Independence Day IGT II: 7/5 MIA@NYM

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Double ratz.

[Edgy MD]

Don't go softly, De Aza!

[Frayed Knot]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Brewers up 5-1 on the Nats. A win tonight sure would be nice!

Nats got it to 5-2 but then Harper K'd with 2-outs and the bases loaded ... so there's that.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

I was about to ask why DeAza was spared and Reynolds gets sent packing -- and he hits one into the pen.

[Edgy MD]

De Aza and Bastardo: Good night for whipping boys.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Frayed Knot wrote: Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Brewers up 5-1 on the Nats. A win tonight sure would be nice! Nats got it to 5-2 but then Harper K'd with 2-outs and the bases loaded ... so there's that.

Might be going from "Hey, we gained a game!" to "At least we didn't lose a game in the standings."

[Edgy MD]

Nothing doing yet.

[Edgy MD]

Ramos reminds me of Neil Allen. Compact motion. Big arsenal. Hard curve.

[Fman99]

The Mets lost. My boner went away. I was sad.

[Guest d'Kong76]

When did Z(ei)le join the post-game thing?

[Guest cooby]

nuts

[Edgy MD]

d'Kong76 wrote: When did Z(ei)le join the post-game thing?

More or less this evening.

[Zvon]

Stanton busts out. What can ya do? Sad but Matz pitched decent. Goeddel was gassed from the get-go and we all could see it. All cept TC I guess.
4 hits?! Oy.

[Edgy MD]

One thing you can do is control the situation you face Stanton in.

But Giancarlo is really a different hitter. Standing up straight and getting full extension on his swings, particularly the low pitch. It's like the long, loopy swing of a left-hander coming from the right side. There aren't a lot of hitters like that, and fewer that are successful. Flores is kind of like that, and Tim Wallach is the most prominent example I can think of. He can still be effective, but there are holes in that sort of swing, and I don't think he'll ever be as effective as he was.

[MFS62]

A "sweep type"* hitter getting full extension and then hitting the ball a long ways reminds me of Dave Kingman.

Later

* = keeping the arms straight from the beginning of the arc, almost like a golf swing.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Edgy MD]

MFS62 wrote: A "sweep type"* hitter getting full extension and then hitting the ball a long ways reminds me of Dave Kingman. Later * = keeping the arms straight from the beginning of the arc, almost like a golf swing.

Yeah, Kong liked to stand up straight, reach down and pick up the low pitch and golf it to who knows where.

And Stanton has a pretty Kingmanian stat line these days.

[Edgy MD]

So, do you feel like maybe they called up Reyes too soon, and sort of gave up four at-bats?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yes I do.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, it's kind of my thing with Terry. He gives up stuff.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I don't know if it's Terry's call to even have him there. He said something to the effect of "he thinks he's ready so that's good enough for us!" I'm suspicious of the whole thing being a Jeff Idea.

The circumstances match the Alderson MO to seek bargains, but I saw Reyes myself a week ago look like crap in Brooklyn.

I HATE that he got back No. 7. He fucked up all kinds of momentum.

[Benjamin Grimm]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Yes I do.

Me too.

[Frayed Knot]

Still time to be proven wrong on this, but I think what they've decided is that Reyes is going to be given the luxury of playing his way Out of the lineup rather than the other way around -- mostly at the expense of Wilmer it seems.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Frayed Knot wrote: Still time to be proven wrong on this, but I think what they've decided is that Reyes is going to be given the luxury of playing his way Out of the lineup rather than the other way around -- mostly at the expense of Wilmer it seems.

Wilmer and maybe Zimmo too. I realize TC is terrified to start Zimmo vs. lefties but he also looks to me to be a decent bet as a leadoff guy.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Still time to be proven wrong on this, but I think what they've decided is that Reyes is going to be given the luxury of playing his way Out of the lineup rather than the other way around -- mostly at the expense of Wilmer it seems. Wilmer and maybe Zimmo too. I realize TC is terrified to start Zimmo vs. lefties but he also looks to me to be a decent bet as a leadoff guy.

A far better bet at this point, really.

Hidden Terry-Giving-Away-Things point, with a far less emotionally-loaded context: Granderson (only .330-plus OBP in the last four years was a BABIP-buoyed .364 last year) returning to tenured leadoff spot over Nimmo the other night.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

You'd think given Grandy's exceptional ability to ground out to the right side he'd be an ideal No. 2.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: It's not going to be popular, but I just have to say it: The Marlins uniforms have grown on me and I like them. I don't like the number font, and the cap logo seems a little too big. But I like them. Glad I got that off my chest.

I think the Marlins uniforms are genius. Off the top of my head, those unis are the best marriage of baseball, team and city.

But we're definitely in the minority, I think. Uni-Watch rated all of the MLB unis a year or two ago and the Marlins unis were at or near the very bottom of the list.

What's my least favorite MLB uni? I think it might be the Diamondbacks unis, which always looked incredibly infantile to me.

[Benjamin Grimm]