IGT 4/29/13 Mets at Fish

[Zvon]

Great time for MLB.TV to no longer deliver its product to my screen. GAH!

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Let Marcum hit? What's the alternative? Recker.

And then who pitches the bottom?

[Edgy MD]

Guess I missed him.

[Frayed Knot]

ONE OUT!!!




The scores from the Japanese League games will start coming in any moment now.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Buck's legs must feel like lead.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: who will fuck this up? Dobbs or Ruggiano?

Both!

[Frayed Knot]

How does he take that pitch???

[Gwreck]

Seriously, I would consider putting Niese in left field for Duda at this point.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

A 4-6-3 is imminent.

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Let Marcum hit? What's the alternative? Recker. And then who pitches the bottom?

Gee, I imagine, if that's the direction they decide on.

(Now we're gonna need Gee anyhow.)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Fuck you Marcum.

[Gwreck]

Gwreck wrote: We're not going to win this game, are we?

I think this was from the 12th

[Edgy MD]

Oops, yeah, I'm definitely behind the Gee move.

Glurg.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Swan Swan H wrote: A 4-6-3 is imminent.

I meant a 4-3 is imminent. Good grief.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

They really should have intentionally walked Dobbs, Ruggiano, and Brantley there. Maybe Green too.

[Frayed Knot]

That walk to Ruggiano after starting off 0-2

Grrrrrr

[Gwreck]

This is going to be a very long season

[Zvon]

MLB.TV still down .
Following on CBSsportsline. Reading this game is as painful as watching it.

[seawolf17]

Missed this game last night, and I'm glad I did. However...

Frayed Knot wrote: Meanwhile, we can't touch their just-called-up reliever through three straight innings.

...because that just-called-up reliever bleeds Seawolves red. Nice job, TK.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

seawolf17 wrote: Missed this game last night, and I'm glad I did. However... Frayed Knot wrote: Meanwhile, we can't touch their just-called-up reliever through three straight innings. ...because that just-called-up reliever bleeds Seawolves red. Nice job, TK.

FUCK THAT GUY.

[Vic Sage]

FUCK YOU, KOEHLER ROCKS!

sorry, i get carried away. we're not used to any sports accomplishments at SBU.

[Ceetar]

Vic Sage wrote: FUCK YOU, KOEHLER ROCKS! sorry, i get carried away. we're not used to any sports accomplishments at SBU.

his name is Koehler Rocks? that sounds like it's the name of a sink.

[Edgy MD]

Watched the game.

Couldn't wind down afterwards.

Clock hit 2:40 before I started winking out.

Have been thus far useless to my organization since 9:00.

That's reason enough to keep Cowgill out of center. That was the sort of depth perception misread off the bat that folks unfamiliar with centerfield make. If you think about it, the idea that a misread and twisted route doesn't count as an error in the outfield is silly. A ball has to go off or through an infielder for him to be credited with an error, but since an outfielder is further away with more ground to cover, the scale of "should have had it" should be significantly larger.

So congratulations to Juan Lagares. I elevate thee.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I told you guys about this yesterday! I didn't think Cowguts was especially quick to the ball at the critical moments in Sunday's giveaway either.

[metirish]

Just saw the highlights of the extra innings, Baxter should have got Dobbs at the plate for the tying run? Perhaps I should say a better arm gets not fleet of foot Dobbs at the plate?

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, Baxter can only be the best at what he is, and the throw it would have taken just isn't in his arsenal.

The sad part is that it was a pretty impressive defensive game for the team. Even Duda was crackerjack.

Even on a miscue, like when Turner threw to second on a bunt when neither Tejada nor Murphy were in position to take the force, Tejada kept his head and made the tag. I guess I also take issue with Juan F. Pierre running at will like he's Ron LeFlore or something.

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, Baxter can only be the best at what he is, and the throw it would have taken just isn't in his arsenal. The sad part is that it was a pretty impressive defensive game for the team. Even Duda was crackerjack. Even on a miscue, like when Turner threw to second on a bunt when neither Tejada nor Murphy were in position to take the force, Tejada kept his head and made the tag. I guess I also take issue with Juan F. Pierre running at will like he's Ron LeFlore or something.

Can Baxter not be decent defensively? Does he have no arm? These aren't things I'm sure of. I am sure he fielded that fly ball poorly to make a throw. It wasn't that he didn't have the arm to do it, it's that he wasn't positioned to put his body behind it.

There were a couple of other iffy postioning/awareness things later on, and I know Keith was getting exasperated with the defense on both sides. Marlins SS make a pretty pathetic attempt to get Murphy's slow roller through the left side.

[metirish]

Interesting take Ceetar, no excuse for poor fundies if that was the case.

[Edgy MD]

He doesn't have no arm, but experience tells me that Baxter at his best reaches about average with his arm. Better than Duda, but I can't give it much more props than that. Not as good as Byrd, from what I've seen, but he may have fewer moving parts.

I have no qualms with his glove.

[Ceetar]

metirish wrote: Interesting take Ceetar, no excuse for poor fundies if that was the case.

It definitely wasn't. he caught it flat footed and took a step back to get to that spot, but he had take to take a couple more back and get ready to go forward, even just a step as he caught it might have been enough to get the ball to the plate on a hop at worst, hell, the 'edging back to throw' motion before the catch might have had Dobbs decide not to go.