6/13/2016 Syracuse Chiefs 1, Louisville Bats 7

Louisville Slugger Field, Louisville, KY

Game 1 of 3

Game time for Chihiro and "the old goat"...

...later, we joined the rest of our squad in 219...HOLLER

My scoresheets, using my pitch-counting method! Read about it HERE, download the scoresheets for free HERE!

SYR SS and Washington Nationals' hot prospect Trea Turner faces LOU RHP Cody Reed

LOU SS Jose Peraza (IT ME) vs. SYR RHP Jaron Long (who wasn't long in this game, if you know what I mean)

LOU 2B Carlos Triunfel against SYR RHP Sam Runion

Turner vs. Reed again, from 219 this time...

LOU RF Scott Schebler, who started the season with the Reds out of Spring Training, faces SYR LHP Aaron Laffey

Former Mets prospect CF Matt Den Dekker faces rehabbing RHP Michael Lorenzen in the 7th

You never know what you're going to see here...today, I saw former Cubs legend Tony Campana, pinch-hitting for the Chiefs...unfortunately, he struck out swinging for the 2nd out of the 8th inning against LOU RHP Chad Rogers, so his blinding speed would not be on display. Somewhere, a thousand Angels cry.

With the Chiefs down 7-1 in the 8th, here's Trea Turner's last chance to break open the game with 2 outs and start a rally...he got his first hit of the the day, but was stranded by Steve Lombardozzi to end the inning

In the Mystery Rookie Card game, I drew an unlikely candidate for best worst card pull ever...this 2010 Topps Domonic Brown RC

There's only one special kind of card that could beat the greatness of Bumonic Clown...and wouldn't you know it, Chihiro pulls it...not only is it familiar to me, as I've pulled it in the past, but it bears mentioning this klassic game from nearly 5 years ago that she just happened to be at...and Brown was there, too...

Official Program (featuring Cody Reed) and Scorecard

Ticket

Bat Chat and Gameday Stats

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3/24/11 St Louis Cardinals 3, New York Mets 16

Digital Domain Park, Port St Lucie, FL

Ahem. Did I just go out on a limb only a few days ago, by publicly announcing that, yes, I think the Cardinals will be more formidable than many people realize, and that Jaime Garcia may be one of the best pitchers in the NL that nobody's talking about (that much)? Yes, that was me. This game should be no indicator, it is Spring Training and if this one REALLY counted, LaRussa would have given Garcia the hook instead of leaving him in to 'get out of it.' What "it" was, was the Mets.



This reminded me of a Spring Training exercise 2 years ago, indeed, my very first post...I am much more comfortable with the lineup changes and a bit more adept at scoring the game...it was really the lopsided advantage displayed by the Mets, nearly making their opponent hapless in nature. But this is the CARDINALS, I mean...no way...

Chris Capuano pitched an unreasonably great game for the Mets, going 5 innings, allowing 8 hits and 3 earned runs. Garcia on the other hand...uff da! Things were going great for Garcia, just a coupla runs in the first (from a David Wright 1 out 1 on HR), no biggie...with 2 outs in the 4th, Brad Emaus reaches on a single, Schumaker commits an inning-changing error, and that really starts the commotion. Emaus' single would start a run of 9 consecutive hits for the Mets over 2 innings. Garcia leaves the game after 4 innings, 78 pitches, giving up 14 hits (OUCH), 10 runs (only 3 earned) and just one strikeout.

If you like games with gross offensive display...this game was just fine with that. the Mets launched 4 HR as a team, big blasts like those of Matt Den Dekker and pinch-hitter Josh Thole (who hit the ball so far it ended up in the alligator pond outside the stadium) were legendary; besides Wright, Emaus (who went 4-4 for the day) and Angel pagan went yard.

The Cards did their best, but just got clobbered. They thanked goodness that Miguel Batista came along in the 7th and kept the Mets quiet for the rest of the game.

And if you haven't seen Lance Berkman the outfielder yet...he's just as good as you thought he would be. Only a little bit better than Jason Bay.