IGT 08/09 - Diamondbacks at Metropolitans

[bmfc1]

Frayed Knot wrote: bmfc1 wrote: Terry should have used the new bullpen guy that was Sandy's #1 trade priority... oh that's right, he didn't get a reliever. Pathetic. We don't really think the problem with this game was that poor pen construction forced Terry into using Robles for the 7th inning, do we?

That's not what I said. Sandy failed to procure another bullpen arm as he promised. Perhaps if Sandy got off his ass and traded for a reliever we wouldn't have to automatically see Robles in the 7th.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm sure that the reason Sandy didn't trade for a reliever wasn't because he wanted to sleep late or because he was watching The Guiding Light. He probably didn't see a deal that was worth making. If he overpaid for that reliever, whoever that reliever might be, then that would be the thing we'd be complaining about.

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: That's not what I said. Sandy failed to procure another bullpen arm as he promised. Perhaps if Sandy got off his ass and traded for a reliever we wouldn't have to automatically see Robles in the 7th.

First of all I don't see where Sandy "promised" anything. Nor do I see ongoing use of Robles in the 7th as a problem; he failed last night, it happens.

[Frayed Knot]

On PH'ing Kelly for Travis (NY Post):

Collins admitted it was �hard� pinch-hitting for Travis d�Arnaud with two out and one on in the ninth inning of a 5-3 game.
�He�s struggling � so many ground balls,� ... he hoped Kelly could �get a walk and maybe get the go-ahead run to come [up]. It�s very hard because this guy is a big part of our lineup. We�ve got to get him going. He�s far better than a .230 hitter.�

d�Arnaud: �I did want that shot, but I�ve got to play better. Terry made the right decision and whatever he chooses to do I support. I just have to keep working hard and soon I�ll get out of this funk.�

[Lefty Specialist]

I'm having Art Howe flashbacks.

[Edgy MD]

I'm more than ready to pinch-hit for Kevin Long.

By the way, that's the problem with d'Arnaud's swing. It's long.

As for Kelly getting a walk, he was the tying run. One tends to look for a bomb in those situations.

[Frayed Knot]

I was pretty shocked a the PH move myself ... but on the other hand d'Arnaud has all of eight XBHs this season and just five (3 2Bs, 2 HR) since his return from the d'L (see what I did there?) nearly two months ago (June 21) so maybe TC has a point, although with two outs already it's not like a potential GiDP was an issue.

[Centerfield]

Edgy MD wrote: I'm more than ready to pinch-hit for Kevin Long. By the way, that's the problem with d'Arnaud's swing. It's long.

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[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Benjamin Grimm]