****Official 2007 NY Mets NL East Champs Thread****

[Needle77]

BTW, why is Lo Duca playing a day game after a night game? Especially a 12:35 start. Is it because of the off day tomorrow?

[Wynton]

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I do not see how you can raise a serious complaint about bunting there.

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Well, not even considering that it's a -EV play in general, it's just ridiculous when you've got LoDuca as the runner.

a) He's gonna get thrown out at 2nd 75% of the time.
b) Having LoDuca on 2nd isn't all that great.

c) DAVID BASEBALL JESUS WRIGHT!!!!

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I agree that he should have pinch run for LoDuca. But bunting there is about as traditional a play as there is.

[dontmesswithme]

traditional does not mean its right

[kbfc]

lol, Rich Aurilia can keep running all the way to the parking lot; that ball is still a center-cut strike...

Good to see Wags with a no-drama 1-2-3.

[Needle77]

[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Sandman.

[BobOjedaFan]

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I do not see how you can raise a serious complaint about bunting there.

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Well, not even considering that it's a -EV play in general, it's just ridiculous when you've got LoDuca as the runner.

a) He's gonna get thrown out at 2nd 75% of the time.
b) Having LoDuca on 2nd isn't all that great.

c) DAVID BASEBALL JESUS WRIGHT!!!!

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This is what I love about this being a poker forum. I had the exact same concerns that this post mentioned. Bunting ahead 2-0 with Lo Duca on 1st is stupid in about 5 ways. Any other forum if I post this Id get 300 people replying with [censored] like...

"Willie wins alot of game for us, you never played the game so you don't understand it, look the Mets won in that inning.., you are such a pessimist jerk, etc etc etc"

But you guys actually understand that baseball is mathematical, I love you guys.

[BobOjedaFan]

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traditional does not mean its right

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Right, giving away out is almost always -EV. In spots where you only need the 1 run I consider it but sure as hell not up 2-0 in the count against a pitcher that is easy to get riled up, and certianly not with a slug at 1st that's god damn near impossible to move over.

and oh yeah what got missed is just how awful that bunt was too by Gotay. Reyes woulda been out at 2nd on that.

[James282]

Not to mention that leaving the top of the ninth with a tie only gives us less than a 50% chance of winning where 2 runs gives us a much larger chance. But obviously there is no point in arguing something like this since the majority of us obviously agree. Nice win overall, love seeeing Delgado hit the ball hard almost every time up and the big confidence booster from Wright. Hopefully it will be enough so [censored] met fans don't boo him when the mets come home.

James

[wh1t3bread]

Okay....did anyone else watch the SNY feed of this game?

Let me preface this by saying that I'm on percocet right now so I don't know if I heard this right. But in the top of the 7th inning (I think) they showed a shot of a bunch of the Mets standing at the top railing of the dugout and then Gary and Keith start joking about all of their shaved heads.

Then Keith just blurts out, "ACHTUNG!!!!".

Did I hear this right?

[wh1t3bread]

Okay, apparently I'm not the only person who heard him say, "Achtung!". Link.