IGT 5/12/15: Mets@Cubs � Syndergaarden of Earthly Delights

[Zvon]

huge k!

[batmagadanleadoff]

[Edgy MD]

Blazing heat to get out of it, though.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Blazing heat to get out of it, though.

It looked like he didn't wanna go anywhere near the strike zone and then BAM-BAM,out.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Edgy MD wrote: I'm getting too used to, and spoiled by, the 2015 Mets pitchers, getting way too grumpy with Synderballs outside the strike zone.

I find myself having the same reaction. Like, "Walks? PLURAL?"

[Edgy MD]

Gotta swing eventually, Plawecki.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Well, yeah, you spend enough time tiptoeing through minefields, your toes are going to get tired.

[Frayed Knot]

At the rate we're scoring runs, the first run was enough to put this game on ice anyway.

[Frayed Knot]

Meanwhile, Coughlin came into this series hitting under .200 and has (except for 1 K yesterday) hit nothing but line drive for two games now.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

As far as debuts go, that certainly was one.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

This is one of the few contexts-- climate-wise, anyway-- where Torres-A's headgear actually seems to fit. It's like a comfy Met pseudo-Ushanka.

[Zvon]

Bumper Cap's been bumpy lately.

[Zvon]

Jeeze. get him outta there.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Yeah, Cossack-Head's working with Soviet-era efficiency here.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Poosticks. He had Rizzo at second, right?

[Zvon]

Oh Duda. Ronnies right. Play was at second. Nice stop tho.

[Zvon]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Poosticks. He had Rizzo at second, right?

yep.

[Zvon]

They didn't score a half a dozen runs. It just feels like it.

[Frayed Knot]

Worst. Game. of the Season ... well, worst 2/3 of a game anyway.

No official errors though plenty of them actually.
Pitchers have issued something like 28 walks.
Game has slowed to a crawl.
17 mound conferences.
.200 hitters are smacking the shit out of us
Bad baserunning
Sloppy fielding
One hit
And Arrieta has faced the minimum thru 6, including in an inning where he only retired one batter.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, dear, Eddie Vedder.

[Frayed Knot]

Bryant knows how to throw out Murphy even if Murphy doesn't know how to throw out Bryant.

[Fman99]

Sucky

[Edgy MD]

Boys, this game's no fun if you don't get a hit once in a while.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I think Nieuwy's gotta go.

My middle son Darrell Ceciliani, a lefthanded hitter who can play all 3 OF positions, is hitting .337/.398/.628//1.026 in Vegas.

[Edgy MD]

I wanna go back to the East.

[Zvon]

Wow. Bryant looked like Kingman!

[Edgy MD]

And Murphy looked like Castillo.

Two hands, Rube.

[Edgy MD]

Jerry Meals is HAWNGRY.

[Zvon]

Gah!, that was low. Cudd couldnt do nothing with that anyway.

[Zvon]

I'm with Ronnie. Thor didn't totally suck. Lot'sa pitches, like Wheeler when he first arrived. He competed for 5.
The offense is offensive.