Gee I Got Wood: Mets @ Cubs 5/19/13

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I am coming out and declaring this one a Big Game which will Test This Team's Character and Show What They're Made Of.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Four consecutive day games. I guess that happens relatively often when heading into a weekend series in Chicago, but it still feels odd.

[ashie62]

Daniel Murphy, 2b
Justin Turner, 1b
David Wright, 3b
Marlon Byrd, rf
Lucas Duda, lf
Anthony Recker, c
Ruben Tejada, ss
Juan Lagares, cf
Dillon Gee, rhp

Cubs
David DeJesus, cf
Starlin Castro, ss
Anthony Rizzo, 1b
Ryan Sweeney, lf
Nate Schierholtz, rf
Luis Valbuena, 3b
Welington Castillo, c
Darwin Barney, 2b
Travis Wood, lhp

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I love that lineup! #batmurphyleadoff

[Frayed Knot]

Incredible lineup!!

Leading off is the incredibly hot Daniel Murphy
Catching is the incredibly handsome Anthony Recker
and sitting is the incredibly inept Ike Davis

[Benjamin Grimm]

I like it too. Byrd cleanup? Highly unorthodox!

[Guest vtmet]

nice to see Terry take some advice for a change:

vtmet wrote: ( Post subject: Re: IGT 5/17 Matt Harvey at CubsPosted: Fri May 17, 2013 9:41 am ) Murphy swung the bat well yesterday...I normally like a fast guy leadoff, but that is in short supply on this team anyhow...so I say: Bat Murphy leadoff today... On Murphy's career when "leading off an inning": .297 average; .348 OBP; .511 slugging percentage; .859 OPS; 10 HRs; 4 triples; 31 doubles; 165 "Total bases" in 348 Plate Appearances; This season when "leading off an inning": .292 average; .393 OBP; .583 slugging percentage; .976 OPS; plus, he's one of the few guys on the team that can hit both LHP and RHP almost equally well...

[batmagadanleadoff]

Murphy's not a bad leadoff hitter on this team, with this roster to pick from. But if both Turner and Murphy are in the starting lineup, I'd go Turner, then Murphy. Murphy [crossout:gar09vfd]doesn't walk[/crossout:gar09vfd] never walks against lefties, but has significantly more power that Turner.

Edited May 19, 2013 by Guest

[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Murphy's not a bad leadoff hitter on this team, with this roster to pick from. But if both Turner and Murphy are in the starting lineup, I'd go Turner, then Murphy. Murphy [crossout]doesn't walk[/crossout] never walks against lefties, but has significantly more power that Turner.

On second thought, Murphy's power is also down against lefties so the difference between Turner-Murphy and Murphy-Turner, on paper, is negligible.

[Zvon]

0-0 in the 4th. Haven't seen much of this game. Settling in now.

OH! Sweeny OUT AT THIRD!

[Edgy MD]

Slip by Byrd, double-pump by Tejada, and I thought Sweeney was in there.

Goofy the way his arms got stuck under him, thought.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Slip by Byrd, double-pump by Tejada, and I thought Sweeney was in there. Goofy the way his arms got stuck under him, thought.

He looked to be but his dreadful slide doomed him.

Jeeze Duds, your fuckin lucky that was called foul.

[smg58]

Horrible slide. I think the play was a lot closer than the TV guys did, though.

An embarrassing muff by Duda on what thankfully was a foul ball proves inconsequential, and we're tied after 4.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cubs announcers thought he was safe. It looked that way to me, too, though it's hard to be sure.

[Frayed Knot]

Amazing that Tejada's only non pop/fly-out in his last 97* consecutive ABs resulted in an inning-killing GiDP

* I may be off by a few on this one



Dillon's not going to get away with this lead-off doubles parade forever.

[Frayed Knot]

'specially if he's going to serve up 2R HRs to opposing pitchers.

[Edgy MD]

Nor with leaving that pitch up.

[Zvon]

The pitcher. The fuckin pitcher hits one way out of Wrigley. Onto the street. Geewhizzzzzzzzzz

[Lefty Specialist]

Dillon Gee would be awesome if games were four innings long.

[Frayed Knot]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Dillon Gee would be awesome if games were four innings long.

And, even then, only occasionally.

[Edgy MD]

Not an inspiring was to capitalize on a 3-0 count from Turner.

[Edgy MD]

I'll take that.

[Zvon]

I was hoping Sweenys homer would hit Gee in the face (on that smaller scoreboard). Another one of those littleguyhomers.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Thanks for giving away that run so fast, Gee. Enjoy Binghamton.

[Edgy MD]

[bigpurple:34dwu9x7]JUANGONEJUANGONE!![/bigpurple:34dwu9x7]

[Edgy MD]

Sending Valdy up against a lefty?

[Zvon]

LAGGY TIES IT!

[Edgy MD]

Nice.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Sending Valdy up against a lefty?

I figure the whole bench is LHBs today except for Buck - and once the game was tied better to save that bullet for later on.

[Edgy MD]

I don't know. Wood will be out of the game soon enough, and then all those lefties will be of more use. Get Buck up there in a homerun park against a pitcher at the end of his rope. Or use him to force a pitching change.