IGT 4/20 Phils v. Mets Noah v. Nola

[Benjamin Grimm]

Does that hit put José on the Interstate?

[Zvon]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I thought the worst play in that inning was probably Cespedes. By no means an easy play but he made it look impossible. Bruce had some bad luck

I agree. That's the 2nd time this week I've seen him give up on a fly ball over his head.

[Zvon]

Niiiiice. Reyes singles AND steals 2nd. That's what I wanna see.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I thought the worst play in that inning was probably Cespedes. By no means an easy play but he made it look impossible. Bruce had some bad luck

I really don't think he was getting there. That didn't scan to me like lazy-fuckery as much as play-it-off-the-wall.

Hey, Jose gets frisky.

[Edgy MD]

Zvon wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I thought the worst play in that inning was probably Cespedes. By no means an easy play but he made it look impossible. Bruce had some bad luck I agree. That's the 2nd time this week I've seen him give up on a fly ball over his head.

Hauling ass seems to be a hassle with the guy. He just runs so violently when he's a top speed — like a tight end protecting the ball as linebackers bounce off of him — and I think he'd rather avoid it when he can.

[Edgy MD]

Rivera comes up against a pitcher getting wild and just chased two balls on the first two pitches.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

FFS, Jose, with the running?

[Edgy MD]

A doink is nice.

[Zvon]

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[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

That'll do, Ne-ne.

A big something for Grandy here would go a long way to cure ills.

[Guest cooby]

Got a run back!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Sloppy

[Benjamin Grimm]

Geez. Hate to see a double play grounder go to waste like that.

[Benjamin Grimm]

That's it! Time to change the channel!

[ashie62]

Not tonight Noah. Sloppy.

[Edgy MD]

Franco is sort of a young Juan Uribe. Fat and unathletic, but he somehow gets around on stuff.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Still early

[Edgy MD]

Welcome to 2017, Walkie.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Whoa Save Ballgames. Hit Better. Neil Walmart.

[Zvon]

Walker!!!
5-4 visitors

[Edgy MD]

Kid in centerfield should have brought a glove.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I was hoping that the score would improve if I switched for a while to The Bob Newhart Show! It worked!

[metirish]

Weird game so far for Noah

[Edgy MD]

Granderson's Aprils are full of these deep drives that are filled with topspin. They jump off the bat but they end up diving into glove at the end of their ride.

[Benjamin Grimm]

metirish wrote: Weird game so far for Noah

Maybe it's the press-on nails. Next time he should try false eyelashes instead.

[Frayed Knot]

More Ron Darling debut trivia (since the TV question sent me searching to BB-Ref):

In his first ever ML game, Sept 6, 1983 vs Phillies at Shea, which he and the Mets lost 2-0,
a) how did he give up his first (and only) run in that game? (the 2nd run was unearned against reliever Carlos Diaz)
who was the winning pitcher that night for the Phils



Answers (since no reasonable person would be expected to get them)
a) a [u:1rzep3p0]Balk[/u:1rzep3p0]. After retiring the first nine batters he faced including 5 strikeouts, Darling walked Joe Morgan to lead-off the 4th then, after a groundout moved him to 2nd, RD balked him to 3rd then balked him home
Tug McGraw with 2.1 innings of 1 hit scoreless relief. Starter Tony Ghelfi was given a 1-0 lead but couldn't finish the 5th inning. Al Holland then relieved Tug and pitched the 8th & 9th for the save.



At bat, Ron struck out in his first AB though singled to left in his second.

[Zvon]

After the DP:

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[Edgy MD]

Well, a wounded Céspedes. There goes our one healthy, non-catcher reserve.

[Edgy MD]

Terry is scribbling up his scorecard, so here we are.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Plus: no outfield logjam!