IGT 4/7/2017 Miami v. NYM Welcome back Wheeler

[ashie62]

7:10 pm Wei-Yei Chen vs. Zack Wheeler.

GO GETTEM BOSS, LGM!

[Edgy MD]

How huge is this?

[Guest d'Kong76]

I'll bite; Huge! Huge, I tell ya!

[metirish]

Edgy MD wrote: How huge is this?

H needs it!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I bet we hear the word "butterflies" at least once during tonight's broadcast.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I just looked on betoneverything.bet and the O/U on 'butterflies' this
evening is 2½... I'll take the over.

[Benjamin Grimm]

[Edgy MD]

This thread is three hours old, the game hasn't started yet, but Kong is killing it. Expect some Schaefer after the game, Kong.

[Ceetar]

But I've got the garbage lineup! hah.

José Reyes – 3B
Asdrúbal Cabrera – SS
Yoenis Céspedes – LF
Wilmer Flores – 1B
Curtis Granderson – CF
Neil Walker – 2B
Jay Bruce – RF
René Rivera – C
Zack Wheeler – RHP

[G-Fafif]

Jose Cubed 3B
Nice As' SS
Yo! LF
Flonase, for the clearing of base-al passages 1B
Grand Old Man CF
Kneel Before Walker 2B
BRUUUUCE RF
The French Rivera C
Welcome Zack RHP

[Edgy MD]

So, it looks like a straight Dudaflores platoon is starting to look like a thing.

[G-Fafif]

It was said on last nights telecast that Wilmer would go up against each LHP ahead but not necessarily at 1B. I would guess some other infielder gets a blow tomorrow night.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, I guess I'm just a little surprised it wasn't tonight.

Boo has feelings. And he can pick up on patterns as well as anybody.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm surprised too. I was thinking that Walker or Reyes would sit tonight.

[G-Fafif]

Jose just getting hot and Neil had two hits last night. Let As' rest his 'drubal tomorrow night, shift Reyes to short, Wilmer to third.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Gordon 2B
Ellis C
Yelich CF
Stanton RF
Bour 1B
Ozuna LF
Dietrich 3B
Hechavarria SS
Chen P

[Zvon]

Whoa! Wheeler looking good in the 1st. Fastball hitting 97, slider sliding, curve ball curving. Got Dee Gordon to ground out and then K'd Ellis and Yelich.

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: Whoa! Wheeler looking good in the 1st.

He's known for being good on 924 days rest.

[Guest themetfairy]

Keith - "Tonight's the night you're going to want to break out the Danskin tights for the extra tall girl."

Surprisingly, neither Gary nor Ron followed up on that.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I was a little worried about an appeal on the run that Curtis drove in. I wasn't at all sure that Asdrubal touched the plate.

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I was a little worried about an appeal on the run that Curtis drove in. I wasn't at all sure that Asdrubal touched the plate.

And the ump didn't signal 'Safe', either because he thought it was so obvious (although he should anyway) or because he didn't think Cabrera did touch and left it up to Miami to to belatedly tag him.

[Edgy MD]

No reason the outfield should be deep enough for a Texas Leaguer to drop in off the bat of Gordon.

[Frayed Knot]

themetfairy wrote: Keith - "Tonight's the night you're going to want to break out the Danskin tights for the extra tall girl." Surprisingly, neither Gary nor Ron followed up on that.

Keith's brought that up in the past. He learned from Bobby Bonds that tights under the uni was the key to playing in cold but few if any of them were made for men in those days.
So if you're a 6' 2" athlete and go shopping for them you needed to scout out the ones for big and tall girls.

[bmfc1]

Crap. It's almost Montero time.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Zvon wrote: Whoa! Wheeler looking good in the 1st. He's known for being good on 924 days rest.

My "WHOA!" was obviously premature.

5-1 Fish.

Wheeler at 55 pitches thru three.


Same as it ever was.

[Frayed Knot]

Keith must have headphones that totally block out whatever Gary says given the number of times he says something seconds after Gary does.
GC: Phil Regan was also on the 1969 Cubs coaching staff"
KH (10 seconds later): And I believe he was part of the ill-fated '69 Cubs team"

[Edgy MD]

Cool that something like half the highlights cited by Phil Regan were highlights he was on the wrong side of.

[Edgy MD]

"I had a kid who kid throw 100 miles an hour, but he's out of baseball. He said he sweat too much and couldn't grip the ball."

I think I can guess who that was.

[Edgy MD]

John Holdzkom.

[Zvon]

80 pitches through four.

I guess considering he hasn't pitched in over 900 days this isn't that bad. He seems to have picked up where he left off. Trying to nibble too much.


The nibble dance.