IGT 8/21 Mets vv S.F. Thor v. Samardzija

[ashie62]

A nice night to make it two in a row.

Both pitchers have ten wins.

[Frayed Knot]

Instead of the standard practice of automatically awarding it to the home team, I think they should get creative tonight in front of a national TV audience and pair off the two starters in some sort of pre-game contest to determine who gets to bat last.
- The simplest might just be to have the 6' 5" (and former Notre Dame tight end) Samardzija and the 6' 6" Syndergaard jump center right there on the mound. Whoever comes down with the baseball gets first choice.
- Either that or a pop quiz to see who is the first one to spell the other guy's last name correctly.

On a side note, this might be the two longest last names as opposing starters since Jason Isringhausen faced off against William VanLandingham back on May 29, 1996 at Shea.

[ashie62]

I believe the XFL kinda did that with the "scramble."

[Guest d'Kong76]

Reyes 3B
Granderson CF
Cespedes LF
Bruce RF
Walker 2B
Loney 1B
Cabrera SS
Rivera C
Syndergaard P

Owings SS
Bourn CF
Goldschmidt 1B
Lamb 3B
Gosselin 2B
Haniger RF
Drury LF
Gosewisch C
Shipley P

[Frayed Knot]

d'Kong76 wrote: Owings SS Bourn CF Goldschmidt 1B Lamb 3B Gosselin 2B Haniger RF Drury LF Gosewisch C Shipley P

Ummmm, no I don't think so.

[Edgy MD]

That looks like one big trade.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Haha, didn't even look at it!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Try this one on for size:

Span CF
Nunez 3B
Belt 1B
Crawford SS
Pence RF
Panik 2B
Blanco LF
Brown C
Samardzija P

[ashie62]

Rainout theater?

[Guest d'Kong76]

Looks beautiful there, I'd love to be by the bay in shorts and a sweatshirt sipping
Anchor Steam and eating garlic fries right now.

[ashie62]

I forgot the venue, Dooooooo

[Zvon]

WTF is all this Pence shit? Where's my game?

[Lefty Specialist]

Zvon wrote: WTF is all this Pence shit? Where's my game?

God I hate ESPN.......

[Lefty Specialist]

Last inning was the Hunter Pence Bullshit inning, this is apparently the Little League Bullshit inning. And next we have Terry telling us how he thinks Syndergaard is pitching well so far as the game is reduced to a small box.

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[Edgy MD]

Hunter Pence does the TV Guide crossword puzzle.

[Frayed Knot]

ESPN doesn't televise games, they televise ESPN.

[Guest themetfairy]

I'm watching on ESPN Deportes. It's way more pleasant this way.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Hunter Pence does the TV Guide crossword puzzle.

In pencil.

[Guest d'Kong76]

themetfairy wrote: I'm watching on ESPN Deportes. It's way more pleasant this way.

I just switched over, thanks for the reminder!

[Zvon]

They made this game so uninteresting I snoozed off for a bit. Need a cup O coffee to make it thru the rest of this.

[Zvon]

Did that get under Reyes?

[Edgy MD]

A caught stealing.

With Syndergaard pitching.

I'm putting all my money on the Mets.

[Fman99]

These Sunday night broadcasters are insipid. I wish each week they'd show Aaron Boone getting hit in the ribs with a 99 MPH fastball.

[Lefty Specialist]

Miracle cure for slumping pitchers- the New York Mets lineup.

[Zvon]

A play like that when we haven't yet had a hit makes me go into uh-oh mode.

[Frayed Knot]

Well the good news is that Syndergaard's pitch count is really low (63 thru 5) and we're not losing.

Other than that ...

[Edgy MD]

My favorite part of the game so far is when we almost got a hit.

[Frayed Knot]

The other good news is that they're 2/3 of the way through the game in just an hour and a half -- which is even more remarkable when you consider that it's a longer-commercial national game -- so there's less of a chance that this one will last until midnight like the usual SNB games.
Of course that's all providing that someone, y'know, scores a run at some point.

[Edgy MD]

I've got a new favorite part of this game.

[Zvon]

there ya go.

small tiny not purple whew.