IGT 6/7 @ WAS: Steady Diet of Chien-Ming

[Benjamin Grimm]

And he's stranded.

Fasten your seatbelts! Three outs to go!

[nymr83]

Bad job Doody! Got to get Wright home there, give the shitpen a bigger cushion

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

home run Zimmy.

way to start the 9th.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Francisco gives up a homer to the first batter he faces.

3-1 Mets.

Still need three outs.

[Lefty Specialist]

In play, run(s).

[HahnSolo]

oh, boy.

[seawolf17]

Boy, this guy has just not been the answer, has he? Makes me long for the days of Armando.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Backhand grounder to Q for the first out.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Easy fly to Torres for out number 2.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Boot it in the Pukes!

[Benjamin Grimm]

And a grounder to Murphy ends it!

[G-Fafif]

In The Books: My Journey to Another Win
By R.A. Dickey
Afterword by Frank Francisco

"Even I'd read this!" -- John Cougar Lunchbucket

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

He wouldn't be where he is today were I not cracking the whip, but he's earned the right to 2 movie premieres and a guest slot on Letterman. Git along little Dickey!

[Edgy MD]

Um, we once again rule.

[G-Fafif]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: He wouldn't be where he is today were I not cracking the whip, but he's earned the right to 2 movie premieres and a guest slot on Letterman. Git along little Dickey!

You and Warthen, good cop, bad cop. However you guys want to sort it out.

[G-Fafif]

Terry in the postgame said R.A. is OK as long as the weather cooperates. Makes me think somebody -- maybe the Braves -- will try a rain dance if he keeps going as is.

[Edgy MD]

Could you imagine how fucking thrilled we'd be with this season without the washout in Atlanta?

[G-Fafif]

Into each life, some rain must fall.

But just a little.

[Edgy MD]

Dickey jumps from 13th to eighth in the league in ERA. And despite my incomprehensible screams about the manager's hook, he leads the NL in innings pitched.

Also totally undercutting my position (at least, it would if my position was built primarily in criticism of Terry Collins), Johan Santana leads the NL in both complete games and shutouts, with two of each.

[Ceetar]

dickey will be in top 10 of Ks after today too

[Vic Sage]

"K" stand for KING IN THE NORTH!

[Ceetar]

Vic Sage wrote: "K" stand for KING IN THE NORTH!

hah, i even posted about that today and forgot all about it once the game started.

[Frayed Knot]

** THOUGHTS ON THE GAME **

1) R. A. Dickey was Reliably Awesome !!!!

2) I wouldn't have pulled him there in the 8th

3) Murph is swinging like he's trying to NOT strike out; I have not much faith in him for hitting something hard right now despite two hits today

4) Mets hit five come-backers, the Nationals four. The NYM figure includes the one Murph hit into a 1-2-3 DP but not the one he hit for a single off Gorzelanny's glove

5) The Nats, on the other hand, led the Mets 3-2 in grounding out to 1B unassisted. Between "Thoughts" 4 & 5, that's a lot of easy outs for one game.

6) Quintanilla, injury or not, made a lot of nice plays today. Nothing eye-popping so much, but a lot of sneaky/tricky ones with little margin for error. He'll be getting some beer from me for this game above and beyond his two hits & 3 times-on-base.

7) He held Harper to 3-for-16 this series although one of those was the extra-inning game winner. Today he never got one out of the infield. Doesn't mean all those outs were easy though.

8) CPF veterans know that true TotG round-ups are supposed to have TEN Thoughts and traditionally require many exclamation points!!!

9) But I can't think of that many!!

10) If Frank-Frank is going to serve up HRs in save situations they might as well be solo jobs while sitting on a 3-run lead

Edited June 7, 2012 by Guest

[Fman99]

I was so pegged at work that I didn't get to listen to even one pitch of this game. A coworker kept me posted via CBS' ticker while I was in meetings and doing various other things.

Glad to see them coming back and avoiding the sweep today.