IGT 05/14 -- Mets at Cubs -- Afternoon Lumberfest!

[Edgy MD]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: How egregious was this error we're talking about? And more generally, isn't it weird that he's hurting us so much more badly on bad throws than balls-not-gotten-to or clanks-off-the-gove?

Bad throws, I guess, sometimes are the product of bad footie-work.

It's funny how similar this is to Murphy in left field � where any sane person would have his qualms, but he absolutely passed a test of about a third of season.

But then he opens a season at the position and it blows up.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Darling mentioned to footie-work.

[Frayed Knot]

Since we don't hit on the days when we pitch, I guess it's only fair that we not pitch on the days we do hit.

[Edgy MD]

Duda hit the lefty again today.

He looms. He looms so much that he's the fruit OF the loom.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Struck out twice lookin'.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Cud-Cud with a huge opp here.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Which he turns into a soft liner for the 3rd out. TANKS FER NUTTIN

[Zvon]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Which he turns into a soft liner for the 3rd out. TANKS FER NUTTIN

Sees one pitch.

[Edgy MD]

DePaul basketball coach. Another golden throat destroying "TMottBG" this afternoon.

[Lefty Specialist]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Which he turns into a soft liner for the 3rd out. TANKS FER NUTTIN

Starting to think that was $21 million mis-spent.

[Zvon]

lol. Rizzo-abuse.

[Edgy MD]

Recker looking like he's getting less love than he was expecting.

[Edgy MD]

Get angry, Mets.

[Zvon]

That was more upsetting than Flores with the throw. Hey, Reck will just have to hit another.

[Frayed Knot]

Out-hitting 'em, out-homering 'em, and of course losing to 'em.
1 hit w/RiSP

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Fuck these guys. They are playing like a team that deserves every loss they get.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Flores, lollygagger

[Guest d'Kong76]

Let's go Padres!

[Ceetar]

d'Kong76 wrote: Let's go Padres!

let's all stay up and listen/watch.

[TransMonk]

What a cock-punch of a series.

I hat baseball.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Supp IGT 05/14!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Scoreboard watching in May!!

[Frayed Knot]

Cubs series post-mortem:

2-24 w/RiSP = 3 RBIs. Mayberry's 2 RBIs today and Plawecki's RBI single in game 1
10 runs scored in total, 5 came via solo HRs. One more on a 1 Sac Fly + one via ground-out, plus the 3 runs on actual hits (see above).

I fear also that the lack of bullpen depth is, or is about to, start catching up to us. Out of the pitchers who either did, or could have, started the year in the pen, we're now missing Edgin, Carlyle, Parnell, Black, Blevins, Mejia, and Montero (which doesn't even bring Gee or Wheeler into the conversation). They've done a good job so far, but there's only so many times you can go to that well.

Now 3-6 in out of division games.

[Edgy MD]

I'm not sure that the problem is necessarily a lack of depth or an unwillingness to go to another well.

It'll be curious to see if they'll try to keep Syndie in the rotation and turn Gee into a bullpenner. But the real problem remains offense. Working for bullpen perfection is a fool's pursuit.

[Centerfield]

Edgy MD wrote: I'm not sure that the problem is necessarily a lack of depth or an unwillingness to go to another well. It'll be curious to see if they'll try to keep Syndie in the rotation and turn Gee into a bullpenner. But the real problem remains offense. Working for bullpen perfection is a fool's pursuit.

Yup and yup.

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, 'Lack of depth' was the wrong phrase there. What I should have said is that their depth is being severely tested -- particularly so for still only being mid-May -- and that, with a margin for error so slim, it's going to catch up with them at some point. 15 penners have already been used and that's without any contribution from three guys who (in some order or another) were considered among their top 4 coming into the season: Parnell, Black, Mejia

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I wouldn't say that working for bullpen perfection is a fool's pursuit, so much as prioritizing bullpen perfection over any other pressing roster issue is.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I wouldn't say that working for bullpen perfection is a fool's pursuit, so much as prioritizing bullpen perfection over any other pressing roster issue is.

[Guest d'Kong76]

"ya know what I'm sayin'?"