IGT 8/6/16: NYM@DET -- Cat's All, Folks

[Edgy MD]

C'mon, Cousin Brucie!

[Fman99]

Wow, Walker took a ball to the noggin there. Way to take one for the team.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, what an enormous break!

Cabrera giveth.

[Edgy MD]

THE BREAKS JUST KEEP COMIN'!!

[Edgy MD]

I guess the strategy of "Just keep hitting double-play balls" wasn't very sustainable.

[bmfc1]

d'A for AAA.
http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=t400&player_id=476192#/career/R/hitting/2016/ALL

Edited August 6, 2016 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

It took them three tries to hit into an inning-killing, soul-crushing GiDP before they finally succeeded.

[Zvon]

Ouch. A DP spikes our punch.

6-5

[Frayed Knot]

So first they get the leadoff batter on, but then go: ground ball - ground ball - ground ball - ground ball - ground ball. And that all out of the top & middle of the order.
That they were able to get two runs out of that mess was more a testament to the Tigers than to the Mets.

[Frayed Knot]

So by my count that's three GiDPs plus three others that the Tigers failed to turn.
One wouldn't think such things were possible in one game by one team, but you wouldn't think that sub-.200 w/RiSP for a 110 game stretch wasn't either.

[Fman99]

Frayed Knot wrote: So first they get the leadoff batter on, but then go: ground ball - ground ball - ground ball - ground ball - ground ball. And that all out of the top & middle of the order. That they were able to get two runs out of that mess was more a testament to the Tigers than to the Mets.

So, we suck, then.

[Fman99]

Dammit. Bad slide by Bruce there.

[Frayed Knot]

So they finally get a hit with a RiSP (2 for 12 on the night) but it doesn't actually score a run.

[bmfc1]

The catcher can't block the plate but he can stick his leg in the path of the runner?

[Zvon]

Yo, umps are idiots. You have to get a review because it gives the umps one more chance to fuck up. It's the last out of the game! Why wouldn't you call a review there? Sure, he was out, but you never know with umps these days. I have seen them reverse calls I couldn't believe.

The Mets sucked. We all were kinda sad.

[Centerfield]

What do you have to lose by challenging here? Maybe he didn't give a lane?

[Zvon]

Centerfield wrote: What do you have to lose by challenging here? Maybe he didn't give a lane?

The catcher did stick his foot back in there. Some idiot could have interpreted that idiotically!

Last out.
Would have tied the game.
WTF?

[bmfc1]

Rubin: "Terry Collins said the Mets replay official believed there was no challenge on last play and that Jay Bruce was out. Collins acknowledged postgame that he should have challenged for the heck of it since there was nothing to lose."

DUH. How was NOT challenging even an option. Second game in a row they didn't challenge when they should have--and the Mets have now found another aspect of baseball to be bad at.

[Centerfield]

Inexcusable really. Terry Collins should really not return next year.

[ashie62]

Centerfield wrote: Inexcusable really. Terry Collins should really not return next year.

Neither Terry or Verrett.

[Benjamin Grimm]