IGT 08/17 - Mets @ D'backs - Niese Day for a Split

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Guess it's ok to go to bed.

[Zvon]

From twitter: I guess the outfield wall isn't playing good enough defense for Niese.

[Frayed Knot]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Guess it's ok to go to bed.

Hey, ya never know, we might get a second single before the night's out.
You wouldn't want to miss that, would you?

[ashie62]

Not much for anyone, yet.

[Zvon]

Conforto is 12 for 18 in LV since going down. Wowzers.

[Frayed Knot]

Stranding a leadoff double ... how unusual.


And by unusual I mean totally predictable.

[Guest Carnac the Metnificent]

A: ALL OF THEM






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Q: Which starting pitchers have had their best game of the year against the Mets?

[Zvon]

9-1 ?~~

Why am I even watching?

[Zvon]

Carnac the Metnificent wrote: A: ALL OF THEM [fimg=250]http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/0c9109c71ea0524d9fe840f91fabd67bb94a26a9/r=537&c=0-0-534-712/local/-/media/USATODAY/test/2013/07/22/1374536704000-Carnac-Master-Photo-NUP-108128-0003-1307230909_3_4.jpg[/fimg] Q: Which starting pitchers have had their best game of the year against the Mets?

lolol

Now that was worth staying up for

[Zvon]

13-5 final.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

not that it matters but Josh Edgin was every bit as awful as anyone they used last night. Fat and lazy as well, didn't bother hustling to home plate to retrieve his own wild pitch.

Pathetic effort last night

[Edgy MD]

I fell asleep at 1-0.

[Frayed Knot]

Boy, those were some clutch HRs there at the end. Who says we never hit 9th inning homers?

Got out-XBH'd in this series 21 to 12
For the season NYM bats average just under [u:2qto4x5z]8 hits[/u:2qto4x5z] per game and here we are in this series giving up an average of 7 XBH. Not a winning formula.

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Got out-XBH'd in this series 21 to 12 For the season NYM bats average just under 8 hits per game and here we are in this series giving up an average of 7 XBH. Not a winning formula.

Yabbutt, but how many runs would the Mets turn those 7 XBH into? One, maybe two? Maybe?

Later

[G-Fafif]

Sigh.

[Centerfield]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: not that it matters but Josh Edgin was every bit as awful as anyone they used last night. Fat and lazy as well, didn't bother hustling to home plate to retrieve his own wild pitch. Pathetic effort last night

I feel like Stupid and Lazy should be the motto for this year.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[batmagadanleadoff]

What was the answer to yesterday's SNY in-game baseball quiz -- the only pitcher to beat the Mets and then win one for the Mets all in the same season? I missed the answer.

Thanks.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

There's only been 1?

[batmagadanleadoff]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: There's only been 1?

That's what Gary said. Then Gary dropped a hint that the pitcher came to the Mets from the Pirates. Because if Jon Niese, who came to the Mets from Pitt., ever wins a game for his team this season -- he'd be the 2nd pitcher to have accomplished that feat.

Edited August 18, 2016 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

John Candelaria?

[Guest d'Kong76]

I was going to say him too but just looked and he pitched for Mets and Angels in '87.

[Guest themetfairy]

Kris Benson

[TransMonk]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=bensokr01&t=p&year=2004

[Guest d'Kong76]

I just realized my sub line made no sense, ya can't split a three game series.
Not sure what I was thinking or why I used that.

*no igt for you! one week!*

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, I'd try to come up with some twisted logic about how the loss was your fault, but I didn't have the heart.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Shoulda went with 'I Don't Like Losing and Snakes'

[Guest themetfairy]

I put it in the category of what I always tell my kids - i listened to what you meant and not what you said.

[metirish]

metirish wrote: These 9:40 kick offs are really messing with my 7pm baseball clock

I'll never again complain about west coast game starts , Mets games start over here in Ireland the next morning after midnight!, it's discombobulating to see Google cards come up on my phone with 01:15 August 24th Mets V Cardinals start time!

[Benjamin Grimm]