Frayed Knot

1) Not making them get actual hits in order to score runs 2) Not making them get the ball in the strike zone in order to record strikeouts

Well we're not going to win scoring 1 run in 15 innings against a shitty staff anyway. Making six errors, two mistakes, and four boo-boos in an inning with a few fuck-ups thrown in for good measure just makes sure of it.

Geez, at least make these fuckers earn it! They have one freaking hit out of the infield all game and they're about to go up by multiple runs!!

AS ChiSox broadcaster Hawk Harrelson would say on that Gregorius drive to CF: We got a man there

Lefty Specialist wrote: I wish they'd stop talking about the Boras/innings thing. There's a game going on, guys. But ESPN doesn't broadcast games, they broadcast stories. So with the news that Tanaka is out for his next start due to a slight hamstring strain on account of bunting, have the Yanx sued the league yet, or petitioned the Supreme Court, or at least gone to Judge Judy over the fact that playing in an NL park is ruining their season? Remember one of the Steinbrenner boys whining about that when CM Wang was injured running a couple years back.

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Now, let's see the offense explode so Harvey doesn't need to stick around more than 5. One thing that makes innings count less meaningful is 11 pitch innings like he had in the 1st.

d'Kong76 wrote: I'm not gonna last long on tv, that strike zone is too much like a video game for my taste. Eh, I don't mind it. Unlike most things ESPN/other sports channels do with their graphic toys and displays, this one is reasonably unobtrusive.

Zvon wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Is there something wrong with Granderson? Seems like an odd night to give him a rest and put Tejada in the leadoff spot. He has LHP disease. The fact that T was inserted lead off makes me think it was a last minute move. I know Lags hasn't been the best at the plate but I'd still give him this lead-off opportunity. Mostly because they were grooming him to be a lead off guy back in spring training. A 55-point edge in OBP for Tejada over Lagares. You want guys on base in front of Cespedes/Wright 29% of the time or 35% ?

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Is there something wrong with Granderson? Seems like an odd night to give him a rest and put Tejada in the leadoff spot. He has LHP disease.

What's the Over/Under on pitchers and 2nd basemen used by Girardi tonight? Yesterday the totals were 7 & 4 for a game that was never close after the 3rd batter. Managers just learning the non-DH game are so cute, they're like kids with a new toy employing double switches at each opportunity whether it makes any sense or not.

And by the looks of how things are going in Washington, we're gonna need this one.

If we are to assume that the name Duda is of Polish origins, a book of Polish surnames translates it to 'One who makes needless noise', possibly referring more specifically to 'bad musician' or even 'bagpiper'. Doesn't seem to fit very well with our notoriously taciturn Lucas.

From another thread: "C�spedes", by the way, is the Spanish word for "lawns". I've come around to thinking Yoenis is a variant of Johannes. And I'll add that the Yeonis/Joannes theory seems to agree with a story I related here a few weeks back about Latin Americans, and Cubans in particular, inventing unique names, first a statement of individuality in a country where they had little other opportunity for it, and then often starting them with a Y* as a nod to Russian names that they knew through Cuba's communist connections (the Yuris and Yegevnys, etc.). * Yonder Alonso, Yunel Escobar, Yasiel Puig, Yasmani Grandal, Yasmany Tomas. And then there's the whole thing where eastern European names seem unusually popular in Latin America: Johan Santana, Vlad Geurrero, Ivan Rodriguez, etc., so Johannes to Yeonis makes sense on several levels. So with all that in mind comes an article in Saturday's NYTimes about Noah Syndergaard's Danish (and possible Viking) roots. The upshot is that Syndergaard, before being Anglicized by immigration and years, was originally Sondergaard, Danish for: South Farm I believe we previously pretty much established (or at least assumed) Nieuwenhuis as simply: New House, and then there's always our much more easily translatable SS: Billy Flowers Feel free to add onto this riff or to ignore it completely at your leisure.

Frayed Knot wrote: 4:05 start today. Nicolino vs. Hand. An intersquad game? So anyway, the one of the above who is actually pitching for the Marlins today (Hand) has the Nats scoreless thru 3, while the one actually pitching for the National people (Zimmermann) gave up 2 in top 1st to the Marlin people.

G-Fafif wrote: 4:05 start today. Nicolino vs. Hand. An intersquad game?

Really Girardi ... you need THREE relievers to close out a five run inning? And you can't even fall back on the stat argument because even with two guys on the tying run is not yet on deck so no save for Miller even if he doesn't (heh, heh) blow it.

Going into the weekend, Centerfield said that he'd be happy with a 7-game lead on Monday morning. Today's two games narrow the list of Monday morning possibilities: Happy OutcomesMonday Morning LeadMagic Number[crossout]0[/crossout][crossout]5[/crossout][crossout]9[/crossout]1682773864955104[crossout]6[/crossout][crossout]11[/crossout][crossout]3[/crossout] The 'Happy Outcomes' column of that chart should of course read 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 rather than 1 through 5 With no DH's scheduled, it's tough to have five HO's in the next two days (no matter what she promises you) but other than that we get the picture. And now after the opening win, having only a 7 game lead at the end of business on Sunday seems like settling. NHOP for clinching prior to the final series drops to .333 -- which means that if only 1/3 of the next 24 games (12 each) go our way the final series won't matter. Or to look at it from a Nats perspective, they have to have 17 of the 24 games go their way and then sweep the final head to head series and even then all that would do is force a tie which would make them have to finish the season with a four-game set. Damn, I'm starting to like our chances here!!

Edgy MD wrote: Still and all, that was a waste of a lot of Familia pitches in a four-run game. Robles & Reed threw fewer pitches combined to dispose of two innings than Familia did for just one. Bottom line: If it comes down to a close late-inning game tomorrow the Yanx pen has a big advantage with both Bettances & Miller all cleaned and pressed. And it'll be even moreso if Clippard isn't available.

Nats win

This game feels like the first one from the last Nationals series in that winning the opener means that the series is already disaster proof and the odds of a sweep are no worse than a 2-1 series loss. Ahh, the benefit of playing from ahead.

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Some respect for Yo's gun! That would have been the dumbest move of the night had he run there, not just because of Cespedes's arm but the situation. And now I think I'll have a drink!!

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Too many pitches for just one out.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Marlins tie it up vs Papelbon in the 9th I heart baseball. Fittingly it was on a Dee Gordon Sac Fly As least we know he isn't just picking on us. Headed to bottom 9, still tied.

Tejada throws Gregarious out after Flores did not.