IGT 10/05 - SF Giants @ NY Mets - Win or hit the links...

[ashie62]

Give her jewelry at a sports bar?

[Guest d'Kong76]

This is going to be a long 48 hours for me.

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Im still working on a strategy to watch this one as it happens to fall on Wifey Buckets birthday

early dinner, heavy on the booze. Oh look at that, you're sleepy and want to turn in early?

Game 3 of the NLDS would be my anniversary if the Mets make it.

[bmfc1]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Im still working on a strategy to watch this one as it happens to fall on Wifey Buckets birthday

Same here! We'll celebrate Tuesday night and Thursday night.

[G-Fafif]

bmfc1 wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Im still working on a strategy to watch this one as it happens to fall on Wifey Buckets birthday Same here! We'll celebrate Tuesday night and Thursday night.

All Poolers are celebrating Mrs. JCL's special day? For solidarity's sake, I'm in. It'll be our version of playoff beards.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

My lineup?

Bruce is crap against left-handers, and super-crap against Bumgarner (3-23 lifetime). Johnny Lags is much better against left-handers, and just as crap against Bumgarner in a smaller sample, but FAR better defensively than Granderson in center. Granderson contributes a little bit more with the glove and the bat-when-not-hitting than Bruce. My starting outfield is Cespedes-Lagares-Granderson.

Kelly Johnson at second. TJ Rivera at first. The usuals at short and third and catcher. Gives us six righties and three lefties (Noah being one). Duda and Bruce lurk-- along with Cecchini and Ty and Nimmo?-- as PH options/midgame replacements. 9-10 pitchers should be fine, and give us room for many a PH/PR/defensive replacement option.

I have a plan. I like this plan.

[Gwreck]

I might put Johnson at first and Rivera at second. But otherwise endorse this plan.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

bmfc1 wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Im still working on a strategy to watch this one as it happens to fall on Wifey Buckets birthday Same here! We'll celebrate Tuesday night and Thursday night.

That's pretty much our gameplan

[bmfc1]

B v P:
http://dailybaseballdata.com/cgi-bin/dailyhit.pl?date=1005

[seawolf17]

Gwreck wrote: Umpires: HP - Mike Winters

Winters has never worked a Thor start.
Bumgarner has a 3.57 ERA with Winters, in 22 2/3 innings. 20 hits, 8 walks, 25 strikeouts. Batters hitting .244/.319/.390 with that combo.

link: http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/split_stats.cgi?full=1&params=ump%7CMike%20Winters%7Cbumgama01%7Cpitch%7CIP%7C

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Prediction: A long Winters day for Bummy.

[Zvon]

bmfc1 wrote: B v P: http://dailybaseballdata.com/cgi-bin/dailyhit.pl?date=1005

This is excellent.

[A Boy Named Seo]

B v P: http://dailybaseballdata.com/cgi-bin/dailyhit.pl?date=1005

Stuff that jumps out at me:

Kelly Johnson hitting a cool .300 in 20 ABs (also stole a base off him!). TJ at first, Kelly at 2nd??
Ty Kelly's all, "eff that, I'm hitting 1.000 against him!". Yep, 1-1 with a walk.
Bruce has the most PAs against Bummy, but is just 3-23 (but does have one of two homers that current Mets have hit against him).
The other homer by a current Met belongs to Rene, who is 2-3 against MB in his career, while Td'A is 0-4.
Yo seems to have hit him hardest, .300/.462/.400 with a double and 3 walks. Need you big time, bro.

Other probable starters:
Asdrubal 3-7, 2 RBI
Reyes 3-9, 2 runs, SB
Grandy 0-3, BB

Moral of the story: he's tough on lefties but this is doable.

[ashie62]

Money player Yoenis Cespepes goes yard early on a cold night.

3-1 Mets

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

For what its worth, Klapisch on the Mets Blog podcast thinks the Mets will beat the Giants, but would be lucky to win a game against the Cubs. Only mentioned Jeter once or twice. Shame on Cerrone for bringing up the "Worst Team Money Could Buy" book over and over.

Not caring about the Cubs yet.

LGM.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I don't care about the Cubs yet either. Fiddle Dee Dee! I'll worry about them tomorrow.

[Lefty Specialist]

Buzz building that it's Loney at first tomorrow night, and that they'll carry 9 pitchers and 16 position players for the game.

[MFS62]

Guys, don't let Angel Pagan beat you.
And try to get their pitcher upset and mentally off his game. Maybe something like the first three guys in the lineup should try to bunt for base hits - something to set off his volatile temper.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

Was Hunter Pence bitten by a werewolf recently?

[MFS62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Was Hunter Pence bitten by a werewolf recently?

He looks like he was. But I don't think it was recently. If he is going to get into the team picture, he'll have to ask the barber for a trim around the ankles.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Hopefully the world's softest trollers will be out in force at Citi Field to let the world know just what a public menace Hunter Pence really is.

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[Guest d'Kong76]

Hunter Pence wears Bambi Underoos!

[Edgy MD]

Hunter Pence reads Gasoline Alley.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I guess he likes scrapbooking bears. Who can blame him?

Anyway, has anyone noticed that Madison Bumgarner has a girl's first name? I bet he has a brother named Catherine!

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Anyway, has anyone noticed that Madison Bumgarner has a girl's first name?

The town where Bumgarner is from near Hickory, North Carolina was/is known colloquially to the locals as 'Bumtown' for the large number of Bumgarners who, for whatever reason, started settling there a century or more ago and where many of their descendants continue to live, including various ones who aren't necessarily related - or at least aren't all that closely related.
So as a result of that and his unisex first name -- and this is a story he tells about himself so it at least has the ring of truth to it -- he admitted to once dating a girl in high school whose name was ... Madison Bumgarner.

[Edgy MD]

Chilling.

Any truth to the story that the Giants' website declared Hunter Pence tonight's MVP before the game even started?

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Was Hunter Pence bitten by a werewolf recently?

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[Centerfield]

Frayed Knot wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Anyway, has anyone noticed that Madison Bumgarner has a girl's first name? The town where Bumgarner is from near Hickory, North Carolina was/is known colloquially to the locals as 'Bumtown' for the large number of Bumgarners who, for whatever reason, started settling there a century or more ago and where many of their descendants continue to live, including various ones who aren't necessarily related - or at least aren't all that closely related. So as a result of that and his unisex first name -- and this is a story he tells about himself so it at least has the ring of truth to it -- he admitted to once dating a girl in high school whose name was ... Madison Bumgarner.

Fuck Bumgarner (maybe he actually did), but whatever. Fuck all Bumgarners.

To borrow a phrase from Frayed Knot from last October, let them deal with the six and a half foot Viking we will throw at them tonight. Both pitchers are amazing, but our line up is better. We are home. And it is our density!

[Edgy MD]

Speaking of stories about awkward romantic relationships with your relations.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Almost 11 hours until the game starts and we're already on page 3 of the IGT!

In this thread, on Monday, I said that I was enjoying the respite from baseball but that my patience would run out by today, and I was right! How am I going to get through a day at the office? I wish I could put myself into suspended animation until 7:30 this evening.