IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

[Edgy MD]

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[Fman99]

That GIDP in the 8th seems like a turning point to me. What a play!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

"Oh, really? Um, glad you like it."

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[Edgy MD]

Was that his only play, or did he have a play at the plate as well?

[Edgy MD]

Buddy slinging it with Vas.

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If you want your kid to have a catch with a Met, apparently your best bet is catching Buddy's attention on the road.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Lagares has to cut down on his hits in the air. I think he's liking too many of those up-in-his-eyes pitches. Lagares to FK: maybe not. --- Edit: I do agree, though. More line drives please. I don't know. I was thinking Laggy might be the one to crack Harangatang (Met #966) Too many fly balls in this park will catch up to you. And he's strong and gets on top of high pitches.

Nice that he was able to get on top of that one following three sky-high flies prior to it-- but the overall problem remains that he produces far too many pop-ups and lazy flies in exchange for too few HRs.
I think he's got power potential, but if the results aren't going to show it* then I'd prefer he just hit some more on the ground and start running.



* 9 HRs in nearly 900 ML PAs and just 31 in over 2,500 PAs in the minors.

[Guest themetfairy]

If you want your kid to have a catch with a Met, apparently your best bet is catching Buddy's attention on the road.

Our experience when the kids were small was that the team was way more accessible before road games than at home.

It was a beautiful night for baseball, we had a chance to say hit to CF and his amazingly polite and well-spoken son, and the Mets won - what more could one want?

[MFS62]

What a great looking couple. The next time MMYF says anything when I wear Mets gear with her, I show her that picture. Then tell her to put hers on, too. (I think she's a closet Mets fan, but won't give me the satisfaction of wearing it when I'm around. Shhhh. Pretend you don't know.)

Later

[Guest themetfairy]

Thanks.

And for the record, we were sitting among some very nice people who were there for a Little League outing. They kept telling us to tell everyone that Phillies fans are nice. That's not my universal impression, but the people we were with last night were very sweet (one of them snapped the above posted photo).

[Gwreck]

Great photo!

themetfairy wrote: They kept telling us to tell everyone that Phillies fans are nice. That's not my universal impression, but the people we were with last night were very sweet (one of them snapped the above posted photo).

I bet it helps when they aren't as good. Get rid of the loudmouth/beer drinking frontrunners and it probably is a lot more pleasant there.