Oh yeah, me again on the IGT - Aug 1st, 2016

[bmfc1]

Terry burned through Blevins in the 8th. Terry would overmanage a 2 car parade.

[bmfc1]

Terry burned through Blevins in the 8th. Terry would overmanage a 2 car parade.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: But you do realize that there will never be a save situation once you hit the 9th inning tied, right? So either you use Familia in a tie game or you resolve not to use him at all.

Why can't we use him in the 10th and walk off in our half. Or the 11th?
Ain't gonna happen tonight.

[Fman99]

That's a big K. One down. C'mon, Seth. Bear down.

[Edgy MD]

That's what you do with Didi.

[Fman99]

Dammit.

[Zvon]

Of course, I wouldn't have wanted Lugo to do this earlier.

[Fman99]

How, by the way, did they not shelve Cabrera to the DL to get another bat for the bench? Are they too cheap to pay for airfare? I know Bruce will be here tomorrow, but still.

[Zvon]

OE: I shouldn't have said that.

Edited August 1, 2016 by Guest

[Zvon]

ugh.

[Fman99]

Yeah, Loney! Leadoff 2B.

[Zvon]

OMG, he's soooo slow. lol. YAY!

[Edgy MD]

Gosh leadoff double. But we're going to need two more hits to get him home.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Lead off double! Get him home!

[Zvon]

Holy wowzers. They had him @3rd by a mile!

[Edgy MD]

Gosh, Loney was a dead duck at third.

Maybe seeing the Mets stink up that play spooked him, but gosh, what a gift.

[Zvon]

I'm w/the booth. If he has the yips squeeze on him.

[Fman99]

Man, would I love to see Rivera put a charge in one here.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Ouch! That's gonna sting.

[Edgy MD]

I don't know if De Aza is going to be alright by next inning.

Mookie, of course, would have danced away from that.

[Fman99]

Or Grandy.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Sigh.

[Zvon]

OMG. He throws to bases like he's got a wing instead of an arm.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Awful loss.

[Fman99]

Los Mets perdieron. Yo estaba triste.

[bmfc1]

Terry is a fucking idiot.

[Zvon]

Oh, this sucked. This really sucked. I need some new graphics that display major suckage.

[Zvon]

Alls I have is this golden oldie.

[Guest cooby]

Zvon wrote: OMG. He throws to bases like he's got a wing instead of an arm.

threw that like a girl

[Frayed Knot]

The pitching moves -- Several here seem to be upset about them tonight but I'm not all that clear on what the fuss is.

- Verrett went 5, Goeddel pitched the 6th.
- Goeddel was then PH'd for (by Matz) which kept the inning alive as the Mets eventually loaded the bases before Walker FO w/a chance to bust it open (how many times this season have we paid for runs they failed to tack on?)
- Robles pitched the 7th

** Here's where I guess part of the beef is: Terry starts top 8 w/Blevins to face the two top of the order LHBs Gardner & Ellsbury. He walked one, got the other. THEN he went to Reed.
The other two options there were either continue with Robles to start the inning or go directly to Reed. That would 'save' Blevins for later although if you don't want him tainting the 8th inning vs their hot LHBs I'm not sure when would be a good time to use using him later on. Blevins walking Gardner was unfortunate but so was Reed giving up two two-out hits and a line-out with a wild pitch mixed in.
I don't think going to Blevins there was the ONLY move but I see the logic in it and certainly don't see it as evidence of feeble-mindedness. I would more likely have let Robles start the 8th but, as good as Reed's been lately, there'd be all kinds of shit coming TC's way if that backfired.

- Then there's the Familia / Lugo argument but I don't what else to say about that. Not only will there never be a NYM lead for JF to protect but the idea of using Lugo and saving Familia makes little sense to me. Not only is that deciding NOT to use your supposed best reliever in a tied 9th inning but, as a one or at best two inning guy, if you save him for later and the game's still tied after his inning(s), then what?