Welcome Bax - NYM @ SFG IGT 7/30/12

[Chad ochoseis]

Adam Rubin says Baxter likely to return today, with Niewy shuffling off to Buffalo to make room.

10:15 start.

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[Chad ochoseis]

Tejada ss
Torres cf
Wright 3b
Hairston rf
Davis 1b
Bay lf
Cedeno 2b
Johnson c
Hefner p


Scutaro 3B
Theriot 2B
Cabrera LF
Posey C
Pagan CF
Schierholtz RF
Belt 1B
Crawford SS
Bumgarner P

[Fman99]

Dog tired, 55 minutes before the first pitch. Fuck you, rotating spherical Earth.

[Ceetar]

Fman99 wrote: Dog tired, 55 minutes before the first pitch. Fuck you, rotating spherical Earth.

fuck you Walter O'Malley? or Horace Stoneham in this case?

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Jason Bay looks the test case for the discussion between Vic and Ceetar about whether a random person could hit major league pitching.

[Edgy MD]

Let's garner that run back.

[Edgy MD]

Swan Swan H wrote: Jason Bay looks the test case for the discussion between Vic and Ceetar about whether a random person could hit major league pitching.

Seeing him go down on 87-MPH high heat from a lefty this weekend was most distressing.

[Edgy MD]

Give him heck, Terry.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Since they showed the play that inspired these strips:



The real kicker here is that these ran over a month apart.

[Edgy MD]

Good time for some anti-lefty magic, Bay.

[Edgy MD]

Bummy G. fears the Bay.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Rubin reminds us that this is the umpiring crew that bollixed up the series in Atlanta.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I got Ronny Cedeno fever.

[Edgy MD]

Way to give 'em heck, Ronny.

[Frayed Knot]

C'mon Hefner, do hurt 'em.

[Gwreck]

So I tune in, not seeing the lineups and after Bay walks, Ronny comes up. Nice hit.

But then there's another hitter (not the pitcher) after Cedeno! And I think to myself, what kind of world are we living in where Jason Bay could possibly be hitting higher than seventh?

[Edgy MD]

Shut up! He's a walk machine!

A walk machine that just scored the go-ahead run, thank you very much!

[Edgy MD]

Ooh, Johnson. Corralling the ball is not your specialty.

[Edgy MD]

Good play by Ike to get Belt. Surprised they pitched to Crawford, but then they gave up being cute and went ahead and walked him after 2-0.

[Gwreck]

Swan Swan H wrote: Rubin reminds us that this is the umpiring crew that bollixed up the series in Atlanta.

Costa mentions that there is speculation in the Mets clubhouse that umps have lingering resentment of Alderson, leading to calls against Mets.

[Gwreck]

Edgy DC wrote: Good play by Ike to get Belt. Surprised they pitched to Crawford, but then they gave up being cute and went ahead and walked him after 2-0.

Keith giving it to Ike on SNY broadcast for not getting the double play.

[Edgy MD]

Keith would have gotten it. But part of grace is knowing your limitations.

Raise your hand if you thought Hef was going to get out of that.

[Frayed Knot]

Gwreck wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Good play by Ike to get Belt. Surprised they pitched to Crawford, but then they gave up being cute and went ahead and walked him after 2-0. Keith giving it to Ike on SNY broadcast for not getting the double play.

That's the second one of those in the last week or so where Ike had the chance to go 3-6-3 but didn't try.
This one was worse in that if you fail to turn it's just one run in the 4th inning. Last time it would have meant the game so more caution was required.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Gwreck wrote: Swan Swan H wrote: Rubin reminds us that this is the umpiring crew that bollixed up the series in Atlanta. Costa mentions that there is speculation in the Mets clubhouse that umps have lingering resentment of Alderson, leading to calls against Mets.

I had forgotten about that phase of Alderson's career - just looked it up. Paranoia, or is there something more to it?

[Edgy MD]

Torres giving these fans a taste of what they lost today.

Looks like he's hurting though. Nieuwie may be back faster than he expected.

[Edgy MD]

Valdy is probably our centerfield backup, but we may be getting some Baxter Axion.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Nice swing by Bay, and good baserunning. It would be understandable, if not necessarily acceptable, to try to stretch that one after not getting a hit in a week.

He should get at least one more AB tonight to start a new 0-23 streak.

[Edgy MD]

And he gets that base anyhow with a steal.

But Ronny C. is one heroic act short.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Make that two.

How many no-brainer DPs have the Mets not made this year?

[Frayed Knot]

So how many failed GiDPs that led directly to a run is that this season?
My estimate is somewhere around 87

And with Huff limping right out of the box they had all day to turn that one.