IGT 07/07 - Nationals at Mets - Time to Rock!

[TransMonk]

That was another great game on this homestand...big win!

I'm not hip to all of the new defensive metrics. Cabrera's got to be one of the better shortstops in the league this year, right? I don't even remember Reyes being able to make plays like that (and Asdrubal has made several like that this season).

[ashie62]

Wilmer for President.

[Frayed Knot]

Apparently Nats' GM Mike Rizzo got into a screaming match with the umps in a hallway after the game, complete with security guards intervening. Not surprisingly it was over the slide-rule call.

Can't say as how I blame him. Not that I think he's right necessarily but there seems to be no consistency in how and if that rule is applied. Werth slid past the base twice yesterday and Revere did it once but only one of them wound up being called at of course it came in the 9th inning of a tight game. Whether this new rule is being applied by the letter of the law or subject to interpretation seems up in the air and I certainly can't claim to be able to predict it.

http://nypost.com/2016/07/08/nats-gm-ump-get-heated-in-shouting-match-after-mets-game/

[Edgy MD]

I'm not sure that's really Mike Rizzo's fight to have.

It's Dusty who should be riding Blue. Rizzo should be going after the administrators who made the call possible.

[Frayed Knot]

Agreed. It's not clear whether he just happened to pass them in the hall and decided to let off steam or if he specifically went looking for them.
That linked article also mentions Jim Joyce not recognizing Rizzo and having to ask who he was which seems kind of odd. Not that umps & GMs mix all that often but there are only 30 GMs and both guys have been around the game for a long time now.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[bmfc1]

Rizzo is a classless jerk who hasn't won anything and is simply a conduit for Scott Boras. Let him win a playoff game, let alone a playoff series, before he can grandstand like that.

[Benjamin Grimm]