IGT 5/28 - Dodgers at Mets

[Zvon]

I'm not prepared to post a Laggy kaBOOM. Makin a sammich.

[Edgy MD]

Hit the ball over the fence. Hit the ball over the fence. Hit the ball over the fence.

[Zvon]

There ya go.





Twitters kool cause you don't have to support your shit. But on twitter, people talk AT each other. That's different from a chat or message board, where you talk WITH others.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Who called for this replay?

They should just stop pretending that there's a per/game limit. Any play that's sorta/kinda close and we'll take a five minute break to review it to within an inch of its life.


It's a good thing that I don't have any alcohol in the house tonight otherwise I'd be pretty stinking' drunk right about now.

[Edgy MD]

Dick Scott stinks.

[Frayed Knot]

The Dodgers were 10th in the NL in HRs up until about three hours ago.

[Zvon]

This really messes up a lot of things. The pen could have used any kind of break. Thor would have gone 6 minimum, IMspeculation.

What a mess.

And what's the story. The ump. I don't think even Utley can trump that. I'm glad this game is on national TV so everyone gets to see how horrible umpiring is these days.

[Edgy MD]

Bring on Lonestar.

[Zvon]

Good thing that can only be counted as one loss.




Can the Mets protest this game?

[Zvon]

Crew chief Tom Hallion spoke about Noah Syndergaard's ejection tonight. (from Michael Baron)

[Zvon]

I love what Noah is saying to the media. Wha?! Me? Throw at somebody?!

[batmagadanleadoff]

Zvon wrote: Crew chief Tom Hallion spoke about Noah Syndergaard's ejection tonight. (from Michael Baron)

So if the playoffs had no bearing on the ump's decision, that's even less grounds to eject Syndergaard before issuing a warning.

[Zvon]

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[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

My first time among the 7-Liners (bought the ticket on the secondary market), and with a 6 y/o in tow, no less... and it wasn't half-bad. Energetic crowd, with a slightly 'FAN-y vibe... but polite to the in-groupers, and mostly kid-friendly with the language, save for some chanting toward the middle/end I had to explain to YoungerPooper. ("They're chanting 'apples' because they think the umpires' calls have been rotten. Like rotten apples.") Right up until the grand slam, the spirit stayed strong; it was heartening. They honed in like a laser on their targets, too (Utley, and whipping-boy Joc Pederson). Too bad the team didn't bring the same focused approach.

That crew-chief press release is the sound of one hand CYAing. Funny, turns out Hamari is a relatively inexperienced guy (debuted in midseason 2013)... but not completely lacking in time served. I hadn't paid attention to who was working the plate when they announced it pregame (who does?), but when he ran Noah, I said to the guy behind me, "This has to be a rookie ump." It was the kind of knee-jerk reaction you get from someone who doesn't know how to regulate their own heart rate during a high-profile, national-TV-type game. 'Cause, man alive, even Our Man Angel doesn't run a guy without a warning for a non-arguing-related offense. Hell, Utley looked shocked.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Bastardo has been pretty awful this year. I know they were in a bit of a bind pitching-wise, but they need to bury him for a while.

Saved our bacon by striking out the side against the Phils (I think) with the bases-loaded and nobody out, holding a one-run lead. Helped preserve our bacon in a handful of other games with key 1-plus inning stints. He's been iffy of late, but don't throw out the baby with last night's bathwater.

[Benjamin Grimm]