IGT Game 99 STL@NYM 7/26, 8ish,

[Chad ochoseis]

Bartolo gets a nice easy 1-2-3 first.

[bmfc1]

Loney got called out on strikes on a pitch a foot out of the strike zone. Umps suck. I'm sick of them. The idiot who couldn't find the strike zone in game one if you spotted him "strike" and "zon" gets game 2 off because it's a doubleheader... poor baby worked so hard! So MLB has to fly a minor league umpire in for game 2. Pathetic. Fire them all.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

A De Aza double!

[Chad ochoseis]

And Cabrera's off the schneid!!!

[Edgy MD]

It's almost like something that needs to be investigated.

But I'll take it. It'll help lift the cloud.

[Edgy MD]

Was Keef not in the booth for the first game but here for the second?

[Gwreck]

bmfc1 wrote: Loney got called out on strikes on a pitch a foot out of the strike zone. Umps suck. I'm sick of them. The idiot who couldn't find the strike zone in game one if you spotted him "strike" and "zon" gets game 2 off because it's a doubleheader... poor baby worked so hard! So MLB has to fly a minor league umpire in for game 2. Pathetic. Fire them all.

Solid rant but it was the minor league umpire with the plate in game 1.
Veteran ump Mike Winters (the one who was suspended for provoking Milton Bradley) has the plate in game 2.

[Edgy MD]

Bastardo useful? De Aza performing? Bart getting a bunt down? Cabrera driving in a runner in scoring position?

How can these be anything other than good omens?

[Edgy MD]

LAGARES WAS SO SAFE!!

Can nobody make that call anymore?!

[Edgy MD]

Sheesh, I saw that with my nekkid eye.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Edgy MD wrote: Was Keef not in the booth for the first game but here for the second?

No, but they showed him pulling up in his BMW and Underdog tee shirt
and someone ushering him through the parking lot with an umbrella mid-
way through the first game.

Keef lives well!

[Edgy MD]

Asdrubal Cabrera, run-producing machine.

Alejandro De Aza, run-scoring juggernaut.

[Edgy MD]

Smoker wearing 49. Such a lefties' number.

[Edgy MD]

Siss-boom-bah.

[bmfc1]

Gwreck wrote: bmfc1 wrote: Loney got called out on strikes on a pitch a foot out of the strike zone. Umps suck. I'm sick of them. The idiot who couldn't find the strike zone in game one if you spotted him "strike" and "zon" gets game 2 off because it's a doubleheader... poor baby worked so hard! So MLB has to fly a minor league umpire in for game 2. Pathetic. Fire them all. Solid rant but it was the minor league umpire with the plate in game 1. Veteran ump Mike Winters (the one who was suspended for provoking Milton Bradley) has the plate in game 2.

So it was the major league ump who blew the call on Loney? Incredible.

Thanks for the "solid rant" comment.

[Edgy MD]

d'Arnaud can hit this guy.

[Edgy MD]

So close.

Why Flores didn't tag, I dunno.

[Fman99]

Two outs and six innings in. Send Colon up to hit. Someone get the defrib for TC.

[Edgy MD]

I'm probably batting for Col�n here.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, I look to Reyes.

[Edgy MD]

I mean, what are you buying? One inning? Is Bart that many potential runs better than Hansel Robles over one inning compared to the potential runs you give up with that at-bat?

[Edgy MD]

Although he did his part there on the mound.

[Fman99]

On the other hand, Barty did really just mow them down in the 7th, so, I don't know. Reserve judgement for how the next 2 innings go.

[Zvon]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: A De Aza double!

I see that here in the CBS playBYplay report.

*grabs chest*

He also took one for the team. I'm going to have to remove some of his body parts from my doghouse.

[Edgy MD]

Poor David. In the park to watch his team stolen base lead get taken from him.

[Zvon]

bmfc1 wrote: bmfc1 wrote: Loney got called out on strikes on a pitch a foot out of the strike zone. Umps suck. I'm sick of them. The idiot who couldn't find the strike zone in game one if you spotted him "strike" and "zon" gets game 2 off because it's a doubleheader... poor baby worked so hard! So MLB has to fly a minor league umpire in for game 2. Pathetic. Fire them all. Solid rant but it was the minor league umpire with the plate in game 1. Veteran ump Mike Winters (the one who was suspended for provoking Milton Bradley) has the plate in game 2. So it was the major league ump who blew the call on Loney? Incredible. Thanks for the "solid rant" comment.

I'll third this. I had a conversation with bro #1 today and it was almost a mirror of what Keith said. That we had replay back in the day, to look at after the play, and almost always the umps had it right. Why now do they almost always get it wrong? Bro1 thinks its a conspiracy. Which is odd because I'm the conspiracy guy in this family.

I am sick of it as well. And it's not just that they suck. I won't scream conspiracy but it does look like they are trying awfully hard to really suck.

[Edgy MD]

And tha' t'was the last inning for Bartolo.

[Zvon]

Yep. Reed. Agent 008

[Edgy MD]

I don't know if Reed's a student of Bartolo or what. I can't see what he's got working for him ... but it works for him.

[Frayed Knot]

Just another ridiculously solid and efficient inning from Reed.