IGT 9/29/2013: MIL @ NYM -- Piazza Party & Au Revoir

[G-Fafif]

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[G-Fafif]

Mets and Phils tied for third at 73-88. Also hanging in the balance of Game 162, the outcome of the all-important CPF prediction contest:

doctee 74-88 msf62 74-88 G-Fafif 73-89 sharpie 73-89

Pregame, Mike Piazza will be lavishly honored and his plaque will be added to the Mets HOF...assuming they've figured out a place to put it. Seriously, the way it's set up, there is no obvious slot for it, but I'm sure they'll figure something out. They are the Mets, after all.

Niese started Opening Day and starts Closing Day. Sym-Met-ry!

[Zvon]

G-Fafif wrote: Mets and Phils tied for third at 73-88. Also hanging in the balance of Game 162, the outcome of the all-important CPF prediction contest: doctee 74-88 msf62 74-88 G-Fafif 73-89 sharpie 73-89

Wow. May the best men win.

And I can't believe G or Sharpie want the Mets to lose today.

[G-Fafif]

Zvon wrote: Mets and Phils tied for third at 73-88. Also hanging in the balance of Game 162, the outcome of the all-important CPF prediction contest: doctee 74-88 msf62 74-88 G-Fafif 73-89 sharpie 73-89 Wow. May the best men win. And I can't believe G or Sharpie want the Mets to lose today.

You kidding? The glory attached to having won last year's prediction contest is still getting me free subway rides, provided I refill my Metrocard sufficiently and swipe it properly.

[G-Fafif]

There's also this. SHaMs have won 32 games since the All-Star break.

[G-Fafif]

Scout Harry Minor gets the Mets HOF Award today, same one given to Bob Mandt and Pete Flynn since its inception in 2010.

[G-Fafif]

Last dance:

Eric Young, Jr. � LF
Lucas Duda � 1B
David Wright � 3B
Daniel Murphy � 2B
Mike Baxter � RF
Juan Lagares � CF
Juan Centeno � C
Wilfredo Tovar � SS
Jonathon Niese � LHP

[Ceetar]

G-Fafif wrote: Last dance: Eric Young, Jr. � LF Lucas Duda � 1B David Wright � 3B Daniel Murphy � 2B Mike Baxter � RF Juan Lagares � CF Juan Centeno � C Wilfredo Tovar � SS Jonathon Niese � LHP

Over/Under 3.5 of these are back next year?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ova.

Last Mets game to be broadcast on 660 till the next MFY series. Disgraceful.

[batmagadanleadoff]

On It's Over Day, I say Over.

[batmagadanleadoff]

[Gwreck]

Ceetar wrote: Over/Under 3.5 of these are back next year?

I'd say 5 of these guys are in the opening day lineup next year.

[MFS62]

TDA's average is .202.

Adam Rubin ? @ AdamRubinESPN 4m My gut about why Travis d'Arnaud is sitting is that his average is at .202. No sense an 0-for-3 dropping it to a number that looks bad.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

MFS62 wrote: TDA's average is .202. Adam Rubin ? @ AdamRubinESPN 4m My gut about why Travis d'Arnaud is sitting is that his average is at .202. No sense an 0-for-3 dropping it to a number that looks bad.

Plus, look at how having a sub-.200 rookie year BA (in over 400 PAs) ruined Mike Schmidt's career.

[Gwreck]

Props to the Mets for having a corporate-logo-free giveaway today.

[ashie62]

Over 3 1/2

Have fun to all there...

[Edgy MD]

Piazza entering to guitar music --- first funk (Hendrix), then metal (Nooj).

Howie Rose is always at his best in these Master of Ceremonies jobs when he goes a little off-book.

[Edgy MD]

Al Leiter phoning it in.

[Zvon]

My MLB.TV is not showing anything. Says game will begin shortly. Ha, what a rip.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, me too. Working off the radio feed.

Is Valentine really absent?

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, me too. Working off the radio feed. Is Valentine really absent?

This is SNY's doing and they can suckMahBalls.

[Lefty Specialist]

Ha. They booed the Wilpons and cheered Doubleday.

[Edgy MD]

Shucks. Crying like a babe.

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, me too. Working off the radio feed. Is Valentine really absent? This is SNY's doing and they can suckMahBalls.

It's not that SNY is embargoing their stuff from MLB.TV, it's that MLB.TV (and the MLB 'Extra Innings' package) are contracted for games only, not for pre-game shows, no post-game stuff, etc.
IOW, this is not something that SNY just arbitrarily chose to withhold.

[Edgy MD]

It's too late. His pants are down and Josh Lewin is already going at it.

[Edgy MD]

Wow, Showtime has a new cable series about sex. Congratulations on the most tired idea ever.

Now I get to hear the commercial for it 3000 times.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Yeah, me too. Working off the radio feed. Is Valentine really absent? This is SNY's doing and they can suckMahBalls. It's not that SNY is embargoing their stuff from MLB.TV, it's that MLB.TV (and the MLB 'Extra Innings' package) are contracted for games only, not for pre-game shows, no post-game stuff, etc. IOW, this is not something that SNY just arbitrarily chose to withhold.

Just on the phone with my brother (I could be over there-hes having meatballs!) and he said the same thing.
I say fuck em all and what they're doing to baseball.


Darling crackin me up. I'm gonna miss the guys more then the baseball, I think.

OE: My bro has the package from comcast and he was blacked out.

[Edgy MD]

I thought it was Piazza's burning effigy of Guillermo Mota was a little over the top.

[Zvon]

How many times are we gonna have to listen to this song today Ed?

"he's stroooong."

[Zvon]

Wow. 161 games played this season by Murphy. He's strooong.