IGT 08/09 - Diamondbacks at Metropolitans

[Guest d'Kong76]

RH Zack Greinke (10-3, 3.62 ERA) vs. LH Steven Matz (8-8, 3.63)

[Edgy MD]

Sheesh, if your ERA was only 0.01 lower, Matzy!

[Frayed Knot]

DBags are the only NL we've yet to play this year.

Greinke got off to a rotten start to the monster six year contract he signed this past winter (two 7-run games in his first five starts probably had Arizona fans grumbling in their Tequila sunrise's) but then seemed to be turning things around in June before missing all of July on the DL.
Would have been nice of him to hang out there a few weeks longer so we could miss him entirely in 2016 (although we'd probably get 2-hit by the call-up replacement anyway) but he came off the list just to see us as this will be his first game since June 28

Not sure if we're getting a KTE for this series but what I do know about the 2016 Snakes is that they really stink. Started off the year not very good and then got worse.
9-21 since July 1st and are in danger of being caught by the Braves in the race for worst record in the NL

[MFS62]

Pitch around Goldschmidt.

Later

[Lefty Specialist]

Greinke will probably be fabulous against the non-existent Met offense.

And yes, Goldie gets nothing to hit.

[Frayed Knot]

Games of some import whilst we were taking a night off from baseball

- WC-leading Dodgers beat Philly. Two more HRs from ROY fave Corey Seager.
Also was the first game vs the Phils for Chase Utley (although in LA, not Philly) - first AB = HR

- Marlins lose to the Giants in 14 innings. Miami had a 5-1 lead behind Jose Fernandez but pulled him after 6 innings (106 pitches). Giants then scored 4 times in the 7th to tie it.
Big story in the game was the [u:2n2r1el9]7 for 8 night[/u:2n2r1el9] by SS Brandon Crawford (5 singles, 1 double, 1 triple) including the game-winning hit in the 14th. Crawford had had 6 hits in his previous 9 games combined. You just can't explain baseball Suzyn.
Ichiro grounded out PH'ing in his first home AB since getting #3,000

- Cardinals were down 4-0 to Cincy w/2 outs in the 9th and a runner on 1st ... and won the game. Tying and winning runs scored on a bases-loaded walk followed by a HBP
Cards & Miami tied for WC #2, 1.5 games ahead of NYM

[Guest cooby]

Why does it seem like Matz pitches every other game?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Come visit the Lunchlady in section 510 tonight.

I'm getting the pitching matchup I deserved after telling Matz to stuff it.

But I have hope. Mets are a strong Tuesday-night team this year, at least when I saw em and you don't count the first games of doubleheaders.

[Edgy MD]

[*:28p4vz8o]Granderson, cf[/*:m:28p4vz8o]
[*:28p4vz8o]Walker, 2b[/*:m:28p4vz8o]
[*:28p4vz8o]Bruce, rf[/*:m:28p4vz8o]
[*:28p4vz8o]This Is for All the Loney People, 1b[/*:m:28p4vz8o]
[*:28p4vz8o]Flores, 3b[/*:m:28p4vz8o]
[*:28p4vz8o]Conforto, lf[/*:m:28p4vz8o]
[*:28p4vz8o]d'Arnaud, c[/*:m:28p4vz8o]
[*:28p4vz8o]Reynolds, ss[/*:m:28p4vz8o]
[*:28p4vz8o]Matz, sp[/*:m:28p4vz8o][/list:o:28p4vz8o]

Something like the A-squad there.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Segura 2B
Bourn CF
Goldschmidt 1B
Weeks Jr. LF
Tomas RF
Lamb 3B
Owings SS
Gosewich C
Greinke P

[Edgy MD]

That's like a lineup of once-coveted proposed Mets acquisitions.

[Zvon]

Is it possible that they actually set out to have the worst looking uniforms ever? Was that the plan?

[Edgy MD]

Good looking pajamas, though.

Matz should have fielded that, or at least gotten his glub on it.

[Edgy MD]

Wow, crazy gamble by d'Arnaud.

[Zvon]

Long inning for Matz. Almost 30 pitches. He has to stop with the woe is me facial expressions. Save them for the 6th inning and beyond.

My suspicion is that something's wrong with Goldschmidt's back.

[Edgy MD]

Keith: "It's nice to see Bruce going up the middle."

Well he had to thread a needle up there. When he could have driven two trucks tandem through the left side.

[TransMonk]

I'm traveling for work in Salt Lake City this week. My evenings are free tonight and tomorrow, so I broke out the iPad to watch the game on MLB.TV.

Apparently, SLC is in the Arizona Dback's blackout zone.

I'm with Howie tonight.

[Zvon]

What a great at bat by Loney. Grounds out but gets the runner in from third. Niiiiice.

1-0 Mets

[Zvon]

Matz didn't waste any time giving that one back. Cripes.

1-1 Mets

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Zvon wrote: Matz didn't waste any time giving that one back. Cripes. 1-1 Mets

How can he not irritate everyone? Damn he makes me furious

[Edgy MD]

Hurrah! A bunt against the shift!

Boo! Greinke is the best fielder in the league.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Hurrah! A bunt against the shift! Boo! Greinke is the best fielder in the league.

Fluidity off the mound.

I used to wear my glove like that in the OF. With the 3 finger thing too. I wore it loose because that's how I thought Agee wore it. The finger thing was because it was such a large glove. A real sweet blue McGregor glove that was HUGE, longways.

[Guest d'Kong76]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Damn he makes me furious

I don't know what it looked like there but that HR was a out like a blur on tv.

[Zvon]

Zvon wrote: My suspicion is that something's wrong with Goldschmidt's back.

Could be something wrong w/his eyes as well.

[Edgy MD]

Four Ks in a row.

[Zvon]

Is Weeks putting on some poundage or does gray just make him look fat?

[Edgy MD]

Hey, Matzie, give your catcher a fighting chance.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Hey, Matzie, give your catcher a fighting chance.

I think lil d' felt the same way. I'll tell you what, if he can't throw runners out most of the time d'Arnaud better start hitting like Piazza.

[Zvon]

A real WOW! about the Fielder HR thing.

[Zvon]

For those not listening to GKR, they say Fielder is not expected to ever play again and he ends up with the same exact amount of HRs as his father.