IGT 4/1/2013: SDP @ NYM -- 52nd Season's the Charm

[Edgy MD]

Rice looking at a heckuva debut.

[Zvon]

Rice is nice.



yeaaaaaaaaaaaaababy!

[Valadius]

Put it in the books.

[Gwreck]

--> Books!

[Zvon]

I'm slippin. Can't believe I correctly predicted that Cowgill would hit the 1st homer and I did not make any kabooms for him......yet.

[metirish]

Very enjoyable game, glad I was home to catch it.

[metirish]

Gwreck wrote: Cowgill 941 Byrd 942 Buck 943 Lyon 944

Atchison 945
Rice 946


Apart from the first game ever what is the record for debuts in one game?

[Edgy MD]

Zvon wrote: Rice is nice. yeaaaaaaaaaaaaababy!

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[metirish]

Wright in the post game......"when we got Cowgill I got a bunch of texts from players and coaches that coached him saying that we would love this guy, comes to play everyday"

why do I watch this stuff?

David obviously wants

[TransMonk]

Best game of the year, so far...

[Ceetar]

well, that was fun.



btw, I could've sworn Cowgill's grand slam was a triple. I thought it hit the bottom of the wall and was really confused especially since both the LF and Collin ran like it was in play.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

A great day at the park - a Mets thumping, some Yankee loss scoreboard watching, an Italian hero from Mama's of Corona. It was nice to see Rice do so well in his debut.

I haven't gone to an Opening Day in at least twenty years, but this year's 15-game pack included either the opener or a Yankees game and I never go to the Yankees game anyway. Totally worth a vacation day.

[Lundy]

I lurk more than I post nowadays, but it was great seeing some people from here today--MetFairy, D-Dad, KC, Greg, and Steve Rogers. Beautiful weather, at least in the beginning, great pitching, and an offensive explosion. You can't ask for much more than that!

[Guest themetfairy]

It was great seeing you too Lundy, and everyone else!

[Edgy MD]

btw, I could've sworn Cowgill's grand slam was a triple. I thought it hit the bottom of the wall and was really confused especially since both the LF and Collin ran like it was in play.

Yeah, outfield walls that sit only a few inches in front of a structural wall behind it create too much confusion.

Proposals:

1) Pull outfield wall forward by 24 inches, allowing outfielders to make pullback plays.

2) Coat structural wall behind with a raised layer of tin, allowing for a definitive clank when the ball hits off of it.

Great to have a lundy sighting.

[Ceetar]

Lundy wrote: I lurk more than I post nowadays, but it was great seeing some people from here today--MetFairy, D-Dad, KC, Greg, and Steve Rogers. Beautiful weather, at least in the beginning, great pitching, and an offensive explosion. You can't ask for much more than that!

Ceetar too. Wait, which one were you?

[Edgy MD]

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Great win! Experienced via fuzzy audio and dangerously viewed gamecasting as we drove home from Williamsburg, Va. today. Accident blocking West entry to the Chesapeake Bridge-Tunnel required 40 mile loop detouring us through David Wright's hometown and right past Norfolk's Harbor Park which I took as a sign. Received. Onward!

[Edgy MD]

Ike Davis, on the other hand...

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

... has a brand-new, ethnically-flavored hat under which he could siesta! (Successfully brightsided!)

[Benjamin Grimm]

metirish wrote: Apart from the first game ever what is the record for debuts in one game?

That would be the first game of the 1995 season, April 26, when nine Mets made their team debut: Edgardo Alfonzo, Brett Butler, Jerry Dipoto, Carl Everett, Brook Fordyce, Doug Henry, Blas Minor, Ricky Otero, and Bill Spiers.

[Lundy]

Ceetar wrote: I lurk more than I post nowadays, but it was great seeing some people from here today--MetFairy, D-Dad, KC, Greg, and Steve Rogers. Beautiful weather, at least in the beginning, great pitching, and an offensive explosion. You can't ask for much more than that! Ceetar too. Wait, which one were you?

I got there at about 11:30 and stayed till 12. I'm not sure if I met you?

[Ceetar]

I lurk more than I post nowadays, but it was great seeing some people from here today--MetFairy, D-Dad, KC, Greg, and Steve Rogers. Beautiful weather, at least in the beginning, great pitching, and an offensive explosion. You can't ask for much more than that! Ceetar too. Wait, which one were you? I got there at about 11:30 and stayed till 12. I'm not sure if I met you?

Me with the beer cup and Dickey shirt.

[G-Fafif]

Good seeing Lundy (second year in a row, I believe) and many others. Only down note to whole beautiful day was overzealous security guard who reinforced for me the folly of Jordany Valdespin not wearing a cup at the ballpark. Because with this guard on duty, you really needed one. No kidding. Very strange. My theory is with two openers happening at once, they had to bring in non-ballpark types who were probably not given proper instructions. I'm pretty familiar with the friskers and wanders where I enter and this guy was a new face/pair of hands.

Or maybe he was just happy to see me.

[Guest themetfairy]

It was a great day to be at the ballpark

My friend's daughter made these incredible cake pops -








With Ceetar -



Starting Lineups -



Traditional Shea Family Wreath -



Anthony Recker



Terry waiting for his introduction -




























And I think we can all agree that we need this -

[Edgy MD]

Was Cow-Bell Man working it big time yesterday?

[Ceetar]

I don't know if 'big time' is right, but he was there. I haven't noticed him much in recent years. I know he made his way to the The7Line group at one point too.



Islanders were well represented


Our bullpen




Wright or Wrong (The cheesiness is at high levels this year)


Steak Sandwich?

[Ceetar]

Don't laugh at me.

Which song is this?

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[Edgy MD]

Mr. Met: "Gimme some skin... PSYCH!"

[Guest themetfairy]

Mr. Met: "Gimme some skin... PSYCH!"

It looks like the guy is assaulting Mr. Met!