IGT 05/09 - Phillies at Mets

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

At least Jank is working more efficiently-- he's getting his third-time-through problems in the second instead of the fifth.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Holy crap, that's an infield that better hit. Only way to make it more brutalist is to stick Duda at first and knock Satin over to third. Enjoy the ride, Jenrry. Friday night homecoming start, and his rotation spot is totally on the line here, isn't it?

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think it is, yes.

Agreed. Mejia wanted a shot at starting. This has been your shot kid (I'd even give him one more after this, regardless). Need 6 solid from you at least. None of that falling apart shit. Switch it up. Keep em guessing. Bare down. Stay sharp.

Whew. That was a loooooong top of the 2nd.

My internet has been wacky bad this evening- in case I go *poof*

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Bouncing a two-strike slider with the bases loaded on a wetwet night? Quite the ball-check, no?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Mr. Carmona's looking a little Pelf-reminiscient with the command.

[Zvon]

Gah. Come on guys.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Granderson swung at three balls-four there. Just because the sinker's up doesn't mean it's good to hit.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Smart running from Utley on the tag will likely steal the Phils a tying run here.

[Zvon]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Smart running from Utley on the tag will likely steal the Phils a tying run here.

yup.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

In all fairness, the single from Brown probably mooted the play. But still... good running.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

What, no sac bunt there?

[Tongue-in-cheek-so-hard-I'm-wearing-a-hole-in-it]I see no way at all that these runners left on-- 8 through 3 innings-- will come back to bite the home team tonight. None at all. [/Tongue-in-cheek-so-hard-I'm-wearing-a-hole-in-it]

[Benjamin Grimm]

Is the hole in your cheek? Or in your tongue?

[Edgy MD]

Terry on Flores: "We figured, with the state of our shortstop situation, what have we got to lose."

// Tejada weeps.

[Edgy MD]

It's nice to have all three guys back in the booth.

[Frayed Knot]

Maybe it's a good thing that the Mets have all but abandoned Saturday afternoon games - because this one might not be done until sometime tomorrow morning.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: It's nice to have all three guys back in the booth.

The powers that be will not allow me to hear the guyz.

I guess I'll settle for 5 out of Mejia. He's throwin alot of pitches.

[Edgy MD]

Got to get out of the box on the tappers, Juanny. Fast guys got to be ready to run.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Never change, Mr. Let Yourself Get Hit By Anything Close Inside.

[Gwreck]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Never change, Mr. Let Yourself Get Hit By Anything Close Inside.

Generally, I approve of hitting Chase Utley with thrown baseballs.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I don't find myself seconding Ojeda that often, but I think his premise regarding Mejia's diminishing-returns thing-- that Mejia's mechanics get sloppy (perhaps due to his being "max-effort," as GKR are emphasizing here) as the game wears on-- looks dead-on. Mejia starts off with good, 12-to-6 posture on the follow-through... and, like he's doing this inning, he ends up falling off toward the left at all sorts of different angles. Subpar pitch execution must follow, right?

[Zvon]

I say hit him every time!


uhoh. Flores takes one to the nutz.

[Edgy MD]

He's approaching 100 pitches and he isn't flying open like last time, but he's not bending as much.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Right. He's way stiff now, and still listing a little. It's almost like an overcorrection.

Speaking of stiff... Flores just caught it in the stamen there, didn't he?

[Zvon]

You're blowin your shot kid! So is it this or get shelled? Either way you're gonna lose.

I still say run him out there one more time before rotation removal.

Dice K on.

[Edgy MD]

Are you Dice-Konfident?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Mildly. Maybe. I'm feeling more Familiar. (Admittedly, I'm probably biased.)

How do you mess up your pants-leg that badly on a not-close-at-all SB play, Dom Brown?

Edited May 9, 2014 by Guest

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Are you Dice-Konfident?

'fraid not.

I'll allow him to impress me if he insists.

[Zvon]

I find that bail out acceptable. Not impressed yet.

[Zvon]

Now how about some runs ya bums!!

[Fman99]

Oh, Jimmy Rollins, you suck!

[Edgy MD]

Price is falling on Jimmy Rollins. TRADE NOW!!!