IGT 7/9/13 - NYM @ SFG - Gee, what's for dinner? Baked Zito.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

The still surging Mets and moribund Giants go at it again after a mini-marathon last night. Dillon Gee and Barry Zito are your starters. Not mine, but my sense of reality is oft askew.

Will both catchers get the night off after going the full sixteen last night? Will the Mets add the elusive Gonzalez Germen to the roster to help out the overworked bullpen? Will Josh Satin get the start at 2B, giving the slumping Daniel Murphy a night off? Will Andrew Brown get the start at first? Will Juan Lagares get back out there in center field? Will Rogers? For the answer to these and other questions, tune in tonight for:

Anthony Recker: Pitcher and Catcher
or
The Cheeks of San Francisco

[MFS62]

Nice thread title. Nice post.
I'm thinking GG is warming up in some virtual bullpen until the Mets make a decision about putting Marcum on the DL.
Later

[Lefty Specialist]

If they're going to skip Marcum, why not DL him? This is what used to drive me nuts in the Omar/Willie/Jerry days; they'd insist on playing with a 23- or 24-man roster for long stretches. Hopefully Sandy sees the need and fills it.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Lefty Specialist wrote: If they're going to skip Marcum, why not DL him? This is what used to drive me nuts in the Omar/Willie/Jerry days; they'd insist on playing with a 23- or 24-man roster for long stretches. Hopefully Sandy sees the need and fills it.

I read (not sure if it was from the team or speculation) that Marcum would be available out of the bullpen. If he is, fine, but if not I totally agree.

[DocTee]

The DocTees will be in attendance (minus one, who is in dance camp...dance camp!). Mama and Papa Tee in our Mets gear, lil tee in her Giants/Panda gear (we tired everything, up to and including waterboarding, but when you are seven and the the home team has two titles its hard to go against the playground peer pressure).

[ashie62]

DocTee wrote: The DocTees will be in attendance (minus one, who is in dance camp...dance camp!). Mama and Papa Tee in our Mets gear, lil tee in her Giants/Panda gear (we tired everything, up to and including waterboarding, but when you are seven and the the home team has two titles its hard to go against the playground peer pressure).

And then one day, in band camp...

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Nice to have Posey sitting on his patootie, but if the game is close he's a pretty nice arrow to have in the quiver.

Mets
Eric Young Jr., cf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Marlon Byrd, rf
Josh Satin, 1b
Andrew Brown, lf
Anthony Recker, c
Omar Quintanilla, ss
Dillon Gee, rhp

Giants
Gregor Blanco, cf
Kensuke Tanaka, lf
Marco Scutaro, 2b
Pablo Sandoval, 3b
Hunter Pence, rf
Brandon Belt, 1b
Brandon Crawford, ss
Guillermo Quiroz, c
Barry Zito, lhp

[Zvon]

*yawn

[Zvon]

Nice! Great throws and a great plate block. Recker, don't show any compassion for thy enemy please.

[Frayed Knot]

I surprised Scutaro got up from that.
The only downside is that Swannie & Edgy are jealous that someone else got to run into Recker that hard.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Colliding With Anthony Recker: Rough Trade of Momentum

[Zvon]

I wish I could grow a beard in a day.

[Fman99]

That was a great relay throw by the Q man there.

[Fman99]

Brown robbed by Takahaka Kawakaka in left. Fuck.

[Zvon]

Jeeze. They put a 2nd baseman out there and he does that. Nice catch.

[nymr83]

probably a double off the wall not a homer.

hey what the fuck Quintanilla??? thats an infield hit??

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Their outfield seems to make magnificent plays and absolutely horrifying plays, and little else in between.

Pence is, like, perfect for the team.

[nymr83]

FUCK

[Fman99]

Cruddy throw by the dreamboat there.

[Fman99]

Double ugh. Muffie with the shitty throw home to get nobody.

[Zvon]

Ugh. Bad throw Reck! To be fair Murphy looked slow getting to second. And now Murph with a bad throw home makes it 2-0.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Gee, this inning does NOT smell terrific.

[Fman99]

That inning was Marcumstrophic.

[Zvon]

There has to be a logical reason why the Giants have a security guy in each corner of the outfield. That's ridiculous.

[bmfc1]

http://deadspin.com/the-new-york-mets-rank-first-in-the-majors-at-videobomb-726500087

[Edgy MD]

No erratta that frame.

Let's go Mets.

[Edgy MD]

Zvon wrote: There has to be a logical reason why the Giants have a security guy in each corner of the outfield. That's ridiculous.

I'm not sure what you're referring to, but Howie Rose just wondered out loud why there are some uniformed San Francisco PD members poking around the area underneath the press box.

[Edgy MD]

Byrd gets around on lefties.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Zvon wrote: There has to be a logical reason why the Giants have a security guy in each corner of the outfield. That's ridiculous. I'm not sure what you're referring to, but Howie Rose just wondered out loud why there are some uniformed San Francisco PD members poking around the area underneath the press box.

The guys just brought it up. One tucked in each outfield corner right on the foul side of the line, in a very small area between the foul line and the wall of the stands. One of em was involved in a play the other night. There must be some reasoning as to why, but I can't think of a single one.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

MAKE SOME BROWN NOISE