Open Thread - Game 68: Mets vs Angels
by Eric Simon on Jun 16, 2008 9:49 PM EDT
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bizarro DH
So, with a team whose roster is jam-packed with catchers and that has been struggling to field a major-league outfield for weeks, who do you pick for DH? An outfielder, obviously. We need to get as many of those as possible into the lineup.
Yes
I am glad to see we have gone with our absolute best outfield tonight. Woo freaking hoo.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Also
Let’s hear it for yet another West Coast start time. I’m in my last week at work before a month’s holiday; perhaps I can convince myself to stay up for the whole dang game.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 9:58 PM EDT reply actions
god, it feels like an eternity just waiting for the first pitch
They really need to do something about having so many of these 10pm starts in the schedule. The Mets can’t be pulling in much of a viewership these days under the best of circumstances…
blame the scheduling
It’s been only one week since the last west coast swing…ridiculous.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
dang right!
keep them rally monkeys sad tonight, son.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
DH
Why not DH Anderson and put Endy in left?
Maybe Wright should DH a game or two against the AL.
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
Of course...
As I write that Gary says the same on the SNY coverage.
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
Willie's plan seems to be to rest the stars
He said something on the pre-game about DHing Beltran, Wright, and Reyes one game each.
Willie Needs Some time
with the players before he is fired. So one of these games he’ll chat with David about plans to meet for lunch or something.
Stop being ridiculous
I will throw a Tequiza through your head.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Pelf loved watching Weaver when they were both in college
he was very inspired by Weaver’s aggressiveness… this will be an interesting matchup
Big Pelf
Watching Bradon Webb seemed to do wonders for Big Pelf; let’s hope Weaver doesn’t cause a let-down.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m in no hurry to see my scores right now anyway. I don’t think I did very well this weekend.
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
Well, I think I killed on Sunday
Picked the scores pretty well. might have broken 70. I want to see it!!
Dub plays a ton
Is it just me, or would Dub playing every inning thus far this season not have been a big deal, say, 15 years ago? Don’t want to sound old or nothin’, but I don’t really want to hear it.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:15 PM EDT reply actions
It's that way with everything
Bob Gibson used to throw 200 pitches a game in a 3 man rotation and he never whined about a sore shoulder.
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
Yay! Some run support for Pelf!
he’s been 51st out of 58 pitchers or something like that, in run support
ZaBlanc
is upset that the home run didn’t come in the top of the ninth.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
right, I momentarily forgot how un-clutch that was
Selfish bastard—how dare he not cause Wright to reach base in front of him?
Modernization?
Streamlining for speed?
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently
The National League needs to join the 21st century. You know, like removing the names from their jerseys and having the groundskeepers dance to YMCA.
Ah
Some people just don’t appreciate real baseball.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you suggesting
that The great Giambino with his glod thong isn’t a real baseball player, because he’s a DH?
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
I thought that was officially sanctioned
Isn’t there a rule that any practice appearing in Bull Durham is exempt from criticism?
Garters in Bull Durham, right?
Or am I getting that wrong?
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
eh
Not much that coulda been done with that second hit; the double was a bit more disappointing.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice out
I’ll take one run out of that set-up.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:30 PM EDT reply actions
It must be tough
To hold a guy up like that with a chronically bad back.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
keep talking like that
you’re like the anti-Gary Cohen jinx.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
until about 2:45 pm in the office.
France v Italy for a quarterfinal spot in the Euros. That’s my plan, anyway.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm a state worker
no one notices if I skip out for a few hours.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm gonna have a hard time accepting him...
former Sawxer… i live outside boston – i freaking hate the Sawx
I'm just waiting to hear Gary Cohen call his first home run
He must have a hard time restraining himself from using the phrase “home-run trot” already.
Alternatively
A terrible movie with Bobcat Goldthwait and Dabney Coleman. Oh yeah.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Come on man
John Candy as horse (who’s name excapes me, Bob?)
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
We'll take
what we can get, I guess.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
As long as
Sandy Alomar isn’t waving him home from third.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
Who still watches it? Is there a Honeymooners youth movement?
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
who doesn't?
Is there anyone who doesn’t love that show? (Besides battered women’s groups, I remember the statue at the Port Authority.)
Delgado!
What is in that guy’s defensive Wheaties today?
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions
Was that
Delgado or Hernandez???
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
Not Keith
the booth is just not the same. I like Ron, but dang is he not as fun as Keith.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Shoulda grounded out instead.
Loser.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Bases empty again, I see
How unclutch.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby
Beltran!
That man has no clutch in him. What a waste of space.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:51 PM EDT reply actions
he should DH more often
Beltran, that is
by JohnPeterson on Jun 16, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Eric's generating traffic
By telling bad jokes.
by Alex Nelson on Jun 16, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
It's almost 11 pm
Ain’t much else to do.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
8:52 PM here
I think I can still see some sun.
by JohnPeterson on Jun 16, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't rub it in
I’ve only got 10 Heineken to keep me warm.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm incredibly jealous.
except that i have a cornucopia of sam adams beers! w00t
is for me in about 20 minutes
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
BABIP wonder is my guess
Funny how people place a huge importance on steroids changing the game and affecting results and they don’t even understand the fundamental laws that govern the game in the first place
by JohnPeterson on Jun 16, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
sure
but people always assume steroids when luck is much more likely a factor
by JohnPeterson on Jun 16, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess that's probably more likely
.349 BABIP in 2006 is well higher than the .308 that would be expected from his line drive rate. I guess that might be enough to account for his career-high .495 SLG. For some reason I remembered him hitting more than 19 HR that year, which was why I was inclined to speculate he might’ve had some chemical assistance.
whoa.
I think I just heard Wayne Hagin analyze something. He linked the number of ground balls that Pelfrey’s inducing to his improved performance in the last start. There’s nothing to call that but analysis, right? Someone pinch me, I must be dreaming.
Wait, no jacket?
What in the hell? Is Rick Peterson going incognito to avoid being fired?
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 10:58 PM EDT reply actions
Somebody said fire "The Jacket"
So he lost it to try and save his job
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
Next thing you know
The Bobby V mustache will make an appearance
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
laa announcers are...meh
next year, mlb.tv needs to have an option for which feed. if they can do it for radio, they can do it for tv games.
I have no idea why this isn't standard everywhere by now
Wasn’t that supposed to be one of the wonders of digital TV?
You people need to stop
Making sense. It’s not good for your health.
by Alex Nelson on Jun 16, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Reyes just told Anderson that he sucks
Marlon’s like, yea, but did you see that double I hit? I’m CLUTCH.
And Carlos D
finishing it out. Wow.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Marlon
on fire! Schmifty, keep making fun of his weight!
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:03 PM EDT reply actions
eh
it keeps the hate alive. The kids need to know.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn
I’m batty about our offense tonight!
_>
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby
WTF?
I tried to make a smilie.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby
Not to rehash old themes
But the man has a chronically bad back; he’s got to keep things moving along.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
hmmmmm
C’mon, Big Pelf. We don’t want the bullpen involved here (yet).
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:17 PM EDT reply actions
okay, Hagin's back to normal
Angels score a run to make it 4-2; Hagin immediately calls “Torii Hunter has cut the Mets’ lead in half!” There’s the broadcaster I know and love.
Oooohhh...
bit of a risky throw there…thank you, ump.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:20 PM EDT reply actions
yea
Delgado should have thrown to second.
Aw geez
by JohnPeterson on Jun 16, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Just read Hankenstein's comments
Grow up you baby. Wang is a professional athlete, he should be able to handle a little running.
No way
Pitchers don’t ever run…geez. What kind of naive baby NL kind of statement is that?
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
true
I kind of like it
That view with constantly streaming relevant stats would be ideal
by JohnPeterson on Jun 16, 2008 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
bad enough one goofball angle
but they seem determined to randomly swap them on whim so you can’t get your bearings at any time
who are the Angels' announcers?
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
2 guys with annoying voices
like everybody else’s announcers, except for ours and vin scully.
so basically
Hagin times 2
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I dunno
But I hung out on the Giants thread for a couple games and some of their people were commenting about how horrible the Mets crew is. I was flabbergasted.
by JohnPeterson on Jun 16, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
radio or teevee?
Cos if they said teevee, they are just morons.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
philistines
The Red Sox’ radio crew is enjoyable enough.
they may just have a mental block against all things gotham
They’re not homers by any means, and Darling is always good for an astute point or an oddball comment (like his allusion to John Lennon’s lost weekend in yesterday’s game e.g.)
That reminds me - Jon Miller is pretty good
When he’s free of the albatross that is Joe Morgan, that is
i was watching the giants game the other night
no idea why. their uniforms were horrible—very bright orange. anyway, miller was tolerable. he just overdoes everything
Does he overdo the names of Latino players?
I had always assumed that was some ESPN thing but maybe it’s just him.
wasn't paying attention to his pronunciation of latin players' names
but it’s hard to describe. just think of someone who talks as if they’re reading the script of shakespeare play. overly dramatic and shit. i don’t know.
no
he’s not terrible, just a little overdone.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, Gary Thorne does the Nats and Orioles' games
down in the capital area. He’s not bad.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby
i loved thorne-clement doing national hockey night games
back when people watched hockey on tv.
yes
Thorne is a great hockey guy. No Rick Jennerette, but yeah I enjoyed those games he did with Clement.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
He's an institution
out here in western NY.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
never heard jennerette do a game before
but i’d love to hear jim hughson do a game. he used to do the play-by-play for the EA NHL games. i think he does canucks games?
Saw some of him on TV during the playoffs
He’s pretty awesome. Sounds exactly like he does in the video games.
I’m a Rangers fan so I love Sam Rosen, but I can definitely see how his voice would grate on other people.
well, there are the marlins announcers
i had you for a second, didn’t i? haaaaaaa
Stupid Beltran
what, no third home run when there is finally a man on base? What an unclutch loser.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:31 PM EDT reply actions
I agree
Now if only we could get some better Mets Classics games…
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby
Agreed
I’m over Darryl’s return to Shea.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Comment at B!T
Dmitri Young? Nice guy, but not even in the top half of NL 1Bs offensively, a horrid defender, and oh by the way OF COURSE he’s hurt. And 10 mil over 2 years? Last year, that was an adept reclamation project. This year it’s stupid money for a fat, aging, fat, not that good fat guy.
No context necessary.
that's a setup line, I assume
I think it’s pronounced “bad GM.”
OK Big Pelf
get yourself together, son.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:47 PM EDT reply actions
Ha
Well said, Gary. Hankenstein’s comments about the DH were “one of the most idiotic things [he had] ever heard.”
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:50 PM EDT reply actions
Damn, he has that ether
“Tell Hank Steinbrenner that pitchers hit in the AL until 1972, and that the DH is an abomination.”
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby
torii
how long have you been playing baseball? trying to advance on a HBP?
you don't see him
cos he’s 100 miles away.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I suppose he might try to put you in the wall.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 16, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed
a nice change from the dang lizard or cavemen.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 17, 2008 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
what the hell was kotchman swinging at
pelfrey just hit a guy. i know i’d be first pitch hacking! not…?
Very nice, Endy
Keep yourself on the 25-man roster by slapping the ball the other way.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby
endy got a hit!
i’m buying shots for everybody!
dugout view
do they do these so the announcers can grab a beer, hot dog and take a piss or something?
only for announcers other than Keith
that guy will eat on air if he feels it is a good idea.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 17, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
well, yeah
I suppose that’s what I was getting at.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 17, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Insurance!!!
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby
Dub was trying hard
to make Beltran look unclutch.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 17, 2008 12:06 AM EDT reply actions
baaaaaah
hit it over the wall you bum. i need HR’s
Stupid Beltran
Should have hit a home run…what a waste.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 17, 2008 12:09 AM EDT reply actions
8-3
This is nice.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby
A typically unclutch night
3-4, 2 HR, 2 R 3 RBI, SB…he should do more.
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jun 17, 2008 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
none of it was in close-and-late situations
therefore none of it counted. Beltran’s contribution to this lead being a relatively safe and comfortable one is like the antithesis of clutch… he actually destroyed the potential clutch situations that might happen later in the game.
hayyyyy...this is victor martinez
/limp wrist
yeah, the yankees are starting to play better
oh wait, they just lost their best pitcher.
Great
I was wondering when the implosion was going to come.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby
one batter would be too long right now
I don’t know what went wrong with Pedrito, but he’s just plain bad at the moment.
threw 2 good pitches to matthews
third one just stayed in the strike zone
i dont know what the hell is going on but
omar needs to make some moves for the pen. these guys couldn’t put out a fire with a hose,or something.GRrrrrrrr.
I.M. Forme
I'm leaving it up to Wags
...bad idea. But I’m too tired.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby
the OED endorses Gary's version
I think the “koo” version might be an artifact of the candy bar? Anyway, don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos.
In Canada...
They pronounce it “koo-doos”. Or at least, that was what seemed to be the case during the NHL playoffs one year.
oh, thank god
Nice to see a line-smash double play go the Mets’ way for once.
double play to end the game!
and we’re on the other end of it!
Good to be on the winning side
But how are we going to keep it going? There is a lot of catching up to be done.
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