IGT - 8/14/12 -- Mets @ Reds

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I was thinking Parnell and Duda are just too nice to play baseball.

We could use a few dirtbags.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

whew. 14 LOBs for the Reds.

[Fman99]

Shaky but successful. Best case scenario I think these days.

[Edgy MD]

Damn. Fourteen of fourteen stranded through seven.

That. Is hard. To sustain.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Edgy DC wrote: Xavier Paul... do they pitch to him?

Yes and no.

Another snappy little 2-3-6 inning.

[Zvon]

WHEW! Jeeze, what do ya do w/Parnell? I don't think I can watch him pitch anymore.

[Edgy MD]

Cairo at first is preferable to Votto at first.

Just my opinion.

[Ceetar]

Zvon wrote: WHEW! Jeeze, what do ya do w/Parnell? I don't think I can watch him pitch anymore.

bring him back for the 8th, is what I do. gotta use your best reliever for 2 in a tie game right? even with ..23? pitches.

[Frayed Knot]

I don't want to scare anyone but the last 2-1/3 innings of NYM relief pitching involving 4 different pitchers has produced a combined 6 walks plus an HBP and 2 hits.

[Ceetar]

confirmation bias, but Warthen's mound visit resulted in a walk. I don't trust what he tells them.

[Frayed Knot]

If you were a baseball player named Xavier Paul, wouldn't you change your name to Paul Xavier so you could be the first MLer with a last name starting with X and grab all of those records?
I'd definitely have to think about it.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Ceetar wrote: confirmation bias, but Warthen's mound visit resulted in a walk. I don't trust what he tells them.

Do you sometimes look under the bed to see if Warthen is hiding there?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

David Wright, a prince of a guy, walks.

If he was a total buttmunch, he'd have doubled off the wall.

Ike Davis, swell fella, whiffs.

[Frayed Knot]

Ceetar wrote: confirmation bias, but Warthen's mound visit resulted in a walk. I don't trust what he tells them.

Do you think maybe he told him to pitch carefully to the good fastball-hitting lefty with a base open and the #8 RH-hitting backup catcher on deck?

[Edgy MD]

I'm pretty sure Parnell's pitches, Paul's restraint, and Reynolds' judgment resulted in the walk.

[Edgy MD]

Well, that's a fun way to end an inning.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

strike out, throw out, throw up.

[Zvon]

GAHshitfrak! And I think Dave got his foot in there too.

[Frayed Knot]

Miguel Cairo has been getting paid to play baseball for 22 years now.
And if told back when he was a Met that he was going to continue to pull down a major league salary for at least another 7 years I don't think any of us would have believed it.

[Edgy MD]

Zvon wrote: GAHshitfrak! And I think Dave got his foot in there too.

Tom Goodwin patted him on the ass before that steal attempt. Just sayin'.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Miguel Cairo has been getting paid to play baseball for 22 years now. And if told back when he was a Met that he was going to continue to pull down a major league salary for at least another 7 years I don't think any of us would have believed it.

career 77 OPS+

5.9 career WAR.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Musical tribute to the Wookie.

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[Frayed Knot]

And now, unless we go 1-2-3 in this inning, we're going to have to change pitchers again, regardless of whether we score or not.

[Zvon]

I don't want to scare anyone but the last 2-1/3 innings of NYM relief pitching involving 4 different pitchers has produced a combined 6 walks plus an HBP and 2 hits.

Rauch did his job. I guess we could say Parnell did as well although that pic above was snapped during his inning. Hairball time

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Hairy, very scary.

[Edgy MD]

Hairston pinch-hitting with two out. I mighta gone to Bay.

And Hairston hits it to the wall but Thole stops at third.

[Zvon]

Wow. That rip by Scott got to the wall incredibly quick.

No more interactive LGM's. Yes, I don't trust you now Edgy

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

ughfuck.

[Zvon]

Aww jeezus. Great at bat by Rubin and it started to look like that liner could drop. If they are gonna catch all our hits before they hit the ground we are in trouble.

[Ceetar]

oh good, Manny Acosta. *shudders*