IGT 6/22/13 - NYM @ PHI - Petti(bone) vs. the Heartbreakers

[Edgy MD]

I thought Young was in there.

[Edgy MD]

And man, that mighta tied the game.

[Guest themetfairy]

Valdespin does it again!

[Guest Swan Swan H]

The next one will.

[Frayed Knot]

If Adrian Johnson - last night's 2B ump who is at 1st today - had decided to change his call on the EYJr play this game would be tied now.

[Frayed Knot]

Michael, not so Young anymore.

[Edgy MD]

We win this, Young is our PotG.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Muffy - you can do it.......

[Edgy MD]

Now let's hope Murph hasn't pissed the ump off too much.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

The Metsies are coming..... The Metsies are coming.

The Midnight Muff of Ben Revere.

[Frayed Knot]

Teufel was sending him even before the bobble.

[Edgy MD]

Mets get three or four breaks on one play.

[Edgy MD]

Baseball is awesome.

[Edgy MD]

They ain't gonna let Parnell pitch without the lead, but they should. Oh, they should.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Baseball is awesome.

Woulda been awesomer if Buck had tattooed one there.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Edgy MD wrote: Baseball is awesome.

So true.

[Zvon]

Wow! Huge KaBoom by Valde (I have a KB for him but can't find it) Bigger RBI by Murph as Wright turns on the jets.

Mets it.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Baseball is awesome. So true.

I was lying.

[Edgy MD]

And that's why you don't save the closer.

[Zvon]

I knew that Torres would fail when I most wanted him not to.

[Frayed Knot]

Baseball: not so awesome as it was a few minutes ago.

[Frayed Knot]

And that's why you don't save the closer.

And not that Parnell couldn't have blown things apart just as easily ... but supposing someone were to put it to the manager this way: In which situation is it more difficult to succeed and has the greater consequence for allowing a run
-- Preventing the home team from scoring and winning from a tied game?
OR
-- Preventing the home team from scoring and winning in a game where they're trailing?

You won't get a straight answer of course, you'll get a run-around about how the situation dictates how pitchers pitch and about comfort zones and all that.

The sad part about it all is that all 30 ML managers would give you the same gobbledy-gook. (Joe Maddon might give you smarter-sounding gobbledy-gook but I still think he'd do things the same way)

The extra sad part is that, unlike many closers (say like Franco, Looper, Wagner, Rodriguez in our recent past), Parnell was NOT a guy specifically hired to be a closer, so there should be no agreements (unspoken or otherwise) broken, no missed bonus clauses for saves, and no agents calling bemoaning the fact that his guy was used in the dreaded 'Non-Save' situation. He wasn't even the closer until Frank-Frank couldn't recover in time; the job more or less fell into his lap in February.

And the the REAL sad part about it all is that the Phils were not only reeling by the 9th inning but had run through their pen at least as bad as we had through ours and were left with just two recent call-ups to man the fort for who knows how many innings. Throw up one more Zero on the board and I definitely liked our chances.

[Zvon]

And that's why you don't save the closer. And not that Parnell couldn't have blown things apart just as easily ... but supposing someone were to put it to the manager this way: In which situation is it more difficult to succeed and has the greater consequence for allowing a run -- Preventing the home team from scoring and winning from a tied game? OR -- Preventing the home team from scoring and winning in a game where they're trailing? You won't get a straight answer of course, you'll get a run-around about how the situation dictates how pitchers pitch and about comfort zones and all that. The sad part about it all is that all 30 ML managers would give you the same gobbledy-gook. (Joe Maddon might give you smarter-sounding gobbledy-gook but I still think he'd do things the same way) The extra sad part is that, unlike many closers (say like Franco, Looper, Wagner, Rodriguez in our recent past), Parnell was NOT a guy specifically hired to be a closer, so there should be no agreements (unspoken or otherwise) broken, no missed bonus clauses for saves, and no agents calling bemoaning the fact that his guy was used in the dreaded 'Non-Save' situation. He wasn't even the closer until Frank-Frank couldn't recover in time; the job more or less fell into his lap in February. And the the REAL sad part about it all is that the Phils were not only reeling by the 9th inning but had run through their pen at least as bad as we had through ours and were left with just two recent call-ups to man the fort for who knows how many innings. Throw up one more Zero on the board and I definitely liked our chances.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'd have liked the win, but just to see Papelbum and the entire Philly team shart themselves was worth the emotional rollercoaster.

Plus the Mets look like they mean biz lately. Harvey to continue said biz today.

[TransMonk]

Is it just me, or are the Mets involved in more walk-off games than usual this season? It seems to be happening more than most seasons on both the winning and losing ends.

[Ceetar]

TransMonk wrote: Is it just me, or are the Mets involved in more walk-off games than usual this season? It seems to be happening more than most seasons on both the winning and losing ends.

I suspect when you're a low scoring team this tends to happen more often. (but hey, they're creeping up towards 4 r/g)

[Edgy MD]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'd have liked the win, but just to see Papelbum and the entire Philly team shart themselves was worth the emotional rollercoaster. Plus the Mets look like they mean biz lately. Harvey to continue said biz today.

The team really seemed primed for a sweep right there and then. Maybe Parnell coughs it up too, but I hate losing without using our best there.