IGT 4/27, Phillies @ Mets: Elbow Macaroni

[Guest Swan Swan H]

I've got beers on my Hawkins, tattoos on my chest
My ship is a tub but my crew is the best
We'll steal all your women and drink all your rum
So sing with us, mateys, "Chase Utley's a bum."

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

A few more of THOSE and we are through, Bax.

Maybe there's a reason everyone was so in love with Niewenhuis' glove, comparatively.

[Zvon]

dinosaur jesus wrote: Zvon wrote: Beers on me Hawkins! Is that pirate language? I've got beers on me Hawkins, and I'm fair scuppered, lads. It's time to hoist the white flag.

lol. Sometime I do need a translator.

Super catch by Tejeda.

[Zvon]

Some of Hawkins beer evaporates.

[Zvon]

Swan Swan H wrote: I've got beers on my Hawkins, tattoos on my chest My ship is a tub but my crew is the best We'll steal all your women and drink all your rum So sing with us, mateys, "Chase Utley's a bum."

Absoooolutelyyyy classic.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Six up and six down against Raul Valdes. Good grief.

[Zvon]

Image from the 7Line. Great concept. Gotta tip my cap to them and Buck.

[Zvon]

Gah. These last few games are more like I expected the whole season to be. So, it could be worse. and
BOOOOOOO!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

He's a big lefty, granted. And his fastball flashes mid-'90s (albeit with iffy command, and little-to-no-movement). But he's never put together anything like a dominant month above A-ball, and he's NEVER been as good against lefties as he should be/our folks seem to hope he would be.

Can someone tell me what Carson has EVER shown this organization to justify any belief that he would be useful at the major-league level?

On the plus side, think about it-- the one thing we're not doing well at all is pitching... which is the strength of our minor-league system, is it not?