08/14 - Mets at Yankees

[Edgy MD]

Cessa looks a little Pettitte-ish in the face.

Granderson on the other hand, just looks grand.

[Guest themetfairy]

And Cespedes!

[Edgy MD]

We rule the universe in solo homers.

Why did the fans explode into cheers two seconds before Céspedes connected?

(And as I hit submit, Darling reports that they were cheering about Granderson's homer being thrown back. That guy gave you 2100 perfectly good plate appearances, you ungrateful jerks.)

[Edgy MD]

Great chat with Mlicki.

Crap swing by Rosario.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Why did the fans explode into cheers two seconds before Céspedes connected? (And as I hit submit, Darling reports that they were cheering about Granderson's homer being thrown back. That guy gave you 2100 perfectly good plate appearances, you ungrateful jerks.)

If you're going to copy the Wrigley thing and throw the HRs back, a few suggestions:
a) don't
if you insist on doing it, do it at the right time: before the next AB, NOT DURING IT!!

[Edgy MD]

Settle down, Raffy.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

He's doing that thing again.

[bmfc1]

I was sure that Yo was going to get the runner at the plate.

[Edgy MD]

I'll take the sacrifice fly there, but what a jive slide that was.

Bad job setting it up by Céspedes. And the terror of the Lunchie-fortold fourth-inning explosion is minimized run-wise, if not pitch-count-wise.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Hey, he stopped doing that thing!

Nice wrap-up to the inning for Montero.

[Lefty Specialist]

Geez, Montero is not a lot of fun to watch when he has one of those innings.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Wheeleresque. I like Montero's stuff more, though.

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: I was sure that Yo was going to get the runner at the plate.

Hicks is fast but there's no way he should have scored there.
I think it was one of those deals where Cespedes assumed the runner wasn't going and figured he could simply gun him out if he did try.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

4 1/3, 66 pitches and Cessa's account is closed (save for Lagares on first).

Hey, Lil' Torre-- just because your pitchers wear spring training numbers doesn't mean you have to manage like it's March.

[Edgy MD]

Verizon Trivia: Curtis Granderson is one of six players with 600 at-bats for both the Mets and Yankees. Who are the other five.

Uh ... Rick Cerone, Rafael Santana, Darryl Strawbowski, Carlos Beltran, Elliott Maddox.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Nice throw by Sanchez to nail Lagares.

Then he smirks like a pro wrestling villain for, like, five seconds.

[Frayed Knot]

Tonight's Trivia: 5 players with 500+ ABs for both Mets & Yanx?

Straw
Sheffield
Rickey
Granderson
Ventura?


oe (re: Edgy's answer) Beltran's a better answer than Ventura

[Edgy MD]

I checked my work. I got three of five.

[Frayed Knot]

That Dom Smith slip was one of those deals where, had it happened to a Yanx 1B at Shea, George would be complaining to the league office about inferior conditions and wanting the game results nullified.
And that was in one of his more rational moods. Otherwise he'd be accusing the Mets of intentionally trying to injure his players.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I don't mean to blue-jeans-test the kid, but Smith doesn't exactly inspire Keithian confidence with his posture/facial expressions between pitches.

Straw
Sheff
Rickey
Vanis Takee
Randolph?

[Edgy MD]

Match that homer, Conforto.

Heck, beat that homer.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Yankee Stadium special on that one for Judge, who got the end of the bat on it and just muscled it out.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Unfortunate turn there for Señor Hunter, who's pitched a mostly-clean six (save that 4th).

[Frayed Knot]

The graphic listed Smith as 6' 0" / 185 ... Shyeeet, I'm 6' 0" and about 183 and he and I ain't anywhere near the same shape.

[Edgy MD]

Those last two pounds are the ones that really show.

[Guest cooby]

As well as the previous 20

[Edgy MD]

Verizon Answer:

Beltran
Henderson
Maddox
Strawberry
Ventura

[Edgy MD]

Seems like we're getting Robles every night suddenly.

[Frayed Knot]

Four full minutes between the final pitch of Top 7 and the first pitch of Bottom 7 (double the proscribed time) all due to that whole GBA dog and pony show.
If they want to insist on doing that every game AND want it televised then they shouldn't get their two minutes of commercials, and if they are desperate to
run the commercials then they can still play GBA for the in-house fans.
But there's no reason why they should get to do both.

Edited August 15, 2017 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

Verizon Answer: Beltran Henderson Maddox Strawberry Ventura

I mis-read it as 500 ABs rather than 600, that's where Rickey falls short.