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

[Frayed Knot]

And now the fuck-up leads to multiple runs - and we're still not out of this yet.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Here comes Brad Penny. I am experiencing a sudden urge of optimism.

[Frayed Knot]

I forgot to put Penny on my KTE
He'd be on the Olympic Asshole team.
In fact he'd be the captain.

[Frayed Knot]

We can't turn double-plays but we're really good at hitting into them

[Frayed Knot]

Not that the Mets aren't digging their own graves here - but geez the Giants are getting a bunch of piece o' shit hits tonight.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Here's our chance.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

'Spin is the new Staub.

OE: Only with operable legs.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Hairy!

[Guest Swan Swan H]

We love Hairy!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

TRADE PRICE! TRADE PRICE! TRADE PRICE!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

What the hell, another big moment for Turner.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

TWO-FOR-ONE! TWO-FOR-ONE!

[Edgy MD]

Wow!

This is a celebration of guys who I half expected to be gone by tonight.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Unusual rally continues.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Oh, fuck, it's 1 am

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

ACT NOW, AND WE'LL THROW IN A ROB JOHNSON... ABSOLUTELY FREE!

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Another inning turns on a double play that could have been.

[Edgy MD]

I didn't expect Johnson to be gone by tonight.

[Edgy MD]

Rauch on to pitch the eighth. Perhaps more importantly, Valdy on in center.

[Frayed Knot]

And just think of how much easier that inning could have gone had not every hitter (or most of them anyway) not started their AB in an 0-2 hole

[Frayed Knot]

Ooooh, a nice quick one from the Rauch monster.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Edgy DC wrote: Rauch on to pitch the eighth. Perhaps more importantly, Valdy on in center.

He looks like an outfielder. Who knew?

[Edgy MD]

OK, let's tuck in Edgy sweetly tonight, you Mets.

Love the added runs after the homer.

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: Ooooh, a nice quick one from the Rauch monster.

Just to make it official, yes, they should bring him out for the ninth.

[Frayed Knot]

Good thing we didn't leave Rauch in there.
We might have to suffer through another 8 pitch 1-2-3 inning or something.

[Frayed Knot]

Eh, it's not like Parnell is going to put the leadoff hitter on in front of the one guy on this team with power or anything.

Oh wait.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Well, this got ugly in a heartbeat.

[Frayed Knot]

And so it begins.

[Frayed Knot]

Parnell in July - 10 IP, 4 runs on 16 baserunners
Rauch in July - 7.2 IP, 1 run on 5 baserunners

So it's not even like we're sticking with the hot hand here

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Is it me, or does each Bobby Parnell outing feel increasingly like a somewhat-talented student who hasn't studied trying to flail his way through a final exam?

And great, Bucknor's getting squeezy.