IGT 04/14 - Mets at Desert Critters

[Edgy MD]

Hey, Grandeson has been lifted.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Brown's gonna hit the next pitch to Salt Lake

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Doodoo 4-4

[Zvon]

Duda 4 fer 4!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Edgy MD wrote: Hey, Grandeson has been lifted.

We need to stop signing all the wall-crashers.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

This has to be a first: Ike Davis pinch running.

/pray for Juan

[Edgy MD]

Lucas is 4-4 and over .300.

But Davis pinch-running for a gimpy Laggy. THAT can't be good.

Hate to think the game is gonna cost us two starting outfielders.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

#BurnChaseFieldAndSaltTheGround

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

That is certainly technically a defensive outfield.

[Edgy MD]

Duda making is 2014 outfield debut.

[Frayed Knot]

'nother double switch (Recker for d'A)
We're rapidly running out of players here.

[Frayed Knot]

Nice get-over by Torres. That was by no means a sure out w/Campana running.

[Edgy MD]

Duda-EY Jr.-Brown was not the defensive outfield alignment Sandy was imagining this offseason.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Strikeouts? Vivid celebrations of same? The Competent Mets Reliever cares not for these things. He just, y'know, fixes messes.

Preliminary reports on Granderson and Lagares, as per Gary, are not really reports, in the traditional sense of actually containing information on their current condition/the extent of the injuries.

[Frayed Knot]

Apparently they're x-raying the entire left side of Granderson's body to check for, like, broken stuff.

[Edgy MD]

That was one awful throw. Pitcher trying to hit EY in the butt?

[Frayed Knot]

Didn't Ryan Rowland-Smith serve at least one term as Chancellor of the Exchequer prior to being signed by the DBacks?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Hey it's Rolland Smith. Where's Jim Jensen?

[Zvon]

Whoa. That woke me up. Young's speed again.
And another run.

My eyes were doing that closing by themselves thing.*yawn

[Frayed Knot]

We need to keep adding these tack-on runs tonight, as not only do we have to bullpen-proof this game we also have to OF-defense-proof it too.

[Edgy MD]

Brown giving us a real Cowgillian performance thus far this season.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Torres! Torres! Torres!

[Zvon]

Nice play Muffy! I might make it to the end.

9th, 1 out.

[Zvon]

Wow. Diving stop by Daniel. Great play. 2 out.

7-3, a D'back on 2nd.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

yay mets

[Zvon]

Torres with an 8 out save! Niiiiice. Mets win 7-3.

[MFS62]

Zvon wrote: Torres with an 8 out save! Niiiiice. Mets win 7-3.

Carlos is the only reliever who I don't have to peek between my fingers to watch when he comes in to pitch.
Later

[Guest d'Kong76]

Edgy MD wrote: Ritchie Blackmore's birthday today. Things you learn from a Diamondback broadcast.

Being one of my favorite Stratoblasters, I have to ask how
that came up?

[Edgy MD]

They were reviewing baseball birthdays from yesterday, and one of them noted, "Pete Rose and Greg Maddux the most prominent people born on that day..." and then realized he needed a qualifier and added "... at least among the baseball figures listed there."

That clearly triggered a production assistant to search for people outside of baseball more prominent than Pete Rose, because a few beats later the broadcaster added, "It's RITCHIE BLACKMORE's birthday, for all you rockers out there. Great guitarist for Deep Purple, and I hope he's having a fine birthday wherever he is."

I needed to pay for an MLB.tv upgrade to get the Met booth, and I didn't, so I worked with what I had. The D-Back booth was stronger than I remember it. I used to be able to rely on them being the drunkest most obnoxious bunch of louts. Working with the sound down and Howie and Josh two-three pitches ahead of the picture just wasn't happening. But Howie would have been proud of a Ritchie Blackmore shoutout.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Couldn't find a music thread ... this is what he's doing now.
This is a beautifully done version of a timeless song ...
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