IGT, 5/20, Dodgers @ Mets

[Edgy MD]

Mets launching a nine-game homestand, and I expect nothing short of a sweep. But you've got to take it one game at a time, and this one involves Josh Beckett and Rafael Montero. I don't want the Mets to chase Beckett from the game. I want them to chase him from the profession. NOT a fan.

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: I don't want the Mets to chase Beckett from the game. I want them to chase him from the profession. NOT a fan.

No props for defeating the MFYs in the 2003 World Series?
IMO, that balances out a lot of stuff.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Metly speculation is that Montero may have been tipping his pitches in the start against the Yankees.

My further speculation suggests that, with no runs, he wasn't going to win anyhow.

Jake deGrom still a Met as of this hour.

[G-Fafif]

Eric Young Jr., lf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Curtis Granderson, rf
Chris Young, cf
Lucas Duda, 1b
Wilmer Flores, ss
Juan Centeno, c
Rafael Montero, rhp

Juan Lagares still attending to family business in the DR.

[G-Fafif]

Here are those Dodgers you ordered...

Dee Gordon 2B
Yasiel Puig, rf
Hanley Ramirez, ss
Adrian Gonzalez, 1b
Matt Kemp, cf
Carl Crawford, lf
Juan Uribe, 3b
A.J. Ellis, c
Josh Beckett, rhp

[Edgy MD]

Wilmer back to work, anyhow.

[G-Fafif]

Manager of funeral home where Lagares family member is being mourned reportedly preferred to have Chris Young and Bobby Abreu sit in front pew ahead of Juan.

[Frayed Knot]

G-Fafif wrote: Juan Lagares still attending to family business in the DR.

Suuure, that's what They want you to think.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Juan Lagares still attending to family business in the DR. Suuure, that's what They want you to think.

Bereavement is minimum 3 games but if you knew this over the weekend why not Saturday-Tuesday and get Kirk up here in the meantime rather than play short?

[Benjamin Grimm]

G-Fafif wrote: Manager of funeral home where Lagares family member is being mourned reportedly preferred to have Chris Young and Bobby Abreu sit in front pew ahead of Juan.

DING!

[Edgy MD]

The nuts and bolts stuff of announcing, reading the lineup or stat lines, continues to be occasionally flummoxing to Keith.

[Edgy MD]

Puig turns an excellent pitch into a single.

[Edgy MD]

So the dying family member turned out to be Lagares' aunt, who raised him.

So effectively, he was dealing with a dying mother this week. Maybe we can give Terry a little bit of a break.

[Edgy MD]

Nice to see Wright not chasing away.

Whacks a ball but gets robbed by Crawford.

[Edgy MD]

"Nine Gold Gloves. I think if Don hadn't've hurt his back, I think he wouldn't overtook me in most Gold Gloves."

Very gracious of you, Keith, but don't go crazy.

[Edgy MD]

Turner all trimmed neatly in the beard and his shag clipped into a mullet.

Centeno puts a Dodger on third.

[Edgy MD]

And a cue shot gives the Dodgies the lead.

[Edgy MD]

Bezzes loaded and Puig at the plate. Three walks this inning.

This could be the game right here.

[Edgy MD]

BUIG Strikeout!

#feelinglonely

[Edgy MD]

Duda and Flores putting on a sorry display of the Mets team speed, but they get the run back.

[Lefty Specialist]

Flores gets the RBI, but he's just not fast, is he?

[Edgy MD]

Nope, and Duda was running like he was pushing a wheelbarrow.

Booth carrying on about Young lifting his front foot when breaking. EVERYBODY lifts their front foot. It's just the nature of mechanics.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Booth carrying on about Young lifting his front foot when breaking. EVERYBODY lifts their front foot. It's just the nature of mechanics.

Not if you lift your other foot first.

[Frayed Knot]

Ceetar wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Juan Lagares still attending to family business in the DR. Suuure, that's what They want you to think. Bereavement is minimum 3 games but if you knew this over the weekend why not Saturday-Tuesday and get Kirk up here in the meantime rather than play short?

Because this way they use the off-day and Lagares only misses one day instead of three.

[Zvon]

Monteros best inning. If he finds a groove we got this one.

Gee needs a rehab start? Geez.

[Edgy MD]

Lucas, you don't need to be sly to bunt. Just make contact.

[Edgy MD]

Four walks for the Mountaineer.

[Frayed Knot]

And, once again, other players don't have a problem hitting HRs in CitiField.

We, in the meantime, are working on two hits: Granderson's double which was an inch (or maybe less) from being foul, and Flores's infield hit which should have been an out.

[Zvon]

Montero, like Wheeler, too much dickin' around anywhere but in the strike zone. Too many pitches. He won't go 6. Disappointing.

[Zvon]

Familia in the 5th. Hmm.