Win one for Dad IGT 6/16/13 Cubs @ NYM

[Zvon]

Can Newy do-ey?

[Edgy MD]

[bigpurple:1d7m4285]KA-FUCKING-BOOM![/bigpurple:1d7m4285]

[Zvon]

AWESOME! METS WIN![/bigpurple]

[Guest Kong76]

Holy crap!

[Frayed Knot]

I was giving about one chance in ten of Nieuwenhuis making contact.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Take that up your rectum, smug Mets dad. If my dad wete I've today he'd kick you in the vagina.

[Edgy MD]

Gentlemen --- and ladies --- here's to real pie.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Dumb phone. Yay Mets

[dinosaur jesus]

Can one inning, one swing, make up for a thoroughly shitty game? I guess it can. Can it make up for a thoroughly shitty year? Probably not, but that was fun.

[Zvon]

dinosaur jesus wrote: Can one inning, one swing, make up for a thoroughly shitty game? I guess it can. Can it make up for a thoroughly shitty year? Probably not, but that was fun.

One day at a time with this team. And they just made my day. Fathers day, no less.

[dinosaur jesus]

Oh, and Bobby Parnell has as many wins as Matt Harvey.

[Edgy MD]

That wasn't a thoroughly shitty game, though. It was an 84% shitty offense. and a 53% shitty defense. The pitching was only 13% shitty.

Gotta at least remind yourself that the pitching has been good.

[Edgy MD]

Also got to give credit where it's due to Terry for the (insane) faith he showed in bunting to set up Nieuwenhuis (and Cowgill). With Davis in Vegas and Tejada on the shelf, Nieuwenhuis is the guy whose redemption would mean the most to the team right now.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: That wasn't a thoroughly shitty game, though. It was an 84% shitty offense. and a 53% shitty defense. The pitching was only 13% shitty. Gotta at least remind yourself that the pitching has been good.

I only saw 6% of the game and 100% good shit. From now on I'm only tuning in for innings like that.

[dinosaur jesus]

Edgy MD wrote: That wasn't a thoroughly shitty game, though. It was an 84% shitty offense. and a 53% shitty defense. The pitching was only 13% shitty. Gotta at least remind yourself that the pitching has been good.

True enough. But the games where good pitching gets wasted are more frustrating than the blowouts. That makes them shittier to me.

[G-Fafif]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Take that up your rectum, smug Mets dad. If my dad wete I've today he'd kick you in the vagina.

Exactly!

Fuck the Cubs. ALWAYS fuck the Cubs.

[Zvon]

Do I watch this whole game on replay, or just that last inning again? If below is the only highlight I think I'll just watch that last inning.

[Frayed Knot]

That, btw, was only the 4th [u:1lq1ejzx]1-inning/3-run[/u:1lq1ejzx] save blown all year in MLB.
Prior to today there were 125 games where a team brought in a fresh pitcher for a close-out inning with exactly a 3-run lead and in 122 of them that team protected the lead.



From my own POV today, because the recent inept displays of hitting general and the extreme ineptness in runners-on hitting in particular that, even after the inning started HR - BB - 1B, I was so disbelieving of even a possible game-tying single coming through that I don't think I've been yanked out of my chair so unexpectedly in a very long time,
Hell, I was even going to post a sarcastic comment about how Byrd's shot into the upper deck was so typically meaningless window dressing, but I couldn't even sum up the energy to get off the couch to do it.

[Zvon]

Big thnx to Metsgifs for the .gif images.

[dinosaur jesus]

Bobby Parnell looks like the villain in a Hercules movie.

[Ceetar]

Zvon wrote:

this one needs Thor's hammer.

[Zvon]

dinosaur jesus wrote: Bobby Parnell looks like the villain in a Hercules movie.

Or G.I.Joe during the "lifelike" hair and beard phase.

[Zvon]

Running into some real nice pictures.

[Guest themetfairy]

We listened to this in the car after visiting my parents for Father's Day.

Howie was a very happy camper!

[dinosaur jesus]

Zvon wrote: dinosaur jesus wrote: Bobby Parnell looks like the villain in a Hercules movie. Or G.I.Joe during the "lifelike" hair and beard phase.

So Bobby's beard picks up lint too?

[ashie62]

A special day in Metland....love it!

[bmfc1]

STFU Bob Costas (and thank you Chipper Jones):
http://www.amazinavenue.com/2013/6/16/4436328/bob-costas-mets-celebration-walk-off-video-decline-western-civilization

[Fman99]

Napped for the first seven innings and then caught the best part of the game.

[G-Fafif]

I didn't think a 24-39 team becoming a 25-39 team could inject me with several hours of giddiness. I stand corrected.

[Guest Kong76]

Lifted my spirits immensely too!