Series Thread: LA Dodgers @ NY Mets (7/23-26)

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Colon w/ a quick 1-2-3 inning...

Duda, Lagares & Recker due up.....

LGM!!!

 

[OutlawImmortal]

God damnit, I turn on the game on the first pitch I see Kershaw loses his perfect bid. The jinx is real folks.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Awesome...Duda leads off the 8th w/ a single then falls asleep and gets picked off 1st....

WTF!!!

You just can't make this stuff up, folks.....

Un Fuckin Real

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

God damnit, I turn on the game on the first pitch I see Kershaw loses his perfect bid. The jinx is real folks.

ummm did you lose your way, amigo?

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

TC pulls Colon after 8....and of course, the 1st 2 hitters reach against Gilmartin in the 9th...

Dodgers about to put this one to bed..and completely out of reach...

* edit...make that the 1st 3 batters reach...AGon just singled to load the bases....no outs..

OH BOY...Fun Times....b2b2b singles.


Gilmartin out...Carlos Torres in.

this should work out just swimmingly...

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Hahahahaha
Torres walks in a run on 4 straight pitches.......2-0

a 1-0 deficit was tough enough.....but a 2-0 hole is almost insurmountable....smh

Anything more will be virtually impossible.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

And there you have it.... a Puig sac fly rbi makes it 3-0.

TC just doesn't quite have the string pulling or button pushing technique down at all.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

A silver lining...sort of.....the Pirates are up 6-1 over the Nats in the 8th.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

•Morning Briefing: Zack Greinke a daddy, so New York Mets get reprieve - Mets Blog - ESPN



The Mets get a reprieve on Friday...

Zack Greinke, who had been scheduled to pitch for the Dodgers, instead flew to Los Angeles as his wife Emily gives birth to the couple’s first child. Left-hander Ian Thomas (0-1, 5.23 ERA), who was acquired from the Atlanta Braves in May in the trade for Juan Uribe, makes his first major league start in Greinke’s place. Greinke is expected to rejoin the Dodgers and pitch later in the series.

Jonathon Niese (5-8, 3.36) starts for the Mets in the 7:10 p.m. ET game Friday.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Conforto Up....Cuddyer to DL....
Michael Cuddyer of New York Mets placed on DL


Mets call up top prospect Conforto
OF Michael Conforto joins New York to replace an injured Michael Cuddyer. Conforto's only played 133 pro games, but made a huge splash in that time. He's hit .308 in the minors and Keith Law ranked him as the Mets' best position prospect prior to the 2015 season.


Conforto up to help Mets' offense
Top hitting prospect Michael Conforto will try to help a Mets team that ranks last in the NL in runs scored (329) and was just dominated by Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw. Despite this, the Mets trail the Nationals by only 3 games in the NL East.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Hurray, September call-ups in July!

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Hurray, September call-ups in July!

This team has to start playing like it's September...all hands on deck, full steam ahead, damn the torpedoes..

LGM!!!

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

NEW YORK (7/24)-- Here are the lineups for Friday's 7:10 p.m. ET game between the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers at Citi Field.

• Jonathon Niese's wife Leah is soon going to have the couple's second child so he may be scratched.

• Michael Conforto makes his major league debut. He becomes the 1,000th player to appear for the Mets.


Mets

Curtis Granderson, RF

Ruben Tejada, SS

Daniel Murphy, 3B

Wilmer Flores, 2B

Lucas Duda, 1B

Juan Lagares, CF

Conforto, LF

Kevin Plawecki, C

Niese, LHP



Dodgers

Joc Pederson, CF

Howie Kendrick, 2B

Justin Turner, 3B

Scott Van Slyke, 1B

Alex Guerrero, LF

Yasiel Puig, RF

Jimmy Rollins, SS

Austin Barnes, C

Ian Thomas, LHP

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

NEW YORK -- The New York Mets will not be able to avoid Zack Greinke.

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said Greinke will return from paternity leave and pitch either Saturday or Sunday at Citi Field.

Greinke had been scheduled to face the Mets on Friday, but returned to L.A. to be with his wife. Emily Greinke gave birth to the couple's first child, Bode Nicholas, on Thursday.

Greinke will take a 42 2/3-inning scoreless streak into his start against the Mets.

Ian Thomas instead makes his first major league start on Friday against the Amazin's.

Mets' scheduled starter Jon Niese may also become a late scratch, as his expecting wife in Ohio is due to give birth at anytime...

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

FFS...Niese's head is obviously elsewhere and not in this game....they should have started someone else in this one, and sent him to Ohio to be w/ his pregnant wife...
But...oh nooooo.... not these cerebral metsies....smh.

Only the 2nd inning and already in a 3-0 hole.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

But hey......at least those phightin phils came back to beat the cubbies today....lol...and the buccos are up early on the nats 2-0 in the 3rd.....

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Yoga, did you hear about the trade with Atlanta? Uribe & Kelly Johnson to the Mets for some low level prospects

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Yoga, did you hear about the trade with Atlanta? Uribe & Kelly Johnson to the Mets for some low level prospects

yep....just got a twitter alert....thanks.

New York Mets near trade to acquire Juan Uribe, Kelly Johnson from Atlanta Braves

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Michael Conforto grounds out to 1st, on the very 1st pitch he sees in the bigs.
(Growing pains / Baby steps)

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Michael Conforto grounds out to 1st, on the very 1st pitch he sees in the bigs.
(Growing pains / Baby steps)

Yep, he's a Met.

Niese ain't got it tonight. Should have gone to be with his wife.