IGT 06/27/17 - The Long Dark Off-Day of the Soul

[Chad ochoseis]

The Mets have the day off today while Terry figures out ways to bring all this winning to an end.

Don't let Robert Gsellman's mediocre 5-5 record fool you - he's been making sure to give up plenty of runs every outing, and I don't think he's lasted into the 7th all season. So he's been doing what he can to help the Mets lose, even if it doesn't always show up in the stats. He goes up against Dan Straily tomorrow night.

Back to the east coast - standard 7:10 start time, standard SNY broadcast.

[Fman99]

Good. 7 PM games. I hat the West coast swings.

[bmfc1]

Fman99 wrote: Good. 7 PM games. I hat the West coast swings.

Good thing they're done with them until... July 24.

[Lefty Specialist]

Marlins suck. I know they have a better record than the Mets, but they still suck.

[bmfc1]

The Mets won't face Hechavarria--he's going across the state to the Rays:
Rotoworld: "Rays acquired SS Adeiny Hechavarria from the Marlins for OF Braxton Lee and RHP Ethan Clark."

[Edgy MD]

Wow, I guess that means they're believing in J.T. Riddle. I know the guy has had some prospect juice, but he hasn't shown much of anything batwise in the bigs. Or in the minors, frankly. That better be one magic glove he's wearing or he might improve the Mets chances to win.

Not that Hechy was much with the stick, but he seemed to do alright against the Mets.

[MFS62]

Sorry for my gaffe.
Can I still say "Fuck Ichiro"?

Later

[Fman99]

MFS62 wrote: Sorry for my gaffe. Can I still say "Fuck Ichiro"? Later

Yep. Timeless.

[Guest themetfairy]

Fman99 wrote: MFS62 wrote: Sorry for my gaffe. Can I still say "Fuck Ichiro"? Later Yep. Timeless.

There's never a bad time to say "Fuck You Ichiro."

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: Wow, I guess that means they're believing in J.T. Riddle. I know the guy has had some prospect juice, but he hasn't shown much of anything batwise in the bigs. Or in the minors, frankly. That better be one magic glove he's wearing or he might improve the Mets chances to win. Not that Hechy was much with the stick, but he seemed to do alright against the Mets.

Not at all, as it turns out. He's gone .218 / .263 / .286 // .549 in 237 plate appearances.

Bring back Adeiny!

[Fman99]

Off days suck, though, on the flip side, I went to bed early, with no game on, and got a butt-ton of sleep last night.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Did Ichiro vote for Trump or something? I think he's great.

[Guest 41Forever]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Did Ichiro vote for Trump or something? I think he's great.

I like Ichiro, too!

I think it's an inside joke from MetFairy.

[Ceetar]

Fman99 wrote: Off days suck, though, on the flip side, I went to bed early, with no game on, and got a butt-ton of sleep last night.

I've heard of that.


It will be nice to be back on east coast time though.

[bmfc1]

Answer the question "how slow are the Mets" in graphic form:
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sprint_speed_leaderboard?year=2017&position=&team=NYM

[Guest themetfairy]

It's a reaction to my mother-in-law's bandwagoning Ichiro fandom in the early 2000s. Enough to turn anyone off to his self-centeredness, personal souvenir stand in the Safeco outfield, etc.

Fuck you Ichiro!

[Benjamin Grimm]

My mother-in-law was a fan of Esther Williams!

Fuck you, Esther Williams!

[Edgy MD]

Whew! I'm glad somebody finally said it.

"Million-Dollar Mermaid," my ass.

[ashie62]

The Mets are going to win!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Fishsticks ready for business early...

Gordon 2B
Stanton RF
Yelich CF
Ozuna LF
Bour 1B
Prado 3B
Realmuto C
Riddle SS
Straily P

[Guest cooby]

I don't think my mother in law liked anybody or anything

[Ceetar]

so where is today's thread, by the by?

[A Boy Named Seo]

Ceetar wrote: so where is today's thread, by the by?

I believe you're standing in it, sir.

[Edgy MD]

Defenders of the realm:

[list:1wah3mmr]1. Red-Hot Curtis Granderson, cf
2. Red-Ass Asdrubal Cabrera, 2b
3. Red Country-Fleeing Yoenis Cespedes, lf
4. Red Legend Jay Bruce, rf
5. Red-Faced Lucas Duda, 1b
6. Red-Eyed Wilmer Flores, 3b
7. Red Herring Jose Reyes, ss
8. Red Flag Travis d'Arnaud, c
9. Red-Letter Day Robert Gsellman, sp[/list:u:1wah3mmr]

[ashie62]

Travis dropped to 8th.

I hope Gsellman shows up tonight. He has been awful.

[MFS62]

cooby wrote: I don't think my mother in law liked anybody or anything

To expand on what W.C. Fields said, anybody who hates kids, dogs and mothers-in-law can't be all bad.
Later

[Guest d'Kong76]

Let's GO Mets!

[Edgy MD]

Bour was probably too hot to pitch to in that situation, and that wasn't a great 3-2 pitch, but I applaud him for going after the guy.

And look, Prado raked one too.

[ashie62]

We have zero starting pitching aside from deGrom to make a run up the standings.

[Edgy MD]

That's not really true. Come on. Perspective.