IGT Wed Aug 1 Mets @ SF

[Fman99]

New month, new winning streak. I am still watching, at least, until I get all sleepy and shit.

Jon Niese vs. Matt Cain are your starting pitchers. Matt Cain is neither a mat, nor a cane. Discuss amongst yourselves.

[Centerfield]

New month. Mets will be undefeated in August.

[Frayed Knot]

At least for the next 7 or 8 hours they will be.

[Guest sharpie]

Hunter Pence should be making his debut for the Giants. He is neither a hunter nor a pence.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Eli has several Whitesides, Buster is a bit of a Posey, Brett's parents thought he was quite a Pill, Justin is probably Christian, Pagan's no Angel, Gregor is not nearly as Blanco as Barry Zito, and all of Hensley is Clay, not just his feet.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Raise Cain's ERA!

(For Dickey)

[bmfc1]

METS:
1. Ruben Tejada ® SS
2. Jordany Valdespin (L) CF
3. David Wright ® 3B
4. Ike Davis (L) 1B
5. Daniel Murphy (L) 2B
6. Jason Bay ® LF
7. Mike Baxter (L) RF
8. Josh Thole (L) C
9. Jon Niese (L) P

Giants:
1. Gregor Blanco (L) CF
2. Ryan Theriot ® 2B
3. Melky Cabrera (S) LF
4. Buster Posey ® C
5. Hunter Pence ® RF
6. Marco Scutaro ® 3B
7. Brett Pill ® 1B
8. Joaquin Arias ® SS
9. Matt Cain ® P

[Fman99]

I know I haven't been around in a couple of days, baby, I'm sorry, I been hanging out with this British chick. I'm back, I had enough of her synchronized diving and her beach volleyball in long pants.

She's not my baby, you're my baby, Mets. Let's Go.

[Fman99]

YEAH KABOOM THAT SHIT RUBE!

[Frayed Knot]

Ruben razed a Cain

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Make this inning count. Not scoring here is the sort of thing that haunts.

[Zvon]

Nice poke Tejeda!. Bay, you depress me.

[Edgy MD]

It's not even about the sailor's golden dream of Jason Bay getting back to his All Star productivity. We might be having a perfectly defensible season if Bay had merely stayed healthy and upped his game to the level of a not-particularly-good corner outfielder --- hit .257 with 12-15 homers.

[Edgy MD]

Two out, two on for Pence. Heckuva greeting.

Make like Bay, Hunter.

[Edgy MD]

And the Mets escape.

[Edgy MD]

Great alternative to boring bunting, Niesey.

[Edgy MD]

Don't try to do to much, Jordany.

[Zvon]

I'm still trying to figure out what "the sailor's golden dream" is, or means.

There's another run on the force

[Edgy MD]

I'll take that.

[Zvon]

I like how Dave didn't totally bail out on that curve to his skullcap. He's over you Cain.

[Edgy MD]

I'm still trying to figure out what "the sailor's golden dream" is, or means.

Just making sure somebody's reading. But I like it, and I'm officially coining an idiomatic expression NOW.

[Frayed Knot]

Hey, we turned a DP!
I'll have to check the records but we may already have turned more so far in August than in the entirety of the month of July.

[Frayed Knot]

Nothing egregious so far, but Cain has had every borderline call go his way.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We're looking good tonite.

[Zvon]

Cain looking bad. I like. Bay looking like Bay. Deeeeepressing. Jeeze, you're supposed to hit Cain well Jason. Is there no hope for you at all?

[Edgy MD]

Oh, dear, Bay.

[Gwreck]

Don't understand 1. Why Bay is hitting 6th (instead of 8th); 2. Why Bay is in the lineup at all (instead of Hairston).

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Frayed Knot wrote: Nothing egregious so far, but Cain has had every borderline call go his way.

And then some.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, dear, Baxt.

[Gwreck]

We should have about 3-4 more runs than we do now.