Tyson Chicken IGT 8/15/13

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I suppose with 4 at San Diego and 1 in Minnesota it's not too late yet to make this a real positive road trip, but to do so almost requires a resounding victory tonight over the Padres.

Wheels opposes Tyson Ross, 10 oclock.

I barely heard of Tyson Ross and I don't know the enemy yet but this Ross kid is a 6-6 righty with a 2.75 ERA over 7 starts. Seems to have good stuff but given up on by Oakland where he spent parts of 3 years.

[Ceetar]

Ha, you kinda have to call Tyson the San Diego Chicken right?

[Edgy MD]

Buck back in the lineup again.

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: Buck back in the lineup again.

*obligatory but by now old joke about whether or not he's even impregnated his wife yet*

[Frayed Knot]

The good thing about this kid getting delayed so long is that by the time he finally gets here he'll be ready for 2nd grade.
Avoids all that having to arrange pre-school sign-up shit.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Maybe BabyBuck's just having a really streaky gestation season.

[Guest themetfairy]

For goodness sake - give that woman Pitocin already!

Two weeks post-due in mid-August? That's cruel!

[Zvon]

Very loud (could be 3 guys sitting by the mic) Lets Go Mets chanting here in the 1st.
Two out single by Byrd.
Ike looks at a fastball for strike three.

[Guest themetfairy]

The Tom Seaver bobblehead they keep advertising looks nothing like Seaver.

I bet we see the same mold next year for a Matt Harvey bobblehead - it looks more like him than Seaver.

[Zvon]

Wheeler looking good. Has some nice drop on his curve. But Ross is also looking good. Three Mets already caught looking at third strikes.

0-0 after 1& 1/2

[Zvon]

The Tom Seaver bobblehead they keep advertising looks nothing like Seaver. I bet we see the same mold next year for a Matt Harvey bobblehead - it looks more like him than Seaver.

I'll never understand how they cant get em even close. I guess thats a little close. But this is Tom Seaver. It should be perfect! Should be the best bobblehead we ever had.

This looks more like Keith:

[Edgy MD]

That was an impressive and meaningful effort out there by the outfielder.

[Zvon]

I dig the stand up tripleTM as much as the chicks do, but I missed that one.

[HahnSolo]

The Seaver bobblehead looks like Danny Graves.

[Zvon]

HahnSolo wrote: The Seaver bobblehead looks like Danny Graves.

Its almost embarrassing.

I dig the stand up tripleTM as much as the chicks do, but I missed that one.

I was out in the garage and I switch on the AM radio and-it always happens like this-I hear static and then words and static, in and out, and it ALWAYS goes out during the most important words.
So:long drive~~~~~~back in~~~~~~a stand up triple!

There was a review? It should pop up as a replay soon.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

HahnSolo wrote: The Seaver bobblehead looks like Danny Graves.

THAT's the name for which I was combing my brain.

Hell of a job bearing down by Wheels in the third, by the by. (Catching up to real-life on DVR right now.)

Edited August 15, 2013 by Guest

[Zvon]

Huh. How could an ump see that different than what it was? Was Alonsos footwork so fast he fooled the ump?
Muffy gets beer for heads up running.

[Zvon]

Got the replay on the triple. Wow, Young almost caught that, and then off the TOP of the wall. What an effort. He played that well.

Wheeler in a little pickle here. 2 on, 0 out.

[Zvon]

Wheelers back to throwing many pitches. Approaching 80 pitches after four. That coulda been worse. The kid battles.

Ks to end the side, big K, his 9th.

[Frayed Knot]

That Young play was the play of the year where an out wasn't made.

On the other hand, he didn't get behind that Sac Fly all that well.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

He's very athletic.

He also gets a terrible read on balls, is subpar at putting himself in a position to make throws, and generally plays about as awful as you can on defense while still getting to balls and making most catches.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: That Young play was the play of the year where an out wasn't made. On the other hand, he didn't get behind that Sac Fly all that well.

No he didn't. And he had all the time in the world. He clearly needs more experience if he's gonna stay out there.

One thing about the wall play was that it hit the meat of his glove. I always felt if you get it that close to your glove you should be able to get it in the glove. But he was flying there. Shwoosh. I accused him of not being able to play balls over his head. Hes improving. Still, directly over his head is an adventure.

[Frayed Knot]

It's like EYJr has infielder genes and instincts with an OFer's athleticism.

Poor OF throws annoy me probably more than anything else if for no other reason than I'm convinced that back in my day I had at least an average major league OFer's arm. I have very little ego about my athletic abilities but I know I could throw so bad throws in from the OF are the only situation where I'm saying to myself, "I could have done better than that".

[Frayed Knot]

What's this now, the 23rd mound conference of the night?

A few more and I'll start thinking that Jorge Posada has come out of retirement.

Edited August 15, 2013 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

Now THAT'S an outfield throw!!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Lagares. Where did this guy come from.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: It's like EYJr has infielder genes and instincts with an OFer's athleticism. Poor OF throws annoy me probably more than anything else if for no other reason than I'm convinced that back in my day I had at least an average major league OFer's arm. I have very little ego about my athletic abilities but I know I could throw so bad throws in from the OF are the only situation where I'm saying to myself, "I could have done better than that".

I was going to say in my post that as an outfielder if I got that much leather on trhe ball Id feel I should have had it.

WHOA! Great throw Lagares....or thanks for the call ump?
Thats the problem. If umps didn't suck so bad they wouldn't need replays.

[Zvon]

The asshole did slide into Bucks foot. Ha.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Oh, he was ground chuck, brought down by a prime porterhouse throw AND block.

OE: Not so much prime block as Kal-Kan slide.

Edited August 15, 2013 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: I was going to say in my post that as an outfielder if I got that much leather on trhe ball Id feel I should have had it.

Except that 99% of the world doesn't even get a glove on it, and it's still an amazing catch even if you do.
No, trust me on this one, I am NOT sitting at home saying I could have done that one better. The throw I honestly believe I could have done better (although we'd have to turn the clock back about a quarter century or so).