IGT 7/21/2013: PHI @ NYM -- Win One For Harvey!

[Zvon]

Ike is not whining to the umps on called strike 3's lately. This is good. I'll be happy if he just gets his bat on the ball more. I don't care where he hits it. Fouls count. Start making me happy Ike.

[Zvon]

This is great. Ol'Man Atchy for 2 including the 9th. We needed a game like this.

[Zvon]

Great game.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Put in the books, and in the glossy men's fashion magazines as well.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

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[Zvon]

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Sweet!

[Edgy MD]

Put in the books, and in the glossy men's fashion magazines as well.

Message received!

Harvey message: Baseball first, batters beware July, 21, 2013 4:58 PM ET By Adam Rubin | ESPNNewYork.com NEW YORK -- Matt Harvey described himself as �embarrassed� by the Men�s Journal article�s portrayal of his social life. Terry Collins said it sent Harvey to the mound angry and eager to demonstrate he�s about baseball and nothing else. Well, Harvey is plenty good without extra motivation. So needless to say you don�t want to face him with a chip on his shoulder. Harvey limited the Phillies to three hits and a hit batter while striking out 10 in seven scoreless innings as the Mets beat Philadelphia, 5-0, in Sunday�s rubber game at Citi Field. �I think Matt was on a little bit of a mission today to silence all the other stuff that�s going on and let everybody know he�s here to pitch and he�s here to play baseball,� Collins said. �I think today he went out there with a little anger. � �This guy believes in himself. He�s got great confidence. I think some of the stuff that has come out, he was not happy with the way it showed up. And these guys have pride. They�re not just carefree, I don�t care what people think. I don�t think anybody is ever like that. I know he was concerned what his teammates were thinking. Certainly they all know he works hard and when he�s on the mound he�s all business. I think today was a perfect example of, �Hey, look, I�m going to go out there and we�re going to go back to talking pitching and nothing else.�� Said Harvey: �Obviously the articles have been written, and this is going to be it for me talking about it. But I read the articles and obviously was embarrassed by them. The way I was portrayed is not who I am and not the person that I am. I've learned from it. I've learned a lot of things, and kind of learned the hard way.� In four of Harvey�s six double-digit strikeout performances this season he also has not issued a walk. �I came into spring training and the biggest thing was going deep into a game and trying not to give up free passes,� Harvey said. �That was something I worked on really hard this offseason and really wanted to control. Fortunately enough, the walks are way down and I�ve had those good, quality starts.� Harvey now has produced 10 starts this season in which he tossed seven-plus innings while allowing one run or fewer, which is tied with Clayton Kershaw for the most in the majors. Harvey�s six double-digit strikeout performances are tied with Yu Darvish for the most in MLB. Entering today, no other NL pitcher had more than three. �He�s pitched some good games,� Collins said. �That might be the best stuff I've seen him have. He got a couple of changeups up in the zone they got a couple of hits on. I saw the way he threw in the first inning and I thought hopefully he can hang onto it, because I thought he was going to strike out 15 guys the way he looked in the first.� Said Harvey: �The rest obviously showed to help. I could kind of tell in the bullpen that everything was nice and fresh.�

[G-Fafif]

The Phillies versus Harvey are a sad little enterprise, aren't they?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Great day for the Mets again as Washington (swept at home) and Atlanta (to the sucky, not-even-trying White Sox) also lose.

If we are not careful in this next series we could make things really interesting.