IGT 09/28 -- 'stros at Metsies -- The Final Cut

[Edgy MD]

Zvon wrote: Edgy MD wrote: That unknown starting pitcher is Seawolf's BFF from Stony Brook. Altuve attempting to win a batting title on his butt. Boo to that. Wow. A friend of my friend is my enemy. I think Altuve's in there.

No, sorry, I was booing the notion as invoked by Gary.

Bottom of the order manufactures a go-ahead run, baby.

[Edgy MD]

Hey, Abreu's one millionth career walk.

[Edgy MD]

Man, Murphy popped up a meatball.

[Guest d'Kong76]

That's gotta be approaching some record! No?

[Zvon]

Damn! Gross catch.

[Edgy MD]

That's 200 innings for Bart.

ERA down to 4.04.

[Zvon]

That little bobblehead Casey looks good on TV.

[Edgy MD]

Going to the park wearing an actual Casey Stengel jersey. That's hardcore.

[Zvon]

Many cards I make never make the cut.



OO, good play by that Asstro.

[Zvon]

Altuve becomes (probably) the first ever Asstro batting leader. He has over 17% of the teams hits this season.

Grats kid.

OE: oh yea

[Zvon]

Abreu singles and is pulled to a rousing round of rooting. I can do w/o this, but it's nice. 2570 hits. Hell of a career Bobby. Now go catch a shower.


There is an authenticator in the crowd just for stuff like this?

[Edgy MD]

That was pretty cool.

Pointing to the Mets logo: double cool.

[Zvon]

[bigpurple:15ai8730]90![/bigpurple:15ai8730]

[Edgy MD]

Keith calls another.

[Zvon]

I wanted the homer more, but hell, I'll take it.

4-2 New York Metropolitans


The Dude's runnin' with the big boys now

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: Abreu singles and is pulled to a rousing round of rooting. I can do w/o this, but it's nice. 2570 hits. Hell of a career Bobby. Now go catch a shower. There is an authenticator in the crowd just for stuff like this?

It was 45 seconds of applause for the end of a great career plus a handshake from countryman Altuve. No pre-arranged dog and pony show, no dugouts emptying him, nothing over the top.
Nice moment and well deserved.

Mets have gone over the top with other stuff in the past (Lenny Harris's PH record, Franco's _00 save (I forget exactly which round number it was) ... but this wasn't one of them.

[Edgy MD]

The Mets didn't do anything. Didn't do anything but allow him to use their press room to announce his retirement, I guess.

Terry, who loves the guy and was his first manager, did something. He threw him a start --- over Eric Young, big whoop --- and pinch-ran for him after a single.

Perfectly fine with me. Briefly pausing to salute a long and productive career ending on the last day, even --- Bobby Abreu, Todd Zeile, or Willie Randolph --- is everything they incorrectly say about Jeter. It's classy.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: The Mets didn't do anything. Didn't do anything but allow him to use their press room to announce his retirement, I guess. Terry, who loves the guy and was his first manager, did something. He threw him a start --- over Eric Young, big whoop --- and pinch-ran for him after a single. Perfectly fine with me. Briefly pausing to salute a long and productive career ending on the last day --- Bobby Abreu, Todd Zeile, or Willie Randolph --- is everything they incorrectly say about Jeter. It's classy.

It is. I'll tip my cap to TC. He is a players manager.

I still could have done w/o it. Too many years seeing Abreu the Phil, I guess. Cause he has had a fine career.

[bmfc1]

I don't believe that Terry moves his bowels without Sandy's permission but you can think what you want to think. Again, this isn't a big deal except when you consider that they didn't find the time to honor the '73 NL Champs and can't be bothered to build a Seaver statue.

[Edgy MD]

bmfc1 wrote: I don't believe that Terry moves his bowels without Sandy's permission but you can think what you want to think.

Yeah, I think I can.

It seems obvious that a 40-second pause during a ballgame has nothing to do with a statue.

I don't know what to do with that bowels crack. I disagree certainly.

Sheesh, Alderson is both too aloof and a control freak?

It's a 40-second pause. It's simply being decent. It's also the sot of thing that's done all over baseball, by all sorts of managers with all sorts of control over their own bowels.

[Zvon]

30!!!!![/bigpurple]

Thank you Lucas.

[Gwreck]

Nice job, Lucas.

[Edgy MD]

Lucas > Ike

[Gwreck]

Yeah. For everything that Sandy may have done wrong, he damn sure got that trade right.

[Zvon]

No one in the dugout, no towels, no nuthin, lol. Classic.
30 HR / 92 RBI
THE BIG BOYS LUCAS! YOUR ONE OF EM!

Edited September 28, 2014 by Guest

[bmfc1]

My point, Edgy, is that I think that the manager clears all of his actions with the GM or a member of the GM's staff. That's all. It was sarcasm, not a crack directed at you, and I'm sorry if it seemed that way.

[Zvon]

[Frayed Knot]

I'm not buying that Terry's everyday lineup decisions need to be cleared from above.

[Lefty Specialist]

The empty car wash was all kinds of awesome. And Duda high-fiving imaginary teammates was even better.

[bmfc1]

Whatever.

It looks like we root for a second place team.