IGT 77 6/28/12 Mets @ Los Angeles Dodgers

[Edgy MD]

Heeyewj strikeout of Gordon.

[Zvon]

Ha. That was not a strike. Gordon shows up the ump without looking at him or sayin a word.

Nice job by Birdchick

[Gwreck]

Frayed Knot wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Forget playing LIKE it; I think Duda actually does NOT want the ball hit to him. That's a coincidence, I don't want the ball hit to Duda either.

Late night games like this make me come up with brilliant ideas, such as switching Duda and Davis' positions. Would we have a better overall defense if they switched places? I'm thinking, maybe.

[Frayed Knot]

If Teixeira dropped a throw like that would the umps even notice it?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Gwreck wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Forget playing LIKE it; I think Duda actually does NOT want the ball hit to him. That's a coincidence, I don't want the ball hit to Duda either. Late night games like this make me come up with brilliant ideas, such as switching Duda and Davis' positions. Would we have a better overall defense if they switched places? I'm thinking, maybe.

I've thought that from time to time. Davis' 90-plus-fastball-chucking arm may get some run... but I'm not so sure it would make much of a dent in our right-field situation-- Davis is marginally slower than Duda, isn't he?-- while worsening that at first.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Davis plays like he's 37 already.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Forget playing LIKE it; I think Duda actually does NOT want the ball hit to him. That's a coincidence, I don't want the ball hit to Duda either. Late night games like this make me come up with brilliant ideas, such as switching Duda and Davis' positions. Would we have a better overall defense if they switched places? I'm thinking, maybe. I've thought that from time to time. Davis' 90-plus-fastball-chucking arm may get some run... but I'm not so sure it would make much of a dent in our right-field situation-- Davis is marginally slower than Duda, isn't he?-- while worsening that at first.

Davis is slower than several of my deceased uncles. Duda seemed to handle grounders well during his time at first last year, but didn't look like he had mastered the scoop of bad throws. This is based on a very small sample size, plus the fact that I had pretty much stopped paying attention by that point last year.

[Frayed Knot]

Oh give me a break. He couldn't do that again if given 20 tries

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

sweet dp

[ashie62]

Muffy not being clumsy.

[Frayed Knot]

So here's our (seemingly nightly) Terry bullpen question for the day: He double-switched so the pitcher's spot would NOT hit here in top 9, plus Rauch just had a successful 8-pitch inning.
So does he automatically go to Parnell in the 9th or leave the large man in?

[Zvon]

Forget playing LIKE it; I think Duda actually does NOT want the ball hit to him. That's a coincidence, I don't want the ball hit to Duda either. Late night games like this make me come up with brilliant ideas, such as switching Duda and Davis' positions. Would we have a better overall defense if they switched places? I'm thinking, maybe. I've thought that from time to time. Davis' 90-plus-fastball-chucking arm may get some run... but I'm not so sure it would make much of a dent in our right-field situation-- Davis is marginally slower than Duda, isn't he?-- while worsening that at first.

He can't be that slow. Speed has nothing to do with Dudas problem in right. Sure, he might reach more than Davis but he don't reach the ones he should get if he wanted the ball more. Its like when its hit to him for a second he just watches it, then decides, shit, that's my ball, I gotta catch that.

If Davis can shag flies and has an arm that matches Dudas I don't think we lose aside from having Dudas glove at first instead of Ikes.

on ed:MLBTV was down for a bit there for me So I missed the DP

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

SHOULD he go to Parnell, or WILL he go to Parnell?

Unless the Mets pour in some two-out runs here, he definitely will.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: So here's our (seemingly nightly) Terry bullpen question for the day: He double-switched so the pitcher's spot would NOT hit here in top 9, plus Rauch just had a successful 8-pitch inning. So does he automatically go to Parnell in the 9th or leave the large man in?

All managers seem to go for a set-up and then closer "role" deal these days. Personally I trust Rauch much less these days than Parnell.

[Frayed Knot]

I'd stick with Rauch - even if just so you'd have a backup ready if he starts putting runners on. If you go immediately to Parnell and he falters, then what?

But we all knew he was going this way all along.

[Zvon]

Ugh, when you see a beautiful curve ball like that from Parnell get called a ball you gotta think uh-oh.

One out.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Go Bobby Pee.

[Zvon]

Kennedy's a maniac with a bat.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I wish they'd swing and miss more against him.

[Zvon]

Two Out.

*tightens crossed fingers

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Put it in the movie version of the books.

[Zvon]

See, its easy Bobby!. Good job.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Now all he needs is a crappy heavy-metal song to enter to.

Holy Diver?

[Frayed Knot]

Great relief pitching all around.
What a concept!

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Great relief pitching all around. What a concept!

*grabs chest

[Edgy MD]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Now all he needs is a crappy heavy-metal song to enter to. Holy Diver?

"Balls to the Wall"

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Edgy DC wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Now all he needs is a crappy heavy-metal song to enter to. Holy Diver? "Balls to the Wall"

He's country, right?

I vote for some vaguely-creepy-religious, you're-about-to-die Statler Brothers shit, like "In The Beginning" or "Lord I'm Coming Home."

Edited June 29, 2012 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

Pen numbers from last night:

2-2/3 IP -- Byrdak 0.2, Rauch 1.0, Parnell 1.0,
1 walk -- intentional by Byrdak, after the passed ball moved up the runner he inherited
1 hit -- off Rauch, that swinging/slapping bunt thing that the guy fucked up but got away with anyway right before he was erased on the sweet DP

A few more nights like that every now and then from the much-maligned pen crew and this might actually become a decent team.

That DP, btw, upped the NYM win pct figure from 61% to 82%, the biggest jump from a single play either way in the entire game. So that play earned both difficulty and style points, even from the Romanian judge (doing a little warming up for the Olympics here)

[Ceetar]

Anyone know a site that does team double splits? like "Mets bullpen in June"? Although they're only 13-13 in June despite having the second best team ERA in the majors.

[Frayed Knot]

Ceetar wrote: Anyone know a site that does team double splits? like "Mets bullpen in June"? Although they're only 13-13 in June despite having the second best team ERA in the majors.

BB-Ref

Go to the Mets 2012 stat page - click not just on Pitching but Pitching splits - scroll down to reach 'Months' section and see not just where they have Apr, May, June stats, but also each month's GS & GR (games started, games relieved) broken out

Pen ERA: Apr = 5.02; May = 5.82; June = 3.90
The penners are, however, 0-5 in June so maybe those fewer runs allowed aren't always coming at the best of times (although W/L stats for relievers are notoriously inaccurate)