IGT 7/22/2013: ATL @ NYM -- The Spirit Is Dillon

[Zvon]

Lagares, you are tomorrows back page if you can't plant one. Or walk. But they say you never walk. So smack one out.

[Edgy MD]

Ball four, Juanny.

[Zvon]

Fuck you rook.

[Fman99]

Omar Quintanilla, a (Mets) nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I think I would have PH Downtown Brown for Squinty.

[Fman99]

Roger McDowell bringing out the towel for his closer. Is he about to jerk off into it? Stay tuned!

[ashie62]

All closers are overpaid...

[Zvon]

Zvon wrote: Fuck you rook.

Thats kinda harsh. Nice try kid and gratz on POTW.



bum

[Edgy MD]

Hang in there, Q.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Tying run at 2nd.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

we want a hit
we want a hit
from the crack of the bat there's noise in de place
specially if a Met can get on first base

[Edgy MD]

Hanging in there like Mookie.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Squinty reaches base.

[Fman99]

Just in? Turn her!

[Zvon]

Wow. what an AB by Q.

[Edgy MD]

Wow. Wonder why they didn't pinch-run Turner so they'd have Brown up here.

[Fman99]

God damn.

[Edgy MD]

ShamWoW.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

mutherfukshit

[Zvon]

[bigpurple:21nz7lxh]WOW[/bigpurple:21nz7lxh]

DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNwhat a catch. From the trajectory I had it at least tied as thye ball was headin for the gap.
Damn. Bad loss.

[Fman99]

Well that sucked a mid-size Ryder moving truck full of dicks.

[G-Fafif]

Fman99 wrote: Well that sucked a mid-size Ryder moving truck full of dicks.

Yes. Yes it did.

[Edgy MD]

Two spots --- Wright's strikeout and Buck's passed ball. That's the diff.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

yup to both. 3 friggin pitches for Wright. Awful.

[Zvon]

Bad game for us, but great baseball. All of Terrys moves were working out fine. Got the ball to Parnell with a lead. Parnell was due, I guess. I don't buy into this "Parnell has finally become a real closer" club. Its the big games where he has to be the most effective. Its not a back breaking loss. But it would have been a wonderful win, and should have been.
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[Zvon]

Yea, Wright had a bad night. The curve he took, Ill give him. A tuff gig. The fastball....for shame.

[Ceetar]

Zvon wrote: Bad game for us, but great baseball. All of Terrys moves were working out fine. Got the ball to Parnell with a lead. Parnell was due, I guess. I don't buy into this "Parnell has finally become a real closer" club. Its the big games where he has to be the most effective. Its not a back breaking loss. But it would have been a wonderful win, and should have been. Score more runs

all on the offense.

Both closers were having trouble with the pitching, rough conditions and yet Parnell would've probably gotten out of it without the passed ball. He's always struggled with his defense behind (in front) of him. A couple of flares there too. shame.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Frayed Knot wrote: Swannie is right now in his upgraded seats saying; "Again with the outs in the wrong order!!"

Out loud, I said it.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

ACK! WHAT? NO!

(Just caught up, on DVR.)

[Edgy MD]

Zvon wrote: Bad game for us, but great baseball. All of Terrys moves were working out fine. Got the ball to Parnell with a lead. Parnell was due, I guess. I don't buy into this "Parnell has finally become a real closer" club. Its the big games where he has to be the most effective. Its not a back breaking loss. But it would have been a wonderful win, and should have been. Score more runs

True enough. With regards to all Terry's moves, forgetting for a moment that Justin Turner ripped the ball against a clearly gassed Kimbrel, was it the right move to pinch-run Brown and end up with a fresh-off-the-DL Turner as your last hope, instead of going the other way? Not that Turner is even particuarly fast, by infielder standards, and maybe coming off the intercostal strain, he's even less of a weapon on the bases, but Brown is there to hit, and Turner is there to do the utility stuff.

Second question: Was Heyward even correct to dive there? If that ball splits the outfielders, Quintanilla scores from first with the walkoff winner. On the other hand, maybe that ball hits the wet turf and dies. Did it look like Johnson had the play backed up?