Skyrockets in Flight!! - Mets @ Rockies IGT for 4/18/13

[Frayed Knot]

It's an Afternoon Delight!! ... weather permitting of course.

Current temp in Denver, Colorado is 18 degrees - which is one of several reasons why they don't play baseball games at 7 AM (local time)
By 1st pitch time the temperature is expected to be around 30 with a mere 12 mph breeze (so it'll feel more like 20) and it could even break the freezing mark before the game is over. More importantly, the day should be at least partly sunny with no precip expected, frozen or otherwise.
So it sounds like we may actually have our second day of NYM baseball since Saturday - however unpleasant it may be for players and fans alike.

And if and when it does come off you can meet me at the Jon - as the Mets are taking advantage of the rain-out to skip Hefner and go with Jon Niese to face Jon Garland

[metirish]

Christ, I feel like the mets have been in Denver forever.....

[Fman99]

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[seawolf17]

I have the "Anchorman" version of that tune on my iPod. Brilliantly done.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Heh. I always think of

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[Edgy MD]

The Starland vocal band were made up of John Denver's collaborators. And I've long suspected that, had it been associated with the genial and engaging Denver, and not with the largely faceless SVB, it might have been remembered not as the embarrassing pop country drech it's treated like, but perhaps more like a goofy and fun lark, as "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" is.

I'm not sure if the Anchorman and Good Will Hunting appearances were a step in that direction (irony is so confusing), but they probably made the SVBs a lot of extra $$.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Autobots
Jordany Valdespin LF
Daniel Murphy 2B
David Wright 3B
Ike Davis 1B
John Buck C
Marlon Byrd CF
Mike Baxter RF
Ruben Tejada SS
Jon Niese LHP

Decepticons
Dexter Fowler CF
Josh Rutledge 2B
Carlos Gonzalez LF
Troy Tulowitzki SS
Michael Cuddyer RF
Todd Helton 1B
Wilin Rosario C
Chris Nelson 3B
Jon Garland RHP

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Note the lack of Doodoo, who left the other night with a sore back.

[Edgy MD]

Also notable is Marlon Boid's first appearance in center on the year.

Terry is clearly disquieted about Valdespin's glove.

Collins : Valdespin :: Manuel : Murphy

[Zvon]

PLAY BALL!

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Byrd played some CF in Spring Training, not sure how much, so at least Terry and the coaches have some sense of how he looks out there.

[Zvon]

Murphy and Wright combine for the first run of the game. Murphy grabbing second on the wild pitch and then 3rd on the bad throw is big. Wright fights off a good pitch for a single to drive him home.
1-0 us.

[Zvon]

And Niese gives it right back. Gah!

[Guest Swan Swan H]

I'm listening on SiriusXM online - the top of the third is just starting on my audio, but GameDay reports that two batters have already come up. This must be a full three or four minutes delayed. In reality they are probably in the seventh inning.

[Zvon]

Ohhhhhhhh, what a great play by Tejeda! His best of this young season. How the hell did he get anything on that throw?
Looks like Baxter found his glove too.

[Edgy MD]

It struck me that Tuesday's doubleheader must've been like old-timey baseball --- with volatile defense and the pitcher highly disadvantaged relative to the batter.

[dinosaur jesus]

Edgy MD wrote: It struck me that Tuesday's doubleheader must've been like old-timey baseball --- with volatile defense and the pitcher highly disadvantaged relative to the batter.

Burke would have fit right in, tossing it up there underhand until the batter got one he liked.

[Edgy MD]

Zackly!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

1-4-2-6-3-6 if you're scoring at home.

[Zvon]

Oh yes! Muffy with the mad dash home ties the game, aggressive base running. Wright hangs himself out to dry. He didn't have to draw that throw.

[TransMonk]

This could be a very long season...

[Edgy MD]

It's gonna be awesome.

(Unless Ike continues to be awful.)

[Edgy MD]

Bases bloated for the rox with two out in the seventh. Big fulcrum of the game, here.

[Edgy MD]

And that's the cockpunt right there.

Carlos Gonzalez: hard to retire.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Bases bloated for the rox with two out in the seventh. Big fulcrum of the game, here.

gah. I can't wait til this series is over. They gotta fire the folks who make the season schedule.

[Zvon]

So, what? Are we no longer interested in throwing out base stealers?

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, Helton didn't hit that too hard. Mercy.

[Guest themetfairy]

This game has gone totally to shit....

[Guest Kong76]

We need to get the fuck out of Colorado and pronto!

[Zvon]

No leads safe here. If we come back I'll consider it my present from the Mets. Today they offered me 15% off on anything in the Met Store just for my birthday. That's not what I want. I want a WIN!