IGT 8/5 Mets v Tigers Thor v Verlander

[ashie62]

They may have Kate Upton but I'll take Thor.

Verlander doesn't scare me but the Tigers do.

A big series for the Mets to stay in the hunt.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Excited to be seeing the Mets tonight!

It's rare that I get to see them in person. This year has been special -- saw them once in Cleveland and twice in Milwaukee. They've lost all three, so hopefully that ends tonight!

[ashie62]

Meddle the mule is due.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Ashie62 wrote: Meddle the mule is due.

He's the avatar as a reminder that whenever I think things are bad today, they are a lot better than they used to be!

Ready for a win!

[Edgy MD]

Lotsa lefties out there today. First seven guys in the batting order.

[*:20ngll6a]Granderson, dh[/*:m:20ngll6a]
[*:20ngll6a]De Aza, cf[/*:m:20ngll6a]
[*:20ngll6a]Walker, 2b[/*:m:20ngll6a]
[*:20ngll6a]Bruce, rf[/*:m:20ngll6a]
[*:20ngll6a]Oh, What a Loney Boy, 1b[/*:m:20ngll6a]
[*:20ngll6a]Johnson, 3b[/*:m:20ngll6a]
[*:20ngll6a]Nimmo, lf[/*:m:20ngll6a]
[*:20ngll6a]Rivera, c[/*:m:20ngll6a]
[*:20ngll6a]Reynolds, ss

Syndergaard, sp[/*:m:20ngll6a][/list:o:20ngll6a]

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Well, that was a lost opportunity.

[Edgy MD]

WtF is calling this game for SNY?

[Edgy MD]

Kelly Johnson 0-for-15 with seven strikeouts in his career against Verlander and... KAPOW!

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

I was just the only guy cheering in the entire section. Awkward.

Kelly Kaboom!

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Now I'm the only guy not cheering...

[Chad ochoseis]

Edgy MD wrote: WtF is calling this game for SNY?

.@gappleSNY is in the house in Detroit tonight, filling in for Gary Cohen as SNY's play-by-play voice the next three games. #Mets

Gary Apple, who apparently does the pre and post game shows on SNY. Vaguely familiar from when I still had cable and still lived in the NYC area.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Thor not at his best tonight.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Comerica has a 420-foot centerfield. Just about any other park and Bruce has s two-run Homer.

[Zvon]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Thor not at his best tonight.

I noticed.

We get runs and a lead and I feel this one's in the bag (with a few of our pitchers) and then SMACK (2 the face), it isn't.

[Zvon]

Verlander might be done for the night. I hope so.

[Zvon]

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"Now you might think bad backs and bone spurs are totally unrelated
but the first thing I noticed was that they both begin with the letter 'B'..."

[Edgy MD]

If the Tiggs score this inning, credit goes to them twice beating the relay to first.

[Edgy MD]

Good job bailing, Noah.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Phew!

And we're done with Verlander.

[Zvon]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Phew! And we're done with Verlander.

Yea, and speculation Noah's done too. Let him get some more work in Terry. I'll take the blame. Duh, DH.

Edited August 5, 2016 by Guest

[Zvon]

112 pitches. I'd let him try for 120.

[Edgy MD]

Shane Greeen of the Tigers: good slider.

Sean Green of the Mets: not so much.

[Zvon]

Goeddel did well. He's weird looking. Like a 6 foot elf.

[Edgy MD]

Yankee castoff on the mound here.

[Edgy MD]

Sheesh, guys. One hit since the fourth.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Feeling less confident.

[Zvon]

Mike Puma nice enough to alert me to the fact that come Sunday we will not have won two games in a row for an entire month.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

K-Rod. Grrrrrr.

[Chad ochoseis]

OK, leadoff hitter on. Don't bring me down, Bruce.

[Chad ochoseis]

Fudge.