IGT 6/25/2013: NYM @ CHI (A) -- 'Good Guys' Fear Zack

[G-Fafif]

The Mets attempt to even their lifetime record on Chicago's South Side to 2-2 when they return to the baddest part of town Tuesday night for the first time in eleven years. White Sox better just beware of a man named Andrew Brown.

Oh, and another man named Zachary Harrison Wheeler.

[G-Fafif]

Does everybody wearing the same color to the game actually intimidate the opposition or rally the home team?

[Ceetar]

G-Fafif wrote: Does everybody wearing the same color to the game actually intimidate the opposition or rally the home team?

I think it's neat sometimes, particularly when you get a splash of color (like Mets fans in Orange in a section at Yankee Stadium)

but The White Sox even mentioning Black seems wrong.

[G-Fafif]

The big blotch of orange is always a treat.

[Zvon]

G-Fafif wrote: The Mets attempt to even their lifetime record on Chicago's South Side to 2-2 when they return to the baddest part of town Tuesday night for the first time in eleven years. White Sox better just beware of a man named Andrew Brown. Oh, and another man named Zachary Harrison Wheeler.

Such Presidential names.

[Ceetar]

indeed it be Burke optioned for our Wonder Wheeler.

[G-Fafif]

Young LF
Valdespin 2B
Wright 3B
Byrd RF
Satin 1B
Buck C
Brown DH
Lagares CF
Quintanilla SS

Wheeler P

Edited June 25, 2013 by Guest

[Zvon]

This day in baseball via Tumblr.
Very kool they go with the UMD scorecard.

June 25, 1989 The Mets beat Philadelphia 5-1 without recording a single defensive assist. The Phillies were retired on 13 strikeouts, 12 flyouts and two ground balls to first. The feat tied a major league record set by the Cleveland Indians in 1945. *Scorecard copyright retrosheet.org

http://this-day-in-baseball.tumblr.com/post/53836916232/june-25-1989-the-mets-beat-philadelphia-5-1

[ashie62]

DeAza 8
Ramirez 6
Rios 9
Dunn 3
Viciedio 7
Gillaspie 5
Keppinger DH
Beckham 4
Flowers 2
Sale 1

[Frayed Knot]

G-Fafif wrote: Young LG Valdespin 2B Wright 3B Byrd RF Satin 1B Buck C Brown DH Lagares CF Quintanilla SS Wheeler P

Young seems a bit too light to be playing left guard.

[G-Fafif]

Eric Young: Highly versatile.

[G-Fafif]

Go back
Zack
Do it again
Wheel' turnin'
Round and round

[smg58]

This might have been a good day to start Young at second, and get Lutz and Brown both in the lineup rather than have Valdespin face Sale.

Lefties have a .615 OPS against Greg Burke. Lefties have a .732 OPS against Josh Edgin.

[TransMonk]

Jeff Keppinger: DH. Yup, that Jeff Keppinger.

[Edgy MD]

This might have been a good day to start Young at second, and get Lutz and Brown both in the lineup rather than have Valdespin face Sale.

My theory is that managers tend to be former marginal infielders, and while they are quick to assume that any infielder that can play the outfield, they tend not to trust hybrid outfielders-who-are-part-time-infielders in the infield, unless they gotta. Nor do they quickly trust former infielders who've been playing outfield, or even guys who were virtually exclusive infielders in the minors, but in a pinch, debuted in the outfield at the major league level. They had nothing recommending them as ballplayers except their modest ability to play second, and a big chunk of their self-image is predicated on maintaining the notion that this was and is a rare and precious skill, and a charge that you don't just trust anybody with.

Terry Collins, Jerry Manuel, Willie Randolph, Art Howe, Bobby Valentine --- the last five managers were infielders, mostly with secondbase as the largest part of their portfolio. It's a natural impulse to not let fakirs play their position.

[Zvon]

[Edgy MD]

Why does MLB.tv give me the option to switch broadcasts when, invariably, only one is available?

Nothing personal, Hawk Harrelson, but...

[Zvon]

Young leads off with a double and then lightening strikes and knocks out a bunch of lights. Game delayed?

[Edgy MD]

Manager in the other dugout looks like Robin Ventura, but older.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Why does MLB.tv give me the option to switch broadcasts when, invariably, only one is available? Nothing personal, Hawk Harrelson, but...

I have always had the choice of broadcasts, cept when blacked out.

[Edgy MD]

Wow, Young seemed to have no business running on what was essentially a popout. Teufel, I'd've guessed, had no business letting him.

[Zvon]

Wow. Young steals third and ChiSox catcher throws to first to try and get Wright. But David has his head in the game.

And then Young tags on a shallow fly and he flies in before a tag!

Wright steals second! Whats all this then?

[Zvon]

Satin drives in Wright with a grassnubber up the middle.
After one half 2-0 Mets!

[Frayed Knot]

Four decades into the "experiment" and now sixteen years into inter-league play, I still find myself unprepared when I see a 'DH' in the lineup.

[Edgy MD]

Good thing they got to Sale early, because he seems locked in now. Any more runs may have to be similarly scratched out.

[Zvon]

Shit. Flowers blooms one off Wheeler.
Tied 2-2.

You're right about Sale. He's found a groove that must be ungrooved.

Nice play by Satin on a bad hop grounder. Very nice.

[Edgy MD]

Got the out-of-town video feed somehow synched to Josh and Howie.

[Zvon]

I am seeing nothing but bad hops on the right side of that infield.

Dunn tries to wack Zack but Laggy gets back and keeps things on track.

[Edgy MD]

We've got to bunt against this guy, just to get his defense moving around.

[Edgy MD]

Mets outfielders are spending a lot of time on the track.