IGT 4/26/13 Phillies @ Mets Kendrick v. Gee

[ashie62]

First go round with the southern forces this season..

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

If by "southern forces," you mean "Phils fans trekking north" or "the animal-energy-radiating Yoni below Cole Hamels' belt," then yes.

Gee was terrible at CBP, as he tends to be (10.71 ERA/2.05 WHIP/6 HRs allowed/1 non-terrible start in 4 career turns), but he does have a decent, if distortingly-brief track record at Citi vs. the Phils (2 starts, 12 IP, 16 baserunners, 7 K/1 BB, 1 HR allowed).

[ashie62]

I'm hoping General Gee can get it done sir...

[Zvon]

Gee will rise to this occasion.

[ashie62]

Rollins 6
Utley 4
Young 5
Howard 3
Brown 5
Mayberry Jr. 8
Nix 9
Kratz 2
Kendrick 1

Baxter 9
Tejada 6
Murphy 4
Wight 5
Duda 7
Buck 2
Davis 3
Valdespin 8
Gee 1

[Zvon]

[Zvon]

Rollins with a lead off walk is picked off by Gee. He was safe, but we'll take it.

[Zvon]

Home plate ump threwup and there is a delay of game.

[Zvon]

I'm blacked out on MLB.TV . I do get the game from the local Philly channel. They would not replay the ump hurling, which is fine w/me. They do report he became ill during the Murphy squibble out. Did they show it on SNY?

[ashie62]

Just tuning in now and I missed the barf..

14 minute delay but not counted as official delay in game.

The Aramark is being blamed..

[Zvon]

Ashie62 wrote: Just tuning in now and I missed the barf.. 14 minute delay but not counted as official delay in game. The Aramark is being blamed..

What would be the difference in an official delay and an unofficial one? Games on. Wouldn't any delay be official?

[ashie62]

You would think but that is what Gary said.

Eno's pregame stylings are now being blamed for the barf..

[Zvon]

Ashie62 wrote: You would think but that is what Gary said. Eno's pregame stylings are now being blamed for the barf..

Yikes. Delay of thread while I puke in my mouth.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Gee works around that (on a fly that hung up for about three seconds, no less) courtesy-of-our-two-better-defensive-OFs gift double to Nix nicely.

I forgot how good he could look when he's not being fucking terrible.

[Zvon]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Gee works around that (on a fly that hung up for about three seconds, no less) courtesy-of-our-two-better-defensive-OFs gift double to Nix nicely. I forgot how good he could look when he's not being fucking terrible.

Harveys been giving him tips.


"First, make sure there is a ball in your hand or you'll look silly."

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Gary and Keith speculating about Duda and 'Spin's "communication" in the outfield. I like to think they've settled on their own private semi-verbal system, consisting of hoots, grunts, and unintelligible mumbles.

[Zvon]

Did not expect a pitching duel. Can they both keep this up? I think not.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I have no recollection of Kendrick's off-speed stuff ever being this consistently filthy.

It's as if he stumbled on some of Johan's old JR Watkins in the bowels of CitiField pregame, and has somehow been gifted a temporarily Johanny change-up.

[Zvon]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I have no recollection of Kendrick's off-speed stuff ever being this consistently filthy. It's as if he stumbled on some of Johan's old JR Watkins in the bowels of CitiField pregame, and has somehow been gifted a temporarily Johanny change-up.

I thought Shea was the only stadium with bowels.

[Zvon]

First and third with no out for the Phils in the 6th. This does not bode well.

And it doesn't. Young drives in Rollins with a solid single past the drawn in infield.

[Ceetar]

and crap, Howard connects. 4-0.

[Zvon]

Shitfuckdamn. Howard cashes in.

[Zvon]

What are those two things on the mound near Gee? Oh, that's his wheels.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Before this game got all stupid, Keith sharing his memories of the McDowell-Jefferies fight of 1989 was priceless. Keith mentioned that Jefferies drew some derision because he kept his precious bats in a separate bag. McDowell, then with Philly, sawed him off and broke one and as Jefferies went to first said "put that in your bag!" which started the brawl.

[Zvon]

What happened to being patient at the plate? We saw 6 pitches that whole inning. And only two hits off Kendrick? Come ooooooon.

[Fman99]

Ugh. One bad inning by Gee. No bad innings by Kyle Schmendrick.

[Zvon]

Kyle Kendrick. That was the third complete game and second shutout of his entire career. That deserves one big

[bigpurple:1qzlwbge]GAH![/bigpurple:1qzlwbge]

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

To be fair, how can you reasonably expect to get more than 3 hits and see more than 100 or so pitches from Kyle Kendrick? This is no joker lefty with a lapdog or a Cy Young pretender with Amish facial hair... this is Kyle F. Kendrick, people.

[Frayed Knot]

At least it was quick(er).
We've been playing some long-ass games so far this season.

[ashie62]

On to the next one..