Frayed Knot

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Gwreck wrote: Right here, BUNT. We need baserunners. Fucking bunt if they are going to overshift. Except that our last 567 leadoff runners have been stranded.

Frayed Knot wrote: -- I'm predicting this doesn't last more than three or four times through. My prediction overshot it.

Edgy MD wrote: We can unmake that lead. With 15 or 16 innings at our disposal maybe.

We get leadoff guys on in virtually every inning for two nights running and wind up with jack. They start with two out and none on and still manage to put up a crooked number.

Still no 1-2-3 innings tonight. And still no runners brought around.

Edgy MD wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Obviously it's the batter who needs to be informed; ... Why? Pourquoi? So they don't wind up in an endless dance where the batter keeps switching sides in response to the pitcher switching his glove.

Another night of running a pitcher's pitch count up with very little to show for it. Met batters don't do much to help the other guy's IP totals but they do keep the ERA down. I hope Colon is prepared and able to go at least 8 tonight. He may need to.

This team continues to: 1) spread their hits out. they seem to be kings of the one hit (but rarely more) per inning club 2) hit into a ton of GiDPs

Obviously it's the batter who needs to be informed; the ump merely acts as the conduit.

"Expected to survive" is the phrase now being used. I've said before that I think it's only a matter of time until netting gets extended well beyond where it already exists, hopefully before a complete tragedy like the girl who was killed at a hockey game a decade or so back. If nothing else, the threat of litigation will probably be enough to scare teams into acting.

And, for the third night in a row, this game will be for control of 1st place in the NL East as the Nats lost this afternoon to the Cubby Bears.

I like that this guy has his own rule -- Rule 8.01(f) established in 2008, aka 'The Pat Venditte Rule' -- which tries to anticipate all possible contingencies including warming up with the "new" arm when he switches (not allowed) and one where he claims to suffer an arm injury within an at bat which causes him to switch arms. Rule 8.01 (f): A pitcher must indicate visually to the umpire-in-chief, the batter and any runners the hand with which he intends to pitch, which may be done by wearing his glove on the other hand while touching the pitcher's plate. The pitcher is not permitted to pitch with the other hand until the batter is retired, the batter becomes a runner, the inning ends, the batter is substituted for by a pinch-hitter or the pitcher incurs an injury. In the event a pitcher switches pitching hands during an at-bat because he has suffered an injury, the pitcher may not, for the remainder of the game, pitch with the hand from which he has switched. The pitcher shall not be given the opportunity to throw any preparatory pitches after switching pitching hands. Any change of pitching hands must be indicated clearly to the umpire-in-chief.

Harvey - 4.2 Familia - 0.9 Robles - 0.1 Mayberry - 2.8 Plawecki - 1.2 Granderson - 0.4 Tejada - 0.4

Niese - 1.5 Cuddyer - 1.0 Campbell - 0.75 Granderson - 0.5 Flores - 0.5 Lagares - 0.25

My prediction for the final score of this game is 11-2 That's right, I'm taking the optimistic approach.

Oh and look, a double steal. This one wasn't uncontested but it might as well have been.

Two plays COULD have been made this inning, neither play WAS made.

We gotta quit hitting line drives right at their OFers. Quitting sucking with men on base would be a good idea too. And keep in mind that the edge in runs tonight is that Niese's only walk was right in front of the pitcher, who then got the bunt down (something Met pitchers haven't done since sometime back during the Clinton administration), and then the runner was allowed to take 3rd uncontested which was NOT inconsequential because he then came in to score on an infield hit. Ball never left the infield but they scored anyway.

Aaaaand just like that ...

Division check: - Nats won vs Cubs - Phils lost to Giants - Braves lost to Pirates - Marlins leading in am 8th inning rain delay in Colorado

This is another game where we should have a bigger lead. With 6 hits including a 2B & HR plus 3 walks -- vs their 3 singles + 1 BB -- we should have more than 2 runs and just a 1 run lead.

Fuckin' Yanx gave up 6 to the Angels in the 9th tonight ... to eke out a 8-7 win They even got it to 8-6 with the bases loaded and still no outs - but then Kirk showed everyone why his name starts with a capital K

Fman99 wrote: Cuddyer with the KABOOM! Is he allowed to do that? Only if the bases are empty.

We gotta stop getting these leadoff men on - it ruins any chance we have of scoring.