IGT 7/18/16: NYM@CHC -- Keep The Fire Burnin'

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Even Illinois' own REO Speedwagon, the first name band to play a postgame concert at Citi Field, knows the Mets keep burnin' the Cubs -- four in a row last October, four in a row a couple of weeks ago. Plus there's that one-game winning streak they arrive in Chicago on.

Matz keeps the fire burnin' tonight versus Lester.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The Speedwagon pulls for the Chisox!

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v894826383/reo-speedwagon-on-singing-national-anthem-at-uscf

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

And from the 7th inning stretch...
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[Guest d'Kong76]

Baez 2B
Bryant 3B
Rizzo 1B
Contreras LF
Russell SS
Szczur RF
Almora Jr. CF
Ross C
Lester P

[Guest d'Kong76]

Reyes 3B
Granderson RF
Yespedes LF
Walker 2B
Flores 1B
Cabrera SS
Lagares CF
d�Arnaud C
Matz P

Edited July 18, 2016 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

Welcome back to the lineup, Wilmer Flores.

And Kevin Baez, apparently.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Edgy MD wrote: Welcome back to the lineup, Wilmer Flores. And Kevin Baez, apparently.

I should have penciled in Floryes, but wasn't thinking.
Not sure how Baez ended up on the end but I should pay more attention before 'submit.'

[Lefty Specialist]

Geez, Cabrera still brutal with RISP.

[Edgy MD]

Not so down on productive outs when you see outs as counter-productive as that.

[ashie62]

ist and 2nd on and Grandy hits into DP.

[Edgy MD]

Rizzo is not above swinging from one knee.

[Edgy MD]

Well, that at-bat stunk.

Rizzo hit so many fouls that Matz seemed to run out of ideas, went with the change, and KAPOWIE.

[Edgy MD]

C�spedes, mercy, stay with the play.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Matz just pizzes me off. Great throw by Cespy

[Edgy MD]

That's C�spedes-brand throwing. That went from a stand-up run to out-by-10-feet in a blink.

[Frayed Knot]

Gary's wrong about the pitchers' numbers on the Shea scoreboard, there absolutely was a time when you had to check the program in order to find out which number corresponded with which pitcher.

[Edgy MD]

Bunting Matz = probably not the right move.

[Zvon]

Hows this game goin?

Eww. Do we have a hit?

[Zvon]

Glad I caught that. Flores didn't. That was embarraskin. Better not cost us.

Shit, steals second.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Well, that at-bat stunk. Rizzo hit so many fouls that Matz seemed to run out of ideas, went with the change, and KAPOWIE.

The online game pitch chart thing has it looking like an outside pitch. Did he hang one out there?

[Frayed Knot]

Rizzo is so on top of the plate that an outside pitch to him isn't really outside.

[Frayed Knot]

Already 0-for-5 w/RiSP
Fortunately we were already so bad in these situations that I think tonight's oh-fer might actually raise the team's average.

[Zvon]

Jeeze Loueeze Travis, learn how to properly block a pitch. You don't back hand that. Apply yourself. Drop to your knees, get low to the ground, put that glove face open to close that hole under your ass. I think he may be the cause of all his injuries. On that play, if he did it right he wouldn't have a bruised neck.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Frayed Knot wrote: Gary's wrong about the pitchers' numbers on the Shea scoreboard, there absolutely was a time when you had to check the program in order to find out which number corresponded with which pitcher.

But didn't the scorecard indicate the pitcher's uniform number rather than some arbitrary sequential number? It wouldn't be 1 Cuellar 2 Dobson 3 McNally 4 Palmer. (Would it?)

[Zvon]

Adam Rubin ?@AdamRubinESPN � 1m1 minute ago

Steven Matz is now 0-4 with a 4.73 ERA in his past nine starts. #mets




No Wilmer KB? *slaps forehead.

[Zvon]

lol. They got throwing back the homer thing down pat. Isn't it like super weak that they don't throw back the actual ball. Doesn't that water the whole gesture down?

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Gary's wrong about the pitchers' numbers on the Shea scoreboard, there absolutely was a time when you had to check the program in order to find out which number corresponded with which pitcher. But didn't the scorecard indicate the pitcher's uniform number rather than some arbitrary sequential number? It wouldn't be 1 Cuellar 2 Dobson 3 McNally 4 Palmer. (Would it?)

Yes it was. Just like they were talking about at Wrigley still to this day, the active pitchers for each team were listed alphabetically in the program which corresponded to the number on the scoreboard.
Don't remember specifically when they 'updated' to the uniform number but it definitely existed for a while.

Maybe one of the guys around here who specializes in dredging up old photos of Shea will come up with one where all the pitchers seemed to have single digit numbers.
The only difference in those days is that the numbers only went up to 9 or 10. Tonight in Wrigley some team was using pitcher #15

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Gary's wrong about the pitchers' numbers on the Shea scoreboard, there absolutely was a time when you had to check the program in order to find out which number corresponded with which pitcher. But didn't the scorecard indicate the pitcher's uniform number rather than some arbitrary sequential number? It wouldn't be 1 Cuellar 2 Dobson 3 McNally 4 Palmer. (Would it?) Yes it was. Just like they were talking about at Wrigley still to this day, the active pitchers for each team were listed alphabetically in the program which corresponded to the number on the scoreboard. Don't remember specifically when they 'updated' to the uniform number but it definitely existed for a while. Maybe one of the guys around here who specializes in dredging up old photos of Shea will come up with one where all the pitchers seemed to have single digit numbers. The only difference in those days is that the numbers only went up to 9 or 10. Tonight in Wrigley some team was using pitcher #15

Shoot. I've collected any decent pic I have ever found of the old monster but that folder is still on my old PC. I'll get to it though. I was fascinated with that scoreboard. That's why I felt compelled to sneak up into it after a game once back in the early 70's.

[Fman99]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: And from the 7th inning stretch... [youtube]BWido0wm-1M[/youtube]

We just saw them in concert last month opening for Def Leppard. Solid performance.

[Frayed Knot]

There you go. July of '65 according to the caption.

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And congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Allen while we're at it.