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Just flipped on ESPN in hopes of seeing Glavy's 300th win and I find myself delighted to see the Mets up 6-3, hitting in the top of the 8th with the sacks juiced and nobody out. Idiotically, I forget that as I turn on ESPN, I hear the voice that sends chills down my spine... that is, Joe Morgan running his mouth. Let's see if I can catch something in the last 2 innings worth posting about. If not, then I have just told you the line for the game up to this point, and I will have wasted my time and yours. Green just K'd... commercial break, Morganomics to follow, or so I can only hope...
LoDuca singles... run scores... one out.
"He wanted to make sure he didn't hit a ground ball, so he tried to get under the ball. Although he hit a line drive, he did get under the ball."Wait,
Although???... so you would have rather had a sac-fly instead of a run scoring single that moves everyone up 90 feet and saves you an out? Oh that makese sense, Joey. WE'll just pretend this was a simple error in speech.
Score: Joe 1, Me 0.
Just for the record, Joe's crapping his pants right now he's so excited, talking about Wins, one of the least effective ways to tell how good a pitcher is.
"Well I think in one season Bob Gibson had 34 complete games..."Ok I'm looking that shit up as we speak guys, don't worry. DING DING DING... We have a winner...
Correct answer: 28 CG's... and he did it in 68 and 69. Seriously Joe, take 15 seconds like I did and look it up. Better yet, since you're ESPN's #1 gun, yell at some bum in the back, tell him to look it up, and then get the right answer before you speak. You're such an ignorant ass bleepity bleep.
On Willie Randolph...
"He's going to bring Wagner in even though it's probably not a save situation, He just wants to get this thing over with."No Joe, it's
NOT!!! Not at all. It's the top of the 9th and the Mets are up 7-3. Three runs or fewer constitutes a save. There's no way for the lead to shrink before the bottom of the 9th. Good one though, almost caught me not listening.
There's 1 out and 1 one in the top of the 9th and Joe has yet to speak. Maybe he's catching on... Damn, J-Mill talked to him. Oh don't worry, it's just Joe talking about all the guys he's played against that are awesome. This really has nothing to do with him analyzing baseball in any way, but whatever, atleast he's talking (is that even a good thing?) Well, he hasn't said anything since, but the game is almost over, this is TGTBT.
End. Let's keep it going for Joe here guys. No, screw that, congrats to Glavine on #300.
Labels: 300, Mets, Tom Glavine