IGT June 20 Mets vs O's Get Yer Broomz On

[Fman99]

Dillon Gee vs Brian Matusz.

[bmfc1]

Lefty starter for Baltimore so we'll see if Terry plays "opposite day" from the lineup of Tuesday. He's already said that Turner will start at short.

Perhaps:
Rottino, Murphy, Turner, Wright, Hairston, Torres, Duda, Nickeas.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Natty Boh is just dumbstruck by Miss Rheingold.

[MFS62]

Miss Rheingold's hair style was very popular back then.
and
That lineup couldn't score in a school yard.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

MFS62 wrote: Miss Rheingold's hair style was very popular back then.

She has kind of an Ann Landers sexiness. Whatever that might be.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Her hair was way ahead of its time as it foreshadowed David Wright's post-beaning haberdashery.

[metirish]

Neil Best

Gary Cohen off for son's graduation, so @KBurkhardtSNY will call Mets games today and Friday - his second and third ever in regular season.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Wow, Valdy getting he start at 2B, and Muffy sitting.

Not that I had anything to do with this.

[bmfc1]

METS:
1. Andres Torres (S) CF
2. Jordany Valdespin (L) 2B
3. David Wright ® 3B
4. Scott Hairston ® RF
5. Vinny Rottino ® LF
6. Ike Davis (L) 1B
7. Justin Turner ® SS
8. Mike Nickeas ® C
9. Dillon Gee ® P

=#FFBF40]Orioles:
1. Brian Roberts (S) 2B
2. J.J. Hardy ® SS
3. Chris Davis (L) RF
4. Adam Jones ® CF
5. Matt Wieters (S) C
6. Nick Johnson (L) 1B
7. Wilson Betemit (S) 3B
8. Ryan Flaherty (L) LF
9. Brian Matusz (L) P

Edited June 20, 2012 by Guest

[bmfc1]

Kathy Kersh didn't just sit on her laurels as Miss. Rheingold:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0449947/

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yeah, she bagged The Boy Wonder.

[Edgy MD]

bmfc1 wrote: 1. Andres Torres (S) CF 2. Jordany Valdespin (L) 2B 3. David Wright (R) 3B 4. Scott Hairston (R) RF 5. Vinny Rottino (R) LF 6. Ike Davis (L) 1B 7. Justin Turner (R) SS 8. Mike Nickeas (R) C 9. Dillon Gee (R) P

Go, Buffalo, go!

[bmfc1]

Nick Johnson is starting at 1st. Didn't he get hurt the last time he started against the Mets (as a National)?

[Lefty Specialist]

Kathy Kersh didn't just sit on her laurels as Miss. Rheingold: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0449947/

Whoa. The wife of Robin AND Ben Casey. And 4 appearances on The Beverly Hillbillies to boot. That's like 60's TV gold.

[Frayed Knot]

That's about as close to an all RH hitting line-up as this crew can come.
Matusz was a top prospect at one point and certainly isn't past his sell-by date in that category. Just slower than expected in getting there which is common with pitchers, but he's certainly capable of throwing a good one on occasion.

[duan]

I do like the way Terry is going totally batshit with the righties though. It's sort of daring them to come in and use a righty reliever at some point which could set up all sorts of fun. Don't forget these guys don't know how to do a double-switch.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, Terry having nobody save Wright left who's under a longterm contract really gives him leave to do what he wants with the lineup pretty much on a nightly basis.

[Edgy MD]

And Gee totally gets a 1-2-3 inning (henceforth to be known as "dickeying down") in the first.

[Edgy MD]

Torres rips a single to lead off the game for the Mets.

[Edgy MD]

Why didn't Wright score there?

Two outs: get on your horse.

[bmfc1]

How is Guys! doing? I'm watching on MASN.

[TransMonk]

Edgy DC wrote: Why didn't Wright score there? Two outs: get on your horse.

You know what happens when you assume...

[Edgy MD]

Damn, David's become too big to discipline.

[TransMonk]

bmfc1 wrote: How is Guys! doing? I'm watching on MASN.

He's leaning a bit on Ron and Keith, but he's doing OK.

[Edgy MD]

Double Dickey Down for Gee.

(I'm coining terms left and right here. Get on board or get out of the way.)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

That was a real shitty first inning for us. Single, force-play, caught stealing, single, two-base outfield error that should have scored Wright easily. Boo.

[TransMonk]

Rubin on Twitter: When you see Daniel Murphy tonight in a dugout camera shot -- no, he did not lose a bet.

I wonder what that is all about.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, why bench Murphy if you're going to bonehead it like that?

I'm beginning to see Valdespin as not so much a tool you use, so much as a force you unleash. Powerful, but once set in motion, you never know if it's going to turn against you.

Nickeas is up. All shall be well.

[bmfc1]

In case you're going to Baltimore on Saturday, the Orioles tumblers will not be ready. Instead, "Birdland" t-shirts will be given out along with a voucher for the tumbler.

[Edgy MD]

Edgy DC wrote: Nickeas is up. All shall be well.

I was a few innings early, but HAH!