IGT 5/27: sweep a 3 game series like THURS never happened

[nymr83]

Mike Baxter, lf
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, cf
David Wright, 3b
Lucas Duda, rf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
Ike Davis, 1b
Justin Turner, ss
Mike Nickeas, c
R.A. Dickey, rhp

I still have no idea how this team is winning with these lineups.

I'm in the middle of Dickey's book right now, he tells a great anecdote about AROD who told Dickey to thank him for his Win as AROD claimed to be calling the pitches from SS (relaying the signals from dugout to catcher), after getting lit up like Mel Rojas in Toronto during his next start, Dickey asked AROD if he should thank him for that too, to which AROD responded that he wasn't calling the pitches that night.

[Edgy MD]

Murphy with one of those two-out hits we can't trust to put the Mets on the board first.

[nymr83]

Mets being patient with the walk-prone Volquez, I love this "make 'em work" approach.

[Frayed Knot]

Volquez mostly getting away with things so far but has had to throw essentially five innings worth of pitches over three innings to do it.
We'll get to either him or his replacement(s) before long at this rate.

Big game this one. Given the weakness of our last two opponents and the relative toughness of the upcoming sked, 5-2 over these seven games will look a helluva lot better in retrospect than will 4-3

[Frayed Knot]

Nymr83 wrote: I still have no idea how this team is winning with these lineups.

Helps when the Pads haven't scored since inning #1 on Friday - and that was on an inning-killing DP started by Baxter.

[ashie62]

These are the games you have to win, blah blah blah.

[Edgy MD]

Dickey outdoing Johan so far. WOW.

[ashie62]

Nice catch by Kirk..

[Frayed Knot]

And make sure to give Nickeas a nip or two of suds for that throw out at 3rd.
Totally dumb move by Guzman, but that doesn't change the fact that he's in there on anything other than an absolutely perfect peg.

[nymr83]

I'm two innings premature here, but when was the last time the Mets threw CG shutouts on back-to-back days?

[bmfc1]

Adam Rubin ?@AdamRubinESPN
If you're looking for last consecutive complete-game shutouts, that would be same combo: Johan (8/12/10 vs. COL) & Dickey (8/13/10 vs. PHL)

[nymr83]

I hate the bullpen, leave Dickey in!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Byrdak got a little lucky here-- or the LOOGY's version of "effectively wild"-- in that the two batters he faced missed, like, three hangers and swung at two not-particularly-good off-plate fastballs.

[ashie62]

At least it worked.

[ashie62]

How about a return of Topless Tuesdays?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Cashner has some shnasty stuff.

[Frayed Knot]

Seeing as how this game has been in my mental-win column for about an hour and a half already, I would be in a serious bad mood for the remainder of the day if they let this one get away.

[Gwreck]

--> Books!

[Frayed Knot]

Gotta like those 8-pitch, no-muss/no-fuss saves.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

"Well, good for you and your mood, then."

-A petulant Frank Frank

[Edgy MD]

Dickey making a bid to start the All Star Game.

[nymr83]

Edgy DC wrote: Dickey making a bid to start the All Star Game.

Brandon Beachy may have other ideas.

[Frayed Knot]

Either of those guys would be quite a pair for the NL at the ASG
You'd have one guy, Beachy, who wasn't drafted at all, and the other who, almost immediately after being picked, was essentially UN-drafted when his bonus offer was cut by 90%

[Frayed Knot]

In the meantime it was a good day all around: gained a game on the Phillies, gained a game on the Marlins, and will gain a game the loser of tonight's Nats/Braves tilt (while obviously staying even with the winner).
Probably should be pulling for the Braves at least for this one seeing as how the Nats have won the first two in that series.

Gio Gonzalez v Brandon Beachy

[Ceetar]

Nymr83 wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Dickey making a bid to start the All Star Game. Brandon Beachy may have other ideas.

It'd be really really cool to see Dickey start (hell, even just pitching in it) the All-Star Game and it feature David Wright flirting with .400 (or at least be plus .375). The amount of gushing the main stream media will have to do over the Mets would just be sweet.

[bmfc1]

Frayed Knot wrote: Probably should be pulling for the Braves at least for this one seeing as how the Nats have won the first two in that series.

I went to a party today and two Nationals season ticket holders were there and one said to me "are the Mets still in the league?" Nationals fans are getting cocky very quickly. Pulling for the Braves tonight.

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, if you're going to associate with Nats fans then that's just extra reason to pull for the Braves.
I have a cousin living in Herdon, VA with a partial season plan to Natsland but I don't have to deal with him on a regular basis, plus he's not the obnoxious type anyway.

Nats just tied things at 2 in the 4th.

[Chad ochoseis]

bmfc1 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Probably should be pulling for the Braves at least for this one seeing as how the Nats have won the first two in that series. I went to a party today and two Nationals season ticket holders were there and one said to me "are the Mets still in the league?" Nationals fans are getting cocky very quickly. Pulling for the Braves tonight.

You're obviously making this story up. The Nationals don't have two season ticket holders.

[Edgy MD]

I understand the "still in the league" comment from one point of view, though, snotty as it sounds. Pretty goofy that we haven't played at Nationals park yet.

We played them at Big Citi in the second series of the season before things had gotten established and don't roll into DC until 6/5.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: I understand the "still in the league" comment from one point of view, though, snotty as it sounds. Pretty goofy that we haven't played at Nationals park yet. We played them at Big Citi in the second series of the season before things had gotten established and don't roll into DC until 6/5.

weird schedule this year. They only have one more trip to Philly, at the end of August.