IGT - Mets @ Cards - 8/25/16- Game #127

[Frayed Knot]

Cardinals hit five grounders in that 8th inning, all of them with possible force plays including four that were potential DPs, and we got all of two outs out of those five.
Meanwhile the Mets killed the top of that inning with a bases-loaded/1-out GiDP which was Cespedes's third 3 GiDP in his last 6 trips to the plate.

[Edgy MD]

I'm not sure who else the Cards have left, but Tuivailala feels like a white flag.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Flores big part of tonight.

[Frayed Knot]

Nats finally beat the Orioles.
Marlins about to lose ... (and just did)
Pirates were leading but were just tied up by the Brewers in the 7th.
Dodgers v Giants just getting started.

[Fman99]

Reyes very impressive with the glove there in the 8th. I am petering out here though. Damn these tired old bones.

[Zvon]

Not only is De Aza out of my doghouse, I'll allow him to eat human food again instead of the shit I was dishing out.

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: I'm not sure who else the Cards have left, but Tuivailala feels like a white flag.

See wha' I mean?

And somebody tell the guy about the invention of the undershirt. He looks like a tourist who got drunk and slept on the beach out there.

[Guest themetfairy]

Zvon wrote: Not only is De Aza out of my doghouse, I'll allow him to eat human food again instead of the shit I was dishing out.

ROFL!

[Frayed Knot]

Chad Ochoseis wrote: Chad Ochoseis wrote: bmfc1 wrote: And Flores has no business playing against a righty. K. Johnson booted a grounder yesterday so he hits the bench but he should be in there. Can't say I disagree about Johnson over Flores at 2B, though. Terry Collins, genius.

And now Terry is a super genius as Rene Rivera is the guy who puts this game to bed (at least hopefully) with a 2-run single off the wall (not quite sure how he managed that).

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: I'm not sure who else the Cards have left, but Tuivailala feels like a white flag.

Not according to his BB-Ref page sponsor.

[Edgy MD]

The Triumverate of Chrome is still sitting back there.

[Frayed Knot]

One hopes that pitchers remember plays like the one Flores just made whenever they're given to bitching about singles that sneak through the shift.

[Guest themetfairy]

I'm willing to send Gilmartin back to Vegas.

[Guest themetfairy]

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

When did Gilmartin even get here? I missed that transaction.


Books!!!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Bookadoodles

[Edgy MD]

I had my nose to the grindstone at work today, so I didn't put up the transaction, but he was swapped in for Goeddel this afternoon.

[Zvon]

Needed at least 2 of 3 here. And I need them to start giving us more than we need cause I need to relax.

[Frayed Knot]

We can't send every reliever back to Vegas folks!

[Guest themetfairy]

Sure we can!

[Frayed Knot]

Not when starters are routinely exiting after the 5th, or are taking turns either being scheduled for or recovering from major surgeries, or when even that portion of the pen that folks aren't anxious to deport (Robles, Reed, Familia) is diminishing in effectiveness, quite possibly from overuse.

IOW: Welcome to the world of spotty and erratic middle relief folks, this is what it often looks like.

[metirish]

Saw the highlights , good win ...back over .500 .....I guess that is what the team is

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

So, yeah, guys... that was pretty obviously the Alejandro De Aza Game, right?

[Centerfield]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: So, yeah, guys... that was pretty obviously the Alejandro De Aza Game, right?

What great redemption for De Aza.

He had been cold so long I'd been crying icicles instead of tears.

[Fman99]

I did make it until the end, but boy, I am dragging the ol' keister around today.

[Guest cooby]

Centerfield wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: So, yeah, guys... that was pretty obviously the Alejandro De Aza Game, right? What great redemption for De Aza. He had been cold so long I'd been crying icicles instead of tears.

Hahaha!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Edgy MD]

Fman99 wrote: I did make it until the end, but boy, I am dragging the ol' keister around today.

I fell asleep twice in-game.

Man, bullpen guys. You just know that, given enough time, the Cards would have caught up.

[Benjamin Grimm]