IGT 5/22/14 LAD @ NYM: Ruin Fred's Thursday

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

How are we gonna screw this up?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Juanderful

[Edgy MD]

One slider too many, Perez.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Edgy MD wrote: One slider too many, Perez.

That's what Gary said!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Not 4 Nothing, but Flores looks great at the plate. He looks like he lost some baby fat from last year.

[Frayed Knot]

I could justify Recker bunting prior to the wild pitch (didn't LIKE it, but could justify it) but was totally against him trying to bunt Wilmer to 3rd.
We scored that inning despite the strategy, not because of it.

[Frayed Knot]

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[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Crazy game. Will probably go 16 innings.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Campbell looking for extra sips of Schaef!

[Edgy MD]

Way to cower, Grandy.

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: I could justify Recker bunting prior to the wild pitch (didn't LIKE it, but could justify it) but was totally against him trying to bunt Wilmer to 3rd. We scored that inning despite the strategy, not because of it.

See, the bunt from second to third with no out is one of the situations I find it more favorable, to allow the guy the potential to score on a following out. With a pull-hitting whiffer like Recker, I like it a little more.

And then I saw his form, and liked it much less.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Why did Curtis run home there?

[Edgy MD]

Dunno. Maybe Teufel cued him.

But Lucas is even bolder.

[Frayed Knot]

Very surprising that Ethier is not batting here for Van Slyke.

[Guest d'Kong76]

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

[Edgy MD]

Mejia topping it with a pirouette.

[Guest themetfairy]

[Ceetar]

Can we play "Guess who's car?"

(I don't know the answer)

It has Florida plates.

[Ceetar]

Also, not sure what this is about.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Was watching the first three innings or so on the radio while killing some errands/getting YoungerPooper abed.

Jeez Alou, guys-- nobody thought the diving Puig grab on Flores' 2nd-inning liner bore noting? Ex-underwear-model neurosurgeons who can cook don't make finer catches.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Been thinking this over.

Extended Cab Chevy trucks
Muffy
Duda
Wheeler
Gee
Niese
Parnell

Luxury SUVs
Wright
Grandy
EYoung


Escalades
Hovvey
CYoung
Colon

Classic American Luxury (Buick, Lincoln Cadillac)
Collins
F. Wilpon

Foreign Sportscars
d'Arnaud
depodesta
J Wilpon
Valverde


Nondescript rentals, Chevy Malibu or greater
Geren
Tuefel

I'm guessing Valverde drives that thing.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

That has to be Valverde's, doesn't it? (Though I could see Colon owning that bit of nastiness, it seems like it wouldn't be... a, um, comfy fit.)

[G-Fafif]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Was watching the first three innings or so on the radio while killing some errands/getting YoungerPooper abed. Jeez Alou, guys-- nobody thought the diving Puig grab on Flores' 2nd-inning liner bore noting? Ex-underwear-model neurosurgeons who can cook don't make finer catches.

If Swoboda's catch married Agee's second catch, their offspring would grow up to be Puig's catch.

[Benjamin Grimm]

After the weird infield-fly double play, as SNY was going to a commercial, they showed a clip of Daniel Murphy shouting to Flores. You can easily read his lips: "Tag him! Tag him! Tag him! Tag him!"

Reminded me of my days coaching my daughter's softball team. "Step on the base! Step on the base!" Meanwhile the kid is looking at you dumbfounded, as if you're shouting "Split the atom! Split the atom!"

[Ceetar]

yeah Valverde sounds like a good pick.

I d'Arnaud if dunno is making the cash to splurge on something like that yet, but it's certainly possible it's another exec or something. I presume they can park in there too.

[Edgy MD]

I thought I noted the catch. I probably did in another thread on accident.

The astounding part to me was the high-speed awareness to tuck the glove under just so, so as to neither lose the ball nor break the wrist.

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: Puig with an insane catch that should have broken his wrist, but he some how had the presence of mind to roll it out of harm. This is young Sammy Sosa in all his crazy flower all over again.

There you go.

[Ceetar]

Was on the Bridge for that catch which was a great perspective because the ball was hit right at me and I could see both outfielders. As it was arcing down I definitely thought "yes! he's too far away!" and then suddenly he had it.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Other takeaway from that play was that if Flores keeps doing that Tejada's never going to start again.