IGT 04/18 - Braves at Metsies

[Guest d'Kong76]

You gotta roll, roll, roll
You gotta thrill my soul, all right

[Guest d'Kong76]

Braves have a lineup, Mets do not ...

Simmons, SS
Upton, CF
Freeman, 1B
Upton, LF
Gattis, C
Uggla, 2B
Johnson, 3B
Doumit, RF
Harang, P

[Ceetar]

d'Kong76 wrote: Braves have a lineup, Mets do not ...

still fighting over who gets to go to Vegas.

[ashie62]

Maybe.. didn't see one under Rubin..

[ashie62]

SWEEP THE SERIES?

FIRST PLACE METS!!!

[Frayed Knot]

Still no lineup?
Is this a sign of the long-awaited (by some of us) trade?

Kernan thinks it may be just that, tweeting: "I'm sure they're making a trade. Goodbye Ike??"

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

BIG Spring BLoCokBUSTER!!!!!!! 11

[Frayed Knot]

Now the lineup is out but still no word on what corresponding move was made to get CYoung on the 25 and in the game

Eric Young Jr. � CF
2. Daniel Murphy � 2B
3. David Wright � 3B
4. Curtis Granderson - RF
5. Chris Young � LF
6. Lucas Duda � 1B
7. Travis d�Arnaud � C
8. Ruben Tejada � SS
9. Jon Niese � LHP

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Weird play on d'Arnaud/Duda there to end the second. No challenge from Terry... I'm thinking the umps said Duda would have been out if d'Arnaud was safe?

OE: Apparently Duda slowed up after the out call was made. If an erroneous call affected the rest of the baserunning/defensive play, don't you-- as GKR assert-- have to give Duda third? There's no real precedent for this, is there?

Edited April 18, 2014 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

This replay thing is why Tampa manager Joe Madden was instructing his players in ST that now you have to "play until the 4th out"

[Frayed Knot]

Freeman's bat has got to spend more time in the hitting zone than just about any player I've seen - particularly any big guy.
Given that swing I'm surprised he Ks as often as he does (even though I don't think I've ever actually witnessed him strike out).

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

The spirit of Chipper is strong in that one. The spirit of D-Bag Ozymandias, too.

Nicely-turned bit of business from Murph on the DP-- aggressive in a good way. And Niese makes it count with the backwards-K of Upton.

Edited April 18, 2014 by Guest

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ike be all sad and shi'.

[Frayed Knot]

Ummm, can we get a hit here sometime soon?
It is Aaron Freakin' I-was-released-by-the-Indians-in-ST Harang

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

On the plus side, No Longer Hawky is hawking up a juicy one tonight through 5 frames.

[Frayed Knot]

Disagree, Gary.
There's no way I [u:2sunhx4c]DON'T[/u:2sunhx4c] call Duda out at 3rd on that play.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Frayed Knot wrote: Ummm, can we get a hit here sometime soon?

Apparently not

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

On the plus side, it's moving the game along really briskly. Like, pre-Larussian-era brisk.

[Gwreck]

Umm, I have a bad feeling about this.

We could REALLY use a hit here.

[Frayed Knot]

If I'm the Braves here, I say the heck with the no-no and yank Harang.
He's not going to go all the way anyway.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

How come Harang didn't do this for us?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

GALL DANG NIT

[Gwreck]

Frayed Knot wrote: If I'm the Braves here, I say the heck with the no-no and yank Harang. He's not going to go all the way anyway.

That strikeout of Brown will be it.

Problem is that the Braves bullpen is going to be very capable of keeping the no-hitter going.

[Zvon]

He's done and we'll wreck the pen.

[Frayed Knot]

Gwreck wrote: Problem is that the Braves bullpen is going to be very capable of keeping the no-hitter going.

That's part of what I meant (unless Kimbrel is unavailable still).

[TransMonk]

Gulp.

[Frayed Knot]

Harang Hits/9 career = 9.4
Pitches four games for the Braves after getting picked up off the scrap heap = just over 3

[Zvon]

Fuck you Fuckin Freddie Freeman, you fuck.

[Frayed Knot]

And now busting up the no-hitter is the ONLY priority for the rest of the night.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: The spirit of Chipper is strong in that one.

Um, what he said.