IGT#153 9/24- Pirates - Didn't budget for 4 IGT titles

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Kyle McPherson (0-1) v Meija
McPherson is a reliever who the pirates think can be a starter but only lasted 4.1 ip (7H, 2ER) in his first big league start. Reports said he looked like shit on cheesy crackers.

[Lefty Specialist]

Fortunately for him, the Mets hitters have an excellent record of turning shit on cheesy crackers into fine caviar on toast points.

[batmagadanleadoff]

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

I remember this card well. My uncle was friends with Candelaria from high school or something so I always set his cards aside in the box reserved for important players. My uncle also gave me his set of 1978 Topps (about 300 cards from that year) so this design was my earliest association with baseball cards.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: I remember this card well. My uncle was friends with Candelaria from high school or something so I always set his cards aside in the box reserved for important players. My uncle also gave me his set of 1978 Topps (about 300 cards from that year) so this design was my earliest association with baseball cards.

Candelaria was one of the toughest pitchers Keith ever faced. And those '78 Topps are among my all time favorites.

[Edgy MD]

I never realized how rarely Pittsburgh wore "Pittsburgh" on their jerseys. A lot of those cards are shot on the road (Shea, usually), but say "Pirates."


My God, you got fat.

[seawolf17]

I love this card, because in my mind, he's not signing an autograph but doing a crossword puzzle.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

seawolf17 wrote: I love this card, because in my mind, he's not signing an autograph but doing a crossword puzzle.

He looks like he's stuck on "12 across.... three letters... Feline"

[Edgy MD]

I was thinking it was "7 Down: Where the Flushing nine play (7 ltr.)."

Or better yet, "Minny first-sacker... what's that fucking guy's name?"

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

I once got stuck on a crossword clue "Queens athlete," three letters. I plumbed my brain for something suitably regal until finally it clicked, "Dumbass, it's MET."

[batmagadanleadoff]

Swan Swan H wrote: seawolf17 wrote: I love this card, because in my mind, he's not signing an autograph but doing a crossword puzzle. He looks like he's stuck on "12 across.... three letters... Feline"

Terry Bradshaw might know the answer to that clue. But whether he could spell out the answer is another matter.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, fucking wait. These cards are in this thread because I was supposed to do a KTE. SHIT!

[G-Fafif]

Holy Coogan's Bluff! That's Cannizzaro (or Canzozeri, if you will) in the Polo Grounds, six years after there were no more games there. Is that the oldest picture Topps ever used in a regular-issue card? Or did their 1969 designer have the same fondness for the PG that BG has for Shea when he's producing his Schaefer cards?

At the very least, it must have set some record for time between a ballpark's end and its appearance in a regular issue card. This is the equivalent of some random player appearing at Shea in a 2014 set that doesn't have pretensions of being a ready-made curiosity.

Makes this Mets card from the same set seem up-to-date:



OE: Chris has a little company, apparently.

[G-Fafif]

Lewis RF
Murphy 2B
Wright 3B
Davis 1B
Hairston CF
Duda LF
Tejada SS
Thole C
Mejia P

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Holy hell... Elster was a Pirate?

And Niemann was once-upon-a-time skinny?

[seawolf17]

I'm more in the "Rick Reed was a Pirate?" camp.

[G-Fafif]

seawolf17 wrote: I'm more in the "Rick Reed was a Pirate?" camp.

I find this reaction surprising less because Rick Reed was a Pirate for parts of four seasons (in which he never earned the trust of Jim Leyland) and more because Rick Reed's MLB debut came against the Mets on what they used to call national television. Pitched a helluva game on Monday Night Baseball, prompting some snide comments from Wally Backman about how we supposed to hit somebody who throws that kind of junk?

[seawolf17]

G-Fafif wrote: seawolf17 wrote: I'm more in the "Rick Reed was a Pirate?" camp. I find this reaction surprising less because Rick Reed was a Pirate for parts of four seasons (in which he never earned the trust of Jim Leyland) and more because Rick Reed's MLB debut came against the Mets on what they used to call national television. Pitched a helluva game on Monday Night Baseball, prompting some snide comments from Wally Backman about how we supposed to hit somebody who throws that kind of junk?

Well, full disclosure. I knew he was Pirate FIRST, but that's a 2004 Topps Chrome card. I didn't know he went BACK there, but it looks like he didn't appear in MLB after 2003 with the Twins.

[G-Fafif]

seawolf17 wrote: seawolf17 wrote: I'm more in the "Rick Reed was a Pirate?" camp. I find this reaction surprising less because Rick Reed was a Pirate for parts of four seasons (in which he never earned the trust of Jim Leyland) and more because Rick Reed's MLB debut came against the Mets on what they used to call national television. Pitched a helluva game on Monday Night Baseball, prompting some snide comments from Wally Backman about how we supposed to hit somebody who throws that kind of junk? Well, full disclosure. I knew he was Pirate FIRST, but that's a 2004 Topps Chrome card. I didn't know he went BACK there, but it looks like he didn't appear in MLB after 2003 with the Twins.

Gotcha. He went back but was one of the last cuts that spring, which I remember because the Pirates were coming to Shea early in the season and I was hoping to see him pitch.

Elster, though, I don't remember Buccing at all.

[Guest themetfairy]

This game is slower than a MFY's/BoSox playoff game....

[Guest themetfairy]

A 2-run Kaboom from Isaac Benjamin gives the Mets a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 4th.

[ashie62]

Ike is gonna beat Sugar in HR and RBI...who thunk it

[Fman99]

NICE KABOOMAGE BY IKEY

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Trade Ike NOW!

Raul Ibanez should be available.

[Frayed Knot]

Power, pitching, and defense. Not sure when we've seen all three in the same game.
Now we just need a couple more innings of bullpen and we're all set.

[Edgy MD]

Nice to see a lot of these young pitchers --- same ones we saw in that 16-1 show --- making a mark in this one.

And... as I type that, Andy Mac triples past the glove of Freddy Lewis.

[Edgy MD]

Don't support him pulling Familia there. Would've given him at least one more batter.

You hate to see a guy get bailed out so fast when he has a six-run lead. Give him a chance to pitch out of it.

[Frayed Knot]

LeRoux is a good name for a guy on the Pirates.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

F-Yeah wouldn't have had a chance had Terry not abruptly pulled the guy before him so as to protect a 6-zip lead with 2 outs.

[Edgy MD]

Using six healthy pitchers in a game before giving up your first run. Terry's auditioning for a job managing the WBC team.