IGT 8/17, Mets @ Nats

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Nats are another team that's had their way with us this year. They are due for an unexpected rogering and we're just the guys to administer it.

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METS:
1. Ruben Tejada ® SS
2. Andres Torres (S) CF
3. David Wright ® 3B
4. Scott Hairston ® RF
5. Daniel Murphy (L) 1B
6. Ronny Cedeno ® 2B
7. Jason Bay ® LF
8. Kelly Shoppach ® C
9. Johan Santana (L) P

Nationals:
1. Jayson Werth ® RF
2. Bryce Harper (L) CF
3. Ryan Zimmerman ® 3B
4. Michael Morse ® LF
5. Adam LaRoche (L) 1B
6. Ian Desmond ® SS
7. Danny Espinosa (S) 2B
8. Kurt Suzuki ® C
9. Ross Detwiler ® P

Edited August 17, 2012 by Guest

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Jason Bay hitting behind Ronny Cedeno against a left-handed starter. Not even in my most pessimistic flashbacks to Jim Fregosi or Joe Foy did I think we would end up here.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We're gonna kick the shit out of these guys. I know I predicted the same thing last weekend but I was a week early. The 2nd Wind SHaM era began last night.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Nats are another team that's had their way with us this year. They are due for an unexpected rogering and we're just the guys to administer it.

Like, as power bottoms?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Use your imagination, it's gonna be thrusty.

[Ceetar]

4 home runs for the Mets tonight, not bad.

[Zvon]

ooo, I would have sent him.

[Zvon]

Muffy makes it a moot point. Nice hittin Dannyboy.

[Zvon]

I expect these Nat game to be complete torture, so I am prepared.

[Zvon]

Hairys hot. 2 doubles. Are there two outs? Yea, so Im gonna write that in as another Murphy RBI right now.

[Zvon]

[Zvon]

WTF? Do our pitchers have targets on them for harrassment? They make Santana put tape on his glove?

[Gwreck]

Good job by Johan.

Found it interesting that Gary/Ron made a point of taking about how Johan was "not hurt" in his crappy start last time out.

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: WTF? Do our pitchers have targets on them for harrassment? They make Santana put tape on his glove?

This one made sense. Dickey's leather bracelet made none.



Johan already has 5 more outs in this start than he got in his last one.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Mildly surprising how strongly Ronnie spoke out-- "That's weak... pretty weak."-- against his former bossman, eh?

[Zvon]

Gahshit!

[Zvon]

Zvon wrote: I expect these Nat game to be complete torture, so I am prepared.

[Zvon]

Torture aside, I'll still say if we hold em at 4 we come back and win this.

[Zvon]

[Zvon]

ooo, 3 doubles for Hairball.

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: ooo, 3 doubles for Hairball.

Yeah, but they're not doing enough with them.
A lead off double gets followed by a pair of soft grounders which gets in the run but also kills any chance of a big inning.
It's like this offense is satisfied just to make contact. Even the four doubles they've hit have all been more well-placed than scorched.

[Zvon]

Oh great, Acosta. Does this mean we give up?

[Zvon]

*tips cap to Manny.

Good job scrub.

[Zvon]

I don't even have my Photobucket open.

KABOOM- SHOPPACH!

[Fman99]

That was some fine kaboomage by Kelly "Leak" Shoppach. C'mon, Rube, get on base.

[Zvon]

We can still get back in this.

[Frayed Knot]

And a nice Shoppach HR - is followed by a weak ground ball sandwiched by two 3-pitch Ks.
Once again when we need to tack on some extra runs they fail to even get the ball out of the infield.

[Fman99]

Nice! Kelly with the throw and Sugarpants with the tag.

[Zvon]

ooo, nice throw by Shoppach!