IGT 6/30 Mets v. Braves Wood v, Wheeler

[ashie62]

Will the real Wheeler please step up...

[batmagadanleadoff]

Can't say I've been watching these games much more than to catch a random at bat or two while whizzing by channel surfing. But thumbs up to Pittsburgh for the retro Crawfords unis and early 70's Stargell/Clemente polyester pullover tops. Same goes for the Royal Giants retros the Mets were wearing, even though Pittsburgh, as the host team, paid for those. Don't expect that from the Mets for their home fans. The seven thousand bucks the Mets'd hafta spend might break their budget for acquiring a key mid-season piece for the stretch run.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Sound pretty tuned in for someone who wants to
sound tuned out.

[ashie62]

Ed Zachary!

[Zvon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Can't say I've been watching these games much more than to catch a random at bat or two while whizzing by channel surfing. But thumbs up to Pittsburgh for the retro Crawfords unis and early 70's Stargell/Clemente polyester pullover tops. Same goes for the Royal Giants retros the Mets were wearing, even though Pittsburgh, as the host team, paid for those. Don't expect that from the Mets for their home fans. The seven thousand bucks the Mets'd hafta spend might break their budget for acquiring a key mid-season piece for the stretch run.

I have one question. Were the original Royal Giants unis really that blue? Or do modern materials make it look different?

[Guest d'Kong76]

It would be hard to imagine a wool uniform quite that vibrant!

NY Mets at Atlanta
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, June 30, 2014
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
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After a strong road trip, the Atlanta Braves attempt to bring the success home with them as they open a three-game series against the New York Mets on Monday. Atlanta completed a four-game road sweep of Philadelphia � a first for the Braves since 1964 � to polish off an 8-3 trek and now plays six consecutive home games against the struggling Mets and Arizona Diamondbacks. New York has lost four of its last five contests.

Mets star David Wright has missed three consecutive games with a bruised rotator cuff and will be re-examined on Monday. New York manager Terry Collins is mildly concerned, but he doesn�t expect Wright to land on the disabled list after discussing the situation with team trainers. �He could walk in (Monday), still have discomfort and need to rest if longer � that could lead it in a different direction,� Collins told reporters. �I�m not planning on that, for sure.�

TV:
7:10 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), SportSouth (Atlanta)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Mets RH Zack Wheeler (3-8, 4.45 ERA) vs. Braves LH Alex Wood (6-6, 3.07)

Wheeler�s up-and-down nature is personified by his last two outings. He looked splendid while tossing a three-hit shutout against Miami on June 19 before being torched for six runs and six hits in two innings against Oakland on Wednesday. Wheeler is 3-1 with a 3.94 ERA in five career starts against Atlanta, with both the loss and no-decision occurring in April.

Wood returned to the majors and scattered three hits over seven scoreless innings against Houston on Wednesday. The 23-year-old began the season in the rotation and allowed six runs or fewer in six of his seven outings before being sent to the bullpen - and then down to the minors for two-plus weeks. Wood is 0-1 with a 4.05 ERA in three career starts against the Mets.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Braves C Evan Gattis (back) will be re-evaluated on Monday after missing the last three games.
2. Philadelphia OF Marlon Byrd, who homered twice on Sunday, is 4-for-10 against Wood, while SS Jimmy Rollins is hitless in 11 at-bats versus the left-hander.
3. Atlanta 1B Freddie Freeman is 6-for-11 with a homer against Wheeler and RF Jason Heyward is 5-for-12 with a blast.

[batmagadanleadoff]

d'Kong76 wrote: It would be hard to imagine a wool uniform quite that vibrant!

Why? You think that wool can't be brightly colored? I know which way you must swing. Whatever the fuck that's supposed to mean. (NTTAWT)

[batmagadanleadoff]

Zvon wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Can't say I've been watching these games much more than to catch a random at bat or two while whizzing by channel surfing. But thumbs up to Pittsburgh for the retro Crawfords unis and early 70's Stargell/Clemente polyester pullover tops. Same goes for the Royal Giants retros the Mets were wearing, even though Pittsburgh, as the host team, paid for those. Don't expect that from the Mets for their home fans. The seven thousand bucks the Mets'd hafta spend might break their budget for acquiring a key mid-season piece for the stretch run. I have one question. Were the original Royal Giants unis really that blue? Or do modern materials make it look different?

I dunno. But some negro league uniforms were quite colorful, or garish, depending on your tastes, for the times. Those Royal Giants retros the Mets wore wouldn't look so out of place today, though. Well, maybe the top and bottom mono combo might be a bit harsh, but I'd say that every team except the Yankees wears brightly colored tops nowadays.

[batmagadanleadoff]

d'Kong76 wrote: Sound pretty tuned in for someone who wants to sound tuned out.

Does it? I don't need more than two seconds to identify an early 70's Pirate uniform, or a Pittsburgh Crawfords uniform. How much time do you need? An entire game?

[Guest d'Kong76]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: It would be hard to imagine a wool uniform quite that vibrant! Why? You think that wool can't be brightly colored? I know which way you must swing. Whatever the fuck that's supposed to mean. (NTTAWT)

I guess I think that polyester is shinier and vibrant than
the old wool unis. I think Zvon meant the same?

[batmagadanleadoff]

d'Kong76 wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: It would be hard to imagine a wool uniform quite that vibrant! Why? You think that wool can't be brightly colored? I know which way you must swing. Whatever the fuck that's supposed to mean. (NTTAWT) I guess I think that polyester is shinier and vibrant than the old wool unis. I think Zvon meant the same?

Now I know for sure which way you must swing. Whatever the fuck that's supposed to mean. (NTTAWT)

[Guest d'Kong76]

On the radio broadcast yesterday they were talking about
the Pirates being the first to abandon wool and go to the
polyester and I think it's more vibrant than wool.

I could be wrong, but that blue was pretty bright.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Can't say I've been watching these games much more than to catch a random at bat or two while whizzing by channel surfing. But thumbs up to Pittsburgh for the retro Crawfords unis and early 70's Stargell/Clemente polyester pullover tops. Same goes for the Royal Giants retros the Mets were wearing, even though Pittsburgh, as the host team, paid for those. Don't expect that from the Mets for their home fans. The seven thousand bucks the Mets'd hafta spend might break their budget for acquiring a key mid-season piece for the stretch run. I have one question. Were the original Royal Giants unis really that blue? Or do modern materials make it look different? I dunno. But some negro league uniforms were quite colorful, or garish, depending on your tastes, for the times. Those Royal Giants retros the Mets wore wouldn't look so out of place today, though. Well, maybe the top and bottom mono combo might be a bit harsh, but I'd say that every team except the Yankees wears brightly colored tops nowadays.

The Tigers, too. They wore a solid blue top only once or twice and it was years ago, while still at the old stadium.

[Zvon]

I like the blue uni's. I hope there's not anything wrong with that.

[G-Fafif]

Wrightless again:

Granderson-9
Tejada-6
Murphy-4
Campbell-5
Duda-3
CYoung-7
Lagares-8
d�Arnaud-2
Wheeler-1

[G-Fafif]

David not with team in Atlanta. He decided he's tired of the lot of them and is taking a little R & R, screw you and your towels.

(Actually: prescribed rest by club; will rejoin in NY on Friday to hopefully be the healthy firecracker the Mets need.)

[ashie62]

Curtis Granderson, rf
Ruben Tejada, ss
Daniel Murphy, 2b
Eric Campbell, 3b
Lucas Duda, 1b
Chris Young, lf
Juan Lagares, cf
Travis d'Arnaud, c
Zack Wheeler, rhp


B.J. Upton, cf
Andrelton Simmons, ss
Freddie Freeman, 1b
Justin Upton, lf
Jason Heyward, rf
Chris Johnson, 3b
Tommy La Stella, 2b
Christian Bethancourt c,
Alex Wood, lhp

[Zvon]

CURBOOM!

That's a nice start.

[Edgy MD]

Wheeler all dancy, but he gets through the fuhst.

[Frayed Knot]

d'Arnaud tried to keep our streak of dumb base-running moves alive, but Simmons at SS wouldn't let him.

[Zvon]

I thought it was 10 seconds. And this can be reviewed? Hmm. Yep, Murph got his heel off the bag.

[Zvon]

I think Shorty caught a break there. I thought they would say he took too long to come out. Nice.

[Frayed Knot]

It's inning #6 and 'Operation Shutdown' is well underway.

[Zvon]

Well, lets give Wood a little credit. Although I have no idea how Lagares just swung through that slider. Looked fat to me.

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: I think Shorty caught a break there. I thought they would say he took too long to come out. Nice.

I think that kind of reversal is freakin' ridiculous regardless of when he challenged it.
Whenever replay rules are proposed the selling point is always that it'll only be used to correct the obviously blown calls. But, inevitably, it winds up getting used for micro-dissecting plays that nobody thinks were wrong in the first place.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Zvon wrote: I think Shorty caught a break there. I thought they would say he took too long to come out. Nice. I think that kind of reversal is freakin' ridiculous regardless of when he challenged it. Whenever replay rules are proposed the selling point is always that it'll only be used to correct the obviously blown calls. But, inevitably, it winds up getting used for micro-dissecting plays that nobody thinks were wrong in the first place.

I would prefer that umps saw these things with the eyes in their heads. Now that one, that was tough to catch at real speed. And he was off the bag.

This is no surprise to me in that they have been watching and talking about how review could effect the "after" slide. Not sure if it was during a steal or an extra base hit.

Course I'm okay with it here because it went for us. If the runner was a Met I would be bitchin'.

I tip my cap to Collins.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Are the Mets wearing anything to memorialize Frank Cashen?

[Frayed Knot]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Are the Mets wearing anything to memorialize Frank Cashen?

They're adding bow ties to their uniforms for tomorrow night's game.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Are the Mets wearing anything to memorialize Frank Cashen? They're adding bow ties to their uniforms for tomorrow night's game.

That is pretty damn kool. Or is that a joke? Cause they should.

[Zvon]

shit