A Call to Arms: It's the Harvey Day IGT: 6/18/2013, Pt. I

[Edgy MD]

Game one gets underway mid-day. If you missed the midnight train last night, find yourself close to an electronic informational device this afternoon. That is all.

For now.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Lineups, per Rubin.

Mets
Collin Cowgill, lf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Marlon Byrd, rf
Lucas Duda, 1b
John Buck, c
Juan Lagares, cf
Omar Quintanilla, ss
Matt Harvey, rhp

Braves
Jordan Schafer, cf
Reid Johnson, lf
Jason Heyward, rf
Freddie Freeman, 3b
Chris Johnson, 3b
Gerald Laird, c
Dan Uggla, 2b
Andrelton Simmons, ss
Alex Wood, lhp

[TransMonk]

Also per Rubin:

Zack Wheeler (DOB: May 30, 1990) will become the first player born in the 1990s to appear in the majors with the Mets.

The Mets and Braves are poised to become the first teams to have three games completed on the same calendar date since the Cincinnati Reds on Aug. 23, 1996.

[Frayed Knot]

Look at Buck catching the day game following the morning game.

[Frayed Knot]

TransMonk wrote: The Mets and Braves are poised to become the first teams to have three games completed on the same calendar date since the Cincinnati Reds on Aug. 23, 1996.

The kicker about the Reds that day is that they did it in two different cities.
After completing a delayed game in Atlanta on the night/morning of Aug 22/23, they then flew to Miami for a DH.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Also per Rubin: Zack Wheeler (DOB: May 30, 1990) will become the first player born in the 1990s to appear in the majors with the Mets. The Mets and Braves are poised to become the first teams to have three games completed on the same calendar date since the Cincinnati Reds on Aug. 23, 1996.

On the cover of Sports Illustrated when Zack was born:

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Look at Buck catching the day game following the morning game.

I'd rather have him catching Wheeler, both for his own health as well as his "veteranness' behind the plate.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

TransMonk wrote: Also per Rubin: Zack Wheeler (DOB: May 30, 1990) will become the first player born in the 1990s to appear in the majors with the Mets.

First Mets player from previous decades:

1980's: Pat Strange 9/13/2002. (born 8/23/1980)
1970's: Joe Vitko, 9/18/1992. (born 2/1/1970)
1960's: Brian Giles, 9/12/1981. (born 4/27/1960)
1950's: Tim Foli, 9/11/1970. (born 12/8/1950)
1940's: Ed Kranepool, 9/22/1962. (born 11/8/1944)

[ashie62]

I'm kinda waiting for D'Arnaud to replace Buck next month...

[Benjamin Grimm]

It'll probably take longer than that.

[Zvon]

PLAYBALL!

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Byrd and Duda walk! Two on, none out! A rally!

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Alex Wood totally sounds like the cute-guy singer for a faux-Lemonheads band.

Meanwhile, phase 1 of Operation Runnerstrander complete as Buck strikes out.

[Edgy MD]

"Stranded Runner" was the first song Alex Wood wrote when he joined Mummery.

[Zvon]

Phase two complete sir.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Edgy MD wrote: "Stranded Runner" was the first song Alex Wood wrote when he joined Mummery.

Quintanilla up. Set phasers on 'disappoint.'

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Jeeeeziz. Rrrr

[Zvon]

PHASE THREE COMPLETE>

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Another 2 on situation here in the 3rd, for Boid.

[Zvon]

Byrd gets a retrieve (that was strike 3!) and he makes it count. Gj getting down that line Tweetyboy.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Murphy thinks he's Mookie Wilson lately.

[Frayed Knot]

Between the walks, the K's, the foul-offs, and the deep-counts, this Wood guy has thrown around 75 pitches thru 3 innings yet the Mets have only hit six, or maybe seven, fair balls so far.

[smg58]

Good hustle and lazy defense. We'll take the run.

And Harvey walks the leadoff hitter.

[Zvon]

Swan Swan H wrote: Murphy thinks he's Mookie Wilson lately.

Booth agrees. That was a great Roger Ramjetty slide.

[Zvon]

Two walks in one inning. Hmmm. Then Harvey rears back and gets out of it. Ronnie said it early: He does not have a good feel for the slider yet. So we are seeing more fastballs.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Pitching change already. Interesting.

[dinosaur jesus]

I really wish they'd do something about the home plate mike. Every pitch sounds an axe hitting a tree stump.

[Zvon]

Very.

[Benjamin Grimm]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Pitching change already. Interesting.

Wood threw 73 pitches in three innings? Wow.