IGT, 5/22 vs. PIT: Dickey Day

[metirish]

Byrdek is???????

[Frayed Knot]

At least Byrdak's been mostly reliable this year out of the pen ... even if he's the only one.

[metirish]

Frayed Knot wrote: We're fortunate that McCutcheon's not on 2nd after that play. Rauch can't catch a break (and the Mets can't catch a ball) these last two nights.

thought Ron was a little heavy on the praise for Murphy on his attempted catch that he made a mess of.

[Edgy MD]

That's the stuff.

[Gwreck]

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[Frayed Knot]

metirish wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: We're fortunate that McCutcheon's not on 2nd after that play. Rauch can't catch a break (and the Mets can't catch a ball) these last two nights. thought Ron was a little heavy on the praise for Murphy on his attempted catch that he made a mess of.

Those over-the-shoulder plays are always tough so it's hard to kill Murph for not making it ... even though he should have.
One problem is that Duda seemed to be playing just short of the river out there. There were three balls tonight* where you couldn't say he SHould have made the plays but maybe a better/quicker and not-so-deep playing RFer might have.

* the one Murph dropped; the double by Harrison just before that; and the foul fly a few innings earlier.

[Fman99]

Good guys win. Suck it, Pittsburgh.

[Ceetar]

On the Murphy one it almost seemed like he was so focused on getting back that he stopped tracking the ball and really was just reacting as it came down.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: We're fortunate that McCutcheon's not on 2nd after that play. Rauch can't catch a break (and the Mets can't catch a ball) these last two nights. thought Ron was a little heavy on the praise for Murphy on his attempted catch that he made a mess of. Those over-the-shoulder plays are always tough so it's hard to kill Murph for not making it ... even though he should have. One problem is that Duda seemed to be playing just short of the river out there. There were three balls tonight* where you couldn't say he SHould have made the plays but maybe a better/quicker and not-so-deep playing RFer might have. * the one Murph dropped; the double by Harrison just before that; and the foul fly a few innings earlier.

Not to excuse Santana's giveaway last night but the HR was preceded by one of those bloops between 2B and CF that Turner might have gotten to. It was one of those difficult plays over his head but a quicker read and/or more acceleration going back makes that a harmless solo HR.

[Edgy MD]

I bring it up in another thread, but there's a pretty defensible argument that Duda did his job in the top of the eighth and should have been lifted after that.