IGT 7-14 Mets @ Braves

[Frayed Knot]

Dickey vs Hanson

Let's see if we can Ba-steal a win from these guys on their turf.

[ashie62]

Karma says no

Valdespin for Street

[Edgy MD]

Sheesh, you gotta take that shit in two threads?

[bmfc1]

METS:
1. Ruben Tejada ® SS
2. Jordany Valdespin (L) LF
3. David Wright ® 3B
4. Ike Davis (L) 1B
5. Daniel Murphy (L) 2B
6. Kirk Nieuwenhuis (L) RF
7. Josh Thole (L) C
8. Andres Torres (S) CF
9. R.A. Dickey ® P

=#BF4080]Braves:
1. Michael Bourn (L) CF
2. Martin Prado ® SS
3. Jason Heyward (L) RF
4. Chipper Jones (S) 3B
5. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
6. Brian McCann (L) C
7. Dan Uggla ® 2B
8. Eric Hinske (L) LF
9. Tommy Hanson ® P

Lucas has a strained Duda so he's not in the lineup.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Dickey looks like he has his good knuckler. 1-2-3 in the first including a 23-foot tapper and a two Ks.

[bmfc1]

The game is not on in the DC area but I found an alternative way to watch the game.

Has Chris Myers every called a baseball game before? He's an interviewer, not a play-by-play guy.

[bmfc1]

Over-managing by Shorty costs the Mets a run.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Well, they ran themselves out of another run here on a hosed hit-and-run. Thole mashes a double off the top of the wall, but Nooey is watching from the bench instead of racing across the plate.

[Edgy MD]

Tejada steals a hit and Muffry gives one back.

[Frayed Knot]

McCann got back pretty quickly from his paternity leave thing - getting the wife preggers in the first place probably took longer.
I thought that was supposed to be a 3-day deal - maybe they put him on it during the ASB

[Guest Swan Swan H]

That wasn't a hit by Freeman, that was a 'there ain't gonna be a no-hitter thrown against our good ol' Braves.'

[bmfc1]

Make the frigging throw to first and catch the frigging flyball. And don't steal against an All-Star catcher.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I wonder if Remarkably Affable Dickey will fly out to Los Angeles so to discuss his approach to Dan Uggla with Leno.

[bmfc1]

When Bay comes back on Tuesday, how about returning Valdespin to Buffalo, tell him to learn 2B and that if he can show some plate discipline, he has a good chance of being the everyday 2B in 2012.

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: Over-managing by Shorty costs the Mets a run.

Is every steal attempt "over-managing"?
Or was there something about this particular one that made it so?
Or are we just going to wait until we don't like the outcome and blame it on Terry when it happens?

[bmfc1]

Not all FK, but this one was. All-Star catcher, the batter has good numbers against the pitcher, the runner is only 4 for 7 on SBs, one out, weak hitter on deck. I'm not a Thole fan but I had confidence in him getting at minimum a flyball because of his record against the pitcher. If Terry left things alone, two runs score on the double (which requires an assumption that Hanson makes the same pitch).

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Ike follows up his first inning double with a solo Kaboom.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

He's Tommy Hanson's worst nightmare.

[Edgy MD]

bmfc1 wrote: When Bay comes back on Tuesday, how about returning Valdespin to Buffalo, tell him to learn 2B and that if he can show some plate discipline, he has a good chance of being the everyday 2B in 2012.

It's a plan, but he's been trying to learn second for 20 years.

If he doesn't go down, I'm sure he'll play winter ball. But yeah, he'll probably head down when Bay comes back.

[bmfc1]

Don't the other fans get pissed when Cal Ripken, Jr. catches all those foul balls?

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Edgy, you think Valdespin goes down and Quintanilla stays? Q is getting next to no playing time, and is the third shortstop right now.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

You hate to deal depth away where you've needed it before but a trade seems like the way to deal with whomever is left when Bay returns. I wonder if Valdespin intrigues anyone, other than me.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Ruben Tejada pisses ice cubes.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Jayzus, that's a brutal call. That was bad even for C.B. Bucknor, who has made his share of bad calls.

[bmfc1]

I'm intrigued by Jordany, too. I can't figure him out but I imagine that the Mets feel the same way.

I'd like to think that another team can use Omar Q. He's competent-plus and teams other than the Mets often need lefty batters.

[bmfc1]

Swan Swan H wrote: Jayzus, that's a brutal call. That was bad even for C.B. Bucknor, who has made his share of bad calls.

I'm now watching in Spanish. I don't understand Spanish but after that call, I recognized "Denkinger."

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Or, trade Cedeno and keep Q. They seem redundant at this point.

[Edgy MD]

Breaker, Breaker, this is C.B. Bucknor. I'm rolling through Georgia with an irate Dominican on my tail. Ya copy?

Swan Swan H wrote: Edgy, you think Valdespin goes down and Quintanilla stays? Q is getting next to no playing time, and is the third shortstop right now.

Q got no options. Also should he clear waivers, there's less future value in getting him the regular infield PT that Valdy would get in Waffleo.

But I definitely think the redundancies in the infield have the Mets contemplating trades.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

WTF.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

So... they'll gather to discuss/change bad calls that impact the Braves? (Not to mention: Dale Scott, Iassogna, AND Bucknor? Add Joe West or our guy Angel, and we've got an Anti-All-Star team.)

Also-- Wonder of Wonders-- Karros' breakdown of that call is correct. (Ball dropped in, runner should be ruled out, having been tagged out wandering between first and second.)

The Mets might be better off, game-management-wise, without Collins in the game.

Edited July 14, 2012 by Guest