Open Thread - NLCS Game 5: Mets vs Cardinals (10/17/2006) on FOX

the odds of Jeff Weaver pitching credibly for three consecutive games have to be considered long at best

Gambler's fallacy, anyone?  Unfortunately -- and I say this in the full conviction that Jeff Weaver stinks, and will regress to the mean -- he still might be decent tonight.

Fortunately, s/he only broke a few bones and there wasn't that much blood on the street. The Mets haven't done as well.

you gotta swing. who the hell knows what he's gonna call.

it just hasn't been a strike all night.

Awesome series so far guys.    Such drama back and forth.  You must feel good going back to NY.  We are content with a 3-2 series lead and Carp on the mound, especially after a lackluster start from him earlier in the series (he hardly ever has back to back bad starts)

If I may ask...and please donm't take offense...

Why on God's green earth does Reyes, on EVERY pitch he takes for a strike, have to act like there was NO way in hell that the pitch was a strike?  Trust me I am sure our hitters do things that bother you guys to no end so I am not preaching.  But for the love of God, Reyes takes a pitch right down the middle for a strike and his body language/facial expressions are like there was NO WAY that pitch was even close.  

It's tiresome to say the least.  But as I said I am positive out guys do things that bother you guys as well.

Goodluck in game 6 fella's.

At the ame time if you guys have issues or questions about STL players and ask honest insightful questions by all means we will answer them.

Yea I am a fan of STL, but better yet I am a bigger fan of baseball.  I simply asked what was up with Reyes's and his deal with called strikes, and you know what?  You guys have explained it pretty damn well.  So thank you.

The whole Pujols hammy and BJ thing is freakin 3rd grade stuff ya know?

Go do that NY thang....as in "go beat your wives"

I mean c'mon isn't that like the double wide bash?

I am surem he wished you luck like any normal human would offer luck.

As in...

Goodluck, play hard, play clean, may the umpire not effect the game, may nobody get hurt, and may the best team, sometimes luckiest team win.

My goodness I am about 95% sure you guys are going to the WS, but you act like a bunch of little kids.

It's your, not you're.  CardInals not Cardnals.

You guys DOMINATED game 4.  Game 1 was determined off 1 bad pitch, a bad pitch that STL made and Moletran murdered.  I, have NO problem taking a look outside the box.  You guys have the better team by far.  You prooved that game 4 bigtime.  But we can hang somewhat.  I still say it's your series.

You simply have a better team in my opinion.

My major concern at this point is that, for a majority of the innings in this series, the Mets hitters have looked uncharacteristically keyed-up, overanxious, and impatient.  They're getting far away from the patience and power that characterized their great success this year.  Reyes is the easiest poster boy to pick for the new, flailing approach, but everyone has shown it -- LoDuca's been much less patient since August or September, even Wright is pressing and not looking like the dominant 2-strike hitter he was during the regular season.  Only Delgado -- not coincidentally, the most mature and experienced pure hitter on the team -- has seemed immune to pressing at the plate.  I wonder if the relative weakness of the lineup with Floyd injured has played a part in this.  Honestly, at this point I have a hard time figuring out how Jeff Weaver, Jeff Suppan, and a bullpen full of raw rookies have put this good a team on the brink of elimination.  I don't think you can give all that credit to the St. Louis pitchers, though they've sure impressed me with their preparation and scouting; I think the Mets have changed their approach at the plate, and it's costing them dearly.  Hard to say the Met pitching has disappointed very much, either; aside from the one bullpen explosion, all these games have been well within reach for a long time while the Mets struggled even to get runners on base.  It's going to be over soon one way or the other, and I'll be screaming and hoping with the 55,000 other faithful tomorrow, but I have to say I don't like the Mets' chances too much at this point.