting stands and towards RFer Bautista. Duda wasn't safe by much and the bounce on Baxter's was even more favorable for the Jays. Bautista got to it quickly and didn't have a very long throw.
To Baxter's credit he was busting it all the way and was still safe. The end result was turning a 2nd & 3rd/1-out situation into a man-on-3rd/2-outs. Murph then smoked a liner right at the SS for the final out.

So what's the plan? We kinda need tomorrow's game. Try to bunt our way on? What?

You can pretty much chalk today's N'offense up to Morrow. Helped by a slightly generous zone, he was very tough all day and was economical to boot.