Game Thread
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 1:59 PM EDT
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Perhaps we can make this the game thread, since Charlie's apparently otherwise occupied, or perhaps the timed thread did not go up?
It's forcing me to get 75 words up to make this a fan post, so we can use it as a game thread. What shall we talk about? The weather? My upcoming shoulder surgery? How are you? Are you watching or listening to the game? The rain delay is over, so here we go...
[Ugh--my fault. Thanks for taking care of this, cocktails. -Charlie]
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What he get?
Double? Single? Touchdown? An ace? A one-timer? DID HE MAKE FRIENDS WITH FANS OUT IN CENTER? THAT MAKES HIM UNTOUCHABLE!
double. heh.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Lameday doesn't let me know much of anything.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow.
Good thing I put this thread up, eh?
…and why aren’t any of you bastards at work?
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Yeah
Still at least four more years of college to go
by thecheeseisblue on Jul 2, 2009 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks Cocktails
I thought y’days game was a day game, and today’s was a night game. Wrong twice!
Go team go?
You are
more than welcome.
I just happened to take the rest of the day off to get home in time.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Why am I seeing Vazquez again?
He’s getting more PT than Steve Pearce. Damn!
Why not Young at 2B and Pearce in RF? And Vazquez resting his bones.
Id rather have Vazquez at 2B
than Young
by DialedtoGiles on Jul 2, 2009 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d rather have Vazquez given his outright release.
But you are probably right — I just hate to see Vazquez at all.
as I said last night, he’s STILL better than CGz.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
It is painful
that our best backup option is Vazquez, but it’d be more painful to watch Young bumbling around at 2nd.
by DialedtoGiles on Jul 2, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Also,
Why are we not seeing Moss with a righty?
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
That's
Mario’s job, since Tony Plush is gone…
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Take one for the team, kid!
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
perhaps
I could have phrased that better.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks For The Clarification
So then Jack in the 2-hole does make you feel good. I understand completely.
by Androgen Jar Jimmy on Jul 2, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
ummm....
yeah.
wait…
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
thanks.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
HELL, no.
keep him in there, so we can beat his ass up!
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd say three runs is above average.
I’m just relieved we didnt get a bases-loaded DP then a strikeout. It’s happened before.
by DialedtoGiles on Jul 2, 2009 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
can we arrange
for Sheffield to be deported?
I HATE that sumbitch.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Meanwhile, DY can’t hit the broad side of a barn.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
heh.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
There three main guys
Billy Wagner (on the DL) K-Rod, and Putz (on the DL) make over 25.5 million dollars.
awww…can’t we abuse him some more? Please?
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
hey still have Misch
with his “SF” hat on in his Lameday photo
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…but they have his 5.87 ERA right.
Heh.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
a little slow, amigo..
Muck the Fets!
Let’s GO!
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 1:22 PM CDT
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
See JR
This is why you don’t have your no. 2 batter sacrifice with no outs and a man on 2B in the first inning. It may just be that Redding sucks.
Aha, there is a game thread
I’ll add my comment on the recent trades.
I believe our new pitching coach, Coach Kerrigan, is a better judge of raw talent and a better "fixer" of pitching problems – both systemic and for single outings – than either the long-reigning "Spin" Williams or whoever we had before Kerrigan. When we hired Coach Kerrigan, I concluded that we had a commmitment to winning that had been lacking before. His presence is a forgotten story behind all of our trades this year.
Lameday says
2 sharp, 1 soft.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
'zackly.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyway, as I was going to say
He would be an inch or two taller, if Nyjer were in the clubhouse routing him on. Although to be fair, Big Luigi hasn’t been complaining about the trades. Maybe he knows he’s next
EVERYTHING’S taller with PLUSH!
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions
rimjob
moan
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Here we go...
let the parade start again!
Dessens = still in the bigs?
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Mets announcers
Need to shut their traps about stuff they don’t understand. They have just been ripping on the Pirates nonstop for the last two innings.
It's no different
than any other non pirate fan and half of the pirate fans (or former fans as they claim)
per usual.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
As Soon As Mario Gets An RBI
Neil needs to trade him while his value is still high.
by Androgen Jar Jimmy on Jul 2, 2009 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
the latter.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice one Cocktails...
thanks for the game thread.
by RDV across the sea on Jul 2, 2009 3:12 PM EDT reply actions
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, he wore #39 last year...
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
To be fair,
according to others, Moss might’ve held the first one to a single, and caught the second one.
DY is just piss-poor in the field. Period.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
NO.
They have a ton of injuries to key players – Reyes, Delgado, Beltran. Tatiste is a nice back-up outfielder and 1B (think Moss). Schneider is a light hitting catcher, Omir Santos is a medium to light hitting catcher. Cora, who’s starting at 2nd or short today, is a dime-a-dozen.
You know what is annoying?
We get quality starts Monday and Wednesday and lose. We put up 5 runs for our “ace” and he can’t hold it.
Lack of good defense
creates hard spots for pitchers, leads to bad pitching, which allows teams to take advantage of bad defense.
Belt high off-speed pitches
creates hard spots for pitchers as balls make contact with bats and leave the infield.
Apparently,
DY could’ve cut off the double & held it to a single, and caught the other one (that perhaps Moss would’ve got to), so yes,
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I ain't pussyfootin', amigo
I drink when I say I drink.
And I gobble down more vicodin when I say I do, too.
Hopefully, I can scale it back to just the booze after the surgery later this month.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
practise makes perfect.
Or at least to effed up to care…
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Psst
(dunkel means dark)
Doppel is double.
by thecheeseisblue on Jul 2, 2009 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
cant help it
years of german classes will do that to you
by thecheeseisblue on Jul 2, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
(snerk)
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
if you are in Pittsburgh
you mean a Monk Dunkel
I'm in England,
and it’s definitely a double.
If the Mets keep going it might be a double double with a double chaser!
by RDV across the sea on Jul 2, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm in England,
and it’s definitely a double.
If the Mets keep going it might be a double double with a double chaser!
by RDV across the sea on Jul 2, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
That's a shame
you need to go to Dland & grab some real beer – I’m not all that sold on English beer
I can't BELIEVE you said that...
hush yo’ mouf!
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I can see where Trog is coming from.
by RDV across the sea on Jul 2, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
The profile pic is of me...
drinking German beer (Lownebrau) from a huge two pint glass in Sydney, Australia.
My sister in law got me the huge beer in jest then looked on horrified as I started a fight and got arrested at lunchtime.
Joke….honest.
by RDV across the sea on Jul 2, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice head.
On the beer.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Could you imagine this situation last year
before the Bay/Nady trades? I’m not saying Karstens is the next coming of Cy Young, but who did we have as a long reliever last year?
My bad
I’ll take the blame for this one… was prematurely talking trash to a Mets fan coworker that his team is getting 4-game swept by the Pirates
Augh!
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
AUGH.
Why, Salazar, why swing at the 1st pitch?- make it a marathon…not a sprint.
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Anyone else felt really smug about picking up Cutch on their fantasy team(s),
and now feels a bit guilty about dropping him for Gardner, Bourne or even Nyjer?
by RDV across the sea on Jul 2, 2009 4:04 PM EDT reply actions
message received.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
DY has a pair
The home plate ump has been calling that pitch to lefties and righties all day long. I guess if you are going to let a hittable pitch go by, you’ve got to save some face by making it look like the ump screwed up.
Although SNY is defending DY
Is it bad
if I’m more interested by watching nolan Ryan’s 7th hitter from 1991 on MLB network than listening to this game?
The bothersome thing about this year's team
…is how they are untiring in mixing and matching ways to lose. They used to be so predictable in years past. But this year, we can have stellar starting pitching and fail to get a run, we can jump out to a big lead and give it back, we can get absolutely shelled, or we can repeatedly fail to hit w/RISP and die on the vine.
A Smorgasbord of losing…
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh baby. He’s having a big day! Single short of the cycle!
by pittbluedevil on Jul 2, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s why he’s playing and Moss isn’t right now. It took Jones two games to hit the same number of home runs as Moss has all season.
You’d better think about what you’re saying there.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I know what I said. I’m just saying…this team is starved for some offense and some power right now. Moss has no power. I know it’s just one game, but unlike Pearce, Jones has quickly carried over his Triple-A success to the big leagues. If Jones keeps hitting like that, it will be hard not to play him a lot.
He was also
0-fer last night, and let a ball get by on a failed dive.
Let’s let this “power” play itself out…
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, the “power” thing is already being played out. Hey, I want to let Moss play, too, to see if he is going to be a piece of the future, but it’s been a year now and he hasn’t shown anything, and desperate times call for desperate measures. And as far as power goes? Jack Wilson has more HR than Moss. Enough said.
"Enough said?"
You are reverting to your “quick dismissal” pattern that made you a pariah when you first came aboard.
Let’s talk about how Moss had the only RBI last night while your new BFF Jones went 0-fer, shall we?
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
easy, now.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
It's about time
I’ve been following Jones in the minors. I was wondering when he was gonna get a shot, he was tearing it up.
6 outs to go
need at least 2 runs. They might be able to do it…or am I having the wool pulled over my eyes by Neal Huntington?
Definitely the wool
We can’t win because Nuttimg won’t pay for those two runs.
by thecheeseisblue on Jul 2, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
…for a benching.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
oooooooooops
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Who hit for the last Bucco cycle?
Daryle Ward?
by RDV across the sea on Jul 2, 2009 4:58 PM EDT reply actions
me -→ nonplussed.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't worry
he’ll pick up the cycle in the sixteenth :-)
by RDV across the sea on Jul 2, 2009 5:03 PM EDT reply actions
ha!
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn we’re playing 7 more innings today??
by pittbluedevil on Jul 2, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
For the second time -
Vasquez is due!
by RDV across the sea on Jul 2, 2009 5:08 PM EDT reply actions
Holy crap -
you didn’t jinx it!
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
…so what’s Mario’s excuse?
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
You’re a genius.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Bad luck Moss
That was a beautiful hit if it weren’t for the Met second baseman standing directly in the path of the ball.
Still - it must suck to be KRod
This isn’t the 2B dropping a sky high pop up to blow a save against the Yankees.
This is a blown save
to the Pirates
who just traded away two cornerstones of the organization and star players and are bound for 16 more losing seasons
(sarcasm)
Oh Great, Capps Is In
Nothing will go wrong now.
by Androgen Jar Jimmy on Jul 2, 2009 5:15 PM EDT reply actions
Mets
only have Parnell left and no bench players.
by Hitman Easler on Jul 2, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm such an idiot.
I stuck it out through the rain delay, then took the T home after the sixth inning.
jeez.
You arent an idiot
They only come back like this once or twice a season. Plus it’s starting to rain.
Tell Beltran how much that hurt.
Nice one Matty.
by RDV across the sea on Jul 2, 2009 5:22 PM EDT reply actions
with an ERA near 5
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep…I don’t have nearly the faith in Capps that I did two years ago. And I don’t even know what to say about that throw by Cutch. This is the major leagues, right?
Cutch has air mailed quite a few over everyone on those throws home from listening to the games. Probably need to work on him to get the accuracy on those throws. He seems to have the arm strength just a bit too much ooommph on the throws lol. Better than underthrowing the ball like alot of our previous outfielders would do.
that means
freddy (probably) and Mario (not probably) need to get on.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 2, 2009 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions
It Sure Is A Good Thing Jack Wilson Is Batting Second
Otherwise we might have a good hitter up right now.
by Androgen Jar Jimmy on Jul 2, 2009 5:35 PM EDT reply actions
Nyjer Was Different
He had the power of the friendship pony.
by Androgen Jar Jimmy on Jul 2, 2009 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
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