IGT 05/03 - Mets at Braves

[Edgy MD]

We've ripped a dozen balls right at Freeman playing on the bag or the line in this series.

[Edgy MD]

Whoah, Reyes bails out the Mets bigly.

[Frayed Knot]

For a team that seemed like it was trying to score as few runs out of many hits as they've done tonight, it's like they stumbled into a baker's dozen here.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

This is fun.

[Frayed Knot]

On the Braves telecast:
Chip Carey (to his partner): How many doubles do the Mets have tonight?
Simpson: Seven
Carey: That may even be too many for my father






probably not for his grandfather though

[Edgy MD]

Left-center getting a lot of action.

Let's go for 23.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Don't blink, you'll miss the ass kickin'...

[Guest themetfairy]

[Edgy MD]

And the Cubs take down the Phils. The Mets started the day in last place and finish within a half game of second.

[Frayed Knot]

Perhaps the most over-looked piece of strategy in this game was Terry going to Reed [u:j52sdm2t]in the 7th[/u:j52sdm2t] when it was still a semi-close (9-5) affair.
Not sure how he was planning to work the 8th & 9th had the bats not blown it open in the top of the 8th, but it was obvious Terry didn't want this one getting away.

I also hope that the late fireworks won't keep Walker & (especially) Reyes from getting an ass-chewing over their base running follies early in the game.
Has we NOT held onto this one it could well have been the worst loss of this young season and that's saying something considering how the last few weeks have gone.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Walker is just awful. I mean he stinks very quietly.

[Frayed Knot]

Walker's hitting woes aside, his base running gaffe was simply a brain fart; not that those are good but they happen. He also should have called TJ off on that late-game pop-up that wound up falling in.
The error wound up (rightfully) going to Rivera but Walker was far too passive on that play.

I was much more pissed at Reyes's goof because it was pure laziness coupled with a trend I've mentioned before where baseball is now being treated as a series of disconnected individual plays where 'Time Out'
reigns as standard operating mode between each play where you don't have to be alert because the time between the last out and the first pitch to the next batter has been designated as some sort of worry-
free zone - at least mentally even if not officially. I saw a few days ago where Molina caught another guy off base who, just like Reyes, was casually strolling, head-down, back to "his" base as if nothing could
proceed until he reached and got set for the next pitch. Yadi pulled off the same thing during this year's WBC, but obviously not all were paying attention.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Benjamin Grimm]