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

[Edgy MD]

O, plurg!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

What a terrible fucking pitch to throw when ahead in the count.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

This is sickening, I can't bear to watch.

[Edgy MD]

Damn. Thing. Over.

Goodnight, ladies.

[Frayed Knot]

I think we just won it but I'm not totally sure yet.

Edited July 31, 2012 by Guest

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Well, that was about eight feet short of a disaster.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Edgy DC wrote: Damn. Thing. Over. Goodnight, ladies.

Wtf?

[Frayed Knot]

The kicker was that the pitcher was on deck and the Giants had no bench players left, but you couldn't afford to walk Belt the way Acosta was missing the plate because it would have loaded the bases.
Belt was probably smart to swing at the first good thing he saw and almost won the game with it.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Fuck I just noticed my broadcast was delayed for some reason.

Thanks for the spoilers, guys! (and I mean this non-sarcastically!)

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[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Tejada's another one who's had a tough night.

This is purely perception, but it feels like Tejada's defense is great _except_ when the pressure's on.

or Parnell's on the mound. I swear they play the worst defense when he's pitching.

[Edgy MD]

The Second Spitter wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Damn. Thing. Over. Goodnight, ladies. Wtf?

"The damn thing is over" was an exclamation once uttered by Bob Murphy at the end of another game the Mets won despite going to incredible lengths to give it away.

"Goodnight, Ladies" is a nineteenth-century minstrel song. Not questioning the manhood of any of my masculine fellow posters or the players on the team.

But I guess you read this post before learning of the ultimate result, which would have made my 2 AM nonsense even more cryptic-sounding. Sorry about that.

[Edgy MD]

How about the came coming down to Valdy in center twice going back to catch deep flies with his back to the wall?

Lub-dub. Lub-dub.

[Edgy MD]

Any reports on what Terry said to Acosta when he went out in the tenth? Howie said he was airing Manny out.

[Ceetar]

via Metsblog

�I said, �Look, a year ago at this time, you were as good a pitcher as there was in this league. Relax and make some pitches. There are guys right now, they�re fighting for their lives, they�re fighting for their jobs and they all know it. The only thing you can do is take care of the business at hand and that�s try to make pitches and get hitters out. You can�t worry about tomorrow. You can�t worry about anything except the moment.� � We�ve got to somehow get him to relax, because Manny Acosta two years in a row has been an outstanding pitcher in the second half. We need him now.�

[Edgy MD]

True enough.

But the "You're better than this, you've proven it, and we all know it" thing is true of all of our relievers. Yet here we are.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: True enough. But the "You're better than this, you've proven it, and we all know it" thing is true of all of our relievers. Yet here we are.

Just tweeted a bunch of Bobby Parnell facts. I imagine it's true of the other relievers as well, but Parnell has been victimized a ton by the defense.

[Edgy MD]

Parnell has been victimized by Parnell often enough as well.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: Parnell has been victimized by Parnell often enough as well.

No one's perfect. Parnell's numbers are good though. Lots of ground balls, way more than anything hard hit. Lots of strikeouts, few walks. few XBHs. I really don't know what else you can ask of him, besides also playing SS.

[Edgy MD]

It's true. No one's perfect.

I can ask him not to not fall behind. I can ask him to not walk the leadoff guy. I can ask him to take that 100-MPH heat and pitch inside on occasion.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: It's true. No one's perfect. I can ask him not to not fall behind. I can ask him to not walk the leadoff guy. I can ask him to take that 100-MPH heat and pitch inside on occasion.

You can ask that all you want, but those are non-results things. (besides the walks) But he doesn't actually walk a lot of guys. 5.8% this year. MLB average is 8.5. He was at 10.1 last year. He's walked 5 of his first 48 batters. So that's actually a wee bit high, but that means he's 6/141 which is 4.3% of his other batters. Of the 50 times he's had a runner on first with less than 2 outs, he's allow 11 hits and a .597 OPS. That's clearly not what 's killing him.

he's gotten 6% of double plays opportunities converted behind him, compared to an 11% league average (Mets is 8%)

[Edgy MD]

As long as they're non-results things, I won't ask, then.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Tradition holds that Chad Ochoseis starts tonight's IGT, but if the game runs over four hours again I'm holding Chad personally responsible.