
Clayton Kershaw (5-5, 3.49) vs. Mike Pelfrey (6-3, 4.26).
COMMENTS:
1. The worst ceremonial first pitch there has already been thrown.
2. It's the sixth pitcher-friendliest park in the majors.
3. A woman got her arm stuck in a stadium toilet.
4. Conditions there can get a little hellish.
5. Don't be surprised if we see some video replay there.
6. Streaking at the stadium? Already done.
7. It's where the wild things roam.
8. The Mets have already hosted a perfect game pitcher there.
9. Tagging will not be tolerated there.
10. Chipper Jones won't be changing his son's name to "Citi" anytime soon.
UPDATE: Belisario to have MRI (Dodger Thoughts)
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1 – 200 of 205 Newer› Newest»Baby Met is cute, the rest are pretty terrifying.
Baby Mets looks sad and dissapointed. He must be around 2 years old or so.
Colletti just said on the radio that belli is probably going on the dl soon.
Ouch.
That's okay, our bullpen has been nails lately.
And that's why I'm not worried.
((Belly's) arm falls off)
Please make this game start already. What am I supposed to do, work? Plus there were no earlier games to watch to whet my whistle. Mongo must have game now.
How bizarre does it feel to be the first game of the day?
Sax, I know. No get-away games, no make-up games, no day Wrigley games, no oddball New England holiday games -- nothing.
I hear mistress lager calling for the moment until whatever semblance of a pre-game we are blessed with.
Furcal, SS
Hudson, 2B
Ramirez, LF
Blake, 3B
Loney, 1B
Martin, C
Ethier, RF
Kemp, CF
Kershaw, P
Over/under on when we first see Claudio Vargas: 8 games
Ethier's batting 7th?
I'm so used to people putting "Manny" instead of "Ramirez" when they type up lineups, that I thought for a second that he wasn't playing again.
ESPN was showing some kid at CitiField holding a sign with a syringe on it.
Wrong thread, I know, but Halladay for Kershaw got me thinking, what are the worst fan-generated trade ideas you've ever heard?
I once read a Giants fan before the 2003 season propose Livan Hernandez for Preston Wilson AND Josh Beckett. Can anyone top that?
"ESPN was showing some kid at CitiField holding a sign with a syringe on it."
Maybe it was meant to symbolize all the cortisone the Mets are filled with.
...or maybe all the heroine Omar Minaya was slamming when he didn't sign a hitter in the offseason thinking that Carlos Delgado would take them to the promised land.
Maybe the fan was just paying tribute to former Mets great Lenny Dykstra?
Maybe he's a Sheffield fan.
Are you sure it wasn't a coke spoon, and meant to be a reference to former Mets great Keith Hernandez?
O-Dog gets back into things. Here comes Manny.
4:13 isn't too early for a beer, right?
Is that the worst that Mets fans could muster?
Erin-
No. Nor was 3:06.
You didn't have a beer, during the pre-game, Erin?
Alas, no beer during the pre-game. I was walking the dog.
I'm actually going to do a workout first, and then I'll reward myself with a beer (or four). So it'll probably be closer to 4:45.
Wow. That strike three call was a ball earlier in the count. That was really obviously wrong.
Manny was right! But, he needs to understand that he ain't getting many calls these days.
The Mets fans ate that K up with the aforementioned spoon.
Oh great, we have a screwy ground crew, according to Monday.
2 on, 2 out for the road-homer-hitting baby giraffe.
What is more likely: five people told Steve Lyons incorrect directions to the press box, or Steve Lyons was too stupid to understand any of those five people?
Dodger Thoughts reporting that Torre said DreamWeaver will get the Sat. start.
Cora: You cannot scora!
That pitch would have been a ball.
Alex Cora fields the Loney ground ball to end the top of the first, stranding two runners.
Damn you, AC!
Well that bad call already cost us a run.
If that inning did anything, it took a toll on Pelfrey's count.
Steiner sounds pretty sleepy. What did he do last night?
at least we had Pelfrey pitch 23 pitches
Mr LA SF, you beat me to it re: Pelfrey's Pitch Count
Castillo was frozen.
kershaw starts castillo 2-0, then throws three strikes for the K
Hope this isn't an 18-pitch at bat.
Nice grab by Raffy.
Giggle fits in the first inning!
Well, now Kershaw's throwing a lot of pitches.
That curve was B-E-A-utiful.
Dodger Blue is Pantone 293.
You know, in case any of you were wondering.
Pantone 293 - my new password...wait, never mind.
Thanks Erin!
Vote for Bison.
That was a very nice bunt from Kershaw.
Now it's up to Furcal.
9-pitch at-bat leading to a single for The Bison.
Bases juiced for the O-Dog.
Rancho Ardiendo for Hudson. This would be a nice game for him to really break out of the slump.
I really don't like this ump's strike zone.
Walk Hudson, please
O-Dog walks. Bases juiced for the Man-Ram with a run in.
Excellent. Here comes Manny with the bases loaded. Tough pitch to hit a grand slam in, but if anyone can do it...
yay for Hudson, he listens to Sax and takes the walk
Wow, Gameday (computer) is ahead of my MLB at bat 2009 app (iphone)
Bases loaded walk!
Rancho Ardiendo por Manuel!
Career leader in grand slams that isn't in pinstripes up.
Manny with the bases loaded. Hmmmmmmmmm.
1-1 to the dreadlocked one
I do not have a good feeling about this
1-2 to Manny, who is not happy with the called strike
Manny bloop!
Broken bat bloop scores two!
Broken Mannywood!
Wow, I'm wrong! 2-RBI broken bat single for MANNY!
I like being wrong sometimes. Even if it's rare.
The 8:00 from Omaha just landed in La Guardia.
64 pitches already
I haven't been paying much attention to the Mets. I know they have a lot of injured hitters, but how's the bullpen? 65 pitches through two innings for Pelfrey tells me that we'll be seeing the bullpen rather soon.
I feel guilty even watching that pitch.
The curve is working.
there goes the no-hitter
Mr LA SF, I do not understand the Omaha reference...Is that Vargas?
I was joking, because you could hear the plane coming in for the landing on TV.
Just saw the video of Manny's broken-bat 2-RBI single.
AC could have caught that ball back in his Dodger days.
Oh, got it.
So the new Citi Field is just as noisy as the old Shea? What a surprise!
Still, I'm anxious to see it
My first MLB game ever was at Shea Stadium. Playoff game between the Braves and Mets in 1999. Game three or four. I can't remember which, but I think I remember the Mets winning, so it must have been game four.
I like the nervous look on Pelfrey's face after every pitch, as in "are they coming from the dugout to get me?"
Church gobbled up all our good hits in the series earlier this year. Damn you, Church!
VOTE KEMP!!!!!
VOTE BISON
YES! Kemp with the rope to Blake at third, and Castillo is tagged in the face!
Bisons carry guns!
Orel, you'd think that would have made it fairer fight with the Native Americans.
Correction:
a fairer fight.
I love Matt Kemp.
Erin, that's a movie I'd pay to see.
Luis Castillo keeps on giving.
More fan boos on that bad throw than there were when ManRam stepped up to bat.
Nice to see O-Dog waking up!
I'm heading to Paramount to pitch it right now, Orel.
Bison transform into gun-wielding Special Forces units and rise up against the Native Americans.
First choice for director: Mel Gibson, because he's shown a desire to rewrite history.
Second choice: Michael Bay.
Go Raffy!
YAY!
That was, as they say, a professional slide.
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Sounds more like a Fox movie, Erin.
Manny more runs!
Manny just getting warmed up!
Wasn't Lyons just saying Manny wasn't in game shape?
You're right, Orel. I like Paramount, so I guess I wouldn't want to punish them with this script.
Lyons has been hammering that point all week. If he was trying to lower expectations, it didn't work on me.
So glad to see Dessens not playing in Pantone 293.
Uh, Lyons is about to get in trouble here.
Careful, Lyons.
Sounded a whole lot like he said "shocker" not "shucker."
I guess he was saying "shocker."
He did. Wichita State Shockers.
Yeah, I missed the beginning of the conversation, but I went back to listen. There's no way his "do you know what a shocker is?" comment is innocent.
Can someone provide context for the Psycho Shocker comment, please?
They were talking about Wichita State. I don't know how that started, but the mascot is the Shocker. And Lyons said, "Do yo know what a shocker is?" When Collins said no, Lyons claimed not to know either.
Both Casey Blake and Mike Pelfrey went to Wichita State, whose nickname is the Shockers.
I think Lyons was trying to crack Collins up. To his credit, Collins played it straight.
The Seminoles have the tomahawk chop, the Gators have the Chomp. I think we can assume what Wichita State's gesture is.
Is "shocker" a derogatory term for something?
I'm going to let Orel find the link for that one.
I enjoy seeing Kershaw strike out Sheffield.
Oh Fanerman. Playing the naif.
I live in a cave, but it has an internet connection. I'll look it up on urban dictionary when I get off work.
That's a good idea, Fanerman.
Me and Erin are perverts.
Kershaw is pitching well, but his pitch count isn't exactly low.
71 pitches through four innings.
You know it, Orel.
Let's try to get Kershaw into the sixth.
If anyone can do it, we can.
Vote Bison!
Vote Bison.
It'd be nice if Kershaw could at least get 2 more innings.
Kershaw can lay down a bunt.
Kershaw is pretty handy with the bat.
Jayson werth hit his 18th hr tonight.
Rancho Ardiendo. Again.
It's too bad Werth isn't still a Dodger, but it isn't like they weren't patient with him.
See also: Repko, Jason.
Other things I never quite got: Rancho Ardiendo.
Well, Ramirez will still bat with the bases loaded.
It's a term courtesy of Karina, fanerman. I think officially it means "burning house," but it's a way Spanish speakers (presumably in Venezuela) indicate that the bases are loaded.
That's right, isn't it guys?
Holy crap. That ump loves to call that outside corner on Manny. That pitch is BS, and Manny should argue it. Good thing we have a five-run lead when he gets thrown out.
Milton Bradley's got nothing on Manny.
I believe "Rancho Ardiendo" is Venezuelan slang for "bases loaded."
I think that ump has a problem with steroid users.
Manny, you could have just asked for a rest.
I think Juan Pierre paid Manny to do that.
Good for Manny. Both those calls were horseshit calls, and he should have argued them. Can't wait til ump gets to the clubhouse later and reviews them, the useless shitbag.
Ohhh awesome. Thanks!
Slow game.
An umpire who feels remorse is an umpire without a job.
I don't get why he walked to first after the pitch. Even if the ump called it a ball (which it was) he would have had a 2-2 count.
Four-pitch walk.
Pitcher's best friend!
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read!
Our-heinous Reyes?
Dusty says: If you're not pregnant, don't wear those hideous curtain blouse/dress thingies that makes every woman who wears them LOOK pregnant.
Nice, quick inning.
I'm with you, Dusty. Technically, that's a "baby doll" cut, I think, and I hate it.
Dude should know better than to assume pregnancy.
True. There was a comedian who once said, "Unless you can see the baby coming out from between the woman's legs, don't assume she's pregnant." Or something similar. I have no idea who it was.
I've taken in so much information in my beer drinking, game watching, work avoiding afternoon...Pantone 293, baby doll cut...what's next???
Shocker, Rancho Ardiendo.
Hola los todos!
re: TBD discussion on TV broadcast
I have given this announcing team some time, and have set aside my usual pessimism, but I'm really starting to get annoyed.
I'll tell you right now that I really wish broadcasters would stop using the term "fist" to describe anything at all.
Kershaw at 101 pitches through six. Nice.
HOME RUN DEWITT!!
Smack it up, Dewitt!!!!!!!!!
DeWitt loves the Mets
I want more runs!
Right off the $5 Footlong sign.
And then he slipped on home plate.
All right, peeps. I'm going for a run before it gets too dark. The Dodgers better friggin' hold this lead.
Excellent!
Dodger defense is poetry in motion today. Rock solid, lads!
Oh man. I totally thought Juan had a homer there. Crazy. Just bounced off the wall.
Punish it, Beast Mode!!!!
Jp is amazing.
can't keep the beast mode down
Erin, I thought you were going for a run? Get going, girl.
I know, I know, Neeebs. I just can't walk away. And summer days mean sunlight for a looong time.
Beastly!
Lyons really knows Oliver Platt's résumé.
Oliver Platt...or a fat, degenrate Eraserhead?
I heart insurance.
Vote Bison Ardiendo!
I'm voting as we speak.
Vote Bison
8-0!
I've been voting all game.
But now I really have to go for a run.
Erin feels that an 8-0 lead is safe here.
Pat Mischa Barton?
Homeward Bound. I'm comfortable with this lead.
Is it just me or are Collins & Lyons trading heavily in the sexual innuendo tonight?
Okay, I haven't left yet. I'm just a liar.
And yeah, was that Misch Mash comment from Lyons some sort of ejaculation joke? I didn't get that.
Inning over. I'll be missing the rest of this game. Hold on, boys.
Vargas sighting!
I know you're still there, Erin.
Two batters in and Vargas is going back to the DL.
BEAST MODE diving catch!
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MLASF is on fire!
Mets have not been shut out in consecutive games since May 24-25, 2005.
Dodgers must be salivating at facing Oliver Perez tomorrow.
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